Jordan POV.
I got the pain killers and went back to my room, checking on Micah he had his eyes closed, and his breathing was even, but he wasn’t asleep, he was pushing the pain away, it’s similar to meditation, deep breaths, stable heartbeat, ignoring the pain. I went toward the bed, I got a hoodie bunched it up and placed it under his injured leg, trying to find him some kind of relief.
“I got you, pain killers,” I tell him trying to get him to sit up and take some, but he shook his head no, not wanting to take the medication.
“Why not Micah, it’ll help with the pain,” I say knowing he’s in pain, knowing the medication would help, why would he be so stubborn.
“No like them, can’t be weak,” my mate says, he’s not weak, he’s in pain right now, I can’t leave him like this.
“Weak? Micah, you’re in pain they’d help,” I say getting one of the pills, trying to push him up to be able to swallow them without shocking.
“No, I don’t want pills, I don’t want to be weak,” my mate says out loud, sounding angry, but none of this makes sense to me, all I could think about is him being in pain right now and in need for some help for his pain.
“Micah, this would help with the pain, I will watch over you, you can sleep,” I assure him, is he worried about falling asleep, I’ll be here for him.
“No! Jordan! I can’t be weak! I can’t trust anyone to look over me,” he says, I don’t know if it’s the pain talking or if this is the real him, why won’t he trust me, I’m his mate, I would always take good care of him, why would he be worried of being weak.
“Being mates means you could be weak in front of me Micah, I would never hurt you or let anyone hurt you,” I say feeling hurt by his words, my eyes glassing up, I felt like crying, but couldn’t cry.
“Jordan,” he says but I stop him raising my hand, he doesn’t trust me, and I know that now.
“Don’t Micah, just don’t, I want to scream out loud every time I see you hurt when that jerk touched you! I want to take you over and run, but it’s clear that you don’t trust me, I’ll let you rest,” I say leaving the room, letting him stay in my room to rest, he needs all the rest he could get, and I need some time alone.
“Jordan…” he calls again but I ignore him, leaving the room, I need to be out alone for a bit, I need to run a little and maybe cry and scream a little.
I left the house, I didn’t care about the alpha or anyone else, I shifted to my wolf form, and took off running, I didn’t know where I’m going, but I was keeping an eye on the others, the ones training making sure Micah was home alone, making sure he’s safe until I’m back. I pushed myself running, I saw the others eyeing my body moving around, but no one dared to call me off, I wanted them to call me off, to try and growl at me, or just try and fight me, I want to fight someone so badly.
My anger was getting the best of me, I wanted to fight someone, if that means jumping over someone, I would do it, I had my eyes on Joshua, he’s the jerk who tried to touch my baby earlier.
I saw him break off the others, the rest were too tired to stay standing, they didn’t stop when we left, I didn’t expect them to stop, this pack was a crazy one for sure, I was now circling Joshua, seeing him move around, he was my prey, he’s too full of himself, he thinks he’s the king of his own work, but the said king is about to get pushed off his throne.
Joshua walked more toward the edge of the forest, I was following him until he stopped, he didn’t turn back, but he knew I was there, he knew I’m here for him.
“I’ve seen you following Micah around, you think banging him in bed would make you the next alpha? It won’t,” he says with an irritating laugh, one that got on my nerves, “I’m alpha’s Blade favourite, I’ll be the next alpha, you could go back home,” Joshua says, he wants to be alpha, not that I care but talking badly about Micah, that I cared about, that got me so pissed, I jumped to Joshua’s neck, I wanted him dead, I want to hurt him.
All the practice they do, it pays off, Joshua knew he was pissing me off, he knew I was going for his neck, he protected his neck, pushing me off, making me fall with a thud, but that only made me even angrier, I attacked him again, it’s not like we don’t train back at home, we do, but our training is more friendly, we’re brothers not enemies, but he’s clearly the enemy. My claws made a big scratch over Joshua’s chest, my teeth were out and I’m growling at him, it didn’t take him long to shift too, now we’re both in wolf form, and the fight is more even and fair.
My wolf is a similar size to Joshua’s, I wasn’t going to pull back and neither was he, the next attack, Joshua had his teeth planted in my thighs, he fights dirty, but I can fight dirty too, I went for his open flank, my bite was worse than his, I could taste his blood, but I didn’t care, he let me go, screaming in pain, always keep your flank save, it’s fighting one-o-one.
“Good show, good show, I knew the boy had something in him,” I heard a voice calls behind us, clapping could be heard too, the alpha had been watching us fight.
“Now play nice and let him go,” the alpha orders, I let Joshua go with a growl, if it wasn’t for the alpha, I wouldn’t have stopped, I’d go for his neck.
“What a great show, keep it up for the ring,” he says with an evil smirk, I limped my way back to the house, I was in pain, my wolf would take some time to heal me, everyone was looking at me as if I’m easy prey, I understood what Micah meant about not being able to be weak, even when he had me, he’s been fed not to trust anyone, ‘things would change once we’re alone, I promise you Micah’, my wolf vowed to him.