Chapter 9: Alpha's Revenge
We agreed that leaving tonight would be the best option since nobody was walking around except for patrols. I know that the Lycan King is coming to visit, but if I could get to him before he comes here, then his visit could change to something more than just looking for his mate. Ally went to her room to pack a bag and I did the same. We would be running, so we packed light since only one of us could shift. Ally hadn’t gotten her wolf yet, and I couldn’t even try to shift with this collar on me. Even if I could get it off, my wolf would need time to get her strength back. Thankfully, I’m an Alpha and faster than them anyway, so Fredrick will start off in human form with us and change once we’re out of the border and carry Ally on his back.
Ally came back to my room with two bags and I just looked at her. She knows I said to pack light, but before I could speak, she started to talk.
“I know you said to pack light and I did, but the other bag has some food for us in it. I don’t know how long we’ll be running without stopping, and when we do, we’ll need to replenish our strength. Plus, I figured that we'd be avoiding public places until we’re far away enough that we can’t have people in towns and cities looking for us.” I have to admit that I was impressed that she thought of all of that.
“Good job Ally. Now lets get out of here before we get caught and all of this is for nothing,” says Fredrick.
I opened my bedroom window and told them to follow me out. Being an Alpha, my room is on the fourth floor of the packhouse, but I’ve snuck out of my room often to play with Ally or train by myself at night, so I knew where to step that no one would be able to see us and where to jump. That is a safe distance to not injury ourselves. We all landed on the ground one after the other on the side of the packhouse and couldn’t be seen by other houses or anyone in the packhouse. It is basically a corner alcove that nobody pays attention to and tonight I am especially grateful. We stand in the shadows and move along the side of the house until we are facing the part of the forest with the least number of patrols.
As soon as the two guards we’ve been watching switch out, we take off running into the forest at full speed. We need to get through as fast as we can without being detected. Once we make it to the center, it won’t matter because none of them will be fast enough to even catch us or fight us. Ally can fight well because I trained her myself. For an Omega, she is better and stronger than some of the other non-ranked wolves at combat, and she doesn’t have a wolf.
We reached the center and I asked Ally if she was still good to run, and she told me yes and sped up. Fredrick and I quickened our pace as well and we all made it to the border before we heard howls. Damn, I thought we’d have crossed the next two borders before they found us. We ran even faster and got past the border and made it passed another one, but I could tell that Ally was starting to get tired.
“There’s a river up ahead that separates these two packs. Basically, it is no man’s land, so we’ll have to watch for their patrols but also for rogues,” says Fredrick. “We will rest for a bit, and then we have to move on. I’m sorry, Ally, but we can’t stop for long. We’ll drink some water and try to get that thing off of Reigna. Whether we get it off or not though, I’m going to shift, and you’ll have to ride on my back for a while.”
We made it to the river without being caught by either packs’ patrols, and we didn’t smell any rogues, so we quickly found a spot to rest and got to work on my collar. I grabbed it and tried pulling it off, but I didn’t have the strength to rip it off. A plus is that I did manage to crack it a little, but it may be enough for Fredrick to break now. He tried to grab it and pull it apart, but the silver became too much for him so he had to stop.
“Maybe I can try it.” said Ally.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea, Ally. You’re strong but you’re still an Omega and I will not watch you get hurt trying to help me.” I said to her.
“Forgive me, but I wasn’t asking for your permission, Reigna.” She grabbed the collar and after a few minutes she pulled away. Her hands were red and you could hear the skin sizzling. I looked at her hands and they were starting to blister. Without her wolf she wouldn’t heal as fast.
“Damn it, Ally. I told you not to do this, but you have always been stubborn. Hold your hands out.” I instructed her before biting into my left index finger and starting to drip the blood onto her palms. Once I’ve coated them enough, I lick my finger and heal my own wound before taking my hand and rubbing the blood over her palms for her. Fredrick was looking at me with shock on his face, but I ignored him. “Give it about two minutes, and you’ll be healed, and then we’re leaving. Right now, you can’t hold onto him with your hands blistered. Please listen to me next time. You won’t heal super fast until you get your wolf.”