Alpha: The story of Eva

Chapter 14

 Chapter 14

         When she hit work early that morning, she was busy from 6 am all the way until around 11 that night. She had at least a hours more paperwork to finish up before she can leave. While she was typing up a report, it was so quiet that she could hear the tapping of the keyboard she was working on and the coffee machine the Captain had started up.

         When her mind started to wander, she didn’t even notice the snapping his fingers in her face as she shook her head slightly as she looked up as says, “Captain?”

         “Jesus….Langstone I never thought of you as a airhead before but where the hell were you just then,” he spoke as he sat two cups of coffee on her desk as he took a seat on the chair nearby.

         “Just….um….just got my mind on a case Captain that’s all,” she spoke as she glanced up to him.

         “Yeah, you might be able to full the rookie with that crap but you forgot I use to work with your old man,” he says, “I know that look….its the what hell can I do on top of the what the hell have I gotten myself into.”

         “Cap,” she spoke.

         “Listen I’m only going to say this once and if you ever tell anyone I’ve said this, I’ll deny every bit of it,” he says, “I know something is going on with you but I don’t know what and I know you wont tell me even if I force you. Which that’s one of the things I rather like about you but I will say this. Whatever is going on Eva, do what you have to and make sure your ass comes back to work in one piece. Because if you leave me alone with this silver spoon stuck up bunch of assholes as subordinates, I’ll kick your ass wherever I find you. So keep a eye on your six. Got it.”

         “Got it Captain,” she spoke as she looked to the older man.

         He huffed slightly as he took a drink of the coffee from the paper cup as he says, “You know, this stuff is gonna kill us first before a bullet does.”

         She smirked slightly as she listened to him as she says, “Your stomach is just to sensitive old man.”

         A slightly gritty chuckle passed his lips and then he says as he gets up from the seat as he spoke, “Get your work done. You don’t get paid for siting on your ass and yapping.”

         She nodded slightly and he walked past her, when he did she turned to look at him as he waved her off as he went back to his office and closed the door. She picked up the coffee as she took a drink and she gagged slightly on the taste of it as she chuckled as says, “God this s**t really will eat your stomach out.”

         She sat the cup to the side as she finished off her paperwork and turned off her computer as well as her light as she gathered her things together to leave. She took the main elevator downstairs to the garage as she walked to hers car, when she walked to the car. She picked up a scent she didn’t recognize, well more someone she didn’t know was more the issue.

         “Ok, if your gonna attack me then do it,” she spoke as she stopped right in the middle of the parking lot. 

         She dropped her bag on the ground and slid her coat off as she stood there as she yelled out, “I KNOW YOUR THERE……COME OUT!!!!”

         “Seriously….already and I was hoping for a hunt,” A male spoke as he walked out from one of the cinder poles.

         “Sorry to disappoint,” she spoke as she looked to figure as he was hooded.

         “You’ve got a lot of nerve hunting me at work,” she spoke as she cracked her knuckles.

         “What can I say….I like to get a head of the game,” he spoke as she picked up his scent.

         “s**t, warlock,” she thought as she watched his hands but before she could react, her body was slammed hard against the concrete wall.

         When she hit the wall, she felt the concrete c***k around her frame before she dropped to the ground. She went to maneuver up, only to be kicked across the face as she felt like she was hit in the face by a brick. Then she was grabbed by the throat as she was slammed into the ground once again. She looked up as she deepened her breath and raised her heartbeat as she started to unleash her other side just enough to put herself on the upper hand. As the decay dug it’s bone like fingertips into her skin and tore in the flesh she broke its grip then snapped its head back with a punch. She grabbed both sides of its head as she snapped its neck, breaking the spine in two. She pushed the body off of her to the side, as she rolled on to her hands and knees as she looked to see the other hooded figure was gone but she could still pick up his scent. 

         “You know for a warlock,” she spoke as her muscles tensed as she used her speed to track him down.

         “No mutt….can kill a warlock of my stature,” he yelled out as she could hear him start another incantation but she got to him first.

         She grabbed him by the back of the neck as her claws dug into his flesh as she slammed him into concrete structure once and then twice. When she heard him scream out in pain with the second strike, she turned him so she could get a better look at him. Her claw like fingertips dug further into the flesh of his throat as she was just a centimeter or two, from crushing his trachea and tearing his aorta wide open.

         “Weak,” she spoke as her fangs were slightly bared from underneath her lips as she looked to him.

