Begging for survival

Chapter 5 - Mates

Natalia POV

“MATE”

Lola says and I just freeze,

“What the hell Lola, he is attacking our pack, he is an enemy”

“He is an alpha” Lola says all excited, like we are not in the middle of an attack, and our so called mate is apparently one of it’s leaders somehow.

The brown wolf seems as shocked as I am, he starts to approach me slowly and carefully, we seem to be lost in each other’s eyes, him in my green ones, and I in his brown ones… not hearing all the growls and snarls, not paying attention to the limps flying around or the blood covering the ground, it’s like we are in the middle of a meadow and not a battlefield.

He almost reaches me and I’m still rooted to the ground not really knowing what to do, out of nowhere, Ferox, Beta Dean’s wolf jumps in-front of me stopping my mate in his tracks,

“What the hell are you doing here Natalia and why are you just standing there like that? You’re gonna get yourself killed” Beta Dean mind-link me,

I don’t answer him, I don’t have an answer, what the hell am I doing here really? And what the hell am I going to do now? And just … what the hell?

The beta and my mate start growling and snarling which means they are about to attack each other and I don’t know whose side to take!.

“Lola, what should we do?”

“Run?”

that’s a first for my wolf which means we are in deep confusing s**t.

I start backing away slowly and the brown wolf’s eyes follow me …. I turn and start running, I hear a loud growl, as I run to my pack, I look back to see the attacking wolves stop and start running the other way, are they retreating ?

I don’t stop running until I reach one of the secluded clearances by the river in our pack, I shift back to my human form and just stand there butt naked in silence.

“WHAT THE f**k” I scream in frustration at the sky to no one in particular or maybe at the moon goddess.

Dean POV

They retreated, the brown alpha growled and they suddenly retreated, I turn around and Natalia is gone, what the f**k was she doing here? And what the hell was that?

I have to think about that later because priorities, I make sure everyone is okay, the babies are safe and secured; we didn’t lose any of our warriors, they didn’t even get to cross the borders, now I can go find Natalia, figure out what is happening with her then rip her a new one before deciding a fitting punishment for pulling this s**t.

“Where the f**k is your bestie?” I ask Max as I approach him while he stands in-front of the pack house.

“Alexandria is with Derek” he says confused or maybe he is just acting like it.

“I mean Natalia, Max” I say losing my patience.

“What do you mean?, I thought you called for backup or something” he says genuinely confused this time.

“I didn’t, so who the f**k said she can leave her post” I say trying to control my anger, it’s been a while since I last lost my temper but nothing lasts forever I guess.

“Maybe she wanted to help with the fight” he tries to defend his friend.

“Help? She just stood there waiting to get killed, and this is not a summer camp where she can go wherever she please, it’s a pack with warriors and defense plans that every goddamn one should follow…she didn’t just risk herself disobeying her orders and leaving her post, she also risked the lives of the pack members she was suppose to protect” I say or practically yell at Max.

“Hey beta, I’m not your f*****g subordinate, so don’t you f*****g talk to me like that, as for Nat, I’m sure she has a good reason that I’ll go figure out right now” he says through gritted teeth and storms off, I guess to go find his friend.

“Is everything okay? Did we lose anyone?” Bella asks coming to stand next to me,

she is a good friend of mine, we used to be a little more than that, we were both hurt and we tended to forget the pain by… well, sleeping together sometimes.

she is a beautiful girl with her dark skin and curly black her but after I found out Amelia is my mate, all that stopped, not just with Bella, with anyone, I used to be a man w***e like Derek used to call me.

“No, everyone is fine” I answer her.

“Then why are you biting Max’s head off?” she says her eyes on Max’s as he is walking away.

“Tell me you didn’t” I say narrowing my eyes at her.

“Didn’t what” she asks innocently.

“You slept with him?”I ask already knowing the answer.

“No… once… okay few times” she says averting my gaze.

“Are you shitting me, he is a f*****g d**k and a hunter” I say clenching my fists, I really don’t like Max, Bella deserves better and she knows better than to hook up with him.

