White Fur

Chapter 27

Kanto’s POV

I paced outside of the medical wing in the waiting room for a while hoping I would get to go back in soon. My mind was swirling with different thoughts and so were my emotions. Zenith wasn’t helping either, it was taking way too much energy to keep him in check.

Who the hell tried to hurt our mate?!?!? He had been raging in my mind for the past 3 hours.

I don’t know, but I’m going to find out. I reassured him, he calmed down a bit at my words but he just wanted to be with his mate. I wanted that too.

I sat down in one of the chairs and ran a hand through my hair. The door opened and Brett stepped in giving me a small side smile as he walked in. “Any updates?”

“A nurse came out a while ago and said they were stitching up her leg, but no serious injury there.”

“Well that’s good, that piece of wood looked nasty.” I growled at his attempt to make a playful remark. He put his arms up in surrender before lowering them. “We found her and she’s going to be ok, so calm down a bit. The doc is one of the best in all of the supernatural world, after all the injuries he’s put up with because of us, you know she’ll be fine.”

“That’s not it.” I leaned forward in my chair and let my head drop. “I brought her here for her safety and she agreed and put her faith in me to protect her. And then this happens within a couple days of her being here? I just feel like I made her uproot her life for nothing.”

“I don’t think she’s going to think that. If anything I think she’s going to try to apologize again.” He put a hand on my shoulder. “Just talk to her.”

I nodded and let out a long sigh. “Who knew having a mate would be like this?”

“Get used to it, it’s going to be like this for the rest of your life.” Brett laughed, I just rolled my eyes.

The doors to the exam rooms and offices opened and the nurse came out. “We are all done Alpha. But Dr. Garcia—“

I didn’t even wait to hear what she said, I stormed back to the room she was in. I opened the door and walked into the room, Skyler was there with a brace on her wrist, a bandage on her forehead and a blanket over her lap. Dr. Garcia looked up to see the commotion. “Well that didn’t take long.”

Skyler giggled but sounded a bit groggy. “Hey Kanto.” She gave me a smile but I could tell her eyelids were heavy.

“She’ll be fine Alpha, no major injuries, just needs some time to recover.” Dr. Garcia got up, walked to me, stopped and said quietly. “Take care of her, I like our future Luna.”

“Thank you Dr. Garcia.” Skyler said as he was about to leave the room.

“Of course, but in the future you can just call me Miguel.” He definitely liked Skyler more than me, Brett and Jack, he has never told us to call him Miguel before.

When Dr. Garcia left the room and I rushed over to Skyler’s side, gently holding her hand when I got there. She wiggled over in her bed and patted the newly created space beside her. I carefully got onto the bed while pulling Skyler into my embrace. She let out a content sigh and nuzzled into my chest. I let her drift off to sleep, I wanted to ask her questions but I didn’t want to disturb her.

I must have dozed off too because when I opened my eyes my little mate my studying my face while playing with my hair as she tends to do.

“I’m sorry I made you worry.” She said softly almost as a whisper. A part of me was a bit angry that Brett was right. “And I’m sorry about kicking you out earlier.”

“You have nothing to be sorry about. If anything I should apologize for letting my anger get the better of me. You had every right to kick me out, you had a huge piece of wood sticking out of your leg, I would have kicked me out too.” I kissed the top of her forehead, carefully avoiding her bandage. “I’m sorry this happened.”

Skyler tilted her head to the side. “This wasn’t your fault.”

“But I brought you here to protect you and —“

“Kanto it’s unrealistic to think that you can protect me every second of everyday. Even if I was by your side 24/7 there’s always a chance I could get hurt. And I like having a bit of freedom, so that responsibility of protecting myself should be mine.” Skyler said sternly.

I let out a sigh because, of course, she was right but the guilt was still there. “Can you tell me what happened?”

She nodded her head and began to explain. “Luna Maribelle told me to go to you for training. I was in the main hallway but all the doors were closed so I was a bit lost. Then someone showed me to a door and pushed me down the stairs.”

A MEMBER OF OUR PACK ATTACKED OUR MATE?!?!? Saying Zenith was furious would be an understatement. I’M GOING TO RIP THEM APART!!!

I took a breath to calm Zenith’s rage so I wouldn’t alarm Skyler. “Did you see their face?”

Skyler ran her hand through my hair, I guess my tone didn’t hide Zenith’s anger enough. “No I didn’t. But she had blonde hair and was in shape. She was also taller than me but so far that’s been everyone I met so that doesn’t help.”

