The Wolf Hunt

Seven

I throw my body forward as my arms reach out reaching for the Beta's neck. My battle cry sounding throughout the whole forest. Both men turn to me startled.

My hands make contact with Evans neck and from the force of my jump, he is thrown to the ground, with me landing on top of him. I swing my arms to throw punch after punch at his face. His hands claw at my face attempting to get me off of him, but its no use, my knees pin down his upper arms as I straddle his chest, making it hard for him to breathe.

"Stop!" Zave's voice raises over our battle cry as I continue hitting Evan's face. "Stop!" Zave's arms circle around my waist, but before he has the chance to take me off, Evan flips us over in an attempt to gain some hits himself, but his aims are easily blocked, they're lousy and weak.

I lift my knee, bringing it up to his groin. After making the connection and hearing a satisfying groan, I flip us back over allowing me to get a few more punches before Evan is back on top.

His canines grow in length and he snarls as he opens his mouth to snap at me. Shit. Before he does, he freezes, his eyes widening his eyes.

Blood trickles down his lips as he slowly falls against my chest. I look up over his shoulder, to see a silver dagger protruding out of his back. Thank god.

Slowly I push Evan's body off of me. Before pushing my body up in a sitting position.

"Alexis!" My head snaps up, as Derek stands from the other side.
"Thank you!" I shout back. He nods, before eyeing Zave carefully. "He's fine," I nod back to him. He nods but only retreats so far.

"You... You killed him!" Zave stares down at the body of his ex-Beta. "How... Why?!" He turns to me, his eyes flashing with hurt.

"I'm sorry... He was insulting you, you're his alpha, he has no right!" I reply, standing on my feet to match his eyes, with a slight glare. "You've made it all worse, they'll hate me now! They'll hate their Luna!" He shakes his head, running his hands through his hair.

"Look I'm sorry if this has made it worse for your little girlfriend, but this is not my fault," I argue back. Hurt flashes in his eyes as he stares at me. "You don't get it," He grabs my cheeks, shaking his head. His thumb rubs circles on my cheekbone as his eyes bore into mine, our skin fizz with electricity. My breathing hitches as he leans in towards me, letting his eyes flutter close behind his glasses, leaning closer and closer towards me.

"No," I whisper stepping back. It's not him. Leaders aren't paired with Mutts. He's not mine. He can't be my mate. He can't.

My body stubbles back as reality hits me. I can't breathe, my body shakes and I can't think straight. "No," I mutter. My body turns, running out of the forest, far away from him, far away from everyone. I can't be near them. He's a mutt. He's and Alpha! He's the leader of the Mutts! And the heavens have paired me with him!

"This isn't happening," I tell myself. I run out into the open, on a road that's rarely used. I run through the next forest, over to another road. Cars beep and honk as I run past the speeding traffic as I dodge each car artfully.

I nearly get to the other side before a car catches my left foot and I'm thrown to the side. A pain sears up my shoulder and arm that I landed on. I crawl to the side of the road, as the car speeds away. Fucking bastards. I move my body over to a near by tree and pull my body up. Trying to put weight on my weak foot. I slip and roll down a ditch. I lean myself up into a sitting position and lean back against the side of the ditch. I doubt I'll be able to get out of the ditch for a while.

I shake my head. "All my life," I shake my head. "All my fucking life!" I shout kicking at some leaves with my good foot. For years our kind have shunned those that have been mated or paired with the werewolves, with the Mutts. Yet I'm the one that's paired with one. With an Alpha to say the least! A fucking Alpha! Me! The supposed greatest leader of all the Hunters in a century, is paired with a fucking Alpha.

Then guess what!? The Alpha is weak. Hated by his pack, yet protects them! With all the stuff they do! They murder people! They abuse their mates! Yet he still loves them as though they were never criminals.

Yet. I love him. I can't help it. It blossoms through my heart, and I feel the need to be with him. To support him. To let him know I will always be there with him. No matter what he does.

Yet. There is my troops. My family. Who will frown upon my choice to be with him. They won't want a leader with a Mutt for a mate. They want the perfect leader with the perfect mate of a Hunter.

Damn this! Damn my life! They would rather my father who had been bite be a leader, than me with a Mutt mate!

The irony. They would want a werewolf over me. They shun those that sleep with Mutts. Yet I already have. I've done that! I slept with him. I don't even remember it. What's worse is that it was a one night stand.

So basically. I'm the screw up of screw ups.

My body begins to feel weak. The suns going down and its getting cold. The wind is picking up. Scattering leaves around me. Blowing my hair everywhere. I tremble. My body sobbing as j bring my knees up to my chest. Crying. I could lose everything, because of love.

How could love destroy so much? Your life. Your family, because you love someone they won't approve. Yet you have to stick by love, always be there. Never let them go, because there isnt anything stronger than the bond of love, but isn't there also family? Is that stronger? Or is love family? It will be eventually. So why delay it?

I just need someone to hold me. Take care of me until its all over.

I need Zave. I need Derek. Mandy. Nanny Sue. I need my family. I need my mate.

I sigh as my eyelids feel heavy. "Alexis?" I hear a voice in the distance, but its too late. I can't keep my eyes open. I fall into a deathly trap of sleep.

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