Scarlet's Daughter

Chapter 9: Unhappy Birthday

    My mate shifts suddenly and gets off of me. Standing up he finally looks down at his gaping wound watching the blood rushing down his body. His blood mixed with bile; liver and gallbladder I thought to myself. My mate looks at me with shock while grasping his wound. Knife still in my hand I smile, and before I could feel his pain from the mate bond I say aloud "I, Scarlet Nightingale reject you as my mate." As I stood up to finish him once and for all, I got knocked down by a hard blow to the back. 

    "MOM!!!" I hear Annie yell from a distance, and the pain started. I tilted my head to see my mate turn his back on me, hunched over, slowly limping away from me. I growled and tried rolling over to face my enemies, but one put all their weight on my shoulders digging in their claws everytime I'd move. Two others were tearing into my back and legs with their claws and teeth, making me scream out in pain. I could hardly feel that I was still holding the knife due to weight of the wolf pinning me. I try taking in a couple of deep breaths to summon the strength to stab the wolf pinning me. Stab him and kill the rest, I say to myself. I angled the tip and serrated edge to face the wolf. In on quick motion I brought the blade above my head in hopes I hit their heart. The wolf goes down with a final grunt, making the other stop attacking for a few moments giving me time to roll to my right and snap the neck of the closest wolf. I was about to get up and go after the other when a medium sized, dark brown with grayish light brown patches darted in front of me attacking the other wolf drenched in blood. It's Annie, fighting to protect me. 

    Annie claws the bloody wolf across the face with so much force the wolf's face swings to the right side exposing their jugular. To which Annie wasted no time and ripped out the bloody wolf's jugular, spitting it out on the ground in front of the wolf. Annie mind linked me saying, "we need to go." nodding her head in the direction of the bunkers. "I can't let your dad get away. I need to finish this." I replied shaking my head and slowly standing up, my back already begun to heal. "No, we need to get to the bunker. We need to wait this out, and then move." Annie says glaring at me. She's right tho it's not the time. Without giving it a second thought I shifted into my wolf form completely destroying my clothes, "you are right. Let's go." Without further interruption, Annie and I set off to the bunker. We were just about to cross the river when we run straight into a trap. 

    Annie growled loudly showing her teeth. Four wolves growled, approaching us blocking our way to the bunker. I move quickly to move in front of Annie, shielding her from the wolves. The wolves almost looked identical, if it hadn't been for the many different variations of patches and colors that distinguishes them. The patterns were simple random splotches and each wolf has a different color. Although, they were an issue but what they hid was worse. As they parted ways my mate steps out in his naked human form his wound already scarred over. "Shift or I kill our daughter." he says, but at that last part the wolves around him stepped forward. So as any mother would do, I shifted. "Okay, now accept my rejection, mate." I say to him, but before he could respond the wolf to the left of him; a dark gray wolf with light gray pattern suddenly shifted into a short, thin, pale, dark gray haired, blue eyed woman. "His name is Cole!" she screamed at me, which made me flinch a little. Cole spared not a second to slap the woman, clearly she must have feelings for him. 

    "Shut up, slut!" Cole shouts in her ear as she gets her barings. "As for you, I accept your rejection." Cole nods my way which confuses me until Annie lets out an earth shattering scream. As I whipped my head around I see Annie naked, being held a knife point. I went to go to her when someone from behind me wraps their thick arm around my neck, using their right hand to put a lot of pressure neck. I try digging my nails into their arm but it was no use, I keep staring at Annie hoping she won't make any move to save me. My capture laughs and just by his laugh I can recognize who it is, Cole. "It is your birthday Annie, right? Yes, okay. Well I know how much teenagers just hate their parents, considering I've killed both of mine. I'll do you a favor." while Cole is talking to Annie, she wouldn't take her eyes off me. So I mind linked her, "Annie, I love you. Be strong baby girl, you are my sunshine. You are the biggest blessing I've had in my life, you've made me a proud. No matter what happens, I will always love you." Tears streaming down our faces, Annie's eyes go wide with horror and I knew this was it. I suddenly started feeling more pressure put on my neck and I couldn't help but scream until the pressure stopped and I was welcomed by a weightless feeling.

Annie's POV :

    His smile, it will haunt me for the rest of my life. If it wasn't for the knife at my throat I would have saved her, better yet I'd kill him. I vow now that I WILL kill him, and if I don't find my mate before then I will kill myself after getting my revenge.  "Now Annie, my spawn. I find it only fitting for my male pack members to deflower my little girl." my sperm donor sneers and spits at me. My heart is numb I can't feel anything, all the males in the pack slowly starting to approach me eyeing me up. I began looking everywhere else but his pack members. I started feeling sick, and kept telling myself someone will come like in the movies. I gaze at the horizon in the forest and suddenly I see a flash of gold, what the hell was that? I started tuning everyone out and payed more attention to sounds in the distance. There was more of them by the sound of it, friend or foe? Will they come and save me or join in on the action?