Rain
when I came to, I started to feel warmth and comfort surrounding me. I opened my eyes slowly, my vision was blurry but bit by bit it cleared, and the first thing that I saw were hazel eyes staring at me. "Z-Zevrus?" I blinked several times and rubbed my eyes, he was there,smiling at me and looking at me with that familiar warm look. He chuckled and looked around "somewhat, this feels like deja-vu" I looked around too and remembered that day when Cedric attacked me and I ended up in Zevrus' bed. I smiled at him, but his presence and the fact that he is alive overwhelmed me and soon I started to sob and cry, Zevrus sat on the bed beside me and hugged me while he ran his hand through my hair "it's ok, I'm here now, don't cry".
A while later, I finally stopped crying, Zevrus was still holding me and I relished the feeling of his strong arms around me and his strong chest that I leaned my head on . I composed myself and the fact that Zevrus is alive and well settled inside my head, but there were so many questions that I had to ask "Zevrus?" I felt his chest rumble "hmm?" I leaned back and faced him "why didn't you come back sooner?" he shook his head "I wanted to test something" I cocked my head "like what?" He removed his arms from me and stood up, then he walked to a window across the room and crossed his arms while looking outside "I wanted to test my brother's and mate's loyalty".
His words caused a pang of guilt to run through me, but what if he meant loyalty in a different way? I cleared my throat "loyalty? what do you mean?" Zevrus was quiet for a second, slowly, he turned to face me "since I saw you for the first time, I knew there would be a competition over you- it's the way thing go whenever a new werewolf finds his mate" I stared at him, unable to speak, and he continued "I saw and knew who my competitors were" he raised his hand and counted on his fingers " Jacks, Cyprus, Jud, Black, Colton and finally- my own brother" at the mention of all those names I was blown away, I opened and closed my mouth like a fish as I tried to process his words and compose my own to no avail. Zevrus sat on a couch near the window and sighed "after I gave myself in, I wanted only one thing- death" he rubbed his face "but then they brought a new guy inside, I suppose you already met him, Xavier" I kept staring in shock as he continued "when Xavier and I became friends, I told him my story, and then he said that there was word about you joining the Steel pack, I was already one month in captivity." I looked down and felt like I was in a dream, everything started clicking together as he continued "when I knew about you coming back to the pack, I felt like my soul got back into me, I wanted to get out of that cell and run straight to you- but then I remembered about my competitors, especially Cedric- who showed aggression and even almost killed you, but his eyes betrayed him. So I told Xavier that I am going to help him escape, in return he has to deliver a message for me... Cedric didn't waste a second as I see" he gestured towards my neck ''and you didn't even dodge him".
My heart started pounding so hard, tears streamed down my cheeks and I felt my face crumble, I managed to choke out "but, but it was YOU who wanted this" he shook his head "no Rain, it was you all along" he stood up and started pacing back and forth across the room "I actually don't blame you, you are a human, in order for you to learn the whole rules and history of us, you'll need a lifetime. If only you could understand what a mate bond is, you would've known that no wolf passes his mate to another- not even his own flesh and blood." I keep crying and say nothing, he runs a hand through his hair "the only one I blame here is Cedric- because he knew exactly that I would never give you over to him after what he did to you" for some reason my guilt and sadness dissipated into anger, I stopped crying and wiped away my tears, then I stood up and squared my shoulders, ignoring the white pain in my back- I locked eyes with him "you blame Cedric? Of course you do, you know nothing about what I went through these past few months- but be sure, the only person who stood up for me and was always there for me, was Cedric." I jabbed his chest with my finger "and where were you Zevrus? huh? where were you when I almost got raped?, or when I was handed over to another alpha as a sick trade? Where were you when I screamed your name like a crazy witch before I fell into the lake and almost drowned? Where were you when I was attacked by a grizzly? or when I was attacked by another werewolf? TELL ME!!" I yelled at him with all my might, I stood there waiting for his answer, but there was only silence, I nodded "the whole time, you were dead, and as far as I know- you wanted this, you wanted to be dead and forgotten, you wanted Cedric to have me, but more importantly, Cedric proved that he deserves me." I turned around and walked outside the strange room in the strange house that we were in, I kept walking till I got out of the door and straight into the woods.
Cyprus
Jud flinched beside me when Cedric slammed his fist on the wooden desk "what the fuck do you mean you couldn't find them?!" he stared furiously at Numbers and Tempo, ever since we got back from the forest last night, Cedric had been all furious and worried about Rain, he kept denying that we both saw Zevrus take her, he kept saying it was a similar werewolf- but I knew his smell, and so did Cedric.
Cedric ordered us to find both Rain and Zevrus, but they seemed to vanish. we looked everywhere and I called her name multiple times, she was nowhere to be found.Cedric was fuming, his chest and shoulders rise and fall as he breathed heavily, his eyes looked around the guys in the room "leave us", everyone got outside and I was left with him, he ran his hands over his face and hair "I can't believe my mate was taken by a werewolf right in front of me, why didn't I do anything?" his frustrated growl filled the room. I wet my lips and cleared my throat, thinking carefully about my next words "Cedric, I know I said this before, but you can't keep denying that the werewolf who took Rain was Zevrus-" Cedric cut me as if he didn't hear anything "and the worst part is that she is injured badly, her wounds must be deep to have all that blood come out of her" I sighed and shook my head "if it was Zevrus who took her, I am sure she will be back soon. Where else would they go?".
As soon as I finished the sentence, there was a knock on the door, Cedric called out "come in" and there stood Jud "alpha, Rain is back" Cedric and I looked at each other surprised then we all got outside, Rain was approaching us clumsily, her face looked yellowish and agony was written all over her face, I wanted to run to her but Cedric moved first, he ran to her and scooped her up in his arms, Rain leaned her head on his shoulder and circled his neck with her arms, Cedric looked at me and said "call for the healer to come and check her, now!" as he passed by me.
I watched them enter the house, as I turned to leave, I heard a rustling noise behind me. When I looked towards the noise, Zevris stepped out of the bushes in his human form and stared at me.