"We were part of a security unit assigned to protect wolves when they have large meetings. There was a recent meeting with several Alphas from around the world, the three of us were ordered to collect information on you and Shadow White. The Alphas are also working with Hunters and large rogue packs, one of which is where we came from," Alex explains and I shake my head in disbelief.

"Is that everything?" I ask.

"Yes," he mutters but I hear his heart beat change.

"Is that all?" I growl angrily and he stares at me.

"No, there is another meeting coming up," he says and I nod.

"Right, the one where they are all going to try to figure out how to kill me," I snort.

"It is set for two months from now," he says.

"Where?" I growl.

"In the center of the Arctic Circle," he tells me. I turn to leave but pause, remembering his words earlier.

"You said you were from a rogue pack?" I ask.

"Yes," he sighs.

"Is it just a big group of rogues who decided they wanted to call themselves a pack of is it actually official?"

"It is official. We have an Alpha, Beta, and a Gamma. We have over 250 wolves in my pack, most of them are Lycans," he smirks and I nod.

"What is your pack's name?" I ask and he laughs.

"I'm not stupid, there is no way I am giving you the name of my pack so that you can go ahead and destroy it," he scoffs and I shrug.

"That's alright, I have all three of your names, I can still find out what I want to know, all I have to do is hack into the database that keeps record of all of the official packs in the world," I smirk. His face falls as he realizes his mistake.

"You little bitch! Don't you dare go anywhere near my pack!" He snarls.

"Relax, I don't really care that much about your pack, I have bigger things to worry about. Let's go Hailey, I need your help with a few things." She grabs my outstretched hand and I pull her to her feet.

"Are you alright?" I ask her and she shows me her wrist with a grin.

"It worked," she laughs, looking at her arm as well.

"What the hell? Didn't she cut open your arm and slit your wrist?" Alex yells, confusion evident in his voice.

"Yeah, I just healed really quickly thanks to a quick transfusion of my Alpha's blood here," she says, looking at me with a smile.

"You knew she was going to torture you to get me to talk?" He asks, his voice hoarse and depressed.

"Are you kidding me? The damn thing was my idea! I told her about how much you liked me, and said she should use me to get you to open your mouth!"

His face is crestfallen. He looks at her with sorrow in his eyes that suddenly turns to anger.

"How could you do something so cruel?" He screams and she runs up to him, getting in his face.

"I did it to take care of my pack and my family! You are a threat! You had information that we needed in order to protect my pack and I knew exactly how to get it!" She growls and I smile a little.

"I thought you cared about me," he whimpers and I roll my eyes.

"I never cared about you Alex, I hated you, I still hate you. I was just trying to be nice, but obviously that came off the wrong way," she spits before stalking into the forest. I motion for Derek to go with her and he leaves with a respectful nod.

I take my knife and quickly slit the throats of Charlie and Max. Charlie was almost dead anyway but Max thanked me gratefully just before I killed him.

"Now Alex, either you can wait here to be killed like you said you would be if you talked, or you can tell me how much you have on Shade and I? You do that and I'll kill you now, that way you don't have to wait for death for who knows how long," I bargain and his head drops tiredly.

"I don't know, I never looked at any of the recordings we got." His breathing quickens and I shake my head in disappointment.

"Haven't you figures out by now that I can tell when you are lying?" I growl and drag my blade slowly across his stomach, just as I had done to Charlie.

He howls in pain and I start walking back.

"Wait, I'll tell you. We found out that you and Shade are cousins," he admits and I pause.

"Shit, anything else?"

"Not really, or at least, nothing they didn't knew before as far as the fact that you are a Lycan and probably the most powerful one there ever is because of your parents," he says and I sigh.

"Good," I mutter before throwing my knife across the clearing. It buries itself to the hilt in his skull and his body slumps against the tree.

Derek, find somebody to clean up this mess. And make sure they have a strong stomach, I add, my stomach turning with the smell that is growing stronger.

Yes Alpha, he replies.

I return to my house and stop my Hailey's bedroom. She answers the door immediately when I knock.

"Hey! Can we do blood transfusions more often? It is fucking fantastic to be able to heal this quickly," she chatters and I smile.

