Chapter 7

Defeated (Alice’s POV)

Before I could utter a word, the five wolves lunged at Darius. They didn't even give him breathing space as each of them attacked his limbs. Desperate to finish him off.

However he wasn't one to falter as he kicked the wolf clinging to his right leg. It gave a pitiful whine but that didn't stop it from attacking again.

It was like the wolves were in a frenzy mode. Nothing could stop them despite the deadly blows Darius gave them, they always got right up ready to continue from where they stopped.

The wolf that tried to go for his head received a slash mid air, sending it to the ground with a thud. The one right behind attacked in similar way and got lucky, pushing him to the ground.

With a loud growl, Darius dug his fangs and claws into the wolf earning him a sharp cry. Before the others could get to him, he threw the wolf in his hand at them.

Lost in the fight before me, I didn't notice Astrid move towards my direction. “Enjoying the scene?”

Before I could react to her presence, she grabbed my wrist and twisted. “You are coming with me.”Like I will do that without a fight.

My training instincts kicked in and before she knew it, I used my legs to knock her clean off her feet. “Like I said, I'm going nowhere with you.”She laughed rising to her feet. “You caught me off guard there. But it changes nothing.”I admit that I did, but I was sure I could handle her.

With that, she surged forward, fist thrown but I blocked it. She threw the left one and I dodged it. “For a wolf, you fight like a human.”

Her brows drew together in annoyance. “Don't liken me to those weaklings.” She snarled. “I choose not to fight like you barbarians so what? I will still beat you hands down.”

“I find that hard to believe.” I replied.

Her eyes narrowed as she came at me again thrusting punches at me like she wanted to take off my head. “Goddess or wolf, I will beat you.”

As if to lay emphasis, she closed in again, feinting a blow to my stomach which allowed her to throw another punch, catching me by the jaw. Pain exploded in my mouth as the mercury taste of blood filled my mouth.

I staggered back. Seeing an opening, she followed her earlier punch with more blows on my body. Astrid made sure to target my joints to weaken me and for an instant I felt number, unable to raise my arms.

She finished with a roundtable kick across the face that sent me to the ground. Stars danced across my vision pain wracking through my upper body in sharp bursts. A a full ache had formed in my head from the impact of smacking against the floor.

“For all your bravado, you couldn't hold a fight against me.” She stated walking to where I laid. “You should've listened to me when I asked you to come quietly with me.”

Taking out a syringe filled with a golden colored liquid I didn't recognize, she stabs the needle in my skin and pressed the head of the syringe to let the liquid enter my blood.

I tried to push her off but I couldn't move my arms and I was too tired from the earlier events of the night to put up a fight.

And so laid helpless as Astrid does what she wants. A tear run down my eyes as I turned to Darius, who was still locked in his fight with the other wolves.

If I had any doubts about we being mated, it flew away as I watched try to stop them from tearing into him. His clothes were already in tatters but he refused to shift to his wolf form.

“Alright, there is a good girl. This is a sedative that should put an average human to sleep at once.” She stated still bent to my eye level pulling me away from the fight going on. “But you are not human. So it's going to take awhile for to doze but I added a little something that will paralyze you till the drugs kick in.”

I tried to speak but it seemed like the paralysis had already started working. She laughed at the struggle she on my face.

Things had really gone to shit and there was no one to come to my rescue.

Turning towards the direction where Darius was still engaged in a battle with the other wolves, she shook her head pitifully but I could see the humour in her eyes. “Poor Darius thinks he will win this fight. But he doesn't know how wrong he is. There's no winning battle wolves. They never stop till their target is dead.”

Battle wolves? Things just keeps getting worse and it's all my fault even though I don't know how.If anything should happen to Darius, I don't know how I could manage.As if reading my thoughts, she spoke again.

“Not to worry though. I won't let them kill him.” Relief almost floods me until she added, “he will soon tire. Then, I will finish him off myself.”

At that moment, I wanted to choke the life out of her myself.

I tried to yell. Force my body to do something. But it didn't respond. It was like being stuck in a body that didn’t belong you.

“Shuuuu” Astrid childed. “It will soon be all over. Just rest.”Even as I fought with everything I had, darkness was beginning to claim me and there was nothing I could do about it.Just when I gave up hope of being saved, a movement above my head caught my ears. Since I couldn't turn or move my neck, I waited for whatever it was to make itself known.

“I think that's enough Astrid.” A voice I was now very familiar with demanded.

Kael. He came back.I never thought I would ever be grateful to see him again. I hope he saves us.