Chapter 157

Dylan POV

I was tired, it had been six whole days of traveling and telling every district that the border had been closed, and if it was asked then the plan of the election was mentioned, in the hopes that it would be beneficial to everyone however this specific alpha was proving to be exceptionally difficult, the man couldn't see past my species, nor what I had done to his king. I knew it wouldn't be long before we encountered loyalists. I mean, so far we had, had a pretty good run, we had been damn well lucky all things considered.

I sat in the office of alpha Shawn, he was by far the most intimidating alpha I had yet come across, and he took pride in punishing us mere humans. His intense gaze trapped me in a web of hatred and for the first time, I had actually felt like I was sat in a lion den, with one that was just waiting to kill the trespasser.

"An Election?!" He roared out and I subconsciously flinched before him. I had to get my fear under control and I had to do it quickly, because any sort of weakness will be used entirely against me, and men like this thrive on it. "You mean to desecrate our ancient ways by holding an election?! The mere thought is laughable." His voice boomed over both me and Oliver who stood towards the office doors. I could feel myself almost shrinking were I sat. I needed to get a grip.

"I understand your frustration, at no point in history has the Lycan kind ever held an election for its ruler. You thrive off of strength, but let me ask you this... what actually qualifies King Josh to hold that title? He didn't defeat the previous king, did he? No, his father did, and His grace simply took over due to the blood he shares with the dowager." I watched fury enter the man's orbs as his hands slammed onto the table.

"What makes you believe that you are qualified?! Barking orders and making decisions that place the rest of us in dire waters." He had a point, but honestly, at this stage I was getting very fed up of having to explain to everyone that I wasn't vying for the crown.

"I don't believe that I am qualified. I'm not trying to be the king, or queen. I am simply attempting to right the wrongs that my kind have suffered at the hands of yours. If your king was so strong, and such a good ruler, then why have two of his appointed royal betas joined the rebellion?! Why am I being accompanied by the newest royal beta on my travels? The way I see it, his grace may be physically strong but he lacks the mental athleticism needed to rule with a sound mind." I shrugged and sighed when the alpha was rendered speechless.

"The king will be informed of the lord betas disloyalty." Shit, Oliver wouldn't like that one. He was already battling between being focussed on his mate Vee, and still holding The king in high regards.

"And yet, his graces disloyalty never gets called into question?!" I wasn't winning this argument. All I ever did was lay out the facts and pray that they were enough to make the districts see sense. That clearly wasn't the case for this guy. "All I can do is explain our views. I am sure his grace will be very pleased for your allegiance."

"I imagine King Josh is looking for you..." he stated at ding up from his seated position. A small click then sounded through the room and my head turned to regard Oliver's, his eyes widened as he glanced at the office door. "I’m sure he may even offer a reward for your… safe return…” he let his claws grow and my nerves grew with them. “He'll be very pleased once I hand you over."

Shit! I didn’t even have my guns on me. I was made to give them up before entering the alphas office, much to my uneasiness. I guess he had this planned all along. Of course me and Oliver were prepared for some sort of resistance, but It was just the first time we had come upon it.

"Alpha Shawn..." Oliver also slowly let his claws grow and I was instantly frozen stuck in the middle of them both while the two looked on the verge of shifting them and there.

"Neat little guns these..." alpha Shawn held up one of my weapons from his pocket and pointed it directly at Oliver who allowed panic to sweep over his face slightly. "Lets see if the bullets are made of silver shall we?!"

Over my cold dead body... without thinking I lunged in front of the barrel and heard the gun shot sound, instantly feeling a sucker punch to my gut and the wind was completely knocked out of me as I fell to the floor, gasping for breath. I was so grateful for the bulletproof clothes I was given, but still, that shit packed a sting.

Due to my distraction, Oliver was able to attack, while I remained out of breath and  panting on the floor. The beta managed to get the gun, but the alpha quickly exitedout of the office before either of us could do anything. The lock clicked again and a half shifted Oliver ran up next to me.

"You just took a bullet for me!?" He half asked half stated shocked, as he bent down to my knelt form and placed his hand on my back.

"Im the only one that gets the pleasure of shooting you." I coughed and gasped at the sensation of having the air completely knocked out of me, but I was ok. After a minute I stood up and looked around the now somewhat trashed room still feeling the impact. "We need to get out of here."

