Derek POV
I try to run after her but Dean stops me, “I don’t think it’s wise to go after her now, she is angry and you are hurt, talking in this state will only make things worse, but look at the bright side” is he fucking with me now, what bright side? My mate almost had a heart attack and ran the other way upon learning I’m her mate.
“And what is that Dean? Did you see her reaction” I say trying to go past him but he stops me again
“Stop, and give her little time to process the news. And the bright side is that she obviously know about us and what we are so we don’t have to go through the whole werewolves are real and no we are not going to eat you bullshit” … how stupid is he? Didn’t he see how she turned pale and ran the other way?
“But from her reaction dumbass that’s exactly what she thinks we are... so it’s even going to be harder to convince her that we are not actually going to eat her or hurt her or whatever bad experience she had with werewolves, is going to be different with us” … I start taking deep breathes to calm myself down, I can’t believe this is happening.
Yes, I expected her to be surprised, shocked even, think we are crazy, anything but this; this is turning from bad to worse.
She knows about us… that should be good news and make things easier but of course not, it’s just my luck, when did I have anything easy, why did I expect this to be any different but I have to keep it together if I want this to work… maybe there still hope.
After I’m calm enough I agree with Dean to give her little time before I go after her.
I can’t attend the meeting now so we decided to cancel it but before we leave we get her address and number from Mr. Simon who was so eager to please us that he gave us employee private information with no questions asked which means he’s not someone to be trusted and this whole company is a joke.
“We are pulling our account from this company and she is not stepping a foot in this building gain” I inform Dean “You got that right, they have no concept of privacy, what if someone with a bigger account asked for our information?” Dean said.
“We’ll just kill them or torture them or whatever” I said shrugging.
”Sureee, you are defiantly calm now” Dean says sarcastically so I gave him a warning growl, I was in no mood to be mocked or for jokes.
“Okay, okay I was just trying to lighten the mood” he says raising one hand in surrender as we park in-front of my mate’s apartment building.
I’ll give her the time that she needs but I’ll keep an eye on her as long as I can, it seems to be the only thing to calm Rex, my wolf, down.
Alexandria POV
“Luna? What? how? how can this happen again? What does the moon goddess want with me? Didn’t she screw my life enough? And now I’m not just mated to a regular werewolf but a fucking alpha? What’s wrong with her?” All this thoughts running through my mind as I was rushing home.
I contemplated wither or not I should contact max on my way home that I need to relocate but decided I will inform him when I settle i just need to get away from here as far as possible.
Max is my childhood best friend, more like a brother; he is a couple of years younger than me and used to follow me around when we were kids.
There was a time when we were teenagers when we tried to date thinking there was something more between us but it just confirmed that we are more like siblings than anything else.
We’ve been inseparable since I can remember, that’s until I married Luke and moved away, I trust him with my life and he is the one who saved me and helped keep me hidden the past three years.
I reach my apartment which is more like a studio, nothing separating the bed and the closet from the rest of the studio but a white almost transparent curtain working as a room divider, i head straight to my closet take out my duffle bag and start packing the few things that I have.
I’ll stay at a motel for tonight till I figure out what to do next I just can’t stay here a minute longer.
If you think werewolves are possessive you haven’t met an alpha werewolf. He won’t let me go, ever. I have to hide from him too or it will happen all over again.
I change into pair of jeans with black t-shirt and an oversized hoodie on top.
I like oversized comfy cloth plus it’s less likely to draw attention than if I was wearing fitting cloth.
I carry my bag and take one last look to see if I forgot anything... I’m actually going to miss this place... and as I turn to head out of the door it burst open with Derek on top of a man crashing to the floor taking the door with them and Derek growling fiercely that I actually jumped back with fear and it’s very difficult to scare me, it’s not the first time I hear an alphas growl, hell I even heard several while they were battling to death and it never sounded that scary, he was something else.
As I was just starting to register what was happening the window behind me crashes too but this time its Dean rolling to the ground with another man. What the hell is happening here?
Derek POV
It was just few minutes since we parked when I smelled it… Rogues!
What are they doing here? “They want to hurt mate” Rex growls in my head.
