Begging for survival

Chapter 6 - revelations

Eric POV

I can’t believe I finally found her, I thought I was cursed or punished for leaving my pack, for not taking the alpha title when I was supposed to … maybe I’m still being punished, I mean of all people, my mate is a warrior in the pack of the man who killed my father.

“What the hell was that Eric?” Kyle, my younger brother come bursting through the door of my room and i just lay on my bed staring at the ceiling.

“What was what Kyle?” i ask annoyed, still staring at the ceiling, not really in the mood to talk.

“Why the hell did we retreat?” Kyle yells.

“Because we were losing, we didn’t even cross the borders, alpha Michael gave us s**t information” i say throwing my legs off the bed and sitting up.

“Yes...that man is a douchebag... but that is not the only reason is it?” he says narrowing his eyes at me.

“What do you mean?” i ask acting innocent.

“I mean, who is that wolf that the beta was protecting and why you couldn’t take your eyes of her until she ran the other way?” Kyle asks with one eyebrow raised,

“Yes, why was the beta so protective of her? Do you think she is one of his girlfriends?… he does have a reputation” I say through gritted teeth, that mother fucker better not be touching her.

“Dude, that wasn’t my question, what’s going on with you?” Kyle asks shoving me.

“isn’t obvious… she is my mate” i say standing and shoving him back.

“Oh … f**k” he shouts.

“shhhh, no one can know that, and you better not tell your girlfriend” i warn him.

“I won’t tell her, but do you realize how f****d up this is, the other alphas can’t know this” he says fixing his cloth.

“You don’t think I know that? They maybe young but they are not stupid, if they knew my mate is the enemy they won’t trust me, and I already have to explain why I defended her in the first place” I say rubbing my face in frustration, this situation is beyond complicated.

“Now what are we going to do, Eric?”,

“well, attacking them didn’t work, and alpha Michael is good for nothing other than giving us shelter… so, diplomacy?” i suggest.

“And how are we going to do that Eric? We have nothing Alpha stronghold would want or even be interested in hearing about?”,

“Well, we come up with something interesting enough to get us through the doors, to get me close enough to him then take him down" i continue with my spur of the moment plan.

“Eric, I know you are an alpha and you are very strong, but do you really think you can take him down on your own, he did kill 4 alphas in cold blood in one attack, you heard the stories” Kyle says not really liking my plan.

“so what? Do you want me to go with your girlfriend’s plan?” I ask.

“I hate to say it, but it looks like our only chance of weakening him” kyle tries again to convince me.

“Well, I’m not doing that, going after a man’s mate is disgusting and dishonorable, what kind of victory is that? Shaming ourselves and our father’s name, is that what you want?” i say irritated with him.

“No, but we are running out of options” Kyle says desperately.

“You do know that your girl’s plan is not for the sake of us, she has some personal vendetta against Derek’s mate” i point out.

“Yes, I’m not stupid and I think I know why, but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad plan” Kyle sticking to his girlfriend's plan.

“No, it’s a shameful one Kyle and we are better than that, we’ll try the diplomacy façade idea with the other alphas first then we will see where to go from there” I tell him and turn to go back to bed and sulk.

“You just want to see your mate” he says again with the raised eyebrow.

“I don’t even know how she looks like as a human” I say slumping on the bed.

“But we will know soon” my wolf tells me

“Yes, we will Araldo, very soon”

Max POV

Fuck Dean and f**k Derek, f**k every f*****g werewolf… except for Natalia and Bella, Dylan and Sophia seem decent too… okay not f**k every werewolf, only the assholes.

Now, I’m searching for my not-asshole friend who apparently disobeyed orders during an attack and left her post to go and … not really help nor fight, according to asshole Dean.

“Nataliaaaa” I call out for her.

“Nat Nat, kitty cat” I call out again using her favorite nickname.

“Don’t call me that, you know I hate that stupid nickname” she finally answers.

“Well, it got you to answer me, didn’t it” I say going towards her voice, she is laying in the grass somewhere behind that huge tree by the river bank.

“Don’t come any closer…I’m butt naked… tore my clothes while shifting” Nat shouts.

“Don’t you guys hide clothes in the trees for just that?” i shout back.

“Yes, but I’m too exhausted to even look” she says with a sigh, what the hell happened with her.

I look around and I find a bag of clothes tucked behind one of the trees nearby, I toss it to where her sound is and turn around, after a minute she comes out from behind the tree with a black t-shirt that is 2 sizes too big and grey sweatpants that actually fit, her hair is … I don’t know what the f**k is going on with her hair, over all she looks like s**t.

“You look … cute Nat” I lie.

“Shut up asshole, I look like crap” she says flopping to the ground facing the river, okay, maybe I wasn’t that convincing.

“So what the hell happened, friend?” I say as I go sit beside her.

“Honestly, I don’t even know” she says.

“Okay… let’s start from the beginning, why the f**k did you leave my ass alone, in the middle of an attack, to defend the pack house with other werewolves who won’t follow my orders anyway because I’m a hunter and not even a f*****g a pack member” I say all in one breath because to be honest, I’m almost as pissed as Dean, now that I know he didn’t call for assistance.

“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done that but I couldn’t help it, I had to go there” she apologies.

“And why is that, because from what I heard you almost got killed” I say with a pointed look.

“He wasn’t going to kill me, he actually saved my life” she says with a sigh again.

“He?... oh my god, did you find yo-” i ask surprised.

“Yes, I found my mate, and he is the leader of the attack”, poor Nat.

“Yes, laying on the grass butt naked staring at the sky is a fitting reaction to what you just said” i say.

“I’m screwed aren’t I?” she states.

“Royally, you kinda remind me of Alexandria and Derek, your mate is the enemy” I agree.

“You know, in a f****d up way, I feel like I’m betraying Derek” she says dry chuckling.

“Yes that’s f****d up, he was never in love with you Nat, and he already has a mate… technically” i say annoyed.

“I know all that, but ever since I was 14, he is the only man I ever saw” she says with a sad smile.

“I get that he is the alpha and he is considered hot and powerful and all that s**t, but that’s enough reason for a crush, not a life of one sided love story … you don’t look like a psycho who would fixate on someone who doesn’t return the feeling, I mean you are no Izzy”, i only heard of izzy but thank god that b***h is dead.

“I’m not… there is more to that story that only he and I know… but I guess it’s time for someone else to know too, I mean you are as good as a best friend to me, so maybe I should tell you” she says with a broken look in her eyes, it doesn't look like it's going to be a good story.