A Secret Alpha Mate

(1sla) It was so close to being over, I knew it was the end, and then Benjamin has to come in. I shouted before I could help mys: but 1 don't think anyone heard me. No one reacted, as if it was internal, maybe it was. I knew that he could take care of himself and that he wanted to fight Alpha Benjamin more than Seth. I just couldn't bear have it go on for any longer. I don't think I breathed the entire time he was fighting Seth, my lungs were begging for air, screaming at me. “He knows what he’s doing." Abigial rubs my arm up and down. Lucas came to stand by me. “Hes going to make quick work of Benjamin, just like he did Seth.” My hands go to my stomach. What was that? I felt a dull ache of pain and I knew Jackson was in trouble. This wasn't right. this because we completed mating? Would 1 feel all of his pain now to some extent? No. Something was wrong. I saw Jackson dodge Benjamin's wolf. Did he already shift? Jackson needed to shift what was. stopping him. Blood. He was bleeding. How? “Luna, are you okay?” Cameron comes over and helps me stand. I didn't realize I was leaning on Abigail for support. “N-no" I shook my head, “Something is wrong, Jackson is hurt" I grasp at my stomach again where the pain was. “Benjamin just got a lucky shot, that's all. I bet his wolf is already healing him.” Cameron tries to reassure me. “Yeah, it's just a little blood. Look, he’s back at it Why didn't they believe me? I saw Benjamin's wolf take a swipe at Flint that made contact with his face. why didn't I feel that then? There was blood. No Benjamin did something that was more than a scratch. Flint growls and shakes himself off, he lets out a sharp breath almost like a snort and takes a few steps back assessing th situation. Flint lunges but misses and staggers back a bit. I fight the urge to mindlink him, I need to know if he’s okay. Let him focus, he’s strong. He's hurt I know that's why we need to let him finish this his way. The dark brown wolf takes advantage of Flint's momentary setback and pounces on him. They roll on top of each other until they come to a halt as Flint hits his back on a tree, letting out a low howl. I tense up, I couldn't watch this. My bigges fear was coming to realization before my eyes, he was hurt. “Cameron, Lucas. Please. Alpha Benjamin did something I turn towards them. “He does look a bit unsteady.” Lucas admits, Flint kicks the brown wolf back, momentarily regaining his strength and gets back to his feet stalking towards Alpha Benjamin's wolf. The brown wolf growls and gets back to his feet quicker than I thought he could, lunging at him. This time Flint dodges it and gets a bite to the brown wolfs tail, but isn’t able to hold or “See? He's back on his feet, Luna. Jackson is the strongest fighter I've ever seen” Cameron tries to reassure me. They walk around each other in a circle, I saw it less of a dance now that I knew someone could really get hurt. No one makes a move for minutes, though it felt like hours. Suddenly, the brown wolf lunges at Flint. Flint meets him in the air and grabs him by his neck. Flint is standing over the brown wolf who is howling in pain. He wiggles around and thrashes against the forest floor, kicking Flint in the process. Flint is forced to let go after a few minutes. Alpha Benjamin's wolf retreats back, a large wound open on his shoulder, his wolf is struggling to stand upright. Flint lets out a howl. It seemed optimistic. I let out a deep breath, trying to steady myself. My hands were shaking and fel clammy. Come on Jackson. The brown wolf circles around Flint again, struggling to walk, limping on his three good legs, blood already matting to his fur from Flint’s bite. jackson wastes no time and lunges for him again. The brown wolf nearly misses his attack. Jackson goes back a second time, this time pinning Alpha Benjamin's wolf to the ground. This is it it could all be over. Alpha Benjamin's wolf lets out a long, loud, howl that shakes the trees in the woods. He is answered by other wolves howling. Wait, other wolves? No one was allowed to shift. I quickly surveyed the clearing and saw that everyone else was in humar form. Cameron steps in front of me holding his arms out. Abigail takes my hand and Lucas is looking towards the Elders. The Elder looked confused too, looking around at everyone in the clearing, rapidly talking amongst themselves. Before I had time to ask Cameron what was going on, Alpha Benjamin's warriors shifted, their clothes ripping around ther Our warriors shifted too, in response. How many of them would be coming? Would the Elders fight? “Get them to the car” Lucas yells, “Get them out of here.” Lucas shifts into his wolf and bounds over to Jackson, who is sti in place over Alpa Benjamin's wolf. Cameron grabs my and Abigail's hands before I can fully register what is going on, we're dragged behind him, until a wolf jumps in front of us, growling and blocking our path. “Get to the car if you can and stay in there. I don't want you to try to run anywhere else. want to have eyes on both of yo Cameron says behind his shoulder