Ch. 161..165: The Werewolf's Vampire Mate Chapter 161-165

Chapter 161: A war in anger is never won.

Alanis.

The moment Cassius drags Beau away my heart races against my chest. All I can focus on is the fact that he is alive. I thought he was dead, he stopped breathing. I felt alone, I didn’t know how to react to is but now I feel him again he is alive but if I chose to focus on him now, a lot of people will die.

Eligio is the first person to move. I don’t know it happens but I watch him as he takes a step towards me. Whatever Cassius did must not work from a distance. That is the only explanation I can get for this.

The vampires he brought with him all look confused.

They don’t know what to do, I don’t even know what the best solution to all this is. I know that they are not all bad. Not all of them want this. they are being forced to do this.

Once Cassius loses this fight, they are all going down with him.

Slowly, all the wolves start moving. They are all angry. Walker fields is the first to attack. I see him as he jumps so high in the air and transforms. He doesn’t wait and the minute he starts to attack the vampires, the others follow him. I don’t even know if taking Cassius was a good idea. I see people that are on our side. Bade and Brone are no part of the bad guys but this is a fight for survival and no one seems to want to even listen to sense of reasoning.

I am in the middle of this, my heart is at the top of my throat because I don’t even know what to do. I almost died in the hands of Cassius. I felt my life slip from me, I don’t know if that is what brought Beau back but I am glad he is. From a distance, I see Darrien as he runs into the crowd, a vampire tries to attack him, but he is quick to respond immediately snapping the man’s neck from his body.

I am frozen completely as he walks up to me. he is supposed to be with the kids. Why is he here?

’’Why are you here?’’ I ask him.

I see bodies falling, people are already losing their lives and I didn’t want this war. I wish things didn’t have to turn out this way.

’’Jabi convinced me to come back, I hope I didn’t make a mistake,’’ he mutters an answer. There is no time to converse as the minute I part my lips, two more vampires attack us. We both defend ourselves successfully before looking at each other again. There is confusion all around and from the looks of things, my kind is losing. I don’t want this battle to be one between vampires and wolves. I don’t want to lose any more people, especially since I know they are not as bad as it seems.

’’How do we stop this from getting worse?’’ I ask Darrien.

He shrugs and from the way he looks, it seems like his mind is not here. I don’t think it was a good idea leaving the weak ones. Okay, that didn’t sound right but Jabi and Rex cannot handle an ambush.

’’We need to stop this before we all die,’’ Bade walks up to me. His face is a battered mess. This is a fight that he wasn’t even interested in and now he could end up losing his life.

’’No one’s going to listen. The Alpha is not here, everyone is angry.’’ I look at the sight in front of me. more people are dying. The ones that are not dead are fighting.

What the fuck are we even fighting for?

’’You need to go back to those kids; I will handle this,’’ I tell Darrien because sure he could help here but he left his mate alone with no strong contender. I don’t even know how he could do that in the first place.

He shakes his head ’’Jabi will not be happy if I show up. He wants me to trust him.’’ he informs me like now is the right time for relationship problems.

This is not about the kid being happy or not. This is about the kid being alive.

’’Go now Darrien, I don’t fucking care about your relationship. Beau’s family is in that bus and he will never forgive you if anything happens to all those wolves.’’ I glare at him because he is choosing to be stubborn.

After he leaves begrudgingly, Brone walks up to us, almost in the same condition as his brother. This is all insane and I don’t even know what to do. I don’t know how to stop this.

’’No one wants this, why are we even fighting?’’ Bade shouts so loud that it distracts a couple of people close to us. The vampire fighting with a wolf manages to pin him down and unconscious, his eyes shift to us and he runs over to me, his intentions unknown to me.

’’I wonder how what I will get if I succeed to kill you,’’ he gleams as he tries to fight me but with all the anger inside me, I don’t give him a chance. I didn’t have any plans of killing him but in the heat of the moment, I succeed in ripping his heart out.

They all watch me as I grab his heart tightly, squeezing out the life from him. this is not me; I don’t like this. This needs to stop.

