Chapter 14 She’s been marked
Rakel’s POV
Everything has been planned out that evening, I’ve gathered the strongest werewolves in my pack ready to attack valleys if they don’t bring the girl out.
I know it’s unreasonable starting a war between us but werewolves and vampires are mutual enemies, and no one will give a damn about what happens between us. The fact that the Vampires took what was supposed to be mine means they initiated the fight. I have every goddamn reason to fight back.
From my investigation, I found a way into their kingdom, I ordered my men to remain hidden in the woods thinking of a way to cross the rogue’s territory. I know it’ll be a loss for us if we fight head-on with them because it’s their home, they’ll always be an advantage. The best way to deal with them is strategy!
Just when I decide to go in, my ear picked up a sound. I told my boys to stand down through the mind link. We all stood there waiting to see who that was.
Soon, a small frame ran out, looking as if she’d fall any minute. I sensed it the moment her scent hit my nose, my wolf, Ryder, charged forward.
‘Mate! That’s our mate’ he almost took control by going after her, but I forced him back.
‘Hold on Ryder, I know that’s our mate’
‘Then what the fuck are you waiting for? We need to help mate, she’s hurt!’ he growls in my head.
‘Shut the fuck up, Ryder! We need to be sure no one is after her!’
At the same time, Devin’s voice came through the mind link, “She’s the one Alpha, the girl we were supposed to deliver to you!”
He sounded so happy that I mentally rolled my eyes, poor thing has shaking from nervousness ever since my Beta dragged him with us. I don’t blame him and his brothers, though, rumors about me are enough to make them fear me. I’ve also threatened to kill them if we don’t find her and that’s not just a threat, I’ll do it if need be. Turned out the girl they sold was my mate, how ironic is that?
We followed behind when we noticed no one following her. I piece a thing or two together, realizing she’s on a run. If I’m not mistaken, she’s trying to escape the Vampires. How the fuck did she get this far without them knowing? It seems the moon goodness blessed me with a badass mate. I mused.
She got to a clearing and I decided to reveal myself then. I approached her slowly in my wolf form, noticing as she slowly bent to pick up a stake. I watch her action with a smirk, It’s been a long time since I’ve seen something interesting.
I flew out of my hiding place, landing a few feet away from her. Her eyes grew wide as a saucer seeing me, she dropped the stake making me a bit disappointed, I was expecting a bit of fight or scream her lungs out as most humans do, but she remained still, surprising the hell out of me. The only thing I smelt from her was fear. Maybe she knows she won’t be able to fight me.
My boys surrounded her when tried to escape, Devin as stupid as he is shifted into human making her jaw drop open.
“She’s the one Alpha!”
Didn’t anyone tell the moron I fucking heard him the first time? I thought in annoyance.
I decided to shift too, surprisingly, she didn’t scream like she was supposed to. Her eyes held a bit of understanding, awe, and shock.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.
‘She knows what we are’ Ryder muttered in my head.
Yeah.
I squat at her front, not minding my nakedness, and brush a strand of hair from her face “Mate! You are mine!”
I’m guessing she fell into shock because she fainted at that instant, I caught her before she could hit the ground.
My Beta, Ten shifted and was about to come over to her when I growled at him, he stopped a few feet away “Alpha, I know you’ve found your mate, but we need to get out from here, or are we still going to attack the Vampires? Your mate is injured, we have to get someone to attend to her.”
I inhaled the girl’s smell hating the male scent that clung to her, after a while, I stood up passing my mate to Ten “Set her on my back” I said and shifted to my wolf form.
Ryder was happy having his mate on his body, I also sensed sadness from him, making me wonder what caused it. He found his mate, right? So, why the sadness?
I didn’t have time to dwell on it, my priority now is to take her to the pack nurse.
*
We arrived at the pack by dawn, I went straight to the pack nurse’s office. Mira was startled seeing me there with an unconscious human.
I laid my mate down on the bed and glared at Mira, “Why the fuck is she not waking up? Tell me what is wrong with her!”
That snapped Mira out of her trance, she immediately ran over to my mate, paused slightly, and glanced at me.
“What?” I barked.
“I… I can’t work with you looming over me, Rakel! Just step outside and give me some minutes, okay?”
I glared at her for a while then, without another word, I turned on my heels. Ten met me halfway to my room, making me sigh “What?”
“The Vampires…”
I nodded “Yeah, they will come for her” I met his gaze and began issuing out orders “Strengthen the security at the border, do not let anyone go into the woods alone, and be on constant alert.” I said, expecting him to leave immediately, so I could think of how to handle the news about my mate. I’m happy I found my other half, but the problem is she’s a human! There’s a reason everyone fears me, most of the rumours aren’t just rumours, it’s the same reason I’ve tended to keep away from females because I’ve got needs, dark needs. Now that I’ve got a fragile human, how the fuck will I control myself around her?
“Do you think they’ll really come for her?”
No, I’m not sure, but they will if she’s important to them, and I’ll never hand my mate to those fuckers without a goddamn war!
I went to the bedroom to take a quick bath before heading to the pack nurse to check on my mate.
I wonder how she’d react when she wakes up, as human waking up in a world of supernaturals would be traumatizing, I didn’t mean for her to find out about what I was the way she did, I guess we’ll just see how things go.
“Alpha… Your mate is fine, she lost a lot of blood which is taking a burden on her body…” She stopped and searched my eyes for something, I didn’t even want to know how she found out she was my mate, she must have piece one or two things together.
She gulps”Uh… I don’t know if I should say this, but she’s been marked already.”
I blinked slowly”What?” Did that explain the bandage on her neck?
“S-shes been marked?” I pushed past Mira, storming into where my mate lay. Once I loosened the bandage from her delicate neck, I saw red. Rage blinded me for an instant, seeing nothing but another male’s mark on my mate.
I heard Mira’s footstep rushing towards me, “You can’t hurt her Rakel, how would she have known you’re her mate? Maybe this was all a misunderstanding.”
My eyes snapped to hers, making her flinch “Misunderstanding? My mate is bearing another man’s mark and you call it a misunderstanding?”
Just then, a soft moan drew our attention. Oh, good, she’s waking up…