The Alpha’s Dark Revenge

Liyah’s POV

If I was given a chance to either die or leave my tent this morning, I would have chosen death. I tried to convince myself that yesterday had just been a terrible nightmare, but in my mind I could clearly see him staring at me, and the scream that followed from me afterwards as I tried in vain to cover up.

I tugged at my hair in frustration, wishing I could be hit by a moving truck or something. As I sat still clouded in embarrassment, my tent flew open and I saw Elyan stick out his head.

“We’re leaving.”

I nodded, scrambling to my feet and holding out my hands so he could replace the binds. But he only took one look at my wrists and shook his head. “There’s no need for that today. You’ll be surrounded by a large number of wolves and I’m sure you’re not that dumb to try and pull something stupid.”

I swallowed. If I was bound and maybe busy, my mind would be too occupied with the work to replay last night’s events. But no, I would be left in the open, in clear view for him. I still really didn’t understand what had went on last night. I had seen him try to duck when I turned in his direction. But it didn’t make any sense to assume he had been spying on me. Why would he? He hated me, clearly. So could it have been a mistake? I wondered. If it was then why would he duck? Why would he try to hide?

As the thoughts swarmed my head, I let out a groan, earning a strange look from Elyan. I quickly slapped my hand over my mouth and shook my head to let him know that it was nothing. My cheeks heated again as I remembered just how much I had been enjoying the feel of the cool water on my skin. And he had seen all that.

Praying silently for the best, I stood and made my way out of the tent. I waited for Elyan to fold the large tent, and them followed closely behind him.

I didn’t want to see him but my eyes kept darting in all directions for his tall form. I wasn’t sure if I actually wanted to see him or of it was just my brain trying to avoid him at all costs when I saw where he was standing.

I had to bite down on my lip to keep from gasping when I saw him emerge from behind the trees.

“Let’s move,” He ordered, and they all proceeded, parting into groups and beginning to share and exchange stories as they let out laughs at intervals. I tried my very best to stick close to Elyan with hopes that he would conceal me.

Without warning, his piercing eyes landed on me and before I had time to react, I saw him redden and look away. He began to walk faster after that, leaving me confused. Was that embarrassment I had just seen on his face? Blaming my lack of sleep for my poor sight, I trudged along beside Elyan with my head bowed.

It was about thirty minutes since we’d been walking when I saw the Alpha stop abruptly. He waved his hand in the air in some kind of weird signal that made everyone else pause in their tracks, and lowered his head closer to the ground as if he was listening to something. I saw everyone else look just as confused as I felt, and even when they looked up in alarm and readied themselves to transform, I still couldn’t tell what the problem was.

When I saw a pack of about ten menacing werewolves emerge from the other side of the forest, it began to dawn on me. We were getting ambushed. I had never been in a situation like this before so it was all new age I couldn’t control the rate at which my heart began to leap.

One of the wolves who seemed to be the one in charge walked lazily up to Nikolai. “Seems like you’re the big shot here?”

Oh no.

If the Alpha’s anger in situations like this was like anything I had experienced with him then these wolves were done for.

I saw the alpha glare at him without a word.

“What, you’re dumb?” The other wolf asked, and I could feel the goosebumps rise on my skin from the thought of what he would do to them.

When the alpha still didn’t say a word the other one continued. “Well, that’s not the issue now,” He laughed, looking in our direction and eyeing the raw meat that some of the guards lugged behind them. “I would hate to start a killing spree so just hand over the meat and we can all avoid the horrific events that are sure to follow this.”

I saw the Alpha’s fists clench. “We don’t want any trouble. Neither do we wish to pack up your remains, we’ve done a lot of work already.”

I saw the anger flash in the other man’s eyes as he transformed, growling and lashing out at the alpha, and missing of course.

I saw one of the wolves on the other side gape in shock as the alpha transformed. “He’s an alpha!” He screamed and attempted to escape. But it was too late.

And all of a sudden I was at the center of a chaotic fight. All I could hear was growling and the sound of claws digging in and out of flesh. I almost couldn’t believe it when I saw the alpha bite into the neck of the other wolf and spit out a large chunk of flesh. The now headless wolf moved a few steps back and then dropped to the ground.

I staggered back in horror, unsure of what to do in the middle of all of this. I covered my ears with my hands as the chaos slowly began to die down. Everyone was distracted as bodies dropped to the floor.

As I dropped to the floor in fright, my eyes caught one of the other wolves pick up one of ours by the neck, squeezing the air out of his lungs. I stood to my feet when I recognized him as the man from the kitchen the other day. I tried to catch the attention of the other wolves to no avail.

My mind began to race as I thought of what I could possibly do. I could clearly see that he was dying. Summoning up courage, I lugged a piece of wood nearby and rushed to where they stood. With all the strength I could muster, I struck the back of his head. He let out a yelp of pain and dropped the other man. Right after, I heard a woman scream and rush to his side. I looked up to see Annalise crouched at his side, fear visible on her features, and I wondered if he was her mate.

I looked up to see everyone else staring at me. My hands still shook from the adrenaline flowing through me. As I started to walk back to my position, I heard someone call out, “Watch out!”

Before I could realize what was happening, someone had grabbed me up, pulling me out of the way and into their arms. I let out a small scream when I saw Annalise rip off the head of the other wolf. It was then I realized I was about to be attacked. I looked up at the alpha who held me tight in his arms.

I could not decipher the emotion in his eyes as he stared at me. I felt my heart quicken. We stood so close to each other that I could hear his heartbeat. We stood like that for so long that I began to feel uncomfortable. As I saw his gaze move to my lips, I looked down at my feet to distract myself only to realize that he was stark naked. I could feel his arousal poke my stomach.

As I quickly jumped back with a gasp, I felt him release his grip on me, letting me drop to the floor. I gasped in pain as my head hit the floor.

Right. Of course.