I gently brush my finger along Melody's pale skin. Her cheeks are tender and ghostly but they are still warm.

I watch as she breathes in shallowly on the hard cold cell floor. Anger sparks inside me as I watch her injured figure attempting to find enough strength to breathe properly.

This place is horrible, I've had to watch my mate be dragged away by some men and silently watch on the side lines.

I gently squeeze her soft hand before pulling away from her. I quickly walk to the front of my cell and look over at Eric.

As soon as he sees my stare he stands up and bows. I nod to him before speaking.

"It's time."

***

"Ahh!" I wake up screaming in fright when a large bang blows through my ear drums. I wince as I pull at the still fresh wounds.

Damn it!

I look up and gasp, Jayden is gone but how can Jayden be gone!?

I quickly get to my feet and rush to the bars dang separated us. Nothing in the cell at all and the door is laying wide open for everyone to see.

The guards never do that...

I look around but jump once again when another large crash comes from somewhere. Screams follow with more bangs. Shit where is Jayden!?

I feel a tear fall down my cheek unwillingly. What if he is hurt? Where the hell is he!?

With every loud bang I take a step towards the front of my cell, I'm curious and I know 'curiosity killed the cat' but I don't care.

Suddenly, as I'm about to reach the front of my cell, the large metal entrance door to the cells swings open.

I gasp when I see Jayden staying there at the top of the stairs with Asher and Eric in tow.

More tears fall freely from my eyes in happiness. Jayden is ok.

Hold it a second!

What the hell is going on!?

"Jay!" I shout leaning into the bars as if I could squeeze through them somehow.

"Melody! Thank god you're okay." He states coming to the front of my cell. I watch as he takes a chain full of keys out of his pocket.

"Luna." Asher greets as Jayden attempts to find the right key. I see his fingers fumbling over the keys reign to be quick. I knew how he felt.

I was agitated to see him, touch him, hold him.

I leant out and grabbed his fumbling hands in my own. He looked up at me and let out a long relieved sigh. I nodded at him with a smile before taking my hands away.

I turn my eyes away from Jayden's as he continues with the keys. I look at Asher again and smile happily at him.

"Asher, it's been too long." I say with a sigh, I reach out and squeeze his hand. "Thank you."

"Anytime Melody, you know that."

Finally the click of the lock brakes the chit chat and the door to my cell opens. In no less than a second I am engulfed in Jayden's warm embrace.

I instantly wrap my arms around his waist and hold him tight feeling the need to make up for every hug we should of had since I got here.

He holds me against his and I feel as though we are forming one person instead of two by our right hold.

He pulls out of our bear hug and pecks my lips, I smirk up at him then turn to face the other two men. They smile warmly at us but their eyes held urgency.

I knew we didn't have time for anymore than his but my whole body aches to be continuously at skins length with him.

Well back to reality for now...

"So what's going on?"

"I've had this plan since the moment we found out you were being kept here. I had Eric come down here to keep an eye on you and report back using mind link or the secret phone we gave him. After that I had to get myself inside as well which was easy. I had several pack members infiltrate some of the guards and maids here so they could steal keys and memorise the escape route.

After that it was all just a game of patience. I had to wait until everything was in place before we tried to escape. Then you were seriously injured and I knew it was now or never."

"Oh." I say looking at the other guys before looking and my mate. I nod to him with a smile once more. I can't believe him. "so what do we do now?"

"Well James will have his own guards so there is no doubt that we will have to fight our way out of here. We have managed to get ourselves keycards for the elevators and stair doors so there is no problem being able to escape. We will just have to hope we all get out of here in time. Are you ready?"

His arm stretches out and he places his palm out for my to grab. Excitement grips me tightly as the first sign of finally being free from this place appears.

My saviour stands before me with a soft smile and his arm stretched towards me. I knew he would come, after all he's told me before he would do anything to protect me.

Even if that meant he got himself caught and put in potential danger. Which is exactly what I didn't want but at least he is here with me now. I know that he loves me and I know that he knows I love him.

As long as I know that, I can die happy.

"Ready." I nod and grip his hand in mine. He nods in reply and he heads out of the cell that has kept me captive all this time.

"Lets go." Jay tells the others who have gathered around us. We rush up the stairs and I wince at the bright white lights of the corridors.