         “Abom….in…a….tion,” he choked out as blood started to flow from his lips and then he spit it in her face. 

         She growled slightly in disgust as she wiped his blood off her face with the back of her sleeve.

         “Smart….bringing a decay…..would’ve been smarter to bring more,” she says, “Maybe then you would have been able to get away alive.”

         “You….think….there….wo…won’t be

         “Oh I know their will be more that’s comes for me but their’s one less now….with you gone,” she spoke as she tore his throat out and let his limp body crumble on the floor. 

         She stumbled back against the wall as she watched the life drain from his eyes. 

         “Langstone,” a male voice spoke.

         She looked up to see Aiden, he worked for Ethan….she didn’t understand why he was there at the moment until he spoke up.

         “Get out of here….I’ll get the bodies removed,” he told her as he hauled the decays body over his shoulder.

         She took a couple of deep breaths to calm her blood down, it was beating like a drum in her veins. When she was calmed down enough, her eyes reverted back as well as her fingertips and her fangs were gone.

         “I didn’t know Lord Draconis had put eyes on me,” she spoke.

         “He didn’t….he merely said….watch your surroundings,” he told her.

         She couldn’t help but smirk as she steps away from the wall as she walks by him as she says, “Give him my thanks.”

         “Done,” he said simply as she gathered her things and got in her car and left.

         She drove straight over to Angelo’s and parked in the back, where she could slip into his office with out being seen. She dumped her coat and bag on his couch as she opened the door and walked into the bathroom. Where she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror.

         “Girl, you’re a damn mess,” a voice spoke as she turned to see Angelo staring at her as he walked into the office closing the door behind him.

         “Sorry, I’m here,” she spoke as she let her head fall slightly as she held on to the sides of the sink. 

         “Jesus Eva….never be sorry,” he says as he grabs a bottle of alcohol and grabs a few towels.

         “You know I knew they would start popping up but I didn’t think they would do it on neutral territory and so soon,” she spoke as she looked up to him

         He hands her a towel as she turns on the facet and gets its soaked with cool water as washes the mixture of her blood and the warlocks off her face. When she went to check the few holes left by the decay, they hurt like hell. That’s the one thing she hated most about decays, their like pure silver….if they ooze enough or get enough of their own flesh in a wound it can cause some serious sicknesses in different kinds especially shifters.

         “s**t those are decay marks,” he spoke as he pulled her hair up more to see.

         “Turn your head to the side and say whatcha need to say,” he spoke as he grabbed her chin and poured the pure alcohol thoroughly over each wound.

         “Son of a b***h,” she growled out and cracked the edges of his sink.

         “Damnit,” he spoke and she turned to him.

         “What is it,” she asked.

         “It looks like a fingertip was broke off in the one mark by your jawline,” he says, “We need to get that out before you start healing.”

         “s**t,” she spoke.

         “Go lay down on the couch,” he says, “I’ll go get the kit.”

         She nodded her head as she walked over and sat down on the couch then laid on her side as he left the room for a moment. She brought her hand up as she ran her fingertips over each wound and she felt the bone fragment in the wound.

         “Screw it,” she spoke as she took a deep breath as she transformed her index and middle finger as they grew out, elongated the bone structure of both fingers as she dug the two fingertips into the hole.

         She nearly growled out when her nails scrapped against the bone fragment and tore her skin open. When she tore it out, Angelo was walking back in and slammed the door behind him when he say her. She tossed the fragment to the side as some of her blood flies across the floor.

         “Your still so damn impatient,” he spoke out as walked over to her with the box as he sat on the table nearby as he poured alcohol over a rag and pressed it hard against the bleeding wound.

         “Ow f**k….that still stings you know,” she spoke out. 

         “Please….I’ve seen you take worse and never move,” he says as he cleans the wound again.

         “Still stings,” she spoke up.

         “Yeah, yeah,” he says, “Jesus kido….I know you said not to read you but will you tell me what’s really going on here.”

         She shook her head no as she took over holding the rag over the wound as she sat up on the couch as she says, “I can’t.”

         “God, your as stubborn as that old man of yours,” he spoke out as he looked to the side. 

         “I wish that was true,” she spoke and when she noticed he was looking at her now.

         “Don’t….please,” she spoke.

         “Ok,” he spoke simply as he says. 

         “Those papers for Geeta, they were dropped off this morning,” he says, “I was going to shoot you a text but you popped up at the right time.”

