I'm An Alpha's What?!

Control

Chapter 14

Control

I look into Tucker's once bright eyes, as they have darken into a dark blue. Even though I know this is just one of Bates's sick nightmares, I could never kill Tucker. I glance to the side and glare hard at Bates as he smirks at me. "No." I say sternly and he just chuckles. 

"The longer you take, the longer your in this nightmare."  His voice is cold and dark in my ears, a cold I've never heard in Dustin's voice. It makes the hair on the back of my neck rise and every muscle in my body tense. I turn my gaze back to the smiling Tucker, and I grit my teeth hard as I get ready to shift into my wolf. 

I've never shifted into my wolf while having these nightmares but I'd be quicker and less suffering. I close my eyes and let my wolf take over. When I'm completely shifted I open my eyes and stare at Tucker with sad eyes. My wolf takes in a deep breath as I give her full control, she then charges at my best friend. The look of fear and betrayal on Tucker's face will forever be in my memories. Like I predicted it was quicker then if I took on this sick task in my human form. 

Instead of shifting back, I turn away from the fake corpse and lay down on the floor. My wolf buries her head into her bloody paws. "I expected that to be longer, honestly. I guess you don't care that much about his well being." I hear his sick voice travel through my ears and my wolf lets out a growl. Suddenly, I'm yanked up by the scruff of my neck hard and my eyes connect with the Demigods. 

"Don't growl at me, Maxy."  Bates growls into my ear, and fear starts to build up in my stomach. I try to pull my wolf's control back to me but fail. Again my wolf growls and snaps at his face causing him to jerk back and drop me. I wait for Bates to take control of my mind like he always does when I 'misbehave'. But nothing happens. I look up at him to see him with gritted teeth and a tiny bit of fear in his dark blue, almost black eyes. "What the hell?" 

He can't control my wolf when she's in full control. This isn't her nightmare, this is mine. He only can control me. My wolf is another soul in my body, he only has claim over my soul. 

Hearing my thoughts, my wolf rises onto her paws and stalks her way towards Bates. All the sick humor he had before has now vanished into a dark glare, that chills me to the bone. "Stop." He commands but it has no effect on me. He knows if  I kill him he's done, finally dead. Circling him slowly, my wolf snaps at the back of his leg, crimson falls to the floor. 

Bates jerks his leg away and turns around, attempting to kick me. He fails. With swift movements I again snap at his legs but rougher than last time. Bates falls with a grunt and I quickly pin him down. I snarl, lips curling up to reveal my very sharp teeth. As I'm about to rip out the bastards throat, my wolf pauses.

She whimpers. 

It takes me a moment to realize why she stopped, but soon it hits me. He looks like him, like Dustin. Our mate. But this is not our mate. Our mate wouldn't be glaring at us. We wouldn't be trying to attack our mate. He's not our mate. He's not Dustin. He's Bates, the Demigod. 

Just listening to my thoughts is all it takes for my wolf to sink her teeth into his flesh. The taste of blood is so vivid. It becomes even more vivid as I tear the flesh away and spit it out onto the floor. I move off of the limp body and the feeling of fear is no longer an emotion I hold. 

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   I wake up to shouting and the smell of my mate. "Maxine! Stop!" Tuckers voice shouts and I groan and shake my head. I snap my eyes open to see Dustin underneath me with gritted teeth. I try to say Dustin's name but it comes out in a grunt. That's when I realize I'm in my wolf form and I have my mate pinned down like I did when I killed Bates.

I killed Bates. No more nightmares. No more Demigods, no more Bates.

My tail begins to wag violently as I move off of Dustin and snuggle myself into his side, playfully. "The hell?" Eric says as he stares at me like I've gone crazy. Dustin sits up and looks at me warily and I nudge him with my nose. I scan the room and catch sight of a t-shirt and grab it quickly. I hide behind a bookcase as I shift back, bones breaking into a new form.

"He's dead." I say as soon as I step out from behind the bookcase with a wide smile. As soon as the last word leaves my lips I'm pulled into a warm hug. Dustin's scent fills my scenes and I hug back tightly smiling even more.

Mate.   

"He couldn't control me when I gave my wolf full control. He didn't posses power over my wolf." I explain into my mate's chest. "I guess that's why I woke up in my wolf form."

"We thought he took control of you Max." Tucker says with a sigh of relief, I look over Dustin's shoulder with a smile.

"I thought I lost you."

I look up at Dustin's familiar blue eyes and notice how blown his pupils are. I then feel a pair of lips on mine and butterflies fill my stomach. We slowly pull away from each other and I stare into his eyes with a smile. "I love you."

"I love you too. forever and always my mate." Dustin whispers and smiles.