Or So I Thought.

Game. Set. Match.

Ryden's P.O.V
I screwed up, the one person I loved the most I drove away. "Because of you our mate is in your psychotic brother's possession!" My wolf Luke shouted at me. "Half brother!" 

"I promise you Ryden, if my mate gets hurt at Jameson's hands I will take control of you so I am protecting her and you will never speak to her ever again!" Hearing this, knowing full well my wolf would keep his word I dropped down in my office chair heavily not even bothering to cover up the tears running down my face.

I could remember everything I did and said while I was drugged but couldn't stop any of it. The worst was when my mate watched with tearing eyes as I kissed that Tatum girl on my desk. I can still remember how she tasted like cheap lipstick nothing like my mates cedar and cinnamon addicting taste and smell.

It's been several hours since some of my most skilled tracers found Nicole and Bella's scents mixed with Jameson's, my traitorous third Neil and three new scents that two were identified as the boy and girl, Zane and Tatum, Taylor something like that and one scent no one knows who it belongs too.

I didn't look up when I heard the door open and close and the person walk over to the chairs in front of my desk and sit down. It was five minutes of silence before I finally found the will to look at the person sitting in my office, Landon. "Don't worry Ryden we'll find them."

"Why do you comfort me? If I hadn't chased my mate away yours wouldn't have followed her and gotten kidnapped too." "Because unlike you, I love my mate and if I beat you within an inch of your life she wouldn't be happy with me for hurting Nicole's mate."

His words were laced with so much hatred for me I couldn't help but flinch which made him sigh before he spoke again. "Ryden I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that, I just miss my mate I know you can respect that."

"It's true though I chased Nicole away and Bell was her defender so she naturally ran after her. This is all my fault." "You were drugged Ryden you couldn't help it." "Bu-"

Before I could finish my sentence I was interrupted by my door being slammed opened by Cole my best tracker. "Alpha we found something." Instantly Landon and I jumped up following Cole down the hall, hopefully to something that will lead us to our mates.
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Back to the usual Nicole's P.O.V

I opened my eyes and looked around and saw Bell next me, thankfully, with her previous clothes on meaning no one has used us. I let my eyes wander around the dog cage we were in, ironic really, that only had two straw piles for make-do beds.

At least it's better than the concrete I'm standing on, if only we had the time to use their beautiful guest room but we aren't staying here. Pulling the bobby pins out of my hair I began trying to pick the lock but stopped when I heard Bell start to get up and walk towards me.

"So where were you and Landon all day?" I said glancing at Bell long enough to see her look at the ground and brush some hair behind her ear giving me a small glance at her neck. "Bell do I see what I think I see on your neck?!"

I said gasping and smiling still messing with the lock. "Sorry about not being there, after you get marked you kinda fall asleep all day, do you want me to work on the door? I have more experience picking locks."

"Because you always lock yourself out of your bathroom." I said handing her the bobby pins and moving out of the way. "Don't hate me 'cause you ain't me!" She sang out in an annoying high pitch voice.

"Please, why would I be jealous of spending fifteen minutes, literally, everyday picking the lock to my bathroom because I lock my self out all the time." "Oh I don't know, because I can do it and you can't."

"Would you just shut up and unlock the door so we can get away from our kidnappers? Or are you having trouble picking an actual loc-" click. Dang my trash talk just got over talked by the sound of the now open jail door. "You were saying?"

Bell asked smirking. "This is why your my defender." Walking down the hall and through the door we were met with fresh air me green grass. Carefully walking out we shut the door causing a loud obnoxious beeping to sound loud enough for Martians to hear across the galaxy.

Suddenly the beautiful grass was crushed under several guards and Matthew's feet, the blood drained from my face and fear gripped me like never before, we could never survive this if we attacked and they were definitely not letting us go.

Plus Matthew was here, I didn't give him what he wanted years ago he definitely was going to take it now. Suddenly I felt a rush go through my body the fear, I had moments ago, disappeared. I felt like I just fell into ice water with out being cold just having the rush of it.

My blood had a freezing energetic feel and my skin prickled with excitement. "You almost disappointed me, Matthew, for a minute I thought I wasn't important." He definitely was caught of guard with my confidence as his previous smirk disappeared into a calculating look.

"Surrender Nicole you will not make it out of here alive."   "Oh no, you underestimate me Matthew you hurt Nicole very badly a long time ago now I'll return the favor. I'm Scarlett, Nicole's wolf and another thing that's not in your favor is I'm in my 'win or die' mode and Sapphire over there Bell's wolf is in her 'process' mode, care to explain what that means Saph?"

"Of course Scar. It means that I can see your putting more pressure on your left knee, favoring your right leg, meaning if I apply 2.49 kgs in under 5.01 seconds on the leg your leaning on the most you won't have time to react before you fall to the ground hitting your head on the small pointed rock instantly killing you even if you know my plan."

I watched with animalistic pleasure as the blood ran cold leaving his face pale white. It's time he felt like prey to a predator like how I felt all those years ago.

Game. Set. Match.