before he shifts into his wolf. Abigail and I stare at each other in shock, I'm frozen in place. cameron makes quick work of the warrior in front of him, leaving him in a pool of blood. Cameron's wolf comes up and stands in front of us, growling at anyone that tries to come near. I try frantically searching jackson, but I can't see past Cameron's massive wolf. “Do we shift?" I ask Abigail. “I think that might draw more attention to you,” She says looking around frantically, her eyes darting everywhere, not abl to focus. I tried to count how many they were, but I couldn't tell who was on our side or not. Some of the Elders shifted too. I finally catch a glimpse of Flint, he's being backed into the forest by five wolves. He was strong, but I didn't know if he could take on five wolves himself, especially in his condition. “camit” 1 yell frantically, “Help Jackson, we will be okay." Cameron's wolf looks back at me but doesn't budge. “Please.” I saw tears filling my eyes in the reflection of his. He looks between us before breaking towards Flint who looks like he's swaying a bit, he must have lost a ton of blood. He jumps, landing on two of the wolves that were surrounding Flint, knocking them down immediately. Flint uses the distraction to grab one of their necks and throw them across the clearing. Cameron takes a bite to one of the wolf's back legs and turns around to bite another one’s front leg. Two wolves jump in front of us and shift back into human form, “Hello, Luna!” One of them says, smiling, “We were instructed to take you alive.’ Fear paralyzes me, I need to shift. Before I could connect to Adrastea, a wolf jumps knocking both of them on the floor. W that Abigail? She growls and gets a good claw mark to both of their chests before they shift back. We need to shift on it I don't know how to fight I do, instincts baby cakes. We shift in record time. Just leave it to me, trust your instincts. We might not be the strongest or the most experienced but we can help. I hope you're right. We survey the field, it looks like even though their numbers were far greater than ours, Moonstone's warriors were immensely better trained. Flint and Cameron's wolf were fighting side by side now, taking care of the last of Alpha Benjamin's warriors. Where was Alpha Benjamin though? Seth was still lying on the floor, looking quite pale, I couldn't waste time to see if he was breathing. Julianna and Hailey were huddled together right outside of the clearing, but still in view. A wolf wimpers next to me, Abigail. Both the wolfs that were trying to take me were facing her now, one of them got hold her tail. I don't think, just act. 1 jump on the one that has her tail in it's mouth and bite his shoulder. He howls in pain and lets he go, falling back on me. I wiggle out from under him, but both of their eyes are focused on me now. A large wolf jumps on both of them, I think it w as Lucas. Abigail's wolf, Lilac, comes and helps him, biting the one’s legs that had her tail. Damn. I was impressed, I never have seen her be any kind of violent before. Flint comes up and stands by me, his breathi is labored. I nuzzle his shoulder as Cameron comes to take Abigail's place and finishes off the two warriors. “Enough!” An Elder booms, his voice making the clearing deadly silent. I looked around and saw a lot of injured and dead wolves. Hopefully none of ours, but I can't be that optimistic. “Alpha, Jackson. Can you shift back?” Flint lays on the floor and shifts. Jackson is covered in scratches and a few shallow bite marks, it's nothing compared to the gaping wound in his stomach. “Why isn’t your wolf healing itz” Lucas shifts back and sits next to Jackson. “I-its silver” He gets out, his face looks pale and his voice sounds far away. “s**t, we need a doctor” “He's on the way, but he won't be here for another two hours.” Cameron comes up and says, that was too long, he couldn’ survive that. I shift back not caring that 'm completely naked and stand in front of him taking his head in my hands. “Jackson.” I wipe the tears from his face, and I realize that the tears are my own. “My love," he says. “We have someone here that can help temporarily. If it's silver, the wolf can't heal the wound so we have to do it the human way." An Elder comes up with a man behind him, medical bag in tow. “Alpha, I don't have morphine, this isn't going to feel good.” Jackson nods, and lays back on the ground, I sit on the other side of him and hold his hand, not able to look at the wound. “Ym going to do the best I can to clean it, but it will need to be stitched.” Jackson groans and holds my hand tighter as th man wastes no starts stitching him up. I hold his hand in both of mine and rub circles on the back of his. “It's almost over, Jackson. It's all over.” He turns to look at me, his normal piercing blue eyes dull, before he closes them. “Where is Benjamin?” Elder john comes up by Jackson's side and checks his pulse, “What happened?” “silver” I whispered, his eyes are wide. “How? I didn't see anything.” “Right before he shifted, we think, it happened so fast we