The Alpha's Feisty And Broken Princess

CH. 14- Hellhound Alpha

Chapter Fourteen :SCENE ONE.

Esme’s point of view.

Beta Elisa’s eyes locked with mine and we both just stood there intensely staring at one another trying to see who will make the first move. Her eyes went from me , to my gran ,to her brother ,back to me and ultimately back to her brother's bloody body sprawled out on the ground with a sword sticking out of him. She ran to his eyes screaming and shouting for some medical assistance but none came and I did not stay long enough to wait with her. I used her heartbroken and distracted state to my advantage and ran.

“L..leave me… it’s ok baby girl don’t cry. I am dead already, if the dark magic eating away at me doesn’t kill me my injuries will,”

I tried protesting…I cried for her to keep on going, I begged her to not give up but she had long made up her mind and I knew I couldn’t change it. I gently dropped her body ,placed her head on my lap and held her in my arms.

“Stop crying Esmeralda…P-please don’t cry. There are a lot of things that you do not know about yourself and I unfortunately do not have the time to explain everything to you. Alpha Stone was much worse that you could have ever imagined and I came to seek safety in this pack for that particular reason but that too is a long story. All you need to know is that he had found out about your parents and was plotting to use you to get back at them…cause chaos in the werewolf kingdom and takeover the throne as the new werewolf alpha king,”

She was not making any sense…it was probably the pain getting to her. She was not in her right mind and just talking nonsense that’s what it is. At least that is what I told myself as I frantically tried to wipe away the blood coming out her eyes.

“Take this…it shall give you answers to all of your questions,”

A small clear orb appeared on her palms in a flash of bright light and soon got stained by her blood as she handed it over to me.

“ Go to the Dunamis pack and ask for the alpha king , he will protect you. Tell him you are Esmeralda Dunamis daughter of Esmeralda Gallio and alpha King Obelius Dunamis,”

Whoo… Hold up a second let me get my jaw off the floor, say what now?

“The Warriors will soon find us …you have to run now . Don’t ask any questions, just run! Run Esmeralda P-please. You have to live . I love you baby girl,”

Those were the last words that left her mouth as I carefully placed her down with a heavy heart and ran like my life depended on it because it did.

The tears coming out my eyes were slowly making it harder to navigate my way throughout the forest. The constant cracking of my heart at all of the day's events and revelations constantly reminded me of everything that I had gone through in just a matter of days, all because I chose to not listen to my grandmother. She told me not to take the blood test but I did , even the beta warned me but I stubbornly ignored both of them.

I could hear the loud mournful growls of the pack members echoing in the forest . Alpha Stone had died. I could feel deep guilt just tearing my heart apart at the thought of all of this being my fault. I led myself through a chain of events that eventually started a domino effect to my tragic road of chaos.

The more I thought of all the things that I could have done differently the more heartache that I felt and the harder running because. It is hard to run when your breathing is not stable and it is hard to cry while also keeping your breathing stable so I just had to pick a struggle.

Deciding to not focus on everything I did wrong ,my grandmother ,my parents and Alpha Stone I just ran…no tears just running. The back border boundary was very clear and the force field around the pack made it all just sink in …I was leaving the pack. I laid my hand on the thin force field layer as a single year fell down my cheek.

“I love you too Grandma… I love you too,”

I did not stay any longer. The heaviness on my chest was getting worse by the second bit. I ignored it and just continued on running without turning to look back. I wanted to crumble and break down but I didn’t. I did not need to look back to see that the force field was down . The shift of power could be felt by anyone but for me it was more than just that, it was my grandmother’s soul leaving her body.

The force field was tied to her life force …she hung on long enough and deserved peace. She was in so much pain and was going to face much abuse at the hands of the angry pack members that death seemed like an easier send off. She waited long enough for me to leave the back and she let go…leaving me without the one and only parent that I ever knew whilst sending me off to find a father that I never even knew I had.

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I could feel the pain in my shoulder getting more and more intense by the second but I could not stop running… I will not stop running even if it kills me. For a moment I thought I had gotten away, that I had created enough distance between me and whoever was now after me but I could not have been more wrong.

