Broken (The Onyx Wolves Book 2)

by Raven K. Asher

  26-Wedding Day

  “I’m so nervous, Harley.” I state as I pace the floor of my room while wearing my dress.

  My hair was cascading down my back in large curls.

  Each step I took I could feel them bouncing off of my skin.

  “Everything is fine. The guys are all dressed and ready to go. The decorations are perfect and the cake looks amazing.” Harley reassures me. “This wedding is going to be perfect.”

  I nod and take a deep breath.

  “I have to leave you for a minute but I’ll be right back, okay.” Harley then states.

  I nod again. “Just hurry.”

  She nods and then rushes out of the bedroom and down the hallway.

  Turning towards my window I watch below as the people gather near the platform where I would meet Blue to say our vows.

  The decorations were beautiful, even from where I was standing.

  I just couldn’t help my nerves.

  It wasn’t that I was scared of Blue saying no it was more of I couldn’t wait for his reaction as I walked down the aisle towards him.

  The door to my room opens and I turn half expecting Harley to be there but it was Ford.

  He was wearing a dark blue tux that looked good on him even though his hair was still and unruly mess.

  That was just him though.

  “Harley wanted me to bring you down to one of the rooms downstairs. Something about it being easier for you to walk out of when the time was right.” He stutters through his words.

  I nod and smile as I lift my dress and walk over to him.

  He gently grabs the back of the dress off of the ground and follows me out of my room and then down the stairs.

  “Which room?” I ask as I glance back at him.

  He motions towards one of the rooms close to the main living room and I nod as I make my way down the hallway carefully.

  I turn and walk into the dark room.

  My body instantly tenses as the door shuts behind me and the lock clicks into place.

  The light flicks on and I gasp in horror.

  Before me was Emmett with Dillon held in his grasp while holding a knife to his throat.

  “Scream for help in any way and I’ll kill him without a second thought.” Emmett warns.

  “I’ll do whatever you want, Emmett, just let him go.” I try to reason with him.

  I would do anything to save Dillon.

  Suddenly hands grab me from behind before slipping a set of handcuffs around my wrists.

  “Don’t fight us and both of you will get out of this alive.” Emmett replies with a snarl before shoving Dillon to the ground.

  I watch as he then pulls a needle from his pocket before shoving into the back of Dillon’s neck.

  Within a minutes time Dillon’s body falls limp to the floor.

  “What did you do to him?” I snarl.

  “I only put him to sleep so I can transport you better.” Emmett replies with a smug grin as he stalks over to me.

  He picks up my chin roughly. “You forgot all about me, didn’t you, Babe?”

  “I never wanted you.” I spit out.

  “Yes, you did, and I’m going to have what’s mine.” Emmett replies before pressing his lips against mine roughly.

  I bite his lower lip drawling blood before he pulls away.

  “I should have known you’d do that, you always did like it rough.” Emmett grins menacingly as he wipes away a drop of blood.

  “Go to hell, you’re never going to touch me like that again.” I growl out.

  “That’s what you think, but you belong to me now.” Emmett snarls back.

  Grabbing me roughly he glances behind me for a moment before hitting me in my stomach so that I had no choice but to gasp.

  It was a huge mistake to make.

  Emmett quickly gags me with a cloth that is then tied behind my head.

  “Scream for help in here and I will kill anyone who comes and then I’ll make you watch as I kill him.” He warns as he motions towards Dillon.

  I nod and remain quiet.

  My mind was screaming for me to yell out to Blue though.

  There was no way I was going to put him into that kind of danger. He wouldn’t be able to stand up against someone like Emmett.

  It would only get him killed.

  Emmett suddenly throws me over his shoulder before marching out of the room with Ford following close behind with Dillon’s body draped over his shoulder.

  Emmett marches straight through the house without an issue.

  Everyone was out in the yard.

  He walks through the front door and down to a black SUV sitting in the driveway.

  He opens the back and shoves me inside before Ford tosses Dillon in with me roughly.

  “What the hell are you doing?” London suddenly growls as he steps out of the house alone.

  Emmett laughs as he looks towards me before producing a gun.

  In one swift move he turns and hits London with a dart.

  London falls to the ground immediately.

  “Looks like I have another friend for you to hang out with, Babe.” Emmett grins as he turns back to me.

  Ford tosses London’s body in the back next to Dillon’s before Emmett closes the back of the SUV and then makes his way to the driver’s side before getting into the vehicle.

  The engine starts and I stare out the window as he begins pulling away from the house.

  I watch as Blue and Rowan rush out of the front door.

  Blue screams loudly before changing into his wolf form.

  “Blue, stay back, please.” I plead with him in his mind.

