The Southern Queen,

Chapter 12

CLEO'S POV

I woke up, this time with a breakfast on my bed. I don't know who put this here and I don't care. I'm starving because I practically skip dinner again because I did nothing but sleep. Can't I just like, remember everything while I was awake? Why do I need to sleep every time? I let out a deep breath. Even if I argue with anyone, it will be pointless. I don't have an option in this, even the King.

After I am done with my breakfast, I did my daily routines like taking a bath before leaving the room. After I am done with everything that needs to be settled. I came out of the room and there, I saw the King and Jason waiting.

"Ready to leave?"

The king asked me. 

"Yeah, where are we going next?"

He smiled to me.

"To your hometown. The Silver Moon pack."

He announced. I can't help but smile to him. He must know how much I miss my parents. My family. Beta Jason grabs my things and other necessary stuffs for our travel. The king and Alpha Xavier lead us to the end of his border before we both said our goodbyes and thank you's. Like before, I will be carried by the King's wolf along the travel. I hold on tight to his fur once again and I immediately felt comfort. I don't know why but I feel like no harm will come upon me as long as he is with me. Maybe because of the fact that he is the King. The strongest Were in the world.

I was contented and comfortable with the speed of our travel until the King suddenly halt. I nearly lost my grip to him because of the sudden halt. He sat down, I know that it means I should get out of his back, so I did. When I was on my feet, His nose nudge me until I was leaning on a tree, then after that he face again the clearing. I heard him growl.

It looks like there is something wrong. I didn't try to talk because I am afraid that it might distract him. After a while 5 wolves half of the king's size emerge from the trees. They have blood red eyes and that means they are a rogue. Rogue are werewolves who doesn't belong to any pack. They are dangerous. They just attack whomever they wanted, and they don't follow any rules. I heard the King growl louder. I step back, closer to the tree. I don't have my wolf right now and I don't have any weapon either. I don't have a chance of winning even in a single wolf. 

I practiced combat fighting but who knows what these rogues can do. The 5 wolves just come nearer to us that makes the king growl more. My heart is pounding loudly against my chest and after I could even prepare myself one of the wolves lunged to the king. After that the 4 other rogues joined the battle. Blood can be smelled all over them. I was busy watching the king fight over the 4 rogues that I didn't notice that the other one is advancing towards me.

I felt some wood at my feet, and I quickly get it. The wolf exposes its teeth to attack me, but I prevented it from biting me using the wood that I get. I lost my balance and I end up laying on the ground holding a wood in my hands and a wolf above me biting on the wood I'm holding. We are fighting for dominance. He was so strong that my arms are slowly bending. I can feel his nasty breath in my face and slowly it is only 3 inches away from my neck. I was starting to lose hope.

The adrenaline rush is the only thing that is keeping me from holding. 

"AHH!"

 I shouted as I push the wood away from my body. This is so f***ing hard! Then after a couple of minutes the wolf that is above me, sent flying through the trees and I was greeted by a very furious King. He ripped the wolf in a very small pieces not caring if it's dead already. I walk toward him to stop him, but it looks like the wolf is in control over him. I try to get nearer but he growls at me.

"Oliver."

I called softly to the King. His eyes from deep black turned into golden yellow. That's a sign that Oliver is in control again. 

"That's enough. They're gone."

I softly said again. Trying to imply to him that I am no enemy. He left the flesh of the rogue out of his mouth and he walk toward me. I reach to him, touching his head, petting him to calm his nerves down. After a while he start growling again. He nudges me to stay at his back but then Beta Jason arrived together with the other one. The king stop growling and face me again. He sniffs my whole body as if checking if I'm hurt. I smiled at him.

"I'm fine. "

 I said to him. That seems to do the work because he stops sniffing the hell out of me. Then, He sits on my side again as if telling me to ride on him, so we can leave this place, But I get one of my clothes to Beta Jason and I wet it with some water. I slowly get back to the king and I clean his face and his body out of blood. This is the least I can do. When I'm done, I just left my clothes there and I hop to the king's back as we continued our travel.

OLIVER'S POV

My wolf was in range when we saw our mate pinned to the ground with a huge wolf above her. I immediately pounce the wolf out of her, and I make sure to kill it, but my wolf isn't satisfied with it. He practically ripped the wolf into pieces. He doesn't have any plan on stopping not until Cleo call me to my name. 

"Oliver."

My wolf instantly looks at her and when he realizes that our mate is looking at him rip a rogue body, he instantly gave the control to me. I let the meat fall out of my mouth and I immediately go to our mate, but when I got near her, I heard other wolves coming. I nudge her to my back again and then the wolves came to view. Thank the moon Goddess it was just Jason and Albert. I instantly calm down and then I face Cleo again. I smell her body for any signs of hurt but she just smiled at me. 

"I'm fine."

She said to me. I sit for her to get in my back so that we can leave this disgusting place but instead she come to Beta Jason's wolf and get something on the bag pack he was carrying. When she returned to me, she was holding a wet cloth. She starts cleaning the blood off my wolfs face and in my entire body. Our wolf liked the idea that our mates is taking care of us, but he also got hot and lustful when our mate carelessly touch our body.

My wolf wanted to have control again and mark her, but I fight him. This is not a good place and time for that. Cleo is still, recovering from everything. When she's done, she climbed up to my back again and that's my cue to leave. I ran fast again but not so fast just like before. I made sure that I am not leaving Albert and Jason behind. That's my first mistake. If I have beta Jason and Albert with me that rogue wouldn't be able to come near my mate and there's no way in hell that I'm allowing that to happen again.

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