Author's note:
All characters and companies mentioned in this story have no existence outside the imagination of the author, and have no relation whatsoever to anyone or anything bearing the same name or names. Events portrayed in this story are pure invention and have not been based on any events that have happen in real life. All the characters involved in any sexual acts if their ages are not mentioned before hand; are over 18 years of age. Enjoy.
Hi
Here it is, the last chapter of Bound by Pride, I'm sorry it took so long but I did warn you that it might take some time as it is eighteen pages long. Don't get confused with how this ends as the next story Guarded Hearts takes up where Bound by Pride finishes.
So I hope you enjoy this chapter, as always a big thanks goes out to my editor who manages some how to squeeze editing in to her busy life. As normal all feedback is welcome.
Have fun
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A day later Electra was reading pack reports quietly in her room, Mayhem was off doing her own reading, trying to catch up on everything that she had missed during her enslavement.
Most of the documents Electra was reading were compiled by Sienna for Amy, with Amy being so busy she had little time to deal with the normal duties of the Alpha female, Sienna had stepped forward and took on most of those duties and no one begrudged her as no one wanted that job. Nevertheless, Amy had to be kept up to date with the goings on of the pack so Sienna complied daily reports on almost everything from births, deaths and everything in between.
Electra's personal phone rung, she sighed and put down the report outlining a new disobedience from Jessa and suggesting sending Jessa to an aunt in a different pack for a while. She picked up her phone and frowned at the caller id; she flicked it open and brought it to her ear. "Jeff?" She said a little confused and surprised.
She was also mentally cursing herself, she had spent a month with Jeff in Vegas chasing leads about both her sisters 'attempted' abduction and his own sister Haley's abduction. She considered him a friend and she had completely forgotten him. She hadn't called to see how he was or how his sister was coping.
"Electra..." Jeff said pleased to have gotten her.
"I'm sorry I didn't say goodbye, everything happened so quickly." She said as she sat forward in her chair.
"I know... my mother is glaring at me... she wants me to thank you for finding my sister." He said hesitantly.
"Tell her I was doing my job and I'm glad she got her daughter back." Electra said with a smile, it broadened when she heard Jeff relay her message.
"Um... that is the reason I am calling, Haley isn't coping. Far from it in fact, she hasn't left her room since coming home. We are afraid for her." He explained, clearly conflicted but he didn't know what else to do.
"Was she raped?" She asked.
"We think so..." He answered.
"What I can do to help?" she offered.
"I was kind of hoping you could work your magic on her..." He said hesitantly, he still couldn't believe how quickly Mayhem had come back to herself and he hoped that Electra could do the same for his sister.
"I don't know Jeff... Haley doesn't know me... I haven't built any trust with her." She answered.
"Can you try...?" He begged.
She stood and started to leave her room. "I will need permission to bring her here, maybe all she needs is to get away, to go to a new place that is different and doesn't relate to her abduction." She walked down stairs and started to move to her mother's office.
"Maybe I just don't know." He replied, pacing slowly in the background.
Electra knocked on her mother's office door, waited several moments before popping her head in. Sienna and Amy turned to her; they were poised over some paper work.
"Jessa?" Electra questioned and got confirming nods. "I have a favour to ask for a friend." She said holding the phone to her chest to muffle her voice.
Amy pushed herself up and stretched. "Okay... shoot."
"Jeff, the investigator who helped shut down the slave ring, his sister was a victim and she isn't coping. He was hoping to send her away, new place and such. Hoping it will help her recover." Electra explained.
Amy clicked her fingers and gestured for the phone, which Electra handed over. "Hi, Jeff right? This is Amy."
"Alpha." He said stiffly.
"Where would you like your sister to go, here as in the manor or to our central Haven?" Amy asked.
"I'm not sure; I just can't bear to see her waste away like she is." He told her. "None of us can." He added.
Amy nodded, "Okay... bring her here and we'll see what we can do, if that doesn't work we'll see what we can do next." She said gently.
"Me?" He said a little surprised.
"Yes... it might ease her transition if you or someone from your family brings her here." She explained.
He nodded, "we will be there in a few days."
"And we look forward to your visit." Amy added before she hung up. She glanced to her daughter, "was she raped?"
Electra nodded, "they think so... she doesn't talk about it."
Amy nodded, "we'll see what a change of scene does and I'll put her in Anna and Maria's care, see how they fare before bringing in the big guns."
Electra gave her mother a puzzled look. "Big guns?"
Amy nodded, "yes, big guns." She said choosing not to elaborate as she handed her daughter her phone back.
Electra paused before leaving.
"Yes." Amy said as she moved back to her desk.
"Something's been bugging me," Electra said.
Amy nodded and waited for Electra's question.
"Maddie... I thought only mated pairs could breed." Electra said seeking an explanation to the existence of her fosterling.
Amy nodded, "I asked Nathanael about that, he believes that the reason mated pairs are more likely to breed is because they are together when one goes into heat, they know when their mate is ready to conceive. However, it happens between unmated pairs and Madeline was young, the body reacts and in order to protect itself it sped up her maturity and conception in the vain hope of protecting itself."
Electra frowned, "I still don't..."
Amy nodded, "Okay... Vivian also has a theory... Fate wanted her born regardless of the situation. So she was born, Fate knew that Madeline would get taken and that this life would kill her but that Maddie needed to live so ensured that she did. That she is important, in some way she will do something great regardless of how she started her life."
Electra nodded, "don't question... just accept it."
Amy nodded, "many things happen when they shouldn't but when they do it happens for a reason."
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Jesse found Mayhem, with Thais's help, in one of the lesser libraries. A woman who dragged a large wheeled case behind her followed him. Thais released Jesse's hand and left the room leaving them to their business. Mayhem stood and ran her fingers through her hair, she was just getting used to having short hair. Amy had taken her to a stylist yesterday, the stylist had suggested short, and spiky for a new hair do, he explained that it would get rid of all the split ends and damaged strands, letting only healthy new hair grow in its place if she didn't like the style.