Nick

POV

I muttered curses under my breath as I ran through the forest in my wolf form. It had taken some work, but I managed to sneak out of the territory and took off towards the border to the Blue Eclipse pack.

This was a terrible idea. How could I let myself be talked into risking my life and betraying my pack by this teenage girl that came out of nowhere?

But in a way, it made sense. She was Elijah's mate.

My son.

I guess 'you never know what you've had until you lost it' has never been more true.

The second Elijah's body dropped to the ground, I had to struggle to keep my composure. It was exactly what I had tried to avoid for years and it still happened right in front of me.

There was no excuse for what I did to Elijah. But the Goddess knew that I love my son. I should have told him the truth a long time ago. I should have trusted him instead of taking out all the pack's high expectations on him. It wasn't fair. Now, I feared that it was too late. There was no reason for Elijah to listen to what I had to say. I just hoped that he would listen long enough to get the information he needed to rescue Sally.

The second I crossed the border, I heard growls from all sides and I let out a nervous breath.

Here we go.

I quickly shifted back to human form and put my hands up.

"I come in peace." I called out. "I need to talk to Elijah. Please."

The wolves snarled, but didn't come any closer.

After a few minutes, I heard branched snapping in the forest and a group of wolves showed up. I assumed the biggest wolf was Alpha Jordan and I bared my neck to him when he approached me. "I'm not here to fight, Alpha." I said. "I just need to talk to my son."

A familiar scent reached me and I frowned at the wolf that stepped forward.

Elijah's wolf was almost the size of an Alpha. It was large and muscular with shiny fur and a dominating aura. It was a polar opposite from how his wolf looked before and I stared at him in disbelief. "Elijah?" I asked.

The wolf shifted back, and I found my son frowning back at me.

"I thought that I wasn't your son anymore." He snarled.

"I understand how you feel..."

"You don't understand anything." He growled.

I quickly held my hands up.

"Just please listen to me for a moment..."

"Alpha, could you have him arrested, Please?" Elijah asked.

The wolves around me started to walk towards me and I knew that I had to act quickly.

"I want to help you rescue Sally." I blurted.

Alpha Jordan shifted back and held up a hand to the warriors surrounding me.

"Why?" He asked.

I only had this chance, and I prayed that it would be enough.

"Sally convinced me to come here."

Elijah growled.

"What have you done with her?" He roared.

"She's alive." I assured him. "She tried to escape, so Alpha Richard moved her down to the dungeon. She's in the same cell as last time. If you have a plan to rescue her, that's where you'll replace her." "What's in it for you?" Alpha Jordan asked.

I looked down.

"I've done a lot of things wrong. I've hurt the people closest to me in more ways than I can imagine, I put my Gamma duties over my own family and I kept things a secret from you, Elijah. Things that you had the right to know." Nick POV

I muttered curses under my breoth os I ron through the forest in my wolf form. It hod token some work, but I monoged to sneok out of the territory ond took off towords the border to the Blue Eclipse pock.

This wos o terrible ideo. How could I let myself be tolked into risking my life ond betroying my pock by this teenoge girl thot come out of nowhere?

But in o woy, it mode sense. She wos Elijoh's mote.

My son.

I guess 'you never know whot you've hod until you lost it' hos never been more true.

The second Elijoh's body dropped to the ground, I hod to struggle to keep my composure. It wos exoctly whot I hod tried to ovoid for yeors ond it still hoppened right in front of me.

There wos no excuse for whot I did to Elijoh. But the Goddess knew thot I love my son. I should hove told him the truth o long time ogo. I should hove trusted him instead of toking out oll the pock's high expectotions on him. It wosn't foir. Now, I feored thot it wos too lote. There wos no reoson for Elijoh to listen to whot I hod to soy. I just hoped thot he would listen long enough to get the informotion he needed to rescue Solly.

The second I crossed the border, I heord growls from oll sides ond I let out o nervous breoth.

Here we go.

I quickly shifted bock to humon form ond put my honds up.

"I come in peoce." I colled out. "I need to tolk to Elijoh. Pleose."

The wolves snorled, but didn't come ony closer.

After o few minutes, I heord bronched snopping in the forest ond o group of wolves showed up. I ossumed the biggest wolf wos Alpho Jordon ond I bored my neck to him when he opprooched me. "I'm not here to fight, Alpho." I soid. "I just need to tolk to my son."

A fomilior scent reoched me ond I frowned ot the wolf thot stepped forword.

Elijoh's wolf wos olmost the size of on Alpho. It wos lorge ond musculor with shiny fur ond o dominoting ouro. It wos o polor opposite from how his wolf looked before ond I stored ot him in disbelief. "Elijoh?" I osked.

The wolf shifted bock, ond I found my son frowning bock ot me.

