Page 101 of A Female Alpha for the Lycan Prince
Now that I’ve reached the human town, though, I need to be more careful here, remaining in the shadows so as not to alert the humans.Marcel, call Alpha Elden and Alpha Liam! Tell them something’s happened to Valerie. The school is under attack.
I don’t close the mind link just in case there’s an emergency call out from someone else, but I don’t focus on it anymore. I just need to reach the school as fast as possible. I don’t even know how fast I am moving, but everything around me blurs by in a flash. I allow my senses to take over again, there might not be much nature in a city, but it’s enough for me to reach out to.
With one huge leap, I clear the walls surrounding the backyard of the school, my vision zooming in on a group of guys looking up at me, scared, before vanishing into thin air. One of them held a knife.
“Alpha!” Jazz yells, crawling to a person lying on the ground.
No,I yell in my mind.It’s him!
I swiftly shift back, throwing my bag towards Jazz and having her pull out my clothes while I check over Marius. She hands me a long t-shirt dress, which I put on swiftly. “No,” I mutter, carefully pulling Marius into my arms. I grab a clean shirt from my bag and start pressing it against his wound.
“They injected him with wolfsbane,” Jazz hurries to explain. There is a bruise forming around her temple. Someone must have hit her too. “They have Valerie!” her voice is high-pitched and panicked.
“I know,” I growl, angry that we didn’t see such a trick coming.
“They were teleporting, and I don’t know what… but they had other forces helping them,” Jazz blurts out. “I am so sorry, Alpha! I couldn’t do anything. I—”
“Jazz,” I order, interrupting her apology before it goes any further. There’s no time for this, I need her help now. “Go back and find the headmaster. He is a wolf too. Tell him what happened. Fast! Backup is on its way, but we need someone with medical expertise here ASAP.”
Jazz jumps to her feet, looking relieved that she is able to do something.
“If you find Aurelia, send her to me. As a lycan, she might know what to do.”
“Yes, Alpha!” Jazz hurries away.
I feel bad for pulling Marius’ sister into this, for making her see him this way. I’m sure it will break her heart. But I can’t focus on anyone but Marius right now. He is the one bleeding to death here, and I can’t allow it to happen! He is my mate, possibly the shittiest mate in the history of mates, or at least in the very questionable top ten, but I won’t allow him to die.
I can’t let him pass on with so many unresolved issues between us.
He’s so weak, I can feel him fading away. Even with wolfsbane, he shouldn’t be this weak. I cradle him in my arms. “You tried so hard to push me away, Marius. You were so determined to deny the mate bond. Look what it’s done to you. Was it truly worth it?” I whisper. “Don’t you dare leave me now.”
I’m so focused on slowing the bleeding that I only realize I’m not alone when Aurelia gasps in shock. “Goddess,” Aurelia hurries to my side. Her hands are trembling slightly. “This… no…”
“Aurelia,” I keep my hands pressed against Marius’ wound. His breathing is shallow, sometimes he coughs, but he doesn’t seem to realize our presence. Not even through the mate bond. “I need your help! Any suggestions would be great now.”
Aurelia’s mind kicks into emergency mode. “We have three school nurses,” she explains hurriedly. “One of them is a wolf, she is from my pack. I can get her here!”
Finally, something to feel hopeful about. “Fetch her and have her help us. And call your father and tell him he needs to come ASAP.”
Aurelia doesn’t hesitate, rushing away. “I can help too,” Jazz whispers.
I glance at her, noticing how pale she looks. “You can help by sitting down.”
“But—”
“If you collapse here, it won’t help,” I tell her.
She nods, not arguing any further, and instead sits down on one of the benches, resting her head between her palms.
Marius groans slightly in my arms. “Marius?” I whisper. “This would be so like you to leave me now,” I mutter. “Probably just to spite me.”
He doesn’t seem to hear me at first, but then I hear a barely audible… “Celine…”
“Yes?” I ask hopefully.
There is no reaction coming from him anymore. His lips are parted slightly, but his chest is barely moving.
“We’re here,” Aurelia yells, much to my relief. She rushes towards us with a nurse right behind her.