’’Whoa, I’m glad that’s not me.’’

From the looks of things, we are winning but it doesn’t seem like a victory. I don’t want to win this fight, since it has everything to do with Cassius and his selfishness. This is a fight that doesn’t even concern all these people. A fucking forced fight.

’’Stop as many people as you can, make sure no one fights,’’ I shout to them all because I want this to end.

Bade raises a brow ’’What if Cassius returns, we will all die,’’ he points out but for once I want to believe that we will win. Beau Just freaking back from the dead. He is alive again when I felt his heart stop. whatever happened with him makes him stronger and if he is stronger then he will take Cassius. I have to believe that because I have nothing else.

This is the last ounce of faith I have left and I am going to use it in believing in him.

He is strong, he is brave, he is a fucking fighter.

’’I am not letting any more people die,’’ I shout to them all. Eligio walks over to us, he looks fucking exhausted but I mean, we all are.

’’Stop everyone, from both sides. ’’ I tell him the plan, this should have been the plan all along. maybe the Eli’s were right. They didn’t believe in this fight because of the bloodshed that would come with it and now being here in the woods, witnessing everything just shows me how pointless this all is.

When there is a war, people will die from both sides.

This war is stupid because we are fighting because of one fucking bastard for things that don’t even make any sense. I might not understand why the wolves took Gyles all those years ago but it doesn’t matter. The truth will not make this any better. The people here don’t have anything to do with the past.

’’Okay,’’ I watch Eligio as he tries to talk to our people. it is not easy—as I expected and he has to knock some of the vampires but as we all come together, slowly, the fighting reduces.

Bade and Brone settle on his side, we focus on our side. It is easier to talk to our people, even though they are all angry. I don’t blame anyone. I am beyond pissed at the whole situation but I am thinking of the bigger picture. I am thinking of after this is all over. I don’t want the regrets that will come with all this.

Once things are calm, I take a deep breath. This is the time to address everyone—at least the people that are awake.

’’Everyone, this is not the way to win,’’ it ell them using the bravest voice I can muster up.

The sight in front of me is horrid, the bruises, all the blood but at least people are still alive.

’’He is right,’’ I hear his voice before I see him. my heart stiffens against my chest because I don’t know how to react to him. Everyone’s eyes divert away from me to him. My heart is screaming. Telling me to turn around. The fact that he is here means he won.

Right?

With shaking hands, I listen to the most vital organ in my body and turn around to face him.

My mate is alive.

Fuck.

 

Chapter 162: The bunker.

Darrien.

I get to the road I left them and find the bus, with a tyre hanging out and the spare by the side of the road. The bus is empty, all the children are gone. One of the windows on the bus is smashed in but the shocking thing is brock’s body by the side of the road.

Shit, he is dead.

I walk over to his body and carry it into the bus. this part of town is usually empty. Cars rarely pass by this road, but I don’t want to take any chances. If someone finds his body, there could be problems.

I know for a fact that Jabi is still alive because I can still feel him. My heart still knows that the blood in his veins is still flowing. Maybe that is why I am not panicking as much as I should be. I listen to Jabi and now there is the possibility that the vamps have him.

I will never forgive myself if anything happens to him.

I follow his scent into the woods, in search of him. the further I go, the stronger his scent is. Once I find him, I plan on giving him a good scolding. He needs to stop using the power he has on me to get me to do things that he wants. A part of me knew it wasn’t a good idea leaving him and Rex with all those women and children, but I wanted to believe him. He had something to prove and I wanted to be there to help him even though it was stupid of me to listen to him.

As long as he is alive, I am not upset.

My heart stops in my chest as I see the bodies in the middle of trees. They are all dead. Holy fuck.

From their scents, I can tell they are vampires. These must be part of the people that took them but where the hell are the rest and where is my link. His scents get stronger as I get close to a cave, I see them all. All the kids and women. I see rex too, he has a smile on his face when he sees me.

’’Thank God you came back,’’ he exclaims, walking over to me excitedly.

I look around in search of my link. He is not here, why the fuck is he not with the group?