         “Sorry for showing up a mess, I had planned to sweep by after shift….but you pretty much can see what happened,” she spoke.

         “Yeah….a decay….but I can tell it isn’t the whole story either,” he says as he gets up a pours himself a glass of whiskey.

         “Yeah,” she says, “Speaking of which…..

         “Trying to change the subject, subtle,” he spoke.

         “Hey give a girl credit,” she says with a smirk as she glances to him.

         “Yeah, that’s what worries me,” he says, “So what else you need.”

         “Something slim, pure silver and easy to hide….easy to pull if needed too,” she tells him as she checks the rag and she was still bleeding some then presses the rag back against her neck.

         “For Connor,” he asked.

         “Yeah….he’s to damn stubborn to leave….I want him to at least…..

         “Have a chance in a fight, is that what your trying to say,” he says as he finishes what she was trying to get out.

         “Yeah,” he says, “He promised me….he would leave if it gets to much. I just want him to have something to cover him so he can get away.”

         “So he knows but you won’t tell me,” he says to her.

         “That’s not fair….Angelo you are the only good link I still have to my old man. You have always been around for me….that’s why I’m not telling you anymore then necessary,” she says, “Angelo if anything happened to you because of me. I’d never forgive myself and when it comes to Connor. He’s my mate, my true mate. You know I can’t keep anything from him.”

         He was quiet for a few moments before he spoke as he says, “I know…..I’m just scared for you kid.”

         “Why do you think I’m not telling you,” she says, “Listen the less you know the better, also the more believable you’ll be towards others. I just want to keep everyone safe as well as I can, so…..

         “Just promise me….even if you can’t keep in contact…..

         “Don’t worry old man I’m not going anywhere,” she spoke up as she looked to her and then huffed as he chuckled slightly when spoke to her.

         “I take back what I said before,” he tells her.

         “Take back what,” she asked.

         “You’re a exact pain in the ass just like your old man,” he says as he looks to her with a smile.

         “Most would be offended but it actually makes me happy to be compared to the old man,” she spoke with a light smile.

         “Speaking of happy….even in a shitty situation like this,” he says, “It’s been a while since I seen you smile like this. I’m glad to see you do it again.”

         “I use to ask about lily sometimes when I was little,” she says, “Even though some stories made him sad….he would always be smiling at the end of each one he told me. He would talk about how he hated the orchestra and black an white movies but he watched them and would go to concerts for her. Until Connor, I never thought about any of that stuff back then but now….I want a taste of that life too.”

         He smiled as he listened to her talking about actually thinking about her future and happy with someone.

         “Alright kid, I understand….I got the perfect thing that will work with him and he can keep it hidden,” he told her. 

         “Sounds good,” she tells him.

         “Gimmie a sec,” he says as he leaves the room, she tilts her head back as she closes her eyes for a bit.

         “I can’t believe I got caught off guard like that,” she thought as sat in quiet for the few minutes he was gone.

         “You ok kid,” Angelo spoke when he walked back into his office and shut the door behind him.

         “Yeah,” she says as she looks to him. 

         “I’m good….just tired, I guess,” she tells him.

         “When you get home, try to get some rest….you got the fragment out but it probably wouldn’t hurt to take a day off,” he says to her as he walks over and sits on the couch with her.

         “I’m off anyways tomorrow so I’ll try ok,” she spoke with a slight smirk as she glances at him.

         “I know you won’t but it’s nice to hear,” he says, “Anyways for the kid, I got something light but it will do the job.”

         He unwraps about a 8 to 10 inch pure silver thin dagger and he shows it to her as he says, “It’s thin, lightweight and easy to pull if need be. It’s pure silver all the way thru, with a silver lay over so it flakes off.”

         “So it will leave some damage then if he has to pull it on anyone,” she says, “That’ll work.”

         He wraps it back up as he slipped it in her bag and then he says, “Speaking of which I’ll get those papers for the kid. How’s she doing anyways?”

         He asked her as he walks back over to desk as he starts going through some files and she says, “She’s young, shy but she’s a tough kid. She misses her dad but she understands why what happened, happened. I already told her about the clan I’m sending her to, that kid from my hunter case is going to watch over her for me.”

         “Boy kid….if you even realized how much you have really changed,” he spoke up as he finally found the papers and new pass book.

         “What do you mean,” she asked.

         “Well the way you talk about her….it’s like hearing somebody else talk,” he spoke as he leaned back against his desk as he looked to her.

