Beyond Fate

Attack

( Alisha pov)

Light blinds me as I opened my eyes trying to take in my surroundings. It makes my head hurt causing me to wince while covering my eyes. I can’t move my left side very well. It's stiff and painful to breathe. I feel a hand grabbing mine and squeezing it ever so gently, slowly opening my eyes. I turn to see Lucas, his giant hand wrapped around mine. He was still filthy and covered in blood so I couldn't have been out long. I remembered passing out in his arms as he’d carried me but I couldn’t remember where we had been going.

“ Where are we?” I asked him, my voice sounded gravely and I began to cough. Lucas offered me a sip of water from the glass on the table next to him which I accepted gladly.

“ You're in the pack hospital the doctor will be in soon” I looked at him confused, why was I here.

Then it all came flooding back the ceremony, the hatred from alpha Mitchell, my plan to leave this pack for good,the rogues, Mina. Oh my goddess. Mina.

“ Mina?” I panicked thinking about my munchkin being in danger, was she safe, was she in the pack house at the time. I remembered she was upset after the incident at the ceremony. An image of Heather carrying her out of the room towards the kitchen appeared in my head. What if she had taken her outside for some air. I felt sick at the thought of anything happening to her. I know it wasn’t my job anymore and I had been ordered never to look at her again but it would be worth the lashes if it meant knowing she was ok.

I tried to get up but I winced in pain and Lucas held me still. His big hand landed on my shoulder holding me still.

“ easy sweetheart you’ve broken several bones you need to rest” his handsome face twisted as if he were in pain too.

“ I’m fine, I have to check Mina’s ok, please” I tried to get up again but more gently this time. I managed to sit up in bed with the help of Lucas who held my back to support me but it zapped my energy completely.

“ It's ok she was in her room at the pack house, she'll be safe” he whispered close to my ear, his warm breath sending my whole body shivering at the feel of how close he was. His earthy scent invading my senses making me feel light headed. His rippling muscles on full display so I could appreciate them in full view. I had to say my imagination hadn’t done this guy justice he was a god. His tattooed chest and arms only adding to his s*x appeal.

I looked around the room at the unfamiliar surroundings taking it all in, I was in a bright room with a tatty looking curtain around the bed, it was a disgusting brown tartan print that was so old the material had worn away leaving peep holes. I was now covered by a giant hospital gown. The smell of bleach was overwhelming, like someone had thought ‘ don’t bother with cleaning just chuck some bleach down and we’re good to go’ . I've never really been to the pack hospital, not since the pack bitches had beat me that once and I had passed out.

I hadn’t been able to get to my room before my dad had found me and brought me here. I’d been unconscious for the entire day, when I finally awoke I felt like I’d gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson and my body was so battered it looked like paint by numbers for all the bruising I had.

Dad was beyond crazy. He’d beat up a few members who had bloodied hands that day. It had made him feel slightly sainer but the main culprits had never been found. I knew who they all were but at the time hadn’t felt I deserved justice. I had been in a bad place, letting the pack's bullying consume me, making me believe I deserved it. When dad had questioned me I told him I didn’t see who it was and because I had a head injury he hadn’t pushed the matter. The doctors had all agreed the head trauma had caused amnesia.

“ please, please can you check with someone” I tried to mindlink but nothing was getting through. My wolf was too weak. I looked at Lucas still sitting in the chair, my eyes pleading with him. He eventually sighed in defeat at me.

“ Let me see if I can check with someone ok” I nodded eagerly at him, he patted my hand getting up from the chair next to my bed. I smiled greatful at him not wanting to move from my sitting position.

As Lucas was about to walk to the door it burst open and standing there are my parents, they are both in a disheveled state. My dad is wearing only shorts like Lucas, his still rippled chest on full display, he's holding mom's hand just behind him, she’s only wearing a giant t. Shirt that’s only just covering her bum leaving her long legs on full display. Her usually immaculate dark hair is sticking out all over the shop with one or two pieces of debri in it from the forest. I didn’t even ask if they had been in the middle of the battle; there's nowhere else they would be when the pack comes under attack. The look of horror on both their faces shows I must look in a state.

