Chapter Thirteen

**Mon, June 20, 2022

Malachi's P.O.V.
I was abruptly forced from the darkness as Alistair quickly weasel his way into the position I previously occupied. He immediately fastened the thick dark vines of his fear and shame, he released a painful mewl as he fell deeper in to his despair. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out what cause the sudden depressed mood, even though, I tried to ask questions to why his mood had changed so drastically.

My stubborn wolf wouldn't provide me with any answers. He would only shiver or produce a weak whine every time I utter “what happened”. With each echo of the inquiry, Alistair would pulse out a wave of fear and shame. I felt the sharp pain that tugs on my heart string as my wolf's distress only seems to deepen; I had never known Alistair to feel such fear, I have always known him as me big bad brave wolf. Not this broken shell of a wolf.  Even so, I still insisted on getting to the bottom of this stupid act.

“Alistair, what's wrong?” I asked once more, but he refuses to answer my simple question.  I finally give up on the fruitless mission to ask the stubborn wolf. Slowly, the dark hazy that laid over my vision from being forcefully pulled back to consciousness; began to dissipate, causing a flash of bright light to temporarily blind me before my vision refocus. Instantly, a gasp fell from my parted lips as I looked around the horrific scene.

“ What did you do, Alistair?”  I growled my disapproval at him through our telepathic link. But, Instead of answering with his usual witty comments; the little bitch quickly secures himself in the darkness as he digs his talons in for a much firmer hold as he tries to conceal his betrayal from me.

I couldn't believe what he had done, I thought that maybe he would rough them up a bit, did not set out to fucking kill them. But the blame is on me; I should have known that something like this would have happened, Alistair has a tendency of going too far when he is allowed to use his abilities. With the amount of fear and shame he was emitting, I should have guessed he had fucked up the minute he pulled me forward and relinquish all control to me. So, he could weasel away like some darn coward, the Alistair I knew would never in a million-years feel any type of remorse for hurting a few foes; unless he accidentally hurt someone he truly cares about in the process. Hence, why I should have known the little jackass had tried to kill Ben and his father.

Suddenly, I felt the pressure of slender arms tightly wrapped around my left leg. I immediately tilt my head down to look at who was squeezing the life out of my leg, my gaze instantly landed on my boy's down cast head. I could hear the low inaudible whimpers he produces as he clung to me, his shoulders slumped as his body vibrated with low cries as thick salty smell burn my nostril. “He is crying!” I gasp out in my mind.

Upon my realization that I had indeed hurt Hayden, a heavy weight immediately sat on my chest as I take in Hayden broken form. Not able to withstand seeing my like this; I swiftly avert my eyes to something I could stomach, however, the chaotic scene only aid in intensifying the pain in my chest. The shame and fear I felt had nothing to do with the fact that Ben and his father were lying in a small pool of blood, nor did the pain that rested on my chest. In fact, I felt zero remorse towards them.

However, it began to daunt on me that the only reason Alistair push me forward was because he broke our fucking mate and wanted me to take the fall for his stupid action. As the realization of my theory hit me; I began to feel a belly-wrenching fear coupled with an intense Anxiety that has my heart hammering away in my cheat. I have never been the type to feel fear or ever anxiety;apart from that one time with Hayden, when he released it over our bond. Unfortunately, now I am the one weighing down our link with my emotions, that seems to bubbles up from the pit of my stomach as I felt the repercussions of letting Alistair loose on my enemies.

“You little piece of shit! I don't want control now that you have fucked everything up” I snare at him as I push him to take back control and face his mess. But, unfortunately for me, the little coward refuses to budge.

“Uuugghhhhh, stop!” Alistair whines while holding on to the imagination roots he had planted in his little sanctuary that he hide away in.

I couldn't look at Hayden; knowing that I had hurt not one but two members of his pack, all because I was jealous. Unfortunately, it appears to me that Hayden wasn't the only person I was afraid of disappointing because me eyes immediately landed on dad as I look over the previously nicely done kitchen.  Dad's disappointment seems to magnify as soon as our eyes lock, and within seconds the fear I tried so desperately to mask quickly escalate to regret. As dad slowly avert it eyes from me while shake his head in disappointment. Immense bitterness begins to bloom in my chest because I didn't want Hayden to know how many terrible things I was capable of doing if I really put my mind to it. “Huff! I guess the cat's out of the bag now.” I thought to myself. 

“Hayden?” I whisper in a barely inaudible voice. Even though, I put up a good fight against the inevitable, I still had to cast my eyes down on the small boy who kneeled before me again.

His head swiftly tilts up at the sound of me calling his name. A focused look rest on his face for a mere second before it's replaced be a fake smile; however, I could see through the mask to the broken boy. His moist eyelashes sticking together as his slightly bloodshot orbs stares up at me hastily. The humans always say that the eyes are the windows to the soul, I guess that little fact applies to Hayden because his eyes are a dead giveaway to his true feelings. The longer I stared at my mate, the greater my shame become, “how could I do this to him?” I thought to myself.

