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Chapter

Thirty-Four

Athena couldn’t stop the tears that fell down her face. She didn’t know where she was or what time of day it was.

They had placed a black hood over her head and dragged her to a vehicle, before shoving her into what she assumed was the trunk of the vehicle they had driven after they tied her hands and legs up. She was still in shock knowing that Townie had betrayed Draco and his friends.

She said a silent prayer for Dana, praying that she was okay and just pretending to be dead. Please let her be okay…please!”

When she felt the vehicle stop, she steeled herself for whatever was about to happen. She couldn’t see anything with the hood over her head, but she could hear everything around her.

She was roughly pulled out of the trunk of the vehicle and dragged several feet away. She knew she was going into a building of some sort since they took her up some steps and through a door.

Her shoulder and arm were going to be bruised from the doorframe thanks to them not caring how rough they were handling her. She prayed that her unborn child survived through this nightmare.

She knew Draco would never forgive himself if something happened to their unborn child. She needed to do whatever it took to protect her stomach at all costs.

Athena was then pushed down a flight of stairs after going through another door. She managed to grab a railing to keep from rolling down the stairs.

She knew from the smell she was in a basement of some kind. She screamed out when she felt hands grip her by the hair and pull her across the ground.

She bit her lip when she felt her skin getting nicks from things on the ground biting into her legs and thighs. She yelled out again when her head slammed against a hard surface.

Athena felt iron like objects encircle both wrists and the figure’s shadow moved away from her. She gasped when hands yanked the hood from her head, pulling her hair along with it.

It took several minutes for her to get her bearings once she opened her eyes and started to look around where she was at. The room was dark with a small light coming from a single lamp in the ceiling.

She blinked several times before the dizziness in her head slightly receded. Once she could focus on her surroundings, she looked up and saw Rob, Chris, Townie, Rob’s father, her mother and Sheila all standing there with a smirk on their face.

She looked around the dimly lit basement where they had her shackled to a wall. Yep, she was truly fucked.

“What is the meaning of this? Let me go right now!” Athena demanded, glaring at Townie, before shifting her eyes at the others.

“You are in no shape to make demands, human.” Claude Maplewood sneered down at her.

“I have every right. I am the wife and mate of the Alpha of the Blackwood Pack…”

Pain exploded across her face as Claude stepped forward and punched her across the face hard enough to make her see stars floating in her vision. She knew if Draco found out about this, he would kill the man.

“Does hitting women who are defenseless make you feel like a real man? Oh wait, that’s poisoning the Alphas of the pack you’re going after and then attacking their wives and making them watch as they die.

Didn’t work for you this time, did it? Townie couldn’t get close enough, nor could Sheila.

She couldn’t dig her skanky claws into a real man. ”

Pain exploded on her face again as this time Sheila backhanded her across the cheek. She licked the side of her lip where she tasted the coppery tang of her block from the cracked skin.

“Not only do you act like a bitch, but you also hit like a bitch,” Athena continued to goad the woman.

“You whore!” Sheila shrieked as she started back toward Athena.

“You’re seriously calling me a whore? You’re the one going after a married man. A mated man. You’re so fucking jealous you’re fucking every man you can find to fill that gaping hole in your vagina. Oh wait, you’ve never been with Draco so you wouldn’t know how he feels.”

“Enough!”

Athena jumped when Claude yelled out as he grabbed Sheila and threw her to the ground behind him. Looks like playtime was over with.

“You have made a mockery of my son and my pack. You were to be wed to him, yet you spit in his face and his generosity. If you think your pairing with the Blackwood Pack will save you, think again, human. Either you renounce your mating with them, or I will get the Council involved and have their entire pack brought to their knees with that farce of a pairing!”

Athena glared at Claude as she thought through her options for what he just presented. Remembering something that Draco had told her, she looked up at the man and studied him for several minutes.

Claude stood at an even six foot tall, with salt and pepper hair, a swimmer’s build with an even tan. The man’s eyes were a malt whiskey color that had her thinking of alcohol.

Remembering what Draco had told her when they had talked about Sheila and statements she’d made that night, she smiled at the man. The man and his pack were in for a rude awakening.

“Call the Council. Bring them in and let’s see which pack really gets handed their asses.” She smirked at the man.

“You stupid bitch! You really think the Council is going to save you?” Athena’s mother shook her head.

“What I know is that the Council goes by facts and Pack laws. You sided with people who bend shifter laws to benefit themselves. I know that you will not prevail with whatever bullshit things you think will make you guys come out on top.”

“What your mouth, bitch! We have an inside with the Council that backs us up. It’s you that’s fucked, bitch!” Rob sneered her way.

Well shit! It looked like they were under prepared after all.