I parked in front of the pack house. Mason was at the front door holding it open. I quickly turned the car off and ran to the door my whole body soaked with the icy pouring rain.
The harsh rushing wind sending a small shiver through me as it moved my wet cloth against my body. Mason shut the door as soon as I stepped inside with a thud.
I turned to him to see a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. He turned around as I quickly changed out of my soaked clothes as it clung to my body. I was already late and other werewolves were used to nakedness as part of our wolf shifts.
The doorway had a small hall that then turned to living room and dining table. No one was in the hall but I could hear the arguing voices in the living room.
As I changed I asked Mason, "Last person to see him?" I pulled the shirt over me.
"It was Ray. But he reported that the rogue hadn't moved from his spot he didn't show any signs. His round at 2:00." Ray a guard in charge of the prisoners. I pulled the shorts before telling him I was done.
We walked to the living room. The room fell into silence as I stepped in. Thomas stood at the with his back to me facing the group of the pack. It included Ray, Henry, Mason's assistant in training the pack, Devin, the interrogator, and a couple of the top fighters in the pack.
Thomas turned to me when he saw everyone stopped talking. Mason went to stand against the wall besides Henry since all the seats were taken.
I turned to Thomas asking him to report everything to me. "Ray had done his regular rounds in the morning and afternoon. He reported no difference. Ray said that he heard commotion from the prisoners so he went to check and found him already dead. It had strangled itself with the chains it was in. We checked the cameras to see if anyone entered during the time but no one did. The patrols didn't pick up anything strange either. The only thing left about the rogue was that both prisoners saying before he strangled himself he kept repeating 'He will come back for the pack. You belong to him.'" I furrowed my eyebrows trying to concentrate.
"Durning the interrogation he didn't say anything, right?" I asked Devin and he nodded back.
"He never said a word." If I was like any normal alpha I would be growling in frustration but I of course wasn't.
"Henry have the fighters in training and ready. Thomas code 3 on the patrol from now on. Mason inform the pack to keep an eye out. Any rogue sightings or scents are reported to me and the kids are only allowed on the inner borders. Any trip to town needs my notice. Got it?" All the men in the room nodded. "We are not under attack but are prepared for it. We will take this as a threat and our top priority is the pack. Have the safe house checked and prepared. Tonight we will be on high alert everyone. Get the pack inside until tomorrow. The weather will make it hard to keep an eye out so inform the patrols to be careful. Inform them to keep an eye on the children." After that I dismissed them I went to the kitchen with Mason and Thomas.
I sat on the island chair staring at the window outside as the trees were shook by the wind. The only sound in the room was the sound of the rain hitting the glass.
We hadn't gotten a threat in so long. It wouldn't worry me but these were rogues. They had a tendency of not following the rules. The last time they put up a fight was years ago. Ever since they had stayed back.
"What are you thinking about Rue?" Asked Thomas who sat on my left and Mason sat on my right. Thomas pushed a plate with a grilled cheese sandwich before me, my favorite. I hadn't noticed how long I was in my own head.
"Nothing just....why would they threaten my pack? They could just challenge me instead. It has been years." I said taking a bit out of the cheesy goodness. I mumbled a thanks to Thomas.
We fell in a comfortable silence each of us in our own thoughts. I then remembered Kyle and that he need to be informed of the rogue.
"Anyway Henry can you tell Kyle about it? Just so he can be informed and careful in case they attack his pack." I turned to Henry and he nodded standing to leave the room.
"So how did it go?" Asked Thomas wiggling his eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" I asked him still thinking of what would the rogues do next.
"Really, Rue. Come on you have to tell us at one point. The pack will end up wanting to meet our future alpha and I am your friend. You finally seem like a person person at least half alive not half dead. I just wonder how your mate got the great alpha to lose her shit for once." He said reminding me of at day. I shoot him a glare biting into my sandwich ignoring him.
He shook my shoulder slightly trying to get my attention. I continued to ignore him and he continued to bother me. I couldn't even eat the rest of my sandwich because he kept shaking my whole body. I placed my sandwich down and shoved him off his seat making him fall on his ass.
I gave him a smirk as he turned to me glaring, "Rue, that hurt." He wined rubbing his bottom sitting back in the chair.
"Baby." I mumbled.
"I heard that!" He frowned at me. "Come in tell me. Taking into account of all the time I have known you, I demand for you to tell me." I raised my left eyebrow at the way he lifted his chin.
I looked back at the window. I was never good at telling other about how I felt or even what I did. Even before my father died, I haven't really had a mother to teach me how to..um..express myself. I became more of a listener than a speaker except when my pack needed me. I turned to Thomas as he looked at me patiently.
I pressed my lips together trying to think of where to start. "Well I was walking with Kyle when I picked up his scent. It was intoxicating. And when I opened that door and as you said 'lost my shit' I didn't even notice it. It was just me and him. He was beautiful," I told Thomas staring at the window not able to look at him, "all I wanted to do was touch him but he was human. Imagine that, just going up to him wouldn't he be surprised? You said I finally seemed alive again. I felt alive again," I whispered, "my heart seemed to beat again for the first time."
I looked at Thomas to see him staring at me in awe and shock. He had tears in his eye. I quickly looked away. He looked at me understanding.
"I just couldn't keep away it felt like I was drawn to him. The bond was pushing me to him. It was torture to be in the same room as him and not being able to touch him. And when I finally did. Oh my god! It felt like I was being brought to life all over again. I am scared how he is affecting me so much in so little time. I feel like something will happen just like it happened to them. When I did turn 16 and I didn't find my mate, I was sure the goddess had killed mine." I turned to him again. It was something I hadn't admitted to anyone. On my birthday I had lost the last bit of hope that I could be saved. That I could live again.
