Alphas mated to a human

Chapter 1- Got away

I awoke once again in a strange room, however this time I oddly feel safe, like I never want to leave. I relish this safe feeling, it has been so long since I have felt this way that I want to stay in this moment forever. All of my fears and nervousness has disappeared, like they were merely a nightmare. I have the feeling of safety wash over me, and for once I find myself trusting my instincts. I stretch and realize that I can move freely although I also feel something sticking into the back of my hand.

I open my eyes slowly and start to fully take in my surroundings, it is then that I feel a gaze on me, I turn to my right and see the gentleman from earlier sitting on the chair looking at me with a worried look on his face. I start to sit up and before I know it, he is sitting on the edge of the bed pushing me back down. "Don’t get up or move, you have some serious injuries, and they will take time to heal. You must not move. Who did this to you?" I stare at the handsome face before me, I’m dead and this must be heaven I thought to myself.

I look in his eyes and see worry but also care, I oddly feel comforted by his presence as if I had known this stranger for years. For some unknown reason I find myself replying honestly. "The pack where I was being held". I do not see the point in lying, besides something told me that he would know anyway. I look down at the bedsheets which have suddenly become very fascinating, I know that I am merely a weak human and it will not take long for this god to realize it and I start to be punished and harmed again.

“Can I ask you a question?” Oh my, the voice is so soft and like the sound of bells, I find myself just wanting to listen to it all of the time. I look up and into the man’s eyes which are now filled with curiosity.

“Of course sir” I reply, lowering my eyes to the bedding again.

“Why did you move your wrists and ankles before you even opened your eyes? Just it’s a rather odd thing to do, and you oddly seem calm about waking up in a strange place with a stranger? What has happened to you to make this behavior seem so normal in you?” I gasp, I did not realize that I had done that, I guess it has become second nature to me now as I was always waking up restrained in some way in a new room after I have passed out with a new guard and I always wanted to know what part of me could and could not move.

“Well that’s technically two questions sir. The answer to the first is that the time before last when I woke up from being unconscious I was handcuffed to a bed. The answer to the second is that in the past few months I have woken up in so many different rooms that it is starting to be a pattern”.

After a few moments of silence, I look up and see confusion etched into his beautiful face. “Ok, now I am really confused. Please could you explain?”

“On one condition sir”

“What is that?” The man looks at me like I had just given him bad news and he couldn’t decide whether to be angry or upset.

“Please tell me your name”

“Sorry, how rude of me not to introduce myself. My name is Xander. What is yours? I cannot keep calling you little miss or little one” He replies with a chuckles, “although I probably will as they suit you” he whispers, almost to himself but I only just hear the last part.

The name is so beautiful that I have to say it to myself a few times before I reply. “Thank you. My name is Valkyrie, or Val for short.” I take a deep breath, “Ok Xander, are you ready? This is a b***h of a story” I chuckle as I look at him.

Xander thinks for a moment and then nods his head for me to begin, I start with explaining that I am the daughter of a top mafia boss but explained that I had only recently found out when my father, for some unknown reason, had made a bargain with a pack of werewolves to mate me off with the alpha in return for protection. Instead of just asking me, I was kidn*pped but because I did not know the reason, I kept escaping. I told him all about the beatings, the humiliation and the torture that had been inflicted upon me. Finally I told him about the entire pack deciding to beat me up and with the help of the Beta I was able to escape. Which was when Xander found me.

I sighed deeply, it felt good to get it all off my chest. Xander released a breath and then looked directly at me, “I promise you now to protect you and that I will always come looking for you. I cannot promise to not argue with you or be able to protect you completely from harm but I do promise to always come for you and heal you always. Val, I need you to understand that I am here to protect you now.”

As those words left his mouth my heart felt like it exploded from my chest, was my dream finally coming true? I know that I had only just met Xander but everything just felt right. So I had to ask, “Am I your mate?”

Xander drew in a sharp breath, I quickly jumped in before he could reply, “sorry, I just felt like maybe I was but ignore me I am just being silly as I know that being a mere human I cannot feel the mate bond. But I just feel some sort of connection to you, almost as though I have known you for years and I heard that what I am feeling is what it feels like when you meet your mate. Please forgive me sir.”

“Yes, you are my mate. I wanted to tell you later once you had gotten to know me. I knew it the minute I saw you.”

“Really? Why do I feel so pleased? I hardly know you”

“It’s because the minute you find your mate, human or werewolf, your soul becomes whole. It is a strong feeling for a human but for a wolf it means that world. I will always relate to you and you will always be protected by me. Val, I will take this slow with you as you are human. If you weren’t then we would have already kissed by now.”

“Well, we could you know, I wouldn’t mind” I smile at the thought of this god kissing me and I start to blush. “But why are you bothering with me? I am a mere human, a weak and pathetic thing.”