I made the foolish mistake of turning my head back to check if anyone or anything was behind me and luckily for me there was nothing but that gave me a false sense of safety. I took a deep breath in and exhaled in relief as I turned my head back to where I was going when I just froze completely still.

Right there in front of me stood two rogues who ambushed me from the sides and now stood in an intimidating manner with their bloodthirsty eyes zoned in on me like I was nothing more than just a piece of meat.

I did not waste any time looking at the rogues as I turned around to try and run away but that was of no use as three more rogues showed up right behind me .All five of them now stood around me just blocking each and every possible escape route .

I was surrounded , No… I was scared , helpless and surrounded. I could not bring myself to think of any spell or magic summoning potion or anything that I could use to defend myself in this instance but that didn’t mean I had to give up.

Deep down I knew that even if I remembered a magic spell to use the chances of me actually getting it right and making it work were slim to none so I decided to just remove the thought of using magic to get myself out of this situation which I honestly put myself in. I still had hope of whatever magic , miracle impulse I used to kill the other rogue to kick in but I knew better than to count on it.

I just stood there , being useless and watched as the rogues menacingly looked at me with great anger deep rooted within the depths of their bloodthirsty eyes and obvious wolfish grin plastered all over their matted , dirty faces.

I did not waste any time trying to come up with any solid plan as I just picked the closest rogue and charged right at it with as much strength and Force as I could muster. It is more than sad to say that me attacking it did not do much to move it from its position , the rogue did not even seem phased by my attempt to throw it down but little did he know that I had something else up my sleeve.

If only he knew exactly what I had in store for him…I guess it’s true what they say ,ignorance sure is bliss.

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Chapter Fourteen: SCENE TWO.

Esme’s point of view.

The exact moment my hands touched its body I made sure to start mumbling the one spell that I actually know I can pull off. It took more energy and concentration than expected to actually mumble out the freezing spell under such pressure whilst also being efficient with my spell casting. Focusing all of my energy to the palms of my hand I quickly pushed up against the rogue's flesh making sure to freeze as much of the liquid within its body as I possibly could .

"Oh my goddess…I can’t believe that actually worked, "

I squealed out in my head in shock .Deep down I did not really think the spell would work but I was more than glad it did ,unfortunately for me it was not enough. I hit the ground with a loud thud as I felt the sharp pain of canine teeth sinking deep within my flesh .

Penetrating the tenderness of my flesh with its teeth, a rogue wolf grabbed me by my shoulder and harshly flung me across the forest with its mouth. A loud as hell scream bubbled up deep within my stomach and left my diaphragm with a shrieking echo as my body hit the ground with so much force I swear I probably broke a bone or something.

My hand went to touch my wound but the pain instantly made me flinch away and scream once more. For some reason seeing the blood just made the pain all the more worse and that just increased my panic. I could not fight... I was not ready to fight. I just had to run but there was nowhere to run . The rogues were now standing right before me…looking annoyed and infuriated to say the least.

The pain that I felt in that exact moment just made me want to close my eyes and prepare for my death. I decided to try begging even though I knew it was futile and my pride was still nagging at me but all my pleas for mercy just fell upon deaf ears. All I got in return were loud growls followed by dirty, sharp claws digging into my left leg as the rogue used it to drag me towards it with my bum harshly dragging on the hard ,rocky ground .

For a moment I felt relief but it soon disappeared as we heard loud earth shattering growls suddenly ripping through the forest and catching all of our attention. Something told me to scream some more and maybe the wolves growling would come to my aid but then the thought of the wolves growling being the same wolves that are after me completely just broke me.

After all the crying that I did when I ran out of my pack I still had some tears left to cry so that is what I did… I just continued on crying

“ if I am going to die anyway I might as well die fighting,”

the moment the thought ran past my mind I just harshly wiped away at my tears and sprung into action kicking the wolf who had bitten me with my right leg before jumping on top of the other wolf with my hands tightly around its neck and my legs dangling by its side as if that would somehow help me not get killed. Random, unexpected, simultaneous growls of pain soon caught my attention as I turned out of reflex to look at what the hell was going on behind me and I just froze.

