Blood Lust And Love

Chapter 23

DarkBeauty357

Not long after Rem was killed, Alec sensed it immediately through the bond. He knew when he felt the sudden explosion of pain. It was faint and not enough to cripple Alec physically, but emotionally Alec had lost his best friend. One of the only people in the world that knew him best other than Leah. He had lost his best friend, his right-hand man, and his brother all in one night. He knew Rem was gone for good when he tried reaching out to Rem and his energy was no longer there.

Alec kept his wolf at bay around the other wolves because he didn't want to show his weaknesses to them. Most of them were sleeping anyway as he stood guard and watched over all of them throughout the night.

Still, in wolf form, Alec sat up staring at the fire not moving a muscle. He was in deep concentration, yet he was still alert as his ears were perked. He felt this anger brewing out in his chest and it multiplied and thrived by every second. Alec couldn't contain himself as the delightful thoughts peeked into his mind of all the fun activities he had planned for Crow. Alec couldn't wait to get his hands on the monster, his bloodthirsty temperament was practically oozing out of him.

It was so strong, that Alec's anger woke all the wolves up around him. The anger that radiated off of Alec almost made the other wolves cower down, but they knew that Alec's anger wasn't directed toward them so they weren't afraid.

Since everyone was up, Alec decided to move out. It was early in the morning but it was still dark outside when they began.

Alec was upfront leading his wolves home. His thundering paws seemed to fade against the background as Alec's silent howls of pain echoed in his mind. His wolf whimpering at the loss of a pack member was only natural, but right now, Alec wanted to crumble away. Alec's wolf continued to run and push through the physical pain, but he still couldn't seem to get the thoughts of his fallen friend out of his mind.

Alec was going to miss Rem dearly and all the times they had together. It seemed like just the other day when they were both running around as small children getting into all sorts of trouble that their parents had to bail them out of. All the memories that they made with each other was all that Alec has left now.

Alec and the group had a long way to go before they reached home, and they couldn't stop now. No matter what. Alec personally wanted to charge back to the grounds and find where Crow was camping out so he could rip him to shreds right now, but Alec knew that would be a suicide mission because he had no idea where they were and what tricks they had up their sleeves since Crow never played fairly. For all Alec knew, Crow could have snipers aligned at any moment, and using weapons like that was disgraceful to the traditional way werewolves fought.

Running was the only thing that kept Alec's inner beast from raging out and killing everything within miles from him. It was a good form of exercise that seemed to never fail at occupying a wolf from his destructiveness. That's why Alec took out a lot of hobbies when Leah died. It also helped that they didn't fully mate as to why Alec didn't go insane. Most wolves would have gone feral after their mate died, but certain things can help lessen the pain.

Females have a better rate at surviving than males if their mate dies. Although, Alphas have it worse. They suffer more than if a Luna was to lose her mate. It's not uncommon for a male to survive the pain after the death of a mate, but it is rare for them to live long after that. It just depends on how mentally strong the person is before the death of their significant other.

Certain things can help with coping, like keeping busy or taking part in multiple activities. Even sentiment things can help like pictures or looking at the faces of loved ones like children. It is uncommon to find another lover but not rare. However, most are not lucky at finding a second chance at happiness.