NOAH: Her Forbidden Beast

*CHAPTER 36*

NOAH

All of us men became confused when we arrived at the northern boarder. There was only two rogues. It wasn't a whole pack of them. 

I am holding them both down in front of Xander. He is pacing in front of them. 

"Who is your leader?"

Both of them stayed silent.

"How could you think you'd achieve anything just with the two of you? Huh? It's fucking pathetic." Xander snarled. I wanted to rip into them so bad, but I had too much respect for Xander to do that. 

"If you think staying silent is the right way to go...you're dead wrong. You are going to answer me my questions whether you like it or not. Now tell me why would they send just the two of you to someone as powerful as me. Someone who could easily kill you and not lose one minute of sleep over it."

One of them smirked, "How do you know there aren't more of us."

Xander snarled, "Because my men told me so and they do not make mistakes."

"But what if that's just what we want you to think?"

Xander punched him straight across the rogue's face. He looked up at me and growled, "I hate it when they waste my time like this."

That was when it clicked. Wasting time...they were wasting our time...or were they stalling for something else?

An instant rage rushed through my veins, "They're stalling. They are trying to distract us. There something else going on that we don't know about." I shouted.

I could see Xander's eyes grow black. He looked at the rogues. They both seem genuinely scared now, like we just uncovered their little secret and they are now exposed and vulnurable. There is no place to hide. Xander killed them both with one slash of his claws. 

As soon as they dropped dead on the ground, my heart skipped a beat when a hears a howl. A howl that was filled with fear. 

"Mia." I whispered to myself. I instanty sprinted away from the gathered group. Xander was behind me as well. I ran as fast as I could. Mia wasn't okay. I needed to get to her. That was all that was on my mind. I need to get to her, I need to know if she is okay or not. 

As I came near the pack house, I saw Kieth run towards me with tears running down his face, his body shaking with sobs. I quickly shifted and put shorts on. I bent down and took a hold of my son's shoulders. I looked over his body, making sure he was okay.

"They took her dad! The rogues took Mia! She was protecting me and they got her!" I snarled in anger. I can't believe I wasn't there. I can't believe I fell for their trick. 

I rubbed up and down his arms, attempting to comfort him, "It's okay Kieth, everything is going to be okay. Go find Aunt Zapora and stay with her and Eddie now!" He did as I ordered, he knew he can't disobey me right now. Now that I knew he was okay and safe, my mind's soul focus was Mia.

I looked out into the open. Mia was out there somewhere. I stepped out to try and find her until I felt Xander grab a hold of my shoulder. 

"Wait Noah! You can't go right now. An ice storm is hitting any minute and it's going to get dark soon. You have to come inside and prepare before finding her, or you'll freeze to death and you won't be of much use to her dead."

I stood there taking deep breaths, hoping to calm myself, but I can't. I don't feel calm at all. I feel the anxiousness and the nervousness for Mia. As I went inside, it was was the most painful thing. I was going against every instinct in my body. I felt the need to go out and find her, but Xander was right. I needed to quickly prepare before leaving, or I could very well freeze to death. But what about Mia? Is she freezing to death?

MIA

I feel like I am freezing to death. I have been crawling for what seemed like hours. I felt my body shutting down from the cold. I had no sense of warmth in my body at all. I couldn't move because of how stiff my bones were. I felt ice forming in my hair and my skin looked so pale that it could blend with the snow. If I was naked right now and was lying in the snow, you wouldn't be able to see me at all. My wounds were still bad. The slices across my body hasn't healed because of the cold. It was so cold that it froze my blood and made it stop bleeding.

Even though I wanted to stop trying and just lye in the snow to give up, to let the cold fill my insides, I couldn't. The thought of Noah and Kieth motivated me to keep going. I am going to see them again. I need to. I can't not see them. I am not going to die without telling Noah how I feel about him. I never got the chance and I am not dying until I do. 

As I kept crawling, hope sparks within my heart when lights came into view. I almost collapsed in relief. The pack house. I kept crawling and crawling, bit by bit, step by step. Almost there Mia. hurry go. Go back to Noah.

NOAH

I had made sure I packed some essentials just in case Mia was hurt. I quickly went down stairs to put on my shoes. I looked around and saw everyone surrounding the fire in concern. They were all worried for Mia. I felt happy that they cared for her like she was their own even though she isn't even part of the pack yet. 

As I was about to say something to them. I heard a thump on the door. Xander raises his head towards me in suspicion. Who is at the door. Everyone stayed quiet and were on guard. It could be anything. 

I slowly made my way towards the door with Xander behind me. I opened the door and my eyes widen in shock to see a blue and shaking Mia in front of me. As soon as she saw me she collapsed. I immediately caught her. I felt my skin raise in goosebumps by how cold she was. she was literally like nice. I held her close to my chest and held her cheek.

"Mia?" I said urgently, "Mia? Can you hear me? Mia?"

Her eyes were half closed. Her whole body was shaking violently, like she was doing anything she could to generate some kind of heat. 

"Mia please talk to me. Say something." I begged. Once of the women came and gave me a blanket. I quickly wrapped it around Mia. She sat up weakly and leaned in to my ear and whispered, "I-I love you t-t-too." And then she finally closed her eyes as she slipped into unconsciousness.