Everett’s pov
The fight ended soon enough and the whole fighters from the Paz pack were either lying injured or lifeless on the ground. I believed in myself and the strength of my warriors. We weren’t called the Crescent moon for nothing. I knew we would emerge victorious because we deserved it.
I looked back at the remaining warriors from my pack and an air of relief washed over me when I was certain everyone was okay and alive. Yes, with scratches and little cuts here and there but that was all there was to it…. Little cuts and scratches were all the Paz pack had on us.
I looked and searched until my gaze finally landed on Rachelle, tied against a big concrete pole. I ran to her side ready to tear the binds apart but the made urge made me shift back to my human form some few feet before her.
Oh, the urge to circle her in a breathtaking hug. The need to kiss all of her wounds and scars and also the need to scold her for not listening to me.
“Rachelle” I called out to Rachelle frantically. I was restless I still hadn’t confirmed she was okay. I needed to know. Rex too needed to know and it felt like heaven, – when I finally saw her. Even though she looked sick and pale as fuck.
I looked at her and saw the sheer joy in her eyes. I couldn’t look up at her for long without testing up so I quickly avert my gaze away. I felt my jaw clenched and unclenched as I loosed her loosened her rope. She wasn’t a beast or an animal for the goddess’ sake. How could they bind her with such strong ropes?
“You came” were the only words she uttered while touching my face. I didn’t know what to reply so I just leaned into her touch, and pecked her on the forehead before I continued to loosen her ropes. My hand came in contact with her body and that was when I felt it. She was cold and her breath was hardly coming out, little wonder why her head was placed on my shoulder for a while now. Man, I thought she was hugging me.
How stupid and reckless can I ever get?
I gathered her in my arms and quickly brought her out to the car. Stellan and Theodore were already with Violet so I didn’t bother to check on her and the good thing was that she was conscious I only managed to sense her a smile before I dropped Rachelle in the car and zoomed off to the pack.
“Get the doctors” I shouted to no one in particular and immediately they came running with their carriers. I dropped her on the carrier and was about to ton inside the ward with her when the nurse suddenly stopped me and asked me to go back.
“I’m sorry Alpha, but you can’t go more than here” the doctor gently said. Before I could give her a reply, I heard Theodore shouting at the top of his voice for the nurse as well. I looked back and saw him running alongside Stellan with Violet in Stellan’s arms, obviously, she had fainted as well. The names came out and get her on the carrier before instructing all of us to wait for them.
“They will be fine” Theodore assured patting my shoulders.
“Yeah, they will be fine. They’ve endured so much already” I responded. I turned and saw Stellan resting against a wall in the hospital so I went to say hi.
“Hey man…. You good?” I asked.
“I guess. It was a whole lot but it turned out fine so I guess it’s worth it” he answered.
“Yeah, it is worth it. I just wanted to say I’m grateful for your help for me. You helped me rescue two of the most important people in my life-if it wasn’t for you I’m not sure what would have become of either of them. If there’s anything you want from me, kindly let me know and I would gladly do it… see it as an Alpha’s request”
“True, I helped in the process, of rescuing them but I think it is wrong to give me all the accolades. You did mighty Alpha… both you and your beta. You just positioned your throne in my heart too. You are a good man Everett, and I’d love to forever be at your side and fight with you and for you. That’s my only request”
Without saying a word, I outstretched my arm to him and he accepted. The look in his eyes meant he understood the purpose of the handshake.
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Seconds turned into minutes and minutes into hours and hours into days, but neither Violet nor Rachelle had woken up. I was beginning to get more and more restless and scared. Maybe, just maybe the doctors aren’t doing their job.
“I fucking want answers,” I said and slammed my hands on the table in the doctor’s office.
“We’ve done all we can. It’s left for their system to react to the drugs and treatment they are receiving” the doctor said calmly.
“Well it better does between the next one hour or else you’ll be the next person to be without a job” I seethed then banged my fist on her table for good measure.
I was on my way out of her office when another nurse ran past me to the doctor’s Office.
“Doctor, Violet had woken you,” she said as though the message was conveyed to me, I sprinted to her ward.
“Hey” I greeted her when I entered her ward. Stellan and Theodore were already there upon my arrival. “How are you feeling,” I asked stroking her hair tenderly
“My body feels sore and my head bangs but it is nothing compared to the feeling of coming home,” she said with a weak smile.
“It’s good to have you back Vi” I cooed still running my fingers through her hair.
“What about Rachelle? Where’s she?” She asked, craning her neck to look around the room in search of Rachelle I suppose.
“She hasn’t woken up. I’d go and check up on her I said and stood up. Theodore and Stellan gave me a curt nod as I walked past them.
Rachelle was still sleeping when I entered her ward, I pulled a chair and sat close to her, placing her palm inside of mine.
