Alpha King’s Mate
Chapter 25

“Hold her up,” I tell them and they obey. Zane looks green as he grabs her arm which was torn apart. He drops her, her b***d making her skin s***k as her head falls forward onto her chest. I shove her head back and it lulls backward awkwardly. Zane grabs her arm again holding it above her head.

Moving my hand up the chain I go halfway up before gripping both her hands and wrapping the chain around her skinny wrists. And securing the padlock. I give the chain a tug near her wrists making sure it has no give and she won’t escape it.

Grabbing the other piece of chain I yank it, taking her weight off them and they let her go. Hooking one of the links to the bolt on the far wall making her kneel.

Walking over, I grab the hose before attaching the funnel to the end. Grabbing the two-liter bottle of wolfsbane before walking over to her, I place the bottle at my feet. Forcing her mouth open I shove the tube down her throat, her gag reflex kicking in as she begins to choke.

Her eyes fluttered open before going wide when she catches sight of my face. She starts thrashing and trying to speak but I pick up the bottle off the floor and undo the cap. The strong scent of wolfsbane b****d my nose.

Zane turns away, races to the corner of the room, and throws up on the floor. “Get out if you haven’t the stomach for it,” I yell at him.

“Ryker please, she is your mate.”

“She is not my f****g mate,” I scream at him and he runs out. “Hold her still,” I tell Pete and he grabs her head holding it in place as she thrashes, screaming some gurgled words I couldn’t understand. I hold the funnel pouring the wolfsbane down it.

She gags, choking and trying to spit it out. I see her b***d spurt out the top of the funnel, coming back up the tube as it burns her insides.

I see Pete gag and I growl at him making him hold his stomach. She gurgles, choking trying to bring it up and I slowly pull the tube from her mouth, b***d pouring from her lips as she passes out. The Wolfsbane spilled onto her chest while she gagged, it b***d through her skin like acid.

Undoing the chain from the wall, I hoist her up till her feet dangle in the air before tying it off again. Pete rushes out and up the stairs, not able to handle the sight before him.

I lock her cell before following after him. Walking out of the basement I see Pete rush out the front door, spewing into the hedges. I shake my head. Weak, f****g weak. She is my mate and you don’t see me crying over it.

Walking upstairs, I sit with my brothers. They were starting to get a bit of color about them. Guilt hit me at leaving her with them. This was my fault, I should never have trusted her with them.

“They will be okay, Alpha,” Mavis tells me. She sweeps her curly dark locks back, pulling her hair into a bun.

“When will they wake?” I ask her, looking at my brothers. Both of them were starting to heal slowly. Their wolves were young and had taken quite a beating, not used to being injured they would take longer than normal. The b***d was helping and I watched as Doc changed Ace’s again, hooking up another line to him.

“Hopefully soon, you should ring Aria and at least tell her, ” Doc says. I nod not looking forward to breaking the news to my mother. Getting it over with, I decide to mindlink her. Searching for teethers, I forced the connection which was a little harder considering she was hours away from me.

“Son, how are you?” She asks, feeling the connection.

“Ryker?” She asks when I don’t find the words to tell her.

“Mom, you might want to come home, Ace and Tyson have been injured, they will be fine but they are hurt pretty badly,” I tell her.

“What? How? Are my babies okay?” She says, and I could hear her voice tremble and the panic behind it.

“They are fine, my mate attacked them. They will be fine and she is being dealt with. Just get here when you can they will want to see you.”

“I am on my way,” she says, cutting the link off. I refocus on the room seeing doc rechecking Aces wounds which thankfully stopped bleeding.

“Tyson will probably wake soon his wolf appears to be stronger,” Mavis tells me. I nod getting up.

I walked over to him and Mavis was right his wounds were healing. Most closed as his wolf fought to heal him.

Looking at Ace though he looked like he was still knocking on d***h’s door. I brush what’s left of his hair from his face kissing the top of his clammy head. I still remember when they were born. I was so excited to have little brothers.

I love the girls and have a special bond having grown up with them, but when they were born and Kade was gone and they were like a fresh beginning for my parents, two new little bundles of joy to look forward to after the heartache of the decade long war that was Kade, now they are little terrors but they were still my brothers.

As much as they infuriated me, I would lay down my life for them just to make sure they could live theirs.

Going downstairs, I walk down to the basement.