"No can do, the doors locked, I could break it down, but then we'd have to get through the entire pack house without being caught again." He was right, there was no way we could leave through the door.

"What about the window?" I asked, still a bit raspy, but also desperate. He looked over to where my sight was already fixed on the small window and smiled, it would be a lot easier.

"We might be too high up for you though." I was still only human, and a fall like that could do some serious damage.

"It's worth the risk." I grabbed the alphas desk chair awkwardly and aimed it straight at the window throwing it with what very little strength I had. "I told you... I'm not going back to him." The window shattered instantly and we both made our way over to it. The beta quickly took his top off and placed it on the windowsill over the broken glass as to not cut ourselves, before climbing up and looking down.

"I'll jump first... then I'll shift." He stated getting ready to take the leap. "Use me as your landing pad, ok. But hold tight once you've climbed on because I'm going to run at full pelt, and don't want you falling off." I frowned slightly, but nodded all the same, every instinct in me was telling me not to trust him, but I really didn't have any other choices.

"Ok." He did so, and I couldn't help but think about how gracefully he fell on to his solid legs. Before he could even shout up to me the door to the office opened again and Alpha Shawn locked his gaze onto my body. He was out for blood. Why did Oliver have to jump with the gun in his hand?

I attempted to to climb the same way Oliver had, onto the windowsill, but was grabbed roughly by the alpha Lycan. His teeth bared at me and his claws wrapped around my wrist as I attempted to pull my arm away from him. He threw me across the room and my body painfully rolled over the top of his desk before slamming on the floor, hitting the side of my head on the corner of the oak table hard in the process. Like I could afford any more head injuries.

My sight blurred from the impact, and my hearing muffled, I could feel a drip of blood begging to cover my right ear and I shook my head to try and regulate my senses but instead the thing that made me come to, was a rough grip on my arm.

"NO!” I shouted while being pulled roughly towards the door. I quickly and suddenly yanked my hand away, and crashed my back into the desk behind me, not actually expecting to get out of the grip.

I began randomly throwing things off the desk at the manic alpha wolf, in an attempt to slow his movements down as I quickly made my way back to the windowsill.

Shit! I was just going to have to jump now and hope for the best.

I practically dived out of the window and basically shouted the entire way down. “OLIVER?!”

Before I could comprehend what I had landed on, the feeling of thick fur impacted most of my fall except my left foot missed the furry landing pad, and my ankle smashed onto the floor causing me to shout out in agony. God, that shit hurt.

Oliver growled quickly from underneath me and I got the hint, I shuffled onto his back, lying my stomach down and gripping his fur as tightly as I could with both my fists and clamping my legs around his torso. He took off instantly with wolves hot on our heels.

I clenched my eyes tightly together, as the speeding scenery caused spots to cloud my eyes, I was going to pass out.

“Oliver…” I slurred tightening my grip in an attempt to stay conscious. I heard him grow again before his movements slowed down slightly, an onslaught of threatening growls leaving his lips. “Have they caught up to us already?” I muttered turning my pounding head to where Oliver was staring.

Without another noise, a large black wolf shot out of the bushes and a shake left me. Oliver turned to run the other way, but was stopped by another wolf, a similar Color to Lewis, but smaller and less threatening. They were forcing Oliver to back up. He took off again in a full sprint, but every now and again a new wolf would jump out, forcing him to run in a different direction.

“They’re cornering us.” I whispered feeling the effects of the bump on my head. I really needed to force myself out of my daze.

He huffed lowly and continued to run, only to be stopped completely, surrounded by a circle of wolves. There was no way they were from the previous district, so where did they come from and what did they want?

I watched as one of them shifted into a woman, a very scary, yet very naked woman who had muscles that rivalled Oliver.

“Shift!” She ordered, but Oliver only growled and barred his teeth at her, showing no intentions of heading her command. I was simply getting more and more dazed, my hearing barely made things audible as I tried to blink my sight back to normal, but it was failing fast. Not to mention the complete throb that my ankle was radiating, even my hand didn’t feel this sore after I broke it punching the kings chest.

I frowned, breathing slowly, the world spinning quickly as I remained mounted on the back of Oliver’s wolf form, Before I could control my movements, my eyes closed, and my grip loosened causing my body began tumbling off of Oliver’s back, I blacked out completely as soon as my body made contact with the hard floor.