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I was going to get her back but, a whole day had passed and these dogs just kept coming. We'd searched through their entire territory and I couldn't find her anywhere. Who knows what Connor was doing to her, I hadn't seen him around either.

Neither him nor Juliana.

Now that I thought about it, there weren't even any children here. We'd fallen right into his trap. There were more than just werewolves here too. It was almost like in the last war where most of the races ganged up together against each other. Even vampires were fighting against us as well.

They had everything so carefully planned out, it was almost overwhelming for Theo and I. We had the upper hand at first and it only took a few seconds to wipe out their first few waves, but as more kept coming, it was taking a toll on both of us.

I should have realized it sooner.

It would be almost too obvious and easy to find her if she was here, I felt like an idiot for falling for it. I should've known by how prepared they were. It was pissing me off because that makes it the fifth time that I've fucked up and gotten her hurt for something stupid relating to me.

Maybe that's all I've done for her.

"Now isn't the time to be stuck in your head Cole!" Theo shouted at me, wiping blood from his mouth. " Don't let them tire you out, you still need to find her. Drink from the vampires... They'll replenish your power quicker and they don't taste as bitter."

I nodded at him, he was right. I could think about all that I needed to do when I got her back. As soon as I got her ba-

I paused, "Theo, stop." I said, my eyes widening. "What the fuck do you mean stop? You can't-"

"Why are there vampires here?" I asked, cutting him off, "They hate each other...so why are they fighting together? Shouldn't they be listening to us?"

If vampires were her too that meant one of my brothers also had something to do with this. This was slowly becoming more than just a fight to get her back. They were trying to get rid of us. Not only that... This entire fight was stalling the time, we weren't going to get anywhere because they'd just keep coming.

I'm fucking up all over again, and I haven't even made up for the last I did,

His mouth parted and he gasped, "Lucius."

I turned around quickly and looked in the direction where his eyes were looking. Lucius was walking towards us both with an amused look on his face while clapping. "Good. Good. You're both here."

The fighting came to a standstill when he arrived, "It took you a while to realize you're wasting your precious time. I expected you to be smarter than this Theo... That girl ought to be dead by now."

"Where the hell is she?" I asked, grabbing him by the collar of his shirt. He shoved me off of him and scowled at me, "Get your dirty hands off me."

"She's not dead." Theo said calmly, I could tell he was pissed because his voice got lower, "He has no idea where she is... He's just another distraction."

"How the hell do you know that?! How do you know if she isn't dead or not??" I asked turning to Theo. He looked at me and sighed, "It's just a feeling. They wouldn't still be fighting us if there was nothing left to stall for..."

Lucius laughed and shrugged, "Think that if you want but... Look at the gift I got from Connor just earlier." he said pulling out a small box. He shook it in front of me and smiled, "Don't you want to know what's inside?"

My eyes widened, I could smell the scent of her blood seeping out the box. I reached for it but he pulled it away clicking his tongue. "Now that's not how you ask for something, is it? Say please little brother."

I opened my mouth to yell at him but closed it again. My pride wasn't worth more than her... I couldn't keep putting it above her. She was in this mess because of me...

I clenched my jaw and looked away from him, "Can I see it....please?"

He erupted in laughter and tossed it onto the ground, "Get down on your knees and get it bitch."

"Don't give him your time Cole. He wants you to- Cole..." He paused when I crouched down and picked up the box. Lucius kicked me over and laughed again, but I was too focused on trying to see what was inside to react to him.

My hands were shaking as I opened it, I nearly dropped it when I saw what was inside. "D-dude what the fuck is this?" I asked covering my mouth.

"Are these her...nails?" I asked my voice trailing off. He was hurting her in my place.

My eyes widened and I stood up, looking around. I could smell her scent growing nearer to us at a fast pace. I thought its be her but it was Julianna. She was running towards us with tears in her eyes, she had blood all over her clothes, I didn't even have to ask to know whose it was.

When she walked up to me, I wrapped my hands around her throat and stared her directly in her eyes. "You have five seconds to tell me where the fuck she is, or I'm going to kill you this time."

Her eyes widened and she began sobbing, "You h-have to save...her. I didn't think he w-was going to go that f-far."

I let go of her and she started gasping for air. I heard Theo click his tongue and he walked up to her and slapped her, which took me by surprise.

