Broken and Found

Chapter Five

Daemons POV

After stopping my mate from harming herself, I step back outside into the night again to get some fresh air. My wolf seems to be constantly on edge when it comes to my mate. "Wolfsbane and silver! That must be why she a dormant wolf! Wolfsbane stops her from shifting. But silver! It's just to harm her! MY MATE!" Normally I would get annoyed of Shadow, but on this topic, I completely agree with him. "The wolfsbane should go away in a few days, but the silver will linger for a bit longer. Then our mate gets her wolf back." I sigh again. What happened to her that she would harm herself? My thoughts get interrupted when Charlotte comes towards me, wearing a revealing dress. As she walks up to me, Shadows anger is now on her. "She should get away! She is nothing. Our mate..." I greet her back politely. "Hello Charlotte. Why are you up that late?" "I wanted to meet you, going on a date together!" My wolf seems disgusted by that idea. But I know I can't reveal that I have a mate, or Charlotte would hurt her. As she has the councils backing, they would'nt step in. "We will protect her, and we will make her our Luna! Stupid human." "Yeah, i know, Shadow. But I will not tell Charlotte anything, I don't want her to hurt her. "I'm sorry Charlotte, but somebody was injured and I promised to stay nearby. And you know I am waiting for my mate." Charlotte starts to pout, but James saves me. "Alpha, could you come in so that we can discuss something?" I quickly agree and hurry into the infirmary again, hoping the doctor has more details about my mate. I wonder what her name is. "Whatever her name is, it is beautiful!" my wolf says in my head.

As we sit down in his office, I see that James makes a serious face, untypical for the normally very joyful doctor. "What ist it, James? How can I help my mate? Did she say her name?" He just sighs, folding his hands and looking at me with sad eyes. "Physically she is not in a good state. She is malnourished, bruises all over her body and signs of previous fractures who weren't tended to. I have to say to you that your mate has been abused, and for a long time." Shadow starts growling again in my head, pacing around. "But what concerns me more is the mental health of your mate. She seems to be very anxious, almost doesn't speak and has problems with panic attacks. They seem to be a result of her ongoing abuse." He sighs again. "I am sorry to inform you that your mate has, in an attempt to cope with the abuse, lost every self-esteem." He seems to get agitated, which confuses me. "Her 'masters' deemed her a slave, and they have imprinted that into her mind." He tries to calm himself down again. All I do is try to control Shadow, so that he doesn't go to Greysilver pack and kills Alpha Nathaniel. If I would do that, all of the Alphas in the council would declare war on our pack, and we couldn't fend them off. But as unresponsible as that would be, me and Shadow still consider the option.

I notice that Felix and Jackson enter the office. They mind-link with James, and after a while they pull me down to the dungeons. "What is that about?!" I yell at James, trying to understand. He looks me in the eyes. "I have to tell you something, and Iwe think you will be gracious if we contain you for a while." They struggle to get me in a silver cell, because Shadow is trying to get out and show them who is Alpha. When they lock the door, Felix just grins, but I see sadness in his eyes. "Never thought I would see you in one of those." The pack doctor grabs my attention. "I will just get it over with. First thing, it seems your mate has no name, at least not one she can remember. She said her 'name' was slave-" he squirms a few times, afraid of something. "and she says one of her duties was to serve her masters not only by serving them and being a punching bag, but also to run tests on wolfsbane and silver. It also appears that she had to please them-" He looks at me, but I just can't comprehend what he means. He struggles again, but he continues on.
"-sexually."

And with that, I cannot control my wolf anymore, and I lose myself in my anger. My wolfs trashes around in the cell, trying to get out, the impulse to hurt, to kill someone immensely high. But then, Felix and Jackson calm me down, saying just one sentence. "Daemon... or Shadow, please calm down, you have a woman to care for!" As they say that, my anger turns almost entirely to a sense of protectiveness. "MINE! My MATE! We have to protect her! We have to fix her. We love her!" I scream trough the mind-link to Felix and Jackson. They quickly cower away. "Yes, she is yours. Only yours. But you have to care for her, and you can't help her if you are here. We will bring you to her, but you have to be calm. For her, please!" My wolf retracts himself into his mind, thinking about our mate. "We will give her love. We will give her a home. And we will give her a name! She is our LUNA!" I lean against the silver bars, ignoring the pain. I motion my Beta and Gamma to take me to my mate, and when being in her room, I can smell her scent, calming me even further. "I will stay here and protect her, Jackson. You will have to step in for me while I care for her." Jackson pulls his head back and groans of annoyance. "Daemon, it was bad enough to do this for two days! I always wonder how you can cope with the work and especially Charlotte." I growl as he mentions her. Jackson then tries to move towards the bed. "She is very beautiful. I would take her as my mate." My wolf takes over for a second. "MINE!" Jackson quickly holds his hands in surrender. "Hey, it's ok. Charlotte won't be your Luna, your mate is." I shake my head, trying to calm myself. "I don't have the nerves for your jokes right now, neither from you nor Felix. Just... leave me for a bit." They go out of the room, assuring me they will take care of everything. I look into the direction of my angel, my princess, my mate, waiting for her to open her eyes again.