Marked by fate

Chapter 10

“Jackson’s wolf had a name too, right?” He mutters as he enters the bedroom.

“No.” I find myself frowning in confusion, as I try to make sense of his words. “He never mentioned it….. ever.”

Alpha Darek’s crimson eyes lock on mine. He thought I was lying, I could feel it by the way he looked at me. I really wanted to look away but found that I couldn’t break the gaze. Almost as if he was forcing me to look at him without even touching me.

Could Alpha’s do that or was it just him?

My voice drops to barely a whisper. “I swear.” I didn’t know what else I could say. “I’m…. I’m telling the truth.” I stutter as he continues to stare into my eyes.

“Okay.” He mutters, yet it felt like he didn’t believe me.

“And I guess, because of your binding, you never got to meet your Wolf?”

I shake my head. “They come when we are thirteen. I know that much.”

He frowns but doesn’t speak. As he breaks his gaze and looks away, my body finally relaxes, only to be met with searing pain, radiating from my stomach.

Ignoring it, I stay still, watching Alpha Darek move around the bedroom. It looked as if he was having a conversation with someone. Maybe this Leo?

I had so many questions. Did this Leo live inside of him? What happens when he shifts? He mentioned control. Did Leo have full control when he shifted? As far as I was aware, anyone that could shift, just shifted. They didn’t become someone else.

As Alpha Darek continued to move in a figure of eight in the bedroom. I press my hand against my stomach. And even through the fabric of my top, my skin feels like it’s on fire.

I feel my own heart running rampant in my chest, just like when I left Moonshine for the first time. My hands feel clammy and my mouth is dry. I reach out to grab the bedpost, to steady myself and stop my legs buckling underneath me.

“It hurts.” I mutter as the pain radiates through me.

“Elena?” He spins around to look at me and I let my legs give way.

He catches me before I hit the floor, concern etched all over his face as he pulls up my top.

“s**t!”

I had never felt pain like it. All the beatings, all the punishments, this was nothing in comparison.

Alpha Darek lifted me from the floor, holding an arm under my knees and under my back as he raced me though the house and out into the cool evening air.

His feet pound the ground as he moves quickly. He slams his back against the door to the pack hospital, almost taking it off of its hinges as he forces us through.

“It’s not what we first thought.” He shouts out to Selene as he lowers me onto a bed. "You need to look at this!"

He tugs up my top, ignoring me squirming in pain and then tries to hold me down so Selene could get a better look.

He cups my face with one large hand. “Look at me Elena, look at me and breathe.”

Everything burned, my entire body felt like it was tearing itself apart.

“Is this what I think it is?” Selene questions.

“Yes.” Alpha Darek mutters as he holds my shoulders down.

“I’m sorry Elena. This is going to hurt.” Selene calls out.

“I can help.” Another man speaks as another wave of pain shoots through me.

“Hold her legs.” Alpha Darek instructs.

I feel something hot and sharp press into my stomach. I let out a scream as I thrash against the men holding me down. They were going to kill me.

Moments before I pass out from the pain, I hear Alpha Darek say. “A f*****g blood tie.”