’’Where is Jabi?’’ I ask him at once. Like I always say that kid is my priority. All these people don’t mean anything to me. he is the only one I care about and I know it might seem selfish but the fact that I am glad everyone is okay is progress.

He looks away from me, with hesitation. I frown. ’’Where the fuck is he?’’ I ask him again.

This time as his eyes meet mine, I don’t like the words that leave him lips. ’’He didn’t come with us. we left him with the vampires.’’

If he is talking about the vampires that I just passed by, they are all dead. So where the fuck is Jabi and why is he not with the fucking group. I swear for the better part of me, Jabi is fucking stubborn and I guess you find out these things as you spend more time with someone.

I don’t like this side of him---fuck, who am I kidding. I love all sides of Jabi. I know in that moment, he tried to be a hero. I just need to find him before anything happens to him.

’’Darrien,’’ I freeze in place when I hear his sweet voice. I turn away from Rex and to the sound of the voice and I see Jabi. My eyes shift to the person next to him. his scent is strong. He is a vampire. Swiftly, I jump over to him on reflex, pinning him to the ground.

’’Don’t hurt him,’’ Jabi shouts, this distracts me and our positions switch, me now being the one restrained. I look up at him, the confusion evident on my face ’’He is my friend,’’ he explains.

Give it to Jabi to make a friend at a time like this. His face seems familiar. I feel like I know him but I can’t put a name to his face. ’’Get off him Theo,’’ Jabi tells him and he obliges immediately.

Theo?

Who the fuck is Theo and why do I suddenly feel this wave of jealousy? Whoever this guy is, I don’t like him.

’’I’m sorry,’’ Theo apologises as he lifts me off the ground. I don’t think it is a good idea to be in the middle of the woods having this discussion.

’’What happened?’’ I ask.

Rex speaks up ’’Jabi saved us.’’

I open my eyes wide because I wasn’t expecting that. ’’Yes, he did, it was so cool,’’ a little kid pipes in. I look at them all and they are all staring at my boyfriend with so much admiration. I don’t know how I feel about this and I am still confused as to what happened but there is a feeling of pride bursting out of me. everyone said he was weak but somehow, he is not anymore.

’’I need to hear more about this, but I need to get you all out of here,’’ I tell them because I don’t know what is happening in the community. It seems like I haven’t even done anything. I have been running back and forth all night. Frankly, I just want this shit to end, so that I can focus on the important things.

I lead them back through the woods, wanting to get them to safety. The plan still stays and that means I have to make sure nothing happens to all the omegas.

’’Are you going to tell me who this man is?’’ I ask him once everyone is in front and it is just us again.

He smiles and grabs my hand. The butterflies dance around my tummy as I feel his touch. Already feeling the warmth that comes with it.

’’You don’t remember him?’’ he asks with that goofy smile that has been on his face all night. I like Jabi when he smiles. I never want to see a frown on his face.

I furrow my brow, his smile widens ’’You seem to always want to kill Theo,’’ he laughs like there is an inside joke I am not aware of.

’’When did you get chummy with him. I am the only vampire you’re allowed to be chummy with.’’

’’I am not chummy with you,’’ he denies, still smiling.

I stop walking for a second and he does the same, watching me. ’’That hurts,’’ I place my palm on my chest, pretending to be hurt. He raises a brow, probably confused at my reaction.

’’Are you really hurt?’’ he asks.

I nod.

He frowns, I regret doing this. I only want to see him smiling, so maybe this joke is not needed at a time like this.

’’I’m kidding,’’ I tell him, wanting to see that smile again.

His smile resurfaces and all is right with the world.

’’Theo is the guy you tried to kill. The one that took me from the community,’’ he refreshes my memory.

Suddenly I remember him. I didn’t kill him and apparently, it came to use seeing as he helped my baby. This war is not as straightforward as everyone thinks it is. These people are not the enemy. They are not in control of everything that’s happening.

They don’t want this as much as we don’t.

’’Why did you come back, I told you I could handle things here,’’ he asks me with a scowl, his beautiful brown eyes glaring at me.

