Forbidden

Chapter 5: My savior and my enemy

It was now nighttime and the house has been quite for a while. This was my cue, to get the hell out of here! I opened the window, as quietly as I could, threw out the sheets, that I fashioned into a rope and began to make my descent.

My feet hit the ground and I stilled, looking all around me, making sure no one was within sight. The coast was clear and I beelined it for the woods. I ran through the woods, my heavy breathing and footsteps the only noise surrounding me. I had been running for a while now and decided to slow down, in order to conserve my energy. Nothing around me looked familiar and it was so dark, making it difficult to see anything and the further I went into the forest, the denser it became.

The moon was shining through a small opening in the trees, illuminating a small creek. I stopped to have a rest, hoping the water may be clean enough for me to drink. As I approached the water, I heard a low growl come from behind me. I stilled, my breathing quickened and my eyes darted all around me looking for the animal, that the growl would belong to. s**t! What do I do!

Suddenly, a pair of yellow eyes emerged from the trees on the other side of the water, glaring right at me. My body froze and I stopped breathing, as fear crept up my spine. The eyes came forward and it stepped into the light, what I saw, couldn’t be f*****g possible! It was a wolf, but not a normal one, this wolf was massive and glaring right at me, like I was its last meal.

I panicked and took off in the opposite direction. I could hear the wolf chasing after me, it was snarling, growling and chomping its teeth. The sound of the beats paws thudded against the ground and echoed throughout the forest. I came to an abrupt stop, as I reached the edge of a cliff. I stared down and it was a huge drop, about 20 feet or more. I didn’t know if I would survive if I jumped.

Before I could come to a decision, the wolf chasing me, plowed into me, pushing me right over the edge. I tumbled down the side of the cliff, the rocks clawing at my skin. My body slammed into the ground and I heard a crack, but only felt minimal pain, as the adrenaline was racing through me.

I looked up at the wolf, that stood on the edge of the cliff, watching me and I must have hit my head harder than I thought, as it looked like it was smiling at me? So much for escaping alive!

It leapt down from the cliff and landed almost gracefully, it’s head slowly rose to meet my gaze, then stalked towards me, licking its lips. I tried to scurry away from it, but my body began to scream in pain, not allowing me to move an inch.

The wolf barred its teeth at me, then chomped down on my leg and I let out a blood curdling scream. The wolf began to drag me across the ground. I fought and tried to kick it with my other leg, but it only growled at me and bit down harder.

My head was pounding and my vision became clouded. This is it; this is how I die. Just when I was losing all hope and considered defeat, I heard my name being called out. I looked up to see Damon standing on the edge of the cliff, he observed the situation and fury crossed his face.

He stepped back from the edge and I gasped, as he leapt over the edge, he’s going to hurt himself or kill himself. However, when he was in midair, he shifted into an enormous black wolf.

I screamed in horror at the sight before me, am I imaging things? Am I going crazy? He landed on the other wolf and they rolled away from me. Damon pinned the wolf under him and seconds later, ripped its throat out, tossing the head away, like it was trash. His head snapped too me, staring at me intently, then he started dashing towards me and that’s when everything went black.

Damon POV:

I paced in my room, unable to get her off my mind. I walked over to the adjoining door so many times, the carpet was starting to wear down. I grasped the door handle, wanting to rush in there and capture her lips with mine, the urge to taste her was driving me mad.

Kissing her on the cheek wasn’t enough, the soft feeling of her skin still lingered on my lips. I didn’t hear any movement in her room for some time and that concerned me and my wolf. He was pacing, needing to find her, to be with her and make her ours, but something felt off with him as well, he was worried about her too.

Against better judgement, I walked into her room determined to be near her, but her room was empty. I checked all over and she wasn’t here, that’s when I noticed the window was open and a makeshift rope hung out the window. f**k!

I looked out and scanned the yard and she was nowhere to be seen, I howled in rage. I mind linked Luca, telling him that she escaped and to search the grounds, while I searched the woods.

I leapt out the window and began running for the woods. I wanted to shift so bad, my skin ached and burned, it would help me to find her faster, but I worried if I found her, she would be scared at the sight of my wolf, scaring her off.

As I got further into the forest, I picked up on her scent and she was close, but I also picked up the scent of a rogue. s**t! Hopefully, it hadn’t found her. Because if he harmed her in anyway, I would rip him to pieces.

To my left, I heard faint growling and then a blood curdling scream, rang through my ears, almost deafening me. I followed the sound, only to come upon a rogue, with his teeth imbedded into her skin, as he dragged her by her leg.

“Amelia.” I shouted, she looked in my direction and the expression on her face, almost broke my heart.

I leapt off the cliff and without thinking, I shifted into my wolf, letting my beast free and we tackled the rogue, knocking him off Amelia. I clamped my teeth down on his throat and rip his head off his body.

I was so fueled with rage and anger, I had almost forgotten she was here, my only focus was taking out the rogue and destroying him. When she let out a shuddering breath, it brought me back to reality. My gaze turned to her and something was wrong with her. I started to run to her and that’s when she passed out cold.

I immediately shifted back to human and cradled her in my arms, I looked over her body and she seemed to be in bad shape. I wasn’t sure of the extent of her injuries, but she was losing a lot of blood from her leg, I scooped her up and ran towards the pack house.

Once I was close enough, I linked with Luca, telling him to get a doctor to the infirmary immediately.

As I entered the infirmary wing, Luca was there waiting for me and his eyes widened when he saw me “What the f**k happened?” He blurted out.

My eyes snapped to his “She was attacked by a rogue.” I said through gritted teeth.

