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Chapter 11

I watched with wide eyes as Alpha Mason bites down into the rogue's neck and violently rips a huge piece of skin from the rogue with his jaw. The moving rogue soon was a lifeless rogue in a matter of seconds. My eyes ran over the dead wolf which shifted into its human form and remained motionless on the ground. I couldn't turn my attention away from the dead body that was flooding in its own blood. This was the second time this month I witnessed someone being killed. Even though the rogue got what was coming from him I felt a little sad for him.

I finally turned my attention elsewhere when Alpha Mason slowly turned in his wolf form and meet eyes with mine, his hard angry eyes slowly turned back to normal and started to move closer to me. My wolf also moved closer to him and even though I didn't want her to I had no other choice because she was in control.

Since we both were in our wolf forms our wolves took most of the control, and since they were mates, being close with each other is like an instinct. I watched as my wolf stepped closer and so did our mate. Alpha Mason growled lowly and moved in front of us and his eyes ran over my fur.

He tilted his head slightly and rubbed his side of his head with mine. At the touch, I felt tingles on the side of my head. I tried to move away but my wolf didn't allow it. I could tell from his eyes that his wolf was doing the same.

But after seconds of silence, his eyes finally went back to normal and he stepped away immediately and I knew that his wolf wasn't in control anymore. He moved back and growled lowly which made my wolf whimper.

"Shift," he ordered in the mind link. I stepped back and ran behind a huge tree to shift. No way in hell was I going to shift in front of him. Who knows what will happen if I did. I shook my head and shifted into my human form. I saw a man's shirt behind a couple of bushes and wore it since I left my clothes back where we started running. It was a usual thing to leave clothes splattered all over the woods because when one needs clothes then they'll find them around the woods.

The shirt fell down and covered what was important leaving my legs on display. I sighed and walked back to where Alpha Mason was and saw he was in nothing but shorts. My eyes widened and I couldn't help but run my eyes over his chest and abs. My wolf purred and I had to shake my head to focus back on his face. His eyes were slightly darker and roamed over my legs for a split second before looking at me with a hard glare.

He walked closer to me and growled lowly.

"What the hell did you think you were doing?" He asked in a hard tone. I furrowed my brows and gave him a hard glare.

"What did it look like I was doing? I was running," I told him in a duh tone. His eyes turned darker and he moved closer to me.

"Don't you dare speak to me like that. You were running alone in the dark which could have gotten yourself killed because of your recklessness." He stated. I clenched my fist slightly and moments like these I wish looks could actually kill.

"I was not being reckless, I was with the others until we decided to split up. I could've taken care of myself and didn't need someone to come to my rescue," I told him. He growled lowly and clenched his jaw.

"I did not come to your rescue. I did what I usually do when there's a trespasser so if I were you I would shut that mouth of yours before you get me even angrier than I already am." He growled out.

I growled back and said, "don't tell me what to do. I don't get why you're so mad but you need to chill and calm down before smoke comes out of your ears." I had a small smirk on my face but it soon vanished when I was pushed roughly against a tree by an angry Alpha. Ok, I might be exaggerating but the smoke was literally coming out of his ears.

"Did you forget who you are talking to? I am your alpha and I will not tolerate someone speaking to me like that." He growled lowly in a hard tone. I furrowed my brows and clenched my fist. I don't really care if he's the alpha, he can kiss my ass for all I care.

"It's not my fault someone gets angry for every little thing," I muttered. His eyes turned darker and he slammed his fist right next to my head which made my eyes widen in shock. He stepped back and his hard eyes never left mine as he muttered some curse words.

"God, you're impossible." He growled out angrily and ran his hand through his hair roughly before his eyes turned back to normal.

"If it wasn't for my wolf you would have been out of my pack in a matter of seconds but if you talk to me like that one more time then I will not hesitate to show you your place." He said and moved a step closer to me. I was about to say something when we heard footsteps coming our way.

We moved away from each other and looked over to where the sounds were coming from. After a couple of seconds, Lina and the others ran over to us. Lina had a relieved expression on her face and came up to me and hugged me tightly. I sighed and hugged her back as the guards came and took the dead body.

"Oh my Gosh, I was so worried when we couldn't find you," Lina said after pulling away from the hug.

"I'm sorry. I kind of got distracted." I told her. She gave me a small smile and said, "it's fine. What matters is that you're ok."

