The Beta and his Mate

Blaine’s POV

Everything happened pretty quick after she’d said those words. Anna instantly gave the order to override the system and with a push of a button everything seemed to happen at once.

It seemed that not only where the collars and doors controlled by this system but so was basically everything else. The feed from the security cameras instantly stopped working, causing the once clear picture to become black and white lines of static flickering across the screen. The almost to bright artificial lights significantly dimmed and were replaced with a red hue, signalling that their electronic systems had all gone down.

I could also hear barking and snarling coming from down the corridor meaning the collars had been deactivated, I just hoped that the wolves figured out that they could shift so that they didn’t attack each other in a bid to escape.

The one thing that really had me on edge though was the fact that I couldn’t see what was going on in the main room anymore, or more specifically the fight that was no doubt still going on between my dad and Xavier.

“Anna I’ve go to go back, I need to make sure Dad and Xavier aren’t killing each other” I shouted over to her. I didn’t wait for a reply though as I turned on my heel and sprinted out the door and back down the hallway towards the fight ring. I could hear yelling and screaming in the distance but I didn’t let that deter me as I continued my advance, my mind solely focus on breaking up the fight that was currently going on between two of the most important people in my life. I knew that if I lost either of them I wouldn’t survive, I needed to make sure that they were okay.

I rounded the corner where the fork in the road was but skidded to a stop when I came face to face with a wolf that made me instantly well up. My mum.

“Mum?”

At the sound of my voice her hackles instantly raised as she turned around to face me, her teeth bared and her head held down in an aggressive stance. I could see that the collar was no longer around her neck, having fallen off with the loss of power to them, but that didn’t instantly make her shift back into her human form.

“Mum it’s me” I whispered as I held my hands out in front of me, trying to look as least threatening as I can. My mum continued to advance on me though, slowly taking one step at a time as she backed me into the cave’s wall. I had no idea what to do, no idea how to break her out of this life style she had been forced to live in. I mean how do you explain to a wolf that you were no longer a pawn in someone else’s sick game and that you were free to leave?

I had an idea pop into my mind, an idea that would either trigger her to attack me or break her out of whatever shell she had been forced into over the years. I had to free her human side from her brain, wake my mum up so that she could take control over her body again and remember who she was as a person.

One of the strongest instinct a wolf had was based on scent, through that you could tell nearly everything about a wolf, whether it was pack or rogue, friend or foe or even family. If our scent was strongest when we were in our wolf form then maybe if I turned into my wolf the scent would be strong enough for my mum to recognise me and wake her up from where ever she was lying dormant.

“Don’t attack me” I said, using a soothing voice to try and portray that I wasn’t changing with the mindset to attack her. “Remember mum” I whispered as I felt the shift start to overtake me “Remember who you are” I begged before I collapsed onto the ground and welcomed the shift.

It was one of the slowest shifts I’d ever done and the slower the shift the more it took its toll on you, as if fighting it used up more energy than accepting it.

After it was over I lay panting on the floor. Even though I was semi exhausted I remained as alert as I could, my ears pricked up high to make sure I was aware of my mums exact movements. I had no idea what she was about to do, she could just as easily attack me as she could accept me and I had to be ready for any situation. I just hoped that she wasn’t too far gone.

I eventually stood up on slightly shaky legs when I was sure that she wasn’t going to attack me, again keeping my movements slow and as least threatening as I possibly could.

Looking over at my mum now I could tell that she was more confused than on edge. It was extremely out of character for a wolf to shift in the way that I just did, so slow and open. It left you vulnerable and for someone who had lived in a world where vulnerability meant death there was no doubt in why she was so confused right now.

I used that confusion to my advantage though as slowly inched my way forward so that my scent could reach her better. When she didn’t openly reject my advances I took another few steps and whined, allowing my desperation to seep through, come on mum recognise me.

I froze as she took a hesitant step towards me, making sure she knew that she was in control of the situation, and with a few more cautious steps from her were were finally nose to nose. I looked into her eyes, hoping to see some form of change in them as recognition slowly started to seep in. At first nothing happened, she just stared at me with blank golden eyes, but just as I was about to give up hope something happened, her eyes started to swirl and before I could blink I was staring at the chocolate coloured eyes of my mother.

I almost howled in happiness as I watched her bones slowly start to crack and shift. It took her a few seconds to shift back seeing as she was forced into one form for so long, but eventually she had completely shifted and was back into her human form.

