Chapter 65: Chapter Sixty-four
Delanie POV
The power came out but now they wouldn’t let me go! Their wolf strength kept me down. With the curtain in flames I would likely die first. The blast I recreated barely touched Maximus and he was the one I needed gone! Suddenly his rough hands left my legs and the two doctors froze.
“Let go!” I yelled.
Surprisingly they did. They abandoned their equipment and ran out the door. The wolves engaged in a deadly and loud battle startled me.
“Ross?”
“Hey, you’re okay? What the hell was going on here?” He came over to me.
I pulled my nightgown down. I pulled town the tube the doctors inserted into my vagina. Ross helped me to my feet.
“It’s a long story. Can’t you stop him?”
Ross raised his shoulders. “He’s not himself. He won’t stop until he sees blood.”
Ajax’s wolf had the upper hand. He clapped his jaw on Maximus’s neck. Max made a few vital blows. Blood oozed out of Ajax’s back and back leg.
My mate was fuelled by rage. Despite Max’s strength and years of experience Ajax had Max down. Ajax shifted back into a staggering man. Max did too. Blood oozed out of his nose.
Ajax had Max backed into a corner.
“Ajax,” Max panted.
“How dare you?” Ajax growled.
It was almost like the man I loved wasn’t there replaced by vengeance and rage personified.
“She’s my mate! She’s sacred to me!”
“Fair game. She’s a human cure and I’m allowed to use her!”
Ajax rammed his fist into Max’s jaw. “Don’t talk about her like that. I won’t allow you a trial. You don’t deserve it.”
“Ajax, please stop. Don’t dirty your hands,” my voice came out small.
“It won’t be dirt my love. It’s justice.”
Max had nowhere to run. I saw panic in his eyes and there was nothing I can do to stop it.
“Wait!” Max stuck out his hands. “If you kill me your mate will never see her Mother again. Only I can free Alexandra. Don’t you want to see her again? Don’t you want her to be free?”
My heart slammed forward and my eyes turned to saucers. Ajax wrapped his hand around Max’s throat.
“Shut up,” he rasped.
“You… need me.”
“Ajax, stop.” I planted my palm on his back. I allowed my eyes to roam over the scars on his back.
“Will you really set her free? Do you promise?” I demanded.
“You have my word,” Max nodded.
“I don’t trust you so I’m going to make sure you don’t double cross us.”
I coughed because the smoke hadn’t subsided and the fire had moved to the bed. I tugged on Ajax’s elbow but he shrugged me off.
My mate got down to Max’s level. Fur grew out of his human hands and his smooth skin turned rough but it was the thick claws that grew out of his nails that startled me. He sunk his claws into the back of Max’s neck and into his abdomen.
“Ajax! You can’t do this!” Max struggled but Ajax had him locked.
Sweat formed on Ajax’s brow as Max bellowed. I turned to Ross who watched in disbelief.
“What’s going on?” I asked.
“Get her out of here, Ross,” Ajax ordered.
“No!”
Ross grabbed my shoulders and dragged me towards the door. Just before Ross dragged me into the hall Maximus shifted into a black wolf only the wolf and the man separated. How was that possible? Max stared at his massive wolf in disbelief. The wolf looked like a hollow shell staring back at the man it was a part of.
***
“The plan was not to burn the building down,” Ross grumbled.
“Sorry, I was trying to get away,” I said as we glided down the hall.
“It’s okay but I here sirens. So this place likely won’t go up in flames.”
I paused unexpectedly. “Wait, Margot. Max had her dragged away.”
I broke free of Ross’ hold and ran to her office. She tried to help me. She kept an eye on me. She put her life on the line by double crossing Max. I got to her door and froze. There was blood everywhere. On the carpet, on the table and on the floor. A bloody hand stuck out from behind the desk.
“No… Margot?” I crawled over to her and picked up her head to place on my lap.
“Shit,” Ross cursed.
“She’s going to be fine though, right? Please tell me she’ll be okay? She didn’t deserve this. It’s my fault.”
“Max is the only one to blame. We have to go.”
“I can’t leave her, Ross.” Tears pooled my eyes.
“Delanie, Ross,” Ajax shouted.
He appeared on the doorway. His eyes landed on me and Margot. She hadn’t moved and inch and I was sure she wasn’t breathing.
“Dude, we don’t want the police to catch us here. You know what Star City’s like.”
Ajax nodded. He came over and hunched to my level.
“Babe, we need to get out of here,” he said gently.
My mind wasn’t functioning right. It was an intense few hours but finding Margot was the worst part. I felt responsible.
“I can’t leave her alone.”
“I have to protect you, Delanie.” He wrapped his arms around my shoulders and tucked the other arm under my legs. In a swift motion he picked me off the ground and carried me out of the office building.
***
I didn’t want the sun. I felt exposed. My body felt raw and my mind was so frantic I couldn’t think of sleep. I lay on the backseat of Ajax’s SUV. I hadn’t said a word I just listened to Ross and Ajax speak on the drive back to Mystic Pack.
I couldn’t wait to be in the safety of my home again. I wanted to hold Goby and be with my friends. Maybe that would bring back normalcy to my life. A part of me knew normalcy was a stretch.
Most of all I wanted to be in Ajax’s arms. Just the two of us blocked from the world just for a while.
“Did you think detaching Max’s wolf was a good idea?” Ross asked.
So that’s what Ajax did. I didn’t know that was possible. Probably wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes.
“I was furious, but I can’t think of another punishment.”
“He can kiss his job goodbye that’s for sure.”
“Oscar might not like this,” Ajax sighed heavily. “I know Max he’s cunning even without his wolf. He’ll want revenge too which is why he has to be kept locked up. When Delanie’s strong enough we’ll talk about her Mom.”
He must have thought I was sleeping. Ajax shifted but I closed my eyes before he caught me staring.
“I still don’t understand what they were doing, man,” Ross said.
Ajax was quiet for a minute. “I don’t think I want to know. I just want her home and safe.”
Safe… that’s what I wanted too.