         “Bad or good,” she asked.

         “It’s a good change kid,” he told her.

         “Yeah, yeah….old man,” she says, “Thanks for your help tonight and the papers.”

         “No worries kid….get those covered up before you leave,” he says, “I don’t need your partner jumping all over my case because you came home looking like that.”

         “Thanks again Angelo,” she tells him.

         “Yeah, it’s all good kido,” he says, “I gotta get back to the front….be careful.”

         “I will,” she told him when he left.

         She grabbed a thing of gauze from the table as she gets up and walks back into the bathroom, where she gets cleaned up as best as she could for the time. She wrapped her neck enough to cover the wounds, it’s not like she wouldn’t start healing soon but she couldn’t take a chance enough with a decay wound even if she was a Alpha s**t could still happen. When she was finished and looked at herself in the mirror, she took a breath.

         “I understand why you did what you did dad,” she says, “I promise I won’t give up without a fight.”

         She checked herself over one more time before she gathered her stuff together as she left Angelo’s and drove home. By the time she got home it was later than she thought she would be but s**t came up that was out of her hands. She tried to be quiet when she unlocked the door and stepped in, closing the door behind her and locking it back up. She slipped out of her coat and tossed her bag on the couch, when she did she heard a groan.

         “That was a new way to wake up,” he spoke as he sat up and laid her bag on the table near the couch. 

         “Connor, what…..

         “Jesus, Eva what the hell happened,” he said out loud when he saw some of the blood on her shirt.

         She placed a finger to her lips as she shushed him as she says, “Keep your voice down will ya.”

         She walked into the kitchen as she flipped on the small light as she grabbed a beer out of the fridge. 

         “Eva what the f**k happened,” he asked as he walked over to her as she untwisted the top of the beer and took a drink.

         She flinched slightly when he laid his hand on her shoulder and she caught a glance at the look he gave her. 

         She sat the beer on the counter as she looks at him over her shoulder as she says, “I’m ok.”

         “s**t,” he says as he looks her over and sees some of the blood on her clothes, mixed with something else’s it looked like.

         “You gonna tell me what happened,” he asked her.

         She looked at him, then glanced to the side slightly as she spoke, “Is this really a need to know?”

         “Eva,” he said simply.

         She took a breath as she leaned back against the counter as she says, “I got….surprised in the garage at work when I was leaving.”

         “Surprised,” he repeated.

         “I knew if they were going to try hit me….I was ready but I didn’t think that they would hit me on neutral territory,” she spoke as she looked to him.

         “So I take it….

         “Yeah, it was because of the bounty on my head,” she says, “But there’s laws in place, especially certain territories that’s a no cross kind of thing.”

         “Jesus Eva….your a mess….you ok,” he asked.

         “Yeah, Angelo helped fix me up,” she says, “The only wounds I’ll have to keep a eye on are the ones on my neck for a day or two at most.”

         “Was it Silver,” he asked.

         “No….ahhh…..it was a decay,” she told him.

         “A decay….but you’re a Alpha,” he spoke.

         “Decay’s flesh and bones….depending how they have taken care of themselves after their turn,” she says, “Their body can be poisonous or make one of us really ill if we don’t get out was left in the wounds. Since I’m a well….special case….I really don’t know but I’m good. I got the fragments out, just have to keep a eye on it a day or so….no more then that.”

         He grabs her by the wrist as he tugged her against him as he wrapped his arms around her and she laid her head on his chest slightly as she put her arms around his waist.

         “I’m ok….a friend took care of the bodies for me,” she says, “Tired and kinda hungry right now, that’s all.”

         “Should I even ask,” he asked.

         She looked up at him as she says, “Not really….let’s just leave it as a friend. One we can trust.”

         “Alright,” he says after a brief pause when he listened to her. 

         “Your walking and talking that’s all I care about,” he tells her.

         She smirked slightly as she looked to him as she says, “I’m ok.”

         He slid his fingers through her hair as they looked to one another as he says, “Can’t help but worry, ok.”

         “I know,” she says, “I wish I could tell ya….it won’t happen again but then I’d be lying to you.”

         “I know….I just wish I was strong enough to protect you,” he spoke.

         “You do have my back,” she says, “That’s why I don’t worry. So never think you don’t, ok.”

         He smiles as he leans over and presses his lips against her temple, she closes her eyes slightly at the gesture. 

