Into The Darkness [#2]

CHAPTER NINE

ELLIE

        When those words left Luca’s mouth I am sure my world stopped for a moment. Jackson had been attacked and it didn’t sound like it was a simple scratch to the face which that it was life-threatening.

        The thought of him dying brought back the same sensation I had when Lex died. I didn’t know what to do and, for a second, I almost forgot how to breathe as I tried to absorb the words. I was so happy and now everything was falling apart again.

        I was sure the Moon Goddess was doing this on purpose. She was making me suffer for everything I did to Blake. She was trying to make me see that I had the most wonderful mate and I was bitch to push him away like we did when we first met.

        But I was terrified. I was dragged to pack like a piece of meat and then I found out that my mate was the son of the man who murder my family. If that wasn’t enough, I was told my Alpha could kill me, plus it then turned out I was the missing daughter of the dead King and Queen. And, if that wasn’t bad enough, James and Angelica wouldn’t leave me the hell alone and now they are dead – they are the reason that my life is now in danger and the reason members of the pack are still going against me in secret.

        “Elliot,” Blake gently shook her. She didn’t want to wake though and ended up pushing his hand away before she rolled over so that she was facing the back of the sofa. “Elliot. You need to wake up. Jackson is in the hospital.”

        “What the hell happened?” I felt the sudden anger wave over me.

        “He was the only one who was attacked. The wolf was one from the pack and they were out on patrol with Jackson. They attacked while he was still a wolf and he only just had the energy to shift back. El, they don’t th—“

        “Don’t even finish that sentence. Just. Don’t,” I stopped him before he could say another word. I didn’t want him to tell me that they didn’t think he was going to make it because that would make me feel so much worse than I do right now.

        “You need to prepare Elliot for the worst,” Luca replied.

        “He isn’t going to die. He’s going to make it and I am going to personally murder the mutt who dared to do this,” I shouted. I had actually forgotten about Nicole until she started crying again and I had to hand her to Luca because I could feel my temper wavering. I was trying to keep my wolf at by but being an Alpha made it all the more difficult.

        “El. You need to calm down,” Luca told me.

        “Where is the wolf who did this?” I growled.

        “In the cells,” Luca muttered. From the way he was backing away from me with Nicole in his arms, I could tell that he was terrified of me and what I was going to do, but I couldn’t seem to get my temper under control. The more I thought about the bastard who was doing this to me, the more I wanted to rip his throat out and make sure there was no one left to oppose me.

        “Take them to the hospital. I am going to have a word with our little friend,” I told them. I couldn’t believe I was using my Alpha tone on them but I didn’t have a choice. If I didn’t tell them what to do, I knew they would follow me and they would talk me out of killing the traitor.

        “Ellie? What’s happening?” Elliot’s sweet voice filled the room. I looked over to her and she still looked tired. She couldn’t even hide the fact she had been crying before she fell asleep.