My Alphas Promise

Chapter Thirteen: Home

Elijahs POV:

What I saw made my heart drop, I stood there in disbelief. It couldn’t be..

“Hello brother, long time no see”

I couldn’t move. I was shaken to my core. Is this really Dean standing here before me with a knife to my mates throat? My own brother? He was barely recognizable with how ill he looked and he was covered in torn clothes with at least two inches of mud covering everywhere else.

I decided to shift back so I could talk with him and possibly deescalate the situation. I backed away to show I meant no harm, he seemed to have understood as he nodded my way.

Once I shifted I tried to speak but he interrupted

“She is rather lovely, your lady friend here. Strong willed also.” He said with an evil smile that looked foreign to me. He was gently sliding the knife along Maddy’s throat as he spoke. “You know she single handedly took out 27 of my men? I was quite impressed to say the least but still, I don’t know how much longer she can keep her champion title”

My wolf was growling and trying to come out. He was going to rip Dean apart if I lost control. “Dean, just let her go and we can talk okay?” I put up my hands and tried walking towards him but he quickly tightened his grip on Maddy making her cry out in pain.

“Uh uh uh, let’s not rush the brotherly reunion shall we? After all, we have yet to discuss what I want.”

“Okay Dean, whatever it is I’m sure we can work something out just please let her go” I’m almost pleading with him but he shows no sympathy in his tone.

“What I want is Madeline here. She would make a lovely bride for my pack”

My wolf let out a snarl that almost shook the room “Absolutely not! She’s my mate!”

Now I was heated, how dare he even have the gull to request such a thing. He had a mate, why is he so fixated on Maddy? I was hoping to calmly settle things but Dean is pushing my limits.

“Alpha? Is everything okay?”

“DO NOT COME IN HERE UNTIL I GIVE THE ORDER! STAY OUT!”

I didn’t need more people in here possibly escalating the situation. I was having a hard enough time keeping a cool head but the rest of my men with no ties to the man holding a knife to their Lunas throat, it just wouldn’t end well.

“Your mate? Please don’t make me laugh. I see no mark on her lovely neck. Clearly one of you haven’t fully committed to the idea” Maddy looked at me with tears in her eyes, like she felt guilty for taking things slow with our relationship.

I took a breath. I can’t let him get me worked up. For Maddy’s sake. “Dean, let her go and let us take you home where you can be held accountable for your actions against my pack. I promise you will have a fair trial and that we will hear you out, but-“

“YOUR PACK?” He yelled out making Maddy and I both jump. “I think what you meant to say was my pack that you STOLE!” He took the knife from Maddy’s throat and threw her against the wall and then crumpled to the floor.

I kept watching but she wasn’t moving, my wolf was on the edge of coming out and I had half a mind to let him but he was standing right in front of her so there was no way I could reach her without getting stabbed or even killed in the process and that wouldn’t help Maddy in the long run.

As calmly as I could, “Dean, I never stole the pack from you. Father decided who his successor was and it would of been you if you hadn’t been greedy for power! Now I’m not going to ask again, let my mate go and come quietly” I said through gritted teeth.

“Get ready to come in on my say”

“Yes Alpha!”

“Oh little brother, I don’t plan on going quietly” with his sly smile he jumped at me knife in hand, aimed at my chest

“NOW!”

I dodged his first jab but he caught my forearm the second time in an attempt to block my chest. Man I forgot how quick he was, I quickly recovered and grabbed his hand with the knife pushing him away from me as my men came in.

It took four of the pack wolves to restrain him as well as Devin and I in our human forms. We had to use wolfsbane restraints to stop him from shifting but I was afraid even that might not be enough.

He wouldn’t stop fighting us even after he was clearly outnumbered and defeated so Devin had to knock him out cold but even unconscious he had a sinister grin.

I quickly ran over to Maddy who was still lying on the ground not moving. I gently scooped her up in my arms, trying to wake her but once I saw up close how bad she was I quickly ran to one of the vehicles already at the farm. Devin seemed to be on the same page as me as he got in the driver seat and peeled out of the dirt driveway and started hauling ass home.

I nodded at him in the rear view mirror and then returned all my focus back onto Maddy. You would almost think she was sleeping if there wasn’t so much bruising and blood. Her eyes had sunken in with dark spots formed underneath, her hair was matted with blood and dirt. My heart broke to see my mate like this.

“Just hold on sweetheart, we are almost home..” I whispered into her ear just holding her close. Hoping we made it home in time. This wasn’t the warm homecoming I had planned for my Luna..

Maddy’s POV:

Dean pressed the knife harder into my throat once Elijah yelled that I was in fact HIS mate and not his brothers but once Dean brought up how I didn’t have a mark yet I felt a sting of guilt hit me. Was I to blame for this? Is this all because I was being shy and taking things slow with Elijah? Maybe I should of let him mark me immediately like Charlie and Jacob had. Maybe we wouldn’t be in this mess. I looked up at Elijah, I could feel the tears running down my face. He turned his focus back on Dean. Oh please don’t hate me I thought..

“He doesn’t hate you sweet girl”

“Hopefully we make it out of this to fix things. I won’t waste anymore precious time with Elijah. I love him”

“You will get the chance to tell him, just hold on a little longer”

Next thing I knew I was being thrown into the wall and it was lights out for me. I thought for sure I was dead but suddenly the fog lifted a little and I could hear Elijah faintly.

“We are almost home”

Home? Am I really going home? After everything that had happened I really hoped my mind wasn’t playing tricks on me but I swear I could almost feel his warmth against my body. Suddenly I felt myself lull back into a dark sleep but I wasn’t scared anymore. I was with Elijah. My mate. The man I love. And I was going home.