Alpha & Luna

Chapter 8

For a second, I'm frozen in my chair. But then the sound of more breaking glass followed closely by muffled thuds breaks my trance. I look to Sebastian and I see him take a deep breath. I inhale and immediately catch a revolting scent coming from my room. It smells of dirt and unwashed bodies.

Immediately, my wolf barks, "Rogues."

At the same time, Sebastian opens his eyes and whispers, "Rogues" He narrows his eyes menacingly and quietly pushes back his chair to stand up. He puts a finger to his lips to tell me to be quiet. He pushes the kitchen door lightly to look out into the hallway. I stare at his back with my heart pounding in my chest. Sebastian's back tenses and he carefully closes the door. He indicates with his hands for me to get up and I do.

Sebastian grabs my hand and leads me to the only window in the kitchen above the sink. With his hands, he boosts me up onto the countertops and I'm just about to open the window when I hear someone call out from my living room.

"Oh pretty girl! Where are you? Don't hide anymore. We have you surrounded. We know you're here all alone. We've watched you for quite some time now. Don't be shy! We just want to have some fun don't we boys?", the rogue says with a tinge of insanity in his voice. His words are followed by the sounds of male laughter.

I feel the blood in my body freeze. They've been watching me. For how long? And why? I involuntarily shiver at the thought of being watched by them. Did they see me strip before I transformed into wolf? Have they been in my house? Have they seen me in the showers? In bed? I feel violated and my skin crawls.

I turn to look over my shoulder at Sebastian and freeze. The expression on his face is of murderous fury. In that moment he looks more like a feral wolf than a man. His eyes are narrowed and his teeth are bared. He's staring at the wall beside my head with his fists clenched at his sides and in that moment I can see why he's an Alpha. The strongest member in his pack. A fighter. A warrior.

Sebastian grabs me at the waist and carriers me to a corner in the kitchen away from the window and door. He stands in front of me effectively trapping me in the corner behind him. The sounds of footsteps gets closer and closer and too soon the door opens to reveal 3 werewolves. They're dirty and unkept with their revolting stench surrounding them.

"Well lookey here boys! Looks like pretty girl was on a date!" The leader says to his cohorts who laugh. "You can leave now buddy. We only want her for some fun." He says to Sebastian and leers at me.

I can't see his face but immediately Sebastian's back tenses and he lets out the most menacing growl I've ever heard. It's scary enough that all the rogues take a step back.

"No. You will stay away from my mate. You have 3 seconds to get out before I kill you all." Sebastian says. His voice has deepened and I can hear his wolf's voice interlacing with his. His wolf must be very close to the surface.

Now the leader looks properly scared and I think that he's about to turn tail and leave when he glances at me and says,"No. We want the girl. There's 5 of us and 1 of you. We'll give you 3 seconds to leave."

"Suit yourselves. But remember that this was your choice." And with that Sebastian transforms in to wolf. The 3 wolves at the kitchen transform into wolf as well. Sebastian runs head long and rams his massive body into the leader of the group. At the same time, the 2 other rogue wolves let out howls and not a second later, 2 new wolves fly through my window sending broken glass all around the countertops and floors.

Soon Sebastian is fighting of 3 wolves by the door while the other 2 wolves slowly inch closer to me. I hear the sounds of jaws snapping and bones breaking from the fight and I can only pray Sebastian is okay. The wolf on my left suddenly jumps out at me and I hastily grab the knife on the counter top and slice his throat open. Blood from his open wound gushes out and over me ,staining my clothes and hair. His body drops to the floor with a loud thud and slowly his breathing stops. He's dead.