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Titan's POV:
The whole time I was speeding, I could not help but think that my prayers were finally answered and that Carissa was back with me. I just hope that she is alright and has been alright.
I pulled into the driveway of the pack house and threw my car into park and made my way inside. As soon as I got into the house Marshall came down to meet me at the front door. "Where is she Marshall?"
"Titan, there are a few things you need to know before we let you go see her."
"We?"
"Yes we." I watched as my sister Kimberly came around the corner and stood next to Marshall. "Titan, you need to sit down."
I went over to the couch and sat down. All I knew was that whatever they were going to tell me was not going to be good. "Okay what do I need to know, so I can go and see her? It's been fourteen years, please don't make me wait any longer."
"Titan, she was the Omega from the Red Moon pack that I called and talked to you about."
"Are you fucking serious?"
"Titan, let Marshall finish, or we are never going to get through this conversation." I nodded my head and did as I was told. This could only mean one thing, what they were going to tell me was only going to get worse. I just didn't know how worse.
"Kim and I were doing our nightly patrol two nights ago, and we knew that someone or something had crossed into our territory. As we got closer, we got hit with the smell of blood and from how strong the smell was, we knew it was going to be a lot of blood."
I balled my hands into fists to keep from saying anything. I felt my fingernails bite the insides of my palms and I knew that I had drawn blood.
"When we got closer to the smell, we noticed it was a person and we could hear the breathing so we shifted back and I honestly couldn't tell the extent of the injuries, but she had blood from head to toe. She asked us to kill her, and she passed out. I knew we needed to get her here to the doctor. After a thorough check and cleaning, the doctor was able to figure out where her injuries were."
I watched as Marshall looked over to Kimberly and from that look, I knew I was not going to like what they were going to tell me. "Just tell me."
This time Kimberly took over. I guess she is smarter than I thought. If it is bad news, she knows that I might hit someone and she knows that I would never hit her, but I would probably hit Marshall.
"She has a contusion to her forehead, a few broken ribs, bruising on her neck, she was whipped with what the doctor said was silver spikes dipped in wolfsbane and it shredded her back really bad, and I am sorry Titan, but she was raped."
That was it, I took the coffee table and threw it against the fireplace. I could feel my wolf edging to the surface. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. "Who the fuck did this to her?"
"We do not know, but when she heard that Beta Charles was on his way here, she almost had a panic attack. I am thinking it was Alpha Jaxon that raped her. Beta Charles was asking if his Alpha's mate had shown up here. I asked him if they were mates, how come he couldn't sense her. He said that they were not marked but had mated."
"FUCK!" I slammed my fist into the wall and made a big hole. My fist was all bloody, but my shifter healing was already knitting my skin back together.
"Titan, the good thing is, she is alive, and she is here with us."
Kimberly was right. "I need to see her. Where is she?"
"I had Marshall put her in your room. The doctor gave her some of your blood since she has not shifted, so she smelled like you and with Beta Charles coming, I knew that he would never smell her if she was in your room. I hope that is okay?"
I didn't even answer her. I ran up to my room as if my life depended on it. In a way it really did. Thinking that she might be asleep, I slowly opened my door, and I could smell a hint of roses, but mostly it was my scent that I could smell. Her back was to me, she was in a hospital gown and I could see the marks that will most likely leave scars on her back. My wolf was close, so I did all that I could to push him back down.
I went to the other side of the bed and knelt down so I could see her face. I moved some stray hair out of her face and it was indeed my Carissa and from the sparks I got from barely touching her I knew she was my mate, like I knew when I was fifteen. I couldn't help but let the tears fall that I have been holding in for fourteen years. I wanted to touch her and hold her, but after learning what she has been through, I was not about to scare her away after I finally got her back.
She was absolutely beautiful. How could anyone treat someone so badly? From what I remember she was also really sweet and loved by everyone that knew her. I sat back and leaned my back against the wall and brought my knees to my chin.
I must have fallen asleep because I heard the bed rustle and what I am guessing was a back slamming against the headboard.
"Ouch."
I looked up and I saw Carissa with tears in her eyes looking right at me. I went to stand up and she scooted all the way to the other side of the bed. "Stop, don't come near me."
I did just that and stopped moving after I stood up. "Carissa, I am not going to hurt you."
"How do you know my name?"
"I know your name because you are my mate and I have known you since you were little."
"I can't be your mate, I have never met you."
"I am Titan, you and my sister Kimberly were friends when you were little and the day you disappeared we were at your home and I knew that day that you were my mate."
"Why does everyone think I am their mate? I am no one's mate and I never will be."
She jumped off my bed and ran into the bathroom and with the sound of a click I knew that she had locked the door.
'Kim, can you bring me something for Carissa to change into? I don't think she wants to stay in that hospital gown.'
I sat at the end of my bed, waiting for Kim to bring some clothes for Carissa. We will have to take her shopping to get some clothes of her own. I heard the shower door open and the shower turn on and then the shower door close.
There was a knock on my door and Kim walked in. "Thank you Kim."
"Scared her away already, have you?"
"Shut up. I just told her that she was my mate."
She sat the clothes by the bathroom door and came and sat next to me. "Titan, after everything that she has been through, you need to take it slow with her."
I took my hand and ran it over my face. I know my sister is right as usual. "I know, I am just so happy that she is back. I just hope that she gives me the chance to show her how much she means to me and how much I love her."
"She will, you just need to give her time."
"Have her parents been notified?"
"Yes, they will be here in two days' time."
"I guess that gives us some time to get her acclimated to her new life."
"Just be patient brother. Come down stairs and let her enjoy her shower and get changed. You do not want her to think you are some creepy stalker, now do you?"
I just smiled and shook my head. I stood up from the bed and with one last look, I looked at the bathroom door and walked out of my room. Please know Carissa that I will never hurt you and I will always love you and worship the ground you walk on. I followed my sister downstairs and gave her the space that my sister said that she needed. Be patient, Titan. Shit, being patient is one thing I have never been good at.