Kari's POV:

I see the man that I saved yesterday, Greg I believe his name was, holding onto the guy who was about to hit me. I believe Greg was the one with the gash in his stomach. "Touch her again and I'll kill you."

The evil man nods with a terrified look on his face and runs off. The other man holding onto Ashley lets go and takes off with his buddy.

"Thanks so much, your name's Greg right?" I ask him.

"Yup that's me. I'm sorry about the guys here, most of them haven't seen girls in a while and well they get needy..." I frown.

"Don't try to stand up for them." I say angrily. I stand and turn to Ashley.

"Are you okay?" She looks at me with shocked eyes.

"Why did you step in, you could have been hurt." She says surprised.

"Why wouldn't I step in? They were trying to abuse you. I couldn't just watch it happen." She looks down at her feet.

"I mean it's not like it hasn't happened before" she says with a shrug. I look bewildered at her. This kind of thing has happened to her before? This is so wrong, she is only my age.

"Ashley. I'm so sorry." I say as I realize how she is treated here. "How many times has this happened to you?" She looks at me with sad eyes.

"I don't know three or four times..." Oh my god that's terrible. "A week..." She adds. My heart breaks when she says this. How can this sort of thing happen? What kind of sick monsters do this sort of thing for pleasure?

"Froam just lets them do this? Is he stupid?" She frowns at me.

"He's not stupid. And he does it too. Except he told me I absolutely can't get pregnant or he won't love me anymore."

"You're okay with that? Are you kidding me Ashley? You realize that he doesn't love you, this is just abuse and rape." I say angrily. She looks at me with angry eyes.

"He said that its not rape if I'm okay with it. He says he needs me here, and that he loves me. I want to help him." I frown back at her.

"And what does your wolf think about him." Her look turns from anger to sadness.

"She um... She's mad at me because Master and the rest of the wolves aren't our real mate and I allow it to happen... She doesn't show herself to me very often..." I look at her with sad eyes.

"Oh Ashley that's terrible. You can't let them touch you like that. Froam tried to make it seem like he loves you but Ashley he's just using you as a release." I say sadly. She frowns again.

"You can't tell me that he doesn't love me. I've been with him since I was 14. He has to love me." She whispers. My eyes go wide.

"He's been doing this since you were fourteen! Oh my god." She gives me a weird look.

"What isn't it normal for people who love each other to do that."

"Yeah if you really love them. You don't love him though, nor do you love the other wolves who do that to you. You can't tell me that you like it." She looks down depressed.

"Well... No I don't like it... I cringe every time someone touches me. And it makes me feel sick, but master likes it and I want to please him..." My wolf growls protectively. This guy is such an ass hole.

"I won't let him touch you like that again. I won't let anyone touch you like that again okay." I say to her. She nods. Then I turn to Greg. "Why did you help me." I say with a scowl, still angry from the conversation I just had.

He runs a hand through his hair. "Honestly, I just want to help you get out of here. I know how Froam is and I don't want you dealing with that, especially since you saved my life." I look at him with a raised eyebrow. He continues on, "I'm serious. I just want to help."

I sigh in relief, well now I have two people on my side. "If you want to help me you're going have to act like you're on Froam's side. You can't be seen talking to me. You're going to need to act as a guard one of these nights and we will try to escape." I turn to Ashley, "all three of us." She smiles at me genuinely.

"Wait Kari." I look at Greg curiously. "I'm not the only one." I raise an eyebrow.

"What do you mean you're not the only one?" I ask him. He smirks.

"A little less than half of his army found out about you healing us and how he was just going to let us die. They want him dead Kari. He's been treating us all like crap. But a lot are still loyal to him. The rest of us want to help you." My jaw drops open.

"Okay now I know you're lying to me. How many people is that? Like two hundred?" I say in amazement. He laughs.

"I'm not lying, and there about two hundred fifty of us. Basically we are waiting for your move Kari." Well I am going to be Luna some day, I guess I can start leading people now.

"Okay um. Here's the plan, we are going to have to make a move soon. That way Froam won't expect it. I say we do it at night so he and the rest of his group won't see it coming. Is later tonight okay with everyone? Say twelve o'clock?" He smiles and sticks his hand out.

"Sounds like a deal." I smile back and shake his hand.

"Perfect. If possible we want Froam dead. If you can get to him, kill him. I will try but no promises..." I say. Anger still circulating in my bones about the who Ashely thing.

"We just want out. We will handle his death later when we get out and recuperate." Greg responds. I nod my head.

"Good idea." We stare at each other for a moment. "Well hurry and tell your men!" I say laughing. He smiles and walks off. I turn to Ashley. "Try to talk to your wolf and tell her you won't be abused anymore. You're probably having a tough time without her but even if you get to talk to her or not I want you to be ready to go, do you understand?" She nods.