’’Alanis sent me back,’’ I confess to him.

He nods ’’Is everything okay back there... how’s Beau?’’

The minute he mentions Beau, rex stops walking until he is by our side. I know he is wondering too. He and Beau have this close relationship. He must be worried.

’’He is fine, everyone is fine, Cassius is being handled,’’ I lie. I don’t really know if he is alright because I got there in the midst of all the chaos and I left, thanks to Alanis. I am glad that Alanis convinced me to get to my link because they needed me.

We get to the bus and me and Theo change the bad tyre. Once I start the bus, we drive until we get to the bunker. I lead them all out of the bus and into the bunker. The bunker is an underground house, which was used by the military in the 1900s. Father acquired it and it has been used as a place to getaway. Most times, we come here, to just lay low as it is off the grid.

There are a total of ten rooms.

I assign rooms to everyone, including Theo. At this point, we will just stay here till things smooth over in the community.

I am going to be optimistic and believe that everything will be okay.

We will win this fight.

I can already feel it.

Chapter 163: We finally have a win

Beau.

The moment the words leave my lips, they all stop.

The scene in front of me is heartbreaking. I have been watching Lanis like some fucking creep. Wanting to see if he would be able to stop the fighting and he did the best he could. Maybe if they all see that I am alive, they will stop. Cassius has done his last tormenting. I am going to kill him, he will suffer before he dies.

That I am sure of.

’’Enough of all this. this war is over,’’ I let out a breath as I walk closer to the scene.

I feel Lanis’s eyes on me, his breathing is unsteady. His heart is calling out to me. I feel the exact same way. Tonight, Cassius almost killed him and that is the pull I needed to wake up. Seeing him in danger is all it takes. The one person that means the world to me. all the dreams I have had, they have been the push that I needed.

’’And what about us, what about our families?’’ one of the vampires asks with so much pain in his voice.

Like I have been saying, these people are not evil by choice. they are doing this against their wills. I have to be the leader that helps them because all I want is peace. Peace between both kinds.

’’We will find them; I promise I will find everyone and make things right.’’

I never wanted this war in the first place, the only person that I wanted was Cassius and now I have him.

’’How can we trust you?’’ another person asks shakingly.

I part my lips to tell them that they can’t trust me, they don’t know me but they need to believe that I won’t betray them but Bade beats me to it ’’The wolves are trustworthy, they had the chance of killing me and my brother but they didn’t. they spared us because these are the kind of people they are.’’

I am thankful for his help, but I am also already positive that I can convince them on my own.

’’Where is Cassius?’’ someone asks, the fear clear in his voice.

’’I have him somewhere. I don’t plan on killing him until I get him to tell me where your links are.’’

His strategy was to have an army of oppressed people. people that didn’t want to hurt others. He used them all and that was how he got them to do his dirty work. I look around at the dead bodies on the ground. People have died today but the number of people alive triumphs the dead.

I didn’t want people to die.

I don’t want this to end in blood and death.

Thinking about the war before the contention, all the people that had to die. I didn’t want a repeat of that.

’’We have to trust him, there is no other choice. Or we all end up dead,’’ a female vampire speaks up and I smile at her. I need them all on my side. Even if there is just one person that is against this, it will cause a problem.

’’I need to go back home,’’ Walker announces.

I turn to him because he is right. Cassius mentioned that his pack was attacked. If all his strongest fighters are here, that means the pack was left weak and vulnerable.

’’Do you need some of my people as back up?’’ I suggest because I want to do whatever I can to help him. He came here to help me, and I owe him everything.

’’My son is in the community; he is one of my strongest people. I doubt they would’ve done as much damage as Cassius claimed with him there.’’ He brushes it off like there is nothing to worry about, but I see it in his eyes. he left his son home, and they were attacked which means there is a chance that his son could be in danger.

I manage a smile because at this point that is the only thing I can offer. ’’Thank you for everything,’’ I try.

He nods and I watch them as they all leave, not saying anything else. Once this is all over, I plan to get closer to the green springs pack. Father never kept a close relationship with neighbouring packs. We were the kind of pack that kept to ourselves but with this Cassius situation, I now know that no man is an island. Doing things alone will never work.

