The Alpha And His Abused Mate (#Wattys2016)

Rescue

After a long day of school, I went to River's house along with Morgan, and Alex. Around six thirty at night I decided I should probably go home.

"River!" I shouted. He came bounding down the stairs.

"Wait!" He yelled as I was leaving.

"Let me take you home." I nodded and we made our way to his truck. There was an awkward silence until the song 'Why' by Jason Aldean came on. River looked at me, smirked and belted out the lyrics. This made me laugh, which brought a smile to his face.

I told River to park a few houses down from mine. He tried to argue but I kissed his cheek which shut him up. River turned off the music and stared at me intently.

"Bye.." I said awkwardly. He chuckled and said his goodbyes. I quickly got out of the car and ran to my house before he could ask any questions. I sighed and slid down the door while closing my eyes.

"Where have you been?" Craig asked while stalking towards me angrily. My eyes snapped open as soon as I heard his cruel voice.

"N-no where." I mentally cursed as my voice came out weak and scared. As he came to slap me, Craig sniffed the air.

"You smell like a boy," He yelled in my face "Who were you with?!" I cowered back in fear.

"I was with no one..." I lied. He slapped me in the face causing my head to violently turn to the right.

"You slut!" He punched me and I fell to the ground. Craig repeatedly kicked my in the stomach and punched my face. He stalked away and headed towards the kitchen. 'Finally.' I thought but I spoke to soon. He soon returned with a steak knife from last night's dinner.

"God you should have never been born." He walked over to me and made one large cut along my arm. A cry of pain left my mouth, and the tears started to stream down my face. He cut another line on my other arm. He then moved down to my legs and cut both of them. By now I was in full blown tears, and I couldn't stop them. Craig eyed me up and down, and made his last move. He stabbed the knife into my stomach, and exited the house.

I was in so much pain and it kept getting worse. It was also getting harder to breath, and stay awake. I closed my eyes for a split second, and as I did I heard someone shout my name and run over to me.

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River's POV:

I was in the kitchen cooking dinner when Alex and Morgan walked in.

"Alpha," Morgan said as she nodded respectfully towards me. I smiled as I stirred the spaghetti sauce.

"You know you don't have to use formalities with me, we're family," I said. I mean if my twin was her mate then I we're family. Suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my arms, then my legs. I looked to see if anything hot had spilled but nothing had. Then there was an unbearable pain in my stomach, which caused me double over in pain. Alex was by my side in a second.

"What the fuck dude?!" He said as I was groaning on the floor.

"If this is one of your pranks I'm gonna kill you!" I shook my head, and sat up with the help of Alex. I pulled up my shirt, and there was nothing there.

"If there is nothin' wrong with you then why, you screamin'?"

"I don't know," I said. It didn't get sick often and I had never experienced this much pain, except for my first shift. I began to feel light headed and my eyes started to close. I felt peaceful until something hit me hard in the back of my head. My eyes snapped open and I felt them shift, as my wolf took control.