Glancing over at the girl beside me who was still asleep facing away from me, I sniffed the air. The scent of blood was still there. I snarled in irritation.
The scent of blood had been lingering in the pack house for days. After taking the girl out of the basement, he had ordered the damn place to be scrubbed clean to get rid of the smell, but it still remained.
No wonder the smell of blood was still lingering. She needed a good hour-long soak in the tub.
I crawled back into the bed and looked at her, but something seemed off. I turned her over onto her back and noticed she had labored breathing and was breaking out into a sweat. Something was very wrong.
“Hey! Wake up, Princess. What’s wrong?!”
She only groaned in response, and my chest ached more. “Dammit, don’t tell me you got sick from being downstairs!” I put my arm behind her back and under her knees, lifting her up and carrying her out.
I took her downstairs and noticed that my arm felt wet and warm. I stopped and set her down on the couch. Looking at my arm, I noticed blood.
My stomach dropped as I looked at her. The back of her robe was now soaked in blood. “Princess?” My hand was shaking as I removed the robe to see the bloody bandages and her bruised body.
My stomach sank at the sight. “How did this happen...”
My beta, Simon, rushed into the pack house, followed by the doctor. He seemed confused at first, then once he noticed the state the girl was in, he stiffened.
The doctor began digging through his bag of medical supplies. He quickly started to cut off the bandages, and once they were off, I only saw red.
Her back was shredded by what was either a whip or claws; her skin was so badly damaged that you couldn’t see anything but mangled, shredded flesh.
I froze in place at the sight, sick to my stomach and horrified. The doctor looked over the damage and spoke clearly as he rushed to try and clean the wound.
“It’s infected. I’ll give her sedatives and do my best to keep her alive, but I’m not sure how it got this way. These wounds look days old; she should have healed by now, yet they are still open,” he paused, not sure what else to say.
He injected her with a sedative, and that was when I completely lost it.
My eyes changed to slits, and my fangs and claws came out. I couldn’t stop myself. I couldn’t allow anyone else to touch her or hurt her!
I tackled the doctor to the ground and raised my claws to cut his throat out. Something barreled into me, knocking me over and off the man. I quickly recovered, snarling at my beta.
“Alpha, you’re losing it! You need to get yourself under control!” He was crouched in front of me at eye level, ready to attack just as I was. He looked nervous, almost like he was guilty of something... But I could only see red.
And I was almost sure of it. He was responsible, responsible for her pain!
I lunged, tackling him in a flurry of claws and punches as we wrestled each other. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see the other man get close to my mate.
A snarl was ripped from me as he checked her heart rate. I darted toward him; I won’t let anyone touch her!
A wolf stopped me jumping in my way, and I snarled at him.
The man who had stopped me before jumped on my back, shouting incoherent words. I wasn’t sure if he was speaking to me or the two new threats that just entered the room.
I transformed into the black beast to get the man off me, but as he let go, the two who just came in tackled me, biting down on my shoulder and hind leg in an attempt to restrain me.
The one who jumped on me shifted and bit onto the back of my neck, causing me to release the broken-legged wolf.
I thrashed and clawed at each of them who came at me. Grabbing one of them, I violently threw him out the window just as another tackled me through the wall. I could only see red.
