Chapter 23 - Torturing The Rogue.

Two Weeks Later...

Cole's P.O.V.

"EMILY...DON'T WALK AWAY FROM ME, EMILY!!"

"GET LOST, ASSHOLE!!"

Oh god not again, every single day for the past two weeks, these two have been arguing like cat and dog and every day it's getting worse.

"DON'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT, EMILY!!"

"I'LL TALK TO YOU HOWEVER I DAMN WELL PLEASE, I'M YOUR MATE NOT YOUR BITCH!!"

"YER AND AS MY MATE YOU SHOULD HAVE FORGIVEN ME A LONG f*****g TIME AGO, IT'S NOT LIKE I INTENTIONALLY FORGOT TO TELL YOU!!"

"WHATEVER, ANGELO!!"

"EMILY...EM..EMILY, WILL YOU STOP ACTING LIKE THIS?, I'M SORRY OK, I'VE TOLD YOU UMPTEEN TIMES A DAY HOW SORRY I AM, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LET THIS GO?"

"BECAUSE YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT MY BEST FRIEND IS DYING, OUT OF EVERYONE, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST PERSON TO BE NOTIFIED!!"

"I KNOW BABE AND I'M SORRY!!"

"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, ANGELO, I'M NOT IN THE MOOD FOR YOU TODAY!!"

"URGH!!, SERIOUSLY EMILY, IT'S BEEN TWO f*****g WEEKS, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA STOP ACTING LIKE A PETULANT f*****g CHILD!!"

Oh no.

"CHILD?...DID YOU JUST CALL ME A f*****g CHILD?"

"EMILY..."

"f**k OFF, ANGELO!!"

SLAM!!.

"f*****g women, who'd have them?"

I hear Angelo mutter as he enters the kitchen, I look up just as he notices that I'm here and I saw his face shift from angry to sad and guilty.

"Sorry bro, I didn't mean that"

"It's ok, Angelo"

"How are you doing?"

He asks whilst sitting down on the stool next to me.

"Well, my mate is in a never-ending coma, my parents are scumbags, I've got paperwork coming out of my ears, a rogue in my dungeons who would rather be tortured than talk, I haven't slept more than two hours a night, I've barely eaten or had a good workout in two weeks and I probably smell like a cesspool so all in all...I'm good"

Angelo chuckles.

"Well, I've got some good news for you but I'm only gonna tell you if you promise to do three things for me"

"Oh yer, what's that?"

I take a sip of my drink.

"You need to promise me you'll have a decent meal, you'll have a long hot shower and get some actual sleep, at least eight hours worth"

"And why would I promise you that?"

"Apart from the fact, I won't tell you my good news?"

I nod my head.

"You need to do it for our Nat"

I let out a sigh as I close my eyes.

"I know you two haven't been on great terms and I know there's a chance that Natalia probably won't give you a chance when she wakes up but what I do know is that when she does wake up, she's not gonna want to see you looking like this, she'll feel guilty that you've been neglecting yourself for her"

"She's my mate, Angelo and I'm worried about her"

"I know man and I am too but we can't neglect ourselves, Cole, we need to stay strong for our sist...for our Nattie"

We fell silent after that as I contemplated what he said and I know he's right, at the end of the day, I'm trying to win my mate back and the chances of that happening are even slimmer if I look and smell like dog shit that's been run over several times.

"You also need to stay strong for your pack alpha, they may be a group of degenerates but they're your degenerates and they need their alpha"

Myself and Angelo look over at the doorway where Emily is leaning against it with her arms crossed over her chest.

I thought about what she said and I hate to admit it but she's right as well.

"You're right"

"Of course I'm right, I'm a woman, I'm always right"

I chuckle as I watch Emily move from the doorway to the kitchen where she starts to get out a bunch of pots and pans as well as a whole load of ingredients.

"Now scram, go and have a long, hot shower and when you're done, I'll have a nice hot meal ready and waiting for you"

I was confused by Emily's actions, she's like a little brunette version of my Nattie, she's full of attitude and a lot of anger towards me and my pack so why would she willingly cook for me?.

"Why are you cooking for me, Emily?....you hate me"

Emily puts down the butcher's knife and sighs.

"I don't hate you, Cole because it's a waste of an emotion, I wish I could hate you and your parents and everyone in this pack for everything they put myself and Nattie through but I can't, it's not in me to physically hate you all and to answer your question, I'm a great cook, I love cooking and right now....right now it's the only thing that's keeping me sane"

She smiles at me slightly before going back to chopping or skinning or whatever it is that she's doing to that poor chicken.

"Now get or do I have to drag you upstairs to your shower by your ears?"

Angelo growls and I chuckle.

"No, no, it's ok, I'm going"

I leave the kitchen and was midway up the stairs when I heard Emily shouting for me to double up on my shower gel, I sniffed myself and almost baulked at the smell, no wonder people have been dodging me.

I shouted back a quick 'you got it' before continuing my walk up to my room.

I had my shower and changed into a pair of grey sweats and a white t-shirt, I didn't bother styling my hair seeing as I'll probably be marched back up to my room by Angelo or Emily to get some sleep anyway so I just roughly towel dried it before moving it out of my face.

