Alpha Max

Chapter 20

Avery's POV

I couldn't help but laugh as Shelby pulled me down this trail. "We can't go too far!" I giggled

Shelby rolled her eyes and stopped once we got to a meadow that was full of wild flowers. Different colors spread across the field, purple, pink, blue, orange, and yellow flowers covers the fields. Butterflies floats from one flower to the other along with bees. 

A sweet smell filled the meadow from all the flowers. 

"So what did you want to talk about exactly?" I asked looking at the flowers brushing my fingers over the petals. Shelby sighed heavily and looked over me. 

I looked up hearing her sigh heavily. "What's wrong?" I asked walking over to her. 

Shelby frowned. "I...I'm pregnant Avery." she whispered her voice barely there and cracking some. I frowned, she must be so scared, hell she's sixteen. 

I pulled her into a tight hug. "Oh sweety, it will all be ok." I whispered and rubbing her back. She hugged me back tightly despite my stomach. 

"Have you told Mason?" I asked pulling back brushing some of her hair behind her ear. I smiled at her trying to keep her calm. She sniffled and shook her head no. "I...I don't know how." She whined frowning at me. 

Sighing heavily, "You just need to. It's like ripping a bandaide off." I said frowning. "Come, let's head back and tell him." I said softly heading back down the trail leaving the beautiful meadow behind us. 

The forest was silent, too silent. I stopped and glanced around into the shadows surrounding us and trees. 

"What's wrong?" Shelby whispered standing close to me. "It's too quiet." I whispered glancing at her then around us. Goosebumps started to form on my skin. I swallowed hard. "Keep moving." Shelby said pushing me stop to continue. 

I glanced at her and started back down the trail. 

Then suddenly, someone grabbed me and covered my mouth and nose with a cloth that smelt strange. I don't know what it was, but I started to feel tired. I saw Shelby struggling against to the men who grabbed her. My eyes soon closed and everything just went blank. 

I don't understand what happened to the guards who were with us. I know they are there, cause its Max, he wouldn't allow us to go off into the woods without guards, especially with what happened to the Smith pack's Luna. She's still missing or maybe even dead. 

I don't know how long we have been out. But I woke coughing dust out of my lungs. My hands instantly went to my stomach, I sighed heavily feeling my stomach still there with my twins moving around. 

I sat up off a dirt floor, my eyes adjusting to the dim lighting. I glanced over and saw Shelby next to me. "Shelby." I whispered shaking her shoulder. A bruise was forming on her temple. There was dried blood around it also. 

"Shelby!" I cried scared she was dead or hurt even worse. She groaned and looked up at me blinking her eyes rapidly. 

"W...what happened?" She croaked sitting up wincing. 

"You two were taken by the men that took me." We heard a weak voice say from across the room. I looked over seeing a smaller woman crawl out of the shadows. 

"I am Bella, Luna to the Smith pack." She said softly. I gasped. "Everyone thinks your dead!" I said taking her hand. She frowned. "Some days, I wish I was." She whispered and glanced at my stomach and frowned. 

"How far along are you?" Bella asked weakly. "I..I'm five months." I said worried laying a hand protectively over my stomach. Bella frowned. "I was five months pregnant when I came here." She said her voice cracking and her eyes filling with tears. 

"What happened?" Shelby asked glancing at me. She sniffled, "I lost my baby, it died inside me and they removed it." she said lifting her shirt to show a long scar across her stomach. I covered my mouth and looked at her crying myself. 

"I'm so sorry." I whispered and took her hand. She smiled weakly and squeezed my hand. 

"What are they going to do to us?" Shelby asked looking at her. Bella looked over at me. "Since we are the ones who are essentially closest to the Alpha, they try to get information out of us. Any way they can. I don't know what they are looking for specifically, but they ask all sorts of questions." Bella explained. 

I frowned and looked over at Shelby seeing her already tearing up and becoming scared. I will have to admit, I am scared too, these two women with me are scared. Even though Bella is older she has been broken down by these men who took us and did who knows what to her. I need to be strong for them both. 

Sighing I took both their hands and squeezed them softly. 

"Don't worry, ever since Bella went missing every pack has been looking for you, and now with Shelby and I missing things will more even faster. Especially with Max." I said growing quiet.

This event is going to mess up all the progress we have made with his wolf. Now its all shot to shit with us disappearing. 

"Max is going to slaughter every rouge they come in contact with. Even if the rouge has no idea where we went he will kill them." Shelby said her voice shaky. 

"I think any one of our mates and even our fathers would do the same thing." Bella spoke up making us look over at her. I frowned, all the life has left her face. You know when someone is living their best life by the way their face and eyes light up. There is nothing in her eyes and face. Its just a broken Luna who has endured more pain than she should.

A loud screeching noise came from the top of some stairs by us. I looked towards the top seeing a bright light shine down. Bella took my hand tightly glancing towards the door way. 

A shadow came into view and he started down the stairs. I swallowed hard watching him closely. 

There was an evil smirk plastered across his face. "Hello ladies, I see you have met the other resident of your room. Bella its time for your time to entertain us darling." He growled. 

Bella tensed by me. I squeezed her hand and looked at her. "Its going to be alright." I whispered. 

"Listen to your friend and get your ass up the stairs. Alpha is waiting." The male growled. Bella whimpered and glanced at me before standing and walking over to the male. 

He grabbed her arm roughly and literally dragged her up the stairs. What broken my heart is that she didn't fight him. That told me that she had lost all will to fight. Her wolf was too weak to fight back against the male. I whined and pulled Shelby close and held her as we listened to the screams coming from Bella. 

Please Max, please hurry and find us.