  “I’m not letting him take you away from me.” Blue growls back.

  “Rowan, stop him before he gets himself killed.” I order him in his mind.

  Rowan was my only hope.

  I watch through my tears as Rowan turns on Blue, knocking him down to the ground before they begin to fight each other.

  As Emmett drives us through the main gate at the end of my father’s pack’s community I allow my tears to turn into sobs.

  “I love you, Blue.” I whisper into his mind.

  “I love you too, Sweetheart.” He replies back with raw emotion clogging his words, even in my mind.

  “We will find you.” He then promises.

  “I know you will.” I reply softly.

  As Emmett drives further away from Blue our connection breaks leaving me all alone with my thoughts and fears.

  I couldn’t help but feel as if I would never see Blue again.

  My heart hammers in my chest as we drive through a familiar patch of woods on an old gravel road.

  I knew exactly where Emmett and Ford were taking us.

  They were taking us to the Island.

  All the sudden Emmett’s confession of where he lived made sense.

  He had been locked away in here.

  And my guess was that they were using his family against him in order to get me into their clutches once again.

  I was the one of the wolves who had gotten away after all, and if what Ford had said was true then I was worth a lot to them.

  If I had any other guess as to the reason they wanted me it was more than likely for their little breeding program that they had.

  My future was suddenly looking hopeless.

  There was no way I was going to let Blue risk his life to break me out of here.

  Look at what happened last time.

  As we come to a stop in front of the front gates leading into the Island.

  Emmett hops out of the front before moving around to the back.

  I flinch back as he opens the back door with a syringe held in his hand.

  “Sorry, Babe, but I have to knock you out. You understand.” He states before grabbing my hair roughly jerking me forward so he could stick the needle into the back of my neck.

  The liquid burns as it enters my body.

  A few moments later Emmett steps back as my vision begin
s to blur and my world begins to spin before everything goes dark and my body hits the floor of the SUV with a hard thud.

  I was in trouble now but there was nothing I could do.

  We were in this for the long haul.

  We were royally screwed.

  To be continued…

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  “Escape”

  (Book Two) Among the Dead Trilogy

  By: Raven K. Asher

  Escape

  Among the Dead Trilogy

  By: Raven K. Asher

  Chapter 1

  Welcome to Rosenberg, where everyone is safe and free from the infection.

  Yeah right. There was something hidden in this oh so perfect little town.

  It only took me a week to figure that something was off.

  “Why don’t you come with me tonight, Babe?” Jessie tries to talk to me for the hundredth time since I had found out the secret he had kept from me.

  I still couldn’t believe the man behind the mask had been Gale.

  He had been right there in the other room the entire time.

  We could have escaped together but no one had said a word to me about him even being there, they had kept me clueless.

  Jessie sighs roughly as he sits down on the edge of the bed. “Please, talk to me. I know you’re still angry but like I told you before Gale didn’t want us to say anything to you.”

  “You still should have told me.” I clip out.

  “I know and I’m sorry that I didn’t.” He replies softly as his eyes plead for me to forgive him.

  Just as I’m about to tell him that I was going to forgive him a wave a sickness washes over me forcing me to stand up and rush into the bathroom connected to our bedroom.

  I heave into the toilet as Jessie holds my hair back while rubbing my back trying to sooth me.

  We had done this for the past three days.

  “Maybe you should get checked out, Babe.” Jessie states gently over my shoulder as I lean back on my knees.

  Handing me a cloth to wipe my mouth I nod up at him. “I think you’re right. Something definitely isn’t right.”

  After a few more minutes of dry heaving I finally stand to my feet feeling terrible, but wanting to figure out what could possibly be wrong with me.

  Wrapping his arm around me Jessie leads me out of the small apartment that we shared and down stairs to the door that led outside.

  I shield my eyes from the bright sunlight as he guides me down the quiet roads and towards the large hospital that was just a few blocks away.

  “We’re almost there, Babe.” Jessie reassures as we round the block and the building comes into view.

  Honestly I wanted to stop and throw up again but I force one foot in front of the other as we continue on.

  What was left of my breakfast was being rather difficult to keep down though.

  Thankfully as we walk into the front doors I’m able to overcome my small battle and force a friendly smile as a woman dressed in white with matching white hair and a friendly smile greets me.

  “What’s wrong, Sweetheart?” She questions softly with a southern accent as she places her hand to my forehead.

  “She’s been throwing up the past few days for no reason.” Jessie answers for me.

  Her brow rises in question as she glances between Jessie and me for a moment before she turns and motions for us to follow her.

  “Follow me and we will get you settled in a room until the doctor can examine you.” She states as she leads us into a small room and pats a bed for me lie down on.