My back had been turned for only but a few moments and in those few moments something weirdly twisted had happened . I am not sure what, who, how, why and if I was still completely sane or seeing things but something blood chilling had happened. The two wolves that were previously standing behind me were now laid out on the ground covered in their own blood … lifeless.

I could feel chills going down my spine as the night got colder by each and every second. All of a sudden I could hear bones breaking and grunts of pain being heard going off in the atmosphere and completely catching me off guard . Everything is just happening so fast I blinked, released my arms from the rogue and tried to make sense of the bloody scene right before my eyes.

There were now suddenly three dead , rogue ,werewolf bodies on the floor with the culprit nowhere to be found. One moment I could swear I saw a large wolf and then the next moment it was gone leaving me completely stunned. The rogue I had previously wrapped my arms around looked around in pure terror as he did a U-turn before trying to run when it suddenly froze in his tracks .

A large beast of a thing appeared out of nowhere and now had its arms tightly wrapped around the rogue's neck... It all happened so swiftly I could have missed it . one moment there was a beast wrapping its arms around the rogue and the next moment the bloody rogue was laid out on the floor with its neck completely detached from its body.

The night's events were proving to be more than I could personally handle as I felt my heart beating right on my throat as I froze with terror as I just knew that I was probably next to die.

“you are very welcome by the way,”

A raspy, deep and weirdly calming voice could suddenly be heard behind me ,making me jump right out of the ground and wince at all of the pain that overwhelmed my body at that movement and every other moment that involved me moving , wincing or simply breathing. I followed the sound of his voice and finally bestowed my eyes upon who I had hoped was my savior and my eyes just feasted upon him.

I slowly scanned him up and down just zoning in on each and every ridge or curve in his body. His broad shoulders and the thick pulsating veins on his neck just led to his somewhat intimidating ruggedly damn handsome face. I slowly trailed my eyes up his sharp jawline to the scowl on his face before finally zoning in on his glowing red eyes. The more I stared into his eyes the stronger the urge to drown within his beautiful red orbs.

I knew who it was the very moment that my eyes fell upon him…well more like it. His exaggerated beastly frame and overly pronounced muscles with his entrancing glowing red eyes all just brought out the thick intimidating air of sheer danger around him making all of the danger alerts and warning bells in my head to simultaneously go off.

I could feel all of the blood being drained from my body at the sight of him standing in front of me half shifted ,bloody and completely animalistic. I could not even call him a man for he was all beast even whilst in his supposedly human form. Above all else his reputation precedes him and all of the stories I thought were just exaggerations ,campfire tales or straight out folk law just did him no Justice .

His mere presence alone was fear-inducing , no…it felt like sheer terror it self. For some reason I could feel an annoyingly nagging voice just trying to say something deep within me but I could not focus well enough to hear the words that the voice was saying nor did I actually care. I am totally judging myself for being scared shirtless and turned on at the same time by all this sickening tension.

My raging heart and escalating anxiety made it almost impossible for me to focus on what I was physically or emotionally feeling, going through and experiencing. His enticing fiery red eyes remained sorely focused on me. My heart felt like it was harshly pounding at my throat as Alpha Ares Laskaris towered over me in all his glory, just examining me as if he was trying to decide what to do with me.

I have never felt such intoxicating fear before and a part of me just wished that the rouges could have killed me sooner and ended my misery. It was rumoured that being killed by a hellhound meant that you get to relive your death over and over and over again in a never ending loop deep in the underworld with the pain lasting for all of eternity. I could feel the restlessness of my almost non existent wolf brewing with sheer anticipation and anxiety as the word consistently rang off in my head just as the same word left his mouth...

“ Mate,”

Alpha Laskaris, an actual hellhound from hell and alpha of all creatures was my mate and that was the trigger I needed to slip into the darkness deep within and fall prey to the dark powers of black magic.