Craving Tori: White Timber Pack(18)
“Why are you doing this?” I cry out.
Steve takes off the blindfold and stares at me with a wicked grin on his face. “You're mine!” he spits.
I’m so confused right now. He’s a shifter, wouldn’t Elizabeth have known that? “How can you be a shifter?” I manage to croak out, my throat dry.
He smirks evilly at me. “I had a witch make me a cologne to mess with other shifters’ senses, your precious little friend didn’t know the difference,” he says, clicking his tongue.
My mind flashes to Ryan. He must be going out of his mind worrying about me. I bite my lip to hold the whimper in my throat for my poor mate. He doesn’t know where I am or who has me. I drop my head feeling utterly defeated.
Steve moves closer, ripping my shirt open some. He moans when he sees my lace bra. I feel like I’m going to be sick. I can’t fight back, he’s tied my hands behind my back. The tears are just soaking my face as he fondles my breasts with his hands. I pray, by some small chance, that he doesn’t try to do what I think he wants to do to me. Something that I didn’t let him have a chance to do before. How would Ryan look at me then? Knowing another male has touched me, degraded me in such a way.
Steve is about to move in to kiss me, but his phone starts to ring. He curses and moves away from me. He grabs his phone and walks out of the room, slamming the door shut behind him. I can hear him yelling at whoever is on the other line. I panic and look around the room to see if there is anything that can be used to cut the rope that is holding my hands prisoner. I don’t see a damn thing I can use. I bite my lip and try to stop the tears from falling down my cheeks.
I drop my head and close my eyes.
“I love you, Ryan.” I whisper softly. Hoping he can feel the love I have for him through our bond.
I don’t know how much time went by since Steve left the room. I look around the room dazed. Thinking of Ryan, Elizabeth, and my parents. Will I ever see them again? Probably not. I hear heavy footsteps coming towards the door. I suck in a breath, it’s Steve. He’s coming to finish what he started before he left. Steve opens the door and pops his head in with a grin that makes my skin crawl.
Steve walks over to me and touches Ryan’s mark. It feels like it’s burning, having his fingers move over it. He chuckles when he sees me wince.
“Seeing as you're mated, and it seems he’s your true mate, you’ll feel that burning sensation the whole time I touch you,” he grins evilly at me.
My body quivers in fear, wondering what he’s going to do to me. The look in his eyes right now haunts me. I know I’m in for a world of hurt, Steve will try to break me. I’m going to try my hardest to stay strong for as long as I can. Hopefully, Ryan finds me in time, but I feel hopeless that I can’t communicate with him through our bond.
Chapter Seven
We’re shopping for furniture for our house. Tori’s and mine. That’s the surprise. She must be going insane not knowing. I lightly chuckle.
“What are you chuckling about?” Caleb asks.
I grin and shake my head. “Tori is probably wracking her brain trying to figure out what this surprise is,” I snicker.
My brother shakes his head at me. “She’ll love it. I’m sure of it,” he mentions.
Just then, there’s a strong sense of fear that runs through me. My wolf whines heavily. Tori! My brother puts his hand on my shoulder, looking at me with concern.
“Everything okay? What’s wrong?”
“Something’s wrong. I can feel Tori’s fear. Something’s happening. We need to get to her now,” I growl, my wolf right there. I’m close to shifting. My brother’s eyes widen as he hears the voice of my wolf.
He grabs me by the arm and pulls me out of the store and around to the back. “You need to try and calm your wolf before you end up shifting in front of everyone.”
I take a few calming breaths. My eyes wide with fear as I look up at my older brother. “We need to get home. I have to check on her.” My voice trembles with worry. My brother nods, and he runs towards the car, I follow on his heels. I need to get my mate, she needs me.
On the way to the house, my brother calls our parents.
“Meet at the house, now. Something is happening to Tori,” he spits out quickly before hanging up.
Caleb pulls up to the house, opening the door and jumping out before he even stops the car fully. I’m in the house calling for Tori. Her scent still lingering in the house. Maybe she’s out back? I run through the house to the back door. Once I’m outside, I sniff the air. I smell Tori, but there’s something else, too. Another wolf. A wolf I’ve never scented before. I growl deep as I move over to the flower bed where she must've been.
My wolf is howling at me to shift and find our mate. My brother runs up to me and snarls. “Rogue,” he bites out.
Rogue? Why would a rogue go after Tori? My mind is spinning. Could her ex be involved with a rogue? How would her ex know about shifters?
My parents come around the corner of the house. My father and mother run over to us. My father growls while my mother snarls. My eyes flash and the shift takes over my body. My brother and parents follow, shifting. I take off towards the woods, following Tori’s scent a good mile before it disappears. I look from left to right, trying to figure out which way they went. I raise my head and howl. I whimper knowing my mate is out there being held against her will.