Fated to the cursed Alpha

2

Elijah

we had taken 16 rogues out at the border, with only 5 of us on call here we were very lucky to of taken that many without casualties, our pack wasn't a fighting pack myself and Embry took on most of the fights as our warriors were ageing.

we had a few younger recruits but our pack was old school, we nurtured those who needed it helped those that lost their way, we weren't rich and most certainly never held enough land that people would want it from us, especially when it was located right on the edge of Blackwood.

I had rung Em and prewarned her of the attack that was heading her way, making sure my men had everything under control at the border myself and three others ran towards the packhouse.

When we reached the packhouse there was nobody there, no rogues and even worse no Embry her scent was strong so she was here just moments ago,

"Craig go check on everyone in the safe room" I ordered, he nodded and heading straight into the house, I reached for my phone dialing Em's number, of course there was no answer.

I was trying to pick up Em's scent again, yes it was strong but it was sometimes quite difficult to tell what direction she was headed, what made it soo hard was the other scents surrounding me,

I tried to focus, to pinpoint which way they went, making sure I wasn't following a pack member running to safety.

I was never the one that excelled in all this, it was Embry that could track a person in seconds regardless of the circumstances, she was also the one that was praised for her strength and speed, her fighting skills were beyond anything even Alphas would wish for. all this because she was a female and it was a rarity for a female werewolf to surpass that of an alpha werewolf.

"Everyone's safe Alpha, but no sign of Embry" Craig shouted as he ran out the house.

" they must have knocked her out, there was no way she would have gone willingly" I replied as I caught a strong scent, it was her, I followed the scent around the back of the house and across the field, stopping and looking ahead of us, we slowly all turned our heads and looked at each other in dread,

" she's in the forest" Craig whispered as though something would hear him,

" of course she is” I replied sarcastically letting out a loud breath, all of us knowing this probably wasn't going to end well as we entered the forest.

Embry

I took a few attempts of trying to open my eyes the after-effects of being hit with wolfsbane was slowly wearing off, trying to gather my bearings I sit up looking around, next to me were two other women I instantly recognise from our pack, it was Meg and Anne they were a couple of years younger than myself. They were crying their hands bound in front of them resting on their knees. Luckily I hadn't been tied up, they obviously thought that the wolfsbane would have knocked me out until we reached our destination, little did they know how strong I was. Focusing ahead in front of us there were two men, one driving and one directing him like he had been on these roads before.

Looking out the windows it looked like we were on the northern road heading towards the outskirts of Blackwood heading towards the valleys below we were maybe an hours walk back to the packhouse from here so I knew I had to move quickly, we were in what looked like an old-style pick-up truck, looking behind us there was a similar vehicle with two men sat in the front, that only accounted for four men, where were the others? Elijah said there was about a dozen.

I lean over slowly untying meg and Anne's hands not making it too obvious to anyone what I was doing.

I reach around to feel for my knife in my back pocket but it was gone, either they had found it or I had lost it when I was darted. As I kept watch on the two men in the front I slowly extended my hands down to my socks where I kept my other two knives, luckily they hadn't been found these I slowly pulled one out moving myself to the edge of my seat for a better attack stance.

As I made my move I pressed the button extending a three-inch blade as I thrust forward bringing to arm around as fast as I could stabbing the passenger in his heart, before the driver could take hold of my arm I elbowed him in the face as I shifted back taking hold of his head snapping it to the side for a clean break, killing him.

Before I had a chance to grab the steering wheel the truck hit something sending me flying back into my seat as the truck swerved off of the road colliding with a tree.

I couldn't deny it, I was hurting, the speed we were going with the impact of hitting that tree im sure there was probably more graceful ways u could have stopped them, but if anyone knew me, graceful was not in my vocabulary.

Checking on meg and Anne I wasn't paying any attention to the person approaching my side, opening the door they grab my arm and pull me out to the floor.

"what have you done? you b***h" he yelled as he kicked me in my face, then again in my stomach.

