INJURED SHEILA

VALERIE I walked into the Pack House and went immediately to check on Edith and Bella. "How is she?" I asked Nathan who was standing outside Edith's room looking distraught. His dark hair was a mess because he was repeatedly running his hands through it. "They are... they are checking on her." he whispered. "He kicked her stomach." he said and growled at the last part. I inhaled sharply at that. You'll regret this Dominic, you sure will! "She is going to be alright. This is Edith we are talking about, she is tough." I said, he nodded slightly and bent his head and covered his face with his palms. Nathan looked completely lost. It hurt watching my bro like that. "I am going to take care of him." I assured Nathan, him referring to Dominic. "You didn't kill him?" he snarled at me. I growled in return and he scowled at me. "I am going to kill him!" he declared. "You will not do anything!" I said using my Alpha tone. "Then you do something!" he yelled at me. Suddenly there was a loud growl and Shawn was glaring at Nathan. His eyes were pitching black. "I am going to kill him. You don't have to worry about that!" I said in my Alpha tone and Nathan glared at me. "Call me if her condition improves." I said and he nodded slowly. Looking at Shawn who was glaring at Nathan I huffed. "Come on!" I said and dragged Shawn with me. I asked Shawn to wait for me downstairs when I went to check on Bella. "How is she?" I asked the nurse who was attending to her. She was lying limp on the bed with her blond hair spread around the pillow. "She is going to be fine. He has injured her ribs a lot. So she cannot shift into her wolf just yet. It'll require much more time." the nurse said sadly. "How long?" I asked the nurse looking at Bella who had bruises on her face and hands. "Umm.... About a week or so." the nurse said. "Why aren't her bruises healed?" I asked the nurse and traced my finger on the bruise on her cheeks. Her cheeks had cut marks in it. "Her wolf is weak Alpha." the nurse said and I looked at her confused. "Alisha is comparatively weaker than other she-wolves of her age." the nurse said. "Weak as in underweight?" I asked. "No. Umm... she.... Uh!" the nurse stammered and I growled at her. "Say it!" I barked loudly and the nurse shuddered. "She..... She has bruises all over her body. I know she has been beaten a lot." The nurse said and I looked at her confused. "But... but I won't tell anyone a word about it." the nurse continued. "What?" I asked frowning. "I will not tell anyone about the hits." she said so slowly that if it wouldn't have been for my werewolf sense I wouldn't have understood a word she said. "Beaten a lot?" I said confusingly. "How bad did Dominic hit her?" I said to myself and looked at Bella who looked very pale. Her usual pink lips were pale and dry. "Uh... Alpha..." the nurse called and I turned to glare at her. "Most of the bruises are old." she said and I felt like I lost the ground underneath me. "You mean to say she is being abused?" I asked the nurse who nodded. I gulped and turned to look at Bella and blinked a few times. Bella joined the Pack a year ago. There was a rogue attack in the place and I found her in one of the prisons. She was a much scarred she-wolf when I found her. Being kept in the prison with all those rouges around her she made her completely broken. She was abused day and night. She had told me her parents were killed and then I took her in to my Pack. She had nobody and I didn't want to leave her alone because I knew how it felt to be alone. She was scared of everyone in the Pack first. It took lots of months for her to be friendly with everyone in the Pack. I had helped her in her education ever since I took her in. I had brought her here with me because she had told me that she wouldn't be comfortable without me around in the pack. At that time I believed her but now I knew why she wanted to come with me. But I will not do anything about that just yet. I needed more proofs. "You can leave." I whispered to the nurse and took a seat on the couch. Running my fingers through my hair I began to think how it worked behind my back. 'Oscar.' I called him through the link. "Yes?" he said and I saw him entering the room along with Sheila. "I want a favour." I told to him. "Want some?" Shawn asked me and I saw the packet of oat biscuits in his hand. "That is mine!" I said narrowing my eyes, he just shrugged and took a seat beside me on the couch in the living room. It was six in the evening. "I asked Jasper to trace the scent of the rogues." Shawn said and I turned to face him. "They arrived in a car straight to the hotel." he concluded. "So...?" I asked, confused. "It was prearranged." he said. "But I am not getting it, why run into the woods?" I asked, confused. "I'll tell you why!" Evie said and both Shawn and I turned to look at her. She came and sat on the coffee table in front of me along with Ivan and Cherry, who stood next to the door. "We were in the hotel room where the