"Well I'm glad that's how you feel about it," I tell her. She looks at her wrist, nothing left but a very faint line.

"I'm sorry if I hurt you," I say and she snorts.

"I'm just very dramatic, it stung sure but no way in hell would I have screamed or started crying if I wasn't trying to look hurt," she laughs.

"Okay, and no, I'm not giving you another blood transfusion unless you actually need it, and that doesn't mean getting yourself hurt just so you can heal quickly," I warn and she snaps her fingers.

"Damn! You read my mind." I roll my eyes and head up to my own bedroom.

I take a shower, washing Hailey's blood off of my body along with the blood from the three traitors. I dry myself off before looking in the mirror.

I now understand why everyone is so scared of me now. Four red lines run across the right side of my face. One of them goes over my eye and the others stretch across my cheek.

My eyes are a bloody red and my canines peek out from beneath my lip, sharp and deadly. Since Shade left, Ira has had more control, and I have put in less and less effort towards controlling her.

I sigh, changing into a sports bra and spandex shorts before crawling into my bed. The moment my head hits the pillow, I am out.

**********

My yelling echoes through the stone halls, so loud that several of the Hunters cover their ears.

"Damn it Raven shut the hell up!" One shouts, grabbing my hair and yanking my head back. I spit on him and he shoves my head, signaling to the men that restrain me with a nod.

"Rob I am going to rip your fucking throat out for this!" I scream as the two men drag me past the hundreds of cells filled with prisoners.

I yank my arms but their grip is too tight. I can feel their fingers forming bruises but I can't feel any pain through my cloud of anger.

"Let me go you bastards!" I spit making one of them hit me across the face. I wince as I bite into my cheek but otherwise am quiet.

"That's enough," he mutters and shoves me into a room. I catch myself before I hit the floor and whip around but the door slams shut in my face.

I make a frustrated noise and bang my fist against the door. When no one answers after several minutes, I turn around with a sigh.

My breath catches in my throat as I look around the room. There is a bed at the other end, restraints at each of the posts. Hanging on the wall to my right are dozens of torture tools ranging from whips to collars.

I swallow hard and start banging on the door and yelling. It suddenly swings open and a man walks into the room.

I stumble backwards at the look on his face, tripping on my feet so that I fall onto the floor.

"Raven, how nice to see you again," he smirks.

"Why are you doing this Charlie?" I whimper as he moves closer to me.

"You need to be broken."

"You already did that! Isn't that what all those years of torture were for?" I grit out through my clenched jaw.

"Physically yes, but we want to break you emotionally, you are way to opinionated and you question every order we give you," he spits and I close my eyes.

"I will fix it!"

"No, we have given you enough chances to do that on your own. Not to mention the fact that you struggle to kill women and children, we can't have you hesitating when it comes to completing your mission," he says.

"This is ridiculous! You really think this will make a difference in whether or not I hesitate to kill somebody?" I exclaim, jumping to my feet.

"Yes," he growls and grabs my arm. I am thrown down onto the bed with a cry. It is not comfortable at all, I might as well be laying on a wooden board.

"Please don't do this Charlie," I plead as he handcuffs my wrists and my ankles to the bedposts.

He rolls his eyes at me and walks over to the wall of torture tools. I hold my breath as he searches for one.

Suddenly he grabs a whip and I stare at him with wide eyes. I start to shake my head but his hand cracks across my face.

"Don't move," he warns lowly and I freeze. His hands move to the top of my uniform, a fitted bodysuit.

He grabs the zipper on the side and starts dragging it down my body. I squirm as he unzips my bodysuit and removes it so that I am in just a bra and panties.

"Charlie," I mutter weakly but he shakes his head.

"I told you not to move, that means don't talk either," he says, stroking his whip.

It is made of leather, thin and long. Suddenly he flicks his wrist and I feel a slash across my stomach.

I wince but bite my lip to keep from crying out. There is an angry red line across my stomach and a smirk on his face.

"I thought you already did this part," I mutter and he looks at me in amusement.

"The fun is for tomorrow, and I won't be the one doing that."

*****

"Get off!" I scream as their hands continue to roam my bare body. A hand comes across my face and I keep my mouth shut.

Tears stream down my face as they touch me in every place I used to think was only meant to be hidden beneath clothing.

