I watched Chris as he grabbed something off a table. When he turned around, I saw he was holding a long leather rope in his hands. I can't believe I actually thought he was nice.

My eyes fluttered open but all I could see was darkness. My mouth held a nasty, metallic taste while my wrists and ankles were tied to the chair with coarse rope. I tried to look around me but every move I made, made my whole body ache. "Oh good, you're awake." a creepy voice came from the darkness. Heavy foot steps echoed throughout the small space we were in before the light was turned. My eyes closed out of reflex but I forced them to open and adjust to the light.

The light revealed a tan man with black hair looking down at me. What scared me the most about him was the dead look in his eyes, like he was broken and he wasn't himself anymore. "Hello there." he said.

"W-who are you?" I stuttered. I was so scared, my entire body was shaking.

"My name is Christopher and you're Noah, right?" I nodded my head. "Well, Noah, I bet you're wondering why I kidnapped you."

"Actu-" I tried to say but he cut me off.

"Don't interrupt me when I'm talking!" he boomed. "Now, let me tell you the story of how your precious Ryder killed my wife." My heart skipped.

"Ryder, we have to make a plan. You can't just follow his scent." Riley said. Noah was kidnapped last night and there wasn't one minute that passed that I didn't think about Noah. All I wanted to do was get to Noah as fast as I could.

"And why the hell not?" I yelled, clearly frustrated. My wolf was on edge and if we didn't find Noah soon, I didn't know what I would do. I hoped he was okay and I prayed to myself that he was.

"Because you could get yourself killed." he tried to reason.

"If Noah is safe then I don't care." I said as I started to pace around the room.

"Do you hear yourself right now?"

"Alpha, they're back." Demetri, a member of my pack, informed me as he stepped into the room. I ran out of the house and met up with my father outside just as he was putting his clothes back on.

"What happened?" I asked my father. We exchanged eye contact before I followed him into the house. My father and some other pack members went searching for Noah's exact location. They were sent to spy on the place and tell me so we can conjure up a plan that wouldn't get us killed.

"There are many of them. Christopher has the place surrounded." he said as we walked to my office. I opened the door and sat in my desk while he stood by the door. "We need more wolves if we're going to get in there."

"Where is it?" I asked as I leaned back in my chair.

"The old abandoned house near the lake."

"Thank you, Hunter. Can you go get Riley? We have alot to go over." He nodded before opening the door to leave but Riley was already standing outside.

"Okay so I have an idea." Riley started as he walked in and leaned against my desk with his hands. "We need more wolves, right? How about the Blue Moon pack?"

"We haven't spoken to them in years. Do you really think they would help us."

"I already called them and they said yes." he said as he stood up straight and folded his arms. "They'll be here in the morning. No need to thank me."

"I appreciate the initiative, Riley," I replied, not in the mood for bickering. "Now can we visit the nurse." I still felt weak and the lack of my mate was not helping.

"She was killed that night by a rogue." Chris said as he looked at the wall behind me, seeming to be deep in thought. "Now do you see why I hate your pack?" I was surprised by how calm and nice he was. Don't get me wrong, I was still terrified but he didn't yell at me or even hit me. He asked for my opinion every five seconds but it scared me how calm he was.

"Not really." I said lowly.

"Really? Well, I do and that's the end of it." he stated before standing up and brushing off his pants. "Now, Ryder should be here soon, so we should get started."

"Get started?" I questioned. He only nodded while two men came out of no where and began untying my arms. They pulled me out of the chair and dragged me towards the center of the room, where chains were attached to the ground. They attached the chains to my ankles and wrist but they were so short that all I could do was sit. I couldn't turn or stand.

I watched Chris as he grabbed something off a table. When he turned around, I saw he was holding a long leather rope in his hands. I took back the comment about him being nice and calm. He was just crazy. "This will only hurt a lot but it's nothing compared to what I experienced," he said with a smirk as he went behind me.

I shut my eyes and tried to hold back my tears. The only thing that I wanted right now was Ryder. Before I knew it, the rope made contact with my skin, the sound echoing throughout the room. A scream ripped from my throat while tears spilled from my eyes. The pain was unbearable. He whipped me again and never in my life did I think I could scream so loud.