Her alpha mate and the gods

The search begins

Better to fight and fall than to live without hope.

~Volsunga, c.12

Failure is better than not trying at all. At least you learn from your errors.

we arrived back at the house after our 45 minute walk from where we fought. Floki kicked opened the door and walked into the kitchen gently laying me down on the island, i hissed in pain when my shoulder touched the counter. i looked up to Floki pain flashing across his face " why isn't the wound healing up, it should have healed fully or at least half way by now" Floki says as he's leaning in to get a better look at the gash in my shoulder. I grimace and grab a kitchen towel and press it into my shoulder " hes a elder, and first of our kind, were lucky Odin didn't send grandmother or we wouldn't have survived that. Odin must have thought grandfather would be enough to bring us back or kill us" i say through gritting teeth.

taking a deep breath i continue  " since hes a elder he has a sorta dark matter inside of him, that matter can severely slow down any supernatural healing so basically i am healing almost like a normal werewolf but slightly faster" i lay my head back on the counter top and close my eyes " were going to have do this the old fashion way, i need you to go upstairs inside the bathroom and grab the medical box we need the needle and thread inside of it". Floki nods his head and jogs up stairs, i sit up slightly and open up the drawer pulling out a kitchen knife and setting beside of me. letting out a small sigh i lay back down and look down to my arm, i remove the towel and blood gushes out of the wound. letting out a low growl i cover it back up putting more pressure on it.

Fuck how stupid could i have been, I should have known Odin wouldn't have let us go that easy. i should have been more prepared for something like this. letting out another growl i pull out my phone and start to dial Adams number. just as Adam picks up the phone Floki comes into the room, he has the medical box and a dress for me and hes already in a pair of shorts and a T-shirt. i set the phone on speaker and sit up, Floki helps me slowly pull on the dress leaving my injured arm out of the dress.

I could hear Adam shifting in his bed i speak up " Adam are you awake?" i hand Floki the knife and motion for his to heat up the knife. Floki moves to the gas stove and turns it on, you hear a clicking noise then it lights up. He lays the knife over the flame and turns back to me taking the towel off and replacing it with a new one.

i hear Adams gruff voice come through the line i could tell from his voice i woke him up, its probably around 1 am in the UK . i quickly  jump into what just happened. " Adam we have a huge problem Odin has sent someone after us, were pretty sure its our grandfather though" i could hear Adam sit up quickly and take in a breath.

"alright what do you guys need and i am guessing you guys already clashed with him then?" he says at little annoyed. i smirk looking up at Floki and he rolls his eyes at me " your spot on like always, he followed me when i went to go pick up Floki bike and attacked me when i was on my way home. Thankfully i was only a few miles from the house so Floki was able to help out. but i was still injured in the process, we both attacked him at once and he ended up shifting two his second form. i am guessing he thought he would get me alone and take me but since Floki showed up he took off".

i glance over to the kitchen knife and its glowing a bright orange red color, i nod to Floki and he turns around and grabs the knife from the stove turning it off. " Adam you might want to take your ear from the phone " i say as i tight the towel from my arm and set the phone down on the counter. i take a deep breath and put the blooded towel into my mouth and nod my head.

Floki opens up my wound a bit more and presses the hot blade on the inside of my arm closing any blood vessels that were cut. closing my eyes tight not making a sound, i could hear my skin sizzling under the blade. cant taking it any longer i let out a blood curtailing scream and Floki take the blade away and tosses it inside the sink. he picks up the needle and starts threading it, i pick the phone back up" f**k that s**t hurt, alright Adam what we need you to do is do a world wide search for us. we need to go through our second shift if we are to beat him and the only way to do that is if we find our mates and go through the mating process" i say as Floki starts to sow up my shoulder up

. there silence on the phone at first then i hear Adam shuffling around in his room " and how am i suppose to identify your mates?" he says. i take a moment to speak gritting my teeth from the pain, i say" on there bodies there will be a birthmark. On my mate there will be a crescent moon behind the right ear and for Floki's mate there will be a Sun behind the left ear. if you look through medical records it should be easier to find out who they are".

Floki finishes up the last stitch and cuts the extra off. i slide off the counter top taking the phone off speaker "  this is urgent so please be as fast as you can in finding them and Adam..thank you....for everything" i hear a grunt and then he says " why does it sound like your saying goodbye and you  know id do anything for you guys" i smile and don't respond to his question, hanging up i set the phone down on the island counter.

walking past Floki i head up the stairs with Floki following behind me, i walk into my bedroom and head straight to my bathroom. sitting down on the toilet i turn on my bathwater, Floki helps me take my dress off and i step into the bathtub. Grabbing my loofah i start to scrub my arms but Floki takes it from me and starts to wash my back. where both silent for a while before Floki speaks " do you think we can beat him after we both go through the second shift?" he says in a low voice.

I pull my knees up to my chest and lay my head down on my arm winces a little when i move them, my eyes move to his" I don't know if we can" i whisper. we both grow quiet again and Floki continues to wash me. i could tell from his furrowed brows that he thinking about what we have to do to survive, i look away from him. look down at the water the water changed from a clear liquid to a red brown color from the blood and dirt on me, i close my eyes tightly close.after a while Floki helps me out of the bath and help me into my pajama shorts and t-shirt. i climb into bed.

Floki walks around the side of the bed and pulls open the covers getting in next to me, he wraps his arms around me and pets my head. i close my eyes slowly and just before i fall into a deep sleep i hear Floki speak " we will make it out of this"