You Rejected Me. Remember?

Leo

As she sauntered inside, her eyes set on Xander, and it appeared to me that she was attempting to read him, I was stunned.

“What exactly are you talking about, Xan?”

I was completely taken aback by her simple speech. She was a natural actress. I would have believed she was innocent if I hadn’t seen what she did months ago or heard what she said over the phone only a few minutes ago. Her fragrance was also a mystery. When she was in the garden, I couldn’t help but notice how different she smelled. We thought a stranger had broken into the security system, but we were mistaken. And all of a sudden, she reeked of her familiar scent. It was bizarre. Without a doubt, it could only be a work of magic. I couldn’t fathom how someone could change their odours any other way.

On the other hand, Xander was shooting daggers at her. He was definitely enraged. She’d already be six feet under if looks could kill.

“You!” he yelled angrily, pointing a finger at her.

“You deceived me! While stabbing us in the back, you messed with my emotions! You’re associated with those thugs! The entire time, it was you!”

His shouts reverberated throughout the room. Xander trembled with rage. I’d never seen him so enraged before. He was typically laid-back and calm, but this was a completely different side of him.

She looked around with a grimace on her face.

“Xander, what exactly are you talking about? I… I’m not sure…”

I could see she was faking it. She was a natural at it, but she’d been acting for far too long.

“Enough!” Xander yelled, his knuckles whitened from the intensity with which he grasped them.

“I’ve had enough with your lies! I overheard you talking on the phone with the thugs. Nothing will be able to change the fact, Danisha. Not even your enchantment!”

The words were literally spat out of Xander’s mouth.

“Danisha, put a stop to it. Your secret has been revealed. You won’t be able to fool us any longer, “I stated firmly, my glare fixed on her.

Her expression shifted in an instant. Her eyes darkened abruptly, and I thought they had changed colour from piercing blue to chocolate. Her lips parted briefly as her eyes honed in on me.

“So you’ve returned. You remember everything, right? “She guffawed. Surprisingly, for someone who had been caught red-handed, she appeared to be rather relaxed. She didn’t appear to mind being surrounded by her adversaries.

“So it’s true,” the Queen said as she took a step forward. “Arrest her!” she commanded, as several guards rushed to carry out her orders, but a force field encircled her just in time. Anyone who attempted to break through the field was flung across the room by an unknown force.

Nanna attempted to strike her with a bolt of lightning, but it was rebounded.

“Watch out!” I shouted and dove for cover. The lightning bolt struck the wall, creating a large barge, but no one was wounded.

Danisha made no move to flee. Instead, she burst out laughing. Her laughter was unsettling, and the idea that she was shielded by magical energies was alarming.

“Do you honestly believe this will deter me?” She screamed, her voice breaking through the din of the room.

“It’s too late,” she grinned, snapping her fingers, “and there’s more than meets the eye.”

The air around her swirled and she vanished from view before I could realise what she had done.

“It’s a ruse! She’d teleported into the woods, right?” Nanna was hysterical.

“I overheard her talking to the rogues. They must be on their way to attack right now!” Xander promptly informed them about the conversation we heard in the garden.

“She had specifically told them to attack now!” He added, stressing on the seriousness of the matter.

“Quick! Bring in the troops!” Sir Elliot immediately began barking orders. The warriors ran around, and the entire area was quickly engulfed in chaos. I scanned the area, hoping to locate Astrea. She was not present. I sniffed the air for a whiff of her scent, but there was none.

“Can you tell me where Astrea is?”

When Sarah began to zoom past me, overwhelmed by the sudden change in plans, I asked her.

“I’m not sure. When we were on the lookout, she was with us. She went to use the restroom, and then I’m not sure what happened. Since then, I haven’t seen her “she retorted

“Is there anything you had to drink… I mean… Did she have any drinks?” I inquired, hoping she hadn’t actually consumed anything, especially if it had been provided to her by that scoundrel.

“Yeah. We drank some energising drinks,” she took a look around. “She must have arrived by now…”

“I’ll keep an eye out for her. You’re going to join the others, aren’t you?”

I dashed over to where her team had been stationed previously, after she sprinted to join the army.

My mate’s scent lingered faintly in the air, causing my racing heart to calm down a little. She had been with them, but where had she gone now?

“We need to find her, Zoro. We need to mark her now if what we heard from Danisha is genuine. Maybe then we’ll be able to free her from the enchantment,” I said.

“Follow her fragrance. We’re in this together. We must not allow anything to happen to our mate,” he consented.

I went with my instincts. It led me to the restrooms, but before I could get there, a rumble swept through the air, freezing me in place. That sounded familiar…

“No…” I breathed out as I dashed towards the source of the sounds. It came from the outside. As I rushed out of the palace, my heart thudded madly in my chest. Everyone had already gathered to battle. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the same amount of time to prepare as we had the last time. The rogue army had apparently been planning this for quite some time. They wouldn’t have been able to enter the perimeter so quickly otherwise.

Outside the palace, all hell had broken loose. Innocent individuals were fleeing for their lives. Some of them were not as fortunate as others. Several civilians were already dead in their bloody pools. While some of the young and sick were murdered, men and women attempted to get the remaining to safety.

It was a heartbreaking scene to witness. With a shake of my head, I expressed my dissatisfaction with the situation. It shouldn’t have turned out this way. I took a quick survey of the surroundings. My attention was drawn to a bipedal wolf who appeared to be out of her wits. I grasped my fists and clenched my teeth.

