Trust Me✔

T W E N T Y - T H R E E

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Darius' POV

I stop abruptly.

My heart stops.

My enitre world stops.

Fifty or so feet in front of me, I see my mate standing in a endless pile of blood and bodies. Large, black, majestic wings are shooting out of her back, hovering above her disheveled figure. Dirty blood is smeared across her body. I have to stop myself from retching from the smell that reaches my sensitive nose. Even from the distance, my eyes connect with those beautifully green ones that I haven't seen in days. Something is different though. They aren't filled with the same light as before, now all I see in her once happy eyes is a sad darkness.

I mind link Drew and the pack warriors. Guys, give me and Alex a minute. A second later I hear their footsteps start to depart, leaving Alex and I by ourselves.

A single, silent tear is my only warning before her black wings disappear into her back and she collapses to the ground, letting out a painfully loud broken sob. As it echoes throughout the empty warehouse I break out of my daze and rush to her trembling figure. My footsteps draw closer to her and Alex's head shoots up, her face tear stricken and her pupils a blood red. Even though Miss Josie has told me that Alex is a Nimue, it's still a surprise to see face to face. I slightly falter at the sight but my wolf urges me, in distress for our mate, to continue on to her. Alex seems to have a different idea as she says her next words.

"No! Stay away from me! I don't want to hurt you." She starts to bawl even more. "Please, s-stay away. I-I don't... I don't want to k-kill anymore." She cries out in the beginning, but near the end her voice dwells to a mere, helpless, whisper.

My heart breaks even more after hearing this. My feet keep moving though and I push myself to reach Alex, because despite her protests, I know she needs me right now more than ever.

"N-No. Please, s-stop. Stop!" She breaks down as I reach her and wrap my arms around her despite the blood and bodies. I wouldn't usually voluntarily go straight into a pile of lifeless bodies, but right now I don't care. Plus it's not like I havent seen dead bodies or killed before. My baby girl needs me and I need her.

"I don't want to hurt you." She croaks out as she tries to break out of my hold but I just tighten my grip and say, "You could never intentionally hurt me. I--"

"You don't know that!" She yells. "You don't know what I can do." She quiets down.

"I do know that, baby, I do know you wouldn't hurt me! I won't let you hurt me." I pause and take a deep breath before I continue on. "I know what you can do, I understand, and it's okay. I trust that you won't hurt me. I trust you. Every single bone in my body trust you, if that makes any sense. You are the best thing to happen to me. I don't fucking care what you are; human, werewolf, a Nimue, goat. I love you because you are you."

She looks up at me hesitantly, her eyes still a deep red. "Y-you trust me?" She sniffles. "Even knowing what I am?"

"Yes. God yes. Is that even an question? Of course I trust you." I say earnestly. "Do you trust me?" I ask. There's a long pause where she doesn't answer and I start to get a sinking feeling.

"You..you don't trust me?" I ask sadly after awhile of more silence.

She shakes her head softly. "No. I do trust you, but I don't trust myself around you. I can still feel it, the darkness. I don't feel like myself. I don't trust myself."

***

A few days later...

I walk out of the bathroom after taking a much needed shower.