We walked back to camp, I kept looking around, trying to find a small trace of Carlos still lingering around the forest. He was probably safer if he wasn't near us anyways, there's no telling what they could do to him, they've already made him a monster.
"What does Alpha Koi want with me? And why did he order you to do that to my friend?"
He let out a long and exasperated sigh before turning to me.
"Look, I wont say this again, I can't disclose that information, you can ask the Alpha that when we get to him, for now just shut up and be a good girl."
"I'm not a pet."
"Well your friend certainly is…"
He said that so quietly I almost missed it, I held back angry tears and swung at him, he easily dodged and grabbed my wrist. I snarled at him as he smiled.
"Look love, it's the truth, I can only imagine the Alpha had a plan for him, and he's going to use it to the best of his ability."
"There's still some of him in there, I know it, you can't control him and you certainly won't use him."
He smiled down at me, he didn't care, none of them did. I blinked and looked down at the ground, as if I'd let them see me cry. To my disappointment they were all paying enough attention to pick up on my current mood.
"Oh, she's crying." One of them announced, he had the tone of a bully mocking someone. I looked up to see him tracing his finger down his cheek, drawing a fake tear.
"At least I have emotions! Do none of you feel bad about what you did? That was one of our kind and you turned him into a monster!"
I looked from face to face, searching for any kind of emotion hinting at the fact that what they did was disgusting, but all I saw were blank faces, some were even smiling mockingly at me. One face did catch my eye, it was of a younger fellow, he wouldn't meet my eyes and he had the slightest look of regret on his face.
"You! Do you not care about what you did, what you let happen?"
His head snapped up and he screwed up his nose at me, what the hell was wrong with these people?
"What? We had orders so we followed them, it's not that bad anyways, like you said, there is still some of him in there, sooooo? Suck it up I guess."
What. The. Fuck. How can he say that? What if that was someone he cared deeply about. I heard the others around me begin to chuckle and then someone else chimed in.
"Why do you care so much? He already has a mate, whore."
Now everyone was howling with laughter, I was beyond furious. I felt my cheeks heat up so I looked back at the ground and finally let the tears fall. I heard more taunts and snarky comments, but the noises started to disappear for a second as I felt something rise from deep within me, like a beast that had been resting for far too long. I tried to ignore it whilst I pushed past guards and warriors.
I felt an unbearable pain rip through my chest, I let out an ear piercing scream as I dropped to the floor clutching my shirt. The pain surged forward as something ripped from my back and my vision started to falter. I looked up to see the faces of the guards going pale, the commander was smiling.
The pain suddenly disappeared and I stood, it was much easier than I thought it would be. I looked towards the ground and saw that it was covered in blood and much further away than it had been a few seconds ago. I looked around and noticed that I was looking over the heads of most of the guards.
"What the hell? Who injected her!"
No… No they didn't, they injected me as well? But they couldn't have, I didn't feel a thing, when they did it to Carlos there was a significant flinch when the needle went in. I turned my head to see massive wings that seemed to be connected to me, just like the ones that Carlos now has. I screamed out of fear and confusion. I spun in a circle to make sure it wasn't Carlos standing behind me.
"What did you do to me?"
Wait, Carlos can't speak, and my voice was slightly different to what it had been before, dropping up and down, seeming almost ghostly. Then suddenly the wings disappeared and the ground became closer. I took a step back and looked around frantically from guard to guard, I saw Christopher grinning like an idiot.
"Christopher what did you do?!"
His smile grew.
"Love I think that was entirely your doing."
What? He walked over to me with a gun and I stepped back frightened, he pulled the trigger and shot me in the stomach, it was another tranq. My steps faltered and I tried to catch myself but ended up in the arms of a guard. He picked me up bridal style and walked me over to Christopher.
"You see, this is why Alpha wants you, he thought he was the only one until he saw you."
"But Carlos…' I said through dizziness, it came out as a slur.
"Carlos is an entirely different creature now, he's a beast, when you get the chance to make the comparison you'll see."
What was he talking about, and how wasn't I asleep yet. Christopher turned and started walking, the guard followed suit with me still in his arms. We were walking away from camp. What were they going to do now, maybe they'll perform an exorcism on me.
I wouldn't put it past them at this point.
Instead they brought me to a large cloaked figure, bigger than the size of Carlos' new form. He turned around and I felt it, the mate bond. This was the infamous Alpha Koi? Or maybe I'm not even mated to him at all. Please let that be true.
"Good evening Sir Christopher."
"Please Alpha, no need for formalities, I'm glad we could help you with this, she's quite the prize isn't she?"
"Indeed she is, I'm glad my instincts proved correct, I've finally found my other half, my other little monster."
You've got to be fucking kidding me, I saw Kayden behind him and I wanted to wriggle out of this guards arms and strangle him for the attempts on Carlos' life. The cloaked figure who I assumed is Alpha Koi looked down at me and smiled. He took a step forward and examined me.
"Quite a mess you've made, I hope your first time wasn't too painful my love."
Oh piss off prude. I squirmed trying to get away from him, this seemed to anger him slightly. He cupped my cheek and I felt like I'd been zapped. I tried to pull back but I didn't really have anywhere to go, he held on and I felt the same surge from before I gasped and pushed his hand away. He seemed satisfied.
"It really is true." He said exasperated, as if he couldn't believe I was real. He slipped his hands underneath me and took me from the guards. I bite his arm, expecting him to recoil and let me go so I could attempt an escape but he didn't even flinch, instead he laughed
"My my aren't you a feisty little creature, come on, relax my love."
He placed a quick peck on my forehead and I began to slip into unconsciousness, great he was some kind of wizard now too. I felt him walking, he said something along the lines of 'You will get your pay when we reach our destination, I hope this helps your pack like I promised.'
Then it all went black and I had one of the weirdest dreams ever.