I look at Dean and he smells it too. We are both on high alert and rush out of the car and start following their sent.
"What the hell is going on here?" i Say to myself more that to dean getting agitated.
"I don't know but we are about to find out... it’s been a while since we had that kind of fun" he says smirking.
"Dean, this is not like the other times, you need to focus" I growl at him, I’m already on edge.
"I know what’s at stake here, I’m all in alpha, don’t worry" deans reassures me and we go our separate ways.
I catch more than one sent going into the building while Dean follows another one around the building.
I rush to the staircase as I follow what I figured is two rogues. I look up and I can see them now, they are fast but I’m an alpha they are no match.
I catch up to them as they enter the fourth floor... Her floor!
I see one of them pulling out a knife heading towards a door, I can smell her sent very strong here, it’s her door and all I feel is rage as Rex takes over.
we rip the head of one of them as the one with the knife runs toward her door but we catch up to him, as the rogue turns swinging the knife at our face we dash it and grab his throat pushing him through the door and to the floor while Rex lets out a growl full of rage and menace.
How dare this filth think of hurting our mate? I hear crushing glass at my left and instantly look up searching with my eyes for my mate to make sure she is okay.
I see her standing with a scared expression which then turns to confusion as she is now looking at Dean who is fighting another rogue and actually losing, it all happened so fast and before I could react she does the stupidest thing she could ever do.
Alexandria POV As I register what’s going on I can see that Dean is losing and his movement is somewhat sloppy, they are rolling on the floor till they hit the wall near me on my left leaving me between them and the kitchen counter. I see the other man that I now sense is a rogue, on top of Dean who can barely fight him off. The rogue raises his hands with claws out aiming for Dean’s throat so I instinctively grab a kitchen knife from the counter on my right and get between the two stabbing the rogue in the heart as his clawed hand slashes my torso “ahhhh, son of a bitch” I grunt out as I lean on the wall. It takes more than this for me to fall; I won’t fall… so I’m just leaning now. In a blink I see Derek in front of me with panic on his face trying to reach for my wound but I swat him off, “I’m okay, it’s just a scratch don’t be over dramatic” I say through gritted teeth because it hurts to even talk but I’m not telling him that. He needs to stay away and I need to get
Alexandria POV “Happy birthday little momma” Luke wakes me up with a kiss on the cheek. “yaayy, my birthday is finally here, I get to be the queen of the day and boss you around” I say smirking. “ you always boss me around anyways” Luke says laughing. I do love my birthday, it’s when I feel extra special, my brothers and sister always made a big deal out of it, even my father played along. I miss them. Luke notices my changed expression and says “I know you miss your family, I really tried to reach them but couldn’t find a safe way to do so, I’m sorry babe” then he kisses my forehead, His kiss feels wet and he doesn’t pull back. “Hey are you drooling on me or something” I say chuckling as I push him of me, he looks at me with blood coming out of his mouth and says “I Love you”. I look at his chest and its bleeding too, he drops to the ground and I see him, the man I hate the most, standing behind him with a blooded knife and says “Happy birthday Alexandria” with an evil smirk
Dylan POV “He is close. Change location. Stay hidden” I read the message on her phone before it locks. “Alpha, you need to come back here now” I mind link Derek While the doctors take care of Alexandria. Just few minutes and a disheveled half naked Derek comes running through the hallway, he finds me standing outside her door and stops right in front of me with a panicked face trying to catch his breath “What happened? Is she okay” he asks and tries to go past me into the room but I stop him, “She is resting, the doctors said not to disturb her; they say it could be post surgery stress and that this happens sometimes”. Derek sighs and shuts his eyes “It’s my fault, I shouldn’t have pushed her that far when she is in that condition”. “It’s not you or the surgery Derek; I think it was a panic attack” he looks at me in confusion and I explain about the message I read and how it scared her enough into a panic attack , she doesn’t seem like the type to scare easily. Alexandria
