(EDITING) Under A Lonely Moon

Part Eighteen

Nova's P.O.V

It had been over a month since I'd been home. I was still searching for my little mate. My heart

Was breaking bit by bit each day as my searches came up empty. I'd shut my mind off from the

Rest of the pack, I couldn't stand all the constant questions they hurled my way.

'Come on, gods please I'm begging you, give me a sign. Anything. I just want to find him safe.' I

Let my tears fall as I continued to bound through the forest.

Suddenly a familiar scent hit my nose. My heart both leapt with joy and sank in fear. This was

The same smell that I'd followed the first time Derek had kidnapped Zak. It was the scent of

His blood.

'Oh god! Please let him be alright.' I opened my mind link back up to the pack, 'I've found him!' I

Yelled to everyone.

'Okay son we will be there soon. Are you alright?' My father responded, his voice sounded relieved.

'Im fine just hurry.'

I ran faster than I've ever done before. I had to get to him. He had to be alive.

Soon I came to an old house that had long been forgotten about. My mate was in here and I wasted

No time in charging through the door. The scent of his blood was overwhelming and only got

Heavier as I made my way down to the basement.

I rust through the wooden door and almost collapsed. My poor little mate was lying beaten and

Bloody on the cold stone floor, a thick rusted chain attached round his ankle. I whimpered as I

Lay down next to him. All colour was drained from his skin and he was barely breathing. I touched

My nose to his swollen stomach, whimpering as his cold skin touched it. He was like ice. I

Managed to snap the chain off easily enough and shifted back to my human form, tugging on the

Pair of trousers that had been tied round my ankle. I lifted his form from the floor with such care. I

Was afraid he was going to break in my arms. I held him close, using my hotter than normal body

Temperature to warm him up.

'Zak, baby. It's Nova. Your safe now. I'm taking you home. Stay with me.' I whispered placing a

Small kiss on his forehead.

I left just as easily as I'd entered, without any confrontation what so ever. As the abandoned house

Disappeared from view I heard the sounds of many paws running towards me. My pack.

Soon enough my fathers wolf came bursting through the trees. He ran straight to me, his eyes

Widened as he looked at my mates beaten form.

He lowered his body, lying on the ground. His yellow eyes looked up at me, telling me something I

Didn't fully understand. He growled in frustration and nodded his head towards his back.

I mouthed he word 'oh' as I realised what he was telling me. I climbed up onto his back quickly and

Carefully, holding Zak tight in one arm and a fistful of fur in the other. Once I was on he got to his

Feet and ran back through the woods, his pack following close, Nathan and my mother flanking

Either side just in case I fell.

I hadn't realised just how far I'd gone in my search and it took forever to get back but once we did I

Didn't even wait for my father to fully stop before jumping off his back and racing into the house to

Doc, who was waiting ready.

'Put him down and get out. I need he alpha and Nathan to stay and help.' He barked his orders and

I didn't want to leave but had no choice when members of the pack dragged me out. The door

Closed but not before I saw my fathers and Nathan's horrified faces.

'He will be fine. H-he's a strong boy.' My mother sobbed next to me as I sat down on the couch.

'They both will b-be f-fine.' She cried.

My heart broke. Our baby. It would break Zak if he lost it. Hell it'd break me too. I hugged my

Mothers trembling form as we both sat and shed our tears. This was going to be a long wait.