Ch. 31..35: The Werewolf's Vampire Mate Chapter 31-35

Chapter 31: Bonding after an attack

Beau

I see one of my brothers, at the brink of death and I don’t know what to do. Everyone is already awake at this point. I walk over to Moe and his eyes are slightly open. Getting on my knees I grab him by his waist until he is in my arms. I need to get him help first. He groans out in pain as I lift him up and carry him. Blood covers my body as I lead him to the direction of our infirmary. Someone did this to him and whoever did this came into the community. I see the bite marks on his neck. There are numerous, which tells me that Moe fought with whoever hurt him.

I stop in front of the infirmary and Volk, one of the healers walks out and his eyes open wide from the shock that is in my arms.

"What happened?" he asks as the same time grabs Moe from me. I follow him into the building and he places Moe on a bed in a room.

"I don’t know, i found him like this. Will he be alright?"

At this point, Moe Is unconscious and barely breathing. I can sense the life slipping out of him, he got bit by a vampire, I don’t know if he will be able to survive. Ogma, another healer comes into the room and the same expression is on his face. I watch them as they cut the clothes off Moe and start to clean him up and my heart breaks from the view. I don’t know what is happening and I don’t know why all this is happening but it is just too much. They are killing my family and I am supposed to be the leader, I am supposed to be the brave face but right now I don’t know what to do. I am terrified. How do they all look up to me when I don’t even know what to do.

Ogma leads me out of the room and as the doors close my heart crumbles in my chest. I might never see Moe alive again. He might lose his life today and there is nothing I can do to help him "We will do everything we can," she tries to give me some assurance but it is not working. All the hope i had earlier is slowly dying.

The door to the entrance of the infirmary opens and Bells walks in with an alarming expression. Her hair is packed up to a messy bun and she is dressed in shorts and a sports bra. "What’s wrong?" I ask her already scared of her being here.

"They are still here, Alanis went after them."

My heart stops for a second at her words, I don’t want to believe her right now "What are you talking about?" I ask her hoping it is not what I think it is. I can’t lose him right now.

He ran into the woods, he said he could still sense them. The people that hurt Moe, he said they are more than one.

I don’t wait for her to finish talking; I don’t try to get more information. I don’t know where I am going but the speed, I take to the direction of the woods is fast and unlike any I have ever done. I run until my limbs break, I run until I am at my strongest and fastest. I can smell Lanis from a mile away, he is surrounded by unfamiliar scents. I smell blood. I stop in front of a view that I never want to witness again and as Alanis fights with three vamps my heart breaks. The anger in me surfaces, and the only thing I want to do is protect him, I need to protect him.

He doesn’t notice me as he jumps and grabs one of the vampires by the neck. I hear bones break. I know they will heal, this is an ambush, three to one is an unfair battle and I run to help him. Lanis notices me but it is too late. I feel the jump from behind. i am in my wolf form. I should’ve sensed whoever it is but I was too distracted. The man grabs me from behind and scratches the space between my head and chest. I feel the pain but in my wolf form, I am stronger. Being caught off guard, he pushes me so hard and so fast that I feel the bark of a tree break beneath me.

Lanis shouts out my name but is unable to leave his battle to help me. i see the man responsible for my attack and anger boils from within me "The man of the hour," he mutters with a demonic smile. His eyes are a bright red, he has a murderous expression plastered on his face and as he smiles, his fangs come into view, there is blood dripping in between his lips. I stand all four and he walks closer to me, he wants this fight and I want to kill him so badly.

"We’ve been waiting for you, too bad you had to send your boyfriend to come fight your battles." I look to where Lanis is and they are no longer fighting. The other three vampires have him gripped and on his knees, his wounds that they caused seems to have healed but I have never seen him in this weak condition before.

I shift back to my human form because it doesn’t seem like they intend to fight anymore "What do you want?" I ask the man. He is still smiling but now there is an amused expression on his face. He is enjoying this a little too much and it is getting on my nerves.

"I want to kill all of you," he answers me point blank.

His words anger me but I won’t win this battle now, especially with Lanis being so weak. "There is a treaty, you are not allowed to hurt us," I explain.

He laughs.

"I don’t conform to rules, I do whatever the fuck I want to," the tone of his voice is conceited and I know who this is. This is the man, in the video, this is the man that Lanis said was going to start the war. He must be so brave to come here, to come to my home, to hurt my family.

"How dare you trespass?" I yell.

This makes his laugh again; this Is all fun and games to him. People’s lives are at risk and he doesn’t give a shit.

"Leave now before you get hurt," I warn him. All I have to do is howl, that is all I need to do to get the rest of my pack here and ready to attack. They are no match for all of us. It will be four of them against every one of my family.

