Xavier
As soon as everyone is in the gathering hall, murmuring and chattering between themselves, I raise my palm and the place goes quiet. Shit, how do I deliver the news without causing panic? taking a deep breath I speak with my alpha voice "everyone, I have gathered you here at this late hour for an urgent matter", turning to the side of the table, I start walking slowly around as I continue "as you all know, we've been doing rounds regularly, and tonight one of the guys has come to me with bad news", everyone starts looking at each other and murmuring, I raise my voice a bit " it seems we have a Vampire din right on our pack territory" I hear silence, but then it is quickly followed by panicked remarks and conversation , I roar "SHUT UP!" ,and the room goes quiet again, but I can clearly feel the tension in the air , "I am fully aware that this is the worst thing to hear , I am also aware that some of you have mates and families" I decide to leave Rita out of it for now, at least until our situation, whatever it is, is clearer. Taking a deep breath a continue "therefore, we must stay alert, increase rounds, and give those bastards a clear message if they try to mess around, after all, we are the fucking Amara pack!", my words seem to have the right effect, everyone cheers and hollars.
after creating a new full plan, making sure to have more wolves on the watch and more on rounds, I finally dismiss everyone. Feeling exhausted, I take a seat at the large table and rub my temple as I sigh deeply. "Alpha? a word?" I raise my eyes to meet Beast's, "yeah?" , he sighs "you haven't mentioned the attack on your mate, you haven't even made it clear that you have found your mate, unless I'm not the only one who know", I nod "I know, and I have my own reasons for it, so try and trust your Alpha , would ya Beast?", he stares at me for a second as if contemplating saying more, but he makes the right choice by lowering his gaze and nodding, then he turns around attempting to leave,"Beast" I call out, he stills and turns around "yes Alpha?", I look him in the eye and say "good job tonigh, if it wasn't for you doing your rounds properly and not fucking arounds like others, we would have never known about it. Keep up the good work, and I'll make sure to rank you higher", this seemed to make him feel better, as his chest puffed out, and a slow side smile marked his lips, "yes Alpha" he nodded then stepped out, leaving me alone with my thoughts.
As I walk back towards the main house, I think things over, Beast is right, I haven't mentioned Rita as being my mate in front of the men, but how could I? On one hand, she and I are not on good terms, we've know each other for a few days and already we had a heated discussion, when usually it takes years for mates to fight or argue about something since they are soulmates that respect and love each other from day one. On the other hand, if I don't tell the pack about Rita, they will think that I am keeping her as my play toy, and if anything serious happens, like the blood-succers deciding to attack, the wolves will not put Rita's life as a priority like they should do to their Luna, and I can't blame them, since she is not marked and I haven't made it public that she is my mate.
I groan in frustration, what do I do in this situation? I would have reached out to Zevrus again, but I can't do it after the last time I was there, because even if he did not show he was angry, I still need to have some self respect and take a few steps back from their territory. In the end I decide to let things flow as they are, however, my main priority is to get to know my mate and try to earn her trust, on the bright side, at least she is not scared of me anymore.
I enter the main house, looking upstairs, I see Rock standing in his wolf form guarding the door to my bedroom, as I approach him he nods and huffs, I speak to him through our mind link "she still sleeping?" he huffs and nods "she is, hasn't woken up not even once", I sigh "alright, you are dismissed, just make sure to catch up on the gathering with Beast", he nods and lowers his head for a moment, before leaving the house as quietly as possible.
I open the door slowly, glancing inside, the first thing that I check is the window, and I see it is still locked like I left it, pushing the door wider, I step into the room and close it behind me ever so slowly. Rita is sleeping on her side, she is still pale and it pisses me off, I check her palm, after I gave it a few lick, it seemed to stop bleading, although she still needs stitches, so I make a note to myself to take her to the healer as soon as she wakes up. Feeling tired myself, I take my clothes off, leaving my boxers on, then I climb into the bed behind her sleeping form. Feeling an overpowering since of protectiveness, I snake an arm around her waist and push her back to my body, her body feels colder, and I am starting to get a little worried, but I know the effect a Vampire's saliva has on it's pray, and it is making them weaker by the a substance in their saliva that resembles a tranquilizer, making it easier for them to suck the pray's blodd with ease without it fighting back.
I feel my anger rising again as I imagine Rita cornered and scared, with that bastard licking her palm, but then a whimper escapes her, and she moves her head , a little crease showing between her brows, nightmares, she is having a nightmare, I hag her closer and whisper in her ear "shhh, it's ok, I got you", she whimpers once more, but then as I keep whispering assuring words in her ear she sighs and her breath even out again. Feeling proud of myself for making my mate feel safe, I allow my eyes to close and I drift into sleep.