The Rogues Mate

chapter 1

here's the first official chapter

above is how I pictured Riley

Riley

I was staring at the ceiling when I heard a small knock at the door. Sitting up I called max into my room.

"Hey baby, why are you up?" I asked softly looking at the clock that read 2:13 am.

"I had a bad dream" he mumbled "can I sleep with you?" Smiling at him, I nodded and motioned him forward, moving over to make room for him in my bed. He looked up at me with tear-filled eyes and pouted "tell me a story?" he asked.

"Max it's late, maybe tomorrow" I suggested. He nodded slowly and turned around so his back was to me.

"Go to sleep" I said again. He wouldn't stop tossing and turning, throwing me off the bed once already.

"I can't, please tell me a story, just a quick one. I promise I'll sleep after" he begged. I sighed and looked at him, "fine" I mumbled "one story then you go to sleep" I looked down, and he nodded eagerly. sitting up, I put him in my lap. "Which one would you like?" I asked "the one with the she-wolf and the lake!" he replied excitedly. I smiled, that was our parent's story.

"Once, a long time ago there was a beautiful she-wolf, her name was Kate. Every day she would go to a clearing hidden in the forest, she would spend her days there reading by the lake, singing, and dancing. Until one day a man came into the clearing, immediately he recognized her as his mate, but she was so immersed in her book to notice him. He watched her for days admiring her beauty until he decided to finally introduce himself. He walked further into the clearing and he saw her body tense, slowly she turned around and she saw him. 'Hello' she said, he smiled at her, she looked like an angel and smelt like fresh flowers and honey. 'Hello' he replied. Her wolf whined for her to go forward, to wrap herself in his scent of rain and chocolate, but she stood there, staring at him. 'I'm kate' she said quietly, he chuckled at her shyness. As he watched her the days before, she was anything but shy, she had sung and danced freely as if no one was watching. 'Im Nathan' he replied. From that day on they would sit in the clearing together, they would talk and sing and dance, she would read to him and he would watch her as she did. Nathan asked Kate to marry him and of course, she said yes" I looked down at max who was asleep in my arms, smiling I shifted to get comfortable.

"You didn't finish" he mumbled quietly. I chuckled at his tired voice and continued.

"Kate and Nathan got married and had a pup together, a little girl-"

"What did they name her?" Max interrupted, looking up at me "u-um, that's not important" I said quickly

"Oh, ok" he said, shoving his face into my shirt. Smiling I finished the story "a few years later they had another pup, a little boy, whose name is not important either, and they- um, they lived happily ever after" I finished in a whisper, a lonely tear rolling down my cheek.

I kissed my brothers forehead and lay down next to him comfortably.

Sleep slowly consumed me, and once again I was left with my thoughts and my nightmares.

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"Hello, Riley" the man taunted, his black eyes watching me, daring me to speak. I looked at my surroundings, concrete walls, chains. I was in a cellar. 

"Tell me little one, who would you like to see first?" he asked, confusing me. Who would I  like to see? Before I could control my mouth I spoke out "max, I want to see my brother. where is he" I demanded, my voice laced with venom.

"Ah, your brother, good choice. I would say he is in the best shape" he said and smiled wickedly. Seconds later a man entered holding something small in his arms. 'max' my wolf whined at the sight of our baby brother curled up in this cruel man's grasp, he looked broken and I could smell his blood, and fear rolling off him in waves. 

"Max!" I shrieked, turning to the man and glaring at him. If looks could kill, he'd be six feet under. "What did you do to him" I sneered. My baby brother's whimpers echoed off the cold concrete walls, the mere thought of the man hurting max, made my wolf livid "what did you do to him!" my wolf cried, slowly taking over. My self-control was gradually fading as she was begging for me to give over command of my mind and body. My form was shaking and the chains binding me were digging into the skin on my wrists. Reminding myself that giving control to my wolf will only cause harm to my brother, I calm myself down and look straight into my tormenters black eyes. "What. did. you. do. to. him" I said between clenched teeth, my eyes turning back as well, his eyes narrowed as if daring me to challenge him, and he smirked. 

"Well, little one-" 

"Do not call me that" I interrupted him scowling at the nickname my father used when I was a child.

My father. He would be disappointed if he were here, I had promised him that I would protect max with my life. And here I was, chained up in a cellar, while the very person I swore to protect was trembling in a stranger's arms. 

The man looked at me with a smirk and continued, "I think I will bring in the rest of your family" the rest of my family? The only other family I could think of were my parents, and they're dead. Seconds later three more men came in dragging two bodies, both of their faces covered, the bigger one, which I assumed was a man, started struggling in his captors hold, they threw him on the ground in front of me and I gasped when his face was uncovered. 

"Daddy?" I whispered, my voice hoarse from crying, how was this possible? I saw my mother collapse on the ground, I felt our family link break "how?" I croaked, tears spilling out of my eyes. "Riley" he said, a choked sob escaped my throat. I tried to fling myself at him, forgetting my hands were bound. "what have you done Riley" he sneered "this is your fault, it's your fault your mother and I are dead, your fault that you and max are here" 

"W-what? dad-"

"No Riley, it's your fault!" he roared

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I shot up in bed, panting and looking around frantically, my sheets were tangled around my legs and drenched in sweat, my face was wet with tears and so was my pillow. Max was curled up on the bed by the wall, sleeping peacefully. 'another nightmare' I thought. Looking over at my baby brother, I shuffled closer to him and pulled him into my arms, pressing him to my chest, and breathing in his scent to assure myself he was really there. laying back down I felt the tears that had soaked my pillow wetting my cheek.

I lay there for what felt like hours, before my eyes started to droop again and I was pulled into a deep sleep.