Run Away Alpha

Taken Down

Paris POV

I hate how easy it is to piss off Izzy. Once something bad happens and messes with my life she wants to kill. But she doesn't kill just anyone, she kills the species she resents most. Werewolves.

After running for a few hours I arrived at my old territory. I know it is someone else's territory now but it was mine, it IS mine. Slowly approaching my old house I could hear laughter and I could smell a little bit of everything, from vodka, tequila, s*x, anger, passion, and the worst smell of all, blood.

I ran into the house, breaking the door down and seeing everyone stare at me. Then I saw HIM.

"Alex." I was caught off guard when I saw blood all over his face and his right leg.

"You like the little brat? You can have him but it's going to cost you." I looked at where the voice was coming from and saw a tall blonde hair guy with a scar on his bottom lip. I smirked knowing that I was the one that gave it to him.

"You sure that scar wasn't enough?" I laughed when I saw his eyes widen as his hand reached up to his lip.

"You have nerve coming into MY house and talking to me like that rogue."

"No, you have balls trying to claim Alex's house, this was never yours." I gestured to the area around us and then pointed at a few members of my old pack. "And you have some nerve to betray us, but I guess it won't matter after tonight."

I let my eyes turn red and golden brown while turning back to the blonde dude. "You have all betrayed the Royals and you will pay tonight."

It all happened so fast, I remember seeing faces in front of me and then just like that they were gone. Not used to the Vampire speed I turned around to see what happened. I saw throats and hearts all over the walls and living room table. I laughed a little when I saw the blonde guys head balanced perfectly on the corner of the TV.

I heard something move from the kitchen and slowly walked to the noise. As I stepped closer I heard a pup whimper and looked in the cabinet.

"There you are Alex, don't worry I won't hurt you." I tried to pick him up but he yelped in pain causing me to step back. "I am so sorry Alex... I didn't know you were alive." It's not like he remembers me, the last time I saw him he was six months old.

Alex slowly climbed out of the cabinet and wrapped his arms around me. I wanted to cry seeing him after all this time.

"We have to leave, more pack members might show up." I held his butt with my forearm, rubbing his back with my other arm. Then I heard a voice in my head, something I have never heard before.

"I want to take the other kids with us. They are at the old orphanage." I probably shouldn't listen to the voice but we are talking about kids. Not full grown Werewolves that only know how to fight. These are kids that are probably scared to death and being beaten like Alex.

I let my feet lead me to the orphanage and knew it would be hard getting all the kids out safe. My Royal powers tell me that there are no guards but there are six alarms and two bombs along with twenty seven kids ranging from sixteen years old to three month old babies.

I sighed before hugging Alex tighter. If I die, at least I will die standing up for innocent kids.

I walked into the orphanage and everything was quite. I felt anxiety slowly start to consume my body. Taking a deep breath I ignored my nerves and made my way up to the tenth floor where all the kids were being kept.

Where are the bombs? They are on fake levels. Normal Werewolves would search the entire building to make sure everyone is found. Unlike them, I don't have to search, I know exactly where I am going.

So why did I say that I might die? There is an alarm systems that are silent at the orphanage but will go off at the main security building. So no guards? Just wait until they show up.

I sat Alex down on the floor while I broke down the doors and took the chains off of the kids. At first they didn't know what to do but when they saw me pick up Alex the older kids picked up the younger ones.

When we were going down the stairs I stopped and everyone looked at me but didn't say anything. Level five, one bomb on each side of the floor. Why stop here? Well who would waste two bombs on one floor unless it was to make sure someone didn't escape.

"Stay here and protect Alex. I will be back but I have to check something out alone." I handed Alex to a sixteen year old named Eli and opened the door, quickly stepping inside and shutting the door so nobody can come in.

'Kind of odd that there is only one room.' Izzy said being cautious.

"Something smells amazing in here." I looked at the door and analyzed it, trying to figure out if it was a trap. "Guess we will find out what it is."

I carefully jump over the sensors that activate the bombs. Opening the door slightly I poke my head inside. I don't know why but something took control of me and made me walk over to the person and kneel.

As soon as I saw who it was and felt how my body reacted I knew why I instinctively came here.

'He is ours.'

"And we are his."

I carefully picked him up and left the room. Carefully walking past the sensors again and opening the door.

As soon as I came out of the room Alex hugged me. I carefully picked up Alex, perfectly balancing the two boys.