’’Have we all come to an agreement?’’ I ask them again because I need to know what the next step is.

Cassius will give in the moment he finds out that Gyles is alive. He will stop all this anger within him when he realises that the man, he so desperately fought for is alive. The wolves never killed him.

All his fighting was for nothing.

’’Do we have a choice?’’

I look at the vampire that voiced out his concerns. ’’You all have a choice. if you still want to fight, then we will fight but I am doing this because I don’t want to fight. I don’t want to hurt any more people.’’

I am done fighting.

’’Okay, we will retreat for now, but you have to help us. you have to help us find them.’’

There is a chance of a better tomorrow with that promise. I know things are only going to get better from here on out. we part ways with the vamps, and I go back to the community with Lanis and the rest of my family.

’’Can you call Darrien. Make sure Rex and Jabi and the rest are okay?’’ I ask Bells because suddenly the exhaustion of everything kicks in.

We have a total of three fatalities. It hurts but It is better than what would have happened if we didn’t stop this. Lanis has been staring at me all night. I don’t know what is going on in his head, but I don’t like the look he has on his face. it is very worrisome.

In situations like this, he is usually the calm one. He always has everything under control but why does it feel like he is about to break down?

’’Can you contact the Elis? I need Gyles.’’ I tell him.

He nods as we walk into the house. I had transformed back into my human body and now I need a hot shower to wash away the fight and everything that happened today. here I am still thinking about how wrong things could have turned out today, but I am glad it didn’t.

’’Okay,’’ he responds softly as he closes the door behind him. I am already naked, so all I need to do is head over to the shower. I can’t leave him right now knowing something is eating at him.

’’What’s wrong?’’

He shakes his head immediately brushing it off like its nothing. I know better to listen to his outer words. I want to know what he is feeling within. There is a pain in his eyes that he is trying to hide from me.

’’You know we are better than that lie. I can see right through you.’’ I tell him, slowly walking over to him. I grab his hands in mine and he closes his eyes as a tear slides out of his eye. It is just one tear; I know there are more that he is trying to push back.

’’Baby, talk to me.’’ I pull him into my arms, and he rests his face in the crook of my neck, clutching unto me tightly. It almost feels like he is terrified to let me go. I feel the same way. Today, I almost lost him. I know how that feels, I never want it to happen.

’’You died, I saw you die in front of me and there was nothing I could do,’’ I can’t see his face now but I almost sure the tears are giving up. I know he is sobbing and sometimes it is good to let it all out. I want him to cry all the tears out, I want to be his strength at this moment.

’’I am never leaving you. Nothing is going to take my future away from you. I promise you that Lanis.’’

This is my promise to him.

We have a lot to look forward to.

Two beautiful children, a life together. Why the fuck would I let go of all that. The day I touched him, the day we formed that bond, it was the start of a beautiful future that not even motherfucking Cassius can take away from us. we have worked too hard. We have fought and lost, we have suffered too much not to get our happy ending.

’’I love you Lanis, I love you with my whole being. Our love will always win, I promise you.’’

I don’t know who I am trying to convince or reassure but I think it is working for the both of us.

Letting out a heavy breath, I close my eyes still in his arms, happy that we finally have a win.

Chapter 164: Fifteen minutes to spare

Beau.

Rest for the rest of the night and face tomorrow head-on. That was the plan, but I have been unable to close my eyes. as long as Cassius is still alive, I don’t think I can sleep. I have been tossing and turning all night in Lanis’s arms. I know he is awake. How can we sleep after everything?

Yeah, I feel exhausted, almost like my body is wearing out but my mind is running a mile a minute.

’’Can’t sleep?’’ he mutters quietly in the dead of the night.

I turn to face him and his eyes are wide open ’’I think my mind won’t let me rest until Cassius is taken care of. I need to make sure it is not a mistake leaving him chained up and not dead.’’

He nods ’’Why didn’t you kill him?’’

