the caged beast

Terrible Circus

Kain:

The walk back to the pack house was painfull but hope filled my mind at the thought of seeing her tomorrow. Footsteps came running up to me as my beta rushed to me. "Back already?" I asked him.

He gave a small laugh "trust me its better that I am. Your mom tells me things with your mate have been ruff." He said unknowingly pissing me off.

"Then you better have good news." I demanded.  "Otherwise I might gift you to her as a sparing toy. Shes bested all of the warriors."  I stoped in my tracks and looked at my warn out beta. Glaring at him. Daring him to disappoint me.

"I found the man you asked me too. I brought him and a few others who said they where close to her in the past. They are... How should I put this...... Mischievous crooks." His tone was questioning. "I found them wondering around Rusha. Thieves mostly they put on a show for the public while a few rob somewhere near by. Pathetic and predictable. But they are sly. So be careful with them alpha. They are locked in the conference room with a few gaurds inside and out." I nodded quickly and made a fast pace toward the pack house.

Answers. Some how some way. I was getting answers.

A crowd had formed in front of the pack house. People muttered questions trying to stay quiet. My low growl scared the pack into scattering away from the house and back to there responsibilities. I walked straight to the guarded door and without even a glance to the men outside threw the doors open.

Sitting at the head of the table was a thin pail man. With sunken dull eyes and wispy hair beneath the bright red top hat that was crowned upon his head. The small group of characters that accompanied him sat around the table. A woman with dark skin and black tattoo's and dark red dreads sat with her booted feet on the table, in her flashy coat without anything under it and black leather pants playing on her phone. Across from her was a pair of boys barley 16. Completely identical with there bobs of brown curless, sweaters and tshirts hunched over computers. Against the far wall was a man that stood 8ft broad shoulders and dark black hair with wisps of grey and long shaggy beard to match he wore small braids in both. His beefy arms where covered in tatoos as well nothing covered them. He had on a simple pair of jeans and a Jean sleeveless cut covered in grease.

The obvious ring leader spoke as I took in the odd bunch. "I hear you have something that used to belong to me." Was all his creepy low dark voice said. Instantly my eyes where back on him with rage filling me.

A growl grew in me and threatened to escape as my wolf ached to kill this man.  "Tell me everything about her and I might let you leave here alive." He growled. Blinking I took control again "lie to me and I will kill you all. "

The woman began to laugh a loud and obnoxious laugh. "She ran away again! Good for her!" I narrowed my eyes as she continued to chuckle to herself.

The giant rolled his eyes and the twins looked at me for only a moment before going back to there computers. The ring leader simply stared at me with his thin white hands pressed together in front of him. I growled despite myself.

"I think we all got off on the wrong foot. I am master Alexander. These are my colleagues Jenny, Brax and Max, along with Tarance the giant." The ghastly man said pointing to each one of them. "We know very little about the beast. But we do know how to catch it and contain it. The only question is price." A sinister smile spread across his face.

You can't kill him. But you can play with him. I told my wolf as his anger grew. I knew if I didn't let him out a little I would lose control. I sat back in my mind as he took control. My fingers grew claws and my hair grew out, canines sharpened and grew as he let out his menacing growl. The room filled with only his feeling of rage. Within the blink of an eye he had the old man by the throat against the wall.

"Your right. We did get off on the wrong foot." The giant was only a moment behind once he saw his boss in trouble he sprinted toward me fists at the ready. My wolf released Alexander for only a moment swiveling on the balls of my feet and landing one quick punch to his face. As he turned back Alexander's throat safely in his hand the only sound in the room was the thud of the giant hitting the floor. "I am not interested in your bullshit routine." He leaned in practically spitting in his face. "Tell. Me. What. You. Know. About. My. Mate. NOW."

"Your here mate?" It was not the old man who asked but the woman. This man is useless. I'll take over questioning. My wolf released control to me as we dropped the pathetic shaking man.

"Yes. She is. And if you don't hurry and tell me who the fuck put her in that damn cage and chains I will deliver your heads to her as a gift." I threatened.

"We don't know for sure. We met her handler and he got her soon after with a shipment of exotic animals." The pathetic man said. A groan alerted the group the giant was waking up.

I looked over the small group and recognized the look in their eyes. The twins had put away their computers and looking ready to run. The giant sat with his head against the wall with sadness in his eyes. While the woman stood on edge looking anywhere but at me.

"Guards!" The four men who had scattered out of my way came in weapons ready. "Put them in cells. As far from each other as possible." They began to drag away the old man and twins. The giant stood and with head hanging low fallowed a guard as he was instructed. I looked over to the woman who was frantic. "She stays. I'll question her first."

The others where shuffled down to the prison twins screaming and the old man complaining the whole way. I still hadn't moved as the room cleared.

"Sit." I told her. She did as told. I began to pase back and forth. "He's full of shit isn't he?" I said mostly to myself. She nodded. I growled deeply trying to vent my anger.

Taking a deep breath I stopped passing and sat right in front of her. Looking deep into her brown scared eyes I repeated myself one last time. "Tell. Me. What. You. Know."