ARIEL POV

There was a little shopping center near our hotel so we took a little stroll over there to get the essentials that girls need on the day to day basis. Bras and underwear. Lotions, deodorant, a few shirts and jeans that we got some deals on.

"You know I'm really glad we got matching boots!" I cheered while putting my clothes away once we got back to the hotel. We figure since we'll be here for a few more days why not stuck on some clothes. I was in my room yelling to Taylor who was cleaning the little bit of dishes that we used today.

"I know right!" She yelled back. "I ordered chocolate cake with our food!" I could hear the excitement in her voice. My eyes lit up as soon as I heard chocolate. When I finished putting my clothes away in drawers I walked out of the bedroom to see what Taylor was doing. She was finally sitting on the couch relaxing, flipping through one of the magazines that came with the room. She and both looked at each other when someone started to knock on our door. I froze where I stood, fear passed through my body.

"Could it be the food already?" I asked Taylor. She shrugs and I try to brush off the weird feeling I had. I walked to the door and swung it open. Eleanor, Ashton, Kingsley and Kale, were all staring at me. I was momentary shocked staring back at them, before I slammed the door in their faces.

"Who was it?" Taylor asked as I ran pass her. "Ariel?" She called out to me but I was already in my room with the door shut. I couldn't believe it. They found our hotel and they were here. All of them, even Kale. I don't think I can face him now that I know what I know. I began hearing voices from the living room and I figured Taylor had let them in. I didn't want to speak to any of them.

And kale...they found him. I missed him so much, seeing him and Kingsley nearly took all of my sense away. I wanted to run to the both of them. Part of me was so happy that I had both my mates here with me again. The other part of me couldn't stop thinking about Kale having sex with another girl. The thought made me want to throw up and cry at the same time.
A knock on my door made me grab my legs and pull them to my chest. I could feel him at my door. He didn't wait for me to open it, he opened it himself and closed it behind him. I didn't look at him, I kept my eyes down on the white blanket but I felt his eyes burning through me. We stayed quiet for a long time, just enjoying the silence. Well I enjoyed it, I had no idea what he was thinking in his head. I finally looked up when I heard him move, he started walking towards me. I quickly jumped to my feet and smacked him across his face. Tears began pouring from my eyes as he grabbed my wrist and my face found his chest. Since I was standing on the bed he swooped me in his arm so he could hold me. As I cried he wrapped his arms around me and hoarsely whispered "I'm so sorry." Over and over in my ear. "Ariel you have to know." He gently held my face to make me look at him. His eyes were very red, he was sad too. "The girl who had sex with me forced herself on me. I was tied to a chair, and I had chains on that make me weak. Silver can tear a vampire apart and that's what was used to keep me strapped down. The girl who did this took advantage of the situation. There was nothing I could do." He tells me. He never looked away from my eyes as he spoke to me. I heard pain in every word he spoke. "Ariel." He breathes. Two single red tears fell down his cheeks as he waited for my response. "Ariel I'm going to wrip this girl's fucking heart out for making me do that to you. I am going to make her suffer, for a long time she's going to feel the pain that she made you feel." He assures me. I gently wiped his tears but the redness in his eyes never went away. "I need to know that you love me, I need to know that I didn't lose you over this." He begged. He kisses my forehead while still holding my cheeks. He searches my face for answers while I try to find my words.

"Did you leave me? Did you leave me like Kingsley did?" I found myself asking him. He shakes his head, squeezing his eyes shut in the process. "Me and my brother might look alike, but Ariel we are NOT the same. I was taken. I would never just walk away from you. When I told you I loved you, I meant it. I wouldn't ever leave you, nothing in this world would make me leave you." He rubs my face with his fingers and I lean up to kiss him. He holds the back of my head and kisses me hard. I return the force of the kiss and accept his tongue into my mouth making him groan in a husky manner. When we stopped kissing he pulled me closer, tightly wrapping his arms around my waist and breathing into my neck. "My Love, my one and only love. I just now started breathing again." He sighs, out of breath. I realized how broken up and sad he was. He was hurting, and not because he was held down with silver chains, or because he was roughed up by being kidnapped. He was like this because he didn't have me. I knew it all along but it was without a doubt now that Kale loved the hell out of me. I was literally his everything. "You ARE my everything. You are the reason I live and you will be the only person that can kill me." He whispered with his eyes closed while letting his head rest on my forehead. Everything that he said to me was being stored in my brain and in my heart. It was like Kale had woken something inside of me that I haven't felt in so long. This feeling was something only he could bring out of me. I noticed with Kingsley, that he brought out something in me that only he could bring out. I realized that I needed them, they complete me and who I am. That is what mates do, that is what mates are for.