"Yes I understand. I'm stupid aren't I? I used to fight back with him but no matter what I did he wouldn't stop. Eventually I just gave up and fell silent under him and let him do what he wanted. I mean I still tried to fight back with the others but nothing helped." Tears form in the brink of her eyes. I walk over to her and hug her. She freezes at my contact but then slowly relaxes.

"It's okay, and no you aren't stupid. It's not your fault you're here. Don't worry. It will all be over soon. You can come back to my pack with me okay? Everyone is really nice. I'm sure you will warm up to some of our boys eventually." She looks at me with worried eyes.

"Wait Kari, what if I can never warm up to guys... Why if I can't even warm up to my mate." Before I can speak she adds "He probably won't want me anyway. I mean look at me..." I frown at her. She's so pretty, she just needs a bath that's all.

"Ashley you're beautiful." She gives me a light smile, "no matter who your mate is, he will love you."

"If you say so." She says shyly. I let go of her and walk down the hallway.

"Well I need to go wonder around this place and figure out the land. I will see you tonight. Remember twelve o'clock." I say to her and continue walking.

"Okay! Thanks Kari!" She yells. I continue down the hallway and look at my surroundings. Now that I look at this place it reminds me of a hospital. I walk to the end of the corridor and see a set of stairs.

Alright so now I know there are stairs at the end. I open the door and see a giant number 3 on the wall. I assume that means I'm on the third floor. Okay so the room I was in and the kitchen are on the third floor. I walk down the stairs and continue my journey.

After a couple hours of wondering I think I have the whole place in my memory. I can totally get out at twelve.

"There you are." A voice shouts. I freeze. Ugh just the man I don't want to see. I roll my eyes and turn around. "I've been looking for you Kari."

"You said I could walk around and not leave. And that's what I have been doing. Is there a problem?" I say to him. He smiles.

"No, there's no problem at all. I just want you to come back to the room and shower. You need to get ready for bed." For bed? What I though I was only gone for a couple of hours, it should be around eight.

"What time is it?" I ask him curiously. He laughs.

"It's about 10:30." Wow... I guess I was out a lot later than I thought. "Now come on" he grabs me roughly and drags me back to the room I woke up in earlier today. "Go shower, I will have clothes ready for you when you come out."

"Fine." I say and walk to the bathroom. I open the door and I'm slightly confused because I thought I would be walking into a hospital bathroom. It looks like the room was redone and there is a nice bathtub and a huge shower. I turn on the shower and see girl stuff, such as girl shampoo and conditioner, scented body wash, a back scrubber, and a razor.

I wait for the water to turn warm before I hop in. I clean my whole body and smile. I've never been so happy to take a shower. I scrub off the dirt on my body and wash my hair. I shave my legs and get out. I can't be in too long because I need to get ready to make my escape. I wrap myself in a towel and head out into the room.

Laying on the big bed are my clothes. There is a lacey white bra with a matching bottom. I take off my towel and place on my under garments. Then I grab the button up shirt and gym shorts and put those on. When I'm done I check the clock. Hmm, it's 11:20. I still have some time to do... Well nothing.

I walk onto the bed and sit down. Then there is a knock on the door. Maybe it's Ashley. I get out of bed and walk to the door and open it to reveal Froam. I sigh. Why can't I get rid of this creep. He grabs my arm and walks into the room locking the door behind him. My heart beat races.

He drags me toward the bed and I try to fight him back, "what are you doing let go of me."

"Don't talk to me like that." I frown but shut my mouth. I only have to deal with this freak for about thirty more minutes anyway. He throws me onto the bed and I land with a thud. The next thing I know he is straddling me and tying my hands to the bed post. I struggle to get out of his grip but he is stronger than me.

"Stop, why are you doing this?" I screech and continue to struggle. He gets both of my arms tied and looks down at me.

"I heard about your plan Kari." I give him a confused look, even though deep down I'm freaking out.

"I don't know what you're talking about, can you please untie me?" I ask. He gives me a glare and crawls down to tie my feet to the bottom of the bed.

"No I'm not going to untie you. I know you were planning on escaping tonight. There is no way I'm letting you go Kari." I kick my feet furiously to get out of his grip. His grip loosen for a split second and I ended up kicking him in the face.

He angrily grabs my ankles. His grip tightens and his nails dig into my skin. I suck in a deep breath from the pain he causes. He ties my feet to the bed and comes up to my face.

"Don't you ever kick me again bitch." He hisses at me. I turn my head to the side so his nasty face isn't as close to mine. "I know that it was your plan to escape tonight so I won't let you go. In fact I think I'm going to have a little fun of my own tonight." My eyes widen.

"Please don't touch me." I whisper. He laughs.

"Oh you're past the point of me listening to your wishes." He says in a low voice. I look at the clock. It's 11:42. They will come for me at twelve, I just need this guy not to touch me until then.

"I'm thirsty can I please have something to drink." I ask him in a sweet tone. I see him smirk.

"You think that voice works on me? Sorry girl, but I'm not you mate." My heart sinks into my stomach. Please get off of me. I pray in my head.

