(Leo's POV) 

***Who else missed Leo because I certainly did...My poor baby, what's been happening to you </3***

My head throbs and a dull ringing fills my ears.

What happened?

Where am I?

I squint through my swollen eyes and I'm shocked to see that I'm in the middle of a forest. Only now do I notice that I'm bound to a post.

I try to recollect the last thing that happened before I lost consciousness, but I come up blank. The last thing I remember is locking up the practice for lunch.

I remember Sarah ringing in that morning to tell me that her son, Luke, had been sick all night and she needed to stay home to look after him. I had no choice but to lock up the surgery for the twenty minutes it would've taken me to get my lunch together. What happened after that, though, I don't know.

A snicker from the left of me has my immediate attention. Fear fills my body when I realize just how vulnerable I really am here. The man in front of me, who, might I add, is butt naked, could do God knows what to me. I hope he knows I don't swing that way though.

I lock eyes with him and as he approaches me and it takes everything in me not to tremble in fear.

"I see you're finally awake," he says. "Good, I was beginning to get bored. You're not that much fun to play with when you're knocked out."

"W-who are you?" I mentally curse myself for stuttering. Don't let him see your fear, Leo.

"You don't remember me?" He taunts. "Perhaps you need a little reminder."

Before I have a chance to ask what he means his fist makes contact with my ribcage. I howl in pain as I feel, rather than hear, the crack of my ribs from the impact.

He plunges his fist deep into my stomach this time and I'm instantly winded.

"Remember me now?" He snarls, his face only mere inches from mine.

His eyes are what trigger my memory. How could I forget the colour they've changed to in the last few seconds? They're evil looking; blood red.

I grab my house keys as soon as the last of the morning patients leave the practice. I thought I'd never get to finish for lunch today. Trust it to be the busiest day of the week the day that Sarah can't come in. It's typical. Not that I blame Sarah, it's not her fault that Luke is sick.

I make a mental note to ring her later to find out how he's doing.

Just as I lock the door of the practice, I hear footsteps behind me. The crunching of feet on the gravel indicates that there's more than one person.

I'm shocked when I turn to find three menacing looking men, standing before me, wearing nothing more than a pair of dirty shorts. However, the thing that shocks me the most isn't their attire, but the evil looks in their eyes.

"C-can I help you?" I ask, trying to keep the nervousness from my voice but failing miserably.

"Are you Leo?" The man in the middle practically snarls at me.

The logical part of my brain is screaming at me to say no and to run for my life, but the idiot part of me decides to stay put and grow a pair.

"Who's asking?"

"Me."

No shit, Sherlock.

"And who might you be?" I ask, the confidence quickly leaving me as they step forward towards me.

"A friend of Alexis."

Alexis?

They use my second of confusion as their chance to strike, and before I know it, I'm being tackled to the ground by two of them.

I feel my breath leaving me as my back slams down against the cold, hard ground beneath me. I struggle to move under the weight of the two men, but it's nearly impossible.

I manage to land a punch to one of their cheeks and I swear I hear my knuckle crack at the impact. He howls in pain as he cradles his face.

A growl from the man above me has me all but shivering in fear. He roughly flips me onto my stomach and twists my arms behind my back. I hiss in pain as I'm pulled to my feet.

Turning to face the third male, I am greeted by a horrific sight. His once brown eyes are now a deep red. He stalks towards me and I struggle to escape the clutches on the man behind me in nothing but pure, blinding fear.

My arms are pushed upwards hard and I yell out in pain. Red Eyes grabs my neck and squeezes tightly.

"W-what do you w-want?" I cough out, my face no doubtfully turning red from my lack of oxygen.

"You!" He hisses before all I can see is black.

***

"What do you want with me?" I ask him.

"Well, let's just say, we're going to play a little game of Hide and Seek," he tells me, as he starts to walk away from me.

Ignoring the still throbbing headache, I continue to try to get some answers from him.

"Why?"

Before I can blink he's directly in front of me. "Because," he snarls, grabbing my throat tightly once more. "I said so."

I cough and gasp, desperately trying to get some air into my lungs, He watches with a sadistic smirk on his face as I struggle.

"You humans are all the same. Weak and pitiful."

What does he mean? Us humans? Does that mean-

His hand tightens more around my throat, completely cutting off my thought as my attempts to breath take over everything else.

I faintly hear him laugh as my coughs start to turn to choking. My head becomes light headed and my vision becomes blurry.

As quick as he grabbed me, he lets me go. I cough as I practically drink in the air.

"Pathetic."

"So, are you ready to play now?" He asks and I stare at him in shock. What is wrong with this man?

"What are you?"

"I don't think you are," he continues, completely ignoring my question. "I think you're looking a bit too clean." His voice is low and taunting and it sends shivers of fear down my spine.

"C-clean?" I ask, not knowing what this psycho is thinking of.

"Yeah, I think you need to be a bit more bloodied up and broken. What do you think?"

Before I have a chance to cry out, he strikes me hard across the face with his fist. I yell out in pain at the blow. He doesn't give me a chance to catch my breath before he attacks me again.

I feel every single punch and kick he lands on my body, each one hurting worse than the previous.

What this lunatic wants with me, I still don't know. I don't know where the hell I am and that is what scares me most. Who even knows that I'm missing? Who even cares?

My thoughts run to Alexis, the beautiful woman that I have been daydreaming about ever since she walked into my practice. The breathtaking woman I could have pictured my whole life with, but I now know that that's not going to happen. I know that I'm going to die out here at the hands of this sick and twisted man, and there's nothing anything can do to help me.

I spit out the blood that fills my mouth as my chest heaves with every breath I take. I don't know how many times I've heard bones crack in my body, but I know that their can't be many more for him to break. The pain I'm feeling is unbearable and when my vision starts becoming hazy, I silently thank God that it's nearly over.

"You look much better now," he snickers, as my head lolls forward.

I'm glad he thinks so.

"I think we just need one more adjustment though."

What other torture could he possible want to put me through now?

I groan in pain as he lifts my head up by my chin.

"This!" He grins wickedly as he plunges the long, gleaming knife into my stomach.

My eyes widen and I choke on blood. I feel the knife tearing me apart. The pain I felt seconds ago is nothing to what I'm feeling now.

I see his eyes widen in amusement at my distress. His sadistic smile is the last thing I'll see. Darkness quickly clouds my vision and I welcome it. The sounds of howls fill my ears, as once again, everything turns black.

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Okay, pleasssssssse tell me what you think of this chapter. I'm a bit iffy about it at the minute.

What do you guys think is going to happen to Leo? Is he dead? Will Alexis get to him on time? Will he (i.e. the rogues) have won again and managed to kill another Alpha's mate?

Sorry for the long wait. I really appreciate those of you who stick by this story (that's if you are still there lol) and wait patiently for the next chapters. I really do appreciate it! :*

So, yeah, please let me know what you guys think :)

Love,

Di xx