Begging for survival

Chapter 15 - The Fight

Carter POV

It’s been years now, ten, or maybe more since we first found out that Alexandria is one of a kind, a rare creature, a female pure hunter.

I knew back then that she should be mine, that she will be mine, our offspring will be the strongest hunters the world will ever see, she is the mean to the end, to writing the name of my family in history, to becoming the most powerful.

I worked hard, excelled in training, was as good as the stuck up Salvatores and Venatores, the strongest of hunters, “the purest of the pure” or “Royals” like they call them, will f**k them, I worked my way up into being the most trusted man for the chef himself, the most stuck up asshole of them all, with his rules and moral codes,

He walks around like he knows what he is doing when he didn’t even know about his wife f*****g around with none other than the alpha king himself , and he couldn’t hide his sons abilities and shunned them himself, couldn’t even control his own daughter running away with a f*****g mutt,

He is a walking disgrace and he doesn’t even know it, a lot of hunters lost faith in him and the royals all together, that’s when I came in to sweep their lost faith making it mine, the underdog that made it to the top, people eat that s**t up.

Adam has been acting off ever since Alexandria ran away again, after I killed her so called pack with her so called mate and that abomination she was growing inside of her,

He have been hiding something, the only reason I didn’t get rid of him is because I thought he will lead me back to Alexandria, but right now he is proving useless, so it’s time for the last strike.

All the leaders and powerful figures are gathered now to take a final decision about whether or not we should eliminate an entire vampire clan because we have suspicions that few of its members have been attacking humans, there are mixed reports thanks to yours truly, and they can’t pinpoint who the members are or if the whole clan is in on it or not.

Right now the room is split in half, one side says just kill them all and the other still sticking to the damn code.

“They are not just things to kill, they are people, living and breathing beings, they are not just walking corpses like the myths say and a lot of them if not most, never crossed the lines” Mason Venatores argues, he is just like his brother Max and his best friend, sympathizers, fools .

“That doesn’t deny the fact that they are one of the creatures most likely to lose control, and most of the time it’s the whole clan” one of the squad leaders argues.

“But we have no proof of that; we stick to the code until further evidence show up” another freak lover argues back.

“Sometime the code doesn’t work, and some time we have to take action before we lose control even if it means breaking a rule” Hernandez, one of my allies says.

“So we put it to a vote” Adam finally speaking, ending the discussion.

The votes are out and it’s for upholding the f*****g code, but it’s not a win really, they won by four votes, he is clearly losing control, and this vote was the push I needed to make my next and final move.

Derek POV

Alexandria has been laying in my arms quiet for hours, not crying, not talking about what happened, just quiet.

finding Luke’s sister, and finding out what Max did to his parents after he apparently blamed it all on her, was just too much to handle, she didn’t say a word, but I can feel it through the bond now, she feels guilty, betrayed and heartbroken.

Guilty because she still, and always will, blame herself for what happened…betrayed because of what Max did and how he lied about it… heartbroken because it was Max who did it, and because she kicked him out of her life.

“Love… you can still take it back, he doesn’t have to leave” I finally say stroking her hair, and she doesn’t respond.

“I mean I can’t stand the asshole, and I wish he could just disappear, but I know you don’t, and it’s breaking your heart that he is going away, I mean he f****d up, royally, but he still can-” , Ria pushes off me ,cutting me off.

“Can what? Raise the dead? Stop lying? Stop being a jealous brat who says s**t he can’t take back, when he is the one who actually killed them” she practically screams, she jumps off the bed and start pacing the room to calm herself down and I sit on the edge of the bed waiting for her,

“You know Derek” she finally stops and turns to me,

“He was the one constant in my life, no matter what, he was always there…when mom left, he was there, brothers shunned, he was there … Luke’s death, he was there… he is the one person I knew will always be there, I could always rely on that, no matter what… now, I have to lose him too” she says letting go of the tears she is been holding back for hours now.

“Alexandria, you can always rely on me, I’m not going anywhere” I get closer to her, taking her hands in mine.

“That what Luke said, that what Max said, that what all of them said” she says shaking her head, trying to pull her hand away from mine but I just hold them tighter.

“No offence, but I’m not Luke and I’m most definitely not Max, I will always be by your side” I say while I wipe her tears.

“I know that’s your intentions but-”, I stop her by putting both my hands on her cheeks, make her look me in the eye and say

“No, that’s what will happen, I. am. not. Going. Anywhere.”, she falls into my arms sobbing, I carry her and sit on the chair by the window with her on my lab, where I proposed, where I declared my love and when she accepted me, I’m not going anywhere, not even death will do us apart.

An hour later, Alexandria is finally asleep and I decide it’s time to have a talk with Max before he leaves, I actually feel sorry for the bastard.

I head to his room and as I knock I know he is not alone, Natalia is in there, she opens the door and she is a crying mess, my heart breaks for her, she found a friend only to lose him.

“Alpha?” she says surprised.

“What are you doing here Derek, came to gloat?” Max says bitterly.

“No, Max, I just wanted to talk before you leave”,

“Derek, please, don’t do this, don’t make him leave” Natalia says wiping her tears.

“It wasn’t my decision Natalia, it was the Luna’s”,

“But you are the alpha” she almost screams.

