Untie my heart

The truth hurts Becca

I can't help but smile as the witch and I walk away from Rivers cell. The look in his eyes confirms he is as broken as I feel and it fills me with happiness.

As we exit the dungeon the witch eyes me cautiously before she smiles sadly at me.

"My queen" she begins, "I can make him talk but...."

"BUT WHAT" I yell feeling angered by her hesitation.

The witch frowns slightly, "he is your true mate yes?", she says.

"He WAS" I snap at her, fighting the urge to snap her neck. She takes a deep breath, "I scene powerful magic on him my queen", she says quietly. "This magic was banned years ago as it is against nature to interfere with the moon goddesses destined mates..... I believe he is under a powerful spell that rearranges the mate bond, allowing the caster to select whomever they please as the recipients mate. The spell removes the true bond as well as any mate markings and bind the recipient to the false mate. I have only ever seen this once, from what I know the new fake bond is only slightly weaker than the true bond".

I look at her with a blank face, "bond or not he betrayed me" I spit out with venom in my voice.

The witch hesitates, "the mate bond spell is not the only spell  I have identified my queen", she says with her head bowed down.

"What are you on about?" I snap again, "just spit it out already!"

The witch takes a deep breath, "a powerful memory spell has also been cast upon the young man", she says with sadness filling her voice.

My world is spinning as I absorb this information, could it be that River was tricked into leaving, forced away from me, kidnapped rather than a willing participant. My mind is racing as I run quickly to Sams room, I leave the witch with her head cast down without a second thought.

I run into Sams room, she is laughing about something with my mom. I burst into the room, probably looking insane but I don't care, Sam was the only witness that night and she has her memory back now.

"Sam", I say in a rushed tone, "what happened the night of the attack, what happened outside of the gates?"

Sam thinks for a moment before speaking, "I was fighting near the gates when, when I suddenly smelled Hope... I ran out and saw River and Hope laying unconscious on the ground. I tried to run to them but a witch stopped me with some force field magic shit. When I ran into the spell I hit my head hard, everything after that is a bit blurry.......wait"Sam says with wide eyes, "I remember hearing the rogue queen speaking to River."

Sams face looses all color, "oh my god", Sam whispers and looks up to me in horror. "The rogue queen told River we attacked all of the rogues near the castle, that you basically went nuts and started to murder any rogue you saw. She fucking said she came to save rogues from you" Sam exclaims! "Oh my goddess Becca we have to save Hope and River NOW!!"

My stomach drops, I can't think as I fall to my knees.

"She is in shock", my mother screams as I hear Sam calling for the doctors.

"I-I-I...." I try to speak but I can't register what is happening. The doctors rush in and my mother orders them to sedate me, I feel the pinch of a needle before I feel myself calming down.

"M-m-mom" I squeak out while slowly drifting off, "R-r-River is in, in, in, the cells...." and just like that I am unconscious blissfully unaware of the chaos that is going on around me.

I open my eyes slowly, taking in the familiar sight of my bedroom ceiling. I turn my head slightly to see a very sad looking Sam.

"Hey girl", I greet. Sam looks up to me with the most broken expression I have ever seen, tear stains running down her cheeks. I scrunch my face, "what got into you?" I ask slightly laughing.

Sam just shakes her head no to me while my memories slowly start coming back. I sit up quickly and throw up off the side of my bed, hyperventilating. Fear, pure unadulterated fear courses through my veins as I look into Sams sad eyes.

"S-s-Sam please, please tell me this is not happening" I say while tears roll down my face.

Sam pulls me into a tight hug and rocks me back and forth until I compose myself. "Is River out of the cell?" I whisper, shame and fear evident in my tone.

Sam nods slightly into my shoulder, "there's more though Bec"'she says while she continues to rub my back.

I close my eyes tight, "p-please tell me"
I say, my heart breaking more and more by the minute.

"H-h-he Umm he cut his wrists with a silver dagger after you left with the witch", Sam says while she starts to cry.

I close my eyes and pull Sam tighter into me. "Is-is he alive?" I whisper so lightly I am surprised she can hear me.

Sam takes a deep breath, "he is Bec, he is hurt bad, almost died but he made it" she says in a comforting tone.

I cry, I just cry uncontrollably as I hug Sam so tight that I am sure she is going to bruise. After what felt like hours I pull  away to look into Sams eyes.

"Where?", is all I say.

"He is in the ICU right now, it was touch and go for a while but he is stable now, his healing is slowed by the wolves bane but he is mostly out of the woods. The doctors have him in a medically induced coma so his wolf can heal him" she says in a soothing voice but with tears still falling down her face.

I take a ragged breath, trying to compose myself. "Did the witch remove the spells?" I ask.

Sam shakes her head no, "she needs to gather supplies and look for another witch powerful enough to help, she said the spells are extremely powerful and she won't be able to remove them alone".

I move my way to the side of the bed, sitting up straight I nod to Sam, "okay, I am going to Rivers room, can you have someone come clean this up?" I ask, pointing to my vomit on the floor.

Sam nods with a sad look on her face, "of course Bec, go be with your mate". Sam squeezes my arm gently as I get up and walk my way over to the pack hospital to sit with my mate and pray that he survives and that one day he will be able to forgive me.