"With a snap, Lanis could be dead right now, I am surprised he even had the strength to try and fight." I am confused and he gets joy in explaining "When last did he have blood?" he asks me. I don’t have a clue, and that makes me realize that I haven’t taken any time to focus on his needs, it has been about me for the past couple of days and now this happens.

"You don’t even know, this is not a fight with my kind, but I will be back. I will be back and you will all be dead the next time I show up," he doesn’t wait for me to react or reply as they all jump up to the trees and disappear. I don’t chase after them because I don’t want to fight right now. I am exhausted and I need to help my mate.

Lanis falls to the ground and his eyes close slowly "Baby," I grab him into my arms and lift him up. his eyes open and he smiles faintly, his voice weak "I am sorry I couldn’t fight them," he manages.

I shake my head because he shouldn’t be the one apologizing. This is all my fault, I didn’t take care of him and now he is hurt "Come on, let’s get you home," I lead us back to the houses and stop once we are in front of mine. Fallon is outside with a couple other people and he walks over to me immediately with a frown "What is going on? I heard Moe was attacked by vampires.’’

I sigh because I can’t think about that right now, I need to get Lanis back to normal strength. He needs blood and I need to find blood to give him "Get everyone to the meeting room, I will be with you guys in thirty minutes," I tell him. I can sense the anger due to the fact that I am ordering him around but I don’t give a shit right now.

He sighs and we walk into the house but different directions. Rex is in front of my room with a worried expression. He follows me as I place Lanis on my bed softly. He trembles beneath the sheets and I become more worried.

"What’s wrong with him?" Rex asks shakily.

"He needs blood," I explain "I need you to get me a bag of blood," I command him.

He shakes "Where would I get a bag of blood from right now?"

I glare at him because I have no fucking clue but I need him to go and find a way "Fucking bring a human here if you have to, I don’t have time for this shit." I shout at him and he runs out of the room and out of my site.

I look at Lanis and his eyes are open, his breathing is unsteady and terrifying "Baby," I call him. He manages a smile and reaches for me. His hand brushes my face slowly "I’ll be fine," he stutters.

"What do I do?" I ask him.

"Call Eligio, he will help," I grab his phone from the bedside table and check the call log. I dial his number and surprisingly he answers on the first ring "Are you okay?" he questions almost like he knew something was wrong.

"We need blood, help us,"

"Is he awake? let me talk to him,"

"He’s barley conscious, should I send someone over?"

"I’ll bring some right away." Eligio ends the call and I drop the phone on the bed with shaking hands.

"It’s fine, I’ll be alright." he tries to assure me. I don’t believe him and my heart is heavy in my chest. I won’t be able to survive if something happens to him.

"What about my blood?" I ask him.

He furrows his brows like he can’t comprehend what I am saying. Like my words are foreign to me. "My blood, I’ll give you my blood," I pull him up on the bed until he is resting on my chest.

"I can’t, what if something happens to you?" he is hesitant but I need to save him first.

"I’ll be fine, trust me."

I place my wrist in front of his lips and he watches me with the little strength he has left in him. He is unsure but I watch as his eyes stare at my wrists hungrily. "Come on baby," I urge him.

His fangs spring up and this is the second time I am seeing him in his true form. Somehow, I am excited, I want to experience this with him. I love him so much. As his fangs pierce into my skin and I feel the sting, relief escapes from my lips with a soft sigh. The color on his skin brightens and the light in his eyes shine as he watches me and takes part of me into him.

I close my eyes because this moment feels more intimate than sex.

This feels like a bond.

Chapter 32: My home.

Alanis

Blood.

The basic necessity for my survival.

I’ve tasted all kinds of blood, from different humans. I’ve never had the blood of a wolf. I don’t know what it’ll do to me but at this moment, I have never felt stronger. The veins around my neck protrude. My senses heighten, I can feel my body accept all that is Beau completely.

I suck deeper into his veins and his blood spills into my mouth and down my chin. I continue sucking in his blood not taking my eyes off him, I don’t want to drain him. I will only take what I need, I don’t want to hurt him in the process.

Beau is staring at me, his breathing is heavy, it almost seems like he is enjoying this. I have never gotten this reaction from anyone before. No human has ever had this expression on their face from my bite. This feels a little too special. I grab unto his wrist tighter and he moans he fucking moans and that turns me on.

Shit.

The moment I notice the color of his skin start to disappear; I start to pull away from him. He watches me as I move away from him until my back is pressed against the headboard of his bed. His breath is heavy and my heart breaks at the view. I can’t believe I did this to him. I don’t want to feed off of him.