That is a good question. All this while I have been talking about killing the man and the second I have the opportunity; I do the opposite.

’’I want him to see the big mistakes he has made in his life. He did all this for Gyles and the guy is still alive. I want him to die having regrets.’’

That is the truth. He still has no remorse; he is never going to regret killing all those people. I need to make sure he has all the remorse that comes with being responsible for a thousand deaths. Until he does, I will not kill him.

’’We can try the Elis now, get things fast-tracked,’’ he tells me, sitting up on the bed. I feel that exact way. I want to continue my normal life. The one where I figure out how it will be possible to have kids with Lanis. I know my dreams haven’t happened, but I am so sure that it is real. I am sure that we are going to have those beautiful babies. I feel them even though they don’t exist yet.

’’Can we do that?’’ I ask, he stands up from the bed and walks over to the table where he dropped his phone.

’’I’ll call father, that is the only way we can get through to them.’’

I nod and stand up from the bed, putting on my clothes. I watch him as he gives his father a relay of everything that happened. The man in front of me looks fucking amazing. Slowly, I walk over to him and wrap my arms around his waist from behind. He continues his conversation, pulling me closer at the same time with that smile I love from him.

’’Yeah, so can we meet up with them now?’’ he asks his father. I don’t hear the other end of the call, not like I really want to because now, all I am focused on is his neck and how delicious it looks so close to my lips. I take a soft swirl with the tip of my tongue and I feel him shudder against my touch.

’’Thanks, father,’’ he says ending the call and turning around swiftly to face me. my arms are still around his waist as I pull him even closer, feeling all of him on me. He leans forward slowly, my eyes stay fixed on him. I want to see him, I want to hold him, I want to taste him so badly.

’’Father said he will call them and get back to me. so we should expect his call in the next fifteen minutes.’’

I look at the clock by my bedside table and then back at him. fifteen minutes should be more than enough to have a full taste of him.

’’I know what you’re thinking,’’ he accuses me with a half-smile and a glare. He is trying to call my bluff, but I know that I know I don’t need more than ten to make him cum.

’’Do you want to bet?’’ I ask him, desperately wanting this challenging distraction.

’’Your head is definitely not in sex right now. You cant even sleep.’’ He mentions with that lazy smile still on his face. I see the exhaustion in his eyes. we are all tired but I think the validation of having this intimate moment with him is exactly what I need to feel alive again.

I grab both his legs up until they are around my waist and this gets a squeal out of him. holy fuck, if that sound doesn’t turn me on. My dick rises against the pants I just put on and suddenly I regret putting clothes on. I have fifteen minutes to get him and me to that euphoric bliss that comes with an orgasm. Taking off clothes will just waste time.

’’What are you doing?’’ he giggles in my arms as I lead him to the bed. It is a mess right now but with him on it, naked, I am sure we can make that work.

Lanis has never acted this way. He is being too cute right now and it is driving me fucking insane.

Gently tossing him on the bed, he laughs in amusement. To him, this is funny, when all I have is a target to meet. I take off my shirt and pants hurriedly. Leaving me in just my boxers. His eyes stay on me, I see the hunger in them as he watches me, stroke my dick seductively. I watch his dick as it rises up against his boxers. Unlike me, he only has one of my shirts on and his boxers on. I am the dumbo that decided to wear clothes right before I was about to fuck him.

He smiles mischievously as he uses his index finger to gesture me closer ’’Come on, you have twelve minutes left,’’ he observes.

I jump on the bed and this gets another giggle out of his lips just as I smash mine against him hungrily. A moan escapes his lips and I breathe into his mouth, taking it all in. He is still smiling into the kiss as I pull his boxers off immediately, pulling apart from him to do the same to his shirt, he helps me and smashes his lips to mine as I grab his dick and start to stroke him off. I feel him tremble against me, the chills spreading to me. My wolf shrieks from the pure joy of having my soul mate in my arms in this way.

