Twisting Her Fate
Chapter 108

Oscar sits in the small cabin long after Maggie has left. He sits beside his mother, stroking her back. She is showing signs of improvement. But his mind is filled with questions about what to do next. He shouldn't have let Maggie go. What if she informs Simon?

But the biggest question is what to do first; kill Simon or go get his sister. He is strongly leaning toward getting his sister. He wants to bring her with him when he kills Simon as some sort of strange bonding experience. He needs to do it in front of her to bring him peace, to show her that Simon's bad deeds are behind them and they can move forward from here.

Oscar just wants Leilani to be with them, back as the family that they should have always been.

"Mum, I am going to try and get Leilani. It won't be easy as Alpha Storm does not allow access to her very easily, but I am determined. I want to bring my sister back, you have to sort yourself out, you have to be strong for her. You saw how strong she is. Don't you want to make her proud, don't you want to show her that even with the weight of the world crushing you, you can still stand tall?"

Astrid's pale blue eyes look up into Oscar's stormy blue. Her eyes are bloodshot and are painful to see, but she can hear his words clearly. Each one resonates with her. She was strong before. Harris lifted her up. Simon dragged her down, but she was something before there were any mates in her life, she was very much like Leilani, she walked with confidence, she smiled and she laughed, she used to laugh so hard that her stomach would hurt.

All of that is a lifetime ago, but she is still that same person, she is still strong. She wants her daughter to be proud, she wants to be able to forge a relationship. She wants her daughter and she wants to be a good role model as obviously she went so wrong with Maggie.

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Rosalie turns to look as she hears the sweet voice behind her. She turns her head to see the girl who is leaning over her with a look of concern on her face. For a second she nearly forgets where she is. There is something so normal about being awakened by a sweet, caring voice, to see a beautiful face looking at her with concern instead of a demonic face filled with malicious intentions speaking in a voice that will haunt her awake times as much as her sleep. She stares at the face of an angel, her beauty is so ethereal it nearly glows.

Leilani looks at Rosalie, who just keeps staring at her.

"Rosalie, we are here to rescue you"

Rosalie has only been in lock up for the shortest amount of time but she has lived an incredibly sheltered life, hence her rebellion with her s*xual preferences. She thought it was all a bit of fun, thought it was a way to either have full control or hand over all control, but that wasn't the case here.

She has been locked up barely a fraction of the time Evie has but she is not faring well at all, her thoughts turning to dark places more often than not.

Lani just continues in a soft and soothing voice, she can tell that Rosalie is listening, she doesn't push her to respond, she just keeps talking until she breaks through.

Lani links Arlo and Hudson.

'Move forward and see how many we have here, see if we can get identities, but don't push too hard. Let Levi know to start contacting families as we know'

Leilani doesn't turn back to look at the boys, knowing that they are following her orders. Arlo has bad boy good looks, but Hudson has more subtle good looks and his vivid blue eyes draw everyone in making them want to tell him their whole life story. Hudson is an easy person to trust. The group have studied the missing girls enough so they should be easy to identify even with a brief look, even if the girls are not up for talking.

"My name is Leilani or Lani for short. My group were brought in by your father, Alpha Baxter, to try and replace you. I've also spoken to your mother, who has been taking your disappearance very badly. She is a wreck. You don't know how happy they are going to be" Leilani pauses, wondering if she's even going down the right track? She's not even sure whether someone in this condition or position wants to hear about how much people have missed her, but she is not exactly trained in this. She still has Evie by her side and wants to be able to help with the other girls if needed.

Rosalie doesn't react negatively to the comments so Leilani just keeps talking.

"I know your cousin, Connor Storm. Actually, we have been seeing each other and it's getting pretty serious"

Leilani says a spark in Rosalie's eyes as she pays a little more attention.

"We are to the point where we are going to take each other as chosen mates and mark each other, so I guess we will soon be family. You might be surprised to hear that Connor is actually taking a chosen mate. It is actually a bit of a funny story that I will tell you all about when we are out of this place"

"Are you really here to rescue me?"

Lani reaches down and clasps Rosalie's hand.

"Look at that open door, we have already contacted your family, we are getting you out"

Rosalie clasps Lani's hand.

"Have you told them how I ended up here?"

Lani shakes her head.

"We haven't and we will never. That is your truth to tell if you choose"

"Thank you"

Lani smiles at the girl as she helps her up off the bed.

"No need to thank me, thank your father for bringing us in. We have never taken a job like this"

Outside the mine, Terrance and Levi have themselves set up, Terrance has the tailgate set up as his own mobile laboratory, Levi has a fold out seat set up with the laptop on his lap and his phone to his ear.

"That is right Alpha Baxter, we have her, she is alive"

On the other end of the line, all that tension that has built up over the month has burst forth into hysterical tears. Baxter cannot believe it at all, he didn't think it was possible at all.

"She is alive?"

"She is, I will send you the location"

"Thank you, thank you so much, I owe you the world. I will be forever in your debt"

"No, no, nothing like that, just get here and get your daughter, it is just our job"

"It is not. You saved my family"

Levi feels awkward and just wants to get off the phone. They are not usually thanked in such a way.

"We will see you when you get here"

Levi hangs up the phone and Terrance laughs as he adjusts the bunsen burner in front of him, lowering the flame slightly as the liquid starts to bubble.

"Can't handle the praise?"

"I can't, handle the alpha being so emotional, we didn't really do that much, it was just our job"

"It wasn't just your job for him, he hired people that are trained in that exact thing and no one found a trace, but you all found her and she is alive and relatively quickly. To him it was so much more. You gave him back his daughter and his family, his mate has been off the rails through the experience, his son is off searching and putting his whole life on pause. They couldn't keep going like that. You act like it was nothing, but to him, you gave him back his life"

"When you say it like that...."

"When I say it like the truth? What you guys do is amazing. I want to help as much as I can. I don't want to do what I did anymore. You have all inspired me to be more, to use my gift for something more than profiteering. I pretended it wasn't for a long time, but that is what it is. I am a sell out. I have the ability to be able to help people, I want to use that"

Terrance has a real gift with potions, yet he has just been making the same ones over and over for a large profit. The thought sickens him.

"Whatever you want to do, I will support you, we will all support you"

Terrance keeps his eyes on the bubbling fluid in front of him, lifting his hand to wipe a stray tear.

Finlay and Madden drag the unconscious Simon out into the fresh air. Terrance turns off the burner and walks over to the man.

"Who is he?"

"He is the alpha of the amber pack, Simon Grayson"

Terrance nods as he studies Simon.

"Hmm never heard of him. I was imagining something different, he is so unassuming"

Madden laughs, patting Terrance on the shoulder.

"Were you expecting devil horns or something?"

"Well, it would be easier"

"Sometimes it is the most unassuming that are the most vicious. Look at him, neat and handsome, a family man, mate with two grown children and he does this"

"That is f*cked up"

"Have you got something good to give him?"

Terrance looks at the man on the ground, his mind working quickly, he has a natural gift to know the properties of each ingredient and know what each will do to the body, what they will do when mixed together, even when he has never tried it before. "How much do you want him to hurt?"

"We just need to keep him alive, his state till he has to answer for his crimes doesn't matter, he can be on the border between life and death and he deserves nothing less"

Terrance smiles as he walks back to his set up and gets back to work. They want pain? He is happy to oblige.