Pack Gems by Kuro Kusai, WhiteWolf Aura (free ereaders TXT) 📖

.::. Kaden's POV.::.

 This was insane.

"So, you think you can lure Taylor here to this shithole in California and MAKE her become part of your doggy club? You guys are on a serious acid trip," Kaden spoke to a guy named Chase-- the pack leader, as he turned around. He had dark brown eyes, dirty blonde shoulder length hair and pale skin. Wasn't tall for an Alpha but it was easy to tell why he had the position.

He was ruthless.

"Listen here Rachel, I do-"

"My damn name is NOT Rachel, you stupid dog!" The more Kaden was with these Mutts the more she learned miscellaneous facts about her life--ones she didn't welcome.

He slowly slinked up to her, slapping her across the face and she could do nothing about it. Kaden was attached to shackles that were bolted to the floor, with about four feet of chains that linked to the cuffs on her wrists and legs. One seperate thick chain was anchored to the wall behind her and also attached to a heavy collar around her neck.

"She won't have much of a choice if we capture her," Chase sneered.

"Ha! You can try but you won't succeed." Kaden replied in a singsong voice.

"We caught you." He smirked down at her.

"Yeah...I was outnumbered like one to twelve and I was also recovering from a broken arm and knife stab. You, my friend, got lucky. Very lucky."

"We have a strong pack as well." He paced in front of her, not acknowledging her, "She'll come for you."

"Well no shit, Sherlock. You just don't see what you're getting yourself into."

He stared at her for a few more minutes before snapping, "Let's go." to another wolf she hadn't bothered to look at.

"Hey, what I-"

Just like that she was alone in the holding room.She took inventory of her body.She was still covered in blood and she had a horrible headache.

They had asked how she'd gotten away all those years ago but she honestly didn't know, which just made them mad. So, they repaid her with a couple nice bruises to add to the lovely holes saturated with silver and a pretty little head bump. She'd be damned if she was staying like this.

"Hellloooo, hungry down here!" She yelled.

"Shut the hell up you stupid bitch!" A new wolf strided down the stairs. He had short brown hair and hazel eyes. He was also sporting a pair of gloves and he holding some sort of shiny utensil. He crouched in front of her and pressed it against her cheek, it burned. It was pure silver.

Kaden hissed and backed away from him.

He went to touch her face with the silver instrument again but he had to step back as she lunged for his hand, angry tears streaming down her face, her vision going blurry. Not only was she dehydrated, starved and exhausted but now they wanted to put more silver in her?

It's like they wanted her dead.

"What's your damn problem?!"

He was laughing, "You should have remained an Omega. I was the one that chose you, you know."

An Omega? It was laughable now, but back then she was a meek human. Omega's, wolves outside of the pack order, tended to be docile and nurturing. No matter how dominant a wolf was, they couldn't control an Omega. To their disappointment, she wasn't a rare Omega. And she didn't want to be, especially if she would've been imprisioned by these idiots.

She turned to where the wolf's voice was coming from but the silver was roaming her body and she was disoriented.

"How did you get away anyways? You said you didn't remember and you weren't lying, someone must have helped you. And--" He spoke, leaning down again, " You don't smell like Pack."

Kaden was breathing heavily, her shirt was soaked with her sweat.She collapsed at the guy's feet, angry more at herself for giving in than at him for poisoning her with the silver.

"That's because I'm not in one." It was even hard to speak.

"You don't remember me do you? Me, Ryan? We dated for a few months, then one day I took you out into the woods and gave you this…gift. You should be thankful."

She raked him with a look of disdain, "Well, please forgive my failure at recognizing the awesomeness of being submissive to a pack of narcissistic jackasses."

He pulled his foot back and kicked at her injured leg.Kaden screamed out as the kick connected with a recent wound. 

He was still laughing as he walked out of her line of vision, bringing back a wet cloth and putting it to her nose. As what little of the world she could see faded, she could still hear Ryan's laughter ringing.

l Axel's POV l

"Yes, that's right, Mason Kavanaugh." Axel repeated back to the young woman at the front desk.

"Can I see your ID?" The blonde flashed a smile.

Axel turned to her with his charming smile, "I'm sorry. I don't have it with me, but any information needed I can verify."

The woman looked him over before giving him a quick nod as she went into the back room to retrieve the room keys.

Axel turned to the doorway where Mason and Taylor stood arguing,"……like that one time! You made me sleep with you last night! I can't go through that again!" She growled as she strode over to where Axel stood, staring at them with amusement.

"Fine. Let's see what happens to your-" Mason said as he reached inside his pocket for her iPod, but came out with nothing.

