Chapter 28

My heart began racing.

I died? But how, I'm clearly alive. "I don't understand."

He growled again which made my skin crawl with how harsh it was.

"You're Scott right?" He gave a sharp nod, but his canines slipped out puncturing his bottom lip with both points and I could almost feel the sharp sting because it looked like it hurt.

Whatever is going on I just want to go home now. "M-My name is Brook-" before i could finish the sentence he was on me in a flash, his hands around my throat.

"Don't you dare say her name, nobody says her name. Not after what happened." I felt like crying, I was sturggling to breath as his grip got tighter around my neck.

"Wh-What h-h-happened?" I managed to get out. He glared at me before I felt his claws slip out and begin puncturing the skin of my neck.

"5 months, we were happy for 5 months before he showed up." His grip tightened and I felt like my lungs were going to explode with no air going into them. "Ryan, sure did fool all of us when he came back demanding to be with you."

His eyes took on a different color, his normal blue orbs flashed black and my heart sunk. Has turned to the dark side.

Can he not feel the sparks as he touches me? And how did I die? How the hell was Ryan involved, he was dead.

"Scott!!" I was gripping his arms so tightly to try and get him to remove his hands but all it did was make him more angry. My nails I know had broken his skin as I tried to fight him off. "If you really care about me...let go!" I cried, my nails digging into his skin again.

Maybe this version of him isn't the one who I was feeling, because I felt no anger or sadness from the way he was reacting. All I felt the most was worry, but I knew this was Scott because of the scent.

My wolf would recognize her mate's scent anywhere.

I finally found a way to move my legs and brought my knee up connecting it with his groin. I heard him growl out in pain and loosened his grip on me giving me enough air and strength to push him off of me.

"Zena, take us home!" I said aloud with tears falling down my cheeks as I began coughing. I crawled away from Scott and huddled against the cave wall as my lungs ached from the lack of air that he cut off.

I felt like he was going to kill me, and that alone made me more afraid of him than I'd ever been since meeting him.

I felt Zena tugging on something within me and then everything was tingly. My skin, my insides, even my hair felt tingly.

When I glanced back at where Scott was, he had gotten over me kneeing him in the balls and was already back on his feet. He set his cold gaze on me and began walking over to where I was.

Right as he reached me everything around me blurred and I was suddenly in front of the packhouse.

I seen someone who was walking with their phone glued to their ear. "Aunt Jessica?" Her steps stopped when she heard me call her, it didn't sound like me though because of how bad my throat hurt.

Her red hair whisked through the wind as she turned to face me, her blue eyes were brimming with disbelieve and I wondered why that was.

She mumbled something into the phone then hung it up and began running over to me. Her body crashed with mine nearly knocking us both off our feet.

"Where the hell were you?" She asked me, I heard her voice croak and I suddenly felt bad. I didn't mean to disappear I had no control over it.

I gave her a little squeeze before pulling away. "I'm sorry I worried you, but I don't know how to answer that!" I told her honestly. I was still in shock from what Scott did moments ago.

Her eyes went from looking into mine then right down to my neck. "What happened? Who did this?" Her fingertips touched my skin gently, I couldn't hold back the wince that came from me. Gosh it hurt.

"Is that why your voice is all scratchy?" She finally looked back up to me and I nodded my head. "Well I was on the phone with Chase, I'm sure he's already told your-" she stopped talking when she looked behind me and smiled. "Your mother!" Aunt Jessica finished.

I felt arms wrap around me from behind, but when I realized who was holding me I felt tears forming in my eyes. They fell when he kissed the side of my head.

I couldn't help flinching when he moved his hand to my cheek. I'm not sure he noticed because he still brushed his fingers across it. "We have been looking for you for weeks, Brooklyn. Where did you teleport to?"

Scott then stepped around and stood in front of me. I tilted my head down avoiding his gaze.

"Who the fuck did this?" He asked in an angry tone. I stepped away from him and into my mom, he wouldn't believe me if I said it was him that did it.

I turned around and hugged my mother, he wouldn't hurt me again if she was close by.

I felt a wave of hurt hit me and I was still to scared to even look at him properly. I had no clue where I was. One thing I did guess was it was either the future or an alternate timeline, because Ryan was dead not alive.

"Baby, why are you shaking, and how did you get these bruises and claw marks?" My mom put her hands on my shoulders and made me look at her, but my eyes lowered to the floor.

I seen her pull a tissue from her hand bag and press it against one of the deep cuts I'd received.

I bit my lip and closed my eyes.

I felt her hand warm up and I knew what she was doing. A few seconds later my eyes opened because she let out a deep breath. "You need to let me heal this or it will scar."

"I don't know how! I wasn't taught how to control magic because I didn't have powers like everyone else." I mumbled.

"Scott, can help. He did when you cut your wrists giving Jordan the chance to heal you." I looked at her with pleading eyes, and she looked behind me.

"Brooke, if you won't let us heal you then tell us what happened?" Aunt Jessica said softly.

I stepped away from them and went over to the steps of the packhouse and sat down. My aunt came over and sat next to me, wrapping her arm around my shoulder.

"You are still in your dress...and you don't look like you left at all. So explain it to me, I'll tell your mom and Scott when you are finished." My shoulders slummped down some, how do I explain it?

"How long was I gone?" I asked her quietly.

"Almost 4 weeks..."

"But you're wrong, it was 10 minutes before I came back." She gave me a weird look, then replaced it with a smile.

"And this?" She motioned towards my aching neck. "How did it happen?" She then pulled out a cloth from her bag and gently wiped around the claw marks cleaning up the blood there.

I looked up at where Scott was, he was running his hand through his hair when I looked up. He seemed really stressed and I knew it was because of me.

"I don't know where I went, but the only person I seen was him." I never took my eyes off of him as he turned and looked at me.

He was confused, but honestly so was I. "He said I was dead, Aunt Jessica. And he was angry when I tried to tell him I wasn't." A tear formed and fell from my eye as I told her all of this.

"He tried to kill me..." I looked back at my aunt and she still had her warm smile painted on her face.

"Is that all?" She asked me and I shook my head. "He told me that Ryan was involved."

My mother stood in front of me. "But none of what you said makes sense. Scott would never hurt you."

"And yet he did!" I stated and stood up. "He thought I was using a spell to look and smell like his mate, but it was in fact me. The real me."

"That wasn't me, amoureux.." Scott said and I looked back over at him.

Yes this person standing here now, wasn't the one who hurt me. But he damn sure had the potential to do it if he was angry enough.

I gave him a small nod and sighed deeply. I just want to go back home and take a shower, ever since they said it has been weeks I felt really dirty and tired.

I looked at my Aunt and asked quietly. "Can I stay with you?" Her smile dropped.

At first I thought she was going to say no, but she glanced at my mom then back at me. "On one condition." I nodded my head. "Scott, comes with you!"