“Watch it, zeta” I warn and she cowers back.

“Natalia, leave us please, I’ll come to say goodbye before I leave” Max says with a sad smile, and she just nods and leaves.

“What is it you want to talk about, Derek?” Max says as he continues to pack his bag,

“I know we don’t see eye to eye” I start but the d**k cuts me off.

“That’s the understatement of the year; it’s more like we hate each other”,

“Believe it or not, I don’t hate you, and as much as I want you out of here, I don’t agree with Alexandria in her decision but it’s her’s to make”,

“Okay that’s shocking, so you want me to stay?” he asks with suspicion.

“Hell no, I still can’t stand you… but I don’t hate you, and I feel sorry for you… I also know how important you are to Alexandria and how this decision will affect her, I think I can help maybe even with the Leila situation” I say entering the room further and closing the door behind me while I try as hard as I can to contain the surge of jealousy I’m feeling after admitting that another man is important to my mate.

“I don’t need your pity Derek, and how the f**k will you help with Leila, will you bring her dead parents that I killed back to life? Or will you make Alexandria forget the fact that I’m the one who did it” he finishes as he throws his whole bag across the room in frustration, his clothes are now scattered all over the room and he has to repack, yeah smart move.

“No asshole, but maybe we can find a way for you to talk to Leila and for Alexandria to forgive you somehow, I just can’t stand seeing her hurt like that, and I don’t want her to lose another person … even if it’s you” I say with a sigh.

“What’s your problem with me Derek? Other than the obvious, I mean, I never did anything to offend you, directly anyways, I’ve helped with every attack on your pack, and I’ve always had your mate’s back” he states.

“And I appreciate all that; I really do, but don’t pretend you had her back for my sake?”I say narrowing my eyes at him.

“Of-course not, I will always have her back no matter what, even after she kicked me out of her life, she will always be important to me” he says with resolution, and I want to break his neck.

“And that’s my problem with you, you are waiting for something that I will never allow to happen... you think I’ll vanish from her life like others did, that I will leave her or die, and then maybe she will have a change of heart” I say dry chuckling.

“What the f**k are you talking about?” he asks with hardened face, he knows exactly what I’m talking about.

“Do you love her?”I finally ask.

“What kind of question is that? Of course I do” he answers throwing his hand up.

“Let me rephrase that… are you in love with her?” I ask clenching my fists; I know the answer but still wish it would be different.

He squares his shoulders, looks me dead in the eyes and says

“With every fiber in my body, and I will always do”,

That wasn’t the plan, that’s not what this conversation was supposed to be.

"KILL HIM" Rex growls, f**k it.

I pin him to the wall by his throat, like I always do, but Alexandria is not here to save him.

“She will never be yours Max; she is mine and only mine” I growl.

“I bet that’s what Luke said too”, the fucker has a death wish,

I start punching him, punch after punch, he avoid a couple and land few of his own, we break any thing that our body collide with, I bet there are holes in the walls and barley any furniture still intact but I don’t care, neither does he, this is the fight we’ve been waiting for, I always wanted to kick his ass and I bet he wanted to kick mine.

“You are not winning this fight, and you are not winning her” I say as I kick him right in the stomach, he flies back and land on a side table breaking it,

“Oh, I don’t give a s**t about winning this fight as long as I have her again” he says trying to stand up, he is worn out and to be honest, I am too.

“You never had her in the first place, mother fucker” I say trying to catch my breath.

“She didn’t tell you?” he genuinely asks.

“Tell me what?” I ask clenching my jaws; my eyes are a couple of shades darker, Rex if fighting to come out and I’m half mind thinking about letting him.

“Nothing, this whole thing is stupid, the only thing we got from that fight is trashing the f*****g room”, he says picking up his stuff off the floor, he is diverting and I won’t let him.

I launch at him, pinning him to the wall, again, it’s my signature move with him, since the first time I saw him.

“What are you saying Max? Were you both together?”, he doesn’t answer or waver from my glare, which pisses me off more,

I tighten my grip around his throat and I can see he is struggling to breath, but I don’t care, I’m blinded with jealousy and rage.

“ANSWER ME?” I roar.

“Yes” he chokes out , I lose control, claws out, I’m going to kill the fucker and he knows it.

Before I come close enough, he picks up something of the floor and he stabs me with his silver dagger right in the shoulder stopping me mid-move, son of a b***h.

“I’m sorry, but if you kill me, she will never forgiven you” he says out of breath, so he stabbed me as a favor?

“DEREK” I hear Alexandria screaming from behind me, f**k.

“You f*****g stabbed him, haven’t you done enough, you want to kill him too” she yells at Max while pulling the f*****g dagger out of my shoulder, I’m a werewolf and it’s silver, if it stayed long enough it will go to my bloodstream and kill me, it will take days to heal if not more, and it will most definitely leave a scar.

“Alexandria, I .. I was just” Max trails off defeated, she won’t hear anything he has to say anyways.

“It’s my fault, Alexandria, he was just defending himself, I was about to kill him” I confess, but it’s like she is not hearing me as well, she just stares at my wound.

“It’s healing” she says shocked.

“What? How?” I ask just as surprised as her.

“Exchanging powers, I guess that’s what you got from her” Max says, relieved?