‘Lucian, they are dead,’ I called out to him, shaking out my coat.
‘You disobeyed me again, Alice,’ he warned.
‘But I could have handled them,’ I protested.
‘There could have been more,’ he was furious.
‘No,’ I called back to him, ‘it was just them, and I could handle them.’
‘There was a third one who took you surprised,’ he said sternly.
‘Can we do this later? We have an injured girl to take care of.’
I was aware of his anger at me for not listening to him. He was beyond furious. I would have to worry about him later. Meg moaned softly as I padded silently down to her. She was severely injured.
Sniffing around, I noted her hands were bound with a strong coarse rope, cutting into her skin. Her legs were bound separately on the ground, spread far apart, leaving her exposed and vulnerable. I was disgusted. I used my nose to sniff her. She was breathing, and she did not have any life-threatening injuries.
They had exploited her until she probably screamed for mercy. Focusing on
healing her, I licked and cleaned, closing the wounds. Though, her mental wounds would be deeper.
Lucian shifted and released her arms legs, and I noticed his bleeding ear.
“You are hurt, let me heal you,” I said in his mind.
“I am fine, the betas would be arriving here soon. They will take care of her.” He replied curtly.
I shifted back to human.
“Are you mad at me?” I asked softly.
“Yes! I am very mad at you.” He glared back at me.
‘Darn it!’ I thought. A whimper broke my reverie.
As I knelt back down, I saw two terrified brown eyes staring up at me.
“Madam Luna?” she mumbled.
“Meg, don’t worry, you are safe now,” I said in a soft voice.
She sat up beside me, tears drying on her cheeks. She took in the scene around us and glanced up at Lucian. The bodies of the werewolves lay in a bloody pile.
“Are they dead?” she asked quietly.
“Yes, they can’t hurt you anymore. Are there others?”
“No,” she whispered.
She pulled her knees up and hugged them.
I glanced at Lucian, not knowing what to do.
‘Comfort her,’ he said in my mind. So, I placed my arm around her.
The revving of engines announced the arrival of the Betas.
“Come,” I said to her, “we should go back. Your family must be worried.”
“I burned the cabin, mam,” she said softly as I helped her stand.
“Sorry what?” I asked her to keep my eyes on the cars and other wolves.
“I burned the cabin, mam.” She repeated.
Before I knew it, Lucian was holding Meg off the ground by her throat. Blood ran in thick rivers from her neck.
“What did you say?” He grunted angrily.
She threw her head back and bared it to him.
“Lucian No! Leave her,” I screamed.
“Do not stop me, Alice! ” He seethed in anger, tightening his grip on her throat.
“Please, Lucian, we must interrogate her first. You know to find out other accomplices.” I pleaded, I just wanted him to leave her. She was the victim here I knew.
He stared at me then dropped her on the forest floor. She cowered in a lump in front of me and bared her neck again. I knelt again and asked her gently. “Why would you do that?”
“Because Tyler asked me to do it,” she said without any emotion. “He was the one whom you killed,” she added, gesturing back at the bodies.
“Why did you want to kill me?” I asked.
Lucian was listening intently, and his anger was rising. He would kill her right now
if I did not stop him. The poor girl had been abused and manipulated.
“I never wanted you dead, Madam Luna. He said he loved me, he promised to make me his mate. He said he was starting a new pack and I would be his Luna. Everyone warned me, he was not nice. But I didn’t have anyone else.” she broke down and Lucian gave a disgusting look.
I felt a surge of compassion for the girl. Being mateless can drive some wolves to do irrational things.
“Come on, you need a healer, we’ll talk more later,” I said.
“Please take away my life, I don’t deserve to stay alive.” She sobbed.
I grabbed the sweats and robes which Damon passed along and gave one to Meg while I wrapped a robe around myself.
“She is hurt badly and should be taken to the healer as soon as possible,” I said to Lucian.
“Yes, I understand,” he scowled.”And we need to get you back home now.”
“Promise me she won’t be harmed,” I asked Lucian.
His eyes narrowed,” as per pack laws she should be dead, but I will decide her punishment later,” he replied.
He rattled off the orders, and we were soon bundled up in the waiting cars. Lucian
did not speak to me until we had reached our quarter.
“Lucian, please talk to me,” I said as soon as we had entered our room.
“What do you want me to say?” He snapped.
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