Soul Mate

chapter 71

Sebastian's POV.

The scene that I walk in on fuels up my protective instincts. The moment I break through the clearing, the first thing I see is my mate taking a heavy blow to the head.
I sprint across the ice trying to get to him but the ice gives in and he disappears below, together with the person he's holding onto.

And that's when I lose it.

My wolf takes over and I fix my gaze on the unknown human who attacked my mate.
Am torn between jumping right into the waters below after my mate and dealing with the piece of crap before me.
Everything about him screams one word..

HUNTER.

" Our mate will pull through. I can feel it. Let's deal with this trash." Onyx says.

Am blazing with anger and all I want is blood. These hunters were really something! Coming into my territory and physically assaulting my mate! I was having none of this shit!
I feel myself start to shift. I welcome the transformation and when am on all fours, I leap for the hunter who hit my mate. I aim for his throat but he twists at the last second and my teeth sink into his shoulder, knocking him to the ice floor.. He shouts in agony but I only sink my razor sharp teeth deeper into his flesh tearing muscle and everything.
I let go of his limp shoulder and go for the final blow.
His eyes widen once he realises he would not be seeing a new day. He opens his mouth to scream but he doesn't even get the chance to because I rip his head right off his shoulders.
I was done playing games.
Once am done with him, I turn away from his decapitated form in search of new prey.
There are four of them.

Satin.
The wolf who used to bully my mate.
Another hunter. And
Elliot.

Wait! Elliot ??

I was now confused.. even my wolf was confused.
What was Elliot doing here??
Was he fighting alongside my mate or against my mate?
I really didn't want to jump to conclusions but my silent question is answered for me when Elliot shifts mid run and tries to take Casper down. Casper who's growling viciously at Satin.
I react in time though. My wolf sprints across the ice and body slams Elliot right before he could hit Casper. We go tumbling down. I immediately get to my feet and bare my teeth at Elliot.
I growl, demanding submission.
But he doesn't. Instead his wolf gets back on it's feet and openly challenges me.
It bares it's teeth and growls.

An open challenge.

This was worse than I expected. My own friend was going up against me. I wasn't sure how deep his involvement with the hunters was but one thing was for sure.
Elliot was nolonger an ally.
It hadn't taken me long to come to that conclusion basing on his interaction with my mate back at the Infirmary and how he almost attacked Casper.

Now I was going up against my own. Feelings of betrayal start to consume me but I push them aside. I would feel later, but right now I had to face off a friend who's now turned foe.

" STAND DOWN!" I mind link Elliot.

He doesn't obey the order but simply launches his attack. I see it coming though and I side step. He misses.
I turn and face him again, If he wants a fight, it's what he will get. I'd fought with Elliot during many training sessions and I knew his strengths. He was a good fighter, but I was better.
He body slams me and am knocked onto the icy ground and he tries to sink his teeth into my neck. I don't give him the chance. I use my hind legs to throw him off me and take a stance over him instead. From the corner of my eye, I see Casper tackle down my mate's bully. The wolf couldn't even put up a good fight!
I focus on the wolf below me, snapping my teeth at him.

" SUBMIT!" I growl through the mind link.

I needed to at least talk before I finished him. I needed answers, he owed me that much.
Elliot tries to wiggle out from underneath me but I don't let up.

" I will not submit. Do your worst!" Comes his reply.

And I do something close to my worst.
I extend a paw and claw right across his face.
I make sure to go as deep as I could. He lets out a painful howl and thrashes uncontrollably but I don't move an inch. The wound I'd dealt him wasn't fatal. No.
It would definitely heal but scar horribly. I had maimed him. And an Alpha's claw was built for such purposes. I had marked him for life, right across his face. And that meant one thing, he was now an outcast! No other pack would let him join them. That's what an Alpha's mark did. It warned everyone to stay away from you.

All of a sudden, I feel a shift on the ice and slowly it starts to dissolve giving way to the grassy forest floor. And my mate materializes right before my eyes, soaked to the bone.
The girl in his arms is still clinging to him for dear life and I feel my jealousy start to grow but it's immediately squashed when I scent her. She smelled Abit like my mate but not quite.
That meant they were possibly related.

Greta!
Yes it was his sister.

I lock eyes with my mate and I give him a quick once over inspection.
He was fine. From what I could see.
Then I watch as if in slow motion as his eyes widen like saucers, he disengages himself from his sister and his eyes begin to glow.
He is staring at something behind me and I turn to follow his gaze.

And my wolf breath catches in my throat...
Right behind me are several more hunters and rogues. A dozen at least.
How they got onto pack territory undetected was beyond me.
But I guess that's not what's gotten my mate panicked.. it's rather the dozen or so silver arrows that are coming my way.....
And there was no way for me to dodge them. It was too late. I had gotten distracted and now it was going to cost me.
I could try to duck, but I would still get hit.
I brace myself for the impact but it doesn't come.
Infact none of the silver arrows make it to me. I look around puzzled, and that's when I see it. I was surrounded by a thick ice bubble! I could barely see through its thickness.

" Am taking it down now! Get ready." My mate mind links.
I step away from the injured wolf before me and ready myself for the fight. The numbers had trippled and I needed to protect my mate and my pack.
Just as the bubble appeared, it vanishes.

And am plunged into a literal storm.
Howling strong winds blow around us, the kind that causes hurricanes. My mate was really at work.
My wolf's eyes scan the expanse till they zero down on him, not far away. He is standing back to back with another wolf whom am assuming is Greta. His glowing eyes  light up the entire clearing despite the stormy dark clouds that have now gathered. I make my way to them and flank their side. Casper on the other side.
So it was over a dozen wolves and hunters against the four of us.

This was going to be tough.. but I was up for it.
My only worry was my mate.. he was in human form! And I couldn't fight and protect him at the same time. He seems to read my mind though.

" Don't worry... I can do this. You got my back and I got yours. Together till the end." he tells me.

I incline my head to show I trusted him.
He then turns to Casper and Greta.

" You guys go do your thing.. I will cover you as much as I can. I think I've gotten a hang on these powers. Take on the wolves and I can deal with the hunters."

Casper doesn't wait to be told twice, he leaps for the nearest wolf, biting onto it's leg crippling it instantly.
I give my mate one last look before joining in on the action.
I dodge claws and sink teeth into fur at every angle at lightening speed, felling wolves left and right, casper alongside me.
I never lose sight of my mate though.
And I must say his quick agility with his gift was impressive.
Every time a wolf tried to either sneak up on me, casper or Greta, they were either hit by an invisible force or slammed into ice. The attackers never made it close to inflict any terrible damage.

But that was until my mate couldn't back us up all at once while fighting off hunters. There was only so much he could do.
He was concentrating on chocking a hunter when I felt a sharp pain in my side.
I immediately let go of the wolf I was currently mulling and stagger backwards.
I must have been hit! By what? I wasn't sure yet.

My fur turns red with blood and I look up only to see Elliot in his human form holding a gun.

Silver bullet!
The fucker hit me with a fucking silver bullet!

He lifts the gun and aims at me again, pulls the trigger and fires.
Once.
Then Twice.

And that's when the truly unexpected happens. And all I can do is stare in absolute shock.