Alpha Ultima

Chapter 9

My eyebrows shot straight through my hairline. Out of every single stupid thing that I had pictured coming out of his mouth, this one didn't even populate in my thoughts. Release him from the bond the Moon Goddess had placed on Lycan's the moment I had joined as one with my wolf? I don't think so, good sir.

Truthfully, I didn't even realize that this was something I had control over. Now that he had brought this to my attention, fuck that. As if I would release him from the one thing I had keeping him from trying to kill me.

I had made the mistake of trusting him once, and that had blown up in my face. I still had nightmares of being in that old lab and I don't think I'll ever get past that. I've learned to live with it, my mates help me through those nights and it has just become a part of our life together. As sad as that is to admit.

"Now why would I go and do something as ridiculous as that?" I sneered.

"Because you need me." Again his response shook me.

"Need you? Did you hit your head on every tree on your way through to the clearing?"

He threw his head back and barked a laugh. His eyes met mine and were filled with light and amusement. This was not the man I expected to meet again after five years.

"What would I need you for?" I asked with a single raised eyebrow.

"I can't tell you that until you release me." He deadpanned.

"You cannot be serious. Why do you think that I would do this for you when that bond is the only thing keeping me safe right now?" I snarled.

"I vow to you that I will not bring you harm. In fact, I am here for the complete opposite reason. I am here to keep you safe."

"Oh for fucks sake, Tyler! Safe?" I laughed, hard. "If you don't recall, the last time you and I were together, you tried to kill me."

He winced and turned away. He lifted a hand and grasped the back of his neck in his discomfort. I watched him open and close his mouth a few times, as if he couldn't think of a valid response before turning to look me in the eyes once more.

"Look, sweet stuff. I understand why you have your reservations about me. I know that I've hurt you, but you need to understand I was under the Sire of my father. I couldn't disobey his order."

That stopped me in my place. I thought back for a moment before I nodded. This was something I had pondered over a lot over the past few years. I did understand he was trapped under the Sire bond, but that bond only started after he was given my blood. He felt indebted to his father for giving him control of his Lycan and that's where the bond fully came into bloom.

"I never meant to hurt you, not of my own free will. Think about it. Truly, think back to our time together. We spent more than one afternoon together in this very spot, talking, joking... even flirting." He smirked at me. "And in all of that time, not once did I hurt you."

Anger surged through my veins. I clenched my hands into tight fists. I wanted nothing more that to slap that haughty smirk off of his face.

"No. You just tricked me, made me think you cared for me, brought me to a secluded cabin in the woods, fucked me, drugged me and then kidnapped me!" I screamed at him.

"Oh, and lets not forget the little fact that you then brought me to your sick, sadistic father who drained me of my blood, turned you and Xavier in front of my eyes, then told you to kill me. Which, lets be honest, you didn't seem to try and fight, nor did you show any remorse. I was left bloody and broken at the bottom of that fucking concrete staircase, Tyler!"

Every word I threw at him made him physically flinch. The color drained slowly from his face as guilt filled his emerald eyes.

"Sweet stuff, listen to me. I know that there was a lot that wasn't handled the right away. I never intended to hurt you. I was careful when I handled you. I panicked when you threw up in my car and I thought I had given you too much of the drug I used to knock you out. If it wasn't for the Sire bond I never would have attacked you." He pleaded with me.

"It was the very first moment I had ever held control over my Lycan. The first moment he and I became one. But his feelings and emotions overwhelmed me. His devotion to my father for giving us control, took over and I fell into the background. Once I regained full control over him, I was sick to my stomach over what I had done to you."

His eyes begged me to believe him. His body language following showing the sheer desperation. I didn't understand where this was all coming from. He was right, though. There was panic in his eyes and voice as he brought me to the lab that day.

"Tyler, regardless of everything you're saying today, I don't know if I can believe you. But also, why now? Why today?" I question.

He looks away from me as he takes his lower lip between his teeth. His eyebrows furrowed as he became deep in thought.

"I've wanted to speak with you for years Carter, but I knew I couldn't. Not after everything that happened. I couldn't risk your mates trying to kill me." He looked at me sheepishly.

This was not the man I met all those years ago. That Evan would never say something without conviction, without that eager, cocky attitude. It was almost as if he had lost all that confidence that he carried so well. No, in front of me was an empty shell of that man and never in a million years did I ever think something like that would make me so sad.

"And you can risk that now?" I asked with raised brows.

"I have nothing left to lose." His words were spoken so softly that I almost missed them.

I didn't know what would happen from here on out. I didn't know if I would regret doing what I was about to do. What I did know, was that my instincts told me that I could trust him. Yes, I felt like I could trust him in the past as well, but this felt different.

"Oh for the love of the Goddess. Don't make me fucking regret this." I snarled at him before continuing. "Tyler Evans, I release you from the bond."

A/N:

Do you think Tyler will redeem himself, or do you think Carter just made the biggest mistake of her life?

Don't forget to Vote/Comment/Follow!

Xoxox - Ky.