“Anything else?” I was feeling calmer with every stroke from Skyler.

“She did say something weird. She said I needed to learn my place right before shoving me down the stairs.” Skyler’s eyes squinted. “But that wasn’t the weirdest part.”

Confusion swirled my mind and was expressed on my face. I waited for Skyler to continue but she was hesitating as if trying to find the right words. Eventually she found them. “I passed out when I fell, when I woke up again there was a light on in the room, but it was dim and far away.”

My heart stopped because I instantly knew which room she fell into. Brett said he found her near there but wasn’t certain if it was that room. “Skyler—“

“There was a jail cell in that room, and in the cells was one of my attackers from that night a couple weeks ago.” I could hear a little bit of anger in her tone.

“Skyler, please—”

“Why do you have a person captive in your basement?”

“Because he hurt you.” My point wasn’t getting across or making much sense.

“That’s no reason to keep someone here against their will.” Skyler’s voice started to get a bit louder.

“But he deserves to pay for his actions.”

“Then send him to jail, he can pay there.”

“I CAN’T LOSE YOU SKYLER!” I accidentally said louder than I planned. Skyler stared up at me waiting for me to keep explaining. “That night was the night I realized how dangerous it is for you and how I need to be with you and protect you.”

I took a sigh and began to recall that night. “ I was able to leave a bit earlier for our date that day. I drove by you as you were walking home. I was about to stop and offer you a ride but I was afraid you would think I was stalking you, so I decided to just go park my car, walk to get some flowers and wait for you. I waited for a while but you still hadn’t walked into your building so I got out of my car and started to walk towards where I saw you. I caught a hint of your scent and followed it, as I got closer another scent was mixed in. One of rust like iron, I knew that scent, it was blood. I dropped the flowers and sprinted down the road. As I got closer I heard a scream, your scream. When I got to the alley I saw the 4 monsters and you pinned against the wall being held by your throat wearing nothing but underwear, blood running down your chin.” Rage and despair started to swirl inside of me recalling that night.

“I immediately saw red. I let Zenith take over after I gave the attackers a warning. We easily handle 3 of the attackers but the fourth still had you in his clutches. Zenith kept screaming about how he was going to rip his filthy hand off his body for touching you. I tried to regain control when the monster had you because I needed to find a to get you away from him first. But once again you surprised me, you gave me an opening. Zenith got his wish but wanted to completely destroy all four of those assholes. It wasn’t until you called out, Zenith snapped out of his rage and gave me control again. I rushed over to you, your skin was cold but you were still semi-conscious.”

I let out a small chuckle at a particular memory. Skyler was clearly confused. “What?”

“The first thing you asked me was if I was ok.” I let out another chuckle, it wasn’t funny but a clear testament to Skyler’s character. “There you were barely hanging on to consciousness telling me that I should see a doctor because I told you I wasn’t ok.”

Skyler gave me a sheepish smile. “I care about you, of course I wanted you to be ok. And I still do.” She gently pulled my head down so she could kiss my cheek.

I wanted to continue the sweet moment but she needed to hear the rest of the story. “That monster is down in our safety bunker. The bunker was design to be sound proof as well as scent proof. That way if anyone invaded the pack house they wouldn’t be able to smell or hear us in there. I didn’t want everyone to know he was here so we placed him in the bunker instead of the prison we have on the lands.”

“Why is he still here?”

“One reason is that I wanted him to suffer for the pain he caused you. But I’m not a torturer out of fun so I couldn’t bring myself to do that. We are currently coordinating with the mayor until his trial, then he’ll be sent to the jail. I think he’s hiding something but I think it’s just a suspicion I have because he hurt you.”

I looked down at Skyler who started to look a bit panicked. “It wasn’t a suspicion. He told me that someone hired him and his men to kill me. But he didn’t know who.”

I’M GOING TO KILL THAT f*****g BASTARD! Zenith roared. I agreed, but now wasn’t the time for that. Judging by the look on Skyler’s face that monster clearly said something else to rattle her a bit.

I tilted her head back a little so I could kiss her soft lips. I tightened my grip a little but still careful of her injuries. “The minute you’re healed, I’m teaching you how to fight.”

“Really?” Skyler grinned up at me.

“Yes, but you have to get fully recovered first. Got it?”

“Yes Alpha.” She said in a deep voice giving me a little salute and a smirk.

I smiled. “You’re ridiculous sometimes.”