murder had happened, but there was one unusual thing!" she said and I raised my eyebrows. "The bodies weren't ripped like you ....like we thought!" she said and my eyes widened all of a sudden. I had asked Evie to go and check in the hotel how the bodies were because I wanted to give the same kind of death to Dominic but what she said totally surprised me. "Then how were they?" Shawn asked her. "They were humans, all the killer had to do was shift into their wolf because that would scare the hell out of them and-" Evie began but I cut her off. "I don't get it!" I shrieked. "Bit them!" Cherry said and I frowned. "And the strangest thing is Dominic's scent wasn't even there in their room!" my eyes widened like saucers. "Then who killed Brianna and the girl?" Shawn asked confused. "A shifter for sure!" Evie said. "You couldn't trace the scent?" I asked her confused. "I couldn't. Whoever killed them was smart and didn't want us tracing them so they had sprayed some weird kind of gas in that room." Evie said scrunching up her nose in disgust. "Where were Dominic and other rogues scent then?" Shawn asked again. "It was in the hallway of your beautiful hotel Franklins Land which by the way needs a renovation ASAP!" Evie said smirking at Shawn who muttered a string of curses at that. "Brianna and the girl had a room on the third floor where they were found dead. When I went to help Edith and Bella, they were lying in the hallway of the third floor." Evie said. "The fight took all over there." "Why are you so sure it wasn't Dominic who killed Brianna and Nelly? I mean it could have been him and then they sprayed the scent" Ivan asked Evie. "Are you kidding me? You very well know Dominic's record when it comes to the kills, its coldblooded. You seriously think he would just bite Brianna and the girl?" Evie asked waving her hands all over the place. "That's true." Shawn said. "I've checked about him. You can see the way he attacked on Edith and Bella." he added. "I must say 'Thank-you'." Evie said to Shawn who just rolled his eyes at her. "Wait.... Um... okay, If Dominic and the rogue didn't kill Brianna and Nelly, then who did?" Ivan asked. "I don't know." Evie said annoyed. "They were bitten on their necks. One bite did the work!" Evie concluded. "Sounds like an immature killer!" Shawn said. Then I know who did it! I thought to myself. Just then the Pack doctor came into the living room where we all were. "How is she?" I asked him first. "She is fine." the doctor said. "The... baby?" I asked in a whisper. "The baby is also fine. She is unconscious but she will wake up in an hour or two." the doctor said and I took a deep breath and smiled at him. "Thank goddess." Evie said happily and ran to where Edith was with Nathan. "I think you should eat it now." Shawn said to me and I saw an oat biscuit in his hand. Sighing I grabbed the biscuit from him and took a bite. "I want you to be all energized when you fight the rogue." He whispered near my ear and I let out a small chuckle. "I am sorry about earlier." I said to him, referring to our make out session in the car and I felt my face heat up. "It's alright." he said and leant a little forward. "We will continue it in our room where you can scream all you want!" he whispered and my eyes widened. I felt goose bumps all over my skin and he let out a low chuckle and kissed my flamed up cheeks. "Dominic has woken up Luna." one of the guards told me half an hour later. "It's time!" Evie said smirking at me. After having our dinner we all went to the Pack prison. Dominic was standing in a cage at the center of the prison. His hands were tied using a chain to the grill of the prison. The long chains that were tied to his legs were connected to an electric meter. I smirked at that. The guards opened his cell gate for me and I entered his cell. He must have sensed my presence because he raised his head and growled at me. He was only wearing his rugged jeans and His blonde hair was a mess. "Now, now Dominic.... Growling at me is not going to help you!" I said shaking my head and stood next to the cell crossing my arms across my chest. "You think I care?" he snapped and I laughed because I was pleased to see him pissed off. "What's so funny?" he asked again and I just laughed louder. He growled at me a few times and then tried to shift. "Don't even think about shifting!" Evie said to him as she entered the cell. She went and stood next to the electric meter. "This thing looks good, huh?!" she said and purposely pressed the on button. Dominic shook with the shock and I saw him gritting his teeth in pain. "Oh yeah, this works!" Evie said and turned off the button. He stopped trembling and glared at us. His eyes were dark but due to the amount of shock given to him since this afternoon he was weak and he couldn't shift. Everyone else was standing outside the large cell, only Evie and I were inside the cell with Dominic. "Why did you keep me alive?" he snarled at us. "Don't worry, I'll kill you soon but