A Tainted Love

Chapter Fifteen

Hannah's POV

There were four of them and they looked hungry. They licked their lips and moved toward me. I knew it was a mistake to try and leave the safety of my corner, but I kept imagining Amos coming back or his crazy sister. I hadn't figured out yet if I could trust her.

I was having trouble trusting people nowadays. Paige had betrayed me, making my life a living torture chamber. She had told her mate about my secret; and therefore he told Garret.

Garret… oh how I missed him. Even thinking of his name brought a pain in my chest. I didn't know why I was feeling like this, but I was. I snapped out of my thoughts as the four men surrounded me.

I screamed and tried to shoulder past one of the smallest looking ones. IT was to no avail. I didn't make it far before one of them tackled me to the ground and started licking my neck. I felt another one licking my right leg while the sandy haired one started licking my arm. The last one stood and watched, almost as if he enjoyed watching it.

"Amos will kill you," I threatened. The male started.

"How do you know that name?" he asked angrily, moving forward. The males licking me didn't stop. It was starting to get strange. I felt their teeth almost like they were waiting for a command to bite down. I felt one of them lose some of their control and break my skin. I hissed.

"Amos is me supposed mate," I said. My words stop everyone in their tracks. The male standing up moves closer and takes in my scent. The others do the same and all of a sudden the weight is lifted off of me and the licking stops.

The three that were licking me were looking around in horror. I saw one of them with a little bit of blood and noticed a scratch in my arm that was drizzling blood. When he saw the cut, he looked about to faint.

"Amos is going to kill me," he said. He kept pacing. The male that was standing up moved toward me.

"My name is Stone. I am Amos's second in command or beta if you will. I am so sorry for the misunderstanding. My boys will not touch you again," he started. The door flew open and Lily flew across the floor to stand in front of me. she growled at Stone.

"What are you doing to my brother's mate?" she growled, a low threatening sound. I looked at her surprised. It was different to see someone stand up for me like this, especially a female that I hardly knew.

Amos was the next person through the door and he sniffed the air. He looked at me and the scratch on my arm before turning to the man with the blood still on his chin and pinned him against the wall. He growled at him. "You are dead," he snarled.

Before I could say anything or anyone could step in, the man was lying on the ground with a broken neck and eyes staring forward unblinking. I screamed and dropped to the floor holding my stomach. How could he just kill him so easily?

"You monster," I yelled at him, getting back up to my feet. "That man did not deserve to die." I couldn't believe that no one had said anything or punished him. He was a criminal now; a murderer.

Amos next had me in his grasp, staring into my eyes. "He touched you. He got to taste your skin and had your blood on his lips. I will not let a man like that live in this world. He will never touch what is mine again. Do not sentence me for keeping my mate safe," he stated as if it was the most common and easy thing for him to do.

I jerked out of his grasp and slapped him. "If you want to do something for me, you will never kill a man again. I cannot let you spill innocent blood for my sake. I will not have these men's deaths over my head. If you want to kill them do them for some other reason." I turned without another word and strode out of the room. I could only hear silence behind me before I heard something being thrown against the wall and an earsplitting crack.