My entire body feels violated, after six weeks of this, I can't go on any longer and let my body go limp. My mind goes just about blank and I instantly can't feel anything.

"That's enough," a voice says and suddenly, the hands are all gone. The men move away to reveal Charlie.

"Sir?" One of the men asks.

"She's broken."

*************

I sit up with a gasp and a dark shape appears beside me.

"Raven! Are you alright?" I hear my brother ask and I throw my arms around his neck. He hugs me tightly and I bury my face into his shoulder.

"I'm fine, all that torturing though had me remembering what the Hunters did to me," I mutter with a slight growl. He pulls back and looks at me evenly.

"What did they do to you?" He asks and I sigh, my shoulders falling a little.

"I was molested for six weeks straight, they wanted to break me down emotionally," I admit and he growls.

"Those bastards!" He snarls and I put my hand on his face, making him look at me.

"Calm down, it's in the past. Besides, it taught me to handle torture didn't it?"

"It's not okay Raven, you could have easily lived without that," he says and I shake my head.

"Actually no I wouldn't have, that experience got rid of my emotions so that I could mutilate, torture, and murder people without any hesitation. I would be dead if I never learned to do that."

*********

"What are we going to do about this rogue pack that they were talking about?" Jace asks and I lean back in my desk chair.

"I want to find out more about this so called pack of rogues. Can you get Hailey in here? She is good with computers," I say and he leaves with a bow.

"Hey Raven, Shade called, she left you a message," Derek says, and I nod.

"Thanks." I grab my phone and go to voicemails. There is indeed one from Shade. I open it up and put it up to my ear to listen.

"Hello Alpha Silver, this is Luna White from the Shattered Pack in Russia. I wanted to let you know that I found something you might be interested in. Call me back when you have time to talk," I hear her say in a formal voice. I am about to end it when I realize it is still going.

"Love you," she whispers before hanging up and I smile. I call back but she doesn't answer. I try again just in case.

"Hello?" I hear a familiar voice on the other end of the line, but it isn't Shade's.

"Blackthorn?" I ask in confusion as I recognize Shade's mate.

"Raven? Why are you calling?" He asks and I roll my eyes.

"Shade called me first, why are you answering her phone?"

"She went to visit another Luna, and she left her phone here!" He growls angrily.

"Calm down! I know Shade, she was trained while she was here, she can take care of herself don't worry," I say in a soothing voice and hear him relax a little.

"I have to go, if you're wrong Raven about Shade and she gets hurt, I am going to kill you," he snarls and Ira cackles in my head.

"Good luck with that," I laugh and hang up the phone.

I notice Jace and Hailey waiting in front of me suddenly and motion for them to come next to me.

Hailey rushes over and I hand her my laptop.

"I need you to hack into the database that holds record of all the packs in the world and find that rogue pack," I tell her and she nods, immediately getting to work.

"What are you looking for?" She asks, her fingers flying over the keys quickly and with expertise.

"I want a way to contact them so I can arrange a meeting with their pack," I explain and she nods, staring at the screen intently.

"Okay I found something," she says finally after several minutes.

"What did you get?" I ask 

"I found a phone number," she tells me and I smile.

"What is it?" I put it into my phone as she reads it off and dial it.

It picks up on the last ring and deep voice meets my ears.

"This is Beta Cameron of the Black Ice Pack, to whom am I speaking?"

"This is Alpha Raven Silver of the Dark Forest Pack, I would like to arrange a meeting so I may speak with your Alpha," I say and hear him suck in a sharp breath.

"Alpha Silver, you are a very popular wolf right now, are you sure that's the best idea?" He asks.

"Three of your wolves were just captured on my territory and when questioned gave us information regarding your little rogue pack," I explain and he growls.

"Those idiots can't do anything right. The only time we can have a meeting is in a few weeks," he mutters and I smile.

"That will work just fine, I look forward to meeting your Alpha," I say and hang up the phone.

"Why do you want to meet with this pack?" Jace asks me and I smirk.

"Because once we get there, we are going to destroy it."

***********

Hey!! So the flashback there is what happened to Raven as a teenager, I first mentioned this experience in the first book and had a few people asking about it so I added a better explanation of what happened.

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