7.

REID FENRIR.

“Amber? Are you okay?” I called, wanting to take another step closer to her but I couldn’t, my legs could barely move as I stared at her.

My wolf stirred, anger settling inside my stomach and my blood boiling so hot that all I wanted to do was go to whoever had done these things to her and kill all of them.

I watched as she staggered, my internal thoughts were all messed up and conflicted. She’s not the kind of person I want to be involved with, I don’t even want to be near her.

But yet—

Yet, I couldn’t find it in me to turn away from her. I didn’t want to get dangerously close to her and when I’d called her name earlier too, I only did that because I wanted to tease her and not because I wanted to react to the force of the pull.

But seeing those scars on her face and arm, seeing her face looking like life had been drained from her body got me angrier than I wanted to be.

Her clothes were drenched with blood that I knew was hers because the scent was so tantalizing that it was filling me with the urge to claim her, to mark her as mine.

“YOU ARE GOING TO TELL ME WHO DID THIS TO YOU AND YOU’RE GOING TO TELL ME NOW!” I barked, my rage mounting, my fist clenched as my elongated claws dug into my palm.

“AMBER!” My voice was loud, so loud that even I could feel the ground shake beneath my feet. I shouldn’t get this angry, I shouldn’t be this obvious but I couldn’t help it.

No matter how loudly I called her name, she wouldn’t spare me a glance. Her back was to me and she was shivering profusely, I could hear the sound of her teeth clattering incessantly and could also hear her shaky breath.

I wanted to leave her, that was our plan after all, to make her suffer and let her accept the matebond the hard way but I couldn’t walk away from her and my wolf was about to go berserk.

“Amber? Are you okay? What happened to you?” I asked, my voice a little lower and tender this time but yet again all I was met with was utter silence.

It was taking all the determination that I had in me to not let my wolf take over, the sound of him muttering the word ‘kill’ in my head was taking a huge toll on me.

I felt thirsty and I knew it wasn’t because I wanted water.

“H— Help. Someone. Help me.” Her fear was evident in her voice, my eyes trailed down her hand and it was shaking so much.

I can’t walk away. Not when she’s in this type of situation.

“AMBER!” I yelled, my legs taking the initiative before I could even think to go near her, holding her before she collapsed to the ground.

“Hey, Amber? Can you hear me?!” I asked, slapping her cheeks lightly to get her out of her unconsciousness but no matter what I did, my voice wasn’t getting to her at all.

It was almost as if she was dead. Dead? No, she can’t be dead.

Her body moved a little and her clothes loosened, giving me a sneak peek of what was under the large T-shirt she was wearing and the sight of it made my wolf go mad.

“What The Fuck.” I muttered quietly as I examined the part of her body that was exposed and the more I looked at it, the angrier it got me.

There was a wound on her neck and it was desperately trying to heal which means that if it hadn't healed yet then she had exhausted her power trying to heal all the other wounds.

Who did this to her? Who the fuck had the audacity to do this to her?

My teeth gritted and the world was starting to turn into a crimson red. I was furious, breathless with rage and immobilized by the insane amount of anger surging through my being.

Her lips were dry and was beginning to turn purplish, it parted and the sight of blood on her slightly torn tongue made me shiver.

I knew she gets bullied a lot, I know we make life difficult for her but I never thought—

The night plunged deeper into darkness and everywhere grew so silent that the only sound that could be heard was the sound of wind whooshing, my heavy breath and racing heart and Amber’s slight heartbeat.

‘What are you doing?’ My wolf’s voice jolted me out of my thoughts as a war of power ensued between the both of us.

I know that letting him come out and take over will be bad and it could also put Amber in more danger.

‘They had the audacity to do this to our mate, we should kill them. They should die!’ He roared so loudly that my head pounded.

‘I’ve put up with you for years and when you wanted to ignore her because of your reputation, I agreed but this….. this is as much as I can take.’ My wolf continued but I remained silent.

‘I can’t let this go, REID AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU!’ He finished and I winced as I picked Amber up in my arms, carrying her like she was my newly wedded bride.

“I know,” I responded, my gruff voice cracking as I made my way to my room, “I’m going to kill them, all of them who laid their hands on her. I’m going to kill all of them.” I repeated to myself like it was some sort of mantra.

Looking down at Amber, I wanted to keep on holding her in my arms because I knew that spending a little time with her was going to fasten her healing process.

I wanted to hug her, kiss her and let her know that she’ll be fine. I wanted to make sure that she trusts me enough to believe that no harm would come to her as long as I’m here.

Why am I doing this? Why does the moon goddess have to bound me to her?

I laid Amber on the bed as gently as I could and I couldn’t believe that I was doing this. I couldn’t believe that I was ready to go the extra mile for her.

I can’t believe that I’m letting her lay on my bed with her body covered in blood and bruises.

I trembled with more intensified rage when I took her clothes off, there were still more scars under her clothes and none of them were healing.

My fist clenched and that was the last straw that broke the camel’s back, that was the limit to what my wolf and I could take. Anger spread through me and I felt as though I was going to suffocate.

There were bruises on her stomach, I turned her over and there were more on her back, it looked like someone had dumped broken shards of glass on her.

How long has she been trying to heal from these horrible injuries?

The sound of her stomach growling put a halt to my thoughts and without as little as a second thought, I rushed out of my room and to the kitchen to take any available food.

“Amber,” I whispered, moving the hair that had fallen over her face to the side, “you need to eat.” I added and I saw a small smile creep up her lips.

She sat up gently, wincing until she was fully sitting and although she was awake, she didn’t open her eyes. She was so tired that opening her eyes felt like something she’d forgotten how to do.

Amber finished eating and my heart clenched tight when I saw a single tear trickling down her cheeks, I wiped it off and decided to clean her body.

“Get away from me,” She cried, wincing each time I touched her body with the cold water, “GET AWAY FROM ME!” She yelled and I jumped but still, her eyes were closed.

“I don’t want any of you to come near me. Don’t touch me.” Her head was bowed, her hair falling over and her body slumped into visible despair.

“I hate you. I hate you guys so much. I hate you.” She sobbed and my hands shook. I wanted to hold her near and whisper to her that she’s okay but I was afraid the sound of my voice would scare her off.

She’s not only hurting. She’s broken. This is what my brothers and I have done to her.

I watched as she fell back on my bed, her eyes closed as she breathed shakily, her teeth were still clattering and I could see the fear glazing her face.

‘Kill them. Kill them, Reid. All of them.’ My wolf kept repeating to me and my stomach clenched tight. I felt hot from within me and it was as though there was a volcano erupting inside of me.

Her face was pale and although her lips were chapped and slightly broken, it was incredibly tempting, so tempting that usually all I’d be able to think about was fucking her but I wasn’t thinking that now.

I want to kill them, all of them that did this to her. I’m going to kill them.

Standing to my feet, I made my way out of my room with the intention of getting to the servant’s quarters and fishing out the fucktards that dared to hurt her even though I’m no different from them.

“Reid? Where are you going?” My brother’s voice stopped me in my tracks and I turned to see Rafael behind me, he looked slightly shocked at the look I gave him but he only smiled and shrugged.

“I need to take care of something.” My wolf and I growled in unison as I dashed out of the building without a second thought.

All of them deserve to die!