Mated & Blooded

Chapter 2

(Lucas POV)

I smelled my mate. I knew it had to be her. The smell was the most wonderful thing I had ever smelt in my life. It was a combination of tangerines and fresh lilies. I would never have believed that anyone could smell that good. I looked to my left and right but couldn't pinpoint where the smell was coming from.

I heard a commotion ahead of me and decided to figure out what the pack was so excited about. That's when I saw her. Lying in stairwell her neck twisted in a strange angle. Her head was bleeding, and it was clear that her arm and possibly her left leg were broken. My pack members were taunting her and stepping roughly on her as they passed. I felt my wolf emerge and bellow in rage.

That is my mate down there. How dare they hurt her? How dare they mock her pain? I growled in anger. The hall cleared immediately. They had to obey I am their future alpha and they know it. Today might be the first time I joined them in the public school, but they all knew with one glance exactly who I am.

I rushed to her side intent of lifting her and taking her to the pack doctor. She opened her eyes and looked at me. Suddenly her pert lips parted and she whispered,

"Don't touch me, don't you know who... I mean what I am?"

I would have been unable to understand what she said if not for my excellent hearing. Of course I know who she is. I tilted my head and smiled at her. I could tell she was losing consciousness.

"My mate." I said and lifted her into my arms just as she passed out.

I carried her down the hallway towards the school nurse. I could tell my beautiful mates injuries were too severe for a simple nurse to heal, but I figured she could call the pack doctor and he could come here to treat my mate.

I felt her warm blood dripping down my arm as I carried her through the hall. She seems to be healing slower than the average she-wolf. I reached down to push the hair from her face and that's when I spotted her ears; Vampire ears.

I stumbled and stopped moving. I stared down at my mate. It's her, I thought. The hybrid I am mated to the hybrid. This is Kalli Brooks the vampire-werewolf freak hybrid and she is my mate. The future alpha of the largest pack in North America is mated to the hybrid.

The fates really screwed up with this one. No, my wolf thought. There is no screw up. She is our other half. She completes us. She is our mate. He's right, I thought. I agree with him. Kalli is perfect and she is mine, my mate. I took a deep breath and continue to walk towards the nurse's office. Mary the school nurse screeched when she saw me walking in carrying Kalli in my arms.

"Oh my God Lucas! Put her down before she contaminates you!"

She continued to huff and puff and swat her arms in the air like there was a swarm of bees attacking her. I could feel my anger building. How dare she talk about my mate that way! I felt a growl building deep in my chest. I could barely contain my wolf from attacking her. My body was shaking with the contained anger. No one will ever speak badly of our mate, my wolf chanted over and over. I opened my mouth and growled at her.

"She's my Mate."

Mary's face froze. Her whole body stood in shock. Tears silently started flowing down her cheeks. She tilted her head and bared her neck to me. Fear emanated off of her.

"Mary," I said,

"Call the pack doctor, she is going to need him."

Mary continued to stand there submissively still not moving. I raised my voice and threw in a side of alpha and shouted at her,

"NOW, Mary, call the pack doctor."

I guess my alpha got to her because she scurried away from us like a mouse running from a cat. I heard her lift the phone in the other room. I gently laid my mate down on the little cot, and again brushed her hair out of her face. I watched as her chest gently lifted and fell while she continued to breathe shallowly. I found myself tenderly caressing the side of her cheek.

I could hear Mary softly talking to the pack doctor and telling him that he needed to come to the school immediately. He must have asked why and Mary simply stated that the Alpha was here and demands it. With that she hung up the phone.

"Alpha," she called from the other room.

"Yes, Mary?" I answered with very little patience.

"Alpha, may I be dismissed. I'm not feeling well myself, and the pack doctor should be here any minute."

I could smell the fear still pouring off her, and her the anxiety in her voice. I didn't want to scare Mary anymore that she already was so I said more softly

"Yes, Mary you are dismissed. In the future Mary, be sure to keep any negative comments you may have about my mate to yourself."

I heard her whisper thank you as she headed out of the office. I'm not sure how long I stood next to my unconscious mate, tenderly touching her cheek and twisting her hand in my fingers before the pack doctor arrived. I smelled him before, I heard or I saw him. I smelled fear. Good god I thought to myself is everyone in the pack in fear of my little mate? He walked in slowly with his eyes submissively looking towards the floor.

"Heal her." I said simply to him.

He looked over to the cot and directly at my mate.

"Alpha?" he said questioningly.

"You want me to heal the hybrid?"

I felt my wolf get instantly agitated. Again my mate was being disrespected by my pack.

"She is my mate." I shouted at him. My teeth were bared, I could feel my wolves desire to burst forth and rip out the doctors throat.

"Heal her." I demanded with my full alpha powers behind it.

The doctor didn't hesitate another second before he moved forward and began to examine her. After several moments of checking her head, he moved to her arm and leg. He then turned to me. I could tell he was afraid to tell me something. He opened and closed his mouth twice before he finally stuttered out words...

"It appears both her left arm and leg are broken. She has also received a severe blow to her head."

I looked at him with agitation clearly visible on my face.

"I am not medically trained doctor and even I can see that! Do something to heal her idiot."

My patience was getting thin. My mate is suffering and no one has done anything to help. The doctor twitched and started to play with his hands. Looking down at the floor he opened and closed his mouth again.

"Stop making fish faces and spit it out." I said to him

"I am afraid Alpha, she will need to be fed fresh blood to heal."