Hunter was… shocked. Her wolf was so numbed by her mate’s rejection that she had gone off to sleep. As such she was a mere omega and that too a half human. Her wolf must be extremely weak. After Hector’s rejection, the wolf must have suffered a huge ****trauma and so must have decided to go off to sleep.
A werewolf without a wolf was so rare and it was like the werewolf didn’t have a soul. The body was like an empty ***. Such werewolves usually became so depressed over the time that they were of no use. Even the rogues didn’t like them.
All of a sudden, Hunter now wanted to hold his mate and caress her and calm her anxieties. He wished to tell her that he was there for her, but he didn’t know if he could take the risk of telling her that she was his mate. What if the girl who had already suffered so much in a day, gets another shock.
He was sure that her trust levels were at the bottom. She would never trust him if he said that he was her mate because she wasn’t feeling the bond. Panic bubbled in his chest and he rubbed his face wondering how he was going to tell her that she was his mate. Also how was he going to help her get her wolf back. Maybe there was something in his library about it. He took a deep sigh and turned his face to look at his beautiful mate. Well, one thing at a time.
“Why were you running away?” he asked, and he immediately snapped his ****for asking the wrong question. The girl flinched.
“I-I-” she stuttered. Then she looked at him with doe eyes that were full of fear. She wanted to speak the truth that she was scared of the barbarians called Lycans. “I wanted to go to my mother!” she blurted. That was half the truth, so it wasn’t a lie.
“I see. How do you know she is alive?”
“I don’t know, but I was taking my chance anyway,” she replied in a low voice, scared and huddled up in her place. Suddenly, the car sputtered and it came to a stop. Her body jerked forward but before it could hit the front seat, Hunter caught her in his arms and saved her from hitting her head.
It all happened in less than a second and River found herself wrapped in his arms. She gasped, feeling extremely awkward. Hunter left her reluctantly, hating the absence of her touch. He coughed on the side and asked Elijah. “What is happening?”
“I don’t know Alpha,” Elijah said as he stepped out of the car. “Please stay in the car while I check this ****machine!” Elijah trusted Lycans speed over the machines any day.
It was already getting dark and chilly. Further ahead in the forest towards the Veil, there were many rogues. Not to mention the demons who hunted for prey. If they smelled River, Hunter was sure that they would simply eat her.
Hunter pinched the bridge of his nose. This was one of the reasons why he never really removed the demons from the forest. They protected the Veil in their own way. Having said that, he had got a road constructed all the way to the Veil under his protection. And this was where the car came to a stop.
Elijah opened the bonnet and shook his head. He opened his mind link with Hunter and said, ‘Sorry, Alpha Hunter, the engine is fried. And I don’t know how that happened. I got it serviced in the human world a few days back.’
This was an excellent opportunity for Hunter.
“We have the option to-
‘There is no other option other than to walk; Hunter cut him off.
Elijah peeked his head to look at his Alpha with wide eyes.
“It seems that the car has broken down, River,” said Hunter. “We have to walk all the way to the Veil.”
“Oh!” she responded, shaping her cute little **in the shape of O. She gathered her bridal dress and stepped out of the car.
As soon as she was picking up her satchel, Hunter said, “Leave it. Asher will pick it up.”
“Yes Alpha.” Asher picked up her satchel.
“But Alpha- Elijah started to say something and Hunter glared at him to ***up. Elijah snapped his ***. He closed the bonnet and locked the car, exhaling a rough breath. He didn’t know what
Hunter was up to, but as his Beta, he had to follow him. So what if he was his friend? Just yesterday, together they were in a pool party with half a dozen she-wolves in his house. And every girl wanted a piece of Hunter.
Hunter rushed to River’s side and said, “This way” He showed a rough terrain to the right of the road..
“But why not take the road?” she asked, slightly confused, looking at the vast expanse of rolling hills that looked dark under the velvety sky which was now dazzling with stars and waxing moon.
“It is a shorter route,” he replied.
“But the road is better, Alphal’ Elijah argued via mind link. ‘The terrain is so rough that she will get tired. She doesn’t have her wolf anymore.”
Hunter grunted and Elijah became quiet once again, clenching his teeth.
River glanced at the road which was straight and beautiful and then at the rolling hills that were dotted with trees. ****in a sharp breath, she hung her shoulders. She was already so tired of running while escaping that she didn’t want to traverse the rough paths again, but did she have a choice? She walked towards the direction that Hunter suggested Being an omega and that to a lowly one, she was never given choices, so this was nothing new.
Hunter started to walk and she followed with Elijah and Asher behind them. Elijah took his phone out and called someone, ordering him to get mechanics to fix the car.
They moved fast. Half an hour later, she was literally sprinting with them, her warm breaths coming out quickly, clouding in front of her due to the chilly air.
‘For the love of Goddess, can you walk slowly, Elijah said to his Alpha. ‘Can’t you see that she is unable to walk so fast?”
“Yes! he replied as he glanced at her. ‘And don’t you **help her!”
Elijah was shocked.
They were so ****fast that River was finding it difficult to keep up with them. They were much taller than her and her shorter legs couldn’t really keep up the pace with them. To add to it, her ****bridal dress was hindering her speed.
It didn’t help that she kept eyeing around, worried that a beast might show up. It wasn’t safe at all. Chill crept to her bones. Suddenly, her foot caught in a clump of snow and she fell down, a cry wrenching from her throat.
Elijah rushed to her side when he heard a loud growl from behind. He stopped, mortified. It was Hunter.
Exhausted as **, she tried to get up shakily on her limbs, when a large hand grabbed her around waist and picked her up in the air. She yelped.
Elijah’s ***dropped to the ground.