Alexandria POV It’s been four days since I arrived to this prison… I mean the hospital room. I’m bored as hell. The doctors are checking me now; Dean, Dylan and Sophia are here too. “So, what’s the verdict?” Dean asks. “She is healing surprisingly well, I assumed she would need more time, she can be discharged today but to be safe let’s make it tomorrow” the doctor says. I couldn’t stop myself before I grabbed the doctor from his collar pulling him towards me, our noses practically brushing, and yell in his face “I’M GETTING OUT TODAY”. The poor guy looks like he is about to piss himself. “Alexandria let go of the nice doctor” I feel Dean’s hand on mine trying to pry the doctor out of my hold “We will get you out, just let the poor man live” Dean continue talking to me calmly as if I’m a mental patient, I guess at this moment I am, I slowly let go of the doctor and he scatters away toward Dylan and Sophia who are trying so hard to hold their laughter in. “I think she
Derek POV She grabbed my hands and I felt the tingles again, her hand fit perfectly in mine like it’s made for me, she is made for me by the goddess herself, I keep staring at our hands tangled together and I want this moment to last forever. “I’m sorry” she says just above a whisper, I look at her and she is staring at our hands too. “For what?” I ask her. she looks up with eyes brimming with tears, I can’t stop myself from reaching for her cheeks wiping a falling tear and she leans into my palm and closes her eyes… she feels it too, maybe not as strong as me but she wants me, she wants this. “For everything… for hurting you, you don’t deserve that” she opens her eyes and straighten herself, but her eyes doesn’t meet mine before she continues, “But believe me it’s for the best” she finish saying. this bullshit again. “Whose best Alexandria? Because it’s sure as hell not mine. This is killing me, and it’s not for your best either, you want this, don’t try to deny it… so is i
Derek POV We finish the battle and capture few alive. something is not right with this attack, no wolf, rogue, or not, dared to attack us for years now and to actually be with hunters? I pause on that thought for now and make sure all my men are alright before I head back to the pack house, I need to see her, to make sure she is okay “Move faster, human” My wolf Rex keeps nagging me. “If I move any faster people will know something is up and we don’t want them to know about her yet, you idiot” “I don’t care I need to see mate” “What will you do when we reject her like she wants?” Rex lets out a furious growl that I actually had to hold my head from the pain . “We are not rejecting her and she is not leaving, even if we have to mark her and make her ours forever” “No, you mutt, we will not forcefully mark her that’s not how we treat women and specially not her” “We can’t let her leave us, it’s the only way” He is not just a wolf, he is an alpha wolf and can’t always r
Derek POV “Because I am one, a hunter… a pure hunter” she said and my world stops for a second. I knew this was going to be the answer when I asked the question but I hoped, I prayed to the goddess that she would answer differently. that can’t be, I can’t be mated to a hunter, the killer of my kind, no wonder she was not fazed by the knowledge of our existence and she didn’t give a shit that I’m an alpha, she was right all along we can’t be together… Why? Just why would the moon goddess do that to me? Haven’t I been through enough? I feel Rex is trying to crawl out as my rage grows, I look around and I see everybody’s shocked faces. I stand up and slam my fist to my desk splitting it in half, I’m breathing heavily as I’m trying to control my wolf but he is on the surface, my eyes are pitch black and my voice comes out deep and guttural “GET OUT” Dylan instinctively takes a protective stance in front of Alexandria and he is right to do so because I don’t know what I would do
Alexandria POV I’m back in the damn hospital bed again, I hate hospitals with passion all it brings is bad memories. I groan as I try to get out of bed “hey, easy there you had a concussion” Dylan says as he tries to stop me. “It’s okay I’ll heal fast; I just need to get out of here… where is my bag?”I push Dylan aside and start searching for my bag but I feel a little dizzy and I lean to the wall to brace myself. “Where do you think you are going?” I hear Dean’s voice coming from the doorway. “to talk to your dipshit brother and leave” I see my bag, I take a deep breath and push myself of the wall and go grab it. I notice Sophia standing in the corner with her arms crossed and trying as hard as she can not to look at me, I guess she is upset… they must all be upset, even angry that their Luna is a fucking hunter but they can’t do anything about it because I’m still- like it or not- their alpha’s mate and I actually like these people, they have been nothing but nice to me, I ta