Chapter 63 LOVE ME AGAIN
VANCE'S POV
Picking up my pace, I ran towards the western border. Keenly on guard of my surroundings as I sprinted through the forest. Arriving at the area, I slowed down and moved cautiously because I heard a faint rustling in the distance. The rustling became more audible when I walked closer to a few trees.
I halted when the sounds stopped. The gusting scent of blood entered my nostrils. As the images came into view, a small brown wolf laid on its belly, wounded in the ribs and with a bite mark on her leg.
Next to it, laid one of my female warriors on her back with her intestines ripped out, visibly dead. By instinct, I scanned my vicinity for possible attackers. The wounded one whimpered and shifted into her human form, naked.
With urgency, I darted to her side.
"Alpha," her voice pleading to be saved and her emotions flowed out to me clearly. Her lips were trembling, she was terrified, sad, and agonizing.
Her wound needed closing, the blood was streaming out rapidly. I morphed into my naked human form, ripped the deceased warrior's shirt off, and used it to add pressure to the wound. Hands encircled my neck. "Please don't let me die."
At the bottom of my heart, compassion gathered. I would have liked to kill the wolf that injured her, to exact my vengeance. This was not merited. She had been a friend to me for a while, and always accommodated my sexual demands whenever I needed an outlet. She was timid, submissive, and eager to please me in everything, so we never got into arguments.
Furthermore, she was not a diva or like those conceited females who craved power to stand out. Despite having an introverted demeanor, she had a beneficial influence on the pack by improving the operations at the orphanage. She was a natural with children. Overall, I liked her and I wanted to do everything in my power to save her life.
If she had been Sianna, I could have healed her wound by licking it. But that was an intimate procedure shared only amongst mates. Sianna would never forgive me if I went to that extent for a previous fuck buddy.
"You will be fine. Let me carry you to the hospital." I adjusted her body to hoist her up. All of her vital organs were intact and unharmed. After the physicians have stitched up the wound, her body should heal swiftly.
I have to get her to the hospital as soon as possible so that I do not lose another pack member. My heart hurt because of her suffering condition. She whimpered in my arms with weakened eyes, and she was a soiled mess from the blood.
Her grip tightened and she stared into my eyes smiling, "Thanks for coming to me. She invited me to talk. She attacked me." Rivulets of tears ran from her eyes.
"Shhhh, save your strength," I gently commanded, showing her my softer side. She had won over the sentimental side of me, unlike Esme, who was quite the contrary. My memories with Chloe were not regrettable. "You can give your report after the doctors attend to you."
"Don't...... leave me........ I don't have.......anyone else." She was coughing, and her eyes watered.
As I was erecting my body to stand fully, I felt a pinch on my upper left clavicle. What the hell? My legs were suddenly heavy. I crouched to the ground powerlessly, but securely aimed to not let her fall out of my arms. Bewildered, I looked at her. What the fuck did she do to me?
"Alpha, what's wrong?" The attempted concern in her voice almost made me think that she was innocent.
Confused, my brain felt like it had stopped functioning. An ominous weight shoved me down. My vision alternated between blurry and distinct. Because I was still trying to get up, she pushed me back to the ground as her lips touched mine. Disgusting! Ew, the taste of her was repelling.
Then a liquid that tasted like stale soup mixed with something rustic went down my throat. She continued to pour more in as I tried to spit some out, forcing me to gag and gasp for air until I had no choice but to drink the remainder.
My chest tightened, my heart constricted, my breathing suffocated, and my connection to Sianna severed. I couldn't feel her anymore, my mind-link showed me a wall where nothing could go out or come through.
"Why?" I questioned.
"Because I love you." Gone was the agonizing woman with a wound. Missing was the shy and meek girl that I thought I had known, and replaced with a cold-hearted villainess.
My constant attempts to gulp for breath were met with increasing anguish. As my body stayed motionless. In between glimpses, I observed her go behind a tree and bandage her wound. She drank from a vial that contained a blazing orange liquid.
She laughed. "Oh, you should see your face" she scoffed, looking highly amused, then said adamantly "I am the one who should have been your Luna."
She took my penis in one clammy hand and stroked it up and down. "I can't wait to start riding you again. I want your child, Alpha Vance."
Of course, my cock wasn't going to react to her. I can't begin to think about the aftermath if she actually succeeded in giving me a rise. To be taken for granted by a weak, witted woman. I'd be dubbed as the raped Alpha. My boys would laugh me to death.
I felt nauseous and repulsed by her. All of this for a fucking title. I was wrong about her. A pang of regret slapped me. Damn! I can't move. My wolf is silent and I can't sense him either. Why can't I feel Sianna or anyone else for that fact? I meant to keep her safe. How could I let her down like this? Resisting the blinding rage, I tried to maintain composure to figure my way out of this shit.
Something flashed across her eyes and she released my manhood. She throws a dress over her head and bundles her brown hair into a ponytail, smirking.
"Let's get the party started, shall we?" She enthusiastically exclaimed, and I said nothing, feeling out of my body like I was floating above the ground and staring down.
She kneels at my side and takes a small folding knife from her dress pocket. She waves it in the air as though to intimidate me. I was more concerned about needing confirmation that Sianna was safe, than to be afraid of a mere knife. Secondly, I was going to decapitate her.
The crimes she committed were listed in my head, including killing four innocent warriors for a status that was not destined for her. Sianna, Hailey, and my heir were all targets of the attempted murder. In addition to kidnapping an Alpha for some deranged purpose.
This dragged my eyes to see her slice her left palm, using her blood to draw a symbol over my heart. Is this some kind of ritual? She had no witch bloodline. What the fuck is she trying to do? I felt my wolf a bit, he was slowly recovering from the potion. To prevent the wolf from being harmed by a spell or potion, my father taught me how to lock him away.
Thus, as the devices of a witch worked on the human side, the bond to the wolf's side would eventually lead him to tear at the walls to break through and reconnect with his human. Due to the fact that wolves too, were supernatural creatures, an Alpha wolf could do remarkable feats.
She dips into the other pocket and takes her phone and a folded paper out. She dials a number, it rings without an answer. "Fucking bitch!" She curses as her anger rises, "Now is not the time to avoid my fucking calls."
Apparently, another woman is working with her. I stayed stagnant as she repeated the call. The voice comes on the line. "Is it done?"
I studied the voice and committed it to my memory bank because I was going to find that person when this was over. "You need to chant the spell with me. Did you forget?" She yelled in frustration.
The animosity between the two cannot be ignored. With two dead warriors on our hands today, I knew Duke and Blayne would be suspicious of my absence. They would soon start looking for me, and I am confident that they will succeed in doing so.
Listening back to the phone conversation, the woman laughs, "You really got the mighty Alpha. Impressive!"
"I am running out of time. Let's say the spell now." She gritted through her teeth. Annoyance was visibly imprinted on her face. "Okay." She finally agreed.
Chloe's face lit up with a cocky smirk, and together they chanted.
"Et na poure fere sumadre uni wimzi tun shasu benpu coquo."
The same words were replicated two times. My body was instantaneously hot, my heart convulsed and blood oozed from my nose as I slipped into a pitch-black hole.