She'd fallen asleep two hours ago when they were almost home. Ten minutes later he pulled up to the gate, as the guards waved him through. He came up to the packhouse and parked the truck. He looked over at her, she must have been exhausted to sleep so deeply.
He decided to change his plans a little, He'd take her to his bed and let her sleep. He carried her inside the house as various pack members stared on in curiosity.
Once in his room he laid her down on his bed, took off her shoes and jacket then covered her up with his blankets, it was a very satisfying feeling to see her in his bed. He decided to look into her duffle bag, there wasn't much there that was for sure. An odd-looking teddy bear, a couple of T-shirts, a pair of jeans, a couple of pairs of underwear, and a bra.
In the bottom was an envelope, He looked inside. It must be the money she had saved up. He counted it, there were over three thousand dollars in there. He went over to his hidden safe and put the money in there for her. He took note of the sizes of her clothes and put them all neatly in the top drawer of his dresser.
He left her to sleep and mind-linked his beta Marco to meet him in his office. Marco was already there waiting for him, with a big grin on his face. Ducan chuckled, not much happens here that he doesn't know or find out.
"So Duncan did you find something interesting at the Rising 'Nasty' Moon pack?"
"You know I did, asshole. I found my mate and you are not going to believe who she is."
"Well, don't keep me waiting in suspense drama queen, who is she?"
"She is the most beautiful creature I have ever seen. Her name is Spare Williams, yes, as in the Williams of Rising Moon Pack. She is their second pup, Fraternal twins. She is nothing like that skanky slut Lily. She found me knocked out on the hotel floor, she is or rather was a maid there."
"Spare? as in a spare tire? That isn't a nice name. Marco said with disgust, how could a mother do that to her child?. Seriously this pack is a piece of st. Did you get any evidence before they made you?"
"I got some names of places to look up and names of missing girls, not all of them are wolves either, seems they like variety. They are taking girls from human towns too, not too many at a time and not at the same place."
"Maybe your Mate will know a few things.?"
"I don't think so, she was living in the shadows. I doubt many pack members even knew of her existence. You are right though, it won't hurt to ask her, even though she is pissed at me right now."
"Oh, really, and pray to tell why is she pissed at you?. Did you use your not so charming, charm on her perhaps?"
"Nope, as it turns out, I ruined her plans to escape her pack. She was saving up every penny, to make her way to college. I don't know what her life was like, but I can tell you it wasn't all that good."
"She is underweight for one thing. She is as jumpy as a long-tail cat in a rocking chair factory. I can also tell you she is smart and clever as well. She is also fast and is probably going to plan to escape here as well, at least till we can show her what a pack is really like."
"To be honest I don't think her plan of escaping would have worked, even though they treated her the way they did I don't think they would have liked her leaving. They would think perhaps that she knew too much."
"We will take it slow Duncan, she is going to be scared and untrusting for a while but we will win her over. Show her she doesn't have to give up her dreams either."
With that Marco went off to check the border patrol and then he was off to bed. Duncan sat in his office watching the fire in the fireplace, thinking of his wonderful mate and all the things that she is going to have to go through to be normal again.
He knew he was going to have to take it slow with her and earn her trust. He was going to go back to her family house and have a look around, he will have to use his special talent to become invisible to do it. That whole pack is a den of vipers, in serious need of being taken down.
As for Spare's dreams of college, he had no problem helping her gain that dream. He was also going to have her change that name of hers, he wasn't going to let that name be a reminder of what they did to her, for the rest of her life.
He texted his sister, Marnie telling her everything and sending her Spare's sizes, asking her to get enough for a few weeks, until they could take her shopping.
Marnie was a very cheerful and wise nineteen-year-old she-wolf, who also had a mean side if anyone messed with someone she cared for. Marnie texted back that she will be there tomorrow afternoon, with all the things that Spare might need.
With that it was time for bed, he had someone bring a spare cot to his bedroom, he wasn't going to frighten her right at the start by climbing into bed with her.
When he got into his room, her scent hit him like a runaway train. His wolf wanted to mate her and mark her right now. Duncan cooled him off by reminding him that they had to earn her trust first. There she was sound asleep in his bed, she might not know it yet, it was going to be the only bed she would be sleeping in for the rest of her life.
She was clutching that weird bear and his pillow. He was going to have to ask her what the deal was with that bear, it look like it was pieced together from a bunch of other stuffed toys.
She was even more gorgeous in her sleep. God her scent took on a warmer sleepy quality to it, making his mouth water and his cock hard in anticipation. Sigh, this isn't going to be easy to go slow. Duncan knew he was in for several cold showers, as he walked into his bathroom for his first one.
Spare woke up feeling like she was still dreaming. The bed was so warm and soft, there was a lingering scent that drove her crazy, as she was rubbing her face all over the pillow. She had never had a bed so comfortable before.
She woke with a start, not knowing where she was till Artemis lazily informed her that they spent the night in their mate's bed.
She quickly got out of the bed and looked around the room. It was huge, there weren't a lot of decorations, there was a couch on one side with a really large TV.
The colors were mostly blue and gray, you could tell it belonged to a man. When she turned to look at the rest of the room, she saw him asleep on a cot. He didn't look very comfortable, he was half hanging off of it.
She silently made her way over to him. The blanket was down around his hips as he was snoring softly. She took him in, no one should look this good, his broad shoulders and dark hair covering his well-muscled chest.
She followed that hair to where it disappeared under the blanket. Artemis was panting so hard that Spare started breathing harder too. His scent was so strong right here, she couldn't control her hands, she managed to stop herself before she almost touched him.
She turned and found another door, upon opening it she found to her joy a bathroom. She had to pee so bad her eyeballs were floating. She wondered what the rest of the place was like.