Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate Chapter 164

Carter

As the night wore on Creedon sought to break me as he forced me to listen to all the vile ways he violated my mate as he cut into my flesh, tased me, and let his men come at me with their fists. It forced me to come to terms with the totality of what she went through. He pressed the knife against my collar bone, his icy blue eyes stared into mine as I tugged against the restraints, each movement causing the wolfsbane dipped ropes to sear further  into my skin with measured malice.

“I want you to know she never came in that state, but her pussy was all the better for it, she even bled for me you know,” he said, cutting into my skin deeper. Trying to get a rise out of me, which he clearly took sick pleasure in.

“I was the one predestined to have her and I will take her back, willing or not. She will come just to save your pathetic ass.” The knife sliced deeper as he slid it  down across my chest, my skin protested as he drove the blade deep into my thigh where he left it. I couldn’t help the scream as it formed on my lips. Creedon yanked my head back forcing me to meet his eyes again,  I forced the pain aside in my mind shielding myself with a false sense of numbness, the inferno in my veins enough to dull the sting of the cut.

“My mate will never submit to you. What you did to her can never be erased, she's stronger than you think, do this and she will hate you for the rest of your miserable life, because I’m the better man, you don’t deserve her.” I spat.

“Coming from the Beta, whose alpha sold you both out, I find that amusing. Tell me Sheriff, does she still think about me when you're inside her?”

“She knows I would never harm her, she is everything to me and nothing to you but a toy to own.

“I can give her the world, spare her no expense. She will have everything she could have ever desired with me. All she has to do is walk away from you, aren’t you afraid she will come willingly?” he asked, teasing the soft spot under my neck with the knife.

“I’ll take my odds, you destroyed her, I rebuilt her, it's ok, you have no one to blame but yourself,” the punch he gave me had me seeing stars as the light of day creeped into the horizon.

“That bitch belongs to me, remember that boy,” he said as he dug the knife into my skin. I couldn’t muffle the agony anymore, my mind fading into a place of solace as it tried to deviate me from the pain.

A presence found me there, her. Her soft voice like a whisper in my ear.

Hold on, I love you

Deep within me I felt that energy and love swell, for us, for tomorrow, I didn't care what that meant as a renewed shred of light and power coursed through me, I glared at Creedon. The alpha finished the cut into my skin, and I felt the blood drip down my skin.

“She’s my mate now, do what you want with me but she will never submit to you, you are nothing to her, you have no idea what, or who you are dealing with and I pity you if she comes for me.” It was meant to be a warning, cross Briar and face the consequences. I knew how strong she was, how powerful her wolf could be. It was him who underestimated her. I just hoped she fled instead, to protect our tomorrow. I didn’t want her to face her nightmares, she’d been through enough. It was too much to ask. I'd rather live through it on my own until it was done. I found myself retreating into my mind.

Hold on, I love you,

I sank into that presence and repeated her words over and over in my mind, the only thing holding my sanity together. The pain faded, replaced by her love, and I held onto it letting it hold me in a warm embrace.

I would die happy if she lived. I’d do anything to keep my family safe.

I love you Brair, I thought as the knife dug into my skin yet again. I felt every ounce of my being come alive as her  love poured through the bond.

“Go fuck yourself,” I snarled at Creedon just before a blinding pain rushed through me and everything went black. My mind swirled with the need to protect what was mine and our growing family; even on this empty plain of oblivion. If I was dead, I couldn’t do that, however long this torture lasted. I needed to just stay alive.