Without warning they both rush at me with hugs, and kisses. I ask dad to check Mina’s ok and mom tells me she already mindlinked Heather before they came, she and the others were in the panic room in the alpha’s office. Johnny had already sent warriors over to check on everyone. I wanted nothing more than to limp to the pack house and sweep Mina into my arms but I couldn’t do that any more. I'd probably never do it again.

The doctor came in and told us that I had a few broken ribs still and there was a nasty gash on my thigh that they had to stitch but it would be healed in a few days. Most of my body had healed now, he told me I could go home once he prescribed me some pain relief while everything else healed.

After the doctor left, the interrogation from dad started, about why I was out there. I had no answers for them so I just stayed silent and sobbed in my mothers arms. I tell them about the young warriors that I saw die, my father tells me I did everything I could but all I feel is that I failed. Again.

Moments later Johnny appears in a similar disheveled state as the rest of us. I untangle myself from mom when he rushes to the bed wrapping his arms around me.

He tells mom and dad how Lucas saved me from the rogue trying to kill me. I look around noticing Lucas has already gone. I feel bad I didn’t get a chance to say thank you to him before he left.

“ it was him” I whisper looking up at Johnny, he looks down at me with concern then looks back to mom and dad.

“ He's back” I sob in Johnny's arms.

“ Who's back baba?” Dad asks, coming to the bed.

“The rogue king” my voice cracks into another stop as the terror consumes me thinking about his red eyes that rule my nightmares.

(Mitchell’s pov)

As I entered the pack hospital it was in chaos. They hadn’t been prepared at all for the injured coming in. I was stunned by the lack of organisation within the place. We didn't even have many injuries. I was concerned about when there would be a real attack.

I’d lost Colton outside the hospital when his mother and mate had run to us informing Colton that his father had been one of the wolves injured.

Staff rushed at me immediately, thinking I’d come because I was injured but my wound had already begun to heal. I could feel the flesh already knitting together. A young nurse came towards me carrying a mass of bandages trying to add pressure to my wound but I gently moved her aside asking where the pack doctor was, after she informed me she went back to her duties professionally. Which I had to say was a relief, in the last few hours of being alpha I’d had more than a few females trying to get a piece of me. It wasn’t something I was used to nowadays. My shaggy hobo look the last few years hadn’t exactly been to entice females. I'd happily kept them at a distance until now.

I walked through the corridors of the old place, to say it hadn’t changed would be and understatement it didn’t look like my father had put money into this place in years the walls were stained and dirty probably once cream but now looked a disgusting dirty yellow as if it was the home of a heavy smoker. There were a few chairs in what they were calling a reception with injured lay in the corridors, some on trolleys, some had just been placed on the hard floor.

I was appalled at the condition of the place. This was no way for our pack to be treated. I saw staff racing around at their wolf speeds, yet it still didn’t seem to be enough. They were severely understaffed, they even had some of the less injured pack members helping with more severe ones. It was chaos.

“ Alpha” I turned to the sound of my name being called to see a bloody Johnny in matching basketball shorts like my own running up to me. Johnny was one of my oldest friends but after everything that’s happened we understandably haven't been in contact much in recent years. It wasn’t what I wanted. I'd missed my friend but he was devoted to his family and seeing the anger I felt towards one particular member of his family our friendship was virtually non-existent now, especially after what happened earlier. I had seen the look in his eyes, anger yes but also complete and utter betrayal, it had gutted me.

“ Are you injured?” I gestured to him his bloody state. He looked down at his bloodied skin, the guy was covered in tattoos now but the blood was hiding most of them. He patted his chest, wiping away the blood that did little to help his state.

“ Not mine Alpha'' he panted looking back up at me. I hated that he called me Alpha, it was a sign of respect of course and If it had been in front of anyone else I wouldn’t have batted an eye but we were alone and he still called it me, I knew it was a message, any relationship we’d had before was done and it was only professional now. This was a guy I had once considered a brother. Something else she had ruined. She had done this. That goddess damn omega mutt.

“ Is she here?” I frowned at him confused.

“ my sister?” The mention of that woman made me growl involuntarily.

“ why would you be looking for her, incase you didn’t notice we have injured warriors that need your attention more than that woman” I spat my voice laced with venom.