"Babe." I manage but he still has a dazed expression on his face. I want to reach out to touch him but the bite marks of my fangs on his wrist is all I can see. i am too scared to touch him right now. "Are you okay?" i ask him.

He clutches his palm on his chest, still breathing heavily. Now I am worried. This can’t hurt him.

Right?

"It feels weird. I don’t know, something is different."

I shift closer to him "How do you feel?"

He shrugs "I don’t know. I feel happy and ecstatic. I feel complete," i reach for him and he holds me in his arms "Everything is a mess right now, but I am not scared at all.’’

I release a sigh of relief because for a second, I thought something was wrong with him. The fact that he doesn’t have any regrets to giving me his blood is making me at ease. "They say there is a euphoric bliss to getting bit, did you feel it?"

He nods immediately and kisses my forehead softly; his breath is still heavy. "It wasn’t scary, it was amazing,’ his lips press to mine and I let him. We kiss and a part of me is glad. Nothing but this man matters to me. I am at the point in my life where he is the most important person to me.

"When last did you eat?" he asks after our kiss.

I furrow my brows because I don’t want to answer that question. I don’t want to tell him that I haven’t eaten in three days because all I have been able to think about is him. I have been so worried about him that I couldn’t focus on anything but that.

"You know what I am talking about," he snaps noticing the avoidance in my eyes.

"It’s not important, I am fine now,’’ I try to assure him but he is not having it.

"Tell me, when last did you have blood?"

"Babe--" he cuts me mid sentence "Don’t try to hide this, I need your complete honesty, tell me now," the alpha in him comes out and a smile comes to my face. i don’t mind the dominating tone in his voice. I want to be controlled by him, don’t mind it at all.

"A couple of days," I tell him.

He sighs and runs his hands through his hair "You almost died and I couldn’t protect you," he is beating himself up for this.

"You did."

He shakes his head "Don’t do this to me again, I am begging you," tears well up in his eyes. He is about to cry and this is breaking my heart. I wrap my arms around his waist and pull him even closer to me. The tears drop and I know he is trying his best to control it. I have watched this man cry too much and I hate that I can’t do anything to make him feel better. I hate that ever since we met all I have done is cause him pain.

I hate myself so much right now.

"I promise, this won’t happen again." I kiss his temple and his head rests on my chest. This man is holding me and crying and being vulnerable and I love that he gets comfort from this. I love him so much.

"We have a lot to deal with, I need you to have all the strength you can. If you need blood don’t ever fail to ask me. I will give you my last breath if I have to,"

He is overreacting but I understand him completely. Me being weak is not a great sight to see, a vampire without blood is nothing and at that moment, he must have been terrified.

"It won’t come to that," I assure him.

He nods with his head resting on my shoulder "I called everyone for a meeting, I need to go now,’ he sighs in my arms. "Eligio is supposed to be here soon. Shit, I forgot about him," as the words leave his lips there is a knock on the door. Rex walks into the room with a bag in his grasp.

"I got the blood," he tells Beau.

Beau pulls back from me and stands up from the bed, he walks over to his friend and collects the bag from him. "Thank you, I am sorry for freaking out."

Rex smiles "I get it, it’s fine. You’re alright now,’ he directs at me.

I nod. "Thanks."

"Fallon is asking for you," he tells Beau.

"Yeah, wait for me outside."

Rex walks out of the room and Beau faces me "Do you wanna come with me for the gathering?"

I shake my head immediately "No, you do this on your own. I’ll call El, see where he is and go meet up with him,"

We both get dressed and he leads me out of the house. Outside the compound he sighs "What if they are still waiting for you in the woods?" he asks with worry on his face.

"I will be fine. It is not me they want," I remind him.

He sighs again "I know, but they could use you to get me," he is scared. i totally understand why, but he doesn’t need to worry about me. I can take care of myself.

"I promise, I will be alright," he plants a soft kiss on my forehead and I close my eyes to engrave his scent to my memory. I won’t be gone for a while but I don’t even want to leave him. Once he goes back into the house, I walk to the direction that leads out of the community. I look up at the sky and the morning sun is rising with an orange glow. I dial Eligio’s number and he answers immediately "I am almost there," that’s the first thing he says.

I chuckle "It’s taking you quite a while to save my life," I am messing with him. This is my way of letting him know that I am alright.

"Fuck L, you had us all worried, why the fuck would you stop taking blood. You know the repercussions," he is yelling obviously furious.

"I know, I just lost track of time and then that wasn’t my priority at the moment. Where are you?"

"I’m just parking at the lot that leads to the border of the wolves," he explains.

