Future

Chapter 30

*Rocky's POV*

Me, Chase, Marshall and Zuma ran to the door with Lexi behind us. Austin was following her as well but she told him (and us) to stay inside. He knew better than to argue so after the fifth time, he obeyed and went to keep the others calm while we continued to ignore the girl and leave the building.
"Lexi." Dylan smirked.
"Dylan." She returned, standing between the group of us that stood by her. We heard a snarl as Diablo appeared behind his owner, blood decorating his muzzle. Without warning, Chase lunged forward and attacked the Doberman. Marshall soon ran to help his friend while me and Zuma stood fast by Lexi. The girl took a step towards her enemy and spoke up.
"What are you doing here?"
"I came to finish what I started." The boy took a step towards me but Lexi got in his way and knocked him back. He held his cheek, surprised at the force of the girl's punch. She looked at him, emotionless as Chase and Marshall joined us after scaring Diablo away.
"Plenty more where that came from." The blonde warned.
"You wanna play it that way Huh Lex?" Dylan cracked his knuckles and stepped forward. Lexi kicked her leg up and forward, giving serious impact on the boy's stomach. He stumbled back but now ran at my mother figure who effortlessly dodged him and knocked him to the ground. Unfortunately, this gave him an advantage as he was closer to us.
"Pups inside!" Lexi demanded. We ran to the lookout, Zuma slightly behind me - or so I thought.

I heard a yelp as the others got inside. I turned to see that Dylan had grabbed my mate and Lexi trying to calculate a way to get him free without hurting the lab. I stepped towards the humans. Just as Lexi was about to lunge at the boy, he pulled on Zuma's collar, restricting his oxygen intake. My blood boiled at I envisioned my mate losing his life and without warning, I lunged forward, narrowly avoiding knocking Lexi over. I sank my teeth into the boy's arm, loosening his grip and allowing Zuma to run. He was safely inside but I wasn't finished. I had pinned the boy to the ground and he actually looked terrified as I snarled, our faces millimetres apart. My claws slowly sank into his flesh as I growled.
"No one touches my mate."
"I-I wont come near him again." I completely disregarded his comment.
"No one touches or threatens my family."
"I won't just please get off of me. I'm sorry." The boy was shaking in fear and I felt something warm and wet on my paws but again, ignored it.
"Sorry. Isn't. Good enough." I applied more force unknowingly and the boy's eyes rolled to the back of his head and his chest stopped moving. This snapped me back to reality. My eyes widened in shock and fear.

I've...Ive...killed him...

I backed away and looked at Lexi, who was holding her wrist, three bleeding claw wounds showing on her skin.

Oh no. Did I do that?

"Rocky," Lexi began. She didn't sound angry but looked at me with sympathy. As she stepped close to me, I backed up. I noticed Zuma watching from the doors. His eyes fearful.

Is he scared of me? His own mate? What've I done?

I kept backing up and then turned and ran. Ran away from those I love in fear of hurting them or worse. I ignored Lexi's desperate cries for me and focused on running.

You can't go back. What if you hurt them? You didn't even notice what you did to Dylan.

I ran and ran. Where? I had no idea.