Silver

Chapter 43

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As he nears me its as if time slows down. Its almost as if Clarkson is moving through honey while I'm still at normal speed. As he gets close enough I leap away from the wall quickly spin around him wrapping the chain around his neck thats still attached to my wrist.
I push him into the wall just as time picks back up. I pull tightly on the chain and flip him around so he's facing me.
His black eyes meet mine and I press the knife against his throat.

"Do it! Show your mate your true colors." He spits out. Even in the face of death he is still trying to break me.
"It's not me who should get the pleasure of ending your disgusting life you sick bastard. As much as I would love to, its not my role in this."
I quickly unwrap the chain and punch him hard enough I send him sprawling on the ground.
I quickly break my last chain before helping Noah break his.

He stumbles into me at first but when the feelings return to his hands he straightens up and wraps me in a gentle hug.
He kisses my bloody mouth before stepping away from me.
With a nod from him I drop the knife at his feet and with a final hate filled glare at the evil man stumbling to his feet I exit the small concrete torture room and close the door behind me.

I talk in the battle in front of me quickly. Only a handful of Cold Peak members are left and they are being taken out one by one.
I scan the abandoned town to see bodies scattered throughout the houses some of the mountain warriors but most the Cold Peak.

I finally spot my family with Tala huddled together on the outskirts of the small fights still going on.
Heading towards them two of the remaining Cold Peak members charge me from both sides. I lunge toward the right wrapping my arms around his waist and swinging my body to the right side of his body but keeping my and wrapped around him. My momentum lets me practically throw him into the other man.
The crash to the ground in a heap but I quickly end them before they can even start to get to there feet.
My stomach aches but its a long ways from my heart. The only thing that can hurt me there is Noah, but just as the though crosses my mind the door to the torture house slowly opens and a very tired Noah steps out into the bright sunlight.
His eyes meet mine and he slowly nods, and even from 20 feet away I can see the pain in his eyes.

I'm in front of him in the blink of an eye, I wrap my arms around him gingerly and he does the same. Each being wary of the others injuries.
"I'm so sorry Silver that you had to go through that." I only shush him gently as I feel his hot tears fall onto my shoulder.
I lean back and gently grab his face.
I run my thumbs gently across his cheeks to wipe away his tears.
"Noah I would go through that ten times over if it meant I got to be with you. Don't ever doubt that." Our foreheads press against each others as he leans in looking in my eyes for any sign that I'm lying. But he won't find any, I meant every word.

"I love you sugar stumbling." He whispers as his lips gently meet mine.
"I love you too sweet cheeks." He smiles against my lips before I pull away to see all the fighting has stopped.
Several members of the Cold Peak Pack are still alive by they have surrendered as you can almost see that they are happy they aren't fighting anymore. Almost as if they didn't want to fight in the first place.
My family still hasn't noticed as now we are blocked from their view by the concrete blocks of the torture building. I step away from Noah reluctantly and motion for him to follow me.

Rounding the corner of the building all eyes land on us.
I only focus on my group as me and Noah head there way. All of their reactions are different.
When Beth's eyes land in my multiple cuts she gasps and starts to cry, when my brother and father see they get mad, and when Tala sees she looks proud. Almost as if she knew this was coming and she had just been waiting for it to get here.
When we finally reach the small group I'm embraced softly from all sides everyone especially wary of my injuries. I look over my dads shoulder to see Noah standing awkwardly outside our group hug.
I use my free hand to motion him to join us but he only shakes his head. But when I send him a dot mess with me glare he takes take a deep breath and joins the hug.
Soon he is pushes through the outside to the inside where he is embracing me.
One by one everyone lets go of us, Beth being the last. Clutching onto me like I'm going to disappear.
Everyone leaves, leaving me and Noah alone in the swirling fall leaves.
I wrap my arms around his neck and look up at him, his ice blue eyes meet my grey ones as he wraps his arms tighter around my waist. He doesn't pull me against him due to my stomach but he leans his forehead against mine.
"I'm going to have one hell of a scar." I whisper wiggling my eyebrow and my lip.
"Good thing scars are hot as hell." I can't help but laugh at his words. Even after everything that has just happened he can still make me happy. Laugh even.
My lip splits open with the sudden movement and blood starts to trickle down again.
"Damn it. Do you have a rag?" I know he doesn't but I ask anyways.
"No." He whispers as he leans in towards me. "I have something better." His soft lips press against mine softly but I bury my hand in his hair and pull him closer to me kidding him harder.
He runs his tongue over my top lip and I pull back laughing.
"What are you? A vampire?" I can't help laughing. Quite ironic if you ask me.
"In this messed up world we live in, we may never now." He answers smiling down at me.
That's when it hits me hard that this gorgeous caring man in front of me is mine, and only mine, forever.
"Well." I say smiling. "We have a life time to figure it out."

I feel his smile against my lips and I know, that no matter what kind of hell we go through. We will go through it together. And as long as we are together, nothing can stop us.