Chapter 122: Facing Him
Chapter 122: Facing Him
Elena
I stood frozen as the huge black wolf charged at me. I knew I needed to move, I couldn't fight him off but at least I had to try and dodge his attacks. Richard was only a few lengths away from me.
One moment I was standing in front of him, watching him on his charge then the next, Bernard's brown wolf rammed into him. They tumbled onto the ground snapping and clawing at each other. I snapped out of my frozen state, Bernard needed my help. I started walking in the direction of the two Alphas but I stopped short when another wolf came into my path.
I remembered him, he was one of the wolves that had attacked me when I had tried to run away from Bernard's land the first time. Jasper stepped up beside me, his eyes narrowed at the wolf before us. He snarled and lowered himself down, ready to strike.
'Leave this one to me, Luna. I have a score to settle.'
Jasper leaped forward and attacked the wolf. They wrestled one another, battling each other with great ferocity. Ever since Jasper had been gifted the Beta gene by Bernard, his wolf had gotten stronger and bigger. I knew he could handle this wolf. I turned my attention back to my mate and Richard, I took a step in their direction but then I heard a loud cry of pain to my left. I turned to see Alisha, with her leg in the jaws of a wolf. He shook his head, trying to rip her leg off.
My blood boiled and I kicked into action, I sprinted to Alisha's aid. I rammed into the wolf and clawed at him, trying to get in as many hits as possible. I remembered this wolf too, he was one of the four wolves that had attacked me that night when I accidentally crossed into the land. I readied my stance and lowered my body to pounce. The wolf growled at me and readied himself as well.
His eyes cut to a struggling Alisha but I stepped into his eyes line shielding her away from him. This was between him and me, nobody else. I was out of serum and I had to use the skills I had learned. I knew I was on the back foot but I also knew I had trained for a moment like this.
I charged at him and he did the same at me. We collided and both of us were cast backwards but I was quicker to my feet. I lurched forward and slid underneath him, managing to scratch his belly. He whined in pain before he turned around and snapped at me. I ran to the left and used the trunk of the tree like a vault and I catapulted myself to another tree.
I bounded from tree to tree, its eyes following me. I then bounded to the next tree but this time when I kicked my hind legs off the bark, l sent myself in the direction of the wolf. I elongated my claws readying for my strike, the wolf was too slow to react and I got a good slash in. I landed on my feet behind him and wasted no time jumping onto his back and forcing him to the ground.
We fought one another, with each strike, he bled more, losing strength. I continued to claw at him, fighting him and holding him back for as long as I could. He is one of Richard's right hand men, I knew him well. His name was Alex and he was the definition of a Richard mentee. He idolized Richard and looked up to him like a little brother would to his older brother.
He was one of the wolves that were beyond redemption, he was one of them who had not been forced to do things they did not want. He used to be an enforcer and he was one of those enforcers that got off on causing people bodily harm and pain. I remembered him well because I was one of the wolves that he had caused bodily harm. He had tortured me for the better part of a year and killed people through his violent disciplinary actions.
Just like his leader, he deserved to meet death today and I would gladly show him the way. I was about to take my final strike when I was pushed off his body. I slammed against the trunk of the tree from the sheer force I had been thrown. Jasper took the fight from me, both of them battled with each other. Alex snapped his neck to me and snarled, his amber eyes glowed even brighter, and he was getting angrier and angrier by the second. I looked past him to see if Jasper was there but I couldn't see his wolf anywhere. I was struggling to keep his attacks at bay but I was doing my best to hold him off. I turned to the side and saw Alisha struggling to get to her feet. She wanted to help but she was in no shape to continue to be in this fight.
'No,' I mind link her.
'Go to the hospital, you can't be in the fight anymore.'
'No,' even her mind-link voice sounded winded and tired.
'I need to protect you, Luna.'
'I command you to go to the hospital now, Alisha!'
She didn't move for a moment but then she turned and started limping in the direction of the hospital. I turned back my attention to the wolf who was still trying to get a good hit in, I used my hind legs to kick him off me so I could stand on my feet. The wolf charged at me again and I tried to block his attacks but I was too late. I was thrown back into the tree but this time, I heard the unmistakable crack of something. Pain surged through my shoulder and my leg went limp. The wolf stalked towards me like a predator circling around its prey.
When it was right in front of me, it scratched me on my side, forcing me down. I looked up at the wolf, he snarled at me and clawed at my side once again deepening the cut. I wailed in pain falling flat on the ground. From where I lay, I could see Bernard and Richard. Both of them were struggling but Richard was having the upper hand. He sent Bernard into a tree and his body fell to the ground seemingly lifeless. No!
'Bernard,' I called him but there was no answer.
I could feel his pain through the mind link, his body was losing energy, and whatever hits Richard had gotten in had badly hurt him. The wolf above me pressed his paw into my throat, restricting my movements. I tried to push against him but I was stuck, Richard turned his head in my direction. His wolf began to shake and he shifted into his human form, he was completely naked but he didn't care. He walked towards me, his black eyes never leaving me. He looked exactly how I remembered.
When he got in front of me, he tapped the wolf who had restrained me and told him to move out of the way. He knelt down before me, staring at me like I was some prized possession.
"I have been waiting a long time for this little one." He reached his hand out and stroked my fur, I cowered away.
"Now, be a good girl and shift back to your human form." I didn't attempt to shift, he grabbed my neck and squeezed it hard.
"Shift or Matthew is going to slit your mate's throat clean off," he moved so I could see the wolf that had been attacking me. Matthew stalks towards a still unconscious Bernard.
"Now shift."
I did as he commanded and when I was fully in my human form, he lifted me to my feet. He elongated his fangs and his eyes turned into the devilish red.
"You belong to me and now you will be mine forever," he extended my neck.
"You will make a fitting mate." He was about to mark me.
If I let him mark me, that would not only sever my bond with Bernard but it would kill him. He was in no condition to withstand the kind of negative surge through his body.
I felt Richard inch close to my neck, I closed my eyes, tears falling from my eyes. I couldn't let him do this, I couldn't let him win but I was too weak to do anything. I should have listened to Marcus and gone back into my mind to activate my Alpha gene.
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