Taylor grinned, holding the ipod up. As Axel was laughing, Taylor swooped in and grabbed one of the card keys the girl, who had returned to the desk, had laid out on the counter.

"Looks like more Alpha male bonding for you boys. Have fun sleeping together." She chuckled as she jogged over to her forgotten bag and walked up to the elevator, a grin on her face.

Axel jogged after Taylor, "Hey, come on now. You, heh...you don't really want to do this right? I mean, you made me ride with another Alpha…front to back on my favorite bike. You realize the psychological barbed wire I'll have to go through in therapy if I share a room with him?!"

The door to the elevator ringed."Oh, sounds like you have a problem there. Hope you get that fixed." Taylor smiled sweetly as the elevator doors closed, leaving a fuming Mason and irritated Axel in the lobby.

Akira and Daren came over from their restroom break.Axel went ahead and gave them one of the two keys and looked down at the last remaining key to check the room number.It was room 804.Odd they put it on the key.

"It better be a two bed." He grumbled as he pushed the button to call down an elevator.

After a few minutes, the hotel room door swung open and Axel and Mason both stalked in, unloaded their luggage into a (thankfully) two room suite that could be sectioned off by a single door. Despite being a hotel, the rooms were spacious and quite well stocked.

Mason must have had spent a pretty penny for these suites.

And to think that Axel could have gotten it all to himself if Taylor hadn't taken the other room, but he was here for one thing only.

Kaden. He'd taken an unnatural fascination with her. He could withstand any Alpha rivalry as long as it took.

The room had a nice king sized bed which he was just about to sit down on when someone pounded on the door.

Axel walked out of his room as Mason emerged from his own room to check out the noise. Axel positioned himself to the left of the door and Mason on the right.

"Open up!! I don't have all damned day!" Taylor's voice shouted from the other side.

The Alphas exhaled in unison as Axel reached over and unlocked the door.

"Took you long enough. We have to go right now. Plan along the way." Taylor said briskly as she strode into their suite looking a little pale.

"Why? What's wrong?" Mason asked.

Axel and Taylor gave him a 'do-you-really-have-to-ask' look.

"Not what I meant. Why are you so agitated?"

"Kaden's being hurt by them. I felt it constantly on the flight but just now it spiked and everything went blurry. It's like she's numb or unconscious."

That put them into action."We need Daren and Akira here to execute a plan of action." Mason stated, "I'll go ge-" Was all he got out before the pair strode in.

Akira stood with a eager grin on his face while Daren plopped down on a cushy chair as he chewed on half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Daren had spiky hair, which was dyed half black while the other half was blonde and dark blue eyes. On the left side of his face was a nasty scar that went all the way from his left ear, across his cheek, to the top of his right eyebrow. He wasn't tan but he wasn't paper white either. He had informed Axel on their flight over that he was orignally Australian and happy to be such a long way from home.

Adrenaline pumped and ready for action, they all went out the door and on their search for Kaden's captors, ready to take her back by whatever means necessary.

The other Alpha's lair was on the very fringes of 'The Great Van Ness Extension' in Fresno, California.

Thankfully, the smell of the enemy pack, which was now familiar to them, had overpowered everything in the huge neighborhood, making it easy to follow the scent to it's source.

Two teams had been made for the operation to be successful.One contained Axel and Taylor in wolf form, the other Mason and Daren as humans and Akira on four.

The anxiety kept building up, their legs ready to spring.Anticipation accumulated in Axel's heart as every second that went by spanned on like an eternity.His front legs pawed the ground anxiously, his heart pumped quickly, as his ears perked up, catching any and every sound surrounding the enemy Alpha's house.His eyes on the lookout for danger.

Next to him Taylor sat, staring off into the distance, the only sign of her worry showed in her irregular breathing.A howl was heard from the other side of the house, their sign that the guards had passed by, and in unison they both sprang into action.

They ran for the second closest window which was located in the kitchen.Axel jumped through it, followed closely by Taylor; both unhampered by the shattered glass now at their feet.

"Don't breathe the air!" They heard a voice warn from the other room but it was too late.

The knockout gas, which was heavily dosed chloroform, had been pumped into the air vents by Mason and his crew. It was fast acting, so by now it had probably rendered everyone who had been breathing it for more than a few seconds unconscious.

The air ducts didn't go to the basement, which they were sure where Kaden was located.

Taylor barked at Axel to follow her into an open doorway that had stairs leading down to Kaden's sweet caramel scent.Axel stepped cautiously over unconscious bodies to reach Taylor. He nudged her side, assuring her that he was flanking her as they both descended.

On the other side of the room, Kaden was lying on the filthy concrete floor, a shackled prisoner.

Her face had an angry red mark across it, her right hind leg was bleeding