Chapter Twenty-One: Brain Freeze

“What the

hell?”

Zephron

turned to the new voice with a growl. The scent came to her in flashes and she

whimpered as she fell away from the hunter and changed back to her human form.

Sammy

screamed as a searing pain erupted through her head. It felt like when she had

eaten her ice cream too fast and had gotten a brain freeze, only much worse.

Her hand held her head as the pain scorched her vision.

“Aly.”

The voice said with a cry as the girl ran to her side.

Others followed

suit and paused as they took in the carnage of the room.

“Autor?”

Monty asked as he entered the room. “What happened?” He asked in a panic when

he saw everything. “Boone!” He hollered as he ran to his friend’s side.

“You

found her Monty, you really found her.” Autor cried as she held Aly while she

screamed.

“What the

hell is going on?” Reinhard demanded as he entered the building. He looked at

his children, then the head by the door.

“Aly

killed that hunter ripped his head off, and tossed it at the door.” Autor said with

a cry as she held her screaming cousin.

Reinhard

rushed to his niece’s side and looked at her head. “She was shot in the head,

no wonder she’s screaming.”

“Let me

help.” Elaine said as she pushed past the wolves in her way. She touched Aly’s

forehead and the screaming stopped as their Alpha passed out. “That will keep

her until we can get her home and fix her.”

“You need

to fix Boone too.” Monty said as he knelt beside Boone’s body.

“He is a

born hunter; I will not help him.” Elaine said with a growl.

Monty

looked up at her. “He is my friend. He is also your Alpha’s mate, if you do not

help, she will never forgive you.”

Everyone

in the room stared at Monty in shock and disbelief.

“Just do

it, and I will explain everything to you, on our way to where ever you’re set

up.” Monty said as he stood.

Elaine

looked at him and seamed to find he was telling the truth, with a grumble she

moved over to the hunter. She bent to her knees and held her hand over his

chest. They watched as the wound pulled itself together and Boone started to

cough. Monty sighed with relief. A commotion had them all turning to the

entrance. Raye was trying to get in and the other wolves wouldn’t allow her.

“Let her

in, she’s part of our pack.” Monty said as he pointed at Raye.

Raye

pushed her way in and howled when she saw her pack in not so good of a shape.

“A new

bitten wolf.” Reinhard said as he looked at the brown wolf.

“Dad,

meet Raye, and her wolf Saphiera. She’s Sammy’s best friend. The mess over here

was the wolf who had bitten her, and that hunter there is Boone’s brother. I’m

not sure what happened in here, but I guess he shot Boone and Zephron, and

Zephron tore his head off.” Monty said, still trying to figure it out.

“That’s

when I came in.” Autor said with a nod.

“Sammy.”

Boone said with a groan as he sat up.

“Boone,

thank god.” Monty said as he hugged the man.

Boone

looked around at the room full of wolves. One of them was holding an

unconscious Sammy in her arms.

“What is

going on?” He asked as he stared at them.

“Boone,

this is our pack.” Monty said with a smile. “They found us.”

“What

happened to Sammy?” Boone asked as Monty helped him stand.

“I think

your brother shot her. Luckily it was while she was in wolf form.” Monty said

as he followed the large man to where his sister sat, holding their cousin.

Boone

knelt and looked at Autor. “You must be Autor. You look like your brother.”

Boone said as he reached out for Sammy.

“Monty?”

Autor asked as she looked up at her brother.

“Let him

take her.” Monty said with a nod. “He is pack.”

Autor let

go of her Alpha and let the hunter take her into his arms.

“Sammy.”

Boone said with a groan as he held his mate in his arms.

“We

should get out of here.” Reinhard said as he ushered his pack out of the

building.

“What

about the bodies?” Monty asked.

“We’ll

take care of the wolf.” Keir said as he passed them to enter the building.

“The

hunter will come with us and we’ll return him to his family for burial.”

Reinhard said as he nodded for a couple of the pack to retrieve the hunter’s

body.

“He’s my

family. I will deal with it.” Boone said with an angry growl.

“I have

never seen Zephron so angry before. She just tore his head off and tossed it

across the room, like it was a ball.” Autor said with a shiver.

Boone

sighed as he held Sammy close. “He had shot me to get her to change. He must

have thought the silver bullet to the head would stop her.”

