Dirty Secret

Chapter 21

It was fucking freezing. Louis wraps his jacket tighter around his shaking body as he tries to hold onto Darcy's mane for support. It was getting darker by the minute and he still had a long way to go before he could get any sleep. He had only been riding for two hours now and he was just about to get to the gorge where the horrific battle had taken place. He really didn't look out for it. He regrets not being more careful. He regrets not letting Niall give him the warm fuzzy blanket he had offered. His leg had luckily stopped bleeding a while ago but it was still stinging like a bitch. At least he didn't have to worry about bleeding to death anymore. Mushu was sitting behind him, his arms crossed over his chest and mumbling something under his breath, the words landing on death ears. Louis didn't want to listen to him or comment on his words, he didn't care. He also regrets not taking any food with him- but most of all he regrets dragging Harry and Niall into this whole mess.

Darcy lets out a tired and distressed noise a moment later, pulling Louis back into the freezing reality. He frowns and pats her neck. "I'm sorry darling, but we have to go just a bit further, okay?" He murmurs softly while he pats on the cooling fur. He needed to get to somewhere warm soon, but he couldn't bring himself to push Darcy to go any faster as she would get too tired. So the only option was to keep going slow and hope for the best.

He can't help but wonder where the army is if they have already found a place to settle in for the night. They had been travelling toward the city, meaning that they were far, far away from Louis' village by the time everyone found out and Louis was made to leave. They hadn't found out at the same time, of course not. It had happened almost like in slow motion. Louis had dropped his bag while he was struggling with lifting his tent to the carriage, too focused on the task to notice this. An alpha behind him had seen this however and being the nice fellow he was, he had gotten down to pick it up. And just because the universe hates him, apparently Louis hadn't closed the zipper fully causing his belongings to fall to the ground.

Louis had turned around and tried to get to his things before the alpha but with no luck. Nothing else would've mattered for the alpha to see, except for his pills. His scent neutralizers had been in the alpha's hand before he could even open his mouth and stutter out any words. It had taken the alpha less than ten seconds to realise what the pills were and when he did, well, that's when pretty much everyone else found out as well. He had started yelling, his face turning into pure disbelief as he towered over the omega. Louis hadn't gotten a word in before the alpha had already demanded his execution. Nice, right?

Around fifty alphas had joined in that thought, cornering him against the carriage while the rest just watched. It had been more than obvious that his heart had started beating faster from the fear he was suffering from. He had been seen as the strongest fighter but there was no way he could've fought fifty alphas by himself. So instead of even trying he had just dropped to his knees and prayed for the best. The sickening sound of a sword being pulled out from its casing had found Louis' ears and made him shiver. "Please," he had begged, glancing at the alpha in front of him. "Please, don't."

"You don't get to beg for your life," the alpha had spat at him, raising his sword high in the air. Louis had curled in himself, scared and defeated, waiting for the deadly blow. That's when Harry had found them and had started to yell. He had demanded to know what was going on and had barely even waited for them to finish before already denying everything. Saying how stupid they were and how they had no real evidence to actually think that nor accuse Louis of it. He had sounded so sure, been so sure that they were just imagining it all, but that had gone away as the alpha had pulled out the pills. Louis hadn't been able to look and see all the feelings on Harry's face, so he had stood up quickly just as the mass had turned their rage towards Harry.

"Stop!" Louis had screamed. "He didn't know about it okay? He had no part in this- like seriously he's the fucking captain. Don't you think that he would've already killed me himself if he had found out? So instead of wasting your time blaming him, why won't you just kill me already like I know you want to?"