Rolling my eyes "You even took your precious time that you drove, wow. I thought you’d run to save your favorite bro."

He laughs "Dude, you weren’t gonna die," he exclaims.

Truth is, it would have taken a while for me to eventually stop breathing, so I can understand why L didn’t take this as a danger situation but Beau is different. He won’t stand to watch me in pain. I could see it in his eyes, just the thought of losing me is enough to have him risk it all.

"Fuck you," I get to the border. This is the beginning of the area where vampires are not supposed to cross but somehow that doesn’t mean anything anymore, as they have all decided to start breaking the rules. There will be chaos if there are no rules.

i don’t want the chaos.

I see Eligio in the parking lot. He is dressed in Beige pants and a dress shirt with shades on his face. He smiles when he sees me and ends the call. I walk until I am close to him and he stretches his hand out to show me the bag of blood.

"Here you go,"

I collect it from him and he laughs "You had to show him the pussy side of you right," he winks.

I hit him playfully and this makes him laugh even harder "Fuck you,"

"How did you get out of the funk?" he wants to know what I took. That much is obvious.

"His blood."

He furrows his brows "Werewolf blood?"

"Yes," I answer him like it is not a big deal. I don’t know if that was a mistake but I don’t have any regrets. Having a taste of Beau made me feel closer to him. There was a bonding moment between us. it was the best feeling.

"Is he alright?"

I nod. "Yes, he is."

"You need to come home, father will be back in a couple of hours. He wants you safe at home,"

I frown "I told you I can’t, they attacked them today, he needs me by his side. I need to keep him safe."

"What? When?"

"Early in the morning, only one person was hurt. They said they’d be back."

"You saw Cassius?"

I nod.

He runs his hands through his hair "He will not hesitate to kill you, he will not waste any time. You can’t be risking your life like this," he is trying to scare me but it is not working. He needs to understand that I have a link now, Beau comes before everything else. Even my own safety.

"I can’t come home. For now, this is my home. Beau is my home. I will not leave him when he needs me the most,"

El sighs but he understands me. He would do the same if Elu was in danger. The moment you bond with your link, you become one with the person.

I won’t leave Beau because leaving him is like forsaking myself.

Chapter 33: Decisions to be made

Beau

Everyone is gathered when I walk into the meeting room. They all look worried; I feel their pain because I am terrified but I have to act like I am not. I have to be strong for everyone.

"Took you long enough," Fallon barks once I am seated.

I roll my eyes because I don’t have a response to his attitude right now. I have bigger things to worry about. "We are under attack," I go straight to the point. I have decided to be completely transparent with them all. No lies, no secrets.

Everyone starts to mumble all at the same time and the room becomes so noisy. They are all worried and I don’t blame them, I am worried too, but I will figure this out. I won’t let that monster win.

"The vamps?" someone in the crowd asks.

I shake my head "Not the vampires, just one. His name is Cassius Blade."

"What does he want from us?"

"He wants us dead."

My answer is honest and that is the way it is going to be from now. They all look at me with shock ridden faces. Everyone is terrified. After the contention, we all lived an easy life. No one is ready for war even though it might actually come to that. We are going to have to fight back, we have to kill him.

"I know this is scary, this is a lot to handle but we have to come up with a plan. We can’t leave the community unguarded. They attacked Moe last night and they plan to come back," I explain.

I get a couple of nods "Is Moe okay?"

"The healers are doing all they can, I will go in later and check on him. For now, I want everyone’s eyes and ears open. We are going to have to put up the fences and lock them up, no children should roam about for the meantime and we only hunt in groups." they all watch me as I lay orders, even Fallon is surprisingly quiet. I know he is waiting for me to fail so he can take over but I don’t plan on failing.

"I will speak Alanis’s family, they are on our side," I assure them "Once they update me, we will know what to do. Please stay indoors and safe," the meeting ends and Fallon stops me on my way back to my room.

"You know you are going to get a lot of us killed,"

I frown "I am trying to be a leader,"

He laughs "You are not ready to lead. You don’t even know what the fuck you are doing," he is not completely wrong. This is all new to me and I am trying my best.

"What do you suppose we do?"

"We have to hunt this bastard down; we can’t wait for an ambush like last night."

As usual, he wants blood on his hands, I will never trust Uncle Fallon, so his opinion will never matter to me. The fact that he wants to take my family out to fight a war that he is so eager for is unbelievable. We don’t even know how to find this Cassius man.

"We can’t start this on our own, we fight him the next time he trespasses. We will not raise the first sword," violence isn’t always the answer. The fact that my mate is a Vampire, makes me a little partial towards his kind. I don’t want to be the cause of another war.