         “I never realized that someone could make me feel so at ease….god that old man’s ways has rubbed off on me,” she spoke.

         “Hey, that’s my line,” he spoke with a smile. 

         “You hungry,” he asked next.

         “Yeah, starved actually but I need to get this smell off me first,” she spoke as she slipped out of his arms.

         “I smell like a autopsy room,” she spoke and he nearly choked laughing his ass off when her heard her.

         “Shut up,” she says as she tries not to laugh herself.

         “Love ya babe but you are a bit strong,” he spoke.

         “So you’re a pain in my ass….so were even,” she told him

         “Go grab a shower and I’ll heat you up some food,” he says to her.

         She looks as she asks, “What did you get to eat?”

         “Brought back some barbecue,” he says, “Geeta actually ate pretty well before she crashed out.”

         “Good, speaking of which Angelo got her papers in for me,” she says, “Clean set, new name.”

         “Hey Eva….is sending her to this place really the right thing to do,” he asked her as he walked over to the fridge when she started to walk back through the living-room to the stairs.

         She held on to the banister slightly as she was quiet for a moment before she looked at him as she says, “Yeah. I made a promise to Marcus to keep her safe and this is the best way I can. If today was just a taste of what’s to come, the further she’s away from me and here the better. The kid deserves a chance at a good life.”

         She doesn’t look to him after she spoke as she walked back up the steps to the second floor as she walked into her room. Once she grabbed something to wear out of her dresser, she walked into the bathroom as she turned the hot water on as she tossed her clothes on top of the counter near the sink. She took the bandages off her neck as she tilted her head to the side as she looked to the wounds in her neck. 

         When she was looking at the marks in the mirror, she heard the floor board squeak slightly as she looked out the doorway to see Connor in the doorway of the bedroom. 

         “s**t,” she spoke as she tried to cover herself up especially her neck.

         He sat the plate on the dresser as he walked over and stood in the doorway of the bathroom then he stepped over her to her an she took a step back when he raised his hand towards her neck.

         “Eva….baby,” he spoke.

         When she saw the look on his face, she dropped the coverage from her neck and top of her chest as she says, “I’ll heal.”

         “Jesus….baby….I know your gonna heal but I still hate see you hurt,” he spoke as he looked to hurt.

         “I’m sorry,” she says, “I just got caught off guard….that’s all.”

         “Are you gonna be ok,” he asked her.

         “Yeah, I’ll be good,” she says, “I got everything out that could cause any issues.”

         “Issues,” he repeated.

         “One of the guys who attacked me…was a decay. If your attacked by one and a fragment of bone or flesh are left in the wound it can cause some bad s**t,” she told him.

         “What kind of bad s**t are we talking,” he asked with a concerned look on his face.

         “If I was a beta or omega shifter….sickness that could lead to death,” she says, “Since I’m an Alpha….I’ll be ok since I got everything out. Just need to watch it over the next day or so while it heals.”

         “God baby you are strong,” he spoke and he kissed her forehead slightly.

         A few hours later, after she got cleaned up and ate the food he brought up for her they were laying in bed together. He was laying back on the bed, with her head on his shoulder and his arm wrapped around her back and she had her arm laid across his chest. 

         “My shift isn’t till 8 tonight,” he spoke up.

         “I’m off today,” she says to him.

         “Good, alpha or not….you still need to recover and get some rest,” he tells her and she tilts her head up slightly as she look to him.

         “Jesus….your more of a worrier than Angelo,” she spoke with a smile.

         “Shut the hell up,” he says as he slapped her across her right ass cheek.

         She growled slightly at him response as he smirked back as he says, “Whatever….you liked it.”

         “You’re an ass…..you know that right,” she said as she thumped him against the chest with her fist.

         “You love me so what’s your point,” he spoke with a smile.

         “You knows it’s bullshit pulling that card every single time,” she tells him.

         “I know but if it works….so why fix it,” he says to her as she felt his fingertips grip her hip gently.

         “Remind me again….why I even like you,” she spoke as she laid her head slightly on his chest.

         “You like me cause I’m the only one that can stand your stubborn ass,” he says, “Also you know….I’d never betray you and I also have your back always.”

         “You are such a girl,” she says with a smile as she looks up to him.

         “Really….I’m pouring my heart out here….

         “I know….I wouldn’t have it any other way,” she tells him.

         “I’m your partner,” he says, “I got you covered babe.”

         “I know….I’m glad your hear,” she told him.