I then leave my room and head downstairs where the smell of my favourite meal instantly hits my nose.

"Mmm, chicken enchiladas, my favourite"

"Oh good you're here, I thought you'd drowned yourself in the shower"

I didn't know whether to take that as a joke or concern or her hoping that I actually had drowned in the shower, I decided to go with the first and let out a slight chuckle.

I take a seat at the table and quickly dig into my food, I didn't realise how hungry I was until I smelled Emily's food and trust me, it tastes just as good as it looks, lately ever since Nat has been in a coma, I've been living off junk food and take out, normally, my momma orders me to come back to the packhouse three times a day to eat with the pack but I haven't seen or spoken to her since I beat my father up but it's not from a lack of trying on her part.

After the dinner, I felt satisfied that I finally had a decent meal in me and even asked Emily if she wanted to be my full-time cook, to which she responded by saying 'successfully win your mate back and you'll have an even better cook', I was shocked when she said this because I didn't even know that Nat could cook, the last time I saw her cooking she burned water....I didn't even think that was possible.

Anyway, just like I'd predicted, Angelo marched me up to my room and stayed with me until I was under the covers, it was so stupid, I felt like a child who couldn't be trusted to do as I was told.

"You can go now you know"

"I know I'm going now, make sure you get some sleep"

"I will, I will"

Angelo leaves my room and I snuggle into my blankets closing my eyes, when I heard Angelos footsteps become fainter and fainter, I quickly put my hand under my pillow and pull out Natalias jumper which is caked in her scent, I know it may seem weird and kinda creepy that I've taken her jumper but I don't care, her scent is the only thing that can give me any peace and help me to sleep these days even if it's only for a couple of hours, I hold Natalias jumper close to me and inhale her scent which calms everything in me and in no time, I'm fast asleep.

The Next Day....

"WAKE UP!!, WAKE UP!!, WAKE UP!!"

"Urgh!!, what the f**k?"

I groan in annoyance.

"Angelo, what the f**k man?"

"Get up, Cole, get up, get up, get up"

"Urgh!!, how old are you, Angelo?"

"I'm 19, now get up"

I feel a huge weight being lifted off my bed and I hoped that my idiot brother was leaving my room but no he started playing music on his phone.

"FOR f***s SAKE ANGELO, WILL YOU PISS OFF, I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!!"

"You've been asleep for sixteen hours, Cole, it's time to get up"

"Why?"

I whine like a little kid completely dismissing the length of time he said I'd slept.

"Because your surprise has just arrived"

"And"

I look over at my brother and I swear, I really wish I had something heavy in my hand so that I could throw it at him, he's bouncing up and down like he's got a vibrator shoved up his ass which is annoying the f**k out of me.

"And brother, it's the rogue who attacked Natalia a couple of weeks back when she was out with Brody"

My head snaps towards my brother and his smirk widened upon seeing my reaction.

"What? are you serious?"

"Yep, he's waiting in the dungeons to be interrogated"

Excited, I jump out of bed and made an immediate beeline for my en-suite bathroom, I have a quick shower and change into a white shirt and black suit with a pair of brown fancy shoes, I then style my hair before leaving my room and briskly heading for the dungeons, I know it sounds like I'm ready more for a date then an interrogation but it's a standard thing for me, I have to look professional at all times.

A couple of days ago, I hosted a meeting between myself, alpha James, Angelo and Brody so we could discuss the attack further and see if we can figure out who the guys from the second attack belonged too, they didn't smell like rogues which means they must be part of a pack, the rogue I kept alive wasn't speaking and seemed to get off on getting tortured which made everything a lot more difficult for us, anyway, halfway through the meeting, Brody mentioned the rogue attack from a couple of weeks ago which involved him and Nattie and we put two and two together and realised that they could be connected so I ordered for the rogue to be transferred from alpha James pack to mine so that I could interrogate him.

"Where is he?"

"He's in interrogation room A, alpha"

"Thank you"

I walk to the room where Angelo and alpha James are standing.

"Where's Brody? I thought he'd want to be here"

The men share a look before looking back at me.

"What?"

"He's gone to visit Natalia"

"Oh ok"

I take my keys out of my pocket whilst briefly looking at the two men, I had to do a second take when I saw them looking at me funny.

"What?"

"Are you ok, brother?"

"I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?"

"Well because we just told you Brody's with Natalia and you don't seem bothered by it"

Urgh!!, dumbasses.

"Why would I be bothered by it? Brody's gay and is happy with his mate besides even if he wasn't, Natalias in a coma, it's not like they can do anything"

I opened up the door and smiled when I saw the rogue chained up to my wall, I walk over to him and notice that someone has already given him a good battering already, I look over at alpha James who was trying hard not to smirk.

"Is this your doing?"

He started to smirk and I chuckled.

"You can't blame me, Cole, this guy roughed up my beta and almost killed my friend, I wasn't just gonna let him sit in my dungeons without feeling the same pain they did"

"Hey, I'm not judging"

I hold my hands up to show him I'm not judging him as I kneel down to look at the rogue who is either knocked out or sleeping and I don't like the latter, especially when he's one of the assholes responsible for hurting my mate.