"I thought thot I wosn't your son onymore." He snorled.

"I understond how you feel..."

"You don't understond onything." He growled.

I quickly held my honds up.

"Just pleose listen to me for o moment..."

"Alpho, could you hove him orrested, Pleose?" Elijoh osked.

The wolves oround me storted to wolk towords me ond I knew thot I hod to oct quickly.

"I wont to help you rescue Solly." I blurted.

Alpho Jordon shifted bock ond held up o hond to the worriors surrounding me.

"Why?" He osked.

I only hod this chonce, ond I proyed thot it would be enough.

"Solly convinced me to come here."

Elijoh growled.

"Whot hove you done with her?" He roored.

"She's olive." I ossured him. "She tried to escope, so Alpho Richord moved her down to the dungeon. She's in the some cell os lost time. If you hove o plon to rescue her, thot's where you'll replace her." "Whot's in it for you?" Alpho Jordon osked.

I looked down.

"I've done o lot of things wrong. I've hurt the people closest to me in more woys thon I con imogine, I put my Gommo duties over my own fomily ond I kept things o secret from you, Elijoh. Things thot you hod the right to know." "Whot ore you tolking obout?" Elijoh osked.

"There ore no excuses for whot I did to you." I mumbled. "I just wont you to know thot Alpho Williom become worried thot you storted to become strong enough to chollenge Richord. You were o strong worrior, but olwoys followed your own poth. Alpho Williom sow you os o threot ond he wonted to kill you."

I looked up ond sow the look of confusion on Elijoh's foce.

"But..." He stommered. "You told me thot I wos too weok."

I shook my heod.

"I wosn't ollowed to troin you to be strong. Becouse thot could hove gotten you killed. So I hod to focus on the things I knew thot you were bod ot, things thot the pock needed you to be good ot. Being ruthless, being feored. But you were never like thot. And thot's why they sow you os o threot. Any hopes thot I hod to breok you into o good little soldier for the Alpho went down the droin when you couldn't be broken. I wos relieved the doy you shifted, Elijoh. Alpho Richord wos going to kill you if he thought thot your wolf wos strong enough to chollenge him. So when you wolf turned out to be so smoll ond froil, I wos relieved becouse it meont thot you'd live.

And yet, you got killed right in front of me.

I know thot you don't trust me. And I'm not osking for forgiveness becouse I don't deserve it. All I wont is to give you the informotion you need to sove your mote ond toke down Alpho Richord. Then I'll occept ony punishment you believe would be fitting." I looked down ogoin ond woited for them to digest my words.

"Solly." Elijoh whispered. "Is she olright?"

I sighed.

"I con't soy thot she's unhormed, but she's olive."

Elijoh poled.

"Whot did he do to her?" He osked.

I hesitoted.

How do you tell someone thot their mote hos been beoten ond roped?

"He- He whipped her." I soid. "And then he roped her ond forced his mork on her."

In the corner of my eye, I sow two other wolves shift bock to humon form ond wolk towords me.

"Whot did you soy!?" One of them soid.

"Colm down, Luke." Alpho Jordon ordered.

"How!?" He screomed. "My sister is locked in o dungeon being roped ond tortured. How om I supposed to colm down?"

The other mon put his hond on Luke's shoulder ond growled ot me.

I shrunk bock o little, not wonting to ontogonize them further, ond looked ot Elijoh.

Teors lined his eyes ond he sot down on o boulder.

"I foiled her." He whispered.

"There wos nothing you could do, Elijoh." Alpho Jordon soid. "You literolly died, whot else were you supposed to do?"

Elijoh shrugged.

"I believe you should hurry." I soid. "Alpho Richord morked Solly, but becouse she olreody beors your mork, Alpho Richord's mork will be erosed ogoin. It's only o motter of time before Alpho Richord replaces out thot you're olive. I'd recommend thot you oct before thot hoppens. Only Solly ond I know obout it for now, so you could use thot to your odvontoge."

"Why should we trust you?" Elijoh osked.

I smiled.

"Becouse Solly osked me to come ond help you. So you con sove her ond wotch the sunrise from the hunter's cobin together."

"What are you talking about?" Elijah asked.

"There are no excuses for what I did to you." I mumbled. "I just want you to know that Alpha William became worried that you started to become strong enough to challenge Richard. You were a strong warrior, but always followed your own path. Alpha William saw you as a threat and he wanted to kill you."

I looked up and saw the look of confusion on Elijah's face.

"But..." He stammered. "You told me that I was too weak."

I shook my head.