Xander took my hand, “Val I will kiss you, but once you are healed. Until then I will not be leaving your side, I will be here with you throughout it all. You are perfect for me, I can already tell you may be a handful but you are my other half and being a human does not make you weak or pathetic, actually it is rare for a human mate to exist therefore you are considered more revered and loved in this pack already than even I am. Everyone wants to meet you and they are already protective over you. I will take care of you and help you. Now, go back to sleep and heal.”

As soon as he said to sleep my eyes started to droop, this man, this god, has power over my body already. As I drifted into sleep, I just kept thinking about how happy we could be, or if I had finally gone insane?

………

I wake to light streaming in though a big window opposite me. As I slowly sit up, I realize that I had been moved to a different room, this one was not a hospital room. Instead it appears to be a bedroom with white walls and dark grey furniture dotted around the room. I was now lying in a beautiful grey bed which felt like I was laying on clouds. As I look around my eyes find Xander asleep on the couch to my right. I slowly ease myself out of bed and grab a cover which I place delicately over him, on my way back to the bed, feeling rather pleased with myself, I tripped over a lead which was connected to my hand. This I found out as when I fell, I felt something rip out of my hand. After heaving myself onto my elbows, I realize that I had tripped over the IV and silently curse my stupidity. Before I could even attempt to struggle into a sitting position again, I felt a pair of strong hands whip me up from the floor and into a warm chest, I am met with a low growl and a scowl of disapproval from Xander.

“I said you would be a handful little one but I did not expect you start so soon. Why did you get out of bed? I told you to stay there unless told otherwise” Xander placed me gently back onto the bed before covering me up again. He then rearranges the pillows so that I can sit up. He then stands still.

“Xander!? What’s happening?” I panic and reach for his face when I see a vacant look in his eyes.

“I have just called the pack doctor to come and reinsert your IV”

“Please don’t, I don’t like needles and don’t want one in my hand” Xander sits on the bed next to me and grabs my hands which I had subconsciously started cradle in my lap.

“Why did you get out of bed?” Xander still looks slightly pissed, especially at having to ask the question again.

“Well…. You looked cold so I decided to cover you up. Sorry sir” I lower my gaze to the covers, expecting to be ripped into again. I was surprised when Xander moved to sit next to me and pulled me into his chest, one arm holding me in a cuddle embrace and the other rubbing my hands.

“Thank you little miss, it was sweet of you to think of me but you shouldn’t have. My only concern is getting you healed again and pulling stunts like that is only going to reopen your wounds.”

“What do you mean? Look at me, I am fine. I don’t hurt at all” I reply, completely confused.

“Val, you are smothered in bruises and cuts and that’s just the outside. You have four fractured ribs, swelling around your abdomen, muscle ligatures to both of your legs and right arm along with more that the doctor listed.”

I looked up at Xander surprised, “but then why do I feel fine?”

“Because of all of the pain medication you are on.”

We then sat there in silence waiting for the doctor to arrive. I jumped at the sound of a knock on the door and started trembling. Xander noticed my reaction and pulled me closer to his chest before shouting “come in”. In walked a young man, roughly 34 years old with blonde hair and brown eyes. He smiled warmly at me before walking over to me. He then noticed how I was trembling and had shrunk into Xander’s chest the nearer he approached. I hate how I react to people, I used to be so outgoing and sociable but now I am afraid of everyone except my brother and Xander.

“Doctor, what’s wrong?” I hear Xander ask with concern dripping from his voice.

“Alpha, I think the young lady is worse than we thought. She looks like she is about to pass out again, I think she is having a panic attack. Val, are you ok?” The doctor turns his gaze from Xander to me when asking the question.

“Of course doctor, I’m fine thank you. Why?” I reply while trying to calm my body and even out my breathing. Even I was surprised with how shaky my voice sounded.

“Its just you look like I about to harm you. Please do not be frightened my child, I will only help you. I mean you no ill will.”

I then let out a breath I did not know I had been holding, still clinging to Xander I nodded and smiled, the doctor realized that I was giving him permission to proceed. He slowly approached me again, my panic attack was subsiding but I could feel that it was still affecting my breathing as I was finding it hard to focus. I felt as though I was merely an observer in my own body, I don’t like this feeling.

He inserted the IV back into my hand and gave me some more painkillers.

As I was drifting back into sleep I heard the doctor say “Alpha, I think Val has more damage than we realized.”

“What do you mean?” Xander replied, his voice thick with worry.

“I don’t know what they did, but she is petrified of new people and appears to have panic attacks at the sight of someone she does not know, that is what just happened now. I have given her something to help her sleep as she was trembling so much and the attack was still going on. When you saw her the first time you three said that she just looked nervous, but when she awoke before back in the hospital she started screaming and we had to sedate her. The more people that entered the room the more her screams intensified. I doubt she even remembers it but just now I thought she was going to pass out or freak out. She went as white as a sheet and started trembling like I was about to torture her. What happened to her?”

I fell asleep listening to Xander recounting my story to the doctor. It was a horrific story to listen too again, but his voice softened it into more of a bedtime story.