“ She was one of the injured on the north side of the border, it was bad, Alpha” he said through gritted teeth frowning at me in anger. The sound of a door opening and closing behind me had us both looking. Lucas appeared, a few bumps and bruises here and there on his body but I had seen him take harder hits and still walk away. The guy was indestructible.

Ignoring me he looked to Johnny, his eyes turning gentle.

“ She's gonna be fine, your parents are already in there, go and see your family” Lucas said softly, slapping Johnny on the shoulder as he moved past us, Johnny didn’t even wait for me to dismiss him before he ran into the room to the far left.

“ You really are an asshat” Lucas says no amusement, no f*****g sneaky grin just a serious imposing expression.

“Don’t tell me how to handle my men, he needs to be reporting to me, in case you haven’t noticed we are in the middle of a crisis and your sending my head warrior to baby that evil mutt” I spat feeling my anger rising again.

“ In case you hadn’t noticed, people have families they have to check on. You should know” he shot back his voice laced with anger. Lucas began to walk away throwing his arms in the air like he didn’t have the energy to fight. If I was honest neither did I, It had been a long night. Lucas then turned back at the last moment.

“ Oh maybe check on your own pup, like you said there’s just been an attack and she might be under the impression daddy gives a s**t” he spat sarcastically. My anger changed towards him feeling guilty that he knew it hadn’t been my first priority.

“ and by the way that was the first thing the so called ‘evil mutt’ did when she woke up” he shot to me clearly the asshole had more than enough energy left to fight me after all.

“ oh give her a f*****g medal why don’t you” I throw my hands up in the air getting a little fed up of Lucas’s defence of this woman.

“ You know if this was my pack I just might” he said with an arrogant smirk.

“ is that a f*****g challenge?” My body automatically takes a defensive stance my wolf ready to attack.

“ Alpha, the people are asking…. Am I interrupting something?” Lucas and I both turned to see Nathan strolling up the corridor casually as if he just come in from a night out.

“And where the f**k were you?” My anger for Lucas almost immediately dissipating replaced with questions as to where the f**k was my Beta while all this s**t was going down.

“ I..I..I thought it was best to stay at the pack house and help protect….” The i***t stuttered like a child being scalded by its parents.

“ that’s what the f*****g delta and gamma is for” I roared causing everyone to imediatly freeze on the spot.

I heard movement behind me seeing Johnny appear from down the corridor.

“ everything alright?” He asked wearily.

“ No everything is not alright, we’ve just been attacked by f*****g rogues and my two so called best worriors keep disappearing” I shouted gaining a lot of attention from people around us, I looked over to Lucas who was giving me a warning look. I’d already made a scene tonight, if I was going to be a strong alpha I had to get a level head. I nodded my head towards an office I could see from the open door It wasn't being used. I stepped inside waiting for the others to follow as soon as the door closed Johnny spoke.

“ Alpha, I only took a moment to check my family was ok, I almost lost my sister tonight” he said the pain and concern in his eyes made me soften my stance but it was my Beta’s reaction that peaked my interest.

“ Alisha? What happened?” Nathan said his expression slipped slightly to one of concern. Johnny just glared at him saying nothing. Was I missing something.

“ She was attacked when the rogues came” Lucas spoke for him. He stood behind me leaning against the door with his arms folded.

“ We also lost two of my newest recruits tonight, something you’d know if you were out there Beta” Johnny spoke through gritted teeth.

“ Why the f**k were there rookies on the border patrol” I asked my voice coming out angry, I knew for a fact that my father only ever allowed fully trained worriors on the boarder, although it could be boring it was incredibly dangerous if tonight was anything to go by.

“ Ask him” Johnny nodded toward Nathan who bowed his head hiding his face. I looked at Johnny who was holding his ground, his face contorted in anger but there were tears in his eyes. He was mourning the loss of his men.

“ I’m waiting” I said growing impatient, it was now things were quieter I was taking a moment to see our current states. Lucas, Johnny and myself were all wearing basketball shorts, covered in blood and dirt from battle but Nathan looked no different from when I’d seen him at the party, still in his immaculate three piece suit.

“ The boys wanted the night off for the ceremony. We haven't had any problems for a while so I thought.” Nathan whined on like a child that had no idea what the problem was.

