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Chapter 79
Chapter 79
Chapter 79 Caden’s POV I can’t forget that look in her eyes and the words she spoke. Did she really mean them or was she just saying it in the heat of the moment? Sighing, I walk back to my bed, sitting on the edge and breathing in Alessia’s sweet scent. I was so close to losing control. One more touch from her and I don’t think that I would have been able to stop myself. I- “Alpha? Raphael calls out through our mind link. “Yes, I answer, my spine stiffening as I hear the worry in his words. Did something bad happen? “I just saw Alessia running into the woods. Did you give her permission to leave the pack house at this time of the day?’ From the tone of his voice, he already knows the answer. ‘I didn’t, I answer anyway.. ‘Should I go get her?’ he asks, sounding like that’s the last time that he would want to do. I don’t blame him. Her words from the earlier ring in my head. Even I don’t want to go after her but it’s dark outside and as much as I know she wishes I wouldn’t follow her, I have to do just that. Maybe, I wait at a distance and allow her to blow off some steam while quietly keeping guard. ‘Don’t do anything. I’ll take care of it. Thank you for informing me.” Mind made up, I walk towards my closet and pull on a sweatpant and a t-shirt then I step out of my room. and head for the staircase. I walk out of the pack house and towards the wood, following her scent. Raphael meets me halfway and points in the direction of where she went to, not that I needed the help. Her scent is still prominent in the air. Thanking him, I follow his direction, trepidation running through my veins as my steps lead me closer to the pack boulders without any sign of Alessia. She couldn’t have left the pack boulders right? She knows how dangerous that is and there’s no way she would put herself in a risky position all for some words I said. As I draw closer to the boulders, I realize my suspensions were right. She really left. Where wereCcontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
the guards that were meant to be guiding the boulders? How could they have let her leave? I look around, not finding any of the pack guards in sight. With a growl, I step out of the pack boulder, feeling a slight sense of disconnection. I hate leaving my pack but because of my spoilt brat of a mate, I’m doing just that. The sympathy that I felt just a moment ago dies and in its place comes a blind hot anger. She does the most stupi d things and yet wonders why I keep treating her the way I do. If she wants to be treated better then she has to act better. Chapter 79 I keep following her scent and it leads me deeper into the dark woods. I stop when the scent I’m following mixes with three other scents. I’m family with one of the scent, though I can’t pinpoint who it belongs to, but the other two are foreign. Rogue? Except that they don’t smell quite like how a rogue is meant to smell. A loud howl tears through the air, sending me into motion as I race through the woods in search of where the mournful cry came from. Could it be Alessia? It didn’t sound like her wolf but what if she was in a worse state and couldn’t even cry out for help? My wolf makes an appearance, pleading with me to set him free so he can rush in and protect his mate. I push him away. I need to survey the situation and come up with a plan that won lead to the death of us all. As I draw closer to the scents, all the thoughts of planning and critical thinking fly out of my head when I see Alessia hunched over someone on the floor with a deep, ugly wound in her arm. And with a man inching closer to her, a blade lifted over his head. She doesn’t notice him. She too focused on the wolf she was hunched over. Who is that and is the person still alive? “Alessia!” I yell out, shifting into my wolf and charging at the already dead man. He turns around at the sound of my voice and his eyes widen comically when he gets a look at the giant black wolf coming at him. The knife falls from his hands onto the floor beside Alessia. He doesn’t take notice of it as he turns on his heels and runs. He gets one step in before I’m on him and pinning him onto the ground. I force myself not to snap his neck into two like I so badly want to.
I can do that after getting all the information I need out of him. He groans under my weight, but has the sense not to make any complaints, accepting his defeat. I finally lift my head, my gaze going back to Alessia and the grey wolf on the ground. Jake’s wolf. He isn’t moving an inch and as much as I don’t care for the guy, I don’t want him to die. He’s part of my pack and a very valuable asset. Alessia’s tear-stained face lifts to meet mine. “I can’t feel his pulse,” she whispers, her words choked up. My heart sinks into my stomach. ‘Rapheal, I mind-link. Yes, Alpha?’ He calls out. ‘I need your help,’ I start. ‘Follow my scent and bring reinforcement along with the pack doctor. Hopefully, it isn’t too late for Jake. Raphael doesn’t ask the billions of questions that I know he’s dying to ask. ‘Ok. We’ll be there soon. A pause. ‘Be safe. Chapter 7 U- BO% 11:39 I end our mindlinking, keeping my weight down on the b a s ta r d under me and holding Alessia’s eyes, trying to comfort her even with the distance between us.