Mine to protect
953 Words
AMARIS
Annukka! Five more seconds? You couldn’t hold in your scent for five more seconds?! I shouted at her in my mind.
I’m sorry! She shouted back. When he locked eyes with us I couldn’t control it. She added.
It’s not your fault. I told her, sighing.
I’d scented him out as well. When I turned my head to find the source of that intoxicating scent I’d been surprised to see deep blue eyes staring back at me.
He was well built, with black ebony hair that hung in his eyes. Although he looked to be scowling. Maybe he wasn’t happy that I was his mate? Not that it mattered much at the moment.
Annukka had sent her pheromones wafting off into the audience of unmated males.
They had sniffed the air and several of those that were closest to me had growled out.
An unmated female sending her pheromones out was a shewolf begging to me mated. It was usually reserved for fated mates or bonding between chosen couples.
A few of the guards had moved closer to the stage but they looked to be struggling as well. Ms. Anne had scooped up my robe and handed it to me.
I slid it on and tied it tightly shut. There were only three mated guards present.
The pheromones held no effect on them, Ms. Anne had signaled for them to quickly come forward. Even armed, they were sorely outnumbered.
Some of the males had stood up from their seats and taken a few steps closer to the stage. Their eyes were clouded black with lust.
I recognized one of them as the future beta, Drake. I’d spent the entire seven days in last year’s lottery arena evading him.
He had been absolutely relentless.
I was beyond disappointed to see that he would be a contestant again.
Beta’s needed to be good trackers, it would be imperative that he secure a mate, or his position could be called into question.
A desperate male wolf with nothing to lose was dangerous.
My mate had stood up and was scanning the room.
The future beta had jumped the front row of chairs and approached the stage, the other male wolves followed his lead.
My mate moved like lightning and quickly got in between me and the males.
“What the f**k do you think your doing Valerian? Red is mine.” The future beta shouted out. Valerian? His name rattled around in my mind, taking hold of me.
Valerian let out a deep growl. He turned his head only for a moment, he looked at me with worry in his eyes.
“Get them out of here...now!” He shouted at Ms. Anne when she didn’t move right away.
“Girls. Come now, quickly.” Ms. Anne said while pulling the emergency alarm on the wall. Sirens blared and the auditorium was flooded with red lights. Every guard was trained to come running to that noise.
I was quickly whisked out the background by two of the armed guards Ms. Anne had called forward. I looked back over my shoulder just as the door was closing behind me to see several males pounce onto Valerian.
“No, wait!” I yelled as the door slammed shut behind me.
VALERIAN
Two guards had quickly taken Amaris away. I prayed this wouldn’t be the last time I’d ever see her.
Drake and a couple of his buddies pounced on me as the stage exit door swung shut behind my mate.
I heard her shout out “no, wait!” Before she was gone.
I didn’t have time to process if that meant she cared. Of course she does. I could feel her wolf. Tikaani told me.
But right now you need to let me out. He added.
I let go of my control. Tikaani came out just as Drake swung at me. Tikaani was a massive black wolf with my same blue eyes.
I’d never met another wolf that was as large as him. He slowly stood up, he was eye to eye with Drake on all four of his paws.
Tikaani snapped his jaw and bared his teeth, licking his nose.
The other males slowly took a step back. Drake shifted into a large shaggy brown wolf before snapping his teeth back.
We tumbled into each other biting and snapping. I quickly had him pinned beneath me. He wined and bared his neck to me, an obvious sign of submission. Just as I was about to bite down several shots rang out in the air. “Shift back!” A loud male voice rang out in the auditorium.
“Now! This is your only warning!” He said. I knew they wouldn’t hesitate to shoot me.
I relented and shifted back. There were more than 100 armed guards flooding into the room.
“What the hell is going on here?” A man that looked like a Commander asked.
“Get back in your seats!” He shouted to the 20 of us or so that had gotten up.
We filed back into our chairs. The Commander took the stage inspecting and looking over the 40 of us.
“Now somebody better tell me what the hell happened here before you’re all disqualified from the arena. Why are my 60 unmated females on lockdown?!” He shouted.
“You.”He said, pointing at me. “Why did you attack Drake?” He asked, eyeing a bloody Drake.
Drake was licking his wounds on his arm. They healed even faster that way.
“Your answer better be good or I promise you, you’ll never so much as lay eyes on a shewolf again.” He added.
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