Chapter 124: We Won
Chapter 124: We Won
Elena
I walked out from behind the tree to find Bernard shifted and changed as well. Surprisingly, his wounds which I had thought were far worse had healed. He had a wide smile on his face as I approached, he opened his arms and I walked into them. His arms circled around me pulling me into his embrace, he kissed the top of my head and breathed me in.
It felt so good to hold him like this, for a moment, it felt like I had lost him and now that the fight is over, I never wanted to let go of him.
"You did so good, my love." He pulled back slightly to look into my eyes.
"I know activating your gene took a lot but you did it. I am so proud of you."
I smiled, and my chest swelled at his proud words. I had surprised myself by doing it. I didn't even think that I had it in me.
"How are you feeling? I know that doing that wasn't easy."
He was talking about killing Richard, his body was still lying on the ground behind me but I didn't want to look at it. Until today, I had never been a killer. I had never harmed anyone, I had expected a certain part of me to be sad but I couldn't bring myself to do so. He deserved it, he was a man who had wronged too many and spilled a lot of blood.
"I am okay." I looked at his naked chest.
"But you seem to be healing nicely. I thought he had gotten you pretty bad."
"Funny thing, when you activate your gene. I think some of that power came to me and helped to heal me, u guess seeing as that gene had been dormant when we marked each other, it wasn't there in our bond."
"Well, now I am even happier that I managed to activate the gene." Jasper walked up to us in a pair of cargo pants.
"Alpha, Luna." He bowed in greeting.
"We have about sixty enemy wolves being transported to the hospital as we speak." He turned to look at his Beta.
"How many of ours died?"
Jasper's face turned somber, I could tell that he was hurting a bit and he had every reason to. Although we had won the battle, it had been an absolute blood bath.
"Thirty, Alpha, ten from Richard's Pack and twenty on our side. One of them was our captain."
He was holding back a lot of emotions. Detaching from Bernard, I pulled Jasper into a hug. His arms remained at his sides and he didn't return my embrace but I kept holding onto him.
"It is okay, Jasper. Let us go," I whispered.
I felt his shoulders lose their tension, his arms came around me and he let out a small whimper like a child and it broke my heart a little. I allowed him to be in my arms for a few more minutes, giving him the freedom to break. He had a job that required him to often hide his emotions and he had been in this position for less than a month. I understood what it was like being thrust into a position that you just don't feel quite ready for. It was overwhelming and suffocating.
Jasper pulled away and straightened to his full height. I saw the gratitude behind his eyes and I nodded to him. He didn't need to thank me, that was my job as his Luna. I was there to give him the support that he needed so he could be the best Beta to his Alpha. Bernard stepped forward placing his hand onto Beta's shoulder. They exchanged a few silent words, both of them nodding at the same time.
"We will bury our dead and we will mourn them but we must also celebrate our living and be there for our wounded." Jasper nodded.
"I will make sure that the transport gets to the hospital safely."
He bowed and left, Bernard latched his hand in mine and started walking.
"Where are we going?" He looked over his shoulder.
"I don't know about you but I need to take a bath. Then we will visit the hospital, you need to get checked up. Richard had his fangs in you and I don't want there to be any long lasting effects from that."
My hand shopped up to the side of my neck where my mark was. It wasn't painful like one would have expected it to be, I shuddered remembering just how close that demon of a man had been to taking it all away. I turned my attention to the direction of Richard's body and watched as the nurse from the hospital zipped up the last part of the body bag. I caught one last glimpse of his face before it was concealed forever. I waited for the guilt or sadness at what I had done to hit me but it never came. Richard deserved everything that he had gotten, I did not regret killing him.
The car came to where we stood and we drove home in complete silence. It was so crazy of me to think that it was all over. I had spent ten years running from him, ten years I had roamed this earth as a wolf living in constant fear and now it was all over. The devil is dead and I had come out victorious, I couldn't have been happier with what I had managed to do, I am safe but more importantly, our Pack is safe. We reached home and we both hit the shower.
As I came out of the bathroom, Bernard was already dressed and ready to go. He was sitting on the bed, his elbows on his legs. His hair was still damp and he wore a somber expression on his face.
"You were in there for so long, my love." He stood up and walked towards me.
"Hmmm,"
I darted to the walk-in closet to get changed. I was not in the correct headspace to have the kind of conversation he wanted to have right now. He followed me into the closet, I could feel his eyes on me as I got dressed. I tried my best to ignore him but the intensity coming from him was unnerving.
"We are going to need to talk about it at some point, Elena."
He was talking about me going to Liam over his head, I didn't want to discuss it because I knew it would probably end in a fight. We had won and I just wanted to leave it that way.
"I don't know what you're talking about?" Maybe if I played dumb, he would drop the whole issue.
"Be serious, Elena.
I turned to face him, he was staring at me like he could see right through me. I felt the push against my skull, he was trying to push into my mind but I had my barriers up.
"Let me in, Elena."
"Why? I think we can talk just fine like this."
"I would but you don't want to speak."
"Speak about what exactly?"
I slipped into my dress, his eyes darkened at the sight of my naked body. I would be lying if I said that it hadn't been an attempt to distract him but unfortunately, it failed. He continued to press me.
"How you went over my head to Liam about the serum. Do you understand how horribly wrong that could have gone if it didn't work?"
"But it did work, so I don't know why you are mad right now. It is not like anyone got hurt. Everyone is safe and happy, end of story."
"No, Elena. You went over my head, that was blatant disrespect. I may be your mate but I am your Alpha too."
"And I am also an Alpha, have you forgotten?"
"You have been an Alpha just for five seconds and now you think you know how to lead."
His words were like a slap to my face, he sighed pinching the bridge of his nose.
"I am sorry, I didn't mean for it to come out like that. You just can't do things like that to me, Elena. If what you had done had gone wrong, not only would you have put yourself at risk but the entire Pack."
"I just wanted to save everyone." He gave me a sympathetic look.
"One thing that you need to realize now that you are a leader, Elena, is that you can't save everyone. Not every call you make will be the best for everyone but it will be the call needed to be made."
"Well, that sucks." He gave me a knowing smile.
"You will get used to it."
A part of me didn't want to get used to it if I was being honest.
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