*Xavier's POV*
As we get closer to the back door all of a sudden I drop to the ground in intense pain which my father ran right to me to make sure I was alright that's when I realized isn't my pain it's Taylor's so I block it out in order to save her and Nikki, I mindlinked my dad letting him know what happened and that I was ok to continue with the mission.
We entered the cabin as quietly as possible to not alert him of our presence, we started heading towards the room we know they're in mindlinking whoever is standing guard on that side of the house to stay alert to ensure Nick doesn't get away again. Once we approach the door to the room, waiting for Nikki to mindlink giving me the signal which she does then I look at my dad while counting to three before busting the door down & rush in.
We were NOT prepared for what we saw in the room, Taylor was tied down on a bed completely naked and bloody, Nikki was tied to a chair untouched crying uncontrollably but thankfully my father grabbed Nick as he tried jumping out the window & punching him several times knocking him out. I ran over to Taylor to untie & inject her with the medication to counteract the drug Nick gave her; I was relieved that she didn't panic when she saw the syringe in my hand but I still told her what it was for.
Once finished I put my shirt over her to make her feel a little more comfortable and picked her up bridal style then looked over to make sure Nikki was alright before leaving to race to the pack hospital to get Taylor & Nikki the care they needed especially Taylor. As we were running all Nikki kept repeating "I'm sorry, I'm soo sorry" over and over again while looking down not being able to look at Taylor feeling ashamed for her part in what happened, I looked at Taylor in my arms noticing that she's starting to gain control of her limbs when she looks over at Nikki with her voice hoarse saying "I forgive you Nikki, you made a mistake but you tried doing the right thing near the end."
Nikki just looked at her with eyes wide in disbelief before softly saying "now I know you'll become a great leader for this pack, I'd be proud to have you as our Luna & as a friend, if you'll have me?" I couldn't believe my ears so I smiled wide with pride towards Nikki, who was against Taylor and my beautiful mate for forgiving her even with what she'd been through.
When we got to the pack hospital Haven had been waiting for us at the door & rushed us into a room before kicking everyone out to check on Taylor while a nurse was looking over Nikki to make sure she was alright although I heard her telling them she was ok but she just wanted to see how Taylor was doing if she was alright, which surprised me. All of a sudden the hallway was filled our friends rushing towards me asking if she was ok, even David & Alex were here too, asking the same thing but they also asking if we got him this time which I was happy to tell them "Yes we most certainly did and he isn't going anywhere, he WILL pay for what he's done!" They looked at each other before looking at me again asking if they can have a go at him too, I can't say that I was surprised since I had the same idea.
After a while almost everyone left, it was just me, Sam, David, Nikki (since she refused to leave wanting to stay by Taylor) & my parents all waiting for word on how she is. I couldn't believe Nikki stepped up to tell both our parents about what happened and her roll in it; of course they were disappointed in her but I explained to them that Taylor forgave her saying that even though she made mistakes she did try doing the right thing at the end along with mindlinking letting me know when the right time to strike was which helped to make sure he couldn't get away again so I thanked her for that.
*Nikki's POV*
I don't think I've ever been this scared in my entire life especially for Taylor so at the first chance I got I mindlinked Xavier although it took a couple tries in turn surprising myself that it worked but when I told him exactly what was going on before cutting off the link when I heard "HIM" come in the room. I looked back & forth between them until I caught on to what Nick had just said about Taylor wanting to spare me whatever was going to happen, I just looked at Taylor and could see it in her eyes that what he said was true then I shook my head crying telling her no before she closed her eyes.
I couldn't help but cry when Nick started tearing her clothes off and roughly grabbing her, guessing what was coming next, I just closed my eyes to mindlink Xavier again to find out how close they were to the cabin then praying to the Moon Goddess to help save Taylor knowing she was his main target. I was soo lost in thought that I opened my eyes after hearing his vulgar words & wishing I could do something… anything to help her while he was going to town fingering her so I looked at her trying to tell her with my eyes giving her my support and prayers.
I think that helped until he decided to taste her, while looking at her face where I could see the fear in her eyes along with the reason, now realizing she's never experienced having an orgasm before even though this act was beyond vile since she's paralyzed her body doesn't really know the difference. I was trying to tell her with my eyes that everything would be ok & we'll get out of this. Once Nick got into "position" I couldn't look as I cried even more than I already was, I could still hear how rough he was being and it was killing me. I mindlinked Xavier again while praying to the Goddess that they were close then I felt relief when he said that they were already near the cabin & were coming up with a plan of attack before I asked him to let me know so I can help in ANY way I possibly can.
I opened up my eyes to once I knew that he was finished but my eyes went wide when I saw the knife in his hands walking back over to Taylor while he was talking to himself, it sounds like he was just throwing out hateful words until I caught the last sentence, only to realize he was carving words into her stomach or I guess reopening the scars, hearing this made me want to puke. As I sat there trying to convey to her that I'm sorry & that we'll be alright, I wondered if this is what he did to her last time and how on earth did she endure this and still care about others the way she does.