Alpha's Mate : Daughter of the Moon (Book 2 of The Outcaste Series)

Chapter 27

I pushed myself to sit up, casting my eyes on him. He was gritting his teeth and his fangs protruded out, but he stood firm before driving his free hand through the wolf's chest and pulling out its heart. The wolf went limp and his entourage gawked at the scene that just unfolded before their eyes.

The figure in front of me then proceeded to force open the jawbone clamped shut around his shoulder before pulling out his arm and tossing the corpse far away from us. A few gaping holes was visible through his flesh. If he hadn't come in time, I highly doubt I could withstand the result of the attack.

He knelt down and scooped me up right in time to escape a lunge. Once I was on my feet, he headed towards the others chasing after me. The pack was furious at what happened to their leader and raced to avenge their lost comrade.

Even with his handicap, the man who came to my rescue dodged the spur of attacks swiftly. In the midst of it all, the female wolf tried to charge at me to me by sneaking away unnoticed but was met with instant death when she was barely three yards away from me.

I watched her get strangled mercilessly with his good arm wrapped around her neck. There was a bend at the elbow followed by a single and very audible snap and her eyes stilled forever.

We exchanged a brief look before I was pushed to the ground in his attempt to hide me from harm's way. Two of the attackers were in mid-air and once I was out of the picture, he caught them both and slammed the two massive bodies together, knocking them unconscious before dropping them at his feet.

There was one more. I turned just in time to see the last member charge from behind. My body moved on instinct and threw itself to protect the one defending me. He beat me to it and rammed his body against the massive wolf and a thunderous sound vibrated through the snowy fields.

I scrambled to get back on my feet. Two wolves were dead and three unconscious. Even if they did try to kill me, they're technically still my family. Though they didn't treat me as part of the pack, they were also only following orders. My eyes darted back and forth as my mind continued to debate. From the sidelines, my seeming ally pulled himself to stand once again. His first instinct was to turn to me and I tilted my head to meet his domineering gaze.

It was him no doubt—that perfect golden mane and electric blue eyes that I hated but could also stare into for hours. His handsome features were still intact, completely unchanged from the many years I haven't seen him. Nero took after him well, not missing a single one of those perfect details from his high nose ridge and structured jawline. But all things considered, I couldn't quite decide whether I was more scared or surprised to seen him on this side. Or the fact that he saw me.

"I didn't dream you that night."

He was bleeding out from that horrid wound running from his shoulder blade down and that was the first thing he wanted to say to me...

And for some reason, he actually made it sound like that was a good thing. I couldn't fathom what was going on in his head. He should be glad I disappeared from his life!

I knew deep down to my bones every night and day that he was ashamed of me and what we had. I also knew he hid me from the others because he had his pride and ego to preserve , but I couldn't accept that he covered up our relationship with a more promising one without even letting me know.

Worst of all, I had to find out from the woman who came after me that I was the Mistress when I was six months along with Nero and mindlessly believing I was a blessed to have such a warm family on Vampire Territory. Maybe he wanted to humiliate me in turn for being stuck in our arranged marriage. He probably set the whole thing up—treating me nicely and making sure I was happy so that I would carry his child who'd assist in their plans to infiltrate Wolf Territory.