Rain
I walked behind Cedric in the thick darkness of the deep forest, we had passed civilization an hour ago. I stumbled twice, almost falling over and bumping into Cedric's back, Cedric walked over leaves and twigs silently, I wonder if he could see in the dark. Thinking about what Cedric said I decided to break the silence "So... what changed your mind?" Cedric sighed "Zevrus is my brother, he's the only family that I got- besides the pack"
"I know that, but what about me? What changed your mind about me?"
Cedric stopped suddenly and this time I bumped into his back and fell on my butt-talk about a solid wall. He turned around and faced me "I lost my mate three years ago; I know how much it hurts- it's hell. but I wouldn't imagine how painful it would be to know that your mate is alive but you can't go anywhere near her... if my mate was alive, I would be devastated to see her, let alone touch her". I studied his sincere look, for a moment his face saddened and he looked away and closed his eyes with his hands on his hips. If a guy as strong as Cedric can be affected this much by a loss of a loved one- I can only imagine how hard it must be for Zevrus.
I was lost in thought for a moment, but then Cedric reached a hand to help me stand back up, I looked at his hand "the last time I put my hand in yours it almost got crushed-no thank you" Cedric raised his brows and chuckled "don't worry I won't do it again, I give you my word to never hurt you again". I noticed that his facial expression softened while he still had his hand reaching out for me, for the first time I relaxed and smiled at him softly while I took his hand and stood up.
Just as we started to walk again there was a rustle sound , Cedric pulled me to his hard chest and that had me surprised I looked up at his face with wide eyes but he put a finger over his lips and shook his head, we kept quiet and listened carefully for any sound -I strained my ears but there was nothing but silence , Cedric was looking intently at the far dark distance, I opened my mouth to speak but there was a loud scream suddenly I jumped I started to look around ,searching for the person who screamed, there was a small clearing ahead of us, the moon light loomed over it and a man appeared suddenly from the darkness of the trees, he was running and panting while he looked terrified , the next thing I heard was a loud howl from behind him-the man froze and whipped his head back towards the darkness of the trees, two werewolves appeared and the man fell back on the ground - they walked slowly towards him, their eyes glowed and their teeth were showing as they growled at him , the poor guy started to crawl back in fear , from where I was standing I saw his shoulders shake as he trembled- I looked up at Cedric , he was watching with a cold expression on his face , I tried to break from his hold, I wanted to do something to help the guy, but Cedric held me tighter and shook his head. Suddenly a loud piercing scream came out of the guy as the two werewolves charged at him, I saw clothes flying around and blood splashing all over the grass as the guy continued to scream, one of the wolves bit his arm and jerked it causing it to tear right from its place , I felt my mouth open to scream but Cedric's hand clasped over it tightly , I continued to watch as the guy released a gurgling sound and went limp, the wolves started to tear more parts of him and ate in silence - at this point I couldn't breathe any more, with Cedric's hand clasped over my mouth it was even harder, I started to feel dizzy, my vision blurred and my legs turned jelly, I heard Cedric say 'shit' before everything went dark.
When I began to regain conscious I felt two hands carrying me, my head was hanging back so it was hard for me to raise it, I groaned as I tried to move and opened my eyes, "good, you're awake" Cedric stopped and helped me get to my feet, I stumbled slightly as I tried to focus, when I opened my eyes again I looked around, we arrived at the pack territory, I looked back at Cedric ''how long was I out?" He shrugged "about an hour or so" he carried me for an hour, I felt bad for him , as if he could read my mind he said "werewolves have high stamina, and you aren't that heavy- it's ok" I blushed slightly and looked away, suddenly the sight of the man screaming and being torn apart , I couldn't hold back the bile rising in my throat and I ran aside and threw up.
When I was done, I walked back towards Cedric, he stood with his arms crossed and studied me "you ok?" I nodded "better, the guy back there-" Cedric interrupted me "don't think about it, just forget it"
"But he was-"
"A human I know, you should know by now that humans are on the menu when it comes to werewolves".
I shivered, but there was nothing I could do anyway , If had stepped from the darkness, the wolves would've attacked me too, even if Cedric was alpha he would still not be able to take two wolves alone. I took a deep breath and nodded at Cedric, he nodded back and tipped his chin towards the main house and started walking "let's get you inside, you should rest. Tomorrow I'll send two wolves of my pack to search for Zevrus and let him know that you're here- meanwhile you'll stay with me-for your own safety" at his words I froze he stopped walking and looked back at me, he sighed and rolled his eyes "for the last time- I am not going to hurt you, I gave you my word " then he turned around and continued to walk towards the main house - I remember walking out the day I left Zevrus, the compound had other smaller houses, more like wooden cabins, which apparently belonged to the other wolves of the pack.
When we stepped into the house there were some guys sitting around and chatting, they fell silent when they saw us - they nodded at their alpha and then focused their gazes on me- their gazes made me feel naked as they studied me from head to toe , Cedric spoke with a harsh tone "as you all know , this is Zevrus's mate, no one come near her, no one talks to her, no one looks at her and certainly no one touches her-unless you wanna be castrated", the others looked at each other then back at their alpha, they nodded and bowed their head silently. Cedric moved again towards another room that seemed to have a large wooden desk , I guessed it was an office. When we stepped in Cedric looked to the side and nodded.I followed his gaze and stopped , sitting there looking at me with a creepy grin- was Jacks.