I had received alot worse from my brother growing up while we were training together, this man clearly had no strength behind him at all.

I laughed at him which seemed to infuriate him further, as he was about to kick me again I caught his ankle snapping the bone as I twisted his foot round in the opposite direction. As he fell to the floor screaming reaching for his ankle in pain, I pulled myself up slightly, extending my claws on my right hand I plunged my fist into his chest ripping out his heart, silencing him.

I heard Anne screaming I knew the last man had hold of her, gaining my balance and standing to my feet trying to shake off the ringing in my head from the impact of the accident I made my way around the truck slowly,

meg and Anne both sat on the floor their arms covering their faces, but the fourth man wasn't here,

looking around I was too late to see what looked like a baseball bat making contact with my face, as I stumbled back I fell over Meg on the floor, she tried to hold me up but failed due to the bat coming down once again, I twisted my body round to protect her letting my rib cage take the full impact of the bat.

I felt my wolf coming forward trying to take over, she had always been very protective. I was always able to stay in full control when I change, this is something that alot of people struggle to do, Elijah, for example, can control his to a certain extent but he still has moments where he blacks out losing all memory of what his wolf does, it's not like in fairy tales where we can talk to our wolves like they are a separate person living inside of us, our wolves are us we bring forward the change and we have to learn to control them else they turn feral. I was one of the very few people who could not only stay in control but I could control my change, usually, people begin changing then can't stop until they have changed completely, I can stop and alter my change, it always amazed my father as he said he had never known of it to happen before.

I heard the whoosh of the bat swinging through the air once more, Before it could make contact a second time I caught it mid-air, snatching it from the unknown man as I kicked up at him sending him flying backwards into a pile on the floor.

As I stood and ran towards him I snapped the handle of the wooden bat leaving the broken jagged edges bare, I stabbed it into his chest piercing his heart killing him instantly, not that an instant kill is what these men deserve but I wanted to go home, I was hot sweaty I ached and god knows what state my body's in, I just wanted a hot bath.

Elijah

It would be getting dark soon, I instructed Craig and Nolan to head back to the packhouse, I would continue looking some more before heading back.

I must be close to the five-mile marker, knowing I probably shouldn't go any further, I hesitated, looking around I could tell there was nobody close by a little further wouldn't hurt surely? I still tried to keep a hold of my sisters' scent keeping a wary eye out on my surroundings I continued.

" you had to go and prove me wrong didn't you!" a low voice echoed behind me, as I turned I saw a large Burghley man standing before, he was at least a couple inches taller than myself, could this be Alpha Kane? he was definitely displaying the attitude of an Alpha standing at well over 6'2 tall and made out of nothing but muscle.

" I told him you would keep walking, my patrol starts at midnight don't be late sam" another man came, this one slightly smaller in stature.

"I'm Alpha Elijah, I didn't mean to trespass but my.."

"you're not Alpha, Lukes still Alpha isn't he?" the Larger male snapped as he took a step towards me, I stood my ground not letting them intimidate me.

"Technically yes, your right I haven't had my ceremony yet to be crowned the new Alpha but I am the one who will be Alpha, I'm who takes charge when my father's not here"

" So your Lukes boy?" the smaller man said.

" yes" I answered, it had only just dawned on me these are members of the Blackwood pack and they are right in front of me, I had never seen one of them before I was beginning to think they were a myth just like the stories of the forest.

"Alpha Kane I presume"

Both men laughed but it was the larger of the two that answered, "afraid not, im Sam, you will know Kane when you see him, is that who you're looking for?"

"sorry my mistake, no I'm here because my sister has been taken, I followed her scent into the forest, but I've not been able to find her" I explained

Both men looked at each other with unreadable expressions then turned back to me.

"Embry's been taken?" Sam asked confused.

"yes, we were attacked and she... hang on how do you know Embry?"

" s**t, Let's go, now" The man that was called sam instructed as he motioned for me to carry on walking.

" where are we going?" I asked them confused, were they just going to let me go free?

"time for you to meet Alpha Kane"