ZARAI slowly began to back up. I did not want to fight, it was too risky so I tried to reason with him, "it hasn't come to this. I don't want to fight, I just want you to leave the omega alone.You are a warrior and Anders is your leader. He is also the next alpha of this pack so think of the implication of what you are doing. Fighting me is fighting Anders."My words did not seem to have an effect on him."You asked for this," he growled right before he charged at me.I had no choice but to defend myself. I tried not to show my skills though and that gave him the opportunity to bite my arm as he jumped. I punched his neck and he fell on his back. I looked at my arm and noticed I was bleeding.He howled briefly in pain before going for my leg. He bit my left leg and I pulled it away as I yelped in pain. Seeing that he had torn off a piece of my flesh, I lost it and kicked him so hard, sending him flying a few meters away from us and landing painfully on the ground.He remained on the
ANDERS I hurried back home as usual to meet my baby but I was surprised when the atmosphere seemed off. I did not get the loving welcome I was hoping for, and all I could see was guilt in Zara's eyes.I locked my tent and took her in my arms, "whatever it is, Ruby, don't be so sad. I can't bear to see you this way."She proceeded to tell me everything that happened and I stared at her in shock unable to believe that she had exposed herself after everything I told her."I am so sorry," she cried. "I tried to ignore the screams but I just couldn't. I wasn't able to."I sighed in frustration, "why didn't you try harder, Ruby? That omega is Riley's slave, there's a reason I asked you not to get involved with her affairs."Seeing that Zara was feeling so bad, I calmed down and took her in my arms again, "I am sorry, baby. Are you in any pain?"She shook her head, "I am fine, Anders. I already healed."I got up from the bed, "I never knew Kyle as someone who was capable of rape but how dar
ZARAI knew I should not have fought the lycan, I made a big mistake but why wouldn't Anders let it go? I was worried about him. I didn't know what he would do to the lycan who I knew was already in a lot of pain.If he ended up killing him, there might be consequences. I was not conversant with all their laws but one thing I did know was that I would not be able to forgive myself if Anders came to any harm because of me.After pacing up and down restlessly, I decided to go after Anders and ensure he did not take any action he would regret. It was cute that he was very protective of me but he had forgotten that I was once a warrior.I opened the door of the tent and tried to figure out the direction he went. I was surprised to see him and Riley standing together so many meters away from the tent. I heaved a sigh of relief, at least he wasn't trying to kill that lycan.I noticed that Riley was standing so close to him and wondered what she was up to. She hugged him and noticed I was st
BRANDONI had been waiting at the boundary for a while but there was no sign of Zara. The alpha's daughter had said Zara would be there before sunset but I was yet to see her.Did Zara not take the bait? She wasn't someone who was that easy to manipulate or control so it was possible that things had not gone according to plan. No matter what, the alpha's daughter had promised that Zara would be exposed if she refused to flee so that gave me a little bit of hope.Even without that, I was willing to wait at the boundary until it was morning because we could not afford to let Zara slip off our fingers once again.With each passing moment, I became more anxious. I kept thinking about all the ways I was going to punish Zara. I knew she must have given herself to that lycan and it hurt me so much. I had wanted to be the first to taste Zara. For so many years, I patiently waited for Zara to become ripe and when she did, I still waited for her to come around. I wanted to be the first man to
RILEYAfter leaving Anders, I hid somewhere and observed him as he went back to his tent and came out to buy things at the market. I instantly understood that he was going to escape. Did he think I was a fool?Now I regretted not going with my earlier plan. Perhaps Zara might have fallen for it and run away and she would have ended up being caught at the neutral grounds by Brandon. I should have known that Anders was too hard and would not give in to my demands.However, if he thought I was going to let him leave quietly then he was in for a big surprise.I went to my dad and said, "Father, I have something to tell you about Anders."My dad regarded me for a while and said, "go ahead, I'm listening.""I found out today that Anders' mate, Ruby is not a lycan. She is a werewolf from the Black Arrows Pack. Her real name is Zara, she is the daughter of the alpha and also a warrior in her pack.I sent Kyle, one of our warriors to confirm this and Zara beat him up so badly that he could no
ZARAThe alpha asked Anders to kill me and he turned and stared at me. I smiled reassuringly at him which was in contrast with how I had earlier cried. I knew there was a storm in Anders' heart, having once been in a somewhat similar situation.I wanted him to know that it was okay, no matter what happened in the end, it was okay. Even if we did not make it out because we were outnumbered, it was still okay.He turned his attention back to the alpha and his warriors. He tried to tow the path of peace even though the possibility of it was slim."I am very sorry, Alpha," he apologized. "Zara is my fated mate and I cannot live without her. I understand that what I did was very wrong, I was desperate and I took advantage of your love and trust. Please, forgive my deception. For the sake of the relationship we shared in the past, please, let Zara and me leave peacefully. I promise that we will never appear in front of you again."The alpha's eyes darkened and the anger in them was unmistak
ANDERSI had never given any fight my all as I did when fighting the lycans, perhaps because I fought for a different reason; Zara's life. I knew that if I fell, Zara would not be able to take on all the warriors.The werewolves were good with their arrows, without them, Zara was at a disadvantage, so I fought with everything I had.I didn't want to kill the lycans, I trained some of these warriors and as for the others, we grew up together. I focused on paralyzing them, making them unable to fight so I went directly for their backs.It was stressful though, it took more time because I had to aim for the right spot. Killing them would have been much easier, with just one strike to the heart or neck.My alpha stood in front of me watching as I beat almost all the warriors to the ground. I saw the anger on his face but I couldn't care less about his feelings at this point. Whoever wanted my Zara dead deserved to die. More warriors arrived from outside the gate and I still gave it my all
ZARAWe ran out of Anders' pack as quickly as possible without looking back. I touched my face where the alpha had punched me. He had scratched me with his claws as well and the pain had been sharp but my face had healed and I could feel my smooth skin when I touched it.That was more than I could say for Anders who was slowing down due to the injury on his right belly. He was bleeding and it made me worry. I knew how dangerous it was for a lycan to push himself when he was injured.Lycans needed to rest after severe injuries until their wounds had healed otherwise, they may not heal at the right time. Some unfortunate lycans had been known to spend months healing because they pushed themselves too hard when their injuries had not healed.I stopped moving and stared at Anders. He wanted us to keep going but I took the bag he was holding and said, "your injury will not heal until morning and it's risky for you to keep running so fast with it. Let us hide somewhere for now, we can leave