My Lone Wolf (Completed)

02

Draven

I woke up with a start, panting heavily in the dark room, sweat coating my body making my night shirt cling like a second skin. I sighed and tried to calm my breath, it had become an everyday occurrence. Those nightmares never stop, no matter how much I try to forget that day the memory chases me.

I drink some water and look at the time, it was half past five so it was not bad this time. At least I got seven hours of sleep today. I decided to just get up and start with the day, it was a big day.

Exactly twelve years ago, this day my mom and dad were brutally murdered in front of me. The day Duskfall pack lost its Alpha and Luna, and I lost my everything. I still see the agony on their faces whenever I close my eyes, it haunts me even today.

After a quick shower I dress in my suit and go downstairs for breakfast. My housekeeper Mrs. Jo greets me with her signature smile and a kiss on the forehead, I smile a little at her caress. She was the closest thing to a parent to me.

"Come on, you must be hungry! I made you some pancakes!" She places a plate of hot pancakes in front of me and rummages through the cabinets to find something.

"Am I allowed to have chocolate with it?" I ask jokingly. She is always caring with what I eat, I don't mind though. It warms my heart that there is someone who cares about me.

"Absolutely not! You had seven chocolate pancakes yesterday, they were practically drowning in chocolate!" She reprimanded me and hands me a squeezy bottle of maple syrup and I pour an unhealthy amount of it on my cakes.

"But there is nothing better than chocolate in this world Mrs. Jo!" I laugh at her glare and continue eating my delicious pancakes.

If my partner's or other Alpha's saw me like this they would be in shock for days. Goddess knows how ruthless I am when it comes to work. I am known for my hard headedness and my vicious ways of dealing with stuff. The only thing I love in this world is my pack, they are the only thing I have left and I protect them with everything left in me.

My pack is the strongest one and I've kept it that way for several years, one thing I learned my parents before they were taken from me was to love and cherish what we have, however I could come to love anything or anyone else. Everything seems too strange, too odd for me.

The day I took over the pack I swore revenge on the people who took away my two precious people from me, and that's what I had been doing, I managed to put everyone in their place and made a reputation for myself on the way. I don't regret anything, it was what I had pledged in front of my pack, my family.

"Are you going -"

"Yes I am Mrs. Jo. Have dinner without me today hmm?" I smiled at her left without another word, letting the smile slip off my face I left my house, the hard facade covers the grief that I feel deep inside. The sun hit my face and I covered my eyes with a pair of sunglasses. It was an everyday ritual. Nobody knows what I do on this particular day, where I go.

My day is spend driving around aimlessly and my nights at the forest, where my parents took their last breath. Holding onto their memories seemes useless but it brings me peace, an unknown feeling washes over me when I visit their last memory.

I unlock my car but before I can get in someone interrupts me by placing a hand on the door, a cold glare settles on my face and I turn to face whoever dared to stop me. I come face to face with my beta, Oliver Weil. I sighed in annoyance.

"You never give up, do you?" I snap at him to which he only gives me a smug look. How much I wanted to snap him like a twig but unfortunately the pack needs their beta and no matter how much I want to kill him, he is damn good at his job.

"I just want to know where you go Alpha. Tell me and I will be gone." He pleads, I know it's his concern for me, he doesn't want to go through the day thinking about my whereabouts.

"I am not obliged to answer any of your questions Oliver, and I will be back early today. Take care of the pack by then."

With that I enter my car and drive out of the garage and into the open roads. The only reason I leave the pack house is to escape from the looks I receive this day, I let the pack mourn in their own way and I do mine.

Speeding up I drive aimlessly, breaking more than a dozen traffic rules. I can sense a forest close by and my wolf claws at my skin to get out and take control. I try to suppress him but he is getting restless with every passing second.

"f**k it!" I get out of my car in the middle of nowhere and get into the forest, shifting into my wolf. He growls and runs without a direction in mind, Felix, my wolf was a reflection of me in a way, he is just as thirsty for revenge and hungry for love.

We usually don't get along that much but we have each other when we need someone, but even though we have each other we long for the other half of our soul, the one moon goddess creases for us and has kept hidden still.

Sometimes I feel like goddess has kept her away from us to punish us for the sins we have committed, but a part of me is glad she did, I don't want our mate hating us like the rest of the world does. It's a relief, I would rather not meet her than see hate in her eyes.

Pausing at a stream of water i shift back and rest, it had been long since I had a run like that, it was refreshing. I put my clothes on and just sit on a boulder near the water, observing.

It is the day I am free from all the work and problems of the world. This is the time I take to remember my old self and the person my parents wanted me to become, the one I could never be.

I relish the feeling of cold water on my skin as I dip my feet in the stream, light ripples are created at the sudden invasion. Time flies by and before I know it the sun is ready to set. How long was i here exactly? It's time to visit mom and dad now.

A rustling of bushes catch my attention, I stand straighter and focus on the source of the noise, by the smell of it, it's a wolf. A wolf without a pack. A rogue. I sneer in anger, Felix wanted control again but I suppress him.

I slowly make my way to the bushes where the sound came from. Felix snapped and clawed at me but I shut him out, these are the moments we don't get along. A small figure lays on the ground, on a bed of bushes, how did I not notice it before? I get closer to get a good look.

It was a girl and she looked, well dirty.

She was tossing and turning in pain, then I noticed the wound and some blood oozing out of her stomach. She was semi-conscious and very much in pain. At first I turned around to leave, it was none of my business if she lives or dies, people died everyday and it changes nothing. But for some reason unknown a small voice stops me mid step.

"Please don't leave me."

A voice so vulnerable it almost brought me to my knees, so soft and full of pain and betrayal. The soft whimper that escaped her left me breathless. What was this? What was happening? For the first time my steps faltered and I had the urge to run back to her and hide her from all evil in this world.

"Please help me."

I was pulled towards her like a string tugging me forward. I kneeled besides her and studied her carefully, who is she? And what is happening to me?

Her face was covered with long, thick black hair and her body was covered in tattered clothes, dirt, grime and all sorts of bruises and cuts.

Temptation got the best of me and I reached out to push the hair out of her face, probably the most idiotic thing I have ever done, but do I regret it? f**k no. Sparks fly and my fingertips tingle at the weird sensation. The foreign feeling of comfort envelopes me as I unveil her face.

Goddess, she was beautiful.

Her round face came into view taking my breath away, small pink lips parted as another whimper left her mouth, then her eyes opened. They were blue. So blue, I drowned.

"I don't want to die."

Her plead snapped me out of the trance I was. I suddenly realised I cannot let her die. I gather her in my arms and run all the way back to my car, tingles erupt in every part of my body, only intensifying the need to protect her with everything I have, whatever I am.