I want peace.

I want to be happy.

"Three of my brothers were killed, your father beheaded and you want us to wait for them to strike again. You are making a big mistake," he brings up the death of my father and this brings a sting to my heart. The reminder that we are going to have to bury him today and say goodbye to him crawls back out and I don’t want to be here with Fallon anymore.

"I have to go," I tell him.

He laughs "I will watch you fail, and don’t say I didn’t warn you," he walks away from me and a sigh escapes my lips. The fact that the only true relative I have doesn’t believe in me hurts.

I go into my room and Alanis is seated on the bed. He looks up with a wide smile when he sees me. I am glad he is back. "Hi."

I crawl to the bed because I just want to breathe him in for a couple of hours "How was the meeting?"

"I told everyone about Cassius,"

He looks at me "Oh, how did they react?"

"Everyone is just scared. This is kind of new to us. No one wants to fight. Except for Fallon,"

"We don’t want it to come to that."

"It might have to though; Moe is fighting for his life right now."

He sits up on the bed and I hold him tightly "Is he going to make it?"

"I don’t think so,"

He sighs and runs his hands through his hair "What if I can help?"

I furrow my brows "What do you mean?"

"Not me specifically but Darrien can heal him,"

"Are you serious?"

He nods. ’’it is a long shot but as long as Moe is still alive, he can be revived. Derrien is the only one in my family that has healing powers. Everyone has different strengths and that is his’’

"Would he agree to this?" I am already getting excited the smile on Alanis’s face is heart-warming.

"I’m sure he would."

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I walk into the infirmary and one of the healers smiles warmly at me. I know from her expression that things are not good with Moe. I can smell his scent and it is weak.

"How is he?’’ I ask.

She sighs ’’Not good, his mother has been with him all day,’’ she explains sadly.

’’Can I see him?’’ I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up until Lanis is sure that he can help him. A lot is already happening in the pack, disappointing everyone is not part of my plan. She leads me into one of the rooms and I see Liza—Moe’s mother seated on a chair next to the bed, she stands up immediately and I notice the worn-out expression on her face. in a couple of hours, her whole world has collapsed in front of her.

She manages a faint smile but I see the pain in her eyes, she is hurting from this and I know how she feels completely. Moe is the only one she has, Liza lost her mate to the war and she has raised her son to be a respectable person. Moe is one of the calmest persons I have ever met. He is a Beta, and very caring towards the Alphas of the pack.

"How is he holding up?" I say in the most compassionate tone I can muster.

"He is barely holding up; his scent is weak. I feel like he is slipping away from us," she cries and I can’t help but hold her in a hug. She needs someone right now and by some miracle, if Lanis somehow convinces his brother to help us, he could be saved.

"He is strong, trust in him. He will fight to survive,"

I walk over to the bed after she has let out some of her frustrations in my arms and look at his figure sprawled on the bed. He is less of the man that he is right now. The paleness of his skin is evident. He is breathing but I can hear the beating of his heart. It is weak, just like he looks right now wrapped in bandages. I don’t know what happened to Moe, I don’t know why he had to be the one at the short end of the stick but I will try my best to make sure this doesn’t happen to anyone else.

I leave the infirmary and see Jabi sitting on a rock close to my house. He is dressed in only shorts. The bones on his body look a lot more today. "Jabi," I walk over to him and he stands up immediately.

"Hello," he manages nervously.

"Why are you outside, we are in a very dangerous situation right now. I don’t want you roaming around alone." I warn him since he wasn’t in the meeting. There are a lot of things I want to change in this pack. I want to change the stigma that alone omega is not allowed to be involved. He has no one, he is on his own and no one seems to care that he could be killed, having no one to protect him. I hate, that he has to go through this.

"I heard about the vampire, I just wanted to make sure Moe is okay, how is he doing?"

"He will be fine," I assure him because I am going to believe in Lanis. I trust him with my whole being and if he says he can do this then he will do this.

"Don’t worry yourself; he will be fine. Go home right now."

He nods and I watch him leave. I walk back into the house and go into Rex’s room. "I need you to send over meat to Jabi. I need this to be a frequent thing. I can’t have the little pup starving." I order him.

He manages a nod and I leave with thoughts that scare me.

Am I a good leader?

Chapter 34: Reassurance.

Alanis

"No."

"Darrien, a kid is dying," I bellow from the shock that he would be so quick to say no. Eligio laughs because this is somehow amusing to him. I pace around the four walls of his room and Darrien still has a frown on his face. I still wonder why he hates me so much.

We never had any form of connection; I have connected with every one of my family but it never clicked with us.

