Page 214 of Her Destined Alpha
Magic.
“How long have you all been in cahoots?” I asked coldly.
My eyes were blazing, and I knew I had shifted, which meant they hadn’t managed to suppress me completely, despite the chains laced with magic that bound me.
“Far longer than you know. It was the plan… one you ruined,” Reginald spat venomously, coming into view. He had lost weight, but apart from that, nothing had changed.
“I thought you hated witches!” I shouted at Blake.
“I do… they killed my mate… but I also hate the Rossis.”
“Why? What have they ever done to you?” I hissed. Reginald slammed his foot into my back. I winced but refused to react to the pain that jarred through me.
“More than they can ever ask forgiveness for,” Blake shot back coldly. “And you… you ruined it all.” Looking around, I wondered if Elinai and Eldridge were there too.
I needed to bide some time, so I could come up with a plan… I watched Reginald walk off, wondering what they had planned.
“Your end is near,” I hissed.
Blake chuckled dangerously, coming over to me. My heart pounded, remembering everything he had done to me.You are no longer alone, Del. You have a family waiting for you and a sister to protect.Yes, for Raihana…
Hurt me all you want, but I will never allow anyone to hurt those that I love.
“Our end isn’t near,” he said, crouching down. He grabbed my face in his fingers, squeezing it painfully hard. “You actually look appealing now. Shame I didn’t see it before.” I scoffed.
“We both know you tried,” I whispered with hatred. His smirk vanished, his eyes blazing. Yeah, I thought so. He backhanded me across the face, making me hit the floor hard. My vision darkened for a second, and the taste of blood filled my mouth. I didn’t say anything, remembering the day he had tried to shove his dick down my throat, but before he could even manage, I had slammed a fork I had stolen into his balls and vowed I’d rip his dick off if he brought it anywhere near me again.
No one had the right to use my body in that way, it had been the one thing I was able to protect. After that day, he had decided that simply using me as a target for practice wasn’t enough. He had degraded me in every other way, torturing me for his own sadistic fun, and he was going to pay for it.
“Rayhan won’t come for you. He won’t find you.”
I smiled coldly. Rayhan would because he was the best tracker out there. Rayhan had found me when I was sixteen, and I had used magic to hide from them, well, what little I’d had. If he found me then… he’d find me now. I knew he would, no matter how much magic they used.
“I thought you hated witches... then why are you working with them?” I asked him coldly. He grabbed my hair, yanking my head back. I smirked, seeing the burn marks on his hands and arms. It seemed I had done some damage earlier.
“I get my revenge… These witches, they hate werewolves thoroughly. Don’t you get it, bitch? I am the one who killed the witches and the werewolves. I’m the one who made the conflict worse between both kinds. Yes, I hate them, but it is the Black Storm Pack that I wanted to finish, to destroy. To see that bastard Rafael on his knees. The Rossi arrogance will bite the dust. They will all come, the entire fucking Rossi population, and when they do, I will end their line. They will fall for this trap easily.” My anger flared at his insult, my chest heaving with anger.
“Papa Raf has done so much for you! You were an orphan when he found and brought you home!” I shouted, remembering Raihana telling me his story. Blake stood up, turning his back on me.
Another jarring pain spasmed around me, and I realised the chains were only getting stronger with each passing minute. I needed to break out of them. Were the others near yet? I needed to know just in case I didn’t get far. I had to consider Raihana.
“Rafael is the one who killed my father! He just doesn’t know it! We were lone wolves just fucking living our lives until that bastard killed him! I saw it with my own eyes! I only accepted his invitation, promising myself that one day I’d get my revenge on him. The original plan was to kill them all, his entire family... but then I realised that this beauty was something I wanted. She delayed and spoiled my plans…” I glared at him as he walked over to Raihana, cupping her face. My only relief was that she was unharmed.
“But now, she’s mated too and turns out to be a witch.” He let go of her coldly and smiled. “So, do you really think they’ll find you?”
“Yes,” I said coldly.
“Perfect.”
Before I could even ask what he meant by that, a menacing growl ripped through the air as the stained-glass window shattered and a huge black wolf came flying in. His aura wrapped around the room like a blanket, but it was his anger and rage as he landed in front of me that made my heart skip a beat at the sheer power of it. Rayhan.
He lunged at Blake, but a magical barrier was raised, and I saw Elinai standing far up on the landing above.
“Step down, mutt, your witch is far too weak to fight!”
Wrong. I closed my eyes, focusing on the chains that held me. I was not going to let Rayhan do this alone. I would stand and fight by his side as his Luna.
The moment I began to break my chains, Blake snapped his fingers. Growls filled the air, and the far door opened as a blur of wolves entered. There must have been about thirty. They began to circle in on Rayhan. My heart thumped as I realised the place was large enough for them to manoeuvre easily. Fuck.
