Rescuing His Captive Mate: Saving The Future Luna

Chapter 73 - Artem - Searching The House Of Horrors Part 1

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Artem

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I didn't want to take the time to make shifting back easier, I just wanted to put on my fur and go. But I also knew that I would need to be presentable when I got to where I was going. So, it was for that matter that we all walked into the line of the trees and tucked our clothes into small pouches designed to be carried easily by our wolves. 

Why did I go through all of this? Why did I want clothes when I got to the house? Because I refused to scare Star by being naked. I wouldn't hurt her any more than I already had. 

Once we were shifted and had our clothes I took off running like a bat out of hell. I was the strongest and the fastest among the men I had with me. Those chasing at my heels were Kent, Toby, Morgan, and Reed. The five of us were going to find these assholes that decided to take my mate away from me. And then we were going to kill them all.

I knew that I was sounding a little crazy and way beyond dangerous, but I didn't care. I needed to find the other half of my soul. I needed to find the woman I loved. And until then, I would be running like a madman.

While I ran my paws pounded against the forest floor. Run, run, run. Pant, pant, pant. That was all that I was able to think about outside of one simple sentence that was stuck on repeat.

'Find my mate. Find my mate. Find my mate. Find my mate. Find my mate.' The beast within me, the beast that had so recently claimed his mate in the most intimate of ways, was furious and had a single track mind. Running in this form was giving more power to him and taking away my ability to think rationally.

I was almost there. I was almost to their house of hell. I could smell the scent getting stronger and I could tell that Star had come this way with that asshole. It was time for me to get her back. 

I shifted into my human form, just inside the line of trees again. Once I was wearing my clothes I ran toward the house, not waiting for the others to catch up to me. I was having a hard time trying to smell Star's scent above all the other pieces of trash here.

Without waiting for someone to come answer the door, I kicked the thing off its hinges, just like Toby had done the last time that we were here. I heard loud squeals of fear and shock when the large piece of wood went flying into the house. I even heard someone cry out in pain and knew that I had hit someone with the door.

'Good!' I thought as I stormed inside.

"WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?!" I roared the words as loud as I could, and was happy to hear the windows rattle and yelps of fear from several of the people in the house.

"What are you talking about?" A brave woman spoke up, coming to the front of the room. "Who the hell are you and why are you here?"

"Don't play games with me bitch." I grabbed her around her throat. "I will kill you in an instant if you try to play dumb." I took in her scent, just as scummy as the man I was chasing, the evil fucking bitch.

"Who are you looking for? There is no one here but us." She looked genuinely terrified at that moment. She probably never thought I would do anything, other than yell. Oh what a shock it was for her then when I grabbed her and flat out told her that I was going to kill her.

"Where is Star? Where is the shitty ass piece of vermin you let run this house of horrors? Where the fuck is Howard?"

"Howard isn't here. Him and the others left recently. It's just us." She was trembling in my hands, tears streaming down her cheeks. "After Lisa disappeared he didn't think it was best for him to stay here anymore. Him and all those with him left after that. They haven't been back since."

"Where are they?" I growled the words in a voice so deep and so low that I could feel it rumble through the house again. "Where the fuck is he hiding?" I tightened my grip momentarily on her throat, just long enough for her face to begin to turn red before I lessened up and let her draw a breath again.

"He didn't tell us. He just left with everyone else and hasn't come back at all." She was sobbing now as she looked at me. "You're the one aren't you?"

"What one?" I growled at her.

"You're the one that took Star away from him. And you're the one that killed my daughter." I could see the anger returning again along with her tears.

"How am I supposed to know if I killed your daughter, I don't even know who she is, or was."

"Lisa!" She screamed the name at me. "You killed my Lisa. You killed my baby girl."

"Hmph. Your baby girl tried to kill my mate. She was an evil, sadistic little whore bitch that didn't deserve to live."

"You asshole!" She was thrashing about in my grip trying to get free. "You son of a bitch. I will kill you. I'll kill you for hurting my baby." She lashed out then, trying to get at me with her claws, but I didn't even give her the chance. 

I didn't need claws to end her. All I needed to do was to finish closing my fist where it was sitting. My rage and anger were so intense that they were fueling my lust for blood and revenge which in turn made me even stronger. When my thumb and fingers met in the middle to finish the fist I felt the blood spray over me. Her life was no more.