After we ate Donovan drove us down town to his office, I didn't realize it but we were over eighteen hours away from the Coven. I felt a bit safer with that fact but for a wiccan that can transport eighteen hours is minor.

We walked into his office together, holding hands which caused a lot of commotion with is secretaries, who by the way, all had a sexual thing with Donovan. Once he commanded order in his office he flat out told the girls all that they either respect me and our relationship, which means no hitting on him or trying to ruin our relationship, or they can find a job elsewhere.

Needless to say they all went silent and went back to work, most of them buttoned up their slutty tops, pulled down their mini skirts and covered their midriff. There was this one girl who didn't do anything to alter her appearance and would give me dirty looks every time she got near but I just smirked at her and used my magic to mess with her.

Donovan had me sit in his office with him because he didn't trust the women in his office, his first call was to the subdivision firm requesting the exchange in office staff to rid him of any possible attacks on me, even though I believe the only one I would have an issue with is that one skank but that's just me.

After a couple hours of reading I was starting to get hungry again, but Donovan was in the middle of a business deal. Turns out he runs one of the cities top cargo business, and he has subdivisions all over the world. His words were getting heated as this person is trying to get Donovan to drop the prices for a shipment.

I stand up and walk silently behind him, since i'm only wearing socks its easy to be quiet, I start to rub Donovan's shoulders. I feel the tension slowly start to leave his body and as the tension melts his tone of voice drops down so he is no longer yelling. After another fifteen minutes on the phone they finally come to an agreement which is totally in Donovan's favor.

He spun around and pulled me onto his lap, I wrap my arms around his neck and smile at him he smiles back and gently lays his palm on my cheek.

"You are amazing and know just what I need, thank you." him thanking me like this made my heart flutter and my cheeks flush red.

"You looked stressed and you have only been here for a couple hours hon." he sighed and pulled me against his chest, breathing me in. I enjoyed the warmth that surrounded me accompanied by his arms, I felt safe which is odd because the only other person I felt safe with, who wasn't my mate, was Clayton.

"We need to take you shopping for your own clothes my love. We will go after I do some paperwork okay?" he spun back around to face his desk, adjusting me so I am sitting on his knee while he does paperwork.

"Isn't this uncomfortable? Shouldn't I just go back to the couch, or would it be better if I sat on your desk?" his eyes flashed with a predator like gleam when I mentioned sitting on his desk, he grinned wickedly at me.

"Darling I wouldn't be doing paperwork if you were sitting on my desk, I would be to busy doing you! At least this way I still get to touch you while doing my work." he nipped at the exposed skin of my neck, leaving love bites all over the place. I giggled at how playful he was being.

"Okay I get it, I'll sit like a good girl." I kissed his nose and giggled at the look he gave me before he went back to doing his paperwork.

We sat like that for another hour before Donovan was caught up and we could leave. Again we walked through the office holding hands, but by now he had all new staff, and for some reason they were mostly men. I didn't think anything of it as we walked out and down the elevator to the main floor to get into his car.

He expertly maneuvered his mustang through traffic, around the pedestrians and towards the mall. I was remembering how Shauna and Trevor always had to drag Clayton and I along with them to the mall. These memories were like fresh stab wounds, raw and painful, I could feel myself getting sad thinking of my friends, until I thought of Shauna's warning that they are coming for me.

I squeeze Donovan's hand tighter at that thought and he squeezed it back as we pulled to a stop out front of the mall.

"Are you okay darling?" he turned towards me concerned, his thoughtfulness made my heart swell. I smiled and just nodded, I knew he would be able to see my lie if I were to speak. He could tell something was wrong, but dropped it none the less.

We got out and headed inside the mall, at first I wasn't to excited about shopping just because its not something I enjoy, but once I relaxed we started to have some fun. Donovan was being goofy, which is a side of him I haven't seen before.

We walked around and talked for three hours, managed to find me a few different tops, sweaters, some yoga pants, a couple pairs of shorts, jeans, jammies, a couple nice dresses and some cute bra's and panties.

That was one of the more embarrassing aspects of our shopping trip, Donovan picking out underwear he liked for me to wear for him at Victoria Secret. He even got a couple corset outfits, which reminded me of dominatrix women.

Finally we left the mall and went out for something to eat. It had been a long day and I was starting to get hungry. We didn't do anything fancy because that night we were flying out on Donovan's personal jet to try and get away from any danger.

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**** My original draft stopped there, but some very perceptive people have mentioned that we don't know anything from what happened to Shauna. So I'm throwing in this additional piece to the chapter to make it longer!! Enjoy!!****

Shauna POV

I was sitting with the coven council, my parents and Lauren's parents were there and so were Clayton and Trevor. I was a broken mess, but I was determined. Trevor and Clayton were there to offer as much support as I needed, which was a lot in my state of mind. I flash back to after the fight with Donovan's men.

