Page 81 of Her Destined Alpha
I frowned, moving back and taking my jacket off. I slipped it around her slender shoulders without looking down at her. I would only look at her when she wanted me to. It was her body, no one else’s… and not mine until she gave me that right.
She looked up at me, her eyes glistening with tears. My gaze dipped to her bloody, bruised lips. The bastard had kissed her… my anger only continued to rise. I reached out, gently brushing her lip, before leaning in and kissing her deeply. She whimpered against my lips as she kissed me back, a small sob breaking her down, her hands trembling as she clung to my shirt. I pulled her into my arms, wishing I could shield her from everything she had to face.
“I’m sorry… I tried to stop him. I managed to throw him off, and then Dawson showed up, and I had nothing left-”
“What…”
My stomach sank as I realised there was indeed another scent on her apart from the bastard I had killed minutes earlier. She looked up at me, and for the first time since I had met her, she looked utterly vulnerable.
“Do I repulse you?” she whispered. My chest tightened, and I shook my head.
“Never. I’m just sorry I came later than I should have… I love you, Delsanra, and that will never ever change.”
Her heart thudded as my words seemed to register. I didn’t mask my emotions because no words could express how I felt about her. A faint smile graced that gorgeous face of hers. Goddess, she was beautiful.
“I want to leave…” she whispered.
“I think we need to, I ended up killing two other people as well. I’ve hidden the bag with the grimoire not far from here. We can grab it and leave right now. Do you think they’ll come after you?” I asked.
“No, I-” She was cut off when suddenly the entire sky was illuminated with flashes of thunder. “Rayhan, you can hide yourself! Run!” She pushed me away from herself, but I shook my head. Gripping her arm, I pulled her behind me.
“We are one, Delsanra. We’re not parting again.” My words were absolute, even when the seven witches and three men appeared before us. I held my ground. My eyes blazed green and I unleashed all of my Alpha aura.
I was Rayhan Rossi, and I wasn’t scared of the Lycan King himself, so why the hell did these witches think I’d run from them? I recognised two of the women from that night, the ones that accompanied her sister. The others I had never seen before, but they were strong.
“I came for my mate. Let us pass, and no one gets hurt,” I said coldly.
For now.They needed to pay for every crime they had committed, and I wasn’t going to let that slide.
“Mate?” an older man asked curiously.
“Delsanra is my mate, and I am not handing her over.”
“You killed two of our people earlier, and now another! Do you think you can just walk away?” one of the women spat coldly, her eyes filled with hatred.
“You’re looking at the nephew of the Lycan King himself. He knows where I am; kill me, and you’re asking for all-out war. The choice is yours.” My words resonated in the area, my wolf’s voice overlaying my own as I held their gaze, not missing the power that emanated from the middle witch.
I didn’t blink, and she hesitated. I knew my words had left an impact, and as much as I was not going to rely on my uncle, there was no harm in using his name to make a statement.
“The woman behind you is a witch, do you know that?” the man who had spoken before asked.
“And?”
I was aware of Delsanra’s tight grip on my shirt, the way her heart was hammering in her chest. I hated seeing her in this state.
“You are going to accept a witch as your mate?” he asked.
“Yes.”
“Well, she is-”
“What is going on here?” a man thundered as he and a woman joined the rest. “Seize them!” That voice… it only took me a second to realise it was the same man, Reginald, whom I had heard earlier.
“Anyone touches my mate… and I’ll fucking-” The woman screamed as she pointed at the body on the floor not far from us.
“That’s… that’s, oh my! Is that Cheyne?” The woman was the same one from earlier too.
“No, it’s Dawson,” one of the men who had rushed to the body said in a hushed voice. “He’s a monster... look what he’s done.” I could hear him, but I didn’t care. That scum got what was coming to him.
