Chapter 42 - Honey, I'm Home.

"Are you surprised to see me, baby?"

"Wait, I'm confused...are you my uncle or my teacher?"

He smirked as he came over to the bed and sat next to me, he then tried to caress my face but I wouldn't allow him which caused him to get angry and he gripped my chin.

I winced in pain as his nails dug into my skin, Jesus Christ hasn't this guy ever heard of nail clippers.

"Look at me, Natalia....I SAID LOOK AT ME!!"

He shouts and I angrily narrowed my eyes at him, he chuckled making me even angrier.

"You're so sexy when you're angry, babe"

"Urgh!!, don't call me that, you don't have the rights too"

"Oh and who has...Cole?"

My heart filled with the familiar pain that I've been feeling for the past week only this time it's intensified because our bond is completely severed.

"Don't get upset babe, he's not worth it"

He said whilst lifting my face up by my chin.

"Who are you?...what do you want with me?"

He removes his hand from my chin and places it next to my right thigh, he wasn't touching me but I could tell that he wanted too.

I look up at him and he smiles, I hate to admit it but he's actually really good looking and he's got a beautiful smile...he's still a creep though.

"My name is Prince Mason Harrison, I'm your father's brother and your uncle, for the past few weeks I've been acting as your history teacher so that I can get close to you"

"Why?"

He raised his hand to my hair and gently stroked it, this guy is way too touchy-feely for my liking, I mean so was Cole but at least I liked and accepted Coles touch, it's kinda weird and disturbing that my blood uncle is touching me in such an affectionate way like this, urgh!!, I think I'm gonna vomit.

"Because you belong to me, Natalia....you're mine...all mine"

He said whilst stroking my cheek with his knuckles.

"Erm no I'm not and no I don't, I only belong to myself"

I told him sternly whilst trying to move my head as far away from his hand as possible without hurting myself.

Mason clearly didn't like this because he once again grabbed my jaw except this time he brought his face closer to mine so that our lips were only inches apart.

"Say that again and I'll punish you and not in the nice way"

What the f**k? there's a nice way to be punished.

"Now....are you gonna be a good little girl for your mate, Natalia?"

"You're not my mate asshole and I'm not a little girl...AAHHHH!!"

He backhanded me across my face busting my lip open.

"SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO!!....HUH!!"

Mason shouted as he backed up from the bed and paced the floor whilst roughly tugging on his hair.

I whimpered as the pain in my mouth and jaw got worse and I knew that he'd made me bleed because I could feel it running down my chin.

"I didn't make you do anything you deranged f**k, you're the one who hit me and for no reason at all"

"Shut up"

"No I won't shut up, I'm not some little bitch who's just gonna sit back and do what you say"

"Natalia, I mean it, shut your mouth"

"Why what are you gonna do? kidnap me? oh no wait, you already have, are you gonna hit me? no wait, you've done that too"

"Natalia..."

"You're pathetic Mason, you think you're so big and bad when you're not, you're just a weak, pathetic, crazy, psycho who wants something that doesn't belong to him and he's prepared to go against his own family and commit the cardinal sin in order to get it"

Mason looked like he was ready to flip his lid but I wasn't done with him yet.

"What's wrong Mason? is the truth pill too bitter for you to swallow...you're never gonna have me and you're certainly never gonna be king not as long as I'm alive and kicking, I'm gonna fight you until my dying breath"

"SHUT UP!!"

Mason shouted as he threw a chair at the nearest wall breaking it into many different pieces.

I flinched and naturally backed up against the headboard away from him.

I know it wasn't a good idea to rile him up and make him angry but I couldn't help myself, I wanted him to know that I wasn't the easy pushover that he's probably perceived me to be.

"You talk too f*****g much"

He went over to a drawer and pulled out a box, he started to fiddle around with something which made me feel nervous.

"What are you doing?"

"You'll soon find out"

A few minutes later, he came over to me holding two needles in his arms.

