“Don’t try any kind of play.” One of his Betas says, moving near mum. He lifts up her head, and shuts his eyes as he brings his lips near hers. I raise my hand to slap him but mum blocks it and spits at the man’s face.
“Collins, what did you want to do?” Jude frowns at him.
“Nothing, Master.” He shivers, and bows his head.
“Take Isabella and Sophia back to the pack.” He tells the other six betas. “And mindlink me if there is any problem.”
“Alright, Boss.” They echo in their hoarse voice. Two of them lift Isabella up as they cast her arms around their shoulders. They both grab her by her waist and there they go, into the wilderness. I can’t believe my eyes. I stare at Dad, he’s dead! Just like that?
“Dad isn’t breathing.” I mutter, not aware that one of the Betas has bent down to check up on me.
“Don’t worry, Princess. I’ll save you.” He whispers as meticulously silent as ever.
Then I stare at him blankly. He tries to pinch the nape of my neck but Jude stops him.
“Alright, Alright. It’s okay.” The Beta rises up and dirt lingers in air.
“Two of you, join them in taking Isabella home.” He instructs two more Betas and now, me, Jude, the nice Beta, and two other Betas are here, breathing same air in and out.
“Two of you, take Sophia to the pack.” Jude hesitantly instructs.
“But Boss, she’s not a Luna. She’s not your Luna. She doesn’t deserve to be kidnapped.” One of the Betas says.
“Take her to the pack house.” Jude’s eyes glow as he commands in his Alpha tone.
“Okay, Boss.” The two of the Betas come for me but the nice Beta stops them on their way.
“I’ll take her there myself.” He says, shutting his eyes.
“Okay. We will follow you behind.” They accept.
“No. I’ll go all by myself. You can bring the Alpha back.” He looks at Alpha.
“It’s the audacity for me.” Jude raises his tone and approaches him.
“No, sir. That’s the best way to do it. You know, I’ve been your Beta for seven years.” He says, hiding his face.
“Oh. The opportunity only ends today and you’ll be beheaded if any bad thing happens to her.” He means me.
“No problem, boss. Nothing will happen to her.” He forces a smile. Why does he only wanna do it? I try to speak out, and object the fact that he’s going alone with me but he winks at me.
“You’ll be safe.” His mouth reads and i keep quiet. I shut my eyes and once I open it, my hands are clasped into the nice Beta’s.
“Sophia, no one is following behind. Let’s escape.” The nice Beta says, and I look him in the face.
“But i don’t know you.” I reply, stopping him from moving.
“You don’t have to know me. You’ll be safe, okay?” He replies.
“But…” I stutter
“But me not buts.” He replies, and yanks me towards the east direction of the wilderness. Once we get to a river bank, he sits me down and stares at me.
“Sophia.” He calls me.
“What?” I respond.
“So you don’t actually know me?” He asks, and fights back the tears forming in his eyes.
“I don’t know you.” I say and shut my eyes. I will never stare at a guy sobbing or crying, not even in a million years to come. He doesn’t give any answer, instead, I see his fingers elongating into an uneven rough claw. Just one of the fingers. He digs in the middle of my neck as I let out a shriek. He removes it almost immediately and tints of blood spews out as usual. He heals it immediately, and as he does, his smells return into my nostrils.
The Cologne.
It is Max.
“Max?” My face beam with joy, and he smiles in return.
“Yes, it is me, Max.” He says.
“But how did you get here?” I ask him, bewildered and too shocked to understand how he got here.
“I smelled my mate.” He replies, winking at me.
“Whose mate?” I roll my eyes at him
“You are not mature yet. I am not mature yet. How come you smell your so-called mate?”
“Actually…” He straches his head. “In my pack, we can smell even though we are underage.”
“Oh, that must be great!” I exclaim and shake my head.
“What kind of pack is that?” I ask him.
“Oh, no. I’m planning to get on the throne of an Alpha in Moonstruck pack.” He replies.
“Oh, no.” I repeat and he chuckles.
“I say what’s the name of your pack!” I yell at him.
“Oh, Sophia. I’ll let you know later.” He replies, changing his expression from being cheerful into being moody.
“Imagine your mate not knowing which pack you’re from. Isn’t that ridiculous?” I shake my head.
“Okay, I’m sorry. I’ll tell you. I’m from…” He sniffs around, and look back at once. A hand slaps him hard on his chin and he lands on the ground. He immediately turns his back to me and rushes out of the scene. This is what mum does too. Then, they are similar in a way. Both are Vampires. Lol, that’s what he’s hiding from me? I really like this vampire of a guy but I can’t get mated to him if he doesn’t become a wolf. I know it Isn’t possible, and he should know getting mated to me isn’t possible too. Well, we can be best friends to each other. Nothing more than that. Being best friends will make me know more about him. So I’ll know what to avoid in Rose and Robert. Ben too? Oh no, that bastard must suffer. He spied on me. He’s the cause of my mum’s kidnap back into the pack. He allowed my Dad to die! Dylan! Die? No, I won’t take this!
No, never! I won’t!! Dylan must not die. Ben must die. I see Max approaching again but he is being cornered by two Betas. I see their attires and the pack logo attached to it. The SplitMoon pack.
“What’s the purpose of saving me?” I think. “Now, he’s going to get himself into a bigger trouble.”
“Graduating from the frying pan into it fire isn’t something funny.” I think again, placing my left palm on my chin as the two Betas approach me.
“Hey, rise up! Let’s go meet mum.” They both say but I roll my eyes at them.
“Hey, rise up!” One of them repeat but Max fights them from behind, both of them landing on the ground with a loud thud.
“Sophia, let’s go.” He says, and takes my hand into his. We both escape from the arena but soon the betas start to pursue us. When they notice that we can’t be captured this way, they shift right behind us. I look back every now and then and see how their wolf grows out of them. No. Not wolf. Vampires. They are now monsters and their paces are a million times more than their former paces in their human forms.
“Jude! Shift to your…” I cover my lips with my right palm. I wouldn’t want him to know that I know he’s a vampire.
“Shift!” I yell at him.
“No.” He replies. “We can do this.”
“We can do what? Look at the coward mate!” I spit at him and go back to meet the two Betas. They grunt as they approach me. As I stand in their midst, they shift back into their vampire form. Max comes running but a hand wraps around his head and dumps him in a distant direction.
“I know something would be wrong with her.” I squint my eyes at the person approaching. It is Jude.
“Where is the Beta thar volunteered to bring you?” He yells at me but I roll my eyes at him.
“I don’t know.” I shrug, and he frowns.
“I’ll kill you if you don’t tell me.” He frowns the more.
“Kill your mate?” I ask, smirking.
His brains return to normal, and he sighs.
“Okay, okay.” He says. “Let’s go.”
The two other Alphas send my arms across their shoulders and they follow Jude behind.