"We have to leave fast, guards should be here any minute. I can't protect all of you unless we are on my territory." Instead of them agreeing they just looked at me as if they didn't understand. Sighing I took the lead and gestured for them to follow me.

As soon as we got out of the building I looked around the street. I didn't see any guards yet but I knew they were on their way. I spotted a minivan and sighed in relief, running to it and putting Alex and the other boy inside.

When everyone finally caught up I put the kids in the back seat. While I slowly put most of the kids inside the van Eli got in the drivers seat and another kid hopped into the passenger seat.

I climbed out the van and saw three fifteen year olds still outside the van. I slammed the van door shut and listened for any cars or wolf paws. They were about two miles out and closing in fast.

Throwing the three teens onto the top of the van I started to push the van while Eli slammed on the gas. I ran behind the van and kept pushing it when it started to go slower than me.

'We have to make it to the territory' Izzy whined as she felt the Werewolves getting closer.

"I know but I am running out of energy." I started to pant after running for three hours and some minutes.

'Just a little longer, you should howl so they come to the border.'

I gave the van one last, super hard push before stopping to howl as loud as I could before I shifted into my wolf form. And that's when I was taken down.

Tobias POV

I have been waiting for hours, pacing back and forth but it's killing me. Not knowing if Paris is safe or not is eating me alive. I stopped breathing when I heard a howl from about 150 miles away. I am not a wolf expert yet but I am pretty damn sure that was a reinforcement howl.

I ran as fast as my feet would carry me, trying to get to her before something bad happened. After running for 50 miles I saw a car coming really fast and ran past it, knowing that she wouldn't howl because of a stupid car.

As soon as I got close to the border I could smell her and six other Werewolves. I am honestly not sure what to do but I know I have to help. But I lost it as soon as I saw another wolf on top of her.

Running up to the Werewolf I hit his ribcage, braking most of his ribs. I looked down at Izzy and noticed that her eyes were closed and my heart sank. Did they hurt her? Did they r**e her?

Anger swelled up inside of me and in the blink of an eye all of the wolves were dead. It wasn't because of me though, it was from five other Coven members.

Jerry my second in command, I leave him in charge when I want to spend time with Paris. Nate, my peacemaker. Tim, the fastest in the Coven until today. Lara, best sense of smell. And Carrey, my sister, she isn't very talented but she is a good fighter.

All five of them stared at me wondering what happened. When I looked at Izzy they finally realized why I came out of our territory.

"Is she alright?" Carrey asked, obviously sad that her best friend was knocked out cold.

"I don't know. I got here too late." I felt bad, I should have waited at the border but no! I was at Jerry's house because I couldn't take not having Paris with me.

"We will take her to the doctor, there is a bus full of people at the house so you might want to lock them up until we know what happened." I was surprised Nate said that, he never suggests locking people up.

"I just don't want them to cause trouble, we have to focus on our Princess." I nodded, agreeing with all of them.

"I will lock them up and then go to the hospital to check on her." I touched her paw before leaving her with them. I hope she is alright, she has been through enough.

"Let them out of the car, we will put all of them in a holding cell until she wakes up." I commanded one of the guards. Watching all of them line up I scanned them trying to figure out why they are here.

"Alex?" I'm not sure why I said his name, it obviously isn't him. He died a while ago.

The little boy started walking towards me. His matted curly black hair blowing in the wind, hazel eyes shining in the daylight. For a kid he sure is adorable, bloody and all.

As soon as he hugged me I knew it was Alex. Not because of how unique his hug is but because he was the only one that could smell so distinct and be able to hide it. Even when he was a baby he could hide his scent. But as soon as he touched you his scent would come to you.

I picked up Alex and held him as tight as I could. I may have only met him a few times but knowing he was alive brought tears to my eyes. I can't believe Paris found him, she must have been so happy.

"I changed my mind, get the kids a room to stay in. Make sure they get cleaned up and eat something amazing. I don't want any of them to leave the house. They are all under my protection and you will guard them with your life."

As the guards bowed I walked inside the house, still holding Alex. We went up to the attic to find my old baby clothes. Once I found something that fit Alex we went to my room so he could get cleaned up.

I gently sat him in the tub and ran warm water letting him decide what temperature he wanted. By the time I finished cleaning him with my body wash and shampoo the water was red.

Grabbing Alex by the arms I stood him up and drained the water. After I rinsed down the tub I turned on the shower head. I wanted to make sure all of the blood was off Alex and he was 100 percent clean, obviously not being cleaned in at least three months.

