ALPHA ORION

THREE

Orion watched the female's eyes roll to the back of her head, her small frame going limp in his arms as she lost consciousness. Without a word, he lifted her in his arms, cradling her against his chest and turned to the other Lycans behind him.

The General had a shocked expression on his face but when the Alpha's stern gaze met his, he quickly averted his gaze, straightened up and cleared his throat.

"Find the boy, he went that way", Orion ordered nodding to the other side of the woods.

"Yes Alpha", he quickly sprang into action barking out orders to the soldiers.

Orion turned away from the scene and started towards the village with the human girl in his arms, looking down at her, he narrowed his eyes when he noticed the red fingerprints stark against the olive skin of her neck and sighed. He hadn't realize he was holding her too tight until she began to loose consciousness.

He knew humans were dispensable and fragile, but this was his soul mate. He failed to understand how a filthy little human could be his mate.

He made it out of the tree line and towards the clearing in the village, his soldiers were still patrolling the perimeter when they saw the Alpha carrying a human girl. The Alpha noticed their shocked expressions, but ignored them and slipped into the back of the awaiting black SUV.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw the little boy, his mate had risked her life to protect being hurled into one of the vans and growled. If it wasn't him and had been another Lycan she'd be dead, the thought of her dead didn't exactly sit well with him.

He looked down at her, pinpointing the smallest details on her face, she had some similarities to the boy, the same head of brown curls and big brown eyes, he remembered they held such fire and hatred for his kind, she didn't show fear even when he tried to strangle her to death.

She'd even killed one of his soldiers, he was a little impressed but pigs would sooner fly before he'd ever admit that. His eyes slowly trailed down to the mark on her neck, his mark. He traced it with the pad of his thumb and watched her shudder in her sleep with a satisfied smirk.

The vehicle roared to life and as the driver pulled away from the ruins of what was once a village, he involuntarily pulled her closer to his chest. He wasn't sure what he was going to do with her, he had lived centuries without a mate and without hope of ever finding one, but now that she was here, right in his arms he was confused especially because it was a filthy little human.

She wasn't fit to be his, but somehow Selene paired them. He gritted his teeth in anger knowing he now had a weak link, something his enemies could use to get to him.

He couldn't let that happen, he would sooner lock her up and throw away the key than allow that to happen.

He hadn't meant to mark her but he'd lost control, something that had never happened in centuries, he almost felt fear at how much power the filthy little human held over his beast side. He couldn't allow that to happen again not if he planned to keep her.

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The loud crunch of snow made Rey look down at her brown boots as she walked the familiar trail leading to her village. Emerging from the treeline, she noticed the once white snow had turned black.

Slowly she raised her hand to catch a falling snowflake only to find black soot staining her fingertips. Raising her head, the thick smell of smoke invaded her nostrils causing her to gag and cough violently.

Panic surged through her at the thought of her village being raided, and as she rushed out of the tree line into her little village she realized she was too late.

Rows and rows of cabin were set ablaze and the bodies of her people scattered around the burning cabins, she exhaled a shaky breath, her breath coming out in a cloud of white mist.