He grabs my dick, and the internal cry comes out, the pure joy of his touch. My fingers find their way into his entrance and this gets a soft gasp out of him as I slide one inside, getting him ready. He lets go of my dick and clutches unto my back, scratching me as he tries to control himself. I smile because I like this reaction, I like that I rile him up to the point where he can’t control himself. In a rush, I place my dick, close to his entrance. He opens his eyes, just as I pull away from him, to see his face. he smiles, kissing him on his forehead just as I slide into him. he screams out from the pleasure just as I pull out from him, smashing into him again.

’’Fuck,’’ he screams out as I push into him and then out of him. my head is spinning. He is driving me crazy, but I don’t want to stop. I don’t want this to end. I reach for his dick and start to stroke him. I want to make sure he gets there. I made a promise to him and I have to fulfil it.

’’Yeah baby, right there,’’ he screams out as I hit that spot that I have gotten so used to. He clutches onto me tighter and I do just as he ordered. I move even faster against him. His eyes roll to the back of his head and I smile, completely loving the reaction.

The moment I feel him stiffen; I push into him one last time until he spills all over me. the sound that leaves his lips, send me over the edge and has me spilling inside him. my legs trembling against him.

’’That was insane,’’ he breathes out heavily, just as I pull out of him and lie on my back straight.

’’Yeah,’’ I nod in agreement. I check the clock beside me and there are still five minutes to spare. I never thought I would be happy for cumming early. This is a first for me and I love everything about it.

I pull him closer to me, not minding the fact that we are both sweaty and messy ’’You are amazing,’’ I tell him.

This gets a chuckle out of him ’’I didn’t do anything. you are the one that did all the work,’’ he interjects but I shake my head because there is no way he didn’t do anything. just lying down there being pretty is all he needed to do.

My mate is awesome.

Chapter 165: Infected

Alanis.

He rocked my world in just fifteen minutes.

I didn’t realize I was holding my breath all night until our intimate moment. Everything that happened is still messing with my head. I almost lost him and I have been unable to get over it. Seeing him lying down on the cold ground and not being able to do anything about it is haunting to me.

’’Thanks for not dying,’’ I breathe into his arms, suddenly getting comfortable. Maybe that was just what I needed to relax and now I don’t want to get up.

’’You didn’t die either, we are both alive and I am grateful,’’ he kisses the side of my neck, as his arms pull me even closer. My phone vibrates on the bed and I see a message from my father.

FATHER: Meet them at the hotel. They are waiting.

I jump up from the bed and he watches me, even without a word, he already knows what it is ’’The same place?’’ he asks eagerly. I know he wants to end all these things that have to do with Cassius. We are all tired and I feel like as long as he is still alive, we will be unable to rest.

’’Yeah,’’

We get dressed, yet again but this time there are smiles on our faces. I guess sex does that to a person. There is a Zen mode that my brain has entered. Nothing can piss me off at this moment. Not even Cassius and all the drama that comes with him. I can already see the light shining bright at the end of the tunnel and I doubt that anything can ruin it but I don’t want to jinx this new feeling inside me, so I am going to take things easy and slow. Focus on the right now.

After getting dressed, we head for his truck, which is parked outside. It has been a while since he drove his truck. I have always thought his truck just makes him even more appealing. Maybe it is just me but it is such a turn on.

’’What’s the plan? We need to figure out what we’re going to say to them?’’ he tells me. He is talking about his anger issues. I know he doesn’t want to get upset today. I look out the window as the sun is rising slowly. The orange reflection that comes with the sunrise, hits my eyes. Another day has come but today seems a lot brighter.

’’That we have Cassius.’’

He frowns ’’What if they want to take him? You know they are not too hell-bent on killing him."

That is the truth but I want to believe that they will let us do things our way. We are the ones that caught him. They didn’t do anything to help us. This is all Beau’s handwork and they can’t tell him what to do. ’’You tell them how you plan on handling this. The Elis have no control over you guys. It’s the vampires the control.’’ I remind him that he is still the leader of the pack. He is the one that gets to make all the decisions.

’’This is not up to them. When you go there, I want you to be confident, demand, don’t request.’’