Calvin must have worked out that even if she battled us to death, we wouldn’t attack her.

“Ash!” In my head, Zoro whimpered.

I immediately transformed into my lycan. It would be safer for me to let Zoro approach her if she was in her wolf form.

A familiar lycan, though, leapt in front of me and showed a menacing grin. I focused my gaze on him.

“Zoro, the Lycan in our nightmare…” I muttered.

“Kali, why am I not surprised? You’re as twisted as your human,” Zorro narrowed his eyes on him.

So this must be Calvin’s Lycan.

Scoffing, “so I hear you came back from the dead,” he snarled.

“Or perhaps you misjudged me,” Zoro hissed and swung his first fist landing it on his jaw.

Kali stumbled backwards, but he quickly recovered. As Zoro fought Kali, I cheered for him.

“Zoro, burn him!” I urged.

Kali was a difficult opponent to overcome. Especially considering he was fighting for death. Honestly, that should be our goal. There wasn’t another way out. If I didn’t kill him, he would gladly finish me off. He had almost succeeded once. The issue was that he was older and had more experience than I had.

He took advantage of his experience and choked us by grabbing Zoro’s neck. As Zoro battled to breathe, my entire life flashed before my eyes. He struggled to break free, but Kali was a formidable opponent.

He snarled, “She’s mine! I’d like to have you observe how I claim her, but you’re too obstinate. I’m sorry, but I have to finish you off first!” between his clenched teeth, he growled.

“But here’s something I’d like to share with you. I’m going to make her mine. Every single day, I’m going to mark her and f**k her…”

I felt a surge of rage. I despised hearing him talk so disparagingly of my mate. Zoro pierced Kali’s flesh with his claws, causing him to cry in pain and loosen his grip on his neck. Zoro inhaled deeply and buried his claws deeper into Kali’s arms.

“Kill him!” I growled.

Zoro made no attempt to communicate. He sank his claws into Calvin’s throat and ripped it out, putting an end to the nightmare named Calvin.

I chuckled. I liked how he was lifeless in a pool of his own b***d. And I admired how Zoro didn’t spend time making inane remarks. Calvin had already created enough havoc.

I took a quick survey of the surroundings. The conflict had not yet come to an end. The lycans were battling the rogue wolves. Several of them have evolved into bipedal wolves, making them more difficult to fight than regular rogues. They had indeed prepared properly for this fight. Nonetheless, I was positive that our warriors could defeat them.

I knew Nanna and the others with magical abilities were assisting the Lycan army. So, I chose to concentrate on Ash, who was wildly ripping at anyone who dared to confront her.

I told Zoro, “We have to figure out a way to mark her.”

He answered, “There could only be one way.”

Her pupils were dilated and her eyes were bright red. As she growled into my face, drool dripped from her jaw, She was going to claw at my chest, I knew it. Zoro also was aware exactly what she was about to do. So, just as she was about to rip through our flesh, he grabbed her hands and yanked them back together.

When Zoro’s claws mistakenly dug into her arms and injured her, she hissed in pain. I winced. I didn’t want her to feel even the slightest bit of pain, but there was no other way we could have kept her under control without enlisting the support of others.

She screamed into Zoro’s face, making it difficult for him to constrict her untamed movements.

“Ash, snap out of it!” I muttered beneath my breath.

Urging Zoro to hold her still, “don’t let go of her,” I said.

We both fell to the ground as she attempted to break away. It wasn’t safe because she was constantly attempting to injure Zoro with her razor-sharp teeth. Anyway, she was our soulmate, and her bite would be far from fatal to us.

Zoro managed to pin her to the ground and straddle her throughout our fight. We were doing everything we could to keep her safe though she sought to cause harm. She did expose her neck on occasions, but only for a few seconds. If we were quick enough, we might be able to brand her.

“Do it, Zoro!”

“But… she keeps moving…” he said, his voice strained from the constant fight.

“Just go for it! That’s the only option,” I was tense.

Zoro kept attempting to get a perfect aim. Finally, he managed to hold her in place and tenderly bite her neck after a number of fruitless efforts to gain access to her marking site. I could feel her stiffening beneath us. It was relieving that the matebond was assisting us. He took advantage of the situation and dug his teeth deep into her marking site.

She let forth a deafening shout. Because she wasn’t aroused, I knew it would hurt, but I didn’t have much of a choice. To save her, I had to brand her. As we injected our essence into her bloodstream, she gradually relaxed, but we made sure she couldn’t move until the marking was complete.

She had entirely calmed by the time I retracted my canines and licked the mark clean. I sat up and glanced at her, hoping to catch a glimpse of her hazel eyes gazing lovingly into mine, just like she always did. My chest tightened with panic as I realised her eyes were closed. She was unconscious. She began to morph back to her human shape in that state, much to my dismay.

“s**t! This isn’t good!” I let out a gasp. Zoro shifted gears quickly and handed over command to me.

“Rea!” I frantically cried out, hoping to wake her up. Alas, she remained silent.

“No, no, no. This is not happening,” I coughed as I hurriedly scooped her in my arms and dashed to the hospital.

The battle was far from over, hence none of the wolves seemed to mind me rushing a naked female towards the infirmary. Yes, she wasn’t clothed, but it was the least of my worries.

All I wanted was my mate to be safe.