Chapter 10 Sleep With One Eye Open
Jaxon
“Bring them directly in the cell, we may even give you a turn”, were the last words I heard before rage completely took over me.
My wolf was ready to tear apart anyone in our way, a blanket of possessiveness crept over me while I kept running through my head how things had escalated so quickly and brutally.
My footsteps pounded against the concrete under my feet, my eyes were completely black from those words spoken by my guards and I felt a single bead of sweat roll down my forehead as I approached closer to the cell that my mate had been locked up in, with my Beta by my side.
There was no doubt that he felt the level of my exasperation, I knew he was fuming too, but he didn’t speak a word.
He knew better than that, I’m sure he felt my wolf getting ready to surface.
He also knew that heads would surely roll if I didn’t get to my mate quickly.
The scent of copper filled the air around me, my wolf immediately identifying that it was my mate’s blood.
I let out a howl that made everything so quiet; you could hear a pin drop.
As I reached the cage where my mate was enclosed, I realized the state she was in.
The shadow of the light from the torches that were placed outside the cells on the walls flickered on her face, fear crawling all over it.
Her dress was hiked exposing her full ass with a long cut along her torso from what seemed to be cut by a knife while she was being strangled by a black leather belt that was undoubtedly leaving her neck a dark shade of purple.
My mate’s bare, porcelain neck – the neck that my wolf and I longed to mark, that was my neck was made for me to mark and caress.
The possessiveness that came over me was a sensation I had yet to experience in my life.
My wolf couldn’t even wait that split second to open the cage from the lock and handle as I took my own two hands and pried the metal bars apart, creating an entrance big enough for me to pass through to get to my mate.
She needed me and I wasn’t there to protect her, a pang of regret shot through my chest.
I needed to get to her, I needed to pull her close and tell her how sorry I was that she was cursed with such a worthless mate.
I only then realized what was happening; momentarily it felt as if I had tunnel vision focused only on my mate.
One guard was in front of her with his pants down, if I had gotten to that cell even a second later, he would have forced his dick into her mouth.
The other guard was positioned directly behind her, holding her small waist with one hand and the other about to push her itty, bitty panties down.
My Beta growled slowly behind me, signaling that he knew what I was going to do and I had his full support.
Regardless that she was my mate, the Midnight Pack would never allow a she-wolf to be tormented this way.
Not in my pack, not in any pack that sought me as their Alpha.
It was a form of twisted torture that repulsed me, only weak wolves would behave this way and enjoy it.
She held so much pain in her eyes as she whimpered out “A-Alpha, please”.
Her eyes were filled with tears, I could see she was internally fighting with her wolf whether they should trust me or not.
I don’t blame her for second guessing if she could truly trust me, I had done such questionable things in my life, but one thing I was certain of was that I could never hurt her.
Once her words crying out for help hit me, I abruptly shifted into my wolf.
There was no reasoning with my wolf, he was in full control.
He was a solid black wolf, muscular and most certainly the largest wolf anyone had ever seen.
He was skilled and quick with his movements, leaving prey with a bare millisecond to react.
“Anyone that dares to touch mate – DIES”, he howled into my head.
He was determined and very pissed off.
The guard, Xavier, who was behind Adeline’s small frame instantly, fell to his knees and before he could gasp the air around him to beg for his life, my black wolf was already mid-air latching and tossing his neck like it was a chew toy.
Asher, the other guard, did the same motion and fell to his knees and whelped out, “Alpha, we were following orders! Our loyalty will always lie with you”.
I shifted back to my human form with ease, wrapping my hand around his neck and shoving him against the cold, cement wall behind him.
I watched as the blood raced to his face, this one I was going to enjoy for his blatant disrespect of even thinking to shove his dick down my mate’s innocent throat.
I was about to take this pitiful wolf’s life with such ease as I heard the heartbreaking sobs of my mate breaking out behind me.
My wolf was immediately distracted as I dropped the guard and reverted to my hurting mate; I couldn’t even begin to process the trauma of what she had just gone through because I wasn’t there in time.
How did I allow this to happen? I should have never allowed her to be taken away, taken out of my sight and my wolf was livid with me that I did.
I threw my arms around her, engulfing her into my chest.
She fit so perfectly, I knew she was made for me by the Moon Goddess herself.
Her sobs became louder as her legs were trembling, slowly letting out underneath her.
I held her even closer, gently placing her head against my heart and letting her listen to the beat, knowing that the sound would soon start to calm her.
She clenched her arms around me as if she was begging to never let go, my wolf recognized that she felt safe in our arms and even during such a distraught time, it brought me a sense of warmth and peace.
“Baby, Adeline, I’m so sorry about everything.
You didn’t deserve any of this baby, I’m so sorry”, I profusely apologized, for a wolf that was known to be emotionless – the bridge had fallen down.
I meant every word that I had said but it was almost as the reality of what had just happened had set within her, her eyes stared up at me with so much raw hatred.
Suddenly I felt a small kick to my shin, followed by arms flailing all over my chest.
“I hate you! Damn the Moon Goddess for making you my Alpha, why couldn’t you take over another pack you greedy prick?!”, she screamed, truly meaning every word she said, “my life was perfect before you came along! I wish you never came into my life, I was almost raped and beaten because of YOU AND YOUR FUCKED UP LUNA”.
I kept my hold on her tight against my body, shushing her hoping to calm her down and take away some of the hurt I had caused.
As usual, Beverly had always known how to show up at the right place and at the right time.
She stopped at the entrance of the cell, with her head cocked with profuse interest.