’’They are not the best crowd to be authoritative towards. Atieno kind of gives me the creeps,’’ he blushes, showing me the side of him that is vulnerable. Beau is not the best with words and most times, I think that is where I come in play. I help him with communication but this time, it has to be from him. He has to show them that he is the boss, he is the one in control.

’’Just be yourself, do not agree to anything they demand. We are not letting Cassius go to them,’’ I tell him. Cassius has to die. He should be executed. That is the only way this will all end.

Beau starts the car and just as we are about to reverse, Blue walks over to us waving frantically. I roll the window to my side down and he peers into the car. Beau told Blue to check on Cassius. He said he wasn’t healing from his bite. I don’t think he deserves any special treatment but Beau wants to make sure he is alive to see Gyles. To me, it is like a final goodbye. Seeing the man he loved before finally dying but to Beau, it is torture. He wants Cassius to see Gyles and regret all his decisions. If he finds out that the man he did all this for is still alive, he will hate himself.

Whatever Beau thinks is best, is what we will go with. I fully trust him and all his decisions.

’’You need to see him before you go,’’ he tells us with the same straight face that he always carries. Blue is the calmest wolf I have seen in this pack. He is so big, that you would think he was all bark but most times when he speaks, it has this comforting tone that makes you feel like you can trust him.

He has been of so much help since he came, I don’t even know how they were surviving without him before. ’’We are on our way out, can this wait?’’ Beau asks him calmly.

He shakes his head ’’Just a couple of minutes. It won’t take time. I just think you need to see this.’’ He tells both of us and this lets me think that this is something serious. We get down from the car and walk behind him to the house where Cassius is being kept.

’’Is it something to worry about?’’ I ask him.

’’Not really, I mean the motherfucker needs to die but I just want to know what caused his infection. It seems weird that he is not healing.’’

Beau bit him, so that means whatever happened to Beau while he was dead, changed the dynamics. Something is different about him but we don’t know what it is.

We go down the basement and the moment I see him, all the anger that I thought was gone resurfaces. He is unconscious on the ground but I want to rip his head out of his body. I hate this man so much, I never thought I could feel this much hate. My eyes go to the bite around his neck. It is a dark purple colour against his pale white skin. The veins around his neck are black. They look almost like ink on his skin. The damage Beau’s bite seems very vast.

A smile sprawls to my face from this scene in front of me. I love this so much. The fact that the love of my life ended up being the death of this bastard is everything to me.

"It seems to have gotten worse,’’ Beau points out in confusion.

I know he is worrying that something is wrong with him but all I can think of is how defeated Cassius looks right now. ’’This is a fucking good thing, He is going to die, no matter what,’’ I am still smiling. God, I can’t help myself. This is the best news I have heard all year. The fact that we don’t even have to kill him and the motherfucker is still going to die, just shows how weak he is.

’’It is not that simple, if Beau’s bite did this, that means his bite might be poisonous to your kind.’’

I furrow my brows in confusion ’’what do you mean? Are you saying his bite could affect me the same way it did him,’’ I point to Cassius. He nods immediately. Now I am not as happy as I was. I don’t want to have any limits with my link. This could end up being a bad thing.

Fuck.

Slowly Cassius’s eyes open wide and he tries to get up from the floor but the minute he moves, the chains burn him and this gets a loud cry from him ’’What the fuck did you do to me?’’ he looks at Beau and all the hate is pouring out of his eyes.

’’Nothing you didn’t deserve,’’ Beau answers him confidently.

I like this side of him. He is being very confident. Whatever happened to him when he died made him better. I really don’t know what Blue is thinking but I don’t think the repercussion will be negative.

’’This is not over,’’ Cassius mutters weakly.

The man is a shell of himself and he doesn’t want to even admit it to himself. If by some miracle, he gets the opportunity to escape, I doubt he will last long. His scent is fading, he is already weak and the look of his injury, there is no getting better.

’’Whatever you say Cassius.’’

Beau walks away from the man and we all follow him ’’what do you think this means, do you need to check my blood?"’ he asks.

Blue nods his head ’’Yes, maybe when you get back?’’

We both nod with the hopes that this doesn’t become a problem.