Rescued(1)

Aiden
I jerked as I felt a twinge at my left side. It was as if someone was tugging at my flesh. Groaning, I clutched my palpitating heart whilst leaning on the round table for support.
"What's wrong?" Liam questioned with a raised eyebrow, whilst Kellen and Maya sidled to my side.
Sparkles lifted her gaze from her phone to meet mine. Her inquisitive ultramarine orbs stayed on mine for a few seconds, before glancing back to her phone.
"I'm fine," I grunted, then beckoned to her to proceed.
"If you say so," Ellen muttered, still watching me from where she stood at the centre of the room. "The numbers of casualties are increasing every day. Also, Mark told me he notices some humans walking around the territory with weird tattoos on their skins."
I lifted a brow, and she shrugged her shoulders before continuing.
"The locals too have been filled with a lot of rumours lately."
"Rumours about?" I let out whilst five pairs of eyes with different hues gazed at me as if I was dumb. Perhaps, since my mind has been off lately.
It had been centred on mostly how I could get Elena and nothing else. Not only because of her, but it was also mostly J.J's reappearance, and how strong he had become.
The reason I had chosen to be an Alpha, the love I have for my packs all became meaningless as I realized how lacking I was when it comes to strength.
All my thoughts these days were on how to defeat him whenever he confronted me again. Yet, I couldn't do that without a plan since Elena's life was at stake too.
Ellen's voice severed the connection I had with my thoughts.
"Geez Aiden, what have you been doing with your head that you can't even pick up on anything going on around you. Even under your freaking nose!" She shoved her hands into her sleek blonde hair.
"His head has been in Elena's arse lately." Sparkles chipped in, giggling. She flicked a strand of her brown hair off her face whilst glaring back at me.
"That's the truth." She let out.
"Well, I guessed I have a life, and I don't need to be so hung up on things that are not beneficial." I rasped.
"That's a low blow, Aiden." Maya tsked, shaking her head.
"Even as I'm not a werewolf, I love everyone here and would do anything in my power to protect them. Also, I would like to admit you've been oblivious of everything going around. Moreover, you asserting we are not beneficial to you, pisses me off!" She contorted her face in a scowl.
Her almond brown eyes did the weird flashes it often does whenever she was mad- it became lighter a bit before it went back to its natural colour.
Perhaps, I should not have said they weren't beneficial, but I couldn't take my words back. Even I didn't know what was wrong with me as I have never been this hung up on a woman before.
Not even the first time I had sighted Sienna. She was the most beautiful woman in the ball, her bright smile, and granite grey eyes were the only thing I could think of as her willowy structure strutted towards me in the yellow gossamer gown that showed off her ample chest and creamy leg. Yet, I didn't stalk or try to control her this way.
What I felt for Elena was a different kind of affection, a unique bond that seems to get stronger each time we come in contact.
"You have a life now? Even when you were with Sienna, you never behaved this shitty!"
"Don't!" I growled, stalking towards a now simmering Ellen.
She did the same and tightened her hands into a fist. Her eyes flashed golden to show I had pissed and pushed her so much.
She was never quick to anger compared to my other siblings, and pack members.
However, when shoved she wouldn't be the charming Cinderella people deemed her to be.
"Children!" Mom bellowed as she came into view. Her sapphire eyes flickered to everyone in the room before she settled on the chair close to Sparkles.
"What is the ruckus about?" She lifted perfectly made brows as she stared at me in disgust.
"Well, we were talking about how hung up your precious son's head is in his self-proclaimed mate's butt." Sparkles said.
Mom glared at her. “When will you learn never to speak in an ill-mannered way?”
Sparkles tilted her head and placed her left hand to her pointed chin as if to think it over. “Well, momma dearest, that would perhaps, be never.”
I was about to give a nasty come back to her when my phone went off. Elena's name flashed on the screen, and I excused myself from them to answer my phone.
"Aiden!" Her panicked voice vibrated through my body. Still, I took it to mean excitement.
“Hey, what's up?" I mumbled whilst running my free hand through my dishevelled hair.
"Please help!"
"What's wrong?" I rasped, my voice matching her panicked one.
"They are here Aiden!"
"Bitch!" A masculine voice said from the other side.
My heart skipped a beat, and before I could ask who that was, I heard the phone clatter to the phone whilst she shrieked, whether in pain or fright.
I didn't know which it was, but I growled and I felt a rush of angry waves radiating off me.
I stalked off back into the room and snatched my keys off the table.
"What's wrong? You look as if you could murder anyone that comes to your path." Kellen mumbled whilst observing the scowl on my face.
"I will if I see the person tormenting Elena right now." I gritted my teeth together as several thoughts of what could be happening flashed in my head.
"So, you eventually let her go, how could you freaking endangered her life? What the heck were you thinking of?" Her nostrils flared as she bristled.
"Shut the F up, I'm trying to think here!" I snapped and she calmed down a bit.
Still, she gritted her teeth and sent a dirty look my way.
I knew she was somewhat mad at me, I was even madder at myself.
I knew it was another of Jensen's minions that had gone to attack her because he would never do the job himself. He had only appeared to show he was in town that day.
I wonder how she would be feeling right now, I mulled as I stepped out with Ellen, Maya, and Sparkles who had volunteered to help.
I could handle a whole army myself, but someone needed to look after Elena whenever that was happening.
I darted out of my car as soon as I got there. A force propelled me backwards as I was about to step onto the porch.
"Damn it!"
"What's wrong?" Ellen asked for the umpteenth time as she stepped out of the red Ford truck they had borrowed from Kellen.
"It is sealed, and I can't get in." My hands thumped on the invisible barrier, but nothing gave way.
I heard Elena's voice as I listened intently, and I darted forward only to be flung backwards, yet again.
"Elena!"
"Allow me Aiden." Maya's cool hand nudged me sideways and she lifted her oval-shaped face in the air.
Her shoulder-length hair fell backwards, and she shut her brown eyes. She began to chant and for a few minutes, I thought it was futile as I saw blood dripping down from her nostril.
I tried to shake her out of it but was flung sideways. This time, she did it, and not the barrier.
"Aiden, let her do her thing!" Ellen chews on her bottom lip, and she often did that whenever she was nervous.