Belle knew it was disrespectful, but she stared directly into Keveth's eyes as he knelt down in front of her. He may be her mate, but he was still a much higher rank than she was. "Keveth..." she whispered in surprise, shocked he was going through so much just to keep her around. As he got up and walked away, she gripped the couch hard, almost ripping the fabric with her nails. Pushing herself off the couch, Belle rushe dup behind him and wrapped her arms around him tightly. "Thank you... for everything...I want you more than you will ever know... I just can't put you in danger like that..." she murmured into his back.<br/><br/>Then, just like that, Belle pressed down hard on a pressure point in Keveth's neck. Watching him crumple to the floor, Belle leaned down, placing a gentle kiss to the side of his head. "I am sorry... more than you know... But I cant put you in their path," she whispered before running from his house. Checking both ways, she shifted and took off into the forest. Swiftly crossing back into her old pack's territory, this was the only way she knew to keep her pack from attacking theirs anymore. Holding up her head high as she trotted back into the camp, in a fake manner of pride, she hoped the Alpha would accept her terms.<br/><br/>As Belle shifted back to her human form, the Alpha stepped out of his home as the pack began to crowd around her. "Ah, my Belle. I just knew you would return to me. After all, now that you've put others in danger, you are hoping to exchange their lives for yours yes?" he asked, a smirk widening over his fat features. Wincing with repulsion, Belle only gave him a simple nod. The Alpha grinned and tapped his fingertips together, motioning for her to join him inside. "Well I think all that can be discussed over dinner, yes?" he asked, but it was really more of a command than anything else. The second they stepped inside, out of the way of prying eyes, the Alpha grabbed a fistful of Belle's hair and threw her against his dinner table. But it was hard enough to send her crashing into it then rolling over the top and falling to the floor on the other side. "How dare you embarrass me like that?!! Now you want to come back and you think I will show your little friend mercy?!!" he boomed, swiftly moving to her side and grabbing her by her hair again.<br/><br/>Dragging her down the hall to his room, he threw her into his dresser and paced the floor as Belle curled up into a ball on the floor whimpering from the pain coursing through her fragile body. "You little bitch... I think not. No, I think I will have my best fighters attack them tonight while they are all sleeping. If you so much as move, I will return and beat you until you can no longer move. No...No I will make sure you cant move from this house," he growled, grabbing her hair and dragging her to the wall. Where he clicked a silver coated collar shut around her neck, which was attached to the floor cement floor. Leaving the room, he called his best fighters to the meeting room and began putting together an attack unit.<br/><br/>Belle whimpered as the silver ate at her skin, not even being able to move an inch. Her body laying broken and battered on the floor. 'No... Not them... Please take me, just leave them alone...' she thought, wanting so badly to be able to say it but the silver in the collar was damaging her vocal chords. She had to try to contact Keveth. A long time ago, mates used to be able to use a Mind Link to contact each other, but she wasn't even sure if it was possible when they hadn't even been mated to one another yet. Still, it was her best hope. 'Keveth... Danger... Keveth...' she thought as hard as she could, picturing the person she wanted to contact.