His brows shot up “f**k man, she doesn’t look good.” He said, pointing out the obvious.

“You f*****g think?” I snapped at him.

I took her into one of the room, gently laying her down on the bed, the doctor rushed in and began to examine her.

I looked to the doctor “Is she going to be, ok?” I asked nervously.

Her eyes roamed all over Amelia, as her hands felt around her broken body “She has quite a few bruises and cuts, possibly some broken ribs, her leg is broken badly as well. The main vein in her leg was punctured and she is bleeding badly.” She looked into my eyes, a solemn expression “We will do everything we can.” She smiled.

My eyes narrowed on her “That answer, is not reassuring.” I said in a deadly tone.  

“I will do everything that I can to save her, Alpha. But I won’t be able to focus with you in here, I have to ask you to leave.” She said shakily.

I snarled at her and shook with rage, as my chest heaved. Luca, came up behind me, putting a hand on my shoulder “She’s right, you need to give her space, so she can help her.” I glared at him, then stormed out of the room.

I knew that if I were in there, I would probably cause more problems, but at the same time, I didn’t give a s**t! I just wanted to be with her and not leave her side.

I grabbed a chair from the other room and dragged it into the hall, placing it right next to her door and sat down. I wasn’t going anywhere until I knew she was alright.

Amelia POV:

The sound of machines beeping, flooded my ears, as the smell of medical equipment wafted in the air. My whole body ached and I felt so exhausted, it hurt to even open my eyes. I tried to reposition myself on the bed, as my ass felt numb from being in one spot. I opened my eyes just a little to look around and I noticed Damon standing next to my bed.

“Here let me help you.” He said softly. He gripped my hips gently and helped to turn me onto my side slightly, then propped a pillow behind my back for support.

I gave him a drunken smile, as my eyes fluttered open and shut “Thank you.”

He caressed my check with his thumb and I was out again.

I startled awake, dreaming of the wolf that attacked me. My breathing was erratic and my heart felt like it was going a mile a minute.

Damon rushed to my side and engulfed me in his arms, the ran a hand down the length of my hair, trying to soothe me “Shh, its ok. Your safe now.”

I closed my eyes and tried to calm myself, but then I remembered that Damon had turned into a wolf. That’s when I began to panic, realizing he was right beside me and I was in his arms.

I gasped, looking at him and tried to move away from him, pushing at his rock-solid chest. My eyes widened in fear “You…you…turned into a wolf.” I said, my voice wavering.

His expression became neutral “No, Amelia, I didn’t. You were attacked by a wolf.”

I shoved him away from me, putting distance between us “Yea, I know I was attacked by a wolf. But I saw you jump off that cliff and turn into a wolf. I know I did!” I shouted.

He leaned closer to me, trying to eliminate the gap, but I put my hand up, stopping him “Don’t come near me, you’re a monster!”

He looked hurt by my words “Amelia, I promise I won’t hurt you.” He said calmly.

I scoffed “Won’t hurt me? Yet, you tore the head off that wolf, you killed it and brutally. How in the f**k, do you want me to believe that you won’t hurt me?” I asked him.

His expression became stern, as moved my hand away and leaned in closer to me “If I hadn’t killed that wolf, you would be dead by now, rotting inside its stomach. I saved your life, if I was going to hurt you, Amelia, I would have killed you the moment I walked into that cell.” His tone was dark, but his words held truth to them.  

What he said made sense, he could have killed me at any time. He could’ve let that other man attack me, but he didn’t, he had helped me and this time, saved my life. Maybe he wouldn’t hurt me.

He sighed heavily and ran a hand through his hair, as he watched me. I didn’t know what to say or how to react, I had just watched this man change into a wolf, something I only read about in stories.

I cleared my throat “How?”

His brows scrunched together “How, what?”

“How did you do that? And don’t lie to me, I know what I saw.” I said narrowing my eyes on him.

He looked away from me “I didn’t change into a wolf, Amelia. You were hallucinating.” His voice was low.

I sat up in my bed “Bullshit! Don’t lie to me! I know what I saw, and I saw you turn into a wolf!” I yelled at him. 

He whipped his head in my direction, with a furious expression on his face. He leaned down, placing his hands on either side of my head, caging me between his muscular arms. His eyes changed from there beautiful blue, to a dark shade of yellow. I sunk myself into the bed, terrified of him right now.

His jaw was clenched tightly and his lip twitched “Are you sure you saw me turn into a wolf? Are you sure you weren’t just imagining things?” He tilted his head to the side, bringing his lips to my ear “Maybe, I am the big bad wolf and you are my little red riding hood and I’m waiting for the perfect opportunity to eat……you……up.” He said, leaving back and a sinister smile spread across his lips.

My lip quivered and I bit down on it to keep it still. I was so afraid of this man and what he was going to do to me. But my stupid ass, reached up and slapped him across the face. His head whipped to the side upon impact and he slowly turned back to look back at me. He narrowed his eyes, while grinning at me and then started to laugh.

He brought his face closer to mine “You’re lucky your injured and in this bed or else I’d spank that pretty little ass of yours for that stunt.” He gripped my chin tightly, causing me to whimper “Pull something like that again and I promise, you will regret it!” He spat. 

He then stood from the bed, turned around and stormed out of the room, slamming the door shut. I had finally let out the breath I didn’t know I had been holding in and started to hyperventilate, as tears began to pour down my face. I gathered myself and observed my body, taking note of my injuries and that’s when I saw my broken leg. My chest heaved and more tears streamed down my face, as I realized that I was stuck here until my leg healed. f**k! I’m never going to escape this place.