"This is a wolf you’re talking about. I will never use my powers for the good of them." I sigh because I can’t believe I left Beau and came home to try to convince him and he is refusing "El, please talk some sense into your brother."

This gets another laugh from him ’’Come on D, you can’t say no to family’’ he is pleading on my behalf.

Darrien scoffs ’’I hate Alanis, so I don’t give a shit,’’ he Is being his usual honest self. The fact that somehow, I am his sworn enemy makes this easier for him. Me being hurt doesn’t mean a thing to him.

’’I don’t hate you, I never did,’’

He rolls his eyes and heads for the door, I grab his shoulders and stop him from leaving ’’Please, this is my link’s brother. You are my family; you have to help me.’’

He turns around facing me and releases a sigh ’’Fuck’’ he runs his hands through his hair. ’’Fine, bring him here.’’

"Please, we need you there, he is not strong enough to be carried around." I am asking for a lot more by asking him to go to Wolf’s turf.

"I am not going there," he shakes his head immediately.

I can sense that he doesn’t even like the fact that I am asking him for this favour, but i also know that he feels like he has no choice but to help me. This is a lot to ask Darrien, considering the fact that he hates my guts.

"Please, El, say something to him." I face my other brother who in turn releases a sigh of frustration. He runs his hands through his hair and faces Darrien.

"I will go with you if you agree to this. Just do this for him. Be a good brother for once." he pleads on my behalf and I am grateful for that.

"What is the harm in bringing the mutt here, he is already dying. Carrying him about wouldn’t do any more harm," he rolls his eyes.

"Please," I beg.

He looks at me for a couple of seconds before sighing loudly. he huffs his reply and a smile crawls to my face "Fine, let’s get this over with." he walks out of my room and I am completely content.

"Father will be home in a couple of hours," El informs me.

"We have to go back, Moe is not in good condition," I explain to him.

"But you need to come back home later. We don’t know what father discussed with the fore ones. This fight involves us, those fucking vamps are trying to tarnish our names by doing this, we have to help the wolves."

my heart warms at his words because from the beginning I knew this was going to be the case but at any off chance that my family refused to involve themselves in this; I would’ve been heartbroken.

"We should get back before it’s too late," I tell El and he nods.

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We walk into the compound of the community and everywhere is quiet. It is almost noon and no one is outside. I know beau said he advised everyone to stay indoors but I hate that they are subjected to this lifestyle. Living in fear for doing absolutely nothing.

I see a couple of people guarding different parts of the compound. They all look angry and I can’t blame them.

"They live like savages," Darrien mutters with a scoff.

He is being his usual jerk self but I can’t say anything to him because I need him. The fact that he came here even though he hates the wolves makes me appreciative.

Beau walks out of his house almost like he knew I was around. he has a wide smile on his face—happy to see me. I walk until I am in close proximity with him "Hi," I say walking even closer and into his arms. It’s been less than an hour since I saw him but I miss him terribly.

"Hi," he breathes out.

There is this feeling that you get deep within from being with your other half. All the while we were apart, I felt empty, incomplete. If I were to be apart from him for a month or two I would be a shell of myself. I guess that’s what the bond in a link means.

"He came, for a while, I thought you’d be unable to bring him," he whispers into my ear.

I chuckle "I had to do a lot of grovelling."

"Thank you," he kisses the crook of my neck softly and I am happy to have been the one responsible for the smile on his face. I want to make him happy, I always want to be there for him, true his sadness and joy. I want to be his safe haven. From this moment until the day I die, I will live for him.

"Can we get this over with?" Darrien interrupts with an angry glare. We pull apart from each other and Eligio laughs at the situation. This is amusing to him, he doesn’t have to worry about anything but being a spectator.

"Hello, again Darrien...Eligio," Beau greets them with a smile still on his face.

"Where is the mutt?" Darrien asks.

I roll my eyes, he is being intentionally rude to him. I can see that much but like I said I will be at his mercy until he does this.

"At the infirmary," Beau leads us until we get to the infirmary. we walk into the building and it is dull with barely any lights. It looks very archaic. This doesn’t even seem like a hospital but I guess this is the way they have lived and they have been doing okay.

"The healers gave him all the herbs to aid his healing faster but they said he is still bleeding internally, nothing they have done has been able to stop the bleeding. He won’t survive the end of the day," beau explains and I feel even worse. They didn’t just end his misery, what Cassius and his group did was intentional. they wanted him to suffer in pain, they wanted everyone to witness it. See what they could do.

"I will take care of it,"

An elderly lady comes into view and she smiles when she sees beau "Hey Alma, how is he holding up?"