"What are you doing? please don't do this"

"Sshh!!, it's ok baby, you'll only feel a slight pinch and a burn"

What?.

He injected me with the first needle and I immediately understood what he meant when I felt the familiar burn of wolfsbane.

"AAHHH!!, fuck...why are you doing this to me?"

"I already told you baby and I don't like to repeat myself"

He injected the second needle into my arm and I instantly started to feel sleepy as my eyes began to drop, I didn't wanna fall asleep because I didn't trust this creepy bastard and what he may or may not do with me whilst I was asleep but I had no other choice, I was gone.

"Sleep tight baby, the fun will begin when you wake up"

These words were the last thing I heard before I fell into complete darkness.

A Few Hours Later...

"Come back to me, Nattie, please"

"Cole...Cole, is that you?"

"Please come home Natalia, I miss you baby, I love you"

"Cole...where are you?"

I didn't understand what was going on, whether I was dreaming or really contacting Cole which I don't think is possible because A) I've got enough wolfsbane in me to kill a pack of pups and B) because there's no bond between myself and Cole anymore after I accepted his rejection.

I started to wake up from my peaceless slumber and was startled when I felt someone running their fingers along my skin, I wanted to wake up so badly to see what was going on but it took me a while to fully come around because of the side effects of the drugs Mr Creepy gave me.

When I was fully awake, I looked around and saw Mason standing next to the bed and my eyes widened when I saw that he was fully naked well, except for a pair of black Calvins.

"Nice to see you finally awake, sleeping beauty"

"What's going on? why is it so hot?"

The room felt like the sun was resting in a sauna and my whole body was sweating.

"I turned up the heat but don't worry, it'll cool down once we've fully mated"

Say what now?.

"When we've what?...oh hell no"

I started to pull really hard against the handcuffs on my wrists but they weren't budging, come on you useless shitty cuffs, please break...please.

"Oh, what happened to my feisty Natalia?...I thought you'd have a lot to say"

"Shut up, idiot, there's no way we're f*****g mating"

"Oh yes we are and if you don't comply with me and accept the inevitable...well, then I guess I'll just have to do to you what I did to Isabella"

I stopped what I was doing when I heard the bastard mention my grams name.

I turned to look at him and sure enough, the fool was smirking at me.

"What do you mean?...what did you do to my grandmother?"

I squealed when Mason grabbed me by ankles and pulled me so that I was laying down and he quickly straddled me, it was during this that I noticed I'd been stripped down to my bra and panties and I started to panic and become fearful of what he was gonna do to me.

Mason leaned into my face and started to brush his lips against the skin of my face and neck, I was so repulsed by this and kept turning my head away from him especially when he tried to kiss me on my lips, Mason got so fed up in the end that he grabbed my jaw and turned me to face him, I swear this man has got a thing for my jaw.

"Do you really wanna know, baby?"

"Urgh!!, stop calling me that"

He made a noise similar to the one from Family Feud when someone gets an answer wrong and he slapped my face.

"Wrong answer, baby"

Asshole.

"Do you wanna know what I did with your grams, Nat?"

I nodded my head.

"Words"

"Yes, I wanna know"

I said in frustration.

He smirked as he got comfy resting his forearm next to my head, he then leaned in close to me until I could feel his hot breath on my lips and he said something which shocked, horrified and confused me.

"I raped her, Nat...I raped her not once, not twice but many, many times and do you wanna know what the funny part is, baby? she didn't even know it was me, she thought it was her mate"

"Wh..what? wh..why?...why would you do that?"

"Because she was planning on bringing you back to the castle and ruining my plans"

"How?"

He caressed my face with his rough fingers like he was drawing patterns on my skin.

"I had been banished from the castle by my brother which means that I can't enter it, if your grams had succeeded in finding you and bringing you home then all of my chances of getting you would be destroyed and I'd never get my hands on you"

This is so confusing.

"But grams was raped in the castle, if it was you, how did you get inside if you were banished?"

He smirked.