“I know.” She smiled wider beaming with pride. How could I resist not kissing her. With every kiss, I was taking in her scent of strawberries and papaya, I felt the tiny sparks of pleasure everywhere our skin made contact, I tasted the sweetness of her mouth. I wanted her with every fiber of my being, I’ve never wanted anything so badly as much as I craved her.

I suddenly felt a pressure in my head, someone was trying to mind-link me. As if she knew, Skyler pushed me away gently. “I don’t think make out sessions will help me heal faster. No matter how amazing it feels.”

“Get some rest, beautiful.” I kissed her forehead as she snuggled into me. Once she drifted off to sleep I let the mind-link through.

Alpha. It was Brett.

What is it?

How’s the Luna doing? He asked before stating his business.

She’ll be fine. No major injuries.

Told you Dr. Garcia was good. Anyways I’m glad our future Luna is fine. Brett hesitated for a moment before continuing. I know you don’t want to and I know Zenith is about to curse me out, but we need to meet with Jack in a bit.

Ok, tell him to meet in my office in 15 minutes. I ended the mind-link.

Why are you willing leaving mate? She needs us right now. Brett was right about Zenith but it was me he was angry at.

We need to figure out who hurt our mate, and with Brett and Jack’s help we can do that faster. Zenith huffed at me. Also we need to figure out who sent the attackers after Skyler. The sooner we find them the safer she’ll be.

I shifted Skyler back onto the bed without waking her. I found a piece of paper and a pen to leave a note for Skyler in case she woke up while I was gone. I mind-linked Colton and Dustin to the medical wing, they didn’t take long to get there.

“Stay here with the future Luna until I get back. No one is to go in that room except for Dr. Garcia, understood?”

“Yes Alpha.” They said in unison and instantly went into guard mode.

I walked back to my office and worked on some minor paperwork until my Beta and Gamma arrived.

“How’s Luna Skyler doing?” Jack asked once he entered the office.

“Dr. Garcia said she’ll be fine after some rest.” Jack gave me a grin and a head nod in response.

“See, I told you she’d be fine.” Brett said as he plopped himself down in one of the chairs.

“Skyler told me what happened. A pack member shoved her down into the bunker.”

Brett instantly switched into serious mode. “Did she see the prisoner?”

“Yes. He told her that he and the other attackers were hired by someone to kill her.” I answered. Jack and Brett were intensely focused waiting to hear my plan. “First we need to find out who hurt the future Luna of this pack. Then we need to find out if they were the one who hired the attackers.”

“Do you think a pack member would go that far to get rid of the future Luna?” Brett asked.

“It’s possible.” Jack said still standing near my desk. “There were many with their eyes on that position. As the years of vacancy continue, the more people wanted that power.”

“I agree. The council has been trying to get me to choose a Luna since I became Alpha. Skyler was publicly announced to be my Luna, so that’s why people have targeted her.” My mind was still trying to piece together who it could be.

“Whoever it was knew about Skyler before the announcement.” My attention snapped out of my thoughts and straight to Brett. He continued to explain. “Skyler was attacked in that alley before you announced her as your Luna. So whoever it is, knew about Skyler being your mate before that.”

Shit, he was right. Whoever it was probably knew about Skyler since the beginning. She’s been in danger this whole time, and I’ve been oblivious to it. I should have moved her into the pack house sooner, I’m just happy nothing else happened to her during that time.

“Did the Luna see who pushed her down the stairs?” Jack asked.

“She didn’t see the persons face. Skyler said they were female with bleach blonde hair and was in shape.” I relayed the information.

“Do you think it was Jasmine? We all know she’s a little…obsessive.” Brett said.

“It’s plausible that she pushed Skyler down the stairs but I don’t think she’s the type of mastermind to have hired people to kill Skyler.” Jack replied. “I’ll assign some people to look into Jasmine’s activities today, see if she did anything suspicious.”

I agreed that Jasmine could be a suspect for the stairs incident but not the others. There was only one thing that would make sense, if they had been watching Skyler and me for that long. “Check into Jasmine and see if she has an alibi. As for the suspect of hiring the hitmen, we need to gather more information to catch them. I’m going to assume that the suspect is going to be connected to the person who sent out that photo of Skyler and me.”

Both Brett and Jack nodded in agreement about our outline for a plan. I continued with my thought process. “There is no coincidence that the Beta of the Steelridge is here. So when we catch our suspect we need to question their involvement with the Steelridge pack.”

I was going to go into further details but there was a knock at the door. I picked up the faint scent and let out a groan. “Come in.”

“I guessed you were talking about me, don’t you know it’s rude to talk about people when they aren’t here.”