Alpha of the Dead

Chapter 36

(Tiernan’s P.O.V)

“I just wanted to talk to you about something, that’s all,” I say.

“What? Asking for advice from baby sis? Does it have anything to do with your mark and the fact that Siobhan looked absolutely miserable?” She says.

Fucking smartass.

“Yes. She marked me the other day without my consent when I was going to reject her and, I honestly don’t know how to go about forgiving her for that.” I say.

“If this hadn’t happened and you had actually given yourself time to cool off after she said those nasty things, would you have rejected her?”

I think about it, and to be honest, I wouldn’t have even thought of rejecting her over that.

“No. I wouldn’t have rejected her.” I mumble, looking down at my hands.

“Then you would have f****d yourself out of a wonderful mate over something that could have been discussed when cooler heads prevailed. You know Siobhan isn’t that person,” Lorena states.

Then I felt it; Siobhan’s terror and then pain sliced through me…she was in danger. I shot off Lorena’s bed while I mind linked Patrick, Brian, and Drake that Siobhan was in trouble.

“What’s going on?” Lorena shouts.

“Siobhan is in trouble,” I shout back, running out of her bedroom with her hot on my heels.

I literally ran into Preston, knocking him to the floor. He yelled, asking what was going on and Lorena answered that I had felt something was wrong with Siobhan. I could tell he was following me, and Anders was behind him. Her scent was faint but it was leading into the forest outside the packhouse. We had been running for a few minutes when her scent got stronger and I heard her scream. It was a scream of pain, and the pain lanced through my body again. Brian, Drake, Patrick, and I roared out and took off like bats out of hell, closely followed by Preston and Anders.

Then I saw her by the stream, lying in the fetal position, her shirt ripped from her body. Brian ran over to her, kneeling down next to her with Patrick right next to him. Patrick takes off his shirt and places it over her.

“What happened?” Preston asks.

“Nothing. Just take me back to the hotel please.” She whimpers.

She’s hiding something. Steele growls.

It makes me roar out in anger, which causes her to scream in fear, and I watch as her body trembles under Patrick’s shirt.

“Ty! Stop it! You’re scaring her!” Brain shouts.

Preston and Anders walk over to her, and they grab her up from the ground, standing her up and she whimpers in pain. Preston moves her hair from her face and I see the bruises on her face.

“Who did it, Si? We need to know; they attacked a federal agent and need to be held accountable.” Anders murmurs, cupping her face in his hands.

His closeness to her makes Steel come forward, shoving him and Preston out of the way. Steele grabs her up, crushing her to his body, and growls out “mine”. But it’s drowned out by her scream of pain. Patrick and Brian pry my arms off of her, she nearly falls to the ground, but Preston catches her in time.

“What hurts, honey?” He asks.

“My ribs.” She pants out, clutching her side.

“I’m taking her to the pack hospital.” He says, before scooping her up and walking off with her, Anders trailing behind.

Brian was busy sniffing around the area, trying to catch another scent.

“What are you going to do?” Patrick asks me.

“About what?”

“About Siobhan!” He shouts incredulously.

“That’s not really any of your business Patrick.” I grit out.

“GUYS! I found a scent!” Brian shouts from a few yards away from us.

Patrick and I run over to where he was and take a big ol’ whiff of the male scent that went off in the direction of the main gate.

“Whose scent is that?” Patrick asks.

“Luther,” Brian murmurs.

“I didn’t have the chance to scent Si, but did you smell him on her?”

“No, I didn’t really get the chance before Anders and Preston took her.”

“You go find him. I’m going to go to the hospital.” Patrick says.

Brian nods his head as he follows Luther’s scent, while Patrick walks off to the hospital. I stand in the middle of the forest just trying to digest what just happened. Someone had attacked my mate on my land, and Luther was involved in some way.

When you find Luther, take him to the dungeons. Don’t question him, but let him know what he is accused of. I mind link Brian.

Of course, Alpha.

Are we going to see our mate or are you just going to ignore the fact that she is currently in the hospital?

I’m going.

I make my way to the pack hospital, my mind working a mile a minute as to how I could have allowed this to happen to her again. For her to be attacked again, while even remotely close to me. I walk through the front doors of the hospital and saw Preston, Anders, Artis, and Camilla all sitting in the waiting room.

“About f*****g time you showed up.” Camilla huffs under her breath.

“I’m going to ignore that comment for the time being, but you watch your mouth,” I growl.

She rolls her eyes and I could hear her murmur that she wished she had a cactus to shove up my ass.

“What room is Si in?” I ask.

“Room 12,” Preston answers, eyes narrowed at me.

I nod, walking to room 12. The door was open and I could see Siobhan in her bed speaking with Dr. Thomas, who was smiling warmly at her. A growl reverberated in my chest, causing the doctor and Siobhan to jump, and Dr. Thomas to bow his head.

“What happened?” I bark out, standing in the doorway.

“She has two broken ribs that will heal in a few hours, a contusion on the back of her head, and a broken nose. All of these will heal in the next few hours, so until then I would like to keep her here.” Dr. Thomas says.

“Thank you, doctor, that will be all,” I say, dismissing him.

He scurries around me as I enter fully into the room, my eyes on Siobhan I watch her do her best to curl onto her side and avoid my eye.

“What happened?” I demand.

“Why do you care? Just leave.” She whispers.