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I run through the woods in human form because it would be easiest right now to stay under the cover of darkness. A wolf would gain too much attention and I didn’t want to be dealing with that right now. If I was caught, I can only imagine what Reagan would say or do. He would probably figure it out himself that I was leaving him. That I was running away from him and not daring to say anything to him about it. I don’t care at this point because worst-case scenario, it’s going to end badly anyways. We wouldn’t last because how in the world could someone like HIM be in love with a girl like me?
I’m nothing special and he will figure that out himself. He would end up regretting every decision he made and I would be left on the backburner. I wouldn’t have anybody standing behind me. I wouldn’t even be able to do anything because everything he would say would be correct. I am a coward but I also know that I’m doing this to protect him. If I didn’t care, I would let a war start with Wyatt but I absolutely can’t let that happen. If it does… Lord have mercy on everybody.
I see the creek, knowing this is the one chance to get away completely. I’m going to shift and run far into Rogue lands when I am suddenly tackled to the ground. I hit the ground hard, feeling the shock through my bones. I thought that I had been caught by his Beta, Jared, but my blood runs cold when I saw that I had come face-to-face with a grinning Wyatt.
“There you are, my beautiful mate.” He whispers huskily, “You’ve been a bad girl, haven’t you?”
Before I can even scream, his fist comes straight down on my head and it’s lights out.
Chapter Eight
Reagan
I’m frantic as my pack and I go through the woods, trying to track Ava down. I have no idea how she managed to mask her scent but it is driving me crazy with rage right now. I have no idea why she would do this when she knew that I would be able to help her if she just told me what was going on. I couldn’t help her if I didn’t know the situation but now that I do, it makes me even more mad. I don’t know how in that bastard’s right mind he thought it was okay to force someone to be their mate.
Especially MY mate.
I can understand her worrying about my pack because of this bastard but she didn’t need to run. I could have helped her through the entire thing and proven to her that she didn’t need to worry. I know it is scary. I know that in her mind right now, she IS doing the right thing by keeping me at a distance but it’s just going to hurt her in the long run, I’m afraid. I can only imagine what she’s thinking and how she is thinking it, but I can promise her this that she was much safer when she was here in MY arms than when she was out there.
“Reagan, we can’t find her anywhere.” Jared tells me as he walks up, frowning, “It’s like she had masked her scent or something? Was she able to get ahold of any scent repellent that would make it this hard to find her?”
I wish that I had an answer to that because I have absolutely nothing, “I don’t know. I thought everything was going great and then she just did this… I don’t know what’s going through her head right now but it can’t be this situation. I don’t know why she didn’t just trust me to help her.”
He frowns, shaking his head back and forth, “I don’t know. She probably had her reasons for keeping you at a distance but I have to admit, this wasn’t the way to go about it. I have this bad feeling that she’s in a whole lot of danger now… Danger that COULD have been prevented if she had just been honest.”
I nod in agreement, “I agree… I don’t even know what to do at this point. What should I do, Jared?”
He looks like he is about to say something when I hear someone yelling for me. I look up and see a group of men near the creek. I rush towards there, my heart pounding. I don’t know what I’m going to see but I absolutely do not like the looks on their faces. When I look down, my heart sinks in my chest when I see a pool of blood on the ground, the scent coming off of it immediately telling me that this blood belongs to Ava. My heart squeezes painfully, thinking long and hard about what I’m going to have to do next.
I thought it was a Rogue that might have taken her but the scent that fills my nostrils immediately makes my blood run cold. I recognize that scent anywhere, making my hackles raise with frustration because is he the one my Ava is afraid of.
“Find him!” I immediately order them, “I want his damn head!”
Don’t worry, Ava, I’m coming for you.
Chapter Nine
Ava
I’m woken up by the feeling of cold water dousing me. I immediately jerk awake, my eyes flying wide open as I realize I am in some run-down shack. It’s cold, making my teeth chatter because I have no idea at this point what is going to happen to me. I know of Wyatt’s obsession with me and how he is going to do everything in his power to take me away. I’m scared at the very thought of that because I don’t want to be under his control. I want to be as far away from him as possible, safe. I know what’s going through his head at this point, probably wondering what he is going to do to me.
“I see that you decided to shack yourself up with another Alpha.” He suddenly growls at me, gripping my chin so hard that it makes me see stars as he forces me to look at him, “I have to admit, I’m quite disappointed in you, Ava. I totally thought you would have done so much better and not allowed yourself to be taken by someone else. That’s okay. Once I’m done with you, your mark will be gone and I will be able to replace it with my own.”
I just stare at him like he is crazy because I have no idea what’s going on in his head, “are you serious? I want NOTHING to do with you, Wyatt. I don’t know what your sick obsession with me is but it needs to end! I’m AFRAID of you. I’m worried about what you would do to me if you ever caught me. I know that you can’t process it in your mind and just have messed up all of this but do I really need to spell it out for you every time? You’re going to make me…”
I don’t even want to finish that sentence because I don’t want to die. I don’t want to even think about dying but he’s not giving me many options. I can already see the gears turning in his head, probably wondering what he is going to do about me. I don’t even know what I’m going to do about my own self because it feels like I am going in this downward spiral where there is no ending. There is no happily ever after and I’ll end up losing everything I could have ever wanted.
I can only picture Reagan’s soft smile when I think about the bad things that I could do. I know it’s not right to even think that way but I’m scared of what might come next. I can see the rage in his eyes now as he thinks about what’s going to happen… What’ll happen between us. I don’t even know what I want TO happen except to get as far away from him as possible.
My body goes incredibly still as I feel his fingers wrapping around my throat, probably going to kill me at this point. It wouldn’t surprise me either because I’m not the perfect princess that he wanted me to be. He wanted me to be a pawn in his game, someone that he could use. I wanted to scream and shout at him, to tell him that he’s not going to win this. I close my eyes, accepting my fate, when a loud boom echoes throughout the shake, making it shake. He lets go of me as a ferocious roar fills the air. I open my eyes long enough to see a big, beautiful white wolf lunging at Wyatt, tackling him to the ground.
Wyatt has no time to react or shift as the wolf sinks its teeth into his neck, officially ripping out his jugular. It almost makes me want to puke, slightly afraid of whatever this beast is. Wyatt is dead almost immediately, making me want to puke because I have never seen such a bloody scene before. The white wolf looks up at me, its muzzle coated in Wyatt’s blood, but something in its eyes tells me that everything is going to be okay.
Its body blurs and my eyes widen in surprise when I see it is Reagan. He walks over calmly, untying me. The minute that I am free, I leap into his arms, feeling this sensation wash over me that just relaxes me. I honestly don’t know what I’m feeling at this moment but his feelings stroking through my hair is enough.
“You’re safe.” He promises me softly, holding me close, “No one will hurt you again.”
And I just know then and there that I can believe him.
