Rain
I stared at Cedric in complete shock, did he just claim me as his mate? I must be imagining things, but my moment of daze crashed when I felt Alpha Dracus' arm tighten around my waist. For a second, I couldn't breathe- I tried to squirm to loosen his grasp but he tightened it even more and I gasped in pain. He laughed and clicked his tongue "Cedric you son of a bitch, what a complete piece of shit, you lust over your dead brother's mate" Cedric growled loudly "she's safer with me than to be treated like a sack of flesh in your hands" this time Dracus growled and took two steps forward dragging me along his side, I realized our plan has been ruined by the time alpha Dracus said he was taking me instead of giving me to any wolf of his pack- I noticed Cedric's reaction and Cyprus' disappearing and coming back, they must be improvising. Alpha Dracus bellowed, causing me to startle "wolves of the steel pack! Low and behold, your alpha is claiming this virgin as his mate- if you accept it, you will bring war upon yourselves, now is your time to speak, but beware of the consequences!"
Everyone started to look at each other, Cedric didn't move, he locked his eyes with mine the whole time- it calmed me down a bit, Cyprus moved to whisper something in Cedric's ear- I watched as Cedric's eyes widened, he clenched his jaw and looked at Cyprus who had an apologetic look on his face, Cedric snapped his teeth at him and he lowered his head and stepped back slowly. That moment I knew, the pack didn't accept Cedric's claim- therefore alpha Dracus is having me.
Cedric looked at me with an apologetic look, I closed my eyes and sighed as my tears started to roll down my cheeks- I felt desperate, but who am I kidding? Some of the wolves in the pack have families, of course they wouldn't put me first. Alpha Dracus spoke "well? What is your decision?" Cedric fixed his posture by pulling back his shoulders and standing straight "you may take the virgin, as for the girl from your pack- one of my wolves will be going with you to bring her to our pack" I shuddered as my worst fear was confirmed, I felt the rumble of laughter as alpha Dracus held me impossibly tight, suddenly he let go of my waist, grabbing me by the arms he pulled me in front of him, I stared at him with horror as he locked his gaze with mine, one hand came up to brush a strand of hair out of my face, but then he fisted his hand in the back of my head and pulled me into a ruff kiss, I kept my mouth shut and tried to push away but then his other hand grabbed my ass and I gasped- immediately his tongue slid into my mouth and devoured me, I tried to break the kiss but he wouldn't stop, hearing Cedric's growl I opened my eyes and looked at him in the corner of my eye- he looked furious and about to pounce.
I noticed everyone's gaze on me and I got an instant panic attack, I tried to push alpha Dracus harder from me but he wouldn't budge, so I bit his tongue hard- he growled and let go of me pushing me to the ground, he put a hand over his mouth and cursed- then he looked at me angrily and took two steps towards me, I started to crawl back but he grabbed me by then neck and pulled me up.
I gasped for air as he tightened his grip around my neck "you dare bite me little human? Let me tell you something, when I want something, I take it- this was only a warm up- I will do whatever I want with you later, feel free to take it willingly or choose to resist and suffer" he released my neck and I fell to the ground coughing and gasping. Suddenly Cedric bellowed "that's enough! You are disrespecting the pack and me as an alpha- no one wants to see your demonstration of rape". Alpha Dracus was still standing in front of me and staring at me angrily while his chest was heaving with anger- suddenly, he tilted his head to the side and a smirk showed on his face. "Time to go" was all he said before he bent down hollered me by the arm, I felt his claws dig into my arm, I gasped and winced from the pain it caused me.
Alpha Dracus turned around and dragged me behind him as he marched towards the huge gate of the pack area, I took a last look behind my shoulder at Cedric and the others who stared back in silence.
We walked in silence, the whole time I didn't want to think about what's waiting for me as soon as we reach the Amara pack's territory-I decided to think about what happened back at the Steel back, replaying Cedric's words over and over again in my head, him claiming me as his mate- was it because he really wanted me as his mate? His pained look towards me as I took a last look at him, he was furious and I could almost see his wolf surfacing- but who the hell am I kidding? Even if he really wanted me-there's no way he'd put me first instead of the whole pack, without his pack he's no alpha. I just wish that he would really come and get me, I don't care if he doesn't really want me, but I don't want Dracus to touch me- I need a plan to buy me some time before Cedric sends someone to my rescue.
I bumped into a hard back all of a sudden, startled. I took two steps back and looked up ahead, alpha Dracus had stopped and he completely ignored the fact that I just bumped into him- as if I'm a small fly. I looked at him and noticed that he was standing still, the others were standing still as well, and they were all sniffing the air, suddenly alpha Dracus whirled and grabbed me by the arm, I yelped as he snarled and yanked me behind his back , I felt like my shoulder was dislocated , hissing in pain I opened my mouth to ask what's going on when suddenly a roar pierced through the air I gasped and out of instinct grabbed alpha Dracus' arm hard , he looked at me behind his shoulder and raised an eyebrow-I was shaking so bad with fear, I've been among werewolves for a while now, but I still can't get used to the wolf side of them, they terrify me, gulping I closed my eyes and let go of alpha Dracus' arm- crouching down I rested my forehead on my knees and put my hands on my ears, it became really hard to breathe- I realized I was having a panic attack.