I smiled back at her and looked over to see that Alpha Mason was talking to a guard. Ryder and Tyler came up to me and smiled slightly.

"I guess it was a bad idea to split up after all," Tyler said and scratched the back of his neck. Ryder nodded his head and placed an arm around my shoulder.

"Well, I'm thankful that you're ok. I don't know what I would have done if my future wife got injured." He said with a small smirk on his face. I rolled my eyes and was about to take his arm off of my shoulder when Alpha Mason spoke.

"Everyone, head back to the packhouse," he growled and meet eyes with mine. I looked away as we started walking towards the packhouse. All I wanted to do was go back to my room, change out of this shirt, and hit the hay. We made it to the packhouse and thankfully there weren't many people outside of their rooms to see my state and give me weird glances.

I said goodbye to the others and walked up to my room and saw it was almost 9 PM. I sighed and changed out of the shirt and threw it away and wore my normal pajamas. I know it was still early but I was so tired so I got under the covers and laid down.

I closed my eyes but opened them and groaned when the door opened. Lina came into sight with a pillow in her hand and she had a huge smile on her lips.

I raised a brow and she walked up to me.

"Mind if I sleep here tonight?" She asked. I smiled and shook my head.

"No." I scooted over and she laid down on my bed next to me.

"You and my brother aren't really getting along, right?" She asked. I sighed and turned my head towards her and shrugged my shoulders.

After a moment of silence, she broke it.

"When I was small, Mason would do anything to make me happy." She started. I raised a brow at her in confusion.

"We didn't really live a wonderful childhood, yet, he would do anything to make me have one. He went through so many things for me and that's one of the reasons why I'm grateful for having him as my brother. To others, he's rude, cruel, and heartless. But to me, he's the strongest and bravest person I'll ever know." She said calmly. Lina turned her head towards me and sighed.

"He's not a bad person, Tiana," she whispered. "He's just a person who doesn't know how to express his feelings and needs time to recover from the pain of the past." I sucked in a breath and didn't know what to say. Whatever happened in the past has scarred them both and I didn't know if I wanted or didn't want to know.

I nodded my head and gave her a small smile. She smiled back and closed her eyes as her breathing evened out and she fell asleep. I, on the other hand, couldn't fall asleep from what Lina said. I didn't want to think of it much but her words kept repeating in my mind.

I stared at the ceiling and remembered our conversation awhile back. I sighed and ran a hand over my face. I guess I am being rude. Ok, I was rude. He saved me and all I did was make it worse. I didn't know if I should apologize or not. I groaned and closed my eyes and tried to go to sleep.

After hours of trying to go to sleep, I finally sat up. I glanced at Lina and she was sleeping with her mouth open and drool coming out of her mouth. I chuckled lightly and shook my head. I glanced at the clock and it was midnight. I couldn't go to sleep but maybe if I get a drink of milk I might sleep.

I got up quietly and slowly opened the door and walked out of my room.

I walked down the stairs and hoped no one was awake at this hour. I felt like I was doing something illegal or something and if someone caught me then I was in big trouble.

I eventually made my way towards the kitchen but stopped when I saw a tall figure standing next to the fridge. I gulped and thought that it might be someone who was just hungry and needed a midnight snack.

I walked and saw that the figure turned their attention towards me and when I got closer I knew who it was.

Alpha Mason looked at me with emotionless eyes and watched my every single move. I awkwardly walked towards the fridge as his eyes remained on me. Above all people, it had to be him? I wanted to get a bottle of water but he was in the way watching me without saying a single thing.

"Uhh...can you get out of the way?" I asked. He raised a brow at me.

"Why?" He asked. I calmed myself down before I said something I would have regretted later.

"Because I need to grab something to drink," I answered. He slowly moved away and I grabbed a water bottle and closed the door. I moved back as his eyes were on me the entire time. I turned around and was about to walk off when I stopped and turned around.

He stood there with a hard look on his face and I sighed and said something that I had the urge to say.

"Thank you....for um...you know, saving me and all that," I said softly. His hard look turned into a normal look and he looked a little taken back from what I said. Before he could say anything else I walked away and back into my room. I sighed and got back in bed but Lina was occupying most of the space that I could barely lay down.

I groaned and pushed her a bit but that made her turn around and push me off of the bed. I groaned and got up from the floor. Well, at least I know that Lina is a heavy sleeper. I pushed her again and she said some muffled words about cupcakes and brownies and how good they would be as a couple. I raised a brow at her sleeping state and shook my head.