“ you thought you’d give all our worriors the night off to f*****g party” Johnny roared his hands clenched into fists.

“ You were the one who put pups on our border,” Nathan spat back.

“ you gave me no other choice when you took all my warriors off active duty, I almost lost my f*****g sister tonight, I did lose two warriors I put on the boarder, do you not think I feel awful as it is. so if you think you can do better then maybe you stop passing your f*****g duties on to me” Johnny’s eyes were glowing he was furious he was taking these deaths hard, I knew him well enough still to know he would be feeling the guilt of his mens deaths he didn’t need Nathan piling on but he needed to remember Nathan was Beta.

“ Enough, Johnny, Nathan is pack Beta and you will show him respect” Johnny gave me a disgusted chuckle like he couldn’t believe my words before shaking his head as if he expected no better of me. I had to admit it hurt but what did I expect after the way I behaved tonight. Nathan looked at Johnny with a smug smile but I wasn’t done yet.

“…and You” I pointed in Nathan’s direction I wasn't even sure where to start with him.

“ In future you run everything by me including where you should be during a rogue attack, just so you know, it’s with your warriors and your alpha. Got it?” I said angrily to him not believing I was having to spell out his duties for him. Nathan dipped his head nodding to the ground sheepishly.

“ Johnny shouldn’t be doing your job for you, and tonight shouldn’t have happened. Those warriors' deaths are at our feet.”

“ Any idea who they were?” I asked.

“ Yea I brought the bodies in myself with some of the men, Peter smith and William stone both only just turned eighteen” stone that name rang a bell, Johnny looked at me like he knew where my train of thought was.

“ Colin Stone , it’s his younger brother,” he confirmed. Colin had been part of our group at school. He used to get us into trouble all the time either with my parents or at school, always the one getting into fights for no reason which was impressive considering he was just a scrawny little thing back then. I hadn’t recognised him at the ceremony. He'd beefed out a lot; he was mated with three pups also. I’d remembered at the ceremony him telling me his father had passed away last year due to illness now he’d lost his younger brother too.

“ Where is Colin now?” I asked no one in particular staring at a spot on floor.

“ I sent him to the pack house with a few others to check on the families, he isn’t stupid though, he’ll have tried to mindlink his brother the second it was over, he knew he was on duty tonight” Johnny said, I knew we didn’t have long until Colin would figure things out.

“ have him and his family brought here along with smith’s family, we need to tell them before word spreads, I don’t want anyone informing them before I do” I told them, word would spread that we had lost warriors tonight.

“ Yes Alpha” they both said in unison.

Everyone began to file out of the room but I grabbed Johnny's arm just as he moved past me.

“ Johnny in future you have full control of the pack warriors and their duties, the only one who is allowed over rule anything is me and if I do that it will be done with your approval” Johnny nodded to me his mask was now backup and his emotions unreadable but I knew he’d be happy.

I’m not sure why my father had passed up Johnny as my Beta; he was the perfect candidate for the job. He’d been training his whole life for the position I’d had all but given him the job since we were kids. If I’d been here I’d have had a say in it but my father had decided it would be best to hit the ground running and what better way than to already have a Beta and Gamma in position. At least that’s what my parents had thought when they appointed Nathan and Colton without consulting me. At the time I hadn’t cared but now I was home I was fuming.

I would be sure to sit down with Johnny and go over our defences and warrior head count later, if Nathan wanted to piss away his duties I would give them to someone who was worthy of the responsibilities.

“ Are there any more sightings of other rogues?” I asked as we all headed back out into the corridor that was now surprisingly quiet.

“ No alpha and I have my best warriors at the borders now I’ll head back up there soon and will spend the rest of the night looking for any weak points in the territory” Johnny said finally looking at me.

“Well the rogues have had their kills for the day filtering out our weak, so I’d say they are probably happy for now” I stop in my tracks at the harsh words about our fallen comrades turning to him allowing Nathan to see the anger in my eyes at his words when a angry feminine voice filled the hallways.

“ Happy…HAPPY!! You might show some respect for your fallen warriors. They died protecting this pack and you have the nerve to call them WEAK!” We all looked down the hallway shocked. My eyes went wide at the angry blonde standing at the end of the hallway with her hands on her hips.