"Hey Angelo, pass me vanilla will you"

"You got it"

Angelo goes over to where vanilla is kept whilst I smirk at the rogue, he doesn't have a f*****g clue what's coming his way.

"Vanilla?"

Alpha James asks confused, I look up at him and smile.

"Yer you know vanilla...ice, ice baby"

"Huh"

I chuckle as I pick up vanilla which is a bucket filled with ice, wolfsbane and freezing cold water and I chuck it over his head.

"I get it now, you guys are crazy"

Alpha James laughs and I smile, the guy doesn't even realise how accurate that statement is.

"Wakey, wakey sleeping beauty"

The rogue pants and screams from obviously being cold and in pain, wolfsbane is bad if ingested but if it makes contact with our skin then it causes a burn effect which normally doesn't last that long because we can heal fast but it's still pretty painful and uncomfortable to deal with and I plan on not letting this bastard heal...at least not until he tells me what I want to know first.

"What's going on? wh..who are you? where am I?"

He asks whilst looking around the room and at all three of us.

"Well rogue, this is alpha James Anderson, my brother Angelo Vasquez and I'm Cole Vasquez, alpha of The Dark Shadows pack and..."

"Natalia Vasquezs mate"

My blood boiled hearing my beautiful mates name come out of his disgusting mouth, filth like this shouldn't be allowed to even think about my Nattie let alone talk about her but sadly he has too because I need answers.

"How do you know I'm Natalia's mate?"

I ask him confused, not many people know I'm Natalia's mate which is an oddity because normally when an alpha finds his Luna, news spreads like wildfire around the world but because of my stupid decision to reject her, no one knows about us except for a handful of people, even my pack is unaware that Natalia is my mate and their future Luna.

"Are you kidding me? all rogues know about you and Natalia, a lot of them are even rooting for you both to be together"

"Oh yeah and why's that?"

"And what about the rest of you?"

Angelo chimes in looking just as confused as I am.

"Well, the rest of us want her dead"

I growled an earth-shattering growl and attempted to lunge at him but was stopped by his next words.

"We all know what she is and who she belongs too alpha, if she falls into the wrong persons hands then we're all f****d, it doesn't matter who you are...a..a werewolf, a vampire, a hybrid, fairy, witch, pheonix....we're all as good as dead if she ends up in his hands"

"He? who's he?"

The rogue sighs and slumps his shoulders but immediately yelps in pain from the silver chains that are wrapped around him.

"I..I..I can't tell you or I'll die"

"Well, that's gonna happen either way because if you don't tell us then we'll happily take you to my torture room which very few people get out off alive"

The rogue started to panic at the mention of my torture room, this room is famed around the world which is why we hardly have any rogue attacks because they're scared they'll end up in that room if they're caught, thankfully, the room's reputation was enough to have this idiot singing like a choir boy.

"Ok, ok, ok, ok, I'll tell you just please don't take me there"

He begs with a shaky voice.

"Then speak, tell me who he is and why he's after my mate?"

"I..I honestly don't know who he is except that he's known as the faux king"

"The faux king?"

He nods his head.

"Rumours around the rogues are that he knows EVERYTHING about Natalia and I mean everything....including the truth about her being your adopted sister"

My head snaps towards Angelo who looked just as panicked as I was, this is something that nobody should know about, hell I didn't even know until a couple of months back.

"How would he know about that?"

"Are you deaf? I just told you that he knows everything about Natalia, one of my acquaintances even heard that he's got a huge file on her which is filled with everything about Natalia including things that are only known by you guys, your parents and Natalias biological family"

I ignored the bastard's insult as numerous thoughts filled my mind, I was so confused and angry but then I remembered something alpha James said to me the other day.

"Alpha James, a word outside"

I walk out of the room followed by alpha James.

"What's up?"

He asks as soon as the door closes.

"I wanna know everything you know about Natalias biological family"

Alpha James looked awkward and uncomfortable.

"Alpha, this isn't the time or the place..."

"I don't care just tell me what you know"

Alpha James sighed as he looked down, he then looked at me and started to tell me everything about Natalia's real family which shocked me to my very core.

"Are you sure?"

He nods his head.

"One hundred percent"

"Who else knows about this?"

"Just myself and Angelo"

I was pissed and felt betrayed that my own brother knew about Natalia's real family and he didn't tell me, why wouldn't he tell me?.

"I wouldn't if you treated my sister the way you did his, actually, I wouldn't because of how you treated our mate"

My wolf Ace chimed in angrily.

Myself and alpha James were startled when an extremely happy Angelo burst out of the room grinning like a Cheshire cat, what the hell has got him so happy?.

"Woah, who lit your ass on fire?"

I chuckled at alpha James.

"I've just got a mind link off Brody....Natties awake"

"What?"

I didn't waste another second, I immediately ran out of my dungeons and ran all the way to the infirmary, as soon as I burst through the doors, I used my werewolf speed to get to Natalia's room, it didn't take me long to get there and I burst through the door startling those who are in there, I looked at Nattie with a bright smile.

"Hey Nat"