"Why the fuck are you crying when you've got her blood all over you? That's grand of you! Tell us something that we don't know otherwise whatever you're saying is irrelevant. Get ahold of yourself, and tell us where the hell she is."

Lucius didn't bother stopping us from following her to where Isabella was. It was way far off from where I thought she was. I could smell the scent of her blood growing stronger the closer we got to her location. I felt myself getting dizzy from how overpowering the smell was, it was triggering me to transform and I couldn't stop it.

Julianna suddenly stopped in front of us and fell onto her knees sobbing. My eyes widened when I laid eyes on Isabella.

She had Connor's shirt thrown over her but besides that, she was completely naked. She was leaning against someone else for support, she wasn't even standing on her feet properly. She looked dead.

Why was I always too late?

"You're finally here..." Connor shouted. He shook his head as I stepped forward, "Don't bother trying to come closer, I'll kill her right where we stand if you do."

I could feel myself shaking in fear... And anger. I was mostly angry with myself, but I wanted nothing more than to kill him right now. I wasn't afraid because he scared me, I couldn't even tell if that was her or not. I knew from the scent that it was but...

"Look sweet little Isabella... Cole's come for you finally," he said tapping her.

She barely lifted her head as she looked over towards us. Tears were streaming down her face and her eyes were a light grey color. "I can't see..." She mumbled, sniffling as she cried. "I can't see anything." She repeated.

"Never mind that, aren't you happy Cole is here?" Connor asked sighing, "Who?"

I froze and my eyes widened, it felt like someone had just shot me. I clenched my jaw and bit down hard on my tongue to distract myself with some sort of pain other than the one that I was feeling right now. It'd only been two days and she couldn't even remember me... What did they do to her?

I might as well have been the one to do this to her...

Connor laughed and patted her on the head, she whimpered and flinched away from him. She fell onto the ground as he tried balancing on her feet.

"If you want her back, then take her place," Connor stated, looking at me. "And if you don't take her place, I'll kill her right now."

"Don't react to what he's saying Cole, we can fight and get her ba-" Theo started and I cut him off, raising my voice.

"I'm not going to let her go through another second of this because of me! She's fucking suffered enough because of me. Because of shit that had nothing to do with her!" I could feel myself choking on words, it felt like there was a brick in my throat.

I chuckled to myself, that's one of the last things she said to me, how ironic. I might as well have had a brick as a heart, I didn't treat her any better than him. I might as well have tortured her along with him.

I didn't want to show my emotions in front of Connor because that's exactly what he wanted. I looked down and inhaled slowly, removing all the weapons that I had in my possession. I held my hands up and slowly let out my breath.

I wanted to be with her, I wanted to treat her right this time, but that wasn't going to be a choice for me anymore.

"Please take care of her Theo..." I whispered under my breath. I looked up toward Connor and scowled at him, "Take me then. You can kill me if you want to, just let her go."

He laughed and motioned me to walk towards him as the other guy grabbed Isabella. He held a knife to her throat as I walked past them. He pushed Isabella into Theo's arms and dragged Julianna back towards me and Connor. I felt a feeling of relief pass over me that at least she was safe now. I felt a cold collar clamp down onto my neck. It weighed down heavily on my shoulders.

"How's it feel to be the bitch now?" Connor asked snickering. "I'm not going to kill you, Cole, that would be too kind of me. I'm going to have you tortured, just like I did Isabella. I'll kill her, and the rest of your fucking family, then I'll kill you when you're finally the only one that's left."

I wasn't even listening to what he was saying. Theo looked sadly at me as he held Isabella in his hands. I could feel tears rolling down my face as I watched him walk away with her. I was being so weak right now... No- I was always weak. I'd never been able to protect her like I thought I was. I always said she was in denial but I'm the one in the deepest denial.

Maybe she deserved to stay with him instead of me anyway... Maybe they're meant to be regardless if this had happened or not. All I ever did was treat her like shit because I was too proud to show that I cared. If she ever did love me, that was all over since she didn't even remember me.

Just when I finally let go of my pride to realize that I loved her. I loved her so much it hurt. It took the thought of her death for me to realize how much I did.

And now we were being separated again, I won't ever be able to tell her.

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Sighhhhhh 😩 My poor babies. (all of them)