Chapter 5
Revenge
“No. I think all he did was take you to the hospital and pay the bills. Even Dr. Flinch didn’t get to see him. Doesn’t matter. I could come up with the perfect lie, thanks to your brief meeting with him.”
Now I couldn’t help but feel raw spite. Towards that stranger. Towards Dr. Flinch. Towards Jacelyn. Towards Adrian. And towards every member of this Pack. It kinda looked like they all conspired against me.
My heart clenched painfully like it was slashed and bleeding. I tried to control my tears but they rolled down endlessly.
Strange, bitter thoughts of revenge flooded my mind and stayed. The next morning, I got dragged out of the packhouse and was taken to the servants’ hood. To meet my doom.
Nearing the place, I made a very impulsive decision. To run. Far away from here.
“Let me go!” I yelled with sudden strength z kicking one of thrguards in his crotch. He crouched in pain. I struggled out of the grip of the other two and dashed into the woods.
I didn’t know where I got the strength from. But for some weird reason, I’ve felt a strange surge in me since I woke up at the hospital.
I wanted to think it was because of the baby. Maybe it was giving me some sort of strength. Or was it because of the accident?
I don’t know. But right now, even in my human form, I felt weirdly strong to run a long distance, refusing to get caught.
I was wolfless. If only I had a wolf, I would have morphed into it right now.
A gasp forced its way out of my lips as I heard their howls. They’re chasing me now in their wolf form. How much longer can I run away from them before they get to me?!
“Goddess!!” I yelped, twisting an ankle and falling off a cliff I didn’t notice. It was the most painful fall in history and I ended up hitting my head hard against what seemed to be a rock.
Darkness hovered around my eyes and my last thought was just how to get back at all of them. For ruining my already pathetic life.
ZAYN’S POV
“What you did was fucking risky, man. What the hell came over you?” My doctor slash best friend, Louis, scolded me as he finished listening to my heartbeat with the stereoscope.
“Told you already man. I was saving someone.” I explained for the umpteenth time, putting on my shirt.
“Yeah, that’s what I don’t understand. Why would you put yourself at such risk for a stranger?” He packed up his little briefcase and slumped on my couch.
I sighed, not wanting to indulge him in that conversation. But I knew he wasn’t gonna drop it unless I explained myself. Being his patient got him thinking he had some guardian right over me and matter of fact, he did.
“She was being chased. Three to one. It was an unfair odds. And she was unconscious so I thought…”
“You thought you could morph into your Lycan and fight them off. You know how risky that is. Straining your weak heart like that, are you trying to stop it from beating already? You don’t wanna live the rest of the three months you got?”
It was a gut punch hearing him remind me how much longer I had to stay alone. Three months. Three months and my weak heart would finally stop beating.
Three months and the curse would claim my life. Until then, I needed to keep myself safe and not do anything that’d kill me a little sooner.
“I’m sorry, man. I didn’t mean to remind you about that.” He sighed, ruffling his hair. “I’m just fucking worried about you. As your doctor and as your best friend.”
I nodded. I couldn’t speak because I was choked with tears. But yeah, I knew he didn’t mean to hurt me. He was just being thorough. And I didn’t mean to be so sensitive. It just doesn’t make sense that my whole life would come to a stop in three months. It’s a fate that I’m yet to accept.
“Are you planning on keeping her here?” He asked, a little calmer now.
“I don’t know. She needs to regain consciousness first. So tell me, what happened to her? You checked on her, right? What did you find out?”
He leaned back with a troubled expression. “She’s gonna be fine. She’s just extremely fatigued and pregnant.”
He said the last part with a lot of emphasis, probably expecting a reaction from me. But I couldn’t give any. Because I already knew.
Seeing her yesterday at Red Hills Pack was the highlight of my existence. When she attempted to cross the street and collapsed right in front of my car, I was starstruck.
Because my Lycan had called out to her at first sight. As our mate.
It took a couple of more seconds before I got out of my car and went to check on her unconscious body. Holding her in my arms, I felt the surge. The mate bond. And her baby. But I also sensed something else, my Lycan couldn’t reach out to her wolf, meaning she didn’t have any.
But goddess, she looked so miserable with all those bruises.
It made me cuss out whoever it was inflicting such pain on her. She didn’t deserve it. She seemed too fragile to be going through such hell.
How heartbreaking it was for me to leave her at the hospital and return to my kingdom. She could be my mate but I knew better than getting to know her.
What was the point? I was dying in three months. Our brief meeting was more than enough. And I was gonna remember her face for the rest of my life. That was enough.
Nothing prepared me for the shock I went through when I saw her lying unconscious in the woods near my borders. I lost my mind and went for those werewolves, tearing all three of them into pieces.
I couldn’t help it. Not when she looked so stressed and pathetic. And half-dead.
“I know she’s pregnant,” I said dismissively, walking out of my bedroom and heading to the guest room where she was.
“You can’t keep her here. She’s someone else’s woman. Because how else do you explain the fact that she’s pregnant?” Louis was on my tail, singing his cautions into my ear.
“I’m not sending her off…”
“You should!”
I stopped at the door and turned to him. “Is she awake?”
“Fuck, yes. Why?”
“I need to talk to her.” Opening the door, I stepped inside. He tried to, too, but I didn’t let him. “Alone.” I completed, slamming the door in his face.
She was indeed awake and was staring at me when I turned around. I was nervous as fuck but tried to act as composed as I could.
It was crazy, though. I was Never that guy who was nervous around girls. Except she wasn’t just any girl. She was my fated mate.
“Are you feeling any better?” I asked, picking my words carefully.
She didn’t answer. She was just staring at me. Then her eyes dropped to my hands. I wasn’t sure what she was looking at but it got me more nervous.
“It was you, wasn’t it?” Her voice came out all soft and mesmerizing, making my weak heart flutter. “You were the guy who took me to the hospital.”
“Yes,” I admitted. “I’m sorry about that. I’m also sorry I didn’t stick around till you woke up.”
How could I? If we got to talk, I would have been tempted to wanna stay in her life and love her. And I had no right to do that, knowing I had just three months left.
It'd be cruel of me to come into her life and make it one hell of a paradise just to leave soon. And what’s even worse is that she loves someone else. Is there a chance that she’ll get to love me before my time is up?
I highly, painfully doubt that.
“Who are you?” She asked again.
“Zayn Wilde.” There was a low-key amount of cockiness in my tone. It couldn’t be helped.
Her eyes popped. “The Lycan King?” There was innocent terror, fear, and shock in her eyes. It got my heart racing, wondering what stuff she heard about me.
For the first time, I hoped it wasn’t the bad stuff. I haven’t exactly been a good guy all my life. That’s why I ended up with this curse, to begin with.
“Yes.” I nodded. Her turquoise eyes were still wide as fuck. I wasn’t sure what to say anymore. But I hated the silence. “Can I get you anything?”
No replies. She was still gawking at me. I couldn’t take it anymore so I had to come up with an excuse to leave.
“I’ll let you rest. We’ll talk better in the morning. Let me know if there’s anything you want.”
I turned but barely took a step when she held my hand. The electric surge that shot through my body was paralyzing.
Dear goddess, how could you be so fucking unfair to me? How could you make her wolfless?
Now she doesn’t get to feel a thing, but I do. Our bond is fucking one-sided, so not fair!
I turned to her and she was in tears. Her next words left me speechless.
“I want revenge.” She sat up, going on her knees on the bed. “Please help me get my revenge on them…”