didn't see it either” Lucas interjects, “How is he?” “Hes stable, probably needs some medication, but he should be okay until the doctor gets here. He lost a lot of blood, tr other injuries aren't serious and should be healed in a day or two. We just have to cover the wound now, make sure that doesn't get infected.” He finishes up and 1 look at Jackson, his breathing is even but still more shallow than normal. “Where is he now?” Elder John repeats. Cameron stands up looking around. “I need to take a headcount for my men, then me and anyone who is able can go after him, he couldn't have gotten far wi his injury.” “We are sending a team, they aren't far behind.” Elder John says, “You stay with your Alpha.” Cameron nods and sits next me but 1 could tell he was itching to go. “What do we do with the injured?” Lucas asks. “How many have you seen?” “Minor injuries from our men, one of them will need to go back with the doctor” Cameron nods, “I was thinking about theirs.” “I think we should attend to their injuries. They are technically pack members now. I want to see their motives behind th actions before we make any decisions.” “Good, I think that's what Jackson would want too." They get up to go assess Silver Moon's injured. I can barely register anything that they were saying, Jacksons hand starts t feel cold in mine and even though they told me he was stable, I knew he was weak. I felt weak. I laid my head on his ches and listened to his heart beat, the only thing that could comfort me a bit, the sound of him being alive. “Where is my mate?! What did you do to my mate?” Julianna stumbles over to us with Hailey in tow, I don't move my head would let someone else deal with this. “I hope your Alpha dies, he deserves it” Someone, I think Abigail lets out a growl. “Why don't you go attend to your son?” Elder john growls at her. “There is nothing left to attend to, Elder.” She spits the last word, “He, my baby, my baby boy is dead.” She started to wail. was almost inclined to feel bad for her, but I couldn't feel anything for anyone else at the moment. “l want him gone!” Julianna points to Jackson. “He won the challenge fair and square. He beat both of them, even when your mate broke the rules.” “He would never” “Found it” Cameron jogs back to the group. I shifted myself a bit so I could see what he was holding, something glimmere in the sunlight. He places a silver dagger in front of Elder John and the other Elder who are sitting by Jackson's feet. “It was a bit away in the woods, must have thrown it during his shift” “I can’t believe this,” The other Elder says. “We can’ Lucas responds. “Don't you dare talk about my mate like that ever again, he never would. It is clear that Alpha Jackson is just power hung; he ruined my family, drove my mate away and took m-m-my son from me, just out of spite” Julianna gets close to us, I wi she would just go away. “You!” She yanks my hair pulling me from Jackson's chest, “This was all your fault. If it weren't for you, none of this would have happened. Alpha Jackson would have let us live in peace. Hell, he might have even chosen my daughter as his Luna. But no, you couldn't keep your b***h mouth shut.” Cameron and Lucas are there grabbing her. I stand up and motion for them to let her go. Cameron hands me a large shirt from somewhere and I put it over myself. The stained white shirt hanging to my knees. “Julianna. I understand that you are upset and that you want to blame someone else for the mistakes of your mate and your family. I hope you come to the realization that this was no one else’s fault but his. He was a poor Alpha, a poor lead: and now justice has come for him. She starts shaking with rage and Lucas takes a step between us, “That won't be necessary, thank you, Lucas." “Ym truly sorry for your loss, Jackson's fight wasn't with Seth but with Benjamin. If Benjamin had faced the challenge as a man, then your son would probably still be with us." Julianna starts crying, and I can't tell if they're angry or sad tears. “Now, you need to reflect on his choices, on your choices, that have brought you to his bitter conclusion. Once that is dor you, and Hailey, may choose if you still want to have a place in this pack. You will not speak out against any omega or otf pack member, you will not ever dare to lay a finger on me again. If you choose to stay part of this pack, I will be your Lun: Julianna lunged for me, but Cameron and Lucas were faster, each holding one of her arms while she struggled against the “You're an omega, you will never be my Luna.’ I shrugged. “Suit yourself, I suggest you go home and pack what you can and we can make arrangements for you to join another pack I turn my back on her, “I want her escorted, Cameron. I don’t want her destroying anything else. She can take what can fit a suitcase or two, and I want her gone by tonight." “Yes, Luna." Julianna screams incoherently. She made her choice, now she was going to have to face those consequences: once in her life. “I think you've overstayed your welcome in our Luna's presence,” Lucas says as they drag her away.