“Please Rachelle, you have to wake up. I don’t know what I would do if you don’t wake up. I cannot bear seeing you like this. It reminds me of how much of a failure I am. If I hadn’t left your side then maybe, just maybe you would still be healthy with me. Without all of these scars and marks. Gosh! Just looking at them just makes me want to go back and burned down the whole of the Paz pack. I fucking hate them for all the wrongs they did to you….. I hate myself for everything that happened to you and Violet”
“Do not hate yourself on the account of my stupidity, please. Rachelle’s weak voice sounded faintly in my ears that I almost didn’t hear her.
“Rachelle?” I asked once more to be sure she was truly the one speaking. Oh, thank the goddess you are awake” I squealed with joy. “How are you? Are you feeling pain? Do you need water?”
“No, I don’t need any of those. I’m fine” she said with a faint smile
“Are you sure?” I asked worriedly and skeptically, using my palm to check her temperature.
“Yes, I’m fine….. I know I don’t look it….. but please can you let go of my hand? Your head on it makes it so heavy that I can’t lift it” she said with a hint of amusement and a thousand fireworks exploded in my heart at her words. She was awake and cracking jokes.
“Wait right here and you are not permitted to open your eyes…. I’ll get the doctor,” I said and began to stand up from my seat but I felt Rachelle’s hand pull me back.
“Don’t go” her little voice said barely above a whimper.
“I need to get the doctors to come to check if you are fine”
“I’m fine so long as you don’t leave me,” she said weakly her eyes begging me to stay. “Stay with me until the others eventually find out and come on their own…. until then, stay with me” she begged.
For a while, I just stood and regarded her. Was she
Serious or was she just cracking jokes. Sure, our relationship had started to grow positively before her kidnap but this was different…. She was sounding fragile and letting me see the whole of her. Something she had never done before.
“I want you to lay with me,” she said and shifted to the other side of the bed, giving me space to lay on. That was all it took for me to drop any doubt I had. Even though she would later snap, for now, let me indulge her.
“Thank you, Everett” she started the second I was on the bed with her -her head on my chest and her arms draped around my torso. “For not giving up on me and still risking all you have to save me when in fact, I was to be blamed for all that happened….”
“Shhhh,” I said, stroking her head. “It’s okay. It’s all in the past now. Sleep you need to rest”
“No… I need to be with you” she said, lifting her head from my chest. Our face was barely an inch apart and our noses brushed lightly. I could hear her breath as I was sure she did mine.
“Rachelle” I called tenderly. Everything happening seemed like a dream to me. My self-control was wearing thin with our proximity and it couldn’t help that we were so close.
“Everett” she called the same second I felt her lips on mine.
Rachelle’s pov
“Yeah right. I did, didn’t I? That’s because I thought you will be needing strength for what I’m about to do to you. But your smart mouth is making me think otherwise “his lips curled into a heated smirk. The fire in his eyes, burning all dead functional cells in my body to life. ” well” he glanced down to his erection and back at my face, his hot breath tingling on my skin as he leaned closer, blatantly trying to take the harnesses as he mumbles” I have an idea of the perfect food for you”
His fingers suddenly jolted into my hair and he grabbed a fistful, causing me to whimper from the effect. The movement caused me to dig my fingers into the nape of his neck, desperately to gain control or at least a leveled ground for the level of assault he is giving me.
But before I can even dictate what happened next he slammed his lips on mine again and gathered both of my hands and buckled them at the top of my head, his tongue instantly invading my senses as he intensifies his fervor which makes me dizzy and causes my knees to grow weak. I’m suddenly too heavy for my legs to carry.
“You make me always want more Everett” I whispered into his mouth “you are turning me into a whore” I say again, using my leg to hook on his waist, pulling him closer.
“I think we can call it even on that ground. You, my love, are turning me into something else-something the term whore doesn’t begin to describe” he groaned into my mouth too, before pulling my lower lips with his teeth and then crashing his teeth right onto mine again. “I guess it’s a good thing that the feeling is mutual”
I can’t help the moan that escaped my lips when he glided a single finger through my center. A gasp escaped my throat as I desperately tried to catch my breath, but Everett didn’t give me a chance to. His other hand cupped my right breast before he clasped his mouth around my right nipple, but he removed it the second he had planted it causing me to groan in displeasure.
He circled his tongue around my nipple, taking his time to savor my pink areola. For the first time, I wasn’t irritated by the act because right now as Everett rounded his tongue through my tits, every pain I felt during the times Kyle molested me turned into pleasure -the pleasure was ten times better than the pain if not more.
The pressure suddenly left my breast and descended to my hand -it felt so heavy and so did my eyes, they wouldn’t open too. I suddenly began to hear a faint voice…. A familiar faint voice and I opened my eyes.
…One thing was certain I’ve been dreaming along but another was certain, Everett was true with me.