Ruthless Mate - Chapter 44: Chapter 44

She was fast asleep on the bed wearing nothing but his shirt which was too big for her small frame. He had a few of his clothes in the walk-in closet. He used to stay in this penthouse when he had to deal with some work in the city. She hasn't even eaten anything. He decided to let her sleep as he covered her body with a blanket.
His knuckles gently caressed her cheek. He wanted to lay beside her and cuddle her to his chest but there was a matter which needed his immediate attention.
Glancing at her one last time he closed the door and walked out. He left the penthouse, got into his car and sped towards the warehouse where his prey was waiting for him.
He parked the car and walked towards the huge wooden door of the rusty-looking place. One of his warriors opened the door for him and he stepped inside the huge empty place.
Eren stood near a chair in the middle where a man was tied with silver chains to the chair. Blood was dripping down his mouth and it was obvious Eren had done a deal on him.
"Alpha Draken! What is all this?" Jonathan hissed as Eren was ready to punch him again when Draken stopped him.
Eren looked enraged. Maybe he scented Aurora's scent from Jonathan and put the two and two together.
Draken pulled a chair in front of him and sat down with his legs open wide.
"Why did you touch my mate, Jonathan?" Draken asked him calmly.
Jonathan's eyes widened as he tried to pretend. "What? It was your mate who touched me!" He yelled, spitting out blood.
Draken's jaw clenched and in a swift move, he punched Jonathan so hard that cracking noise was heard in the silence and his chair fell to the side as he cried out in pain and more blood spurts out of his mouth.
Eren grabbed his chair and straightened him again. Draken opened the cufflinks of his shirt and folded the cuffs up to his elbows.
"I'll ask you again. Tell me why you touched my mate?" Draken asked with controlled rage. His eyes were a darker shade of onyx.
"Your mate is a whore-" Draken punched him straight on the nose. Breaking his nose as his chair fell backward.
Eren set his chair back up as Draken motioned at one of his warriors to hand him the cutter.
Within seconds the whole place was filled with agonizing screams as Jonathan begged for Draken to stop.
Ten severed fingers were on the floor and blood oozed out of Jonathan's hands as he wailed in pain.
"This is for calling my mate a whore," Draken said calmly as he threw the cutter away.
"Now tell me, why did you touch her? Who ordered you to do that?" Draken asked.
"N...no one... she..." He croaked out.
By now he was a mess of blood and sweat.
"She what?" Draken hissed.
"She's so beautiful. She was a...asking for it w...with that beauty of hers," Jonathan spat hoping that Draken would give him instant death.
Eren's hands balled into fists as Draken lunged at Jonathan and punched him continuously.
"And you're asking for your death you f*cker!" Draken growled as he beat the bastard black and blue. He stopped himself from killing him.
Moving away from him he breathed in deeply.
"W...why? Y...you didn't e...even care for her," Jonathan croaked out with blood.
"She's my mate, you bastard! She's my woman!" Draken roared as he kicked him hard making him groan out in pain, Draken didn't stop there. "S..stop. please!" Jonathan begged.
"She was pleading to let her go, did you listen to her?" Draken sneered as he continued to kick him until Jonathan lost consciousness.
Draken moved back as he looked at Eren. "Get a doctor. Save him. I don't want him to die so easily. He must suffer more," Draken hissed as Eren called for their pack doctor.
Spitting at his unconscious form Draken turned around and walked out of there as one of his men handed him a wet towel and he wiped the blood from his hands.
Taking out a cigarette he lit the end of it. He dragged it before letting out a puff of smoke. The skin of his knuckles had split with all the punches but it had already started to heal.
Eren walked up to him and stood beside him. "How's Luna?" He asked, concern dripping from his voice.
"She's fine," He said smoking.
Eren gazed at the mark peeking out from his collar and he smiled internally. It seems like his Alpha was opening up to Luna and what Eren witnessed today. It was obvious Draken cared for Aurora more than he wanted to let people know.
"I can send Charlotte if Luna needs her," Eren said as Draken shook his head.
"She's fine. I'll be with her so no need to worry," Draken said as Eren nodded his head.
"I want f*cker alive at all costs. I won't let him die an easy death," Draken hissed as Eren clenched his jaw.
"As you wish, Alpha," Eren said.
"I'm going to the penthouse, we will be back to the pack tomorrow," Draken said as Eren nodded.
"Any info about Alonso?" Draken asked and Eren tensed up.
"Not yet, he hasn't contacted any of our men and he hasn't been seen in any of the safe houses. I think he got to know that you found your mate in the moon pack," Eren said as Draken nodded his head.
"He would show up. It seemed like Alpha Rasmus and Hunter had scared him off for a while. Knowing Alonso I'm aware he must be creating an army to go against the moon pack very soon," Draken said.
"He will show up when he needs my help," Draken exhaled smoke.
"What if he wants you to go against the moon pack?" Eren asked.
"He knows I'm not after power and he might think I would help him destroy the moon pack so we'll let him assume that and observe his every move," Draken said calmly as Eren nodded his head.
With a few more instructions Draken left from there. He couldn't wait to get back to his mate and cuddle her small body against his. He wants to inhale her scent and feel her warmth. Maybe he was going insane or the mate bond was doing things to his head.