After the fight we found Beau's broken body but Lauren was no where to be found, Donovan's scent was all over the body I was told so I used magic to try and make his scent visible. We followed it to the water line where we caught him carrying Lauren.

Marco instantly attacked Donovan trying to take Lauren from his arms in the process, but in that reach it cost him his life. Donovan reached straight into Marco's chest and ripped his heart out. The pain I felt of the death of Marco including with the bond was breaking was intolerable, I couldn't even crawl over to his body.

I didn't hesitate to give into the darkness and passed out on the beach. When I woke up, the pack members had taken me back to the coven and explained the situation to my parents and the coven council. The kidnapping, the mate situation, the deaths and finally the whereabouts of Donovan.

I woke up in my bedroom with a sleeping Trevor in bed with me, and Clayton passed out on the couch. I felt empty and useless at first, then raging anger, then I calmed down and mourned and now I just live. I still feel empty but I need to focus on Lauren, she can't keep with Donovan, we won't let her.

"Shauna do you have anything to report about your dream walks?" the chancellor asks, breaking me out of my thoughts.

"I haven't made any contact yet but I am going to try once more tonight before taking a break. Its getting harder and harder to do so I need to rest after tonight." my voice is monotone, due to my lack of feeling, but Trevor and Clayton have been there with words of wisdom as they have gone through the same thing.

"Good keep trying please." with those words they ended the meeting. Trevor wrapped my smaller body in his larger body and took me back to my bedroom. He is giving me my time to cope, but at the same time he is supporting me as well.

"Rest up before trying, you still have three hours before you need to try." Trevor pulled back the covers for me, as I crawl in stifling a yawn.

"Stay with me please?" I ask half asleep already. There was no answer but I felt the bed dip and Trevor's warmth surround me, helping me fall into a dreamless sleep.

Two and a half hours later I woke up, it was nice not to have the same nightmares about Marcus and watching his body fall to the ground while Donovan bites into his heart, if only I can warn Lauren about what a monster Donovan is, I need to find her.

Crawling out of Trevor's arms reminds me of before when things between us were perfect. I loved him with all my heart, I thought that would be enough to resist the mate bond but I was wrong, and now I don't know if it will ever be the same between us.

Shaking off that depressing feeling I head to the kitchen of my parents house to get something to eat before trying the dream walk, I need all the energy I can muster to do this. Finding left over pizza in the fridge I fist pump the air and do a dorky little dance which includes swiveling my hips unattractively.

"That's my girl, shake that ass." I turn around at the sound of "his" voice, searching the room. There is no one there, I shake my head at the empty feeling that surrounds me at the loss again.

"Don't cry over me, be the warrior that I know you can be and save your friend. Live long, love hard and be free my Shauna Bell." This time she knew she heard something, she searched the house top to bottom and still couldn't find him. She was going crazy thinking she was hearing "his" voice. Marcus was haunting her now, just great.

Shaking my head I grabbed my pizza and took off upstairs to try the dream walk, it was almost time. Trevor lay staring at the roof when I walked in, he glanced at me and smiled when he saw the pizza and sat up.

"You sure you have enough energy to do this?" you could hear how concerned he was when he spoke, I smiled shaking my head at him.

"Yes I will be fine." I took another couple bites of my pizza before sitting on the bed. "I need to do this, not just for peace of mind for me but for Lauren. She is important to me because we have been through so much together. Not just this, but our whole lives. I love her like my sister, she is my sister by choice." tears stream down my face as I become more determined with my feelings out in the open like this.

"We all want her back, but you have to take care of yourself as well Shauna. You know Lauren would beat your ass for not taking care of yourself, then she would cry and make you feel better because she felt bad for beating you." he chuckled, making me smile.

"Your right, but I promise I am fine. I am going to take three days and rest after this. Let's try one more time. Can you set up the candles and I am going to start mentally prepping." he kissed my cheek and got up without a word to set up the candles as I laid down in bed, getting comfy to start the dream walk.

I clear my mind and stay in a peaceful state waiting for the candles to be lit, I play around with my magic, charging it up for when I search for Shauna. I can feel my powers through my body, the tingling letting me know its working.

I barely hear Trevor's voice but he gives me the signal and I start to focus on Shauna's face, on her power, on anything I can locate of her. I finally find the spark I wanted, so I focus in on that.

A room slowly comes into focus, I see Lauren laying on the bed, slowly I emerge from the darkness, and as I walk closer to the bed I can see when Lauren realizes its me. I smile and throw my arms around her in a fierce hug, she holds me just as tightly.

"I've missed you so much you loser! I have been trying this dream walk every night since you were gone. This is the first time I have managed to find you and connect. What the hell happened to you, we found Beau's body but you were gone!" I immediately started crying onto her shoulder, which never actually got wet.

"Donovan found me, he helped me through the pain of Beau's death. He has been amazing to me. He protects me, takes care of me..." Rage is all I see when she talks of that bastard, I slapped her across the face hard. She had the look of disbelief on her face once the pain registered, as I am dream walking it takes a lot of energy to send through the link to cause physical pain, which is why is shocked her so bad.

