Alex POV.
I cannot wait to get to school today. I want to see my beautiful mate. But she is nowhere to be seen. I wonder if she is okay.
“No, she isn’t okay,” Hunter says in my head
“Do not say something like that Hunter,” I growl at him.
“You felt that pain yesterday, Alex, I know you did. Because I did. Our mate was in pain and a lot of it.” That makes me furious.
And I keep looking around for her. As I head to class. It’s already 2nd period and still no sign of her. But I know she must be in the next class. And there I see her when I enter. I feel relieved and go to sit at the table next to her.
“Hey Lina,” I say, feeling calm now I can see her and smell her.
But then she lifts her head and looks at me and I let out a threatening growl. She looks down again and whimpers. As Logan enters the classroom. I get down on my knees next to her.
“Lina, Sweetie, I am sorry, I did not mean to scare you. Who has done this Lina?” She whimpers again but doesn’t answer me when Logan mindlinks me. “What going on Alpha we heard that growl halfway down the hall.” I look at him shortly then back at Lina I can hear she is crying softly. “Someone has hurt her” is all I answer him. I try speaking to Lina again to calm her.
“Lina sweetie, please look at me.” She shakes her head.
“It is nothing I, I fell yesterday hit the wall. I am fine.” She says but I can tell she is lying. She refuses to say more, even when we are alone, she just focuses on our assignment and barely speaks. I can’t concentrate at all; all I can think about is that someone hurt her.
After 3 days of watching her bruised, and feeling her in pain almost every night, it gets too much for me. I need to tell her the truth. I need her to know I can protect her. I have found out that she is 17 and an orphan living in a foster home. I am standing outside the school when I see her arriving on foot, I didn’t know she walked here every day. When she sees me, she bows her head, hiding her beautiful face under her hoodie. Before she can enter the school, I grab her hand and pull her with me.
“Alex, what are you doing?” she whispers with fear in her voice. I don’t answer I just keep walking until we reach the forest behind the school.
“Alex, please, we will be late.” I can hear the fear, but also hear and feel other emotions from her. I turn towards her, not letting go of her hand, it is the first time I feel her skin and got I love feeling the sparks forming on my skin, from the mare feeling of her hand in mine. She is not looking at me but at the ground. I take my other hand put it under her chin and push her head up and look into her eyes. Gosh, she is beautiful.
“Lina” I whisper her name and she whimpers a little.
“Babygirl, I know you can feel it.” She looks at me with tears in her eyes.
“Please Alex, I” she breathes heavily.
“I don’t know what it is I feel.” I remove a tear from her eye with my finger.
“I think you do Beautiful, you are just scared.” She looks at me shaking and I pull her close to me, I lower my lips to her ear and whisper.
“You are my mate and I your baby girl.” She whimpers but starts to relax in my arms. She looks up at me and I lean down. The moment our lips meet, electricity is created between us, and I kiss her deeper. After a little while she pulls away, she whispers so quietly I almost don’t hear.
“I am sorry, I am so sorry, that your moon goddess stuck you with me a stupid human. I won’t hold you to it, I promise I will not bother you.” With these words, she runs towards the school. I am a bit shocked by her words and stay still for a few minutes. Does she think this low of herself? Can’t she see how beautiful and amazing she is?
When I get back to school, I can smell she is here. But I don’t see her anywhere. I want to talk with her. Let her understand, that I don’t care if she is Human. I am just happy and excited I finally found her.
Lina POV.
Oh my God, no, Alex, the future Alpha is my mate, me a human. I am walking towards to girl’s bathroom when someone grabs my arm. I look and see it’s Ken.
“There you are, my favorite girl.” I whimper
“Let me go, please,” I beg.
“Now, now silly girl I can’t do that. We have a game later and a few of my guys need to let out some tension.” I look at him with fear.
“Please Ken don’t please I am still hurting from last night. Please.” Tears start forming in my eyes, I was still hurting after he had come into my room doing the night.
“Oh, stop being a bitch.” He pulls me with him with a tight grip on my arm. He drags me to the football team’s locker room. When we get there 3 guys are in there by the showers.
“Here we go boys have fun,” Ken says with a smirk and pushes me into the arms of one of the guys. He licks my face and speaks.
