Chapter 48: Chapter 48

Alexander

Hearing Jason tell me things about Ashley that I never knew about, broke my heart. It made me question everything, the way I felt towards her if indeed she was my true mate.

I would never have imagined that Ashley would want to shut some aspect of her life away from me.

Was I too much in a hurry to claim her as mate, or did I mistake my lust for her as love?

But, even if my human nature was wrong, can my wolf be wrong too? I remember him calling her mate on the night of the luna initiation.

Did I make a mistake in marking her?

I pondered because I could not just imagine why she could keep such an important aspect of her life a secret from me?

She is our mate I heard my wolf say from within me.

But his words were not so soothing as I could feel my heart break into a million pieces.

And as if the clouds could echo my emotions, the clouds starts gathering, and soon the heavens opened and there began a heavy downpour.

The rain sent everyone in the field into hiding, including Ashley.

I wonder if she is my Ashley anymore.

My eyes lingered on her now empty seat wondering where she had run to, as the possible thought of her running to Jason's room to wait for him crossed my mind.

And I became jealous so much so that I wanted to punish her for treating me in such a cruel way.

I kept trying to shut out my wolf who kept bothering to go after his mate and ensure she is safe.

I could also notice Jason's uneasy look as soon as he saw Ashley was no longer in her seat.

From his expression, it felt as though all his bravery was starting to wash out in the rain.

“I can see the rain has sent your little helper into hiding, would you rather have us wait till the rain stop so she can come and fight for you, pussy?” I spurred at him angrily, as I allowed my imagination to take the better of me.

And I began imagining how he must have touched mine Ashley, the way he must have made her feel or moaned his name.

At that moment I gave in to anger, and it flowed freely through my veins like lava.

I watched him angrily as he struggle a bit with the sword, and I thought of ending his misery once and for all.

The floor was now a bit flooded and slippery. I ran towards him and he charged towards me with his sword up high.

As soon as I noticed he was close enough, I went to the floor with my knees and punched him hard on his kneecap and that made him groan loudly in pain as he lost his balance and fell to the ground with the sword falling off his hand.

I can see him struggling to stand with his now broken knee.

“Come take your best shot,” I said to Jason who was trying all his best to stand up and keep his eyes open in the rain.

He hissed while he struggled to stand with the other leg, but a hard kick from me sent him flying in the air and soon his body crashed hard on the wet floor.

“Even if you kill me, it won't change the fact that I fucked the whore you call a mate,” I heard him grumble to say, while I casually walked towards him.

“So who gave you the right to take my mate as your whore,” I questioned as I tried not to let his words get to me.

“Your father, Derrick,” he said in his weak attempts to sound funny.

“So where is Derrick?” I questioned ignoring the fact that he just referred to that bastard of an uncle as my father.

“Your father, you mean? if your mother was not such a slut,” he said spitefully while spitting out disgustingly in the rain.

This motherfucker did not just mention my mother, did he?

I marched towards him and hit him hard with my leg on his rib cage before he had the opportunity to hit me with his sword, he fell hard to the ground with his mask coming off his face.

He was groaning in serious pain while holding his chest, which im sure will be having a few broken ribs.

I walked towards him and quickly he tried to struggle to get his sword back, but he was unlucky as I had already picked the sword from the floor

I took off my mask so he gets to see my face before I kill him as I point the sword toward him.

At that moment he recognized the fact that he was breathing his last few breaths. My wolf was threatening to burst out to tear him into pieces.

I could feel my eyes blazing in the fire as I walked toward him with the sword in my hand.

“Please don't kill me, this was never my idea, it was derrick's idea, he deceived me into picking up a fight with you,” he said, to beg for his life.

“Did he also tell you to forcefully take my mate as your whore?” I questioned, as I stared at him in anger.

“No, but I swear I did not touch her, she wouldn't let me touch her,” he said.

At that moment it didn't matter to me if he was saying the truth or if he was lying, for even daring to dare to imagine my mate in the manner in which he had spoken of her only means one thing.

And that is Death. And death he shall get.

“But you would have if she allowed you?” I said while I pointed the sword to his throat.

“Please, don't kill me, I am sorry, I will do whatever you want me to,” he said pleadingly while shutting his eyes tightly and looking so terrified for his life.

His pitiable state makes me want to forgive him, but he has insulted me enough. And he made me agree before the commencement of this fight, that there has to be a winner because the winner takes it all.

You have done more than I could ever ask for,” I said as I shoved the sword into his throat and he starts gasping as blood flowed freely from his throat and mouth.

I pulled out the sword and his blood gushed out freely, turning the water around him red.

***

Kai

I and a few of my men went after Ashley as soon as I noticed that she was no longer in her seat, as my job was to ensure her safety while Alexander is out there.

But, Because of the rain, it took us a while to finally catch up with her. When we were about twenty feet away, I saw a little girl that was carrying a baby run from the pack house toward Ashley.

I halted my men so we can observe what was going on, I was surprised to see Ashley carry, hug, and kiss the baby as a mother would.

I was confused as I wondered what the hell was going on. Does this mean that Ashley has a baby for the new alpha?

Since I am not used to being around kids, I couldn't exactly tell the age of the baby. The little girl with her was a bit grown so I assume that she must be Ashley's maid.

I can't help but imagine how devastating it would be for Alexander when he gets to find out that Ashley already has a child for another man.

It would destroy him.

What however prompted me to attack was when I saw an arrow hit the little girl that was standing with ashley.

It was so unexpected for the fear of Ashley's safety, I ordered some of my archers to start firing at the men.

I was surprised and pleased to see that the group was been led by Derrick, just the man I want to see.

We were however outnumbered because he had more men and though my men were strong, we were at a disadvantage.

I looked back to where ashley was to see that she was no longer there.

I quickly sent a mind link to the others to join us while I tried fighting my way toward Derrick, but he was heavily guarded by his warriors.

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Ashley.

There was a serious battle going on between Derrick and another set of soldiers, that allowed me time to escape with Oliver into the woods.

As soon as I felt safe, I stopped the rain to attend to Oliver who was looking very weak by now.

I kept my baby on the floor and pulled Oliver to my lap, she was barely able to keep her eyes open and was shivering from the after-rain cold.

I thought of removing the arrow from her chest and means which I could use to apply pressure on the spot.

Left with no choice, I tore a big part of my dress before I removed the arrow and pressed the piece of cloth hard on the spot.

I noticed however that after tearing my dress, I was able to hear more audibly as I could now hear birds chirping in the woods.

I wondered how that is possible but being that I had a bigger issue of looking after Oliver, I didn't allow myself to duel much on the thought.

“Oliver, you are doing fine, please stay with me,” I said in a panicked state.

She was looking pale and getting weaker with each passing minute and I quickly bite off my hand to get some blood for her to drink.

“Open your mouth Oliver,” I said, as soon as blood starts coming out.

I noticed she was too weak to open her mouth to take in the blood, so I guided my hand to her mouth and forcefully opened it to allow in some blood.

When I was sure she has had enough, I rested her head on my lap to allow her to sleep a little.

After which I pulled my baby closer to myself as I thought of ways of escaping