"What are you saying? He is the enemy not only did he KILL your other half, he kidnapped you! Don't you dare tell me your falling for him." she looked down at my feet as tears welled up in her eyes. Her feelings were clear as day on her face, she has already fallen in love with him.

I stare at her waiting for her to answer and confirm my fears, I start pacing when I realize she isn't going to respond.

"Shauna you are my best friend, you out of anyone should understand how I feel. I am devastated with the loss of Beau, I truly am. But the bond is gone, and in its place the bond with Donovan grew. Yes he forced it on me but it is still there and as much as I know I should hate him I just can't do it. I - I think I love him Shauna." her voice trailed off and she all but whispered that last part. I was disgusted, and I'm sure my face showed.

"Your parents are coming for you, if you truly love him be warned. They know he took you and they know Beau truly was your mate. Make up your mind and figure out who you want and what your going to do because this is your warning, two days and they will find you." with those final words I let go of the connection, I was mad and couldn't stand to speak with her right now. I still loved my bestie but I can't understand how she loves him.

Coming back into my bedroom I sat up still fired up and mad, Trevor was blowing out the candles, but with my anger I used magic to snap the life out of them.

"What happened?" Trevor cautiously asked.

"I'm so mad right now I can't talk about it, and I'm hurt. Trevor make it go away." I burst out crying as he quickly scooped me up and held me tight, whispering sweet things into my ear trying to calm me down. We sat like that until I fell asleep once I was worn out from crying, I woke up when there was a loud knock on the door.

I was still in Trevor's arms so I just called out to whoever was there, "Come in." looking at the door I see my parents standing there looking concerned.

"Everything okay darling?" my mom asked. I just shook my head no and cuddled closer to Trevor.

"The chancellor is waiting down stairs for your report on last night. I will tell him you will be down shortly, is that okay? You can go back to bed after reporting if you want." my dad felt bad but knew I had a duty to perform first.

"Ya i'll be down soon." I said from Trevor's side. He wrapped his arms tightly around me as if to try and protect me. My parents silently left and we just laid there for ten or so more minutes before I had to pee and got out of bed.

"I'm going to get dressed and I will meet you down stairs okay?" I gave him a kiss on the cheek and smiled a watery smile at him.

"Thank you for everything Trevor, even after our shit storm. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." Trevor squeezed my and and pulled me into his hard chest then pressed his lips firmly against mine and kissed me. This was a kiss full of emotions that are all confused and messed up, exactly how our relationship is, he pulls away and whispers to me.

"I may have been hurt when you found your other half, but I do know the feeling and I was jealous. You may have broke my heart but I never stopped loving you and I plan on being there for you no matter what. I know the lonely feeling, it never goes away fully but you can replace it with someone else. Someone pure like I did with you. I love you more then life its self Shauna and I hope one day we can be a couple again. I will give you the time you need and be there no matter what while I wait." he pecked my lips again then grabbed his clothes and left the room.

"I still love you to Trevor." I whispered as I wiped tears from my eyes. I quickly wiped my face and went to the bathroom, then washing my hands. I went down stairs after putting on some sweat pants and one of Trevor's old t-shirts.

"Good morning Shauna, I know your probably exhausted but I just need your report then I can be on my way." the chancellor spoke with a kind smile on his face.

"I got in touch with her, we were right in believing Donovan has her, but what we didn't expect was for her to fall in love with him. He doesn't leave her side, not even for work which tells you he is controlling her. I believe its called Stockholm Syndrome when you fall for your kidnapper. But any ways, they are in the City where his main office is located." with that I turned on my heels, and go back to the bedroom.

I crawl into bed and cry some more before Treovor comes and wraps his arms around my, silently supporting me as he holds me. I hate being broken and weak, but there isn't much I can do at this moment.

When I wake up again its the next day, I slept pretty much 24 hours straight trying to recuperate, which felt nice. Trevor was still sleeping with his arms around me, that's when I realize I haven't had nightmares since Trevor slept next to me, it was nice.

"Good morning beautiful." Trevor's deep morning voice rumbles from his chest.

"Good morning." he kisses my head as his arms wrap me tighter in an embrace.

"Did you sleep good last night?" he asked quietly, knowing I was still somewhat sensitive about the subject.

"Yes, thank you." we got up in a comfortable silence and went downstairs holding hands, after his confession I want to try and make things work between us. Yes I need time to heal but having him as a constant is comforting.

"Hey guys, got some good and bad news for ya." Clayton was in the kitchen waiting for us when we woke up. He kept fidgeting so I knew this was about Lauren.

"What, what happened? Where is Lauren?" I started to panic and hyperventilate.

"They found her........" I didn't hear the rest because I passed out.

**** I hope that extra tidbit helps explain a few things!! I had to stop there because we don't learn what happens to Lauren until the NEXT chapter!! VOTE AND COMMENT!!****