“Yummy I have been wanting another round with you for a while.” I know him, his name is Duke, and he is the biggest pervert in school. Ken has let him use me before.
He rips my hoodie and top, and looks down on me licking his lips, he forces up my jeans, so they break and one of the others pulls them down. I am begging them not to do this, but I know they won’t listen. Duke forced himself inside and I cry out in pain, but it only makes him go faster and rougher. Then I hear him groan and he pulls out as his thick fluid runs down my legs. Only for the next one to take over and rape me. At this point, I have given up and just cry silently and am close to passing out from the pain. But then everything happens so fast the guy is being pulled away from me and I hear him being thrown across the room before everything goes dark.
Alex POV.
I am walking the halls when pain and fear rush through my body, Lina where are you. The pain gets worse, and I growl.
“Something is a wrong hunter.” He growls in my head.
“Mate, mate is in pain, someone is hurting her.” The thought alone makes me growl.
“Find her Hunter, find her.” I let Hunter come slightly forward, his senses blend in with mine and we can smell, her scent so much more.
We follow her scent until we reach the locker rooms that the football team uses. Just as I am about to open the door, I hear her whimper in pain and some guys laughing. I enter the room and follow the sounds. What I see when I reach the showers breaks my heart into 1000 pieces.
My beautiful mate is forced against the wall and one of the guys is raping her. I see red and go into full-blown anger when I run in grab the guy and throw him across the room. I growl loudly Hunter is trying to get out, but I know if he does, they will all die. I notice her scent lingers on one of the other guys and I walk over and grab him around the neck. The guy laughs and speak
“Dude relax, you can have a run with her too,” I growl at him and throw him into the wall, where he falls and passes out. That’s when I see the other guys have left, and I see my sweet, beautiful mate beat up her clothes ripped to pieces and passed out.
Alex POV. I run over to Lina. My beautiful mate oh Goddess no let her be okay. “Lina, baby girl, please wake up beautiful.” She doesn’t answer. But I feel her breath normally. I pull off my hoodie and put it on her. While I am mind linking Logan, Mike, and their mates. “Guys I need help; a group of guys was assaulting Lina she is badly hurt. Her clothes ripped and she passed out.” I hear growls and feel their sympathy through the link. When Emma says. “Alex brings her to the school nurse. She is a wolf from our pack.” I silently thank the Goddess for that Emma has a dream of becoming a doctor. So, she checked these things. “Emma you are a savior, thank you.” I lift Lina in bridal style and hurry towards the school nurse. “We will be right there Alpha; Emma will bring some clean clothes for her,” Logan says and the link closes. I reach the nurse’s office and she g
Lina POV. “You are going home with me. I will get you your own room. But I will also know that you are safe.” I hear the words coming from his mouth, though I am not sure I heard right, and then it hits me what he said. Take me home with him. I cannot do that. I am not 18 yet, if he does, he will get in trouble. “But you can’t, I mean, I am not eighteen I am not of age yet, my foster parents decide how my life is going to be until I am.” I whisper in a low tone and look down, not knowing if he heard me. It’s not that I want to stay at my foster home, because I really don’t. I just don’t want him to get in trouble. He has been nothing but sweet to me. Mate or not, he has only shown concern for me when I was obviously hurting, and he saved me. I would hate myself for causing problems for him. My mind is going on overdrive, and I don’t notice that Alex has come closer before he with 2 fingers under my chin lift my head, so I look into his beautifu
Lina POV. I hurried up to my room, found my 2 big travel bags, and started to fill them with my clothes and the few books and stuff I had that was mine. I was getting out of this house, away from Ken and my foster parents. I did not have a lot, as a foster kid, we learn to not have more belongings than we can carry. Walking down the stairs it is deadly silent down there. For a moment I got worried, maybe Alex had changed his mind, and left without me. When I entered the kitchen, I let out a breath, I didn’t even know I was holding in. Alex was still here; he didn’t leave me. He heard me stand up and came to me, caressing my cheek. “You okay Beautiful?” I nodded my head, feeling all relieved. He looks me in the eyes, and I can see he know why. “I would never leave you.” He whispers I’m in my ear. And I relax. “Okay, let’s go Beautiful, time to go home.” He says giving my foster parents a nod. I look at them before saying “Bye.” T
