Scared

Noah his pov,
After Lola stormed out of his office Noah went to the gym to get some frustration out. He punched the boxing bag until his hands were red and his lungs were on fire. He just took a sip of water when he felt a wave of panic come over him. He shut his eyes and got a vision of Lola being tied to a tree while 5 men with guns stood around her. He could see the fear and panic in her eyes and his blood went cold. Even though she had not accepted their mate bond he could apparently still feel it when she was in danger.
He knew that was rare and he thanked the moon goddess for it, but he still had no idea where she was. He needed to transform and go find his mate, save her and kill those bastards that made her feel this way. His heart was beating rapidly, and he walked back and forth trying to transform. He tried and he tried but Achak stayed sound asleep. “GODDAMMIT,” This was exactly what he had been afraid of when he took those herbs. In his anger, he trashed the whole gym until nothing was left standing but still nothing happened. He decided to make a run for it in human form anyway, maybe he could still pick up her honey-induced scent.
He ran to the forest as fast as he could. His mind kept playing him visions of him arriving too late. Lola would be hurt, raped, taken, or dead. He had never been this scared before and he realized that he cared for her deeply, much more than he had liked to admit. He was just trying to sniff the air to find her scent and follow it when a group of wolves from the Black Rain clan emerged from the trees. Noah sighed relieved when he saw one of them was carrying a woman with long black hair. He ran toward her, and his relief quickly turned into fear and anger again when he saw the shot wound in her leg. Her eyes were closed, and her chest was only rising faintly.
“IS SHE ALL RIGHT? PLEASE TELL ME SHE IS ALIVE. I CAN NOT LOSE HER!” Noah screamed.
One of the black wolves turned back to human form, it was Marc the alpha’s son, “She needs medicine, but she will survive alpha Grey. ”
His heart calmed down a bit and he softly stroked Lola her beautiful face and planted a kiss on her forehead. He did a quick prayer to the sky thanking the moon goddess for sparing his mate’s life.
He then balled his fist and looked around with a feral look in his eyes, “WHO DID THIS? BRING THEM TO ME.”
More wolves came out of the forest dragging a man with his legs between their teeth. Marc gave him a disgusted look, “We scented a human trail and followed it. We found them with a woman tied to a tree that they were about to rape. When she told us she was your mate alpha Grey we did not hesitate for a moment and attacked. We kept one alive for you to question. We are picking up more and more humans wandering through our territories there must be a reason for it.”
Noah squeezed Marc his shoulder firmly, “I don’t know how to thank your Marc. You have no idea what this means to me. Whatever you want is yours. I will get to the bottom of this you have my word.”
Marc bowed his head in respect and Noah spoke to the rest of the wolves, “Bring the scum to my cabin and get Dan for me.”
He carefully picked up Lola from the wolf his back and carried her to the doctor himself. The doctor operated on her to take out the bullet and then bandaged her leg. She got some medicine for the pain but besides that all she needed was rest. Werewolves healed rather quickly so with some luck she would be up and about again in a matter of days. He brought her to her room and tucked her into bed. He would watch her day and night to make sure she was safe and comfortable but first, he had some questions that needed to be answered.
When he came downstairs Dan had already tied the man up on chairs and laid out his collection of torture tools. Noah towered over the men and asked, “What were you doing with my mate?”
The man his eyes were wide with fear and he stuttered, “iii.. iii did not know who she was I swear. We found her by accident.”
Noah his eyes darkened, “So, you found her on accident but what were you doing there in the first place?”
The man stayed silent, so Noah nodded to Dan who started ripping out the man’s fingernails one by one. The cabin filled with screaming and at the 5th fingernail he shouted, “All right, all right please stop.”
He continued, “Some organization is giving out 10. 000-dollar rewards for anyone who can kill a wolf that is twice the size of a normal wolf.”
“Which organization and why?” Noah asked.
The man kept saying he did not know, and Dan had his fun drilling into limbs, ripping out teeth, and breaking bones but the answer stayed the same. Noah knew there was no more information to gain from this worthless bag of bones, so he took his head between his hands and snapped his neck.
“Clean this up, I need some time to think,” he told Dan, and he walked back upstairs to Lola her room. He grabbed a chair and sat next to her. Just by looking at his mate, a warm feeling was spreading through his whole body. Wiping away all the fear, panic, and anger he had felt over the last hours. When he was with Lola, it was like nothing else mattered. He took her hand and softly caressed it with his thumb. She was breathing calmly, and Noah enjoyed just looking at her sleep. He could not help but think about how different the outcome could have been if the Black Rain pack had not been there to save Lola.
He would have to call a meeting with all the pack alphas to discuss what he learned today. Someone putting a price on werewolves’ heads was a threat they would have to get to the bottom of. He realized once again how important it was for all the packs to work together as one. He knew he would have to keep playing the role he hated because it was the one thing that kept Lola safe. He might not like it, but it made sure everyone respected him. Because of that, they attacked the moment Lola mentioned his name. He now had something worth protecting, he would burn the world down if it meant he could protect her. He laid his head on her chest and whispered, “I will never let anyone ever harm you again. Don’t you worry my little mate. Sleep now, dream about swimming in the deepest ocean or gliding over the highest could because I will take care of you now.”