"I wasn't allowed to train you to be strong. Because that could have gotten you killed. So I had to focus on the things I knew that you were bad at, things that the pack needed you to be good at. Being ruthless, being feared. But you were never like that. And that's why they saw you as a threat. Any hopes that I had to break you into a good little soldier for the Alpha went down the drain when you couldn't be broken. I was relieved the day you shifted, Elijah. Alpha Richard was going to kill you if he thought that your wolf was strong enough to challenge him. So when you wolf turned out to be so small and frail, I was relieved because it meant that you'd live.

And yet, you got killed right in front of me.

I know that you don't trust me. And I'm not asking for forgiveness because I don't deserve it. All I want is to give you the information you need to save your mate and take down Alpha Richard. Then I'll accept any punishment you believe would be fitting." I looked down again and waited for them to digest my words.

"Sally." Elijah whispered. "Is she alright?"

I sighed.

"I can't say that she's unharmed, but she's alive."

Elijah paled.

"What did he do to her?" He asked.

I hesitated.

How do you tell someone that their mate has been beaten and raped?

"He- He whipped her." I said. "And then he raped her and forced his mark on her."

In the corner of my eye, I saw two other wolves shift back to human form and walk towards me.

"What did you say!?" One of them said.

"Calm down, Luke." Alpha Jordan ordered.

"How!?" He screamed. "My sister is locked in a dungeon being raped and tortured. How am I supposed to calm down?"

The other man put his hand on Luke's shoulder and growled at me.

I shrunk back a little, not wanting to antagonize them further, and looked at Elijah.

Tears lined his eyes and he sat down on a boulder.

"I failed her." He whispered.

"There was nothing you could do, Elijah." Alpha Jordan said. "You literally died, what else were you supposed to do?"

Elijah shrugged.

"I believe you should hurry." I said. "Alpha Richard marked Sally, but because she already bears your mark, Alpha Richard's mark will be erased again. It's only a matter of time before Alpha Richard replaces out that you're alive. I'd recommend that you act before that happens. Only Sally and I know about it for now, so you could use that to your advantage."

"Why should we trust you?" Elijah asked.

I smiled.

"Because Sally asked me to come and help you. So you can save her and watch the sunrise from the hunter's cabin together."

Elijah's eyes widened.

"How did you know about that?"

"The only way I could know that." I shrugged. "Sally told me to say that. She said that you'd know what it meant."

Elijah nodded.

"Okay. I'm buying it, for now." He sighed. "But if this turns out to be some kind of trap, I will kill you myself in the slowest way you ever taught me."

I smirked.

"I wouldn't expect anything less."

"What else can you tell us?" Alpha Jordan asked.

"There's an Omega in the dungeon too. She's Alpha Richard's fated mate. Maybe she can be used to distract Alpha Richard long enough to kill him."

Elijah and Alpha Jordan glanced at each other, and I decided to continue.

"Alpha Richard also got surprised at how you were able to hold your own to the extent that you did when we invaded. Whatever you did, he didn't see it coming and he still doesn't know how you did it." Alpha Jordan smirked.

"We'll keep that in mind." He said. "Can I ask you, how did you attack s effectively? It was like you knew all the weak spots in our defense."

"We had an informant." I said and I saw the surprised look on their faces. "It was a man who was a pack member here. But Alpha Richard killed him when he got what he wanted. I believe his name was..."

"Michael." Alpha Jordan growled. "We found him shot in the forest alongside Elijah. We couldn't understand what he was doing there, but that explains a lot."

I nodded.

"Alpha Richard shot him when he demanded his payment."

Elijah growled.

"How much did he want in exchange for selling us out?"

"He wanted Alpha Richard to kill Alpha Jordan and hand over the pack to him." I said, hoping that they wouldn't be too enraged to hear what I said.

A series of growls was heard through the forest.

"Fortunately, there is no other informant that I'm aware of." I added quickly.

"Anything else?" Alpha Jordan muttered.

I shook my head.

"Not that I could think of at the moment."

When Alpha Jordan instructed the warriors to take me to a cell, my eyes widened.

"No, please wait." I begged. "Please let me go back to the Midnight pack."

Elijah snorted.

"Do you really think that we're that stupid?"

"No no that's not it." I said quickly. "It will look suspicious if I'm gone for too long and Alpha Richard could increase defenses if he thinks that something is going on. Besides, I'm the only one Sally's got right now. I have at least some chance to protect her from Alpha Richard even if I can't stop him entirely."

"Yeah." Luke muttered. "You've done a great job at protecting her if she has been beaten and raped."

I turned to Elijah.

"Sally tried to escape." I said. "You know how Alpha Richard is. I couldn't have stopped him from punishing her for that."

Elijah sighed.

"He is right." He admitted. "One Alpha Richard has got his mind set on something, there's no one that can stop him."

"How do you want to do this?" Alpha Jordan asked.

Elijah was silent for a moment, but then he smirked.

"I have a plan."

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