Out of shock; I abruptly pull my leg from Hayden's hold as the shame of hurting my mate devours me. However, I couldn't defend myself against the paralytic shame that consumers me, and it did help that Alistair chose that exact moment to reminisce in our past failures from a moment ago. I felt my knees buckle under my weight as Alistair conjure up vivid images of us hurting Ben and his father, which immediately cause my leg giveaway as I tumble down on to my knees before Hayden. I followed the memory Alistair conjures up with keen eyes;as the witchy chant cause blood to oozing from Ben and his dad's eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. The horrific image also displays a graphic mirror image of Hayden on his knees, saying.

“Because if you hurt them, you will only succeed in hurting me, your mate, Alistair.” the mirror image of Hayden begged in a soft whisper.

I hunch over in the child's positions before I secured my arms around my mate waist as low whines flee me. It didn't help Hayden had used such a soft begging tone he used didn't miss in thing's purpose as my heart immediately falls to the floor. I didn't know hurting Ben or his father would hurt my mate so deeply, I know that an Alpha pack is like a second limb, but he just had his coronation twelve a.m this morning. So should the effect take like a day or two to kick in. Even so, I think what really drove the fear of God in Hayden and maybe me, slightly! The fact that Alistair had used a chant that we have only used on animals; not on fucking humans.

After this horror show Hayden is sure to reject me within a heart beat, I could already sense the looming doom of what to come. I mean, anyone in their right mind would, considering I had committed such a heinous crime against his pack. Even so, be the selfish person I am; there's no way I could condone such on act. So, I immediately begin to send up a silent pray to the moon goddess that things wouldn't resort to such drastic measures. Because if he did;I would surely become what these people have labeling me and my family has ever since we got here; a rogue.

I could resist the urge to ask Alistair, “How could you do some like this to us, Alistair?” I cried through link.

“I'm sorry! Mal, I just got a little ahead of myself” Alistair whines.

“He's reject us; you know that, right?” I inform my wolf.

“Ugh” Alistair groans his fear, which cause a series of unsuppressed loud moans of pain and shame to fall from my slightly parted lips.

I hesitate a little before snuggling my shaking body into Hayden warm one, I kind of low-key expected Hayden to shove me away from him. But instead of that, my beautiful boy timidly run his delicate fringes through my hair as he hushes my painfully cries. As he gently pets my hair; my arms immediately tightly around his waist as a vigorous shiver vibrates my body. Even though, he tried to soothe my pain, it didn't relieve the agony that push from me to assaulted our bond.

I tried my hardest not to focus on the mayhem taking place behind us as numerous footstep shuffle around to help the injured pair.  However, I was now left to focus on the obsessive thoughts of Hayden rejecting me because I couldn't keep my impulsive behavior under control and might have cost him not one but two pack members. The more I thought about it, the more I saw Hayden's hatred for me along with his rejection. Hence, why I abandoned my previous pray for a new one, and call up on the moon goddess to save the mutt and his dimwit of a father. Because it appears to me that they shared some sort of strong bond with Hayden. I am pulled from my downward spiral as soon as I hear Hayden release a sharp gasp before his body stiffen into a hard brick wall. Which in turns cause mine to do the same. He hates me is the only thing that cross mind as I beg him to…

“I am Sorry, please don't hate me” he beseeches with Hayden in a weak voice which only aid in intensifying my pain. Dread begins to fill me as Hayden's slender fingers stops mid-stroke as he pondered on my statement. I hear his inhale a deep breath before releasing it as he finally replies to me.

“Hum, it's okay, but I think I should go with doctor Myles. Benjamin and his dad seem to be in a critical state.” Hayden informs me in a pained tone.

“Oh!” I reply with a stress tone. I immediately relinquish my tight hold on him as I slowly lift my head up to look into his dull green eyes. Furthermore, I wasn't expecting that he didn't even ask my question properly. I mean; what the fuck those “Hum, it's okay” mean. Did you have me or not!

From the corner of my eyes, I saw a doctor and a nurse who work briskly to check over the injured mutts body that laid on the hard floor. I hastily turned my attention on to the additional company and instantly realize why Hayden had replied so simply. It daunts on me that maybe Hayden was too focus on the hectic scene; so perhaps he did hear me.

Suddenly, I hear the nurse who monitors Ben's dad exclaims.

“We need to get them to the infirmary stats, his pulse is slowly fading.” the female nurse exclaims in a hurried voice as she presses her first finger and middle finger to the side of Ben's neck. Just under his jaw and beside his windpipe.

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By:- Martin Crane.

Author's Notes.

This is a short chapter of how this play out from Malachi's P.O.V.

To lessen any confusion, I am assuming you guys know how an extra chapter work, the extra chapter I unloaded yesterday I don't consider it a part of Hayden and Malachi's story but the framework of Benjamin's story. I will be unloaded some extra chapter until I reach chapter 35 in Alpha Hybrid. As soon as I have reach, this milestone, I will start Benjamin's story.

Positive messages.

(No matter how many times a snake sheds its skin, it will always be a snake. Remember that before allowing certain people back into your life.)

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