And I also found out today that she sleeps talks and dreams about food. Hey, I don't blame her.

I sat on my bed and grabbed the bottle of water and drank it. I placed it on the ground and laid down on my bed and closed my eyes. Before I fell asleep I thought of one thing, and that one thing was someone's brown eyes.

I moved my head and scratched the bottom of my nose when I felt something tickle it. After a while, it stopped and I sighed out and was about to fall back to my peaceful sleep when that same feeling came back. I groaned lowly and scratched my nose again. A small chuckle made me open one eye lazily and groan when I saw who it was.

Lina was next to me laughing with a feather in her hand. I rubbed my eyes and open them and frowned at her.

"What are you doing?" I asked. She smiled at me and replied, "waking you up."

I raised a brow at her and sat up.

"You're waking me up with a feather?" I asked. Her smile grew and she hid the feather behind her back as she made an innocent face.

"Feather? I don't know what you're talking about," she stated trying to hide the smile that has already formed on her face. I gave her a knowing look and she burst out in laughter.

"You should have seen your face," she said in between her laughter. I frowned and crossed my arms against my chest.

"What are you talking about?" I questioned. She eventually stopped laughing and wiped a small tear that fell out of her eye. Her face by now was red and her eyes were watery. I don't really see what so funny.

"You made this funny face when I tickled you with the feather, oh my God. I should've taken a picture." She said. I shook my head and got up. I looked at the time and saw it was 10 in the morning. I decided to shower and change so I was about to enter the bathroom when Lina called me.

"Later on today we're going out to the city to have some fun, dress up nicely." She told me. I raised a brow at her and smiled.

"Will your brother agree this time?" I asked. She rolled her eyes and smiled at me.

"He will, and if he doesn't, then I'll make him agree." She answered. I nodded my head and walked into the bathroom. I turned the water on and took my clothes off and hopped into the shower. I sighed when the hot water touched my skin. I closed my eyes and let my imagination take me elsewhere.

I don't really know why, but I feel like whenever I'm showering I think of the stupidest or greatest things in the world. It's like outside, my brain won't even work but inside the shower, I'm the smartest person in the world. Ok, maybe I exaggerated. But you get my point.

The shower is literally a place to think.

I sighed and washed my hair and body before wrapping a towel around my body. I opened the door and was thankful when no one was in my room. I walked outside and opened my closet and started picking out clothes to wear.

I snapped my head over to the direction of the door when I heard someone coming into my room. I didn't think much about it because I thought Lina came back but knew I was wrong when Adam came into view.

I held the towel tight in my hands and saw Adam standing there shocked. He soon blushed and looked away.

"Uh...sorry, Tiana. I just wanted to check up on you." He stated. I nodded my head even though he couldn't see.

"It's ok," I told him. It wasn't really a big deal to me. If it was someone else then I would have turned red until I looked like a tomato but Adam and I have known each other since we were kids so we have seen each other naked before when we shifted.

"I'll be going," he said awkwardly as he moved towards the door.

"Ok."

He walked outside and shut the door behind him. I shrugged it off and brought my attention back to the closet. I eventually wore a summer dress and let my hair fall down and dried it. I slipped on some heels that weren't that tall and walked out of my room.

I met with Lina in her room and we talked for a bit. We decided to go down to the dining room to grab some breakfast. As we started to walk I noticed that there were lots of people walking around the packhouse. Once we made it to the dining room we saw Tyler.

He smiled at us and waved. We waved back and walked up to him. He was telling us something about training when the doors opened and you know who walked in. I tried to keep my eyes off of him but couldn't help myself. He soon caught me looking at him but I immediately turned away.

I heard the doors open again and a group of teenage boys walked in with a smug look. I frowned at them and noticed that I never saw them before. The one that was in the front made eye contact with me and smirked. I turned around and looked at Lina and Tyler.

As they talked I heard steps coming near us. I didn't really pay much attention to it but soon that same guy I didn't know came closer to us. I didn't look at him and pretended I was engaged with whatever Lina and Tyler were saying until I heard him speak.

"Hey there," he said. But that's not the thing that made my eyes widened. Oh no, not that. What made me want to rip his throat out was what he did in front of everyone and in front of his alpha.

He slapped my bottom.

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