Alpha Nicholas novel Chapter 64

Rosie

Reliving the past and the painful memories has my whole body aching with the grief of it all. Going back to that time makes my chest feel like it is caving in and yet, despite what I have already told them all, in some ways we’ve not even got to the worst part of it all yet.

I’m brought back to the room when my… mate gently squeezes my hand and goddess it feels good. I didn’t lie when I said that the witches told me that I would find my mate here but what I never expected was to find out that my mate was Tony, that my mate used to be mated to my sister. It’s just too crazy.

Regardless of who my mate was of course I expected to be treated like the enemy. Why wouldn’t I? I turned up on their pack lands unexpectedly and most of the wolves here didn’t even know who I was.

Not that I expected them to know. It’s been 4 years since I’ve seen anyone from this pack and In that time I’ve gone from a girl to a woman to a… no, I can’t think about that right now. Yes, it will come out today, today they will know my biggest secret but until I have no choice but to tell them I’m not going to think about it. I can’t it’s too painful.

Yeah, so finding out Tony is my Mate is a massive blow but I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I think that as long as they believe that I’m not here to cause any harm or trouble then I believe that me and Tony can have something incredible. He has to be cautious of me and yet, he’s already showing me so much attention, support and kindness that it gives me hope for a future that at one point in my life, I thought I’d never get to see but well, now, there’s some hope.

“What happened to, Drake?” Alpha Nicholas asks his voice low and gentle. I’ve not been speaking to him for very long but considering how I unexpectedly ended up on his lands, he has been more than kind towards me. He could have treated me completely differently but hedidn’t and for that, I’m grateful and give him my full respect.

“Drake was a good man and worked hard to build a pack. Word spread fast that he was building a pack and he vetted every single wolf that turned up at the packhouse and wanted to join. We had been there for several months and the numbers were rising fairly well. He treated every single pack member with respect and gave them his time whenever they needed it and it paid off well for him.” I take a moment to prepare myself for what I’m about to tell them. The memories I’m about to relive.

“One day a group of Rogues turned up at the door. They weren’t the first Rogues that had turned up wanting to join so no one thought anything of it. We already had several members who had once been Rogues and Drake was more than willing for more to join. There were ten of them and each one passed all the checks that were needed and soon became official members. If only we could have known the devastation that they would cause. If only I could go back and stop them joining I would. They destroyed everything!”

My voice rises the more I talk as anger seeps into my body but even the anger I feel doesn’t stop tears from running down my face. “They had been there for around five months when one night at around 3 am everyone was woken up by them and some other Rogues that we didn’t know and we were taken to a haul of vans that they had lined up outside of the pack house. We couldn’t even fight back, they had it all worked out and had tight our hands behind our backs before they had woken us.”

“Fuck!” echoes across the room while all I can do is nod. “After they had hauled us all into the vans we travelled for a few hours but none of us had any idea of where we were going as the windows in the vans were blacked out and none of the Rogues were talking. Drake tried asking where they were taking us and got a punch as his answer.

Anyway, after. goddess only knows how many hours we arrived at some kind of campsite in the middle of the forest. It was a strange setup and had us all confused as to why we were there…if only we could have known what was to come..”

Alpha Nicholas

Rosie goes on to explain the layout of the camp that they arrived at and I instantly feel my whole body tense up while the hairs on my arms rise. I look over at Tony and it’s more than obvious that he’s also had the same thoughts as me, the same realisation. Surly we can’t be wrong if the both of us are thinking the same thing.

“Rosie, what happened, sweetheart?” I try to keep my tone calm as talk to her but inside I feel anything but calm. She gives me a strange Look and despite my efforts at trying to sound normal, I’m pretty sure that she’s picked up on the energy that I’m feeling. I watch her body slightly shake as she takes a deep breath and despite my need to hear what she has to say, I allow her a moment to get herself together.

“To cut a long story short the place was some kind of breeding mill.

Very few know all the details of what happened to us while we were there. We don’t need people knowing and questioning every little thing but she is his mate and so far I have no reason to believe that she is a danger to us, and as his mate, she deserves to know all about him.”Nick- Alpha Nicholas and I know about the camps because we have been in one before. We were kidnapped and taken there when we were

12. Thankfully, our families came after us and the camp was wiped out and burnt to the ground. A few people escaped but not many. We got lucky and we got out of there before they could kill us. Alpha Nicholas also has a daughter who was born from that situation. She came to live with us when she was 3 years old.”

Her eyes fly around the room as everyone nods their head confirming his story but I can see the internal battle that she’s having with herself.

She wants to believe him but at the same time she’s struggling and I get it, I do. The odds of both her and Tony having been in those camps is fucking insane, and yet, it’s true.

“Oh, no!” Bonnie suddenly gasps frightening the shit out of me. I go to ask her what’s wrong but something stops me when I see the way she’s looking at Rosie. She’s clearly figured something out but what? She slowly gets off my lap while keeping her eyes on Rosie, who is doing the same. She walks past Tony and places a hand on Rosie’s shoulder with a look of complete sadness on her face.

“How many did you have, Rosie?” How many what? What is she talking about? Tears stream down Rosie’s face and we all watch as she slowly crumbles.

“Two. I had two babies.” Fuck!