Alex stared at me in the mirror as I blowdried his long hair. He is practically glaring at me since I told him I was going to cut his hair. After what felt like hours of brushing and drying his hair I pulled out the scissors.

He squirmed when he saw the scissors and I didn't see the fear in his eyes until I was about to cut his hair.

"Don't worry Alex, I know what I am doing and promise I will not hurt you." I rubbed his back while showing him the scissors and let him touch them. "I will protect you and once you are all cleaned up I will take you to see Paris."

Alex smiled at me and nodded to let me know he wanted to get his hair cut now. Gently holding his head with one hand I cut his hair with the other.

After I cut Alex's hair we went to the kitchen to grab something to eat in the car. Alex didn't want to eat anything but I knew he was just scared that he would get hit for getting food. I handed him an ice cream sandwich and let him eat it while I packed food for him to eat at the hospital.

Jake's POV

I got to the hospital as soon as I heard Tobias talk to the guard outside. I don't want her to be hurt, I want to make sure she is perfect. Waiting two hours for them to run a variety of tests is irritating, I want to see my mate already.

The doctor finally told me I could see her for a few but she is in wolf form so I can't touch her. So I touched her, obviously not very good at listening. I held her big black paw in my hand and softly kissed it.

"I missed you so much baby, I just got you back so can you please open your eyes?" I begged, waiting a few minutes for a response but I got nothing. "I know you ran away because I didn't tell you the truth earlier but the truth is... I can't tell you without my family getting hurt."

I sighed deeply, glad she can't respond and ask questions. "The truth is that I love you, I was commanded to go to other women by your father. I didn't want to but he used his Royal Alpha voice on me. You know it works because he did it to me a couple times with you right in front of me."

Paris moved a little bit but it was probably because of her dream. "And someone that was almost the same rank as him wanted me to kill your entire family. You have no idea how happy I was when I found out that you were not in the house when I got the order to destroy it." I sighed again, not sure what else to say.

I jumped when the door opened out of nowhere. Tobias entered the room with a kid and I rolled my eyes at him. My eyes followed the kid and watched him play with Paris's hair.

'What is he four?' Zackary scoffed out of annoyance.

'If he was four would that make him her son?' I felt Zackary get angry and sad just at the thought of Paris having a child that wasn't ours.

I clench my jaw trying not to growl, scream or cry. I have to get out of here or I'm going to lose control. I suddenly felt a hand on mine and relaxed. Looking down I see my mates hand in mine, trying to calm me down.

"I missed you Alex, I shouldn't have left you five years ago." I watched her talk to Alex and saw sadness and regret in her eyes.

"You are my baby brother and I will always protect you, from now on until the end of eternity."

I let out the breath I've been holding in. I was so relieved that she didn't have a kid, but then I thought about what she said. "I shouldn't have left you," "I will always protect you." Does that mean that he was being abused? Was he alone all this time?

"Nobody will hurt you again and I will hurt everyone that hurt you. Even if that means I have to slaughter the entire pack. They betrayed the Royals by touching you Alex."

I looked at her, seeing the anger in her eyes as Alex touched his leg. Slowly following his hand I gasped when I saw part of his bone and slight bruising around his ankle.

Just looking at his leg made me want to tear the bastards apart. Who the f**k would hit the poor kid? He is too adorable, defenseless, shy, and he lost his entire pack.

'I am glad she made us stay here,' Zackary sounded as cold as ice and it sent a shiver down my spine. 'I want to kill the bastards that touched Alex.'

Paris POV

"I am going to take off your shirt okay Alex?" I could see his eyes waver slightly but he eventually nodded. I didn't know what to expect to see, both times that I saw Alex he was wearing a long sleeve shirt.

I looked over at Tobias and he looked away, clearly not wanting to see Alex's body again. So was I scared to see what he looked like? Yes, more than anything, but this is my brother. I have to see what they did to him right before I got there.

Gently taking off his shirt I looked into Alex's eyes before scanning his body. I could see fear and disgust in his eyes, clearly not happy about what his body looks like.

My eyes slowly left his bruised face, going to his shoulder that was practically black. His arm wasn't much better, a very deep purple slowly turning into light purple at his wrists. I turned him around so I could see his back gasping as soon as I saw his shoulder blade. Deep claw marks traveled from his shoulder blades to his waist. They were curved into a pattern but you could still make out old scars.

