CHAPTER 14

His words were delivered with fury and a terrifying murderous stare. I gulped – glad I wasn't on the end of the glare, I would have crumbled at his feet.

"I'm just saying that--"

Well, don't just say" Lincoln cut him off, a growl ripping through his chest as his arms tightened around me.

"Frankly, Antony, I don't give a shit what you think. I am the Alpha.

I am in charge. I decide what happens. So shut up before I make you". Lincoln pushed me behind him, before stepping towards Beta Strider.

The man must have had a death wish, because he stood up to Lincoln – challenging his Alpha.

Total, and utter, disrespect. Lincoln roared. It wasn't a growl, it was the roar of a beast.

I whimpered in fear as Lincoln grabbed a hold of Beta Strider's collar.

"How dare you?" Lincoln yelled – his voice more animal than I thought possible.

Lincoln's face twitched, his face morphing slightly. I was seeing a man in half-shift.

Lincoln face distorted; his mouth and nose growing longer and his teeth enlarging.

Claws extended from his fingers and his normal hair spread lower over his neck.

His eyes grew – his pupils taking over the iris so that the entire eye was black.

The plush green, meadow colour, that I had grown to adore, were gone. Black eyes left in its place – the eyes of a killer.

I screamed, clasping my hand over my mouth to muffle the sound slightly. I had never been so fearful for my life before, I stumbled back as tears sprung to my eyes.

He was a monster, Lincoln was a monster. I knew what he was, and I was still terrified of him, I couldn't imagine how scared the human would have been to see a beast like that.

Lincoln – in his beast form – wrapped a clawed hand around Beta Strider's neck.

He looked up at my mate with terrified eyes, looking like he was staring down the barrel of the gun – but it was worse than that.

I may have been scared stiff, but I still knew that it was Lincoln inside, and I knew he didn't really want to kill his Beta.

So, on shaky legs, I moved forward and called to him. " Lincoln. Lincoln. Lincoln, stop this please! We already have one dead body, let's not make it two" I yelled, voice cracking with tears.

Lincoln froze, his back becoming rigid at hearing my voice. I carried on, " Lincoln , the police are on their way.

. We don't need to draw suspicion to ourselves.

They need to think that it was an animal attack that killed the girl, we don't need another dead body to make it a murder investigation".

There was a heavy pause. "lincoln, please". I was getting desperate.

There was a thick heavy moment of tension; both Beta Strider and I watching Lincoln, awaiting his decision.

I gulped deeply as Lincoln glared at Beta Strider, before finally he let go of his neck.

The Beta took in a deep breath of air, before rubbing his neck.

The skin covered in slight blood from where Lincoln's claws at punctured the tissue.

"You should leave" Lincoln growled at him. "Because I might kill you if you keep talking, and you're bleeding and we don't need the cops sticking their noses in". His words still held a fierce growl in them.

"Understood, Alpha" Beta Strider grumbled, eyes cast to the floor and a scowl presenting on his lips. He didn't look happy, but turned and left anyway.

Lincoln turned slowly to face me, he was breathing deeply and his hands shook slightly in rage.

When his black, bottomless, eyes met mine; I visually shivered. "You're scared of me" he said.

His voice sounded even and calm, but there was a gruff tone to it due to the half-shift. I gulped, but shook my head no.

"Yes you are, Julian. Don't lie to me, you're scared of me. Because I'm a monster".

You're not" I exclaimed – louder than necessary. I rushed up to him, scared inside but trying to appear fearless. "You are not a monster, Lincoln".

He laughed humourlessly, shaking his head. "That's exactly what I am, Julian. I'm a monster and you're an angel".

The conversation soon ended by the sound of sirens. Hi ohene ome on+233544142683 to be added to story headquarters room for more stories. Lincoln took a deep breath, before returning to the beautiful Alpha I knew.

He took me into his arms. "We came out on a romantic walk, we stumbled across the body.

We didn't hear anything, we didn't see anything" Lincoln whispered into my ear. I nodded my understanding.

The police worked quickly – taking Lincoln and I aside, closing up the area and taking the body away to the morgue.

The entire time, Lincoln and I stayed close together; his arms wrapped tightly around my body.

It was getting late, and I shivered slightly.

"Mr Addison" a police offered – Sergeant Harries – walked over to us.

"I believe you own this land, yes?" he asked. Sergeant Harries was a small man, with arms that were larger than looked real and a face whiter than his hair.

"Yes, my wife and I own this entire fifty acres" Lincoln replied in a clipped tone; showing that the question was unwelcome.

At the word 'wife' Sergeant Harries turned to me, raising an eyebrow in surprise.

"You're very young to be married" he commented, eyes looking at me.

"And we've all heard of Mr Addison and his community, but I've never heard of a wife".

He spoke as if I were guilty of something, I flushed slightly.

"It's a recent marriage" I replied, trying my hardest to sound casual.

But I was scared. Human's – especially ones that pried – unnerved me.

They were anomalies to me, something different and unique. I only ever interacted with humans when I had to; at restaurants, in the bank and other mundane things.

But I stuck with my own kind; I stuck with Wolves.

"How recent?" the Sergeant asked.

"About a week and a half" I stated blankly, and the police officer looked intrigued.

"Wow, so I guess finding a dead body on your honeymoon is a bit of a shock.

Mrs Addison – if you don't mind me asking – what exactly where you and your husband doing out here; in the middle of the woods?"

"We were having a walk together. It's our land, we can walk on it if we want".

I didn't mean to sound so snappy, but my fear was forcing me to sound more aggressive than I meant it to.

Lincoln squeezed my hip; a warning, I realised. Sergeant Harries paused, staring me down with beady eyes.

"We'd like you both to come down to the station with us and ask you some questions" he finally said.

"We've already told you what happened, we went on a walk and we found the body.

What more could you need to know?" Lincoln demanded, his lips tipping into a disapproving frown.

The Sergeant smiled humourlessly at Lincoln.

"You and your wife need to give your statement is all" he shrugged. "No need to get so defensive".

He paused, looking closely at the two of us. "I mean, not if you don't have anything to hide that is".

"We don't" Lincoln said through gritted teeth.

"Good, because I intend to find out exactly what happened".