ElsaRex was right. Where was everyone?It was dark and the quietest I had ever seen Black Forest. Even that time when everyone was on lockdown there was noise. Here, nothing seemed to move. The trees stood tall and silent. No birds flew above our heads. It was eerily quiet.“The other Alpha’s, they should be back by now, right?” Nate asksThe other Alpha’s? Did he mean Vella and the others? I had only seen Brock.“I’m sure they are good. I made it out. Brock was challenging Craig when I helped Elsa get out.” Rex tells him.“You didn’t help Brock?” Nate questions Rex.“It was a choice of helping Brock or getting your mate out. From what I've heard, I'm pretty sure Brock can look after himself.” His grey eyes linger on me. "And from what you have told me. She is pretty important."“”You’re an Alpha?” I whisper to Rex.“Greystone Pack.” He gives me a wink. Why did they always wink at me?“Inside.” Nate whisper shouts at us as he scans the groundsHe gestures for us to go inside.I smell
Nate“Elsa? You think Elsa is the one that can sort all this out?” I look at my mate. She is standing completely still, staring up at Rex.“I can’t do anything.” She mutters“I think you have lost the plot.” Lola mutters with a frown and tugs Elsa away.“You really should make her stay. She should hear this.” Rex watches them disappear upstairs.“She’s overwhelmed. Just let her be.”“You can’t ignore what is right in front of you.”“Ignore? I’m not ignoring anything. You seem to think you have the answer.” I snap. “Just let her rest for now.”“That’s your choice.” He mutters. “But if I were the Alpha here, things would be a lot different.”“So now you’re trying to tell me how to run my pack?”“You may not like it Nate, but when you call for other Alphas because they have more experience, it would suggest you are not cut out to be Alpha. Or maybe it’s the fact you listen to everyone’s ideas. I certainly wouldn’t have let it get this far.”“Yeah, well, thanks for your help.” I mutter sa
Elsa.Nate pulls me from the room. Anger cascaded off him in waves. He was angry at me because I hadn’t said anything. Because I hadn’t told him when Finn was doing this interview.I couldn’t cry anymore. I had cried so much that even if I wanted to, there were no tears left.“Why didn’t you tell me?”“I…” The truth was, I didn’t have an answer. I couldn’t even say that I had forgotten, because it wasn’t the truth. I couldn’t tell him that I didn’t want to. I couldn’t tell him that I had no faith in humans anymore. I couldn’t tell him that Kyra being alive had broken the final thread of hope I had for the humans.“Elsa, I don’t understand.” He pleads with me.The tears that I thought were empty were now rolling down my cheeks again. His dark eyes search my face.“Did he order you not to tell us? Is that what this is about?”I shake my head, swallowing the lump in my throat. After trying to convince Nate not to attack, how was I supposed to tell him that I now agreed with Finn.The tea
Nate“I thought she would have handled this better.” Vella murmurs. “After all, she is a product of her mother and father. Both are fine people.”He really thought Corina was fine. The woman was nuts. “I never meant to drag her into this mess. Her life was supposed to be better, happier.” I felt guilty for everything she was going through. Vella was right though. She couldn’t cope with this. Being held hostage had changed her. Being a Wolf had changed her.“Don’t you think you should go and find her?” Rex murmurs without looking up from his phone. “Make sure she hasn’t left the packhouse.”“What’s so important on the phone that you can’t even look at me.” I snap“His appearance on tv is being shown around the globe. This is one almighty fuck up. And it isn’t going to work in our favour.”Once again, the Alpha’s are speechless. This was it, we had lost control. There was no coming back from this.“Your pack?” I mutter seeing as Rex seemed to be very smug about the whole thing.“Unaffe
ElsaHe wants us to hide. My eyes flash open at his words. What happened to fighting fire with fire?Leaving the pack, I could just about understand. At least it would give everyone a chance. But to hide, they had spent years hiding and what had it achieved? Nothing.Lola nudges me with her elbow. “I love my brother, but he is losing it.”“What do we do?” I whisper back. Hoping that maybe she had an idea.“I’m starting to think you should have gone with Rex and taken me with you.” Her dark eyes flash to Nate as he continues to tell the pack why they should hide.I look at my mate. Pack life was still a lot for me to understand. But I was gradually getting there. One thing I did know and understand is the lengths an Alpha would go to in order to protect their packs. Hiding didn’t seem like Nate was protecting his pack, it felt like he was running away from his duties.“Everyone needs to move out as soon as possible.” Nate declares. He had stopped answering questions. There was chatter
RexI knew there wasn’t something right about this asshole. He treated her differently. Not like how a mate should be treated.As he rushes by me. Lola lets out a howl. A howl of pain as she rushes to Elsa's side. The smell of fresh blood hits me.It’s not Lola that’s hurt. It’s Elsa.Blood pours from her stomach as she desperately tries to stop it. Whimpers come from her lips but she doesn’t cry. She was just trying to survive.“Lola. I need you to find the pack doctor. NOW!” Her dark eyes find mine and she speeds off.I try to guide Elsa back to the floor. Her eyes are full of fear as I press my hands to her stomach. My hands were larger than hers. If anyone had a chance to stop the bleeding, it would be me.“He stabbed me.” She whispers.“You’re not going to die.”Her eyes are already dimming when Lola comes charging back in with a female Lycan.“Alpha Rex, I need you to bring her to the hospital. I can’t do anything here. I will apply pressure if you carry her.”She takes over fro
ElsaSurely it was some sort of joke. The only way I could get rid of the mark was if Nate accepted my rejection or if another man marked me.“Are you sure?” I mutter, staring into his grey eyes.“I have seen it happen.” He sighs. “But it rarely happens.”“Rarely?”“A mark is a sign that you are taken.” His brow creases up. “Unless your mate is dead, it will be rare for another to want to mark you.”I feel my shoulders drop. As if things weren’t difficult enough. I was going to be marked to Nate forever. A stupid rule, making people stick together permanently “We can use this to our advantage.” Lola tries offering a positive view.“You don't want anything to happen to him?”“No. He is still my brother. But if we are going to come up with a plan to get us out of this pile of shit, then maybe we can use our connections to him.”“Not a bad idea.” Rex mutters looking out the window. “Crap. Stay here.”Lola asks what’s wrong but he is gone.I was still in a lot of pain so there wasn’t muc
RexHer head moves up and down but her eyes still show the same fear.She follows me back to the pack grounds. Her hand glued to Lola’s. Every so often, she would grab her stomach, pressing her lips into a tight line but she never complained. She had every right to, whether it was the pain she was in or whether it was what she had just witnessed.“How did you know where to look?” Lola asks as she hurries herself and Elsa forward. “It wasn’t exactly easy.” I pull the bottle of purple liquid from my pocket and hand it to Elsa. “Here, you need this. Your scent is starting to come back.She pops off the lid without hesitation. Chucking the liquid back her throat. Screweing up her face at the fowl taste.“Besides, I couldn’t come looking for you while the others were here.”“That means you came right to us.” Lola mutters. She didn’t miss a single thing. “My brother always said you were a little weird. That you ….. Nevermind.”“That I what?”“That you have a thing for Elsa.”Elsa's eyes ar