"I morphed into your grandfather which gave me the ability to enter the castle and do as I please"

"Urgh!!, you're one confusing man"

"How so?"

"Well, if grams did succeed in bringing me back to the castle then what was to stop you from morphing or whatever you do into someone and coming into the castle?"

"Because your father and brothers are overprotective royal wolves not to mention there would have been Angelo and Cole as well, they would've made sure that you were always with someone and always had guards around you, besides...it was more fun this way"

He said with a chuckle, what a sick f**k.

"You're sick in the head do you know that?....how is raping someone fun?"

He stopped chuckling as he looked down at me with an evil smirk.

"You're about to find out"

He dipped his head into my neck and started to kiss all over as he ran his hands over my body.

"Wh..what?...what are you doing? s..stop, get off me...AAHHH!!, NO!!"

He marked me...the bastard f*****g marked me, the pain is so excruciating and nothing like what Emily and Amy told me it would be like, maybe it's because it's not my mate who's marking me or maybe it's because we're related and the moon goddess forbids family members marking each other so she makes it a painful experience, I don't know.

"Now you're mine"

He stated proudly whilst licking my neck as I cried my eyes out.

"Aww, don't cry this is a happ...what the f**k? where's my mark?"

He rubbed his thumb around the area where he marked me causing me more pain.

"I must've done it wrong, let's try again"

"NOOOO!!, AAHHHH!!"

Mason tried and failed to mark me several times each time his anger got worse and worse and I became weak, being marked is a very draining experience and one that I never thought I'd have to go through over and over again thanks to my crazy uncle.

"What the f**k?....NOOOOOO!!, SHE WILL BE MINE!!"

Cole's P.O.V.

"What did you guys find out from the rogue? did you get any new information from him?"

"No sorry alpha, all he knew was the rumours that were being spread, he doesn't know anything more about Mason or his plans"

f***s sake.

It's been six hours since Natalia was taken from us and so far we've got nothing on where she could be, we know for sure that Mason is the one who has got her because king Koa and queen Tia have managed to officially clear all of the supernatural species except werewolves, not to mention the fact that when we showed the king and queen the note and Natties necklace, they almost exploded with rage when they smelled Mason's scent all over them.

"Well, we all know that Natalia came back to the house after her run because her water bottle was in the bin"

"No offence Luna but how does that prove she came back home? it's not like those bottles are unique everyone in the pack drinks from them"

Jason asks and I thought Tia or one of her men would've flipped out on him because from their point of view it sounds like he's being rude to her but because I've known him for years, I can tell he's just being Jason.

"Because I emptied the bin and put a fresh bag in before I went to the store, there was nothing in there which means that she came back, what I wanna know is why she left again so quickly?"

Myself and Angelo share a look, we haven't told anyone what happened to make Natalia leave because I know that A) people won't believe me and they'll wanna kill me even though I'm being truthful and B) they'll get angry which I don't blame them but I don't need any unnecessary anger coming from anyone right now.

"I'm more confused as to why she ran back out into the woods, Natalia is a really smart girl, she'd never ever make a dumb move like that especially when she knows that it's dangerous out there for her"

"We all know why she did both of those things and it's because of this asshole here"

"Emily"

Angelo warns his mate as I look at her confused.

"What are you talking about, Emily? I haven't seen Natalia in days"

"YOU'RE A f*****g LIAR!!"

She shouts as she jumps up from her sitting position and slaps me hard across my face.

"Emily, what the hell are you doing?"

Angelo holds his mate back but that didn't stop her mouth from running.

"He's lying Angelo, I swear it, he was at school today flirting with Aubrey and he was all over her, Natalia witnessed it and she was heartbroken so heartbroken that she didn't wanna go and get ice cream and we all know how much she loves ice cream"

What the f**k is she talking about? I haven't been anywhere near the local high school, not in a very long time.

"Babe, be specific now, what did you actually see?"

Emily closed her eyes as she took a deep breath before looking back at Angelo.