"Kingsley has something he has to tell you." Kale set me on my feet but kept his hands on my waist.
"It's about Grace." He gently raises his eyebrows. I raise mine and nod as he leads me out of the room by my hand. This should be interesting. As we entered the living room everyone was standing around just waiting. My eyes went straight to Ashton. The last time I saw him he was beating himself up over Collin and Grace's death.
"Ashton, how are you?" I asked him. He looks at Kale and Kingsley before he answers me. "I'm okay now, are you okay now?" A concerned crease developed on his forehead. I nod at him. I look to Eleanor and give her a small smile. She nods at me and returns one of her own. "Kale, has brought to my attention, a way that we could possibly help Grace." Kingsley announces. He was such an alpha. He hated beating around the bush and waisting time which is kind of what I was doing. He wanted to get straight to the point. "We know a witch, a good witch who's name is Zena." Kingsley's dark eyebrows are forced down as he tells his story. "Kale and I have known her for a while and she actually owes us a favor. If we can find her, it's possible that she can reverse the rogue symptoms that Grace has."

"How can she do that?" I was confused. "I thought if you became a rogue, then that's it for you? Your life is over?" I questioned him. Kingsley nods his head and looks at me. "Not if Zena is the witch who casted the spell on the generational rogues to begin with." My eyes widen anxiously and Kingsley looks at Kale. I couldn't believe it. If we found this Zena woman who put the spell on the rogues, she can help Grace! This was the greatest news I've heard in so long I wanted to jump for joy. "Wow." Taylor and I both said in unison. Her and I both were trying to process this. Apparently she didn't know of this witch either.

Ashton's POV

Kingsley was shitting bricks watching Kale and Ariel all over each other. If I didn't know any better I would have thought Ariel and Kale were the only mates. But apparently they were just on good terms, Kingsley and Ariel weren't,  just yet. The brother's and I loaded Taylor and Ariel's clothes into the car while the Girls stayed back in the room packing up the rest of their things. I was silently dealing with the death of my two best friend's day by day but it didn't seem to get better for me. I busied myself by helping Kingsley find Ariel plus, I wanted to see her today myself. I know her mates expected me to turn my feelings off once they got back on good terms with her but that's just not reality. I had my own plan, my own agenda. They seemed to forget that the original plan was for Ariel to be with me and live a normal carefree life. The one she deserves to live. Kingsley and Kale were not apart of that plan.

I quietly followed behind the brothers as we re-entered the hotel to go see what was taking the girls so long. They didn't have much things in their hotel room so we had no idea what they were doing. We stood in front of the elevators waiting for it to open, only to see Eleanor on it. "They are taking too long so I decided to bring some stuff down." She handed us bags so Kale and I took it. "Taylor was coming into the hall when I left." Eleanor adds. Kingsley had a look on his face that I couldn't read. "I'm going to go up and see what they are doing. I'm taking the stairs." He walks off. After a few seconds,
Kale stood still for a moment and then handed me the bags that Eleanor had given  him. I already had bags in my hands so I was now looking like the bag man. "Something is wrong." Kale warned us. He looked up at the ceiling, trying to hear what was going on above us I assumed. Since he was a vampire he could do cool shit like that. A loud deep growl that could only have been an alpha's growl echoed throughout the hotel. Kale's eyes start to grow dark. I dropped the shopping bags and my eyes darted around looking for any obvious threats. Eleanor got into a fighting position. Something was very wrong, we all could sense it. Kale blinks and then he looks at the ground. Kingsley mind linked him because he said out loud. "Ariel is gone."

Ariel's POV

I have to admit I was so happy that there was some hope for Grace. Maybe she didn't have to live forever as a rogue after all. I wanted to cry happy tears, I couldn't believe it. I didn't want to give up on her when everyone convinced me to. As soon as I was starting to, I was given a reason not to all over again. I couldn't wait to get back  to the pack house and see how Kingsley and Kale would strategize finding Zena. This next journey for us wasn't going to be easy, but my mates were willing to help Grace now. I see Kale had a lot to do with changing Kingsley's mind. I know Kingsley and I had some talking to do, the last time we talked it was about Grace and it wasn't good. I understood that he wanted to protect me, but we have other solutions now. As for Kale, I knew he wasn't lying to me about what happened to me. I wouldn't ever doubt him or what he says to me.
He is a true man, a man who lives by his word and proves it.

When I walked out of my bedroom with my bags of shower supplies I realized it was silent in the entire hotel room. Everyone had all went to the car.

A creaking noise then filled the silence in the room making a  chill go down my spine. I felt the same fear from earlier when everyone knocked on the hotel room door. My eyes scanned the room because my paranoia was taking over and it felt like someone was behind me but when I would turn around nothing was there. Exactly when a scream was about to erupt from the deepest part of me, a strong arm wrapped around my face and some sort of oil went into my nostrils causing my eyelids to drop and I was out.

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