The Dark Alpha's Salvation

Chapter 19**

"I think I found my mate"
Cara suddenly blurted out.

"What do you mean think?." Lara questioned, she had rushed to where her sister was worried that something bad had happened to her just to find her in perfectly good health, except for her weird dazed state that is.

"I don't know I just sensed him and he is powerful" Cara sighed dreamily.

Lara snorted and rolled her eyes, "you sound like some lovesick pup."

Cara snapped out of her daze ready to swing a punch at her sister when Dylan interrupted her midway "Cut it out first thing first are you really representing Bloodlust pack in this games?" Dylan questioned Lara.

"Yes I am and you better be there front row cheering me." She responded narrowing her eyes at them.

The girls were busy laughing when Lara suddenly felt someone gripping her arm, she turned around ready to attack when she came face to face with Redric's beta.

Jasper was firmly gripping her wrist, a frantic look plastered on his face, "you need to come with me!, Your mate is about to go on killing rampage." He demanded, scratches on his face that she could tell they were freshly acquired from the way they were still dripping blood.

"What the fuck!, why what happened?" She asked gripping his shoulder. Worried that something bad might have snapped her mate into a killing frenzy.

"Redric is flipping out" Jasper replied then winced as if in pain,
"you should see his room, not that there would be anything left to save by the time we get to him"

"What about the message!" Cara's voice called.

Lara ignored her sister's voice, raced out of the room and ran straight towards Redric room.

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"Red?" Lara called soothingly as she stepped into his room, she is met with a seething Redric, his forehead was creased with lines and his brows drawn together giving of an intimidating posture.
His room nothing short of a wreck, the table tossed, curtains hanging in shreds, Windows broken, if she had not known better she would have assumed a mini tornado had just passed through his room. But from the way he looked incredibly pissed and he kept clenching his fists every now and then she knew otherwise.

"Is everything okay?" Lara asked from where she was standing, Redric raised his eyes to meet her gaze.
"No it's not" Redric responded, his voice gruff and angry.

She growled, "why the fuck not?" whoever was responsible for his pent up anger clearly had a death wish. She quickly walked over to Redric standing by the bed and reached out, grasping his hands in hers. She did not realise how close she was to him until she felt his hot breath fanning against her neck as she leaned back to look at her mate.

Redric's face looked strained, his blood shot eyes staring directly down at her,"apparently I have to mark you before the other alphas allow you to participate in the Alpha games."

"And why don't you?, you will someday, why can't it be now or don't you want me as your mate" she heard herself whisper quietly. She was however surprised when Redric lowered his eyes until they were on the same level as her and a low growl rumbled in his throat.

"Don't ever say that again, it's just there is no going back once I mark you, because when I do you're stuck with me for life, and I have a feeling you won't want to be my mate for long once you find out what I am really like" Redric growled his blood shot eyes flickering dangerously.

"Once I mark you, you are mine in every way I see fit" she felt Redric paw hands grip her wrists.

"Like I told you, I am yours forever and always" Lara whispered smiling at him.

"Hold still, this won't hurt for long" he said before his face moved down to her neck and sunk his into her throat; marking her. She flinched a little from the pain but her wolf's happiness flowed through her, effectively dampening it. His ocean blue eyes moved up to meet hers, Lara moved her lips closer to his and licked the small amount of blood from his lips then pulled back.

"I see it now, the mark your father was talking." Redric spoke absentmindedly, his lips licking up and down the mark.

Lara smiled, "its only visible to people I trust, they represent our wolves, Dark and Karma."

Redric smiled, "that explains why you have no new mark."

"By the way we need to decided which challenge either of us is going to participate in." He added.

"I'll take the trivia you take the marathon?" Lara spoke excitedly.

"I should have known you were a smarty pants" Redric chuckled.

"I'll also take the combat games" she added then smiled.

Redric growled, gripping her tighter, "fuck no, the combat games are not like any other games you have seen or participated in, the participants are injected with enough wolfsbane to weaken them before they can face each other, then they are given points based on their resilience and stamina and I am not letting you go through that shit."

"Sounds fun, you need to relax and let me do my thing" Lara spoke confidently.

Redric cocked his eyebrow questioningly, "and what exactly is your thing?" He asked air quoting his words.

"Wining, and trust me I'll win more than just the alpha challenges, I'll win your pack's respect."