“He

didn’t know much about Alpha’s, did he?” Elaine asked as she felt Aly’s

forehead.

Boone

shook his head. “We have been warned to not go up against them, but that’s

about all. I learned more since I met Monty, then I had in my whole life as a hunter.”

“Why did

Aly choose a hunter for a mate?” Autor asked confused.

“She

didn’t, we chose each other. I loved her before I found out exactly what she

was, and I know she loved me. Finding out what she was, didn’t change how we

felt.”

“It

amplified it.” Monty said with a laugh.

“You have

been through a heat cycle.” Elaine said as she watched the hunter.

Monty

laughed as Boone nodded.

“Who is

Sammy?” Autor asked as they walked through the woods. “You keep saying the

name.”

“Oh,

right.” Monty said with a nod.

He told

them everything he had learned and what has happened since he had found their

Alpha and her friends. When he finished, everyone looked at each other with

worry.

“Do you

think he will come after her again, now that we have broken his spell?” Autor

asked Elaine.

Elaine

nodded. “I believe so.”

“What do

we do now?” Monty asked as he shoved a rock out of his way.

“Now we

heal our Alpha and pray she will get her memories back.” Elaine said with a

nod.

“How did

you find us anyway?” Monty asked.

“We found scent a long time ago.” Autor

said as she looked at her brother. your

“We

waited until we had a home before we followed it. Then when we caught Zephron’s

scent and we made plans to come for you both.” Reinhard said as he watched his

son.

“Boy have

I missed you guys.” Monty said with a grin. “I mean, being a human has been

interesting and fun, but I miss the pack.”

“We

missed you too, Brother.” Autor said as she wrapped her arms around Monty.

They

heard a whimper and turned to find Raye walking beside Boone, her eyes focused

on her Alpha.

“I see

Aly still brings in the strays.” Autor said with a laugh.

“Raye was

her best friend before she was bitten. It was because of us, she got bitten. We

were tracking the rogue werewolf who was going around killing people and

changing girls into werewolves.” Monty said with a sigh.

“Yeah, we

heard about that.” Autor said with a nod.

“Yeah

well, we told Raye to stay home, but she followed us. And the wolf caught her

and bit her before we could get to her. Sammy and Zephron have helped her. And,

she’s in full control of her wolf already.” Monty said with a grin.

Everyone

looked at the newborn wolf with awe.

Boone

kissed Sammy’s forehead. She was so hot and clammy. He knows he had been shot

in the chest, how was he still alive?

“I healed

you.” Elaine said as she came up beside him.

Boone

looked at the witch and nodded. “Thank you.”

“I didn’t

do it for you, Hunter. I did it for my Alpha. If Monty says you’re her mate, I

must believe it to be true. And I could never let my Alpha down. But if it

turns out to be a hoax…”

“Yeah,

sure, I had my brother shoot me, then my mate, and let his head get ripped

off.” Boone said with a grunt.

She eyed

him for a moment then nodded. “We shall see in time.”

“Thank

you anyways.” He said as he laid his cheek on Sammy’s forehead.

“You love

the human part of her, very much.” Elaine said as she watched him.

“I love

all of her.” He whispered.

Elaine

sucked in a breath. “No, that isn’t possible.”

Everyone

turned to look at Elaine who had stopped walking.

“What is

it?” Autor asked as she moved back to stand in front of the witch.

“That’s

impossible.” Elaine said as she pointed at Boone.

“What

is?” Autor asked confused.

“Aly or

Sammy, whoever; isn’t the only one who claimed this hunter as her mate.” She

said as she looked from her Alpha up to the hunter. “Zephron chose him as

well.”

“What?”

Reinhard asked as he stared at the young hunter, who held his niece in his arms.

“Yeah,

so, what’s the big deal?” Autor asked confused.

“He’s

human.”

“Hey.”

Boone said as he glared at the witch.

“Well,

you’re more human than we here are, born hunter. A female wolf can only mate

with another wolf.” Elaine said with a shake of her head.

“That’s

not completely true.” Monty said as he stepped between them. “The wolf mating

is only if they want children. They don’t have to have children…”

“But an

Alpha wolf never chooses anything other than a wolf, for her mate. How else

would the Alpha traits be passed down?” Elaine said with a shake of her head.