I turned Alex to face me and I saw tears in his eyes. "Did they play tic-tac-toe on your back?" Alex looked away clearly not wanting to agree. But I knew I was right, his scars gave that much away.

I sat Alex on the edge of the bed, letting him look out the window so he didn't have to look at anyone. I looked at the marks at a different angle before it hit me, I know who did this.

"You will always be my fallen angel Alex, you don't deserve to know someone like me." I saw Alex stiffen slightly as he turned around slowly. I could see him relax when he noticed that I was the one who said it.

"I am so sorry Alex, I.." I started to cry as soon I saw his face in my head.

Alex POV

I walked up to my sister when I saw her sadness, her regret and the betrayal. She knew him better than anyone, at least she thought she did. I hugged her bony legs as hard as I could, only being knee high sucks.

Paris picked me up, carefully not making the lashes open wider. After kissing my forehead she pressed me against her chest so she could lay her head on top of mine.

I hate that I can't talk, none of us can, not even Eli. Using the mind link I gently talked to her, trying not to let her hear my sadness.

"Nobody knew, he played all of us... He played mom." I didn't want Paris to think mom was a part of his dumb choices. From what I remember she was amazing, the kindest person ever. Then again I don't know nice people.

"I thought our pack was dead until today." Paris whispered, as if she was trying to convince herself that all of this is real. "I found my little brother but I lost part of ours in the process."

At first she was sad, anyone could tell just by lookin at her, but there was something else. There was a bit of desire and hatred, kind of a weird mix if you ask me. She closed her eyes and then opened them again to show her red ones.

I hate to admit it but I was scared, I am scared. I tried not to show it because this was my sister but I couldn't help my shakiness. She looked at me confused until she saw her reflection in the window.

Paris gently put me down and walked away from me. "I am sorry Alex, I forgot you didn't grow up with Vampires like I did." I saw rejection in her eyes and it killed me, I didn't want to be scared of her.

As I took a step closer she took one backwards. Being abused for five years hurts but it does not amount to this pain, the pain of making my sister feel like she was a monster.

"I don't want to scare you, We will let you stay with Jake until you feel better." Paris turned away from me and left with Tobias. I wanted to call out to her but my voice wouldn't come out.

Jake POV

"It's okay Alex, she just needs to be alone. She was in bad shape when she left and found you." I didn't know what else to say I just didn't want to look at his sad, rejected look.

"Look Paris has lived her life here for the past five years. She has hated our kind since the murder of your parents." Alex rolled his eyes when I said parents, did he not remember?

"I don't want to let her go, not to Tobias, not to a Werewolf, not to a Vampire, not to anyone. And you might not trust me, I wouldn't trust me if I were you but..." I trailed off, not sure why I am telling her brother yet alone a five year old. "I know I killed your pack and parents but I am in love with your sister."

Alex looked at me curiously, probably trying to figure out why I killed everyone but him and Paris. I sighed deeply before continuing since there is nothing else to talk about.

"Your father did not like me being with your sister even though we are mates. He ordered me to be with other women. I didn't want to and I refused until he used his Royal voice." I looked at Alex before continuing. "Your sister saw me with them and it hurt her, I felt it and it tore me apart since we were mated."

I smiled thinking about the fact that she was mine. Hopefully she will be mine again, but I will not force her to be with me. "So I went to someone with the same power as the Royal Alpha to hopefully stop the Kings command."

I pulled away from Alex's gaze, looking out the window and remembering the stupid choice I made.

"I didn't think anything could be worse than cheating on my mate. But I was wrong. 'I will take away the order but you owe me one favor that I can redeem at any time. I don't know what I want yet but when I do you have to obey.' That's what he told me, and like a dumb a- like a dumb person I agreed."

Looking back at Alex I saw how confused he was, clearly not getting what I was trying to say. I ran my hand through my hair and sighed before continuing.

"He ordered me to kill the Royal Werewolves a month later. Thankfully Paris was not there and I could not find you. I didn't even know that she had a brother. I guess that was my fault, we stopped talking about family when we found out that your father did not like my family." I looked away from Alex when he realized what I meant.

I felt bad for admitting that I would have killed him if I knew about him. But it had to be said, I don't believe on starting a friendship on lies or secrets.

I was not aware that Alex walked to me until he hugged me. I was startled but relaxed and hugged him back.

