Marcus POV
I sat on the chair wondering why he was in such a hurry. The door opened again and what I saw gave me the surprise of a lifetime.
I opened the door. "Alyssa!" I exclaimed. She was sitting on a chair with her hands and legs tied up in this small dirty room. There was one other young man on the bare floor. He looked weaker than Alyssa. Alyssa ran towards me and I embrace her. The young man sat up trying to stand up but finding it difficult.
"He will soon be back, we need to hurry," he said, her voice quivering as she released herself from my embrace.
Then we heard footsteps approaching." He is coming back" she panicked.
I held her arm trying to calm her down." You need to trust me Alyssa okay? " she nodded.
I asked her to sit down and pretend no one came in. I signaled to the you man and he nodded as a sign that he was ready to cooperate.
I looked around the room and sited an old table at the corner of the room with metal objects of different varieties. I hurriedly picked up a sharp heavy metal and stood behind the door ready to strike.
The door opened and in came a huge man. He held a cup of water. He walked towards Alyssa. I raised the metal object I was holding and walked closer to him slowly so that he doesn't hear the sound of my footstep. He dropped the cup of water but before he could turn around I hit his head with all my might and he slumped.
Alyssa screamed and I held her mouth. "It's okay," I said to her.
I untied Alyssa and the young man. I slowly opened the door to be sure no one was coming before I asked them to come out. We couldn't follow the path I came through else we will be seen by the men inside the big building. We followed through the backyard. We ran as fast as we could avoiding the main track to avoid getting caught.
We ran through the thick forest wary of the big roots to avoid stumbling. The young man seems weak. He was finding it difficult to run fast and something I had to hold him to avoid falling.
We ran for several minutes until I felt it was safe to follow the track.
Just as we thought we were out of danger, we heard a low growl behind us.
Startled, we turned around quickly.
Turning around, we saw the gang leader, his eyes glowing with a fierce red light
Lo! and behold! It was Thomas. The representative of the Red Hill pack and the guy who is supposed to face Nicole in the ring tomorrow.
I have always known something was off about this guy. He transformed into a massive black werewolf.
He let out a howl and rushed towards us.
Without hesitation, I leaped forward, transforming into my werewolf state.
I was ready for what was coming. Thomas charged at me, his claws extended, but I was ready. He swung his claw in a wide arc, slicing through the air and striking
me in the chest. I let out a deafening roar.
Irritated, I deeper my teeth into his neck and bite him hard. He growled losing balance.
I continued to strike at him with all my might, dodging and weaving as he lashed out with its claws.
We circled each other, each looking for an opening. Thomas lunged forward, his jaws snapping shut just inches from my face.
I sidestepped the attack and slashed at his flank with my claw as deeply as I could drawing blood.
He howled in pain and lunged again, but this time I was ready. I jumped and deep my teeth into his neck. I bite him as hard as I could. He tried to resist but I didn't let go no matter what he did.
Finally, he let out a howl collapsing to the ground in a pool of blood.
As soon as he was down. We continued running as fast as our legs could carry us. I transformed back into my human form. I was exhausted.
It's been a while since I took my werewolf form because the process is usually exhausting.
I was feeling dizzy but I knew I must not collapse in a place like this.
By the time we got back to the village. It was dark. We were exhausted and gasping for breath. We walked into the village not minding the suspecting eyes of the onlookers.
" Alyssa" A voice called out. It was Ethan. He ran towards her and held her. What happened?
"Marcus!" he exclaimed. His mouth wide open." I don't understand" What happened "?
He carried Alyssa in his arm and made his way into the village. Others tried to help me get up but I insisted they tend to the young man who was in more need of medical attention than myself.
"Marcus!, there he is" I looked up and saw Nicole, Tyler, and Steve running towards me.
"What the hell happened man?" Steve asked as he held my hands." You look like you have been trampled upon by a Gorilla"
"I need to rest" was all I could say. " Of course," Steve said and they help me wall towards my room.
I asked Tyler to help me check on Alyssa. I needed to be sure she was going to be fine.
In my room, I lay on my bed. My body ached like crazy. I closed my eyes replaying the scene of my fight with Thomas in my head.
I couldn't believe what just happened. I wondered how Alyssa got caught up in the middle of this mess.
Who could be behind this?
"Wait a minute," I said sitting up as I realized who could likely be behind the kidnapping of Alylssa.
Thomas is a member of the Red Hills pack and the leader of the gang that kidnapped Alyssa. This could only mean one thing. "Marietta! ".
Marietta was in on this? I remember her asking me if I had found Alyssa and even wishing me luck with the search.
She threatened to deal with Alyssa. This was her way of getting back at me for leaving her. I felt a surge of rage run over me.
I couldn't help but feel responsible for the hell Alyssa must have gone through. It was all because of me. If she ever finds out that she went through all these because of me she might never be able to bring herself to forgive me, that's if she doesn't already know it.
I felt so angry but I had no solid evidence to prove Marietta was behind this so I had to keep my cool for the time being.
I sat on the bed trying to control my anger
when my father came into the room. He look worried sick. He was together with Lordson Al.
I assured him I was okay. I lied that I encountered some bandits in the woods. I needed to understand things better before I let everyone know what happened.
Lordson Al was Marietta's father and could be in on this with her for all I know.