The Young Mate

Chapter 18 (Edited)

Lila

The next minute went by in a blur. The wold in front of me disappeared and reappeared 10 feet away. A silvery blond wolf was on top of him and they were biting each other. The other two were jumped on by another silvery wold and a sold brown one. A few other wolves came bounding in to help the struggle. Blood splattered on one of the blond wolves. It started whining and the other blond fell too. I knew it was the twins. One of the wolves broke free and ran to me.

With tears running down my face I screamed again. I pinched my eyes shut and sank to the ground while covering my face with my arms. I heard more fighting and yowling. The sounds of bones crunching made me sick. I held myself tighter and waited. When silence filled my eyes I willed myself to open one of my eyes.

I saw the heads ripped off three wolves. One of the heads was a few feet from me. Then I saw my mate, the twins, Jayden, and a few others half naked and covered in blood. Jackson had deep bite marks that had blood pouring out of them. But they were healing quickly. It looked as if they were looking for something.

I made eyes contact with Landon. His nails were at least three inches long, his teeth sharp as a razor. He took a step towards me and I reached out my arms. But then another wold came out of no where. Before it could land, Landon reached up and grabbed it from the air. In a split second the head was detached from its scraggly body. Blood sprayed across my face and on ground. it was still warm. Whatever was in its neck spilled out in front of my and covered Landon's front section.

A wild look crossed his face and he grinned. He freaking grinned. Who smiles after killing someone? He used his elbow to get the bits of flesh off his face and it only smeared. Then his eyes found me again. He got close and I screamed again. If those wolves are bad and kill and Landon kills is he gonna be like those wolves? He looked hurt.

"Lila?" He sounded like him. But he can change. Right? He tried to touch me and I smacked him hand. I cried even harder and tucked myself into a ball. I held myself like I was going to fall apart. He said my names again.

"Leave me alone!" I yelled at him. I heard him retreat. Then another set of steps came to me. I peeked and it was Jason. My best friend. I reached my arms to him as I cried even more. He picked me up and held me like a baby. I hid my face from view as he walked away. My head throbbed slightly from crying with the concussion. Since it was a long walk back from where we were at I let myself fall asleep.

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My eyes slowly opened. I looked around Landon's room but saw no Landon. I didn't really want see him anyways. That's a lie. I kinda wanted to see him and ask him questions. I got out of bed and I was in the same blood splattered clothes but my face felt clean. I opened the door and the air was cold and stale. It's like the whole world felt what had happened. I went down the steps and head people talking quietly.

"Delilah?" I said quietly. The house was barely lit. Everything was a pale blue. It was either late at night or early in the morning. I couldn't tell which. I heard someone stand and walk to meet me at the end of the stairs. Delilah's eyes were sad and there were dark circles under them.

"How do you feel?" She grabbed my hands in hers.

"I'm okay." Apart from the fact I saw my mate rip another wolves head off.

"She's lying." Jane was behind her. Delilah let me push past her to get to Jane. I hugged her like I hadn't seen her in days. "Your scared. Why?" Jane whispered to me.

"I just have questions. I don't understand..-" I couldn't think of how to say what confused. "Killing is bad. Those other wolves are bad. But Landon is good and he killed. What is the difference between them? The good wolves who kill and the bad wolves who kill?" Even to me it sounded dumb but that's the only way I could explain it.

"Those wolves wanted to hurt you. Landon did what he had to to keep you safe. You are his world. If anything would have happened to you.....it would have killed him. The other wolves who were there did what they had to to keep their Luna safe. Sometimes good people have to do bad things." Delilah explained gently.

"Why did they have to kill though? They're people too." I looked her in the eyes.

"Honey, those wolves are different than us. They are are viscous and cruel. They are wolves that got kicked out of their pack for rape and murder and all kinds of bad things. Rogues are not good wolves. I mean some are born into it and aren't bad. But that is a rarity. Their only intent is to hurt, kill, and take over packs. They plunder and then move on." I was never told about this. When Jane told me about wolves she left this part out.

"Okay..."I said slowly. "I think I understand now." I mean if it was to protect me then it was self defense right? I mean I don't murder but they started it. I mean I didn't do anything wrong.

"Landon feels terrible. He's been up in his office all night. It's 6 right now. School has been canceled for all pups. The threat is too big right now. We are going to continue lessons here. Just a reminder. So give it a few days to let him calm down. He is in a dangerous mood right now. Just give him some time. Okay?" I nodded my head. Its not going to be a fun few days.