A Mate's Bond

Chapter 1

I limped down the hallway desperately trying to keep my eyes from closing. Each step causing sharp pain at my abdomen. I had been stabbed six times, my attacker was going to strike me again with his blade but luckily enough I concentrated my last minuscule amount of strength to summon my fire spirit- Kegan. He was already beaten up and low in power from the blood loss I had experienced, but he would still have been able to cause some damage just one small blaze wave from him and I could escape from the man that was in-front of me. The memory of it all came rushing back.

  I held my breath as I stared at the man in front of me. His blazing eyes met with mine as a small devilish smirk placed itself on his mouth. I needed to get out of here. Closing my eyes I envisioned Kegan his small beat-up body stared up at me- I'm sorry Kegan I whispered within myself his small red gleaming eyes softened and hummed a small reassurance telling me we would get out of here soon. I felt my attackers pace quicken towards me. With one last command I felt Kegan's power surge through me.

 My eyes burned as I opened them. 

Raising my left hand I felt his power trickle through my veins towards my fingertips, the small amount of power left in him he had sent to me- I'd never forget his sacrifice. My eyes narrowed as my attacker came into my view. Heat evoked in my palm, I felt Kegan's spirit dimmer as the fire in my hand grew.

Goodbye Kegan.

My lips trembled as I sent Kegan's last blaze wave at my attacker, sending him into a fits of screams as the fire slowly consumed him. I ran towards the door to the hallway hissing in pain as I held my stomach trying to stop the constant gushing of blood. 

Tears welled up in my eyes, Kegan was gone.

I heard my wolf's small cries as she mourned our last spirits death... Kegan's death- I shouldn't have used his power.

I dragged my mourning soul through my pack house, holding the bloodied walls for support. My unfocused eyes, looked around for any bit of life. My pack members lay on the floor, their pale faces screaming at me almost in disappointment... I couldn't save them. 

Walking towards my living room I stared at the state of my once beautiful home. The family picture that once hung perfectly on the wall had been ripped down and destroyed. I chewed on my quivering lips. I hope Mum and Dad are safe.

I opened the living room door to fall straight to my knees. My whole family lay in a straight line, one next to the other. Their heads decapitated from their bodies placed next to them, almost as if the culprit wanted them to stare at their own dead bodies.

I felt my stomach acid rise up into my mouth. My body couldn't take it. My body weakened even further, as warm liquid escaped my mouth and onto the carpet.

I couldn't save them.

I fell into agony a numbing sensation filled my body as my brain processed my loss. I let everyone die. My body froze unable to move.

Everyone was gone- the phrase repeated in my mind as if a raging alarm, waking me up to the reality of everything. What was the point of me living this whole time if all that it was going to lead up to was the inevitable death of everyone I loved.

My mind stopped in its tracks as realisation hit me. Lily wasn't here. Her body wasn't next to my mother, father or my brothers. She wasn't here. 

I dragged myself up. Looking for her little blonde head of hair. Hope rose inside me. Quickening my pace I looked around the whole pack house. I hoped she had ran away somewhere safe but a small part of me knew that there was no way she could have saved herself from that large attack.