  Looking between Jessie and me once more she opens her mouth to speak. “Are you two a couple?” She inquires.

  Jessie and I both nod.

  “Is it possible that you’re pregnant, Sweetheart?” She asks next focusing on me.

  My eyes go wide with sudden fear and I look to Jessie for his reaction.

  Whereas I was nothing but scared he had a huge grin on his face. “That is a possibility, Ma’am.”

  She nods with a smile. “Alright then, I’ll have the doctor come in and check things out for you.” And then she disappears out the door.

  My mind whirls around every possible scenario of having a child.

  I was too young for this, and I wasn’t even sure if I was ready for this to happen, and in this place of all places. Then again this was the best place to be in order to have a child.

  That didn’t mean I liked the circumstances any better though.

  Tears build in my eyes and slowly begin streaming down my cheeks.

  “Hey, Babe, what’s wrong?” Jessie questions softly as he moves next to me on the bed while pulling me into his arms.

  “I don’t want to be pregnant.” I confess.

  “Why not, having a kid together will be amazing.” He argues lightly.

  I shake my head. “We haven’t even been together that long, Jessie. I didn’t exactly see myself having a baby in this place either.”

  He sighs roughly as he pulls away and cups my cheeks in his hands. His thumbs wipe away my tears. “We don’t even know if you’re really pregnant, but if you are we can make it through this.”

  I nod even though my tears continue to fall.

  A few minutes later a familiar doctor in a white lab coat enters the room and sighs softly seeing my tears. “This isn’t all that bad, River. Having a baby here is a wonderful thing. Here when women get pregnant they are given anything and everything they could possibly need.”

  He had been the same doctor that had overlooked our care when we had first walked into Rosenberg.

  He was pretty much assigned to us until the day we died.

  “I can’t see this as being any good, Mr. Laken.” I reply with a hiccup.

  He shakes his head. “This will open up many doors for you and Jessie, River.”

  Sighing roughly again as I shake my head he turns to open some drawers. “Let’s just see if that’s even what we are dealing with first, okay.”

  He then turns back around with a cup. “I need you to use this to collect a sample of your pee so we can test it.”

  He hands me the cup and helps me to my feet before leading me down the hall to a small sterile bathroom.

  Walking in I shut the door and do what needs to be done before walking back out.

  Placing the cup on a tray the doctor leads me back to my room where he motions for me to lie back on the bed with Jessie.

  We watch as he moves around the room.

  Minutes tick by slowly as we wait to hear the results.

  When the doctor turns around to face us with a smile, I had my answer and I instantly burst into tears once again.

  “She’s pregnant, Jessie.” He sighs. “The next step we need to take is to gather a blood sample from the two of you so we can predict the future for this baby.”

  Jessie pulls away from me for a moment. “What do you mean by that?”

  “We have to check to see if the baby will be infected before it’s even born.” The doctor answers honestly.

  My tears quickly get cut off as my heart sinks into an even deeper fear.

  “What would happen if it is infected?
” Jessie asks next.

  “We would end the pregnancy. If we left it alone the baby would eat her from the inside out.” He answers Jessie’s question.

  “Oh…god” I whisper scared.

  That was the most horrifying thing I had ever heard.

  “How will the blood from both of us tell you what’s going to happen?” Jessie inquires curiously.

  “One of the doctors here has been able to predict it by the amount of the infection you have in your bodies and how our immune systems fights it off.” He replies.

  “I highly doubt the two of you will have any problems with having a healthy baby though. Both of you are in excellent health.” The doctor reassures.

  Jessie nods as he resumes his place beside me, his arms hold me close.

  Closing my eyes I listen as the doctor moves around the room for a few more minutes before he moves over towards us.

  “I’ll take your blood first, Jessie.” He grunts and I open my eyes to watch as he sticks a needle into Jessie’s arm, taking three vials of blood before stopping.

  Motioning for me next I hold out my arm and bury my face into Jessie’s chest.

  A sharp prick stabs my arms before seconds later it’s over.

  “You two can stay here while I have these samples checked, okay.” The doctor grunts before walking out the door with our samples in hand.

  “This is such a mess, Jessie.” I whisper softly.

  “Everything will work out, Babe.” He reassures.

  I still wasn’t so certain though.

  All I wanted in this moment was to somehow get back home to my bunker where it was safe and where I could be alone once more.

  Being away from this situation and just away from everyone in general was beginning to sound really good about now.

  Either that or being wrapped up in Zach’s arms.

  God did my heart ache for him every single day.

  About an hour later the doctor returns with a frown and I instantly fear the worst.

  His eyes pin Jessie first. “Can I talk to River alone for a minute?” He asks.