The lady shakes her head slowly, her hair is silver-grey and packed up in a tight bun. she is dressed in a loose white dress with a black belt. She almost looks like a nurse

"Still the same?"

She points to the three of us "Who are they?" there is curiosity in her eyes.

"He is my mate," he pulls me closer and I watch the shock form on her face. She didn’t expect him to be so open about it. I thought everyone already knew about us. Why is she still surprised?

"I thought they were rumours. So, it is true?"

He nods "We need to see him."

She leads us into the room and it is quiet, except for the beeping of a machine. he is lying down on the bed and as I move closer to him I see that he is even worse than the first time I saw him. Darrien reaches for him and I watch him as he brushes his fingers on his face softly "His heartbeat is deteriorating."

"Can you save him?" Beau asks.

"Give me a minute, lemme see what I can do," he places his palm on Moe’s chest and closes his eyes. I watch him because I have seen him do this a million times before. It is beautiful to see life come back to someone who is already losing it. Moe’s breathing is faint, I can see his chest rise and fall but it is not obvious unless you look closely. Darrien takes a long breath and I watch as the veins on the sides of his eyes come out. They are a dingy green and it looks like it hurts. His breath quickens and I hold mine as I wait to see progress. All you have to do is look closely and you will see. Moe is still breathing faintly but I notice the difference. If you listen closely, you will hear It. I can hear the rhythm of his beating heart and It is already different from when we walked in.

beau doesn’t seem to know what is happening, he can’t feel what I am feeling right now "Is this working?" he whispers to me.

i nod immediately "Just relax, Darrien’s got this," I assure him. At this moment, I am so sure that he is going to be alright.

"You should leave us," Darrien says suddenly opening his eyes. He glares at Beau and I realize we are distracting. I nod my head and drag Eli and Beau out of the room. Beau is hesitant and I understand that he doesn’t trust Darrien alone with Moe but we have to give him a chance to do this.

Eli smiles "He’s got this," he points to the door of the room and I release a sigh of relief. I don’t know who is trying to convince though because he looks like he is not completely sure. Darrien is not the best person in our family. He has his demons; he doesn’t trust anyone. He has lived his life not completely believing the love we all have for each other.

He is unsure of the pact we took to become a family. I have never really tried to understand him because he never let me in but the fact that he is doing this for me is showing me a new light, I am going to let him. I am going to love him completely.

I watch beau as he takes a sit on one of the benches, this area looks like a waiting area. The idea of this place was to make it look like a hospital, but this is no hospital. I walk over to the bench and place my hand on his shoulder, he looks up and manages a smile. I can see his eyes, his eyes show all the emotions the rest of his face hides. His eyes are not smiling. He is battling a lot right now; he needs a win. If this works, he will have that win he deserves.

"Moe will be alright," I tell him assuring.

The smile remains on his face as he grabs my hand and places a soft kiss on it. He squeezes my hand gently and I know he has the reassurance he needed.

Chapter 35: Knowing what to do

Beau

Waiting is the worst.

Waiting when you are not sure of the outcome, that is what I am doing right now. It has been an hour, Darrien hasn’t come out of the room. The suspense is killing me.

Lanis doesn’t seem to be worried, he said it’ll be alright and I completely trust him but I don’t trust his brother. I know the guy hates Lan, what I don’t know if he intends to actually help us right now.

"Stop fidgeting,"

I look at my boyfriend "I am okay, totally not fidgeting," i tell him.

He chuckles and I realize my legs are shaking continuously. He places his hand on my right leg in an attempt to stop the shaking "Take a deep breath and relax."

I follow his instructions and try for the breathing exercise but the door open and reveals Darrien. His expression is blank and doesn’t give me a hint of what he has done. I don’t know if he was successful, all I know at this moment is that he is done trying.

’’Is he okay?" I stand up from the bench and run over to him. He nods his head immediately. I smell him before he comes into view and as I see my uncle, anger seeps from withing.

"You brought more vampires here," he is shouting. His eyes are red, I know this look and it is not a good one to witness. This is the anger of an Alpha; this anger only comes out when the wolf has been suppressed for too long. Fallon is angry and I don’t know why.

"They came to help,’ I try to tell him but he is already too far gone to understand or even comprehend my words. He pushes me away from Darrien and I hit my back on the wall. The pain is the least I’m worried about.

"Vampires do nothing but hurt others, just because you are the only defective one to mate with one doesn’t mean it is suddenly okay to bring them here," he walks over to me and grabs me by my collar. He is losing control of himself; he seems to have forgotten that I am the Alpha.

"Take your hands off me," I warn him.

