Elijah’s POV;
“The literal meaning. I am taking MY MATE with me!” Elijah replied in a demanding tone giving more pressure on the word my mate.
His tone was clearly indicating that he was not taking no for an answer.
“I will not let you touch even a strand of her dusky blonde hair, you b*stard!” Oliver said ready to fight him down even at the cost of his life. Elijah looked at him in confusion.
“So, you are ready to die then?” Elijah asked glaring back at him.
Elijah was ready to end him but Rose came forward and stood in between them.
“Elijah, Oliver, enough!” She kept her hands on both Elijah and Oliver’s chest.
“Oliver, why are you still helping her? Let him take her! She is the one who helped this beast even after he killed your uncle” Melissa hissed hating the bi*ch even more.
“Well, technically, I helped him when Uncle Pete was alive but I, anyways, must have helped him because I saw the truth with my own eyes” Rose replied stating the obvious.
From the corner of the room, they heard a loud growl followed by Mary’s voice,
“You are not taking my daughter! I won’t let anyone hurt her” Mary said her mother instinct taking over her rational part.
“She is my mate and I can never hurt her” Elijah said rather softly.
“My son is not the same as you Mary, he will not hurt or betray the person he loves” Alpha King Cole added fuel to the fire
“No one lays a finger at her” Saying that Mary changed into a grey-colored werewolf.
“MOM!” Rose and Mark shouted in unison and the rest of the people in the room were shocked as well.
This was the first time Mary had turned in years and it was the first time anyone around her had seen her change as well.
Suddenly, Liam, Matt, and Stefan stood up and tried to cover Elijah but Elijah pushed them behind.
“It’s okay. I got this. I can’t let you attack or else you will end up hurting her” Elijah commanded them to back down and they hesitantly followed.
Elijah didn’t shift but rather stood there at ease. When he saw she was out of control, he grabbed Rose’s hand and hid her behind himself.
Her mother jumped and tried to attack Elijah but Elijah only used one of his hands to push her behind.
“I must say you are quite weak, Mary Dawson” Elijah taunted her.
She fell on the floor with a thud. She got up and tried to attack him again.
Unbothered Elijah again pushed her without even using much force and this time, she bumped into the wall and fell on the floor.
“Even Rose is more powerful than you” Elijah said as he remembered Rose hitting him accidentally.
He walked towards her mother while removing his jacket and kept it on her body.
“She can’t fight anymore. Clearly, not in front of an Alpha. She hasn’t changed for years which has affected her wolf badly. No power or coordination. The only reason she was even able to change is because of her instinct and anger.” Elijah announced crouching in front of her.
“I had heard she was kind of a warrior. Guess I was wrong” Alpha Luke said first thing in a while.
“She has potential. She is just out of practice and they are not feeding her well too” Elijah commented waiting for her to gather her strength and shift back into her human form.
“Elijah, did you hurt my mother?” Rose asked crouching beside him and looking at her mother in worry who looked too frail compared to Elijah’s majestic wolf.
“I didn’t. I didn’t even use a little bit of force and you know it. You have seen me when I attack” Elijah said gently to her.
Rose couldn’t help but agree.
“You need to come with me, Rose. There is no other way” He said softly looking in her mesmerizing eyes.
“I am not letting you take her” Mike said not backing down without a fight.
“Fine then. We will kill everyone and burn down this house” Alpha King Cole commented still looking too comfortable in his seat while saying such a malicious thing.
“WHAT!?” the shock and fear was spreading through the crowd now.
“You think you can fight all of us with just four little pistols of yours?” Alpha Luke asked in amusement.
“There is one Alpha, one Werewolf King, and lastly, an overly powerful future werewolf king in front of you along with our Betas and soldiers. Do you really think you can beat us?” Alpha Luke asked feeling bored by their stupidity.
Mary changed out of her wolf form, Elijah covered her with the jacket and got up to turn his back. Rose positioned the jacket on Mary who was too weak to get up.
At this moment, Alpha King Cole got up and moved toward Mike. The moment Alpha King Cole stood up, the rest all stood at their respective places as well.
“You stole my girlfriend from me in the past and look at what you have done to her, but I won’t let you steal my son’s mate!” Alpha King Cole ordered and the hunter family cowered down but Mike stood his ground with much determination.
“You are not taking Rose!” Oliver looked at Elijah straight.
Elijah walked in-front of Oliver and looked directly into his eyes before saying,
“I will tear apart each and every one of you into pieces with my bare hands without even changing until I am satisfied. Don’t test my patience, Oliver Blue. You all are alive because of her” Elijah unknowingly let loose his aura which was frightening her cousins.
Rose quickly held Elijah’s hand to calm him.
“Elijah, we need to talk” Rose whispered to him.
“Okay” He replied almost immediately. His facial muscles relaxed when his eyes fell on his mate.
“I want to talk to Elijah alone” Rose said loudly especially looking at Oliver.
“You are not going anywhere alone with him” Oliver denied.
“Oliver is right” Mike backed him as well.
“Elijah will never hurt me. If he wanted to, he could have hurt me long back” Rose said without giving them a chance to argue.
“Let’s go to the basement” Rose held his hand and dragged Elijah towards the basement.
Once they were in, Rose closed the door and locked it.
She walked towards Elijah and without saying a word, she wrapped her hands around him and hugged him.
He hugged her back immediately like an automatic reaction. They stayed like that for a while before Rose broke the contact.
“What the hell is wrong with you, Elijah? Why are you here?” Rose said finally gathering her thought and senses.
“Didn’t you hear it? I am here to take you with me” Elijah stated the obvious.
“But why? All of a sudden?” Rose asked in confusion.
“We met yesterday” Elijah said plainly.
“What is happening up there?” Rose asked taking a step back.
“We just revealed some truths you needed to know. That’s it” Elijah stated plainly.
“Why are you taking me, Elijah?” Rose asked after a sigh of frustration.
“Don’t you want to spend time with me?” Elijah asked removing the distance between them.
“We can stay at different places and still meet and spend time with each other, you don’t need to take me with you for that” Rose said still keeping her distance from him.
Elijah was silent for a while. He was unable to explain the situation to her and deep inside he was scared that if she knew the truth, she might get scared and refuse to be with him.
“What are you hiding, Elijah?” Rose asked softly looking at his worried face.
“Rose… how am I supposed to tell you..?” He said in a breathy voice while passing his hand through his hair.
“Stop doing that you are distracting me” Rose held his hand immediately.
“Just tell me the truth” Rose requested with puppy eyes and it worked its magic.
“Darn it!” Elijah cursed and Rose even found that sexy.
Elijah held both of her shoulders and looked into her eyes before he started to speak.
“Do you remember I told you not to drink that herbal tea?” Elijah asked and Rose nodded.
“Did you drink it?” Elijah enquired hurriedly.
“Nope, you told me not to. But you didn’t tell me why. You still don’t want to disclose it?” She asked ready to battle him for truth.
‘I think it’s time, I should tell her the truth. She deserves to know and she needs to know it too’ Elijah thought and took a deep breath as he made his decision.
“Love, please don’t freak out” Elijah said softly.
“You are scaring the hell out of me, Elijah. Just tell me the bloody truth!” Rose nearly shouted.
“Rose, you are a werewolf!”