My heart beats faster from excitement as I watch my cell disappear from view. The familiar white corridors haunt me as we wonder through the maze, trying to escape.

I tighten my grip on Jayden as we race through the corridor, my bare feet slapping against the tiles on the floor.

All of a sudden a group of guards speed around the corner in front of us. In an I stand Jay and the other wolves snarl loudly before racing towards them at top speed.

Jayden lets go of my hand and pounces on the lead guard. I watch as another guard races towards me. I growl at him and clench my fiat. When he is finally close enough I punch him square in the face with all my strength.

He falls to the ground unconscious. A sharp pain travels up my side as a guard punches my stomach, right on my fresh wounds.

Anger flows through me like lava in that moment. These assholes have treated me like trash for weeks, they've cause me physical and mental pain. They need to suffer because I won't allow others to go through this.

I snarl ferociously at him then watch his eyes widen in fear. That's right asshole, be scared. I lift up my leg and kick him in the stomach which sends him flying down the hall.

I watch as his body stops sliding down the corridors and he is not trying to get up. Good. The anger in my veins is now burning at my skin.

"Melody!" Jay calls for me, I turn on my heels and look at him. Instantly I start to calm down. I walk over to him briskly. He grabs my hand again before we step over the bodies to carry on down the corridors.

We need to get out of here. Now.

Sharp pains are flowing through my abdomen but I ignore them. I'm a wolf I will heal. They are only gunshot wounds.

"Not far now."

The other wolves are following and more keep joining us. They all nod to me as we race through the maze of white corridors.

I didn't realise Jayden had gotten so many wolves to come along with him on his possible suicide mission.

We come to a intersection in the corridors and slow down. I look around to the right corridor and a growl escapes my mouth at the sight of James and his minions.

I hold out my hand to the others behind me to stop them and turn to Jay. "Stay here. You'll have to surprise him."

I step out before Jay or the other wolves from my pack could stop me. I stand up straight and my whole body goes tense at the sight of him and his horrid smirk.

Oh how I want to smack that stupid smirk off his face, the asshole.

"Ah Melody." He says with a short raspy laugh. "You didn't think you could escape did you?"

"On the contrary, I think I'm doings a great job at escaping." I speak up folding my arms over my chest.

His smirk falters slightly but he soon decomposes himself. He takes a couple of steps forward making my whole body go stiff.

I don't trust him at all.

Obviously.

I growl at him in warning but he doesn't stop. I uncross my arms and stand ready to pounce if I need to. He looks to happy for a man who has not got the majority of his guards.

Behind him stands 5 of the biggest guards that I've seen around here. Cheeky sod.

He stops halfway down the corridor and raises a gun at me. My breath hitches in my throat. My hands have started to go clammy.

Memories of the torture I went through because of him flood my mind. My head starts to pound and it makes me feel weak and small.

He has shot me before so I know it would be easy for him to pull the trigger at any moment. I have to play this carefully if I want to live.

In my peripheral vision I notice that most of the wolves including Jayden have gone. Only Eric and two other soldier are there.

I can see Eric's forehead is crinkled due to him frowning. I can tell he is listening intently, he is waiting to intervene.

"Yes well done Melody. You did a great job but now it's time to stop." He says pointing the gun directly at my chest. He is only a few steps away and my wolf itches to take him down.

"Never." I snarl. I move my body into a defensive position as I watch the gun in his hand carefully. He smirks and shakes the gun around making me feel skittish and fearful.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." A familiar warning voice speaks up. Jayden appears form the shadows behind James. He now holds a gun that is currently pointed directly at James.

The guards behind James all turn their guns towards Jayden but all of a sudden wolves surround them. I'm a blink of an eye they have disarmed all guards and knocked them all out.

Well crap.

"Well well we'll, if it it's thenew comer. I knew you would cause trouble. I should of guessed it was all for her." He points the fun towards me again.

I standup tall and try to make myself look brave. I swallow the fear that has started to build up. Eric has started to twitch from the sidelines.

He is dying to intervene.

"Drop the gun. Now!" Jayden commands pressed the gun to Jame's head. I saw James' eye dart to the corner as if he was trying to see Jayden.

Instead of turning to Jayden or dropping his weapon his eyes go back to mine and his smirk reappears.

"Checkmate."

That's all I hear before a gunshot rings through the corridor.

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