Chapter 57 Breaking Point
Alyssa's POV
Zayne stood a few feet away, glaring at Jace, who was desperately trying to stand up from my arms but I only held on tighter. He was severely injured, his face was swollen as if he fought off a bear and lost. He was a shadow of how I remembered him to be. At that moment, I didn't care that he was a ‘rogue’ there had to be a reason behind that.
The first one was if he was being punished for helping me escape. Yes, he might not have been the best stepbrother, but he was the reason I was here and alive so it was only normal that I repaid the favour.
“What the hell do you think you're doing?" He growled, his voice loud, the sound vibrating through the dungeon, causing the prisoners to retreat to the back of their cell. Then he turned to warriors, who were trying to become invisible. “Why the fuck did you allow her here?"
The warriors fell to their knees, their entire body trembling. “We're s-sorry, A-Alpha–”
"I came here myself, it has nothing to do–,” I tried to say but he glared at me, the words dying in my throat.
“Take her to the room." He ordered, not looking at me but I stood my ground.
"I'm not going anywhere, and stop treating me like a child.” I told him, equally raising my voice. "I can handle myself.”
He ran a hand through his hair, "You're acting like one right now.” He said, "you clearly can't handle yourself if you knowingly walk into danger for whatever reason is going on in your head.”
I paused, looking at him in surprise but quickly masked it. "Yes, I'm a child, but I'm not leaving him here.” I insisted, and I felt Nira moving in my head but she didn't say anything, which was good because I didn't need another person to oppose me.
"I'm not saying anything because our mate looks incredibly hot right now.” She said.
"Why is the doctor not here?" I asked no one in particular but there was no response.
Jace moved in my arms, “Ally, I'm going to be fine, just leave." He told me, just as another growled filled the room and before I could reply, I felt myself being lifted as if I weighed nothing and then we were going up the stairs.
“Put me down!" I screamed, but it did nothing to him.
"Everything looks better from up here.” Nira said, but I just ignored her. Zayne kept going until we got to the entrance of the dungeon before he dropped me, he was angry but so was I.
“Do you know how careless you were? Throwing yourself in danger like that?”
"I was taking care of someone who was injured…and I need the pack doctor to take care of him. If not, I'm going to heal him myself.”
“You'll do no such thing.” He growled, his eyes darkening, annoyed that I'd even suggest that.
"Then watch me.” I told him stubbornly, turning to leave but he stopped me before I even took a step.
"Alyssa…" he called, and although it was my name, it sounded strange when he called me by the name. “He’ll get a doctor if I say he will, but right now, he's a disaster waiting to happen and I'll be damned if I let you anywhere close to him.”
My gaze met his own, "A disaster?” I asked, "what he is, is my brother and soon, I won't have one.” I snapped.
He paused, shock obvious in his eyes but it was soon replaced by a blank expression. "He may be your brother, but right now, he's my prisoner and what I say stands.” He said with a note of finality, not giving me the chance to respond.
"Do not go down there, Red…or I swear–" he paused, letting out a string of curses underneath his breath while running his hand through his hair repeatedly. “Fuck…” he murmured, before turning back and disappearing.
I stood in one spot for a few minutes, wondering what just happened. I didn't even realise Mel was standing there until she came towards me, her eyes held pity and a hint of guilt. And just as she got to where I was standing, I saw Xavier coming out of the dungeon matching her look.
“Luna…” he called, and before I could stop myself, I jumped into his arms, the tears I didn't realise I was holding came rushing down my face.
He wrapped his arms around me reassuringly, “he went for a run…he'll be back.”
"He looked so mad.” I muttered.
Xavier was quiet, letting me cry without interrupting. "He's just worried about you, Ally.” He told me. "What you did was kinda reckless…and you did argue with him in front of the warriors."
I pulled back, “my brother is in pain, I can't just watch and not do anything."
"He's your brother, but concerning the situation surrounding how we found him…don't you think Alpha Zayne has every right to be angry?”
I didn't answer and he continued, "After he found you, he swore to protect you.”
He didn't say it, but I knew he was talking about his first mate and how he regretted not being able to save her. But I didn't think that far as I just wanted to make sure Jace was okay.
I felt a pang of guilt wash over me when I remembered the look in his eyes when I spoke back at him, when the only thing he was interested in was making sure I was fine. I didn't even think about how he felt.
“He must hate me…he c-couldn’t look at me.” I cried again.
Xavier chuckled, "trust me he doesn't…even if he tried." He said. “He's obsessed, in a good way." He added and that made me feel better in a way.
He followed me until I got to the room, he waited until I entered before leaving but not without assuring me that Zayne just needed to calm his wolf.
The minutes turned into hours and Zayne was still not back. It didn't make it any better that I couldn't reach him through our mindlink…neither could Mira. I kept pacing around the room until my legs hurt. At one point, I heard a knock on the door, but it was just an Omega bringing dinner that was now sitting untouched on the table.
“He definitely hates me,” I thought, and as bad as it sounded, I deserved it.
I wasn't sure when, but I dozed off while sitting on the couch. Zayne was still not back and I was becoming increasingly worried. I was still blocked so I couldn't reach him. A part of me was tempted to go look for him but considering the fact that it was nearly midnight, I could already imagine the look on his face if he saw me…so I quietly sat down.
Just when I felt my body give way due to how tired I was, I heard the door open and was on my feet immediately.
He was covered in sweat like he spent all the time he was away running and my chest tightened. When his gaze met mine, he paused, taking a good look at me.
“Fuck Red!" He cursed softly when I got closer, “why–" I didn't let him finish before running into his arms and for the umpteenth time today, I let my tears fall
"I'm sorry.”