The Dark Alpha's Salvation

chapter 34**

He slapped her, it was the first time he had ever slapped anyone let alone a woman, he usually preferred punching or digging his claw into someone's chest but by the way his palm vibrated from the impact and the sight of the woman's burning red cheek he had done a damn good job at it.

Her mouth hang in shock, "you...you slapped me" the woman questioned as if she had not yet completely registered the event in her mind.

Redric snorted then smirked at her flabbergasted face.
"You have no idea what else I am going to do you" he grabbed her throat and began squeezing it tightly, the woman went pale her face slowly losing colour, eyes wide as saucers.

"I like hearing bones snap" he smiled charmingly then using his free hand he twisted her left arm until it snapped.

The moon goddess screamed a blood curling scream.

Unfortunately it did nothing to stop Redric, he felt nothing towards her, no shred of pity he wasn't capable of pity and even if he was, she sure as hell didn't deserve it and wasn't going to get it from him.

All he felt was rage.

"I like to watch things bleed, especially things that piss me off" he continued then clawed her sore left cheek so deep it began bleeding profusely.

Screaming seemed to be the only thing the goddess was capable of ever since Redric put his hands on her.

The rogues that were smart enough to know that they had already lost began running away. Half of them had already died at the hands of the other shadow alphas.

Redric laughed hysterically, like a man possessed there was something oddly pleasing about hearing her scream again and again.

"You like to torment people don't you?, I will turn you organs inside out and when I am done with you not even the raven will want to feed on your corpse" He growled.

He let go of her but before she had fallen to the ground he had clawed his hands into her abdomen side, where her ribs are located, successfully puncturing her lungs. Then he pulled the flesh backwards until both the left sides and right sides met at her spine.

Her entire torso was exposed you could see her heart, when she finally fell to the ground her organs sprawled disgustingly.

Redric was not done.

He glared at her body then stomped his foot at her heart smashing it into mince. In fact he continued stomping at her entire body until all that was left was pounded on flesh that could not even be classified as human remains and he had no intention of stopping that was until he had a tiny cry.

He would recognise that voice anywhere.

"Everyone stop" he growled so loud that even the rogues that were left behind bowed in submission due to the raw power behind the growl.

She was alive.

She was alive.

Could it be possible or perhaps he was  finally losing his shit.

"Lara.." He called out slowly a hint of franticness in his voice.

He turned to stare at the body of his mate with shocked eyes. She was really alive. There she was lying on a bloodied ground surrounded by dead bodies.

Completely healed, although her entire dress was covered in blood, she also seemed dazed. That was not all though there was something different about her.  Suddenly she had a protruding belly of a pregnant woman that had never before been there.

"What the hell?" Redric growled when he saw a liquid fluid flowing from between her legs to her feet.

"You absolute swine, don't just stand there he's coming you bastard" Lara screamed at him.

"Redric I think she's going into labour," Xander whispered shoving him towards her.

When a few women tried to approach her to help she snarled at them viciously.

She screamed in pain, that seemed to snap him out of his haze. He sprinted until he was standing beside her.

"Baby" Redric crouched besides her intertwining their hands together, "talk to me, what's happening"

"You fool" she growled frustrated by his lack of awareness "I am having your baby, that's what I was telling you to stop going after Jasper"

"Now shut up and help me do this, you are delivering this child"

"What?" Redric stammered.

"Please" she pleaded, "he's almost here" She was so tired and in so much pain she could hardly push but she had to, she was Lara Moore Hartgrave and there was no way in hell she was losing her child.

"Keep pushing baby" Redric encouraged.

Lara pushed one more time before she passed out from exhaustion but regained conscious almost immediately.

"Is everything okay?" Lara questioned, short of breath. Everyone was quite too quiet.

"What's wrong ?" Lara questioned frantically, frightened something had happened to her child.

"Redric ?"

Little did she know that instead of a child she had given birth to a cub.

Redric on the other hand was awestruck by the little cub in his arms. He was beautiful and perfect.

The little cub opened its electric blue eyes that matched perfectly with its crystal black fur. Its little eyes wandered around until it found what it was looking for.

It's dad.

It roared, then slowly shifted into a newborn child with eyes as black as coal and sandy blonde hair.
He stared one more time at his dad then smiled before shutting it's eyes closed.

"Look at him Lara he is beautiful" Redric placed the Child in her arms carefully.

She kissed the child's forehead affectionately, "that he is"

The little child smiled at her, clutching her forefinger in it's tiny fist.

"What will we name him?" she questioned.

"How about Dylan ?" a battered Cara, clutching onto Xander's arm for support suggested.

A tear rolled down Lara's cheek at the thought of her fallen friend.
"Alistair Dylan Hartgrave" that shall be his name.

"Welcome home Alistair" Redric announced.

"How about I take care of this" Alexander offered.
No one really understood what he meant by that until he breathed fire scorching all of the corpses of their enemies.

You're the dragon wolf"

He winked at his brother.
"One and only"