"I am sorry that my dad made you cheat on my sister. I can tell both of you still love each other." I jumped a little when I heard the voice in my head, but looked down at Alex who was looking at me with sympathy.

"Don't worry about it, it's in the past now. I just wish that he would have accepted me as his daughters mate." I sighed and picked up Alex, sitting him on my lap. "I wish Paris was mine but she belongs to Tobias now."

"She doesn't belong to anyone yet. She believes that marriage is the final stage. Plus she won't choose Tobias, she clearly loves you." Alex sounded confident but I don't feel that way. She ran from me for five years.

"She ran away from me Alex, she would have come back to me if she wanted me." My voice shook a little bit even though I tried to sounded unbothered.

"Maybe she did, but did your territory move when she ran away?"

"Yeah, we moved because our location was compromised after the guy tried to kill me for not killing Paris."

Paris POV

I was about to go back in the room because I forgot my wallet but I stopped when I heard Jake talking to Alex. I can't believe that he thinks I don't love him anymore. How could I not love my mate?

"Yeah, we moved because our location was compromised after the guy tried to kill me for not killing Paris." Jake said that and I froze.

He was taking threats because of me? I thought he moved because he didn't want me to find him. I tried to go to him after I got to know Tobias and started to have feelings for him. At the time I didn't want anyone but Jake but after he moved I thought it was his way of rejecting me as a mate.

I hesitated before walking into the room again. I looked at the floor, staring at my feet because I felt like a shitty person. Alex stayed on Jake's lap, probably still afraid of me.

"Alex, I know you probably don't want to see me right now so can you wait outside of the room?" I heard Alex let out a sigh before he got up and shut the door after he left.

"How much of that did you hear?" I looked up at Jake showing sympathy.

"I heard you say that I was Tobias' and I-" I was suddenly cut off when Jake stood in front of me clearly debating on talking to me.

"I- Tobias was a possibility. My second chance mate. I met him around the same time I met you. I knew he wasn't my true mate because of you, but after my family died I went to Tobias because I wasn't sure about trusting you." I stepped closer to Jake, hoping it helped my nerves.

"But when I started to feel something towards Tobias I went back to find you because I wanted to see if I could still trust you. If you could still be my mate, my everything." I looked out the window, hoping to distract myself from the sadness. "When I got to the territory you were not there anymore. I thought it was your way of rejecting me."

I bit my bottom lip so I didn't let out a sob. I felt sparks as Jake hugged me tightly. Tears suddenly started to stream down my face and I sobbed while Izzy whined. As I felt Jake rub my back I could feel Zackary trying to comfort Izzy.

'This is our true mate.' Izzy practically screamed while crying. I felt her joy and it was overwhelming.

"I am sorry I left you for Tobias but I can't go back to you." I pulled away from Jake, still crying and looked at Jake. He was clearly confused and sad.

"Why are you doing this to me?" He asked painfully, wanting to be the one crying right now.

"I can't leave Tobias like this, I can't leave the Coven. I am their Queen now." I looked away when I said the last sentence. He didn't know about our engagement, nobody but Tobias and the Elder knew.

"You are engaged to Tobias? AND YOU f*****g ADMIT TO HAVING FEELINGS FOR ME?!" Zackary and Jake were clearly pissed but I didn't know how to answer.

"You... you gave us false hope. You made us so freaking happy Paris and then you kick us where it hurts the most."

"I want to go to you Jake but I can't. Tobias is a hybrid along with myself because we mated. The entire Coven expects me to protect them and have the next heir." I took a deep breath. "If I call off this engagement I will be banished and have to fight Tobias. We are of equal power and we will both die if we fight."

"No, you won't let it come down to the fight because you love him still." Jake spit it out before leaving the room. I couldn't deny it but I couldn't agree with what he said.

I do love Tobias but not as much as I love Jake. But I can't leave the Coven or I will break the oath I made yesterday. Tobias can have a real mate though. That gave me hope for a split second, until I remembered that it took about three years to find a mate.

I went to the house, quickly going into the kitchen. I raided the freezer quickly grabbing a bad of peas. Everyone in the kitchen looked disgusted until I pulled a container of ice cream out of the bag. Grabbing the biggest spoon in the drawer I sat on the counter while popping the lid off.

"Cookies N' Cream is my favorite." I heard a small voice say. I looked around and everyone looked just as curious as me.

I looked up and sighed when I saw someone in the cabinets. "Do all of you hide up there?" I asked and handed the kid a spoon full of ice cream.