Chapter 187

What?"

“Fuck…” I heard Peter bending down next to me.” Fuck, fuck…” He smoothed his hair and I stared at his closed eyelids. Susan had arched eyebrows, a perfectly shaped mouth... That similarity in the photo was clear.

She was still breathing, but he was suspicious that they had shot her with tranquilizers. Her heartbeat and breathing were weaker than normal.

“All this time…” Kendall growled and stood up. I saw him go up to Christopher and grab him by the neck with monstrous strength.” Were you the one who killed my wife?” Her tone was gratifying to me and I was prepared to see Kendall end his race. Susan was in my arms and nothing else mattered.

“K”Kendall…” Blood dripped from his mouth. The bastard had spat out his own eye at some point.” Don’t do it”

Kendall's hand was across her throat in the blink of an eye. And the Alpha's body was thrown against the tree.

“Was anyone hurt?” I asked Peter and looked around.

“Sury was shot, but nothing serious. You however...” My arms were losing strength now as the adrenaline wore off. And the pain was starting to become unbearable. All I wanted was to carry my female away in my own arms, but apparently I couldn't even support my own weight.

“Okay... Take Susan, take her away and...

“Connor…” Kai held my back and I looked at the wolf while Peter did as I asked. Kai had a big cut on his face. Damn, I was going to pass out or die at any moment.” Come on partner. You made a guy chew out his own eye. That was too much even for me.” I tried to laugh as he helped me up. I clutched my stomach and felt the warm blood running down my skin and down my legs. Damn it...

“Shit… That was cool, wasn’t it?” I grumbled.

"It was scary." I could see her alarmed eyes as she looked at my belly.

“What are we going to do with the others?” Alaric appeared supporting Sury on his back. I looked at the wolf and she smiled at me. The surrounding wolves remained still while mine began to move. Just like Kendall's.

“Let” them solve their problems alone. I do not intend to extend my domains.” I smiled and closed my eyes. I was tired...” It's hard enough to control just one territory.

“We could finish them off for what they did to Susan...” Dominic growled and I looked at Peter leading my companion meters in front of us.

“She wouldn’t want that.” I looked around and saw dozens of fallen bodies. Just like the hunters.” Someone needs to clean up the mess.

“It’s not our territory. They will take care of it.” I sighed in relief.

“Are you sure none of our people died?” I worried and felt my legs give out.

“No one but Cain. Kendall's help was essential... And it seems the hunters were killing anyone who got too close. Their side was almost half slaughtered.” Kai commented, hurrying his steps. I noticed he disguised himself when he signaled Dominic to help carry me. He seemed quite worried.

“Tell someone to pick up his body. He was our problem and it was essential for Susan not to get shot. Maika might want to see him one last time.” My voice was lower than I would have liked. Dominic came over and put my arm around his shoulders. Making my steps less laborious. And at some point, when my reflexes became useless, someone pressed a cloth over my belly.

“FUCKING HURRY UP! I WAS CONTROLLING MYSELF TO NOT SCREAM!” I heard Sury's voice before everything went out.

Peter

Susan was curled up in my lap with several bruises and cuts on her body. Silver burns and even teeth marks on the arms. She'd probably fought those wolves before they brought her in. It was obvious that they had been forced to drug her.

My sister. Damn, she was my sister.

The connection between the two of us from the first moment we saw each other was no coincidence. It was a blood bond. One that Kendall recognized the first moment she smelled it. And the moment he shouted my mother's name, I realized everything. I never saw a single photo of my mother. And they were separated from me when I was very young. I could barely remember the smell or the characteristics, but my father...

He had a lot to explain...

I got into the back seat and sat down with her still on my lap. I rested my forehead on hers and hugged her. Her fingers felt like ice cubes as I curled them into my chest. Alaric soon appeared and left Sury in the front seat. She was hysterical as she faced Susan and began to cry. I guess relief or stress, I couldn't know.

I saw Kai and Dominic leave Connor lying next to me and I sighed when I saw that even he hadn't lasted that long. He was completely covered in blood and someone had put pants on the Alpha and wrapped a rag around his stomach. They probably took some hunter's clothes.

When I saw Connor get shot, I screamed his name several times to warn him of the danger, but he refused to stop. He was completely blind. Dominic soon lent himself to kill the hunter he had shot before he fired again. The old man had quite the aim to be able to hit Connor at that speed. Probably the only one who knew how to differentiate Christopher from the others, as he really tried to protect him.

“We had to open him right there and take the bullet out of him.” Kai looked at me when he saw me with furrowed eyebrows. She was staying at the ”

“I wish I didn’t know.” I grumbled, resting my head on the bench. My shoulder still hurt.” Let's go.

"Right.

Susan

At one point I could feel chaos and snow on my cheek and the next I couldn't feel anything anymore.

The first thing I noticed before opening my eyes was the welcoming silence and the smell of home. That brought the heat back to me and I was able to slowly open my eyes. I refused to wake up and see that I was in that cell again or somewhere else in that pack.

It was still too heavy to move, but when I looked to the side, my eyes welled up and the tears started to flow.

I couldn't believe it.

Connor was lying next to me and we were in our room. One of his legs was exposed on the blanket, and the thick fabric covered him up to his chest. The fear of it being just a dream squeezed my heart, but I brought my hand to his chest and felt his warm skin. His smell was like heaven and all I could think about was hugging him and never letting go. I rolled to the side and got closer to his warm body. That's when I saw the IV in my hand and the rod hanging next to the bed. Probably because I still needed to recover from the tranquilizer they applied to me when I recovered from the dizziness and attacked one of the wolves holding me.

How could I be back?”

“Connor...” I whispered to wake him up and got no response as I kissed his shoulder. My eyes widened and I froze when I smelled something else. I took the blanket off him and saw the bandage on his abdomen. Blood stained the gauze but it smelled like dried blood. He was already healing...

But he had fought. He had gone to Chris and fought. And he got hurt because of it. He could see the bandage on his ear and the ugly scratches on his body that now had a pinkish color.

“Connor…” I tried calling him again. I needed to hear his voice, see his eyes open. But he remained asleep.

I placed my forehead on his shoulder and remained there with my eyes closed, listening to his breathing, feeling his chest rise and fall. He needed time to heal. And I would stay here by his side until he woke up.

Had he gone alone?” He wouldn't have made it. And his wolves wouldn't have allowed him to take such risks either. Bile rose in my throat as I thought about what might have happened if everyone had gone after me.

I needed to know if everyone was okay.

I looked at the door and slowly leaned on the bed. I actually didn't know how long I had slept. The wounds on my body were still visible, but they were nothing more than scratches despite the excruciating headache. I probably had a black or green eye from the hard punch I received from one of those bastards, but what mattered was that I hadn't eaten anything since I was captured. And with so many doses of tranquilizer, I would spit out bile if I tried to get up now.

I smoothed the sweater I was wearing and realized that someone had cleaned me. The serum could tell me that Lori was or was here until recently, as the liquid was still half full. Unless she had left some packaging here to be exchanged by someone else. She had a son now and would probably be taking care of him.

I took the blanket off me with my hands shaking a little and stepped onto the floor. I held the rod and leaned on it to get up. The dizziness almost hit me and I put my hand over my mouth waiting for the feeling to pass. The curtains were closed, but I ignored them as I took a step toward the door. I turned the doorknob and was bombarded by voices coming from the room. I was able to identify Peter's first. Soon after Maika responded. Lori was here too.

When I stepped out of the room the voices stopped. Peter appeared alarmed in the hallway and his eyes widened when he saw me.