Begging for survival

Chapter 23 - Feral alpha

Derek POV 

She punched me in the f*****g nose, again!. Damn it, it hurts, maybe I pushed it too far, but I’m upset, angry even.

It’s not the fact that she dated the asshole when they were young, it’s the fact that she didn’t tell me… okay and the fact that they dated too.

And the mother fucker confirmed his love for her. I knew it from the first moment I saw him, the way he looked at her and the f*****g ‘friendly’ hug they had and the fact he stuck around for no obvious reason.

She stumped out of the room, like every time we start arguing she is hiding something and  this s**t ends tonight, we. are. going. to. talk.

I follow her and thankfully, this time, the rest of the gang had the good sense not to follow as usual.

I enter our room and lock the door behind me; she is staring out of the window like she always does before she makes a stupid decision.

“You punched me… again” I say wiping the blood with some cloth that Sophia handed me before I left.

“I know… I’m sorry” she says with a sigh, still looking out of the window.

“We need to talk, Alexandria, this went long enough” I say getting closer to her but still keeping my distance. Yes, I’m afraid she might punch me again.

“Yes, we do, I’m moving back to my room”, what the f**k?... I called it, staring out of the window equals stupid decisions.

“Like hell you will. And that’s not talking, that’s you running away from me again when s**t gets tough, Alexandria” I tell her.

 “I’m not running away from you, I just think we need a couple of days apart so we can calm down… I f*****g punched you in the face, Derek” she says finally looking at me.

“ Yes, that was a bit much, but do you really believe being apart will calm any s**t down?”, is she kidding me?

“No… I actually believe it will drive me mad, but I don’t know what to do here” she sighs.

“Why don’t you just say what you are avoiding saying rather than moving out” I say with a pointed look.

“There is nothing worth saying Derek”, here she goes, avoiding my eyes again.

“If you are not saying it, then it’s worth saying, Alexandria, there is more to the whole you and Max thing, isn’t it?”, I know there is, I just hope she says no and that it’s the truth.

“It’s really not that big of a deal” she shrugs nervously.

“So there is something” I say clenching my fists, I knew it.

“You promise you won’t do anything stupid if I told you?” she asks looking me in the eyes.

“Depends on what you are going to say” I narrow my eyes at her.

“I slept with him” she says in one breath.

That mother fucker, stupid doesn’t even come close to defining what I’m going to do with him. He slept with my mate… were we mates when they did it? No, I would have felt it…no, I wouldn’t, I just marked her, but Alexandria wouldn’t cheat.

“No she wouldn’t” Rex agrees, but I have to ask her anyway.

“When?” I growl.

“The last time was just before I met Luke” she says looking everywhere but my eyes.

“The last time? How many f*****g times were there?” I growl even deeper.

“Just twice, Derek and it was way before I knew you even existed, I honestly didn’t think it was a big deal, it’s not like I lied” she say agitated.

“When was the other time?” still growling, Rex is barely holding it.

“um… it..” she plays nervously with her fingers.

“Alexandria” I say through gritted teeth.

“When I was seventeen… he was my first” she says biting her lips anxiously.

“SON OF A b***h” I growl smashing the nearest thing I could get my hands on.

“You know he is in love with you, don’t you?” I say between heavy breaths, trying to calm myself down and keep Rex under control.

“Yes” she says just above a whisper “Derek, i-”, I don’t let her finish.

“I’ve had it, Alexandria; I’ve had it … this time you’ve done it, this time you’ve lied” I point a finger at her, anger surging in my veins.

Dylan POV

Sophia and I are up again with Alexis and Alexina or lexi and zina. They always get fussy at night while Alexandria and Alexander sleep the night away.

Yes, these two we are holding are going to be trouble and Alex and Zander are going to clean up after them. I can feel it.

I look at my beautiful yawning mate rocking my pup with a messy bun over her head and one sock missing from her leg and I thank the moon goddess for giving me such a blessing, that is Sophia.

“ You look beautiful, babe” I tell her with a smile.

“Seriously, D, I look like Ria when she first came here, which is not a good thing” she says, chuckling.

“No, Alexandria had both her socks on” I tease.

“Shut up, at least my pants are not backwards like yours” she says smirking, oh s**t, it is backwards.

“Well, I don’t care if you only had one eye and smelled like a rogue, you will always look beautiful to me” I say and give her a pick on the lips.

The babies are finally asleep and we put them to bed.

“You know, I’m lucky to have you” I say holding her, laying in our bed.

“Is that so?” she raises an eyebrow.

“Yes, I look at all those fuckers around us with their mate troubles, and their scowls and grumpiness, then I look at you, you are the sun to my darkest nights. Every time I think of you, I smile, not like these poor fools who frown deeper when they think of their mates” I give her another kiss.

“ You know Dylan, I can’t imagine life without you, I would have you as a mate anytime, any day, even if the mentioning of you gave a frown like the poor suckers, I’ll still consider it a blessing” she says and kiss me back, but just then I get this feeling, something is off, like there is this darkness loaming in the air and I don’t understand what it is or what it’s about.

“LUNA” Dom, my wolf roars in my mind, without hesitation or question, I jump out of bed and out of the room, but not before I tell Sophia to link Dean and to stay with the babies and lock herself in. I’m not taking chances until I know what the hell is going on?!

-

I run like a mad man through the hallways, I catch her scent and follow it to the kitchen but it’s hardly there anymore. She left a while ago.

“Where is our Luna?”

“Can you catch her scent, Dom?” I ask my wolf,

“Barely, but it’s enough for me.”

We follow her scent and it leads downstairs, but when we pass hers and Derek’s room, her scent becomes stronger all of the sudden, but it’s mixed with something else.

Fear creeps into my heart and I burst their door open just as Dean joins me.

What we see is the stuff of nightmares, at least for a gamma.

Derek is pinning my Luna by the throat, her feet aren’t even touching the ground with a feral look in his eyes as he snarls at her.

“YOU ARE A f*****g w***e” Derek growls before digging his claws into her abdomen. She lets out a bloodcurdling scream, her blood dripping on the floor, he is killing my Luna.

Without a second thought, I shift and Lung for his throat.