Lina POV. Alex leaves the room closing the door, leaving me to look at my new room. It’s hard to believe, that it looks like my life, is finally turning into something good the bedroom walls are painted in soft cream with dark curtains, a huge king-size bed in dark wood is standing in the middle of the room, against the long wall. There is a small desk, TV, and a little cozy spot with a soft couch setup. I open the first door Alex pointed to and see a big walk-in closet. I stand looking in shock, thinking I never will get to use such a big closet. I close the door again and go open the door there must be a bathroom. I can’t help but gasp, this is the most amazing bathroom I have ever seen. It has a big shower filling the whole wall in on side om the room. At the other end is the biggest bathtub I have ever seen. An in middle the bathroom counter and the room is so peaceful. Mary has stocked it with all kinds of soap, shampoo, conditioner towels, and everything that should be
Lina POV. We are sitting in McDonald’s, Alex got me a burger with fries and a soda. We are all just sitting talking, the guys about someone they call routes, Alex told me it is wolves that are not living with a pack. That most of them are dangerous and crazy beasts. Emma and Emily want us to go shopping soon. But I tell them I don’t have any money. I was never allowed to have any, but sure I can go with them if they want me to. I like the sisters, they are sweet, and they don’t care about me being an orphan. Emma and Emily got here before the boys like a month before, and had noticed me in school, but seen how everyone always was nasty to me. They tried getting people to just leave me alone. Said I was not hurting anyone. And I guess the wolves mostly listened. I am grateful they tried. “You have not been at the mall, have you?” Emily asks. “Not really no, “That sucks, we would really love it if you came with us.”
Lina POV. When Alex leaves my room, I lay down and hide under the blanket. Never have I felt like I did when he kissed me, it was like I couldn’t get enough of the taste of his lips, and tongue. And I love the sparks that always come when he touches my skin. My body was all warm and I felt myself get wet for him. Something I have never been before. With that, I fall asleep. **dream** Ken is coming into my room, I look at the watch it says 02:27 AM, I wonder why he is here so late. I don’t like him much. He always looks at me, as if I am a piece of meat. I tried telling my foster parents, but they told me to stop being a liar. When he sits down on my bed and traces a hand up at my leg. I try to push him away, but he grabs my hand with the other one. “Stop being difficult sweetheart.” He says in a deep lustful voice that scares me. “Leave me alone Ken. Just go away please.” I whisper. “Mmm, I love it when you beg, but stop
Alex POV. I wake up warm and sparks all over, and find it hard to move, I open my eyes and see my beautiful mate using my chest as a pillow and one of her legs tangled with mine. I smile to myself, being happy she needs me just as much as I need her. I let my fingers run over her arms and neck, when I softly run them over, where my mark one day will be, she moans softly in her sleep, making me chuckle. After a while, she starts moving and she wakes up. She sits up fast and then she blushes when she sees I am awake. “Morning baby, did you sleep well?” she blushes even more and nods her head. I smile big at her and pull her down to me. “Good, I did too. I love falling asleep when you are in my arms.” She smiles at me. “I think it’s the best sleep I ever had.” Her sweet voice says, smiling. I pull her to me, so she is laying close to me. “Me too Baby, you always welcome to sleep here beautiful.” She nods her head. I get closer to her face and let
Lina POV. I am sitting in the car with Emma and Emily, music running but not too loud, while we are talking. Emma is telling us she needs to get some new shoes and her sister is looking at her as if she is crazy. Making me laugh. “You should see her closet Lina, you would know why I look at her, I still don’t know how Logan manages to have his stuff in there.” “Oh, hush. He has plenty of space. And he is a guy, so he doesn’t need as much space as I do.” We laugh at her. We are pulling into the parking spot and getting out of the car. I have never been inside the mall. I mean I have seen it. But never been inside, as I never really had a reason to when I never had any money. The girls and I walk inside, and I stop up stunned, it is huge, small stores everywhere and small stands where you can buy snacks and something to drink. The girls walk towards the first store with clothes. Outside it hangs some rags with jeans and jackets. T