At this point, I know Alanis wants to intervene. Darrien and Eligio are watching, they are a little calm. "You are just a fucking kid, you do not tell me what to do," he pulls me by my collar and tosses me to the other direction of the hallway. Alanis runs over to me and picks me up from the floor, I frown because I don’t want him to help me right now. I need to handle this on my own "You even need your boyfriend to fight your battles, this is the Alpha that was chosen for us," he laughs like somehow, he is so hilarious.

"Take Eligio and Darrien to the house. I will be okay," I tell him.

He shakes his head in disagreement "No, I can help you."

"I need to do this on my own, this is my chance to show him that he can’t push me around.’’ at this point Fallon is just watching, waiting for my next move. I don’t want to fight him, he is the only family I have left and the most important person to father, he meant the world to him. He looked up to him.

"Go," Lanis nods and I watch him leave with his brothers.

i stand up on my own with the most serious expression I can muster. Fallon laughs, I am not a threat to him. I don’t want to hurt him; he is family after all.

"You are weak boy," I walk over to him until I am close enough.

"I am the Alpha."

He laughs louder "You are nothing,"

I feel the anger boiling within, he is picking at my wounds. Trying to hurt me with his words. He will never accept me as the Alpha, that was father’s wish. He wanted me to grow to be a great leader, he trained me all his life, to make sure I was a good person.

No one can tell me otherwise; I know who I am.

"You are bitter because you never had your chance to shine. You never got what you wanted and now you think you can snap your fingers and just take it from me."

Glaringly he breathes heavily "You will die from one battle because of the vampires."

I don’t know what he is trying to prove but his words are not hurting me. I won’t die because I have a mate that will fight alongside me. I won’t die because I have a whole new family that will fight with me.

"That’s where you are wrong, I will live because of the vampires."

With those final words, I walk away from him.

**********

I enter the room where Moe is and I feel it immediately. I feel him getting better. His breathing is different, the blood flowing through his veins. I know that Darrien did it, he said he would and he was true to his words. I move until I am closer to him. He is still sleeping, the only difference now, is that his breathing is better.

Alma walks onto the room "How is he?" she asks and walks over to him.

"He is okay, at least I think he is," she checks his heartbeat and shock forms on her face. The confusion is etched to her face as she asks "What happened?"

She wants to know how someone that could barely breathe is suddenly okay. I smile because I know what happened and deep down, she knows too.

"Vampires?"

I nod.

"Why are they helping us, this all seems so impossible," she voices out her concerns. I know why they are helping but I also know that they are not bad people. I have no doubt in my mind that Lanis is good person. This connection we have opened my eyes. Makes me see things clearly. The fact that Darrien who hates our kind so much would do this, says a lot about the kind of person he is.

"This is who they really are,"

She nods "Are we going to be okay, with them hunting us?"

"I will protect us," I assure her.

Moe groans out in discomfort and out attention shifts to him. His eyes open slowly and I smile as he attempts to sit up "You should stay the way you are," I tell him because his injuries are still healing and he must be sore.

He furrows his brow as he squints his eyes not completely understanding what is happening. Upon recognition he calls my name "Beau."

I smile "You’re okay," I assure him.

With his eyes open and visibility clear I ask him, I reach out for him comfortingly "Next time, please don’t fight alone,"

"They w..w..wan..ted an ambush," he relays the night and the anger in me resurfaces. I hate Cassius more now. He came into my turf and attacked my people. It is the utmost disrespect.

"You should rest now," I pat him gently and he nods "Your mother has been worried." I inform him as I leave him and go into my house.

I hear their voices in the living room, I guess someone took them there. It makes more sense than staying in my room. Lanis is the first person to see me and he jumps up immediately. He must have been worried. He runs over to me and I am in his arms at once.

"You’re okay," he mutters examining my whole body for injuries. I smile because he is being overprotective and I guess I have to get used to that now. I have someone in my life now that would worry about my well being irrevocably.

"I told you I would be," I press my lips to his, not giving a shit that we are not alone. This is me accepting this relationship wholeheartedly. This is me, taking all that he is and giving him all that I am. Lanis kisses me back and he is more aggressive than I intended this to be. Our lips move together in sync and I wrap my arms around his waist to get closer to him. We kiss and no one interrupts us, I kiss him until i am content and when we pull apart from each other, i rest my forehead on his, smiling sheepishly.

"I will be the one to protect you, I will always protect you," I breathe those words into his ears and the air, laying claim on him for the rest of our lives. I know what I have to do now. I know what I need to do to keep him safe. I can’t wait for Cassius to come; I have to look for him. I have to bury the people we have lost; I have to complete the mating ritual and then I have to kill CASSIUS.