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Chapter 48 - Chapter 48

Rain

Hot white pain shot through my body as Zevrus tossed me across the room and I hit a wall, my body was too weak to endure the pain, with the lack of food and water I could barely stand up straight. I squirmed and tried to stand up, but then I felt Zevrus' claw pierce my back leg and I couldn't control the shriek that escaped my chest. I felt his claw starting to rip down my back leg like a fisherman would gut a fish, and just when I felt like there's no breath left in me, I screamed louder. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I hear a familiar voice "Zevrus, STOP!". Instantly, the claw is pulled out of my leg and I cry out and shudder, I stay down on the ground, lying on my tummy with no power in me that could lift me up, I slowly look across the room, and there he is "C-Cedric", my tears start to roll down my cheeks and my lip quivers, he's alive and he's okay.

Cedric's eyes lock with mine, and I see the ever loving and sympathetic look on his face, but then Zevrus' wolf starts walking towards him, ready to attack, Cedric focuses and moves to face him, and then the detective's voice comes up on the speaker "ahh, there he is, we finally located the alpha", Cedric looks around and squints his eyes at the speaker and the white walls, but then Zevrus' wolf attacks him and he pushes him off like he weighs nothing, "Zevrus, snap the fuck out of it!", I muster my power and yell "it's the collar around his neck!, they're controlling him!". 

Cedric looks confused at first, but then he squints at Zevrus and tilts his head, he locates the collar. Zevrus' wolf opens his mouth and Cedric raises his arm, just as Zevrus bites his arm, he grunts then reaches out and pulls the collar from Zevrus neck. Instantly, Zevrus' ears prick up in realization, his eyes widen and he pulls off from Cedric who grunts and curses under his breath while holding his arm tight. I feel relief seep through me, but then Zevrus turns around slowly and his expression turns from surprised into horrified as he notices my state, he starts to breathe harder as he stares at my leg and pool of blood on the floor, then he looks down at his hands then back at me, I shake my head slowly as my vision starts to blur and I manage to say weakly "i-it's not y-your fault" then everything goes black.

Cedric

Rain's eye close and her body goes limp, I hurry to her side and carefully left her into my hands , I pat her cheek gently "Rain, Rain", she's  unconscious, I look back at Zevrus who's still staring down at his hands "what the fuck did they do to you?", he lifts his head slowly and his ears pull back, I hear his voice in my head "w-what have I done to her? I couldn't control my wolf, something was blocking me from him, I yelled at him to stop but he wouldn't listen, he kept hurting her and-", he didn't manage to finish his words as my fist collided with his wolf's jaw, I was furious, he looked back at me then down in shame , I pointed back at Rain "look at her! Our mate is losing so much blood right now, keep the regret and bitch talk to your self until we get her the fuck outta here!", suddenly a man's voice comes up from somewhere in the room "wize words, coming from a true alpha", right away, Zevrus and I move to stand in front of our mate, Zevrus' wolf seems to be back to it's full focus as he snarls at the strange device in one of the corners of the room. A few moments pass by, then the door opens and in walks a man accompanied by four guards, he looks at me then at Zevrus , and when his eyes move down to Rain, we both start to growl, the man raises his hands "easy boys, I come in peace", then he takes a step forward, I warn him "another step and you"ll be out in pieces", to my surprise he actually laughs, "again, a true alpha, finally a werewolf is actually communicating with me" , I swallow and look at Zevrus who looks at me for a second but then looks back at the man, according to werewolf law, it is forbidden to communicate with a human, unless it's your mate.But if this is what it takes to get Rain out of here alive, then fuck it. I raise my head and meet the man's eyes "I am the alpha, and the woman behind me is my mate" I look at Zevrus "our mate". 

The man puts his hands in his pockets and nods "alright, based on your statement, then you care about Mrs.Rivers' life, am I right?" , I nod, he nods back and smiles a disgusting smile "well then, how about I offer you a deal" , I frown "what kind of a deal do you fuckers want to offer? One of my pack's cubs in an exchange with my mate? Or one of my fingers as a souvenir?because  I can give you the middle one", he laughs again "oh, I like you too much right now" he sobers "but no, my offer is simple, your… mate , is losing blood" he jerks his chin towards Rain, and I look down at her as he talks "as you can see, she's starting to sweat and her color is fading, so you have to think fast and wise alpha" I grit my teeth "what the fuck do you want?" He shrugs "we want to perform an experiment, we've already tried combining two types of blood from two different werewolves, but now we want to try combining the blood of a werewolf with a human's blood"  I snarl and Zevrus growls ," how dare you offer me to be one of your sick experiments, taking advantage of my mate's state to lure me into this bullshit", the man shakes his head "you have nothing to lose here, we will only transfer some of your blood into her body ,that will save her and won't kill you ,but if you don't hurry, she'll die". Zevrus' voice comes up in my head "Brother, tell him you agree" my head snapped towards him and I answered him through telepathy "what? Are you insane? They can't be trusted" he nods "I know, but I have a plan, meanwhile, this experiment will save her life, your blood will help her gain her strength back, and I have a plan so you will buy me time". I swallow hard, then look back at the man "so? What's it gonna be?" I close my eyes and sigh, I can't believe I'm doing this, I meet the man's eyes again and nod "I'll do it".