Alpha - Forever #1 (Complete)

Chapter 28 - Part 1

Scarlett

I closed my eyes briefly for a moment. Nothing happened.

Fuck!

Pain exploded in my side as Victor kicked me. The force of it flipped me onto my back and I screamed out in pain as I clutched my stomach. I couldn't take much more. I had to do something now.

"I will break you," he assured me arrogantly as he stood over me. Through my haze of pain I watched as a cruel smile spread across his face. He was enjoying this.

I had to try again before it was too late. My body had already taken a serious beating and I didn't know if I had enough strength to do what I had to. Even in the pain I was in, I got to my knees and I lifted myself onto my shaky legs.

"No you won't, asshole," I spat back and his eyes darkened in anger as he reacted to my provocation. His smile disappeared from his face as his eyes narrowed at me.

In the instant he stepped forward to hit me again, I closed my eyes and this time something happened.

I shifted into my wolf form. The change was excruciating with the added injuries but I remained on all fours. Victor stopped, taken slightly aback at the sudden change. Anger turned to surprise on his face.

I saw the moment the realization hit him that he wasn't in control of the situation anymore. The balance had tipped in my favor. Through my wolf eyes I glared at him as I growled a warning.

He took a step back. I watched as he tried to shift into his wolf form but the wolfsbane I'd injected into his leg earlier prevented him. Fear crept into his features as I took a step closer and growled again.

That injection had been meant for me; the wolfsbane had been wearing off. Without that dose, the existing wolfsbane in my system was negligible and I was able to shift into my wolf form.

His eyes flickered to the door, the only escape out of the room, but before he could try and run I jumped in front of the open door. I could smell his fear in the air as I stepped forward slowly cornering him like he'd done to me only moments before.

The injuries from the beatings were forgotten as adrenaline began to pump through my veins. Victory was within my grasp. My wolf senses fixed on the target in front of me.

"You don't have the stomach to kill someone," he taunted me with a confidence that he clearly didn't feel. The perspiration beginning to form on his forehead and the nervous flicker of his eyes were telltale signs that he didn't believe it and that he was afraid.

I'd never killed anyone before but he was different. He wasn't some innocent person whose death would bring me lifelong guilt. He was the ruthless murderer of my parents. His death would be the justified revenge for what he'd done to my parents and to countless other people.

Payback is a bitch.

I let my eyes take in the sight of the monster one last time before I lunged forward and attacked him. He raised his arms to ward off the attack but in wolf form I was stronger. I knocked him to the ground. Desperately he tried to stand up again but I jumped against him and he landed on his back with a thud as he hit the floor again.

His arm stretched out and his fingers closed around the empty syringe. I wanted to laugh out loud. What damage did he think that would do against me?

I allowed him to stand up. He was shaken and he held the syringe tightly in his right hand. If he thought for a moment that a syringe was going to stop me, he was crazier than I thought. But on the other hand I was glad he wasn't giving up so easily. I wanted an excuse to tear him limb from limb and he was giving me one.

He smiled as he filled the syringe with air. What was he planning?

I growled just before I leaped at him again. I knocked him down to the floor again and I stood beside him, growling.

It was then I noticed the syringe was missing from his hand. I'd probably made him drop it when I'd attacked him.

He groaned as he lay on the floor. He'd shown me no sympathy when our roles had been reversed so I wasn't going to show him any now.

I could make it quick but after hearing what he'd done to my parents I wasn't going to kill him quickly; instead, I was going to make him suffer. I growled and I bit down on his arm. He screamed and tried to pull away but my teeth hooked into his flesh and I refused to let go. His blood seeped into my mouth as I bit down harder.

The wolf inside of me took over, and I began to rip into him. Piece by piece he screamed and begged but I wasn't going to stop until I couldn't hear his heart beating anymore. The only outcome for him was death. There was no way I was going to allow him to leave this cell alive. My actions became more frenzied as I bit him over and over again.

Finally, bloodied and barely hanging on, he lay unmoving on the cold floor as I stood beside him. His blood dripped from my mouth and covered most of my fur. His body was full of bite marks and a pool of blood was beginning to form around his body. His eyes met mine one last time.

It was time.

I didn't hesitate for a second. I wrapped my powerful jaws around his neck and bit down, allowing my teeth to sink into his flesh. He didn't make a sound as I tore at his throat with my razor-sharp teeth.

I stepped back. His eyes were open but unseeing. He was dead.

My nightmare was finally over.

The adrenaline wore off and exhaustion made me collapse on the floor. I shifted back and the pain that I'd been able to block out rushed back and I gasped.

Pain in my shoulder made me look to see the syringe embedded into my skin. The syringe was empty. I realized he'd injected me with air.

I had no idea what that meant. I winced as I pulled the syringe out and threw it on the floor beside Victor's dead body.

Time was running out and I had to get out of there before anyone from Victor's pack came looking for him.

With strength that I didn't know I had, I got onto my hands and feet and I stood up. For a moment I swayed but then the dizziness passed. Every part of my body hurt and I wanted to get away quickly but the severity of my injuries stopped me.

I shuffled out of the cell and into a hallway. I tried to be as quiet as possible as I moved down the hall. At a set of stairs, I peered upward, but there was no one. Slowly I climbed the stairs, step by step. Blood mingled with sweat dripped off my face, and I wiped it with my hand.

The top of the stairs opened up into some sort of room that looked like it was used for storage. I moved through the room past the boxes that filled its entire length. I turned the handle of the door and opened it cautiously.

I'd managed to kill Victor, but if Keri or another member of his pack discovered me now I would be as good as dead.

The door led outside. The sun was shining and I squinted to be able to see. I was near a forest. I let my eyes scan the grassy area but I had no idea where I was. There were no other buildings.

I'd at least expected to hear a helicopter but there was silence.

Suddenly I dropped to my knees and swayed. I couldn't go on anymore.

Scar!

For a moment I thought I was imagining things and then I heard it again.

Scar!

I felt the sting of tears as I scanned the area and then I spotted him. His wolf form was magnificent and I felt a tear slide down when it sank in that he was safe. He ran to me as fast as he could.

I felt a pain in my heart and I gasped at my chest. My body crumpled to the ground.

And then there was nothing, and my pain was gone.