“Well, that what people used to call you too Dean, some still do, specially girls that you slept with, and our Luna is a hunter so you can’t really hold that against him, I mean he was protecting the pack house just now” Bella says.

“Why are you defending him that much, are you falling for him?” I ask anxiously.

“Hell no, I chose the life of solitude, not falling or waiting for a man, but Max is a good guy, he is basically you” she says with a shrug.

“Excuse me? He is nothing like me” I say offended to even be compared with someone like him.

“Really? Goofy yet serious, pretty boy yet deadly, a d**k yet compassionate, with a broken heart yet a smile on his face… yeah he is definitely you” she says crossing her arms looking me up and down.

“You take that back, take that back right now” I say dead serious and all she does is chuckle.

-

Derek finally arrived with a quiet Alexandria, she barely said a word while Derek explained what exactly happened with the king and the queen; I guess meeting your mother who abandoned you years ago and now wants to kill you would do that.

We are now all sitting in Derek’s office, except for Sophia who refuses to leave the babies’ side, hugging them and crying, swearing to never leave the pack without them again and Alexandria is of course with her trying to calm her down.

“Alphas?” Derek asks surprised.

“Yes, they were led by more than one alpha, at least three, but one in particular seemed older and stronger, I think he is the leader, they were organized and fought in formation although a lot of them seemed to be inexperienced but they had some training, they are definitely no rogues” I explain.

“And they attacked the same spot where the rogues and the hunters attacked the last time?” Derek coming to the same realization I did.

“Yes, and we patrolled the whole pack land twice and called for the witch, and with Max’s help we made sure there is no one magically concealed like last time” I assure him.

“Max helped?” Derek asks annoyed.

“I don’t like him either, but to be fair he also helped secure the babies and the pack house” I say choosing to leave out the part about Natalia for now till I know what’s up with her.

“Yeah, whatever… Dylan, what is your thoughts about the attack?” Derek asks.

“I don’t think it’s a mole this time, and if they had scouts they could have easily known that the alpha and the gamma left the pack making it an excellent opportunity for attack” Dylan says glancing at me, he knows too.

“There is only one person who had that information about the weak spot and can also scout our borders from their pack land making it harder for us to spot them” Derek says cautiously.

“I know Derek; it has to be alpha douchebag, Michael… my mate’s father” I say with a deep sigh, I need a run.

-

I don’t know for how long I’ve been running, but I know where I will end up, always the same spot, the hill by the borders, even the warriors guarding the borders know the routine, when I show up or rather when Ferox my wolf shows up, they leave, they know that I want to be by myself, waiting for her.

She show up a few minutes later, as she usually does, it’s like she can see I’ve arrived but I doubt it.

I have a perfect view from up here, she is breathtaking, her black hair falls to the middle of her back and the flicks of green in her hazel eyes glow even brighter in the sun.

She goes towards the cottage, the same cottage we built with Derek and James when we were kids, I don’t know how the hell is it still standing, it’s near the lake that we used to go swimming in when we were young, it was our favorite spot in the summer, I wonder if that’s why she comes here often, does she miss me as much as I miss her?

She goes inside, and I can see almost everything that is happening inside the cottage because of its huge windows, we wanted the sunlight to come in all day and the moonlight all night,

She sets her stuff down and goes to the piano by the window, that’s a new addition that wasn’t there when we were kids, it’s her mother’s, she starts stroking the piano keys, she sounds melodious.

Few minutes go by or maybe its hours?, I really don’t know, I lose track of time when I’m watching her, she played few known songs singing along with it and few others that i didn't hear before, she has a beautiful voice.

Few songs goes by and I’m just enjoying whatever I can get, even if it’s just watching her from afar, at least I can see her, hear her voice, be near her somehow.

She start singing louder, looking outside the window and to my direction, it’s a song that I know but I definitely don’t like right now, “born without a heart” by Faouzia, she even sounds like her, She looks up in my direction while singing the next part,

“I don't really care, and I never will

That's the way I am, such a bitter pill

I don't really care, how much silence kills

That's the way I am”

she knows I’m here, it’s like she is looking directly in my eyes, your message is received Amelia, loud and clear… doesn’t mean I’ll stop coming.

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