"I saw him and that slut Aubrey flirting in the hallways next to her locker, they were all over each other and Natalia saw it, so did Dimitri and Massimo and so did I, in fact, I even bitch slapped that whore and I kicked you in the balls"

"You've never kicked me in my balls, Emily"

"Do you want me to jog your memory?"

Emily tried to break free from Angelo but he kept a firm grip on her.

"She's telling the truth"

Dimitri said and I look at him even more confused.

"We all saw what happened and it was clearly you, alpha"

"What? that's impossible"

"HOW?"

Emily shouts angrily but before I could respond to her, a voice behind me spoke.

"Because he was with myself, my wife and Angelo in his office all afternoon"

My father said.

"Who are you?"

He comes over and stands next to me.

"I'm Lucas Vasquez, Cole, Angelo and Natalias father"

"And what you say is true?"

King Koa asks my father in an unusually calm tone which shocked me because I thought he'd be angry upon hearing another man call his daughter his.

"It is sir...my wife and I had something we had to discuss with our children but Natalia couldn't make it because she was at school so it was just us and our sons"

"What did you have to tell them?"

Nathan asked whilst looking at my father warily and with angry eyes, he knows everything that Natalia was put through so it doesn't shock or even anger me that he's looking at my father like that.

My dad took a deep breath before telling everyone everything that he and my momma had told myself and Angelo, there was a lot of anger as well as gasps and tears in the room, my own anger was slowly bubbling over as well but I kept a tight lid on it so that I could focus on finding Natalia.

"Who is this Aubrey? and where the hell is she?"

"Well, let's just say Luna, she can make a porn star look like a virgin that's how sexually active she is"

Emily snorted and all of the guys laughed.

"And she thought that I belonged to her, she was so deluded and believed that she was gonna be the Luna of my pack that she would walk around the place like she owned it, she always had a victorious smirk on her face and she kept telling everyone that she was gonna be Luna so they had to bow down to her and do what she says, when I confronted her about it she said that she'd earned the role and demanded that I mark her and make her my official Luna but I told her that only one person was gonna be my Luna and bear my mark and that person is my mate, not her"

"Does she know that Natalia is your mate, son?"

King Koa asks me.

"I thought she didn't, she always acted like she believed myself and Nattie were siblings and nothing more but I learned today that she's been working with Mason and has known all along that we're mates and has been plotting to try and break us up for good"

"And she succeeded, you and Natalia had that huge fight were you doubted everything about her and you lost her for good"

"No I never Emily, I promise, I never really doubted her, I set up that argument so that Natalia would keep her distance from me and I could focus on Aubrey and tricking her into thinking that we were over for good so that I could get a confession out of her but I never expected I'd get it from my parents instead....I love Natalia"

Everyone was silent and I could tell that a lot of them was doubting what I was saying.

"I swear to you guys, I love..."

"ALPHA!!, ALPHA!!"

I was interrupted by one of my warriors.

"What is it?"

He huffed and puffed trying to get his breath back, he then handed me an envelope.

"We found this by a tree, it's got your name on it"

I narrowed my eyes at the envelope and saw my name just like he said, I then opened it and was confused when I found a DVD which had watch me on it in big bold letters.

I put the DVD on and we all sat waiting patiently for it to start.

"Hello family, long time no see"

The man on the screen grinned.

"Mason"

King Koa growled.

"Wait, that's Mason"

"Yes"

I look over at Dimitri who was sharing a look with Massimo.

"What's up, Dimitri?"

I asked whilst pausing the DVD, the boys were hesitant to speak at first but then an angry Dimitri flipped out and I wanted to kill him for keeping something this important from me.

"That's our history teacher, I knew I shouldn't have f*****g trusted him"

"What do you mean?"

Angelo asked him.

"He's always being super creepy with Nattie, he's always staring at her and picking her out of everyone to answer his questions, he's even been trying to keep her behind after every class but myself and Massimo have always been there with her so she wasn't alone"

"Natalia also told us that he creeps her out and she doesn't feel safe with him"

Massimo chimed in and that was it, I was pissed.