He sits up so he is straddling my lower half. He places his hands onto my shoulders. Slowly he brings them down and he puts them on my breast. I whimper and my wolf freaks out. "Stop please." He just laughs.

"Your begging just makes it more interesting for me Kari." My eyes widen. "I'm especially interested in the fact that you smell so delicious lately. All the boys in my pack are talking about it, you didn't tell me you were in heat." What? I'm in heat? Since when! "Although you must just be starting your heat since the smell isn't that distinguishable yet."

And my wolf isn't completely horny. I heard when you go into heat all you want is sex, even if it's not from your mate. Clearly I don't want to have sex with this guy so I must not be deep into my heat.

Suddenly I'm snapped out of my thoughts when his hands move to the buttons on my shirt. "No, stop!" I shout at him. But he continues to unbutton my shirt. When he gets it fully unbuttoned my whole torso is exposed. I whimper and close my eyes. He traces my stomach and moves his hands to my breasts again. I feel so sick. He lifts up my bra to expose me to him.

I struggle beneath him to get him to stop but he doesn't. "Your struggling only makes things worse for you."

I feel vile forming in my throat but I hold it down. This is sickening. He places his hands on me than moves them down my stomach and to my shorts. He slowly starts to pull them down and I freak out. "No stop! I get it, I won't defy you just please stop!" I shout at him.

He slips one of his hands under my under garment. My heart stops. No he needs to stop touching me. Tears form in my eyes as his fingers gets closer to my core.

"No more stop please!" I screech. I look to the clock praying that it's twelve. The clock says 11:48. Tears run down my eyes.

He laughs then slowly tries to further his actions. I cry out again but it only causes him to laugh. Just then the door crashes open and Froam jerks up and turns around. I look to the door but I can't see anything through my teary eyes. So I close my eyes and wish I was somewhere else. Wishing that this never happened, just wanting to be in Bryce's arms and feel safe again. I hear a loud thud and close my eyes with more force. I just want to be home again.

After drowning everything out I just sit in my own world. Where everything is quiet. I don't know how long I'm out of it for but I soon feel someone touch the sides of my stomach. I snap open my eyes and struggle against the person. That's when I realize I'm untied.

I look to see the person who is touching my stomach and I see Bryce. Tears lay in my eyes as I see he was trying to button up my shirt again. He looks at me with sad eyes.

"Kari, I'm so sorry. I tried to get here as fast as I could. What did he do to you?" He asks horrified. The tears fall from my eyes and I hug him.

I ignore all his earlier statements. "Bryce I'm so glad you're here. I don't want to talk about it right now. Can you just take me home?" The next thing I know, I'm scooped up in Bryce's arms.

"Kari, it's going to be crazy out there. I have my men against the rogues. There's so many of them I don't know if they can handle them much longer." I open my eyes wide. What about Ashley and Greg.

"Bryce you need to put me down. I have to find Ashley and Greg." He looks at me like I'm crazy.

"No Kari what you need is for me to take you home so you can recuperate." I shake my head.

"You don't understand Bryce. Put me down I new to find them." He looks at me with uncertainty in his eyes. Eventually he puts me down and I run to the door. "Follow me." I say. I run down the stairs and head to Ashley's room. When I open the door I see a mess everywhere. Like there had been a huge fight. I see some blood splattered but there's no signs of a left over body. "She's not here." I whisper to myself.

"I don't know who you're talking about, but we need to get out of here now." He scoops me up again. This time I don't fight him and he takes me out of the hospital. When we get outside Bryce stops. I look to see rogues fighting along side Bryce's team and the other rogues who were still on Froam's team are getting their butts kicked. "What the hell is going on?"

"That's Greg's men. They were planning on helping me escape tonight. All they really want is to be part of a real pack and when I helped them it gave them hope that one day they can join a real pack." Bryce looks at me amazed.

"So you had a plan?" He asked me. I nod and look down.

"I had a plan that went wrong..." I bury my head into Bryce's chest and he holds onto me tighter.

I hear Bryce whistle and soon a werewolf comes over. I think it's Pauly but I'm not sure. "I want you to kill all the rogues who are fighting against us. The others who are fighting with us, bring them back to the pack house and I will figure out what to do with them." The werewolf nods and runs back to the battle field. "Kari I'm going to shift so we can get home faster. So I need to put you down." He says gently.

I nod and let go of him. He places me on the floor then he shifts into his massive black wolf. I hop onto his back and lay on his comfy black fur. I enjoy the sparks flowing through me as he runs through the woods and back to the pack house. When we get there he lets me off, then he runs behind a tree. When I see him appear again he is wearing gym shorts. He walks up to me slowly. My wolf and I are still shaken from the experience we just faced but I desperately need my mate.

I run up to him and hug him again. "Please don't let go of me for the rest of the night." I ask him. He hugs me back tightly.

"I will hold onto you forever."