Rain
"there, all done" the healer tapped my shoulder lightly as he finished stitching my wounds, the pain was horrible, but the whole time I was distracted with the sounds coming from outside, at first I thought I was imagining things, but when I asked the healer if he can hear them as well, he said that he can, "probably werewolves training", for some reason I wasn't convinced and I had a bad feeling that this might not be training.
When the healer stood up from behind me and started gathering his stuff, I immediately started to scoot towards the edge of the bed in an attempt to stand up, "whoa, whoa, what are you doing? you shouldn't move" I ignored him and finally managed to sit up, I groaned and hissed in pain as I stood up slowly, the healed reached out and grabbed my arm "please, your stitches will open up and you'll bleed again, you've already lost too much blood and I'm trying to get you human blood as fast as possible, meanwhile it's too dangerous to move around" I sighed "I have to go out there, I have a bad feeling about those sounds that I'm hearing", then I left while the healer still pleaded with me to stay in bed.
I went down the stairs, with all the pain I was in, it felt like it took me an eternity to reach down and outside the main house. The sounds turned louder and louder as I got nearer, when I opened the door I was met with a horrible scene of blood and pieces of fur-covered the ground, in the middle were two werewolves fighting, I recognized the black one with the golden eyes and the dark grey one with green and gold eyes. Snarls and growls filled the air, as one slashed and the other bites- beside me, Cyprus stood watching and looking desperate, I grabbed his arm "do something!!" he sighed "I've been telling them to stop for an hour, they wouldn't listen to me" I studied his face for a second then I looked at the wolves fighting and took a huge breath then shouted at them "STOP IT!"The fight finally ceased and everything went quiet. Both werewolves were staring at me while breathing heavily, I took a calming breath and slowly sat down on the stairs, Cyprus was right next to me "hey, you ok?" I swallowed hard and nodded "yeah, it's just- my back hurts", a low growl made me look up ahead again and I was met with golden eyes right next to golden-green ones, they were sniffing me, I raised my hands in a reassuring gesture "guys, I'm fine, really. Now can you please shift back to human form so that we could have a proper talk?"
A while later we were all in the front yard of the main house, Cyprus was kind enough to bring me a chair with a cushion to lean back on and a scarf to shield my shoulders from the cold air, he sat beside me while Cedric and Zevrus stood at either side of me.
Taking a deep breath I spoke in a steady voice "alright, now that you guys are calm, tell me what happened? why were you fighting?" I raised my hands in frustration "I mean for God's sake Cedric, after all this time and search, Zevrus is alive and right here with us" Cedric shook his head "I am just as happy and relieved as you are Rain" he pointed towards Zevrus "but my brother isn't here for me, he's here for you" I frowned "what do you mean?" Cedric opened his mouth to answer me but Zevrus cut him "I'm here for my mate- I want you back Rain" Cedric snarled "over my dead body" I quickly stood up and placed myself between them "calm down, both of you" I sighed and faced Zevrus " Zevrus, I told you this before and I'll say it again, YOU wanted this, you wanted me to be Cedric's mate" Zevrus averted his gaze past me to narrow it at Cedric "and my brother didn't even have a second thought about it" Cyprus's voice came right up "actually Zevrus, I was the first one to support the idea" Zevrus' head whipped towards Cyprus "you? but why?" Cyprus shrugged and shook his head "it was either him or alpha Dracus" at the mention of the deceased alpha, Zevrus' eyes widened and his nostrils flared "what?! how did- what the fuck Cedric?!" Cedric took a step forward pushing me in the process "it was a whole different story, but I got her back untouched" Zevrus scowled "untouched? Do you expect me to believe that? alpha Dracus is well known for being ruthless and-" I quickly ended the sentence "dead" Zevrus frowned in confusion "what?" I nodded and repeated "he's dead Zevrus" he studied my face for a second, then looked at Cedric who nodded then at Cyprus who did the same.
Zevrus held my hands in his "how did that happen? what happened exactly" I sighed and nodded towards the main house "let's get inside, I'll tell everything, it's getting cold out here".
after we all settled in, Cedric explained Tempo's horrible actions, then Cyprus went on about what happened that day when alpha Dracus arrived at the pack territory to collect his share of the deal, the whole time Zevrus listened quietly as he stared at me with a strange look that looked like guilt. When it was my turn, Zevrus' features turned into anger, his breath was deep and hard and his chest was rising and falling, every once in a while he would lift his hands to rub his face then brush his dark hair back- when I was finished we were all silent, his gaze was fixated on me, he seemed in trance, but after a few seconds he finally stirred and looked down as his fingers were crossed and elbows leaned on his knees, with his long legs spread as he leaned forward "so, alpha Dracus kissed you, Xavier kissed you, my brother kissed and claimed you…" he trailed off for a second then looked back up at me "I wonder how long it would have taken till Cyprus, Darious and the others kissed you too" I stared at him in shock, and when his words registered in my head I gasped in anger and stood up, I was so angry that I felt like I'm towering over him for the first time "how dare you?" I grabbed a vase that was near me and threw it across the room, sending it shattering all over the floor, Zevrus didn't even flinch as I glared at him and shouted "who the fuck do you think I am Zevrus? huh? some human trash who would melt into any guy's arms? the only guy that I kissed was Cedric, alpha Dracus and Xavier kissed me against my will! and you're right, it wasn't only them-" Cedric flashed me a warning "Rain.." I put up my palm in his direction "no, let me finish since I am a whore and my so-called mate wants to know who else had a taste of me-" Cyprus tried to reach out for my arm but I jerked away "I almost got raped by Jacks! there, you happy now? Jacks always looked at me funny and flashed me creepy grins, he even stalked me as I took a dip in the lake, naked!" at this point I was so angry that my breath started to come out short and I felt like I'm on the verge of going absolutely nuts, Zevrus stared at me in shock, Cyprus was shaking his head as he looked down and Cedric was scowling as he rubbed the back of his neck.
I took a deep breath and slowly sat down, I closed my eyes and took another deep breath as I tried to bury the memory in the back of my mind again, I opened my eyes again and looked at Zevrus "well? say something" Zevrus wet his lips and ran a hand through his hair "I'm sorry Rain- I've failed you".