Alpha of the Dead

Chapter 13

***TRIGGER WARNING***

(Siobhan’s P.O.V)

Someone grabs my arms as my knees hit the floor, and I started striking out and kicking, not knowing who it was.

”LET GO OF ME!! STOP IT! LET ME GO!” I scream, so loud the house shakes.

I couldn’t see anything, I was blinded by the night in his dorm room: Wyatt, his friends, not being able to move or scream. My leg connects with a body part of someone, I hear a grunt of pain and I’m released. I curl in on myself and scream. It’s all I can do to protect myself…scream, someone will hear…scream, and someone will save me.

“WHAT THE f**k IS GOING ON!?” I hear someone roar.

The stomping of heavy shoes on the floor reaches my ears and, taking a breath, I smell him. Whiskey and campfire.

“Tiernan,” I whisper.

My screaming stops and I break into sobs as sparks spread through my body as I’m picked up and held gingerly to Tiernan’s broad chest. I try burrowing myself into him, wanting to be as close to him as humanly possible. His scent calms my emotions, my mind, and me.

“You’re safe, kitten. I’ve got you. You’re okay. You’re safe.” He murmurs next to my ear while he rubs gentle circles on my back.

“You came. You heard me scream and you saved me.” I whisper.

“I will always save you. No matter where you are, kitten, I will find you and save you.” He murmurs against my hair, kissing the top of my head.

My body is still shaking, and Tiernan’s grip on me tightens as if he’s holding all of my broken pieces together…keeping me from falling apart.

“What happened?” He snaps.

“We told her that we knew what Wyatt and his friends had done to her.” My father whispers.

“Why didn’t you wait until I got here?” He growls, making me jump slightly.

“She was going to leave. Lily said something that made her mad and she grabbed the keys to the car and was going to leave.” My mom answered.

“You guys keep talking about this Wyatt guy and him doing something to her. You all wanna share the information with the class?” My brother, Brian, asks.

“I was 19 and dating a tiger shifter named Wyatt. He was from a Pride in New York, and we had been dating for a few months. Our dorm was throwing a party one weekend, just because, and I was looking for him, walking through the halls of his floor while I drank. He found me and I thought we were just going to fool around a little in his dorm room. We’d never had s*x, and I wasn’t ready for that step either. Before I knew it, I was naked and tied to his bed. I couldn’t feel Tala. That’s when he told me that my drink had been spiked with a small amount of wolfsbane. I’m not sure when or from where, but his friends showed up and they took turns.” I whimper.

Brian growls and throws a bar stool from the kitchen island at the wall, my sisters gasp and my mother begins sobbing.

“WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL US!?” Brian yells, making me whimper.

Tiernan growls “Calm down now Brian, you are scaring her!”

“What else happened?” My father asks.

I took a deep breath, and continued, “After they were done, they beat me to make sure that I wouldn’t rat them out. When they were finally done beating me, they all high-fived each other and walked out to the party. I was in and out of consciousness lying there on his dorm room floor, after what felt like forever. Tala began to surface. My wounds healed enough to let me walk out of his room, but by then the party was over and he was gone. I went back to my dorm room and went to sleep.”

No one said a word, all I could hear were the sobs of my mother, and the low growls emanating from my brothers, father, and Tiernan. My face was still in Tiernan’s chest, not wanting to look at anyone, but the silence that was coming from my sisters was making me anxious.

“Well, you should have just put out and it wouldn’t have been a problem. You were obviously teasing him when you would ‘fool around’ as you said. You brought that on yourself.” Lily shrugs.

That was the straw that broke my back. I got up from Tiernan’s lap and walked out of my family’s home as everyone was yelling and screaming at Lily. I forgot the keys were still clutched in my hand, so hopping in the SUV, I pull out of the driveway and make my way to Goddess knows where. I needed to get away from them, from everyone, from my own mind.

Don’t you dare do what I think you’re going to do.

And what is that Tala?

You don’t get to give up just because your sister is being a t**t-waffle. Whatever cactus that was shoved up her asshole must be bugging her, but you DO NOT get to give up. What about Tiernan and Steele? What about mom and dad? Patrick? Brian? Morgana and Stella?

They don’t care. They’ve never really cared.

Is that what you truly think? Your mother was heartbroken hearing you admit and then tell the story of what happened! Brian, Patrick, dad, and Tiernan are seconds away from flying to New York, infiltrating EVERY Pride there and killing anyone with the name Wyatt and anyone who looks like him.

I just can’t do this anymore T. I can’t keep having these nightmares and I can’t keep living with this hanging over me.

Well, you don’t get to give up so. Goodnight, Si.



Everything goes black as Tala takes over.