Chapter 44

We were all stunned by what happened and it felt like time stopped. No one moved until I saw Randy raising his foot to kick Marcus out of his way. I acted instinctively, lunging at him without any hesitation before he could hurt Marcus more. "Damn you!" he hissed when my own version of a high jump kick connected, and he was pushed backwards.

"Marcus! Are you alright?" I asked even though it was clear that he wasn't. He was losing so much blood from the spear that was still in his back. But he was still conscious and started to talk. All of Marcus' men ran towards us, but Randy was able to defeat everyone that came near him.

"Run, Milena. They're here... The Blackholes are here..."

I shook my head. "I won't leave you! And I can heal you right now!" I replied and slowly pulled out the long spear from his back, which made him groan in total pain.

"No, don't heal me again!" he protested, but I still started to chant for his wound to close.

"Milena, look out!" I heard Darren yell, and that was because Randy already got up and was now heading back to us. He was holding some kind of blade weapon, and I already accepted my fate that I was going to be cut because I couldn't fend him off in time.

But Marcus got up and shielded me from harm. I screamed as the two clashed, and luckily I saw that Marcus was able to deflect Randy's attacks using his bare hands.

"I can't believe it! He still managed to block him after getting speared! He is truly the Ruthless Alpha as they say!" said Lady Xinxia behind us. But my attention was solely on Marcus, who was clearly still having a hard time fighting Randy even if he managed to hold off the latter.

"You're Randy the Rascal, right?" Marcus asked him.

"Yes, I am. I'm so flattered that you know me," Randy replied.

"Why are you here? Are you after my wife too?" Marcus asked as the two tried to overpower each other.

"Of course! I want to be the one to kill her, you know?"

"You'll have to get past me first before even thinking of laying a hand on her!" said Marcus before he managed to pick up the spear on the ground and use it on Randy. Marcus speared Randy right through his chest, but Randy also got hold of Marcus' arm and bit him like an animal.

I was about to attack Randy myself, but Darren came into the scene, slicing Randy's front with a blade of his own, the one I saw before that had chains on its handle. Randy fell to the floor unconscious as Marcus walked back to me, wincing in pain.

"Are you alright, Marcus?" I asked worriedly while Darren looked at us with a poker face.

He then used his peculiar weapon and chained Randy with it. "How dare you come here and follow me! You're not going to hurt Milena while I'm here you fool!" he hissed, hitting the already defeated Blackhole.

"He followed you?" I asked Darren. "So it's your fault that he's here?"

Darren nodded, and that made me angry. "I'm sorry, Milena. I knew that he was headed towards Gloverstone, so I intercepted him. I already defeated him earlier but he escaped. I didn't knew he could still follow me all the way here."

"He's still breathing," said Marcus. "Let's kill him right now."

"No," Darren said and the two glared at each other again. "I still have some business with him. Besides, we need him for information on the other Blackholes."

"You're not the one who'll decide on these things," said Marcus. "This is my territory, Darren."

"But Randy is my responsibility," said Darren, which confused us.

"What do you mean?"

He heaved a sigh and looked down before answering my question. "Milena, you saw me fight Randy back in our pack, right? It’s a personal vendetta. There's a reason he wants to kill me. And you too."

"Does he have other reasons aside from the fact that he's a Blackhole?"

"Yes. The truth is Randy was Valerie's true mate."

I gasped at the revelation. "Valerie? The woman who tricked you?"

"Yes. They met before Valerie did what she did to me. It seemed that Valerie's parents didn't like Randy as her mate as he was a rogue. They imprisoned him and treated him like a traitor to their pack. But he escaped and became a Blackhole and vowed to come back for revenge."

"So he wants you dead because he thinks you took his mate from him?" I asked, but Darren shook his head.

"It wasn't like that. He went to see Valerie a lot of times but she didn't care about him and just went on with their plan to fool me and our pack. Randy got mad, but he couldn't hurt Valerie because he truly loved her. But I finally found out the truth and broke up with Valerie. She went back to their pack and got depressed because the potion she kept on drinking to fool me made her unable to bear a child anymore. And that ate her up. Months later, Valerie killed herself."

"No way... Then he wants to kill me because I’m still your mate?”

"Yes. Not only does he want to kill me, but he also wants you dead, Milena. He wants to get even with me by killing my mate. He didn't know who my mate was back then, but then he found out that time you were there, that moment he saw you wolf out. Ever since then his new target was you, Milena. Then the news broke that the Purple-Eyed Werewolf lived in Gloverstone. That's why I wanted to be beside you so badly. I wanted to protect you from him, and also from the other Blackholes."

"But thankfully we already got him," I said and Marcus nodded. "That's one problem solved."

"Yes, but the other Blackholes are after you too, Milena," said Darren. "When I was fighting Randy earlier, he accidentally told me that they were going to attack Marcus’ pack tonight. Nightshade and Malcolm will lead the attack. Randy was claiming that there was a traitor on your side, Marcus, that's why I wanted to take Milena away from you."

"What? Why did you just tell me about this now? You could have said that first and not who's my son's real father!" I was already yelling from my frustration. "My son will be in danger back home!"

"I'm sorry, Milena, but I just want Marcus to tell the truth first so that you and Zenith could come with me and get away from his territory. Your life will be in constant danger while you're with that man!"

I slapped Darren right after he uttered those words. "I'm not going anywhere without Marcus! I love him!" Then I turned to Marcus, panicking. "Marcus, our son! We have to check on him! If what Darren said is true, our son is in danger!"

Marcus took his phone and dialed a number while I waited. "Hello? Roma? Why are you crying? Why are you the one taking my call?"

There was a short pause then I saw Marcus' face went white as he turned to me.

"Milena, the Blackholes took our son!"