(Alisha pov)

“ Baby not this again” was all I got from my mother as they all groaned. Dad let go of my hand getting up from the bed. I couldn’t see Johnny as he was still holding me but I felt him tense knowing he was probably rolling his eyes.

This had been my family's reaction since the day I had told them the rogue king had returned. My parents had been there when the supposed rouge king had died in battle even though his body had never officially been recovered, but then it was hard to identify bodies of war so many were unrecognisable and no one knew what the rogue king looked like in human form.

My dad and Alpha felix had both agreed I was too traumatised by the whole ordeal to be able to give any real account of what happened.

Which is why only rose’s true account of what happened that day was on file, mine had been edited after I’d uttered the words ‘Rouge king’ I only knew about it because a year later my dad had started looking into everything after he found out that everyone somehow had come to the conclusion I had been responsible for what happened but by then everyone had a good twelve months to make up plenty of versions of what had happened all of them lead to me being guilty, at the time of the event though dad had still been the dutiful Beta and like Alpha Felix he had wanted to brush word of the rogue king under the carpet.

I was pulled out of my thoughts by hearing shouting out in the hallway from the sounds of the voices one of them was Lucas’s.

“ Is it about me?” I asked worried looking up at Johnny who had an equally concerned expression on his face. Could it be that I’m somehow going to be blamed for what happened tonight, I mean I was already hated and blamed for a crime I hadn’t committed so why not right.

Johnny kissed my forehead giving me one final squeeze before getting up off the bed and heading for the door. Dad was now sitting in the chair Lucas vacated earlier, mom came and sat on the bed next to me stroking my hair. I could see any minute now someone bursting into the room demanding I leave.

We all tensed at the sound of someone roaring and soon there was silence. You could have heard a pin drop. Clearly Alpha Mitchell wasn’t happy I was here. I wasn’t in the mood to be humiliated a second time in one night. I pulled the covers off the bed wincing in pain as I scoot myself to the edge. Of course mom and dad jumped up trying to stop me.

I put my hand up to stop them.” No I’m not waiting for him to come in here and start raging at me again, once in one night is enough”. I state unmoving on my decision. I didn’t want Johnny getting into trouble because of me, I knew his duty as head warrior was to the pack and being my brother put him in an awkward position as it is.

Mom wraps her arms around me helping me up while dad goes to see if he can get a wheelchair so I don’t have to limp, I knew if he came back empty handed he would carry me though, there was no way I was going to be allowed to walk out of this place.

When I stood pain from my thigh shot up my leg leaving a burning sensation in its wake when I move but I do my best to hide it from my mom, I know if either her or dad think I’m in more pain that I’m letting on they will make me stay until the new alpha jerkface, (yes that’s my new nickname for the guy now) comes in and has me dragged out, by my hair no doubt.

Mom helped me limp to the door. Everything had gone eerily quiet outside the room which for a hospital was unnerving especially given what had happened tonight. I stood there for a moment waiting for dad to come back when I heard talking again, panicking when I heard the distinctive voice of Alpha Jerkface.

“ Are there any more sightings of other rogues?” Yep definitely Alpha jerkface.

“ No alpha and I have my best warriors at the borders now I’ll head back up there soon and will spend the rest of the night looking for any weak points in the territory” I heard Johnny answering him. They sounded like they were standing in the hallway now. They didn’t seem to be discussing me which was a relief but it was what I heard next that sent me into a frenzy of anger and even had my wolf trying to roar even in her weakened state.

“Well the rogues have had their kills for the day filtering out our weak, so I’d say they are probably happy for now” I heard someone say arrogantly as if tonight had all been and joke somehow.I’d know the voice anywhere it was one I both hated and caved to hear. Nathan.

My blood boiled at hearing the sound of my arrogant, hateful mate and his utter lack of respect. He was talking about the two young warriors who had lost their lives tonight. How could he talk about them like that? I wasn’t entirely sure what happened but I just saw red as anger filled me.

Before I knew it I had somehow managed to storm into the hallway and was now yelling angrily in the direction of the three highest ranking members in Silver moon pack.