A Tainted Love

Chapter Eighteen

Garret's POV

I was in a rage when I saw him hit my mate. No one was allowed to touch Hannah. When I saw him straddling her on that bed I almost snapped completely. I focused on Hannah and kept some of my sanity.

As I held Hannah in my arms I felt like everything was going to be fine. When she yelled my name I knew something was wrong. I turned around to block a killing blow from Amos, only to have him hit Hannah instead. I roared with fury. No one was going to hurt my mate with me standing there. I growled at him and threw him backwards across the room. I let my wolf take over and was instantly in my wolf form.

I saw Hannah get on the bed and watch me with terror filled eyes. I seriously hoped that she was afraid for me, not of me. I turned my focus back on Amos to find him climbing to his feet and dusting himself off. He was laughing. It was a strange, cold laugh, filled with little emotion. It was almost an insane laugh and I knew that this guy was going to be a hard to beat opponent.

I leapt into the air and landed on the man's chest. I dug my claws in and went for his neck. He grabbed my head and held me back with one hand. With the other hand he grabbed my neck and started cutting off the air to my lungs. I struggled to breathe and still keep a good distance between his throat and his feet. If he got his feet under me he could easily kick me off.

I started seeing black and had to jerk away from him. I landed on my side, gasping for breath. It was all Amos needed to change into his wolf form. He was on me in a second. I fought him back with claws, but I was still weak from the house collapsing on me and wasn't at my best. I would be hard pressed to win this one.

"Please stop fighting," Hannah screamed at us. Amos paid her no attention, so I didn't either. I growled threateningly at Amos and was back up against the bedroom door. I had locked it earlier when I had come in, preventing anyone from interrupting us.

All of a sudden the door moved beneath me. I heard someone beating on it and then a voice followed, "Amos let me in." It sounded like a girl's voice, but I didn't know who it was.

"Lily, go away," Hannah called. She was frightened for her friend; that much I could tell. Who was this girl on the other side of the door and why was Hannah afraid for her?

All of a sudden another voice was calling out and someone started beating on the door. "Amos, open the door man," he said. I knew it was male by the sound of it.

Amos took the moment that I was distracted to attack me. We moved far enough away from the door that it could easily be opened. I was held down and his teeth were headed toward my neck. I tried to wiggle free, but I couldn't get him off of me. I cast one last look at my mate. I'm sorry. I tried to say with my eyes. I closed my eyes and awaited the pain.

Lily's POV

He wouldn't open the door. My stupid brother wouldn't open the door. I heard Hannah tell me to go away, but I didn't understand why. I heard a noise and I turned only to find that Derrick was standing next to me. He looked questioningly at me before he smelled the blood and heard the fight coming from the other room.

"Stand back," he said quietly. I did as he said and he took my place beating on the door. "Amos, open the door man," he yelled. It was complete silence for a moment before I heard a loud "thud" and then it got even quieter.

"Garret, no!" I heard Hannah scream. My heart wrenched in my chest and I urged Derrick to break the door down. He nodded before doing what I couldn't have done. He was bigger than me and a real jerk, but he knew that his alpha could be in trouble and he was going to obey me.

Derrick hit the door and I heard it crack. He rammed into it again and it fell down on the floor with a loud crash. I peeked into the room to find it in total chaos. Hannah was hovering over top of a man who I would think to be Garret, and Amos was in his human form, pacing around the room. Garret didn't seem to be breathing and there was a lot of blood. He was still in his wolf form too. I saw a few cuts and teeth marks on Hannah too.