"AND YOU DIDN'T THINK TO INFORM ME?"

"Cole, calm down"

"CALM DOWN!!, HOW CAN I f*****g CALM DOWN DAD, WHEN THE TWO GUYS I TRUSTED TO PROTECT NATALIA AT ALL COSTS, NEVER EVEN BOTHERED TO TELL ME ABOUT A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER THAT'S BEEN HANGING AROUND MY MATE?"

"We never told you because she ordered us not too"

Mine and my father's heads snapped to Dimitri who was no longer angry, well not much.

"What?"

"Why would she do that?"

My father asked them.

"Because she doesn't trust you anymore, alpha....because she believed that you didn't care about her enough to do anything"

What?, this can't be happening, my poor Nattie was scared and she felt like she couldn't come to me because she thought I didn't care.

"No offence, I can see you're all hurt and shit but can we get back to the DVD? I wanna find my sister"

Christian says sounding annoyed.

I take a deep breath and sit back down, my father gently slaps my back as if to say everything's gonna be ok, I then pressed play and watched as the smug shirtless man continues to babble on about unimportant shit.

"Hey, speaking of which, look at who I've got with me"

He moves the camera to what looks like a bed and I was absolutely livid when I saw my beautiful mate laying unconscious in nothing but her underwear, she's handcuffed to the bed and she looks like she's been put through the f*****g wringer.

"Beautiful isn't she? I wasn't expecting puberty to hit her this hard but man am I glad it did"

He chuckled as he sat next to Natalia and rubbed his hand over her stomach.

"I'm gonna have so much fun with her now that she's all mine, I'm gonna put our beautiful baby in here"

He said whilst continuing to stroke her stomach.

"And I'm gonna have my royal mark right here"

He then stroked the area where my mark should be before dragging his finger down to her breasts, everyone looked uncomfortable and angry watching this but none more so than myself and I swear if my dad wasn't holding my hand and had his arm around me then I would've gone all alpha wolf on everyone and everything by now.

Mason continued to touch my mate as he talked about his stupid plans and how he's gonna succeed in being king now that he's got Natalia, he also confirmed pretty much everything we already knew as well as revealing a lot of things that many of us didn't know or believe, one of the things was him pretending to be me to trick my poor mate.

"You must have done some serious damage to this girl Cole because it didn't take much for Aubrey and I to convince her that you didn't love her and you were cheating on her"

He chuckled evilly.

"It was so easy....all she had to do was use one of her senses and she'd know instantly that it wasn't you but instead, she chose to believe what she saw even that dumb bitch Emily believed it, in fact, she believed it so much that she kicked me in my balls because she thought Cole was betraying his mate"

Emily gasped as she watched the tv in horror, tears were rolling down in her face and I felt sorry for her.

"Luckily for me though she didn't do much damage and my junior isn't in too much pain so I can still use it to plant my seed in my future queen"

Bastard...I wanna kill this f*****g bastard.

I started to feel some pain in my neck whilst watching the DVD but I shrugged it off, it's probably just a bug bite or something.

My anger boiled over when Mason talked about him and Aubrey having sex in Natalias room after he'd shape-shifted into me which Natalia witnessed and it must have tipped her over the edge because she accepted my rejection completely and permanently severing our bond.

Mason smirked at the camera like the cat that got the cream whilst I was sitting there confused.

From what I've heard it's a seriously painful and sometimes fatal experience when two mates sever their bond for good but I haven't felt anything that could compare to a pain like that and if Natalia was able to run throughout our home and back out into the woods then that proves she didn't feel it as well which means our bond is still intact.

"What the f**k?"

I look over at Brody who is looking at something behind me, I turn around just in time to see what looks like millions of blue and white stars or glitter coming down from the sky and landing on the one spot, I was so confused as to what was going on until whatever it was disappeared and there stood my beautiful worn out mate who looks like she was about to collapse and I was right.

"Honey, I'm home"

Natalia said before fainting.