Thomas looked down not able to hold my eye contact. He pulled me in for a hug before I could continue. "Sorry I shouldn't have said anything." I said when he began to let out small muffled sobs in my shoulder. He might be one of the strongest people I know for standing next to me through my attitude but he sometimes he really was a big crybaby. He shook his head sharply as I wrapped my arms around him. A few day ago I would have awkwardly padded his back uncomfortable but now I felt like I let out the part of my wolf that wanted to comfort her pack mate.
Thomas wasn't one to cry for everything but it seemed that what I said surprised him and when he did cry for something, he cried like no tomorrow. He tried to collect himself sitting back with a few silent tear still rolling down his cheeks.
I went back to eating knowing that he wouldn't want for me to put attention to his little episode. It would hurt his manly ego.
I was about to bit my sandwich again when I felt a sharp pain on the left side of my head. It felt like someone had hit me with an iron pole. I cried out in pain surprised by it.
Thomas turned to me. "Rue! Rue! What happened are you okay?" He asked yelling holding my shoulders.
I gripped his left shoulder gritting out, "I'm okay. I think it was just a migraine." I said standing went I suddenly felt a sharp twist in my stomach like I was just stabbed. I let out a growl expecting blood but not finding anything. I lifted my shirt only to find old scars. I looked at Thomas confusingly.
Thomas looked worried and confused too when I felt another pain in my head again. I saw black spots before closing my eyes tightly and out of nowhere all the pain stopped. I opened my eyes to look at worried and slightly scared Thomas.
"What just happened?" I asked as his eyes suddenly widened in realization then fear. He froze as he looked back at me.
"Thomas what just happened?" I asked him slowly but when he didn't answer I asked him forcefully in my alpha voice.
"It-it was the mate-mate bond." He stuttered out fear in his voice. I think he was more scared of how I would react than what was actually happening.
My eyes widen as I realized what was happening. My mate was hurt. What I was feeling right now he was feeling but a lot more. My breathing began to come faster as I suddenly couldn't breathe. I headed to the back door of the pack house. My chest began to hurt it was being cut and my heart was pushing against my body wanting to come out. It felt like a string was wrapped around me pulling me outside. It was my wolf she was using the bond to lead me to my mate.
I opened the door to the raging wind mixed with the rain. I couldn't feel the icy water plash on my face as I stepped outside. Instantly I was soaked in water.
My arm was grabbed twirling me around. Thomas his wet hair was against his neck. The rain rolling down his face and dripping down his jaw. His cloth was darker from the rain. "Rue get inside. You can't just run outside!" He screamed at me over the howling wind.
I ripped my arm from him shifting letting the bond led me to my mate. I could feel my vision blur unfocused as Thomas tried to mind link me. I blocked him out needing to focus on the feeling of my bond scared to lose it. I could have bumped into a tree at how fast I was running but even with the leaves shaking so hard and the grounds dark I knew the land by heart. I might as well be flying pass the tree by the way I barely felt my feet touch the ground before I was meters passed it.
It felt like a strong rope pulling me that direction. I knew it was to him and I prayed the goddess he was still breathing. The thought of him not made me push myself even faster soon becoming a shadow of movement in the trees. Leaving behind only a trace of a paw print that will soon be washed away by the pouring rain.
In a less than a few minutes I passed my border and soon only a few miles from my mate. I could feel the distance closing between us. It was like he was a flame of light and I was a insect going into the light.
My jet black fur dripping in rain. The silver socks on my paws dark form the muddy ground proving that I wasn't floating the grounds. My dark blue strip glowing slightly on my right shoulder from the flame in me threatening to come out.
Soon I stepped into a ground of space that was surrounded by trees. It was a few meters away from the road. It was what I at least think was a car. It was crushed from the passenger side glass from all sides, shattered. My breathe combing back to me finally able to smell the scent of my mate.
The bond in me seemed to weaken by the second. I walked towards the remains of the car quickly. I only got a few feet forward when I was tackled down. My air knocked out of me.
I hand landed on my left side and regained my breathe before picking myself up confused. I turned to see a group of wolves circling me. I hadn't noticed that a group of rogue found me. There was about six or seven of them.
They were big and strong definitely trained to fight. I couldn't really see them since the rain was coming down hard and it was total darkness. Thanks to our enhanced sight we were able to see each other just enough. They were on their paws ready to attack. Something was telling me that they knew who I was because they didn't look scared but determined. They looked at each other but kept an eye on me mind linking. Together.
My eyes flicked back to the car that held my mate. I could feel the bond weakening. He was dying.
I growled at the rouges to move but they only crouched ready to attack. I could feel the heat from the fire in me rising up from the pit of my stomach. I felt the strip of dark blue fur on my shoulder burn knowing it was glowing. It signaled the fire was about to take over.
I clawed the ground trying to keep control when I felt one of the wolves jump on me. It stood over me as I still tried to keep control knowing it was trying to come out. My vision blurred turning red and my whole body began to tingle slowly beginning to burn. My eyes flickered turned to blazing pits of blue fire then back to my normal green ones. The wolf on me yelped at the burning feeling of my mark.
I growled my whole body shaking. I moved my head against the ground no longer feeling the icy rain or the winds around me.
I could feel the flame being suppressed slowly as I stood firmly. All at once I heard snaps around me and a sharp bit on my side. Distracted by it, the flame blazed glowing in the dark forest. I felt a wave of hot fire over me, taking control.