I heard one of the wolves behind me ask "what's going on with the girl? hey! Stand up!" Alpha Dracus' voice came up "leave her alone! Focus! There's a pack of rouges heading our way, looks like they picked up on the girl's scent, they think it's lunch time". As soon as he finished the sentence another loud roar came up and then I looked up to see two huge werewolves jumping from the trees, I gasped and grabbed my chest, I thought I'm having a heart attack, the two werewolves headed straight at alpha Dracus who smirked and punched each of them right on the jaws, they yelped and flew to the sides, from behind me I heard another fight starting up, but I didn't dare look.
A sudden idea occurred to me, I looked around me, we were still within the steel pack territory, if only I could escape then I would be able to find my way back to the pack, to Cedric's safety, I mustered my courage and slowly started to get on my hands and knees, I was trying to make myself as small as possible. Then, slowly I started to crawl a few inches at a time and stop until I reached the tree line-this was my chance! I stood up quickly and darted deep into the woods without looking behind me. I ran as fast as I could, and kept my ears strained for any sounds or voices I could pick. After a while I got tired, I was pretty sure I'm far away from the fight so I decided to take a break - wondering around, I found an old tree with a big gap in it's trunk , I fit easily and sat there taking my breath until it was steady again, looking around me I started to feel like I was going the wrong way, something about this spot wasn't right, it wasn't familiar- maybe I actually got lost in the woods, and it was already getting pretty dark, I closed my eyes and leaned my head back, now what? Where am I gonna go now? How do I find my way back to the pack, what if I shouted Cedric's name like the last time when I needed his help? I let out a groan and shook my head, that would be stupid.
I opened my eyes again, and it was pitch black outside, did I doze off? I started to move and hissed as my back was stiff from the possession, I fell asleep in. I slowly crawled outside the tree trunk and stood up, looking around. I squinted in an attempt to see anything but it was useless, I couldn't see my own hand in the dark, I looked up to the sky, it was a moonless night. Just my bad luck- with a sigh I started to walk, I decided to go according to my gut feeling, I walked until I started to hear a sound of streaming water, I smiled, finally! Some water after all the running and walking, as I approached the sound, I heard a twig snap behind me. Frozen, my eyes started to dart around, I felt myself-start to shake again as a sudden wave of fear struck me, a few seconds passed and I couldn't hear anything, I decided to continue on my way slowly, but whenever I walked, I heard heavy thudding footsteps walk along with me, whenever I would stop it would stop, whenever I would walk it would walk, I was sure that I'm being hunted, I am a prey.
I reached the water stream, before bending down I took a useless glance around, of course I couldn't see anything , I had to drink, the thirst was burning my throat, crouching down I put my hands together and scooped some water then I brought them to my mouth and drank, there could be thousands of bacteria and god knows what in the water, but right now I didn't care, it tasted heavenly, after a few more gulps I felt better, sitting back on my rear I sighed again- but then I heard a another twig snap, this time it was louder, and there was a sudden guttural growl that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I froze as I heard heavy footsteps approach me from behind, until I felt it breathing on me and sniffing, then it snarled and I felt my head growing heavy.
Suddenly it moved from behind me and I saw a huge dark brown werewolf stepping at the water line and bending to drink from the stream, it drank just like a dog would, then it straightened up and looked at me, the second our eyes met, the green glint in his eyes told me exactly who it was, it was alpha Dracus. I whispered "no" and started to get up, he tilted his head to the side and observed me quietly, I managed to stand up without my knees giving up and stood there breathing heavily, the werewolf got into the position like it's ready to pounce and I felt my tears starting to run down my cheeks, the werewolf licked its mouth and took two steps forward, I screamed and turned around then started to run as fast as possible , I looked back and was surprised as the werewolf wasn't chasing me, I slowed down and stopped, while I still looking behind me trying to anticipate where it would emerge from , a sudden growl right in front of me shocked me and I whipped my head around to see the werewolf standing right in front of me, I was standing at his abdomen level, seeing his 6 pack up close, my eyes slowly climbed up until I craned my neck up to look at his face, when our eyes locked it grinned at me, and it was so terrifying that it caused me to trip back and hit my head on a rock.
The hit made my head swim and as I was beginning to lose consciousness I saw the werewolf shift into human form until a naked yet blurry Dracus was standing in front of me, he crouched and raised my chin with his finger, smirking he said "you shouldn't have ran, beautiful" then my eyelids felt too heavy and everything went black.