“What’s

done is done, Elaine.” Reinhard said as he started walking again. “Come on, we

have a long way to go until we’re home.”

“Don’t be

so dramatic, Elaine.” Monty said with a shake of his head. “They’re mates,

nothing we can do about it now.”

“Why

didn’t you stop it?” Elaine hissed as she grabbed hold of Monty’s elbow.

“They

were already in love before I bit her. Hell, before I even met them. There was

no stopping this Elaine, it was meant to be.” Monty said as he pulled his arm

from her grasp.

“There’s

got to be more to this. Maybe Aly won’t feel the same when she gets her

memories back.”

Monty

laughed. “You haven’t seen Zephron around him. There’s no getting out of this

one, Elaine. We’re stuck with a hunter in our pack.”

“That’s

not what’s bothering me.” She said with a shake of her head. “I had a vision a

long time ago. Before Aly went missing. She knows this vision; she can’t deny

this vision.”

“What was

the vision?” Monty asked as he watched her.

Elaine

looked at him. “Aly is destined to be mated with a very powerful wolf. One that

comes to her when she needs him the most. He saves her. He’s a beautiful wolf,

almost as beautiful as Zephron. She even knows his name. She won’t stay with

Boone, once she remembers who she is.”

“What is

his name?” Monty asked, a sad feeling in his heart, for his cousin and her

hunter mate.

Elain

looked at Boone with a sigh. “His name is Zeldon.”

~*~

The trek

back to the pack’s land took longer as they walked through the woods, careful

not to jostle their Alpha too much. The head injury looked bad, but with the

help of Elaine’s healing, lots of praying to Aly’s angels, and rest, they hoped

for a perfect recovery.

When they

got to the land they had bought with Elain’s help, Monty stopped walking and

put his hand out for the others to do the same.

“Elaine,

take Boone and Aly to your shack, I have business to take care of.” Monty said

without looking at them.

Elaine

nodded and ushered Boone towards her shack.

Boone

didn’t argue, he trusts Monty, and he wanted to get Sammy where ever the witch

needed her, so she could help her.

Monty

walked towards the middle of the opening of the field, in front of their

buildings. He noticed the nice buildings his pack had built, in the short time

they have been here, but he didn’t dwell too much on it. An unwanted guest was

on their land.

“Monty.”

A tall, muscular man said, as he stepped forward.

He wasn’t

as tall as Boone, but he was over six feet. His muscles weren’t as pronounced

as Boone or Monty, but he was an Alpha, and he didn’t need the physical look of

strength, to beat any of them in a battle.

“Cyrus,

what are you doing here?” Monty asked, a bit annoyed.

“I heard

you had found your Alpha, and I have come to claim what is owed.” Cyrus said

with a half-smile.

“What is

owed?” Monty asked as he stopped ten feet from the other man.

“You do

remember our deal, don’t you? I let you use my witch to find your Alpha, and

when you find her, she and I would be united as one.” Cyrus said as he watched

the others gather around Monty.

“You did

what?” Autor asked as she stared at her brother.

“I never

said that.” Monty said as he shook his head.

“What

exactly did you say?” Autor demanded.

“I said

that it was up to Aly; when she gets her memory back. That I can’t promise

anything.” Monty said with annoyance.

“So, you

did.” Cyrus said with a grin. “But you have to admit, it is a perfect match.

Our packs becoming one…”

“You

listen here, buster.” Autor said as she stormed towards the Alpha. “You can’t

go claiming Alphas. That’s not how it works.” She said as she poked the man in

the chest.

Cyrus

laughed as he took hold of her hand, to stop her from poking him in the chest.

“You’re a fiery one, aren’t you? No wonder Alameda put you in charge.”

Autor

glared up at him as she pulled her hand away from him. “Why are you really

here?” She asked as she watched him.

“I am

here for the reason I said. To claim my mate. But I won’t force anything.” He

said as he looked around at the angry faces around him. “It really would be a

good match, she and I. And our packs combined, would be the strongest pack ever

forged.”

“You can

take it and shove it up your…” Autor stopped talking when the man laughed.

“I am

also here to help. You found your Alpha and broke the curse. The witch is going

to find out and come after you…”

He

stopped and looked around at the rest of the pack. “All of you.”