She was lying in a ball on the floor, sweat and dirt covering her body, and I quickly walked over to my open rucksack so that I could grab a T-shirt from the pile. I had brought the spare pair of clothes for me, just in case I accidently shifted and shredded my clothes, but looking at my mum now I could tell that she was in no state to shift back any time soon. She was as thin as a twig and panting heavily at the strain that her body had just gone through.

As grimey and sweaty as she was through I couldn’t help but walk over to her and lick her cheek, hoping that she understood just how grateful I was to see her right now.

“Blaine?” My mum whispered, her voice quiet and horse through years of not using it.

I whined a small confirmation as I layed the top over her body, it would swamp her due to the fact that it was actually Xaviers and she was so tiny, but it would do its job.

“You found us” she sobbed as she looked up at me, eyes full of pride and gratitude.

I hated the fact that I couldn’t communicate with her, the downsides of creating the mated link with Xavier, but I hoped that she could see just how happy and proud I was of her for fighting against her instinct to stay hidden in her mind and to come out and fight.

Just then a loud bark and whine sounded from behind me and I looked behind me to find my sister standing there with a huge wolf grin on her face and her tongue flopping out the side of her mouth. It seems like she had no trouble finding her way back into her body and remembering who we were.

I ran over to her and rested my head on her shoulder whilst she did the same to me, our form of a hug. I breathed in her scent and even under the smell of blood and dirt I could smell the calming scent of my little sister.

We stood there for a second, me basking in the fact that I had gotten some of my family back, before I finally rose my head and looked back down the hallway towards the main room where I knew dad and Xavier would be. I knew they both needed my help, needed me to break them up and show them that they no longer needed to be at each other’s throats, but at the same time I didn’t want to leave my mum and sister here alone and vulnerable.

“We’ve got them Blaine!” I suddenly heard a voice yell from down the hallway “go and save your mate and dad”. Anna.

I nodded my head over at my mum and sister, letting them know that Anna could be trusted, before turning around and sprinting off. I just hoped I wasn’t to late.

When I finally made it into the cave I was met with caos. People were running in every direction, whether it be from the recently released wolves or from the guards waving around their tranq guns, at least I think they were tranq guns.

The one thing I had my eye on though was the cage. I didn’t know where the rest of our pack were, whether they had gone back to help their Luna or whether they were helping the crowd escape, but I couldn’t see a single familiar face as I weaved my way through the crowd.

Up ahead I could tell that the battle between my dad and Xavier was still going strong, both appeared to be injured but neither of them seemed to be showing any sign of letting up as they circled each other. I spotted the door to the fight ring had opened and showed no hesitation as I sprinted towards it, jumping over obstacles and darting around people in my attempt to reach them.

When I finally made it I jumped into the slightly raised ring and stood at the edge as I waited for an opportunity to come between them. I was no idiot, it would have been near suicide to get in the middle of a fight like this when they were both more focused on ripping the others throat out than the environment around them.

They were both snarling as my dad swiped at Xaviers front paws, trying to knock him down so that my dad had the height advantage. It didn’t work though as Xav dodged my dad’s claws at the last second, jumping out of the way and out of my dads reach.

‘Xavier?’ I tried to link him, hoping that I could gain his attention.

It seemed to do nothing though because the next second Xavier was on my dad’s back and trying to roll him over so that he could get to his soft underbelly.

They were both evenly matched, meaning they were more likely to kill each other over fatigue more than skill. They had already been fighting for a solid ten to fifteen minutes so I knew they were both pretty tired but both refused to show it so as not to portray weakness to their opponent.

I stared on, feeling helpless that I couldn’t do anything, as I watched the two wolves fight. This wasn’t like a fight where there was a goodie and a baddie, If I jumped in and helped one person and not the other I could risk injuring one of them or getting injured myself seeing as I couldn’t really defend myself. What I really need was another person by my side. With two of us we could distract one person each making sure our back was covered so that we didn’t risk getting attacked from behind by the other.

Just when I was about to jump in, throwing caution to the wind, I felt a presence behind me.

I turned around, ready to attack if I needed to, but froze when I spotted the wolf that was in front of me. My brother had found his way to us.

Dun dun duuuun!

I wrote this chapter so quick you have no idea, it seems my brain wants to find out what happens with this lot just as much as you guys do!

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