before that I want to play a game with you." I said removing my military green Jacket. Even from where I was standing I could hear his heart beat rapidly. My wolf was fighting with me, she wanted to be let out and kill this rogue instantly. I walked towards him and stood in front of him, "I ask a question, you give me the right answer. For every right answer your chains will be removed." I said and glared at him. "For every wrong answer you will suffer!" I said through gritted teeth. He didn't reply just glared at me. "Question number one," I said and walked in a circle around him. "Do you know where Mark Ambrose is?" I asked him. "No!" he replied. Growling loudly, Evie switched on the button. I saw him yelp in pain and I closed my eyes at that. After few seconds Evie switched off the button. "I hope you heard the rules correctly Dominic." I said and held his jaws in my hands, blood oozed out of his jaws because my claws were digging into his skin. "Because I don't like repeating myself!" I whispered grinding my teeth and harshly removed my hands from his jaws. Shawn growled loudly when I was that close to Dominic. Dominic chuckled at that and I punched his stomach. "Bitch!" he spat and Evie switched on the button again. "Shawn don't!" I said through gritted teeth when my mate was about to enter the cell. He was really mad, his claws were out and his eyes were dark. I could sense the anger radiating from him. When he stopped on his tracks, I turned around and faced Dominic. "Question number two," I said and looked him dead in the eye. "Do you know where Mark is?" I asked and he frowned at me. "No!" he said and Evie turned on the meter again. "Question number three, do you know where Mark is?" I asked him again and he replied with the same no. This happened for quite some time. I asked the same question nearly twenty times and he replied with the same no. I must admit he was quite loyal to Mark, if only he knew how Mark Ambrose wasn't the person who needed his loyalty. "This is the last time I'm asking you!" I barked and held his jaws again. "Do you know where Mark Ambrose is?" I asked Dominic. Instead of replying he laughed at me. When Evie was about to press the button, I held my hands asking her to wait. Dominic laughed for a few minutes while everyone around were glaring or growling at him. My wolf felt insulted when he was laughing at us but I tried my best to control her. His laughter stopped when Evie pressed the button and he got the electric shock. I turned and glared at Evie but she just shrugged. His laughter was truly irritating. He cried in pain and I saw blood coming from his ears. "Stop!" I said to Evie and she switched off the button. "You will never get the answer from me, never!" Dominic said through gritted teeth. "Chief is going to be successful in-" he stopped when I chuckled. "Chief?" I asked him chuckling. "You call Mark chief?" I asked again and Dominic tried to lunge at me but the chains around him stopped him. Shawn entered the cell and punched Dominic in the stomach. He bent his head and coughed a few times. My mate stepped back but stood inside the cell. "How does it feel Dominic?" I asked him. "Does it hurt?" I asked him. He didn't reply just growled lowly at me. "You are getting what you deserve!" I said to him. "There is blood coming from your ears now and do you know why it is coming from your ears? Because all this time when those girls would beg you to leave them you would just act deaf, right?" I said and slapped him hard in the face. "All this time when those girls would plead you found it funny!" I said and punched his stomach. Using my claws I broke his chain and then kicked his chest so hard that he went crashing towards the wall. I stood opposite him and my whole body was shaking with anger. I closed my eyes and recalled what Bella had told me when I first hugged her. 'He didn't stop. He didn't. I begged, I pleaded, but he didn't stop!' I had seen how some girls used to be under the shower whole day, I had seen some sitting in the corner of their rooms and crying...all the girls who were a victim of such heinous crime! I had lost count of the number of times we all would run to their rooms in the middle of the night because they used to have nightmares. I remember Zelia crying in the middle of the night fearing for her friends who were in the dungeon. Evie running in the woods and howling because she was worried how her mother was in the dungeon. How can a person be so heartless? How can he try to hurt a pregnant woman? When I opened my eyes my gaze fell on Dominic who had stood up and was throwing the chains of his legs aside. Now that his hands and legs were free he stood up and growled at us. He twisted his neck a few times making his nerves crack. A loud thunderous growl erupted from my chest. "Let's finish this!" Evie said standing beside me. Looking over my shoulder I felt Shawn's gaze on me. I was silently asking him not to interrupt and prayed that he would understand what I wanted.