I stopped the Jeep and looked at the wolves in front of it.

' They are not Rouges ' Peter stated and I felt him enter the attack mood.

' We have to protect Stella ' I said and Peter howled. They will not touch her.

" What should we do? " Stella's question broke my chain of thoughts that I was so engrossed with Peter in.

I looked at her worried eyes, then I cupped her small face in my hands " Don't worry. I'll tell you this, if you see me acting weird and in a not normal way, don't panic. I'll protect you. Please don't hate me after it, okay? " I rubbed her cheeks with my thumps and she was so confused nevertheless nodded without saying any word.

How much I adore her!

Now, let's do this.

As I wanted to get out of the Jeep ,she grabbed my shirt. " Can't we just turn back ?" she asked in a hushed tone.

I shook my head " No, there are a lot of them out there and they'll follow us. I don't want to put anyone in danger, so I'll just handle them all. Have faith in me " I explained with pleading eyes.

" I believe in you Julian but please stay safe. " She said then planted a quick kiss on my cheek. It sent sparks through my whole body.

I smiled then got out of the Jeep.

' Let me do the talking ' Peter said and I nodded.

Wolves can contact with each other even if I was in my human form, which is good, because I'm trying not to shift in front of Stella. I'll scare the sh•t out of her.

' Who are you? And what do you want?' Peter asked them and one of the big black wolves stepped forward. He had the leader vibes but he was not an alpha. He was more like the warriors' leader.

' You don't have to know who we are, but we need your mate over there.' he responded and I growled with fury at the mention of my beloved Stella.

No one and I mean no one will touch a hair from her's.

' You will not lay a finger on her. I'll ask you again... Who are you? ' Peter spatted at them, I felt like I was on fire from the madness and rage.

' I'll say that again. You don't need to know, we just came here in order to take her with us. Now move ' the black wolf replied and started walking towards Stella's side. I looked at her and saw fear, trepidation and fright.

Over my dead body.

I stepped in front of him and blocked his way, then he tried to pass me but I didn't let him. ' We need to shift ' Peter suggested and I though for a second.

Stella will hate me for sure, but I can't risk her safety. She's my angel that I can't afford to lose. She's my soul, my everything and I'll not let anyone lay a hand on her fragile body. She's mine and no one will take her away from me.

' Shift ' That all it took for Peter to shift. Bone cracks were heard and loud howls became more audible. I looked at Stella from the corner of my eye and saw her jaw dropped and her eyes were wide opened. Her hands went to her forehead to check if she had a fever or something. Then her tears started to fall out of her glassy gray eyes.

My heart was aching from the agony of seeing her cry, because of me. She was scared... No, she was terrified.

I couldn't look at her more than this, so I turned my gaze at the now average sized wolves. Being an alpha, meant to have a larger body shape and more authority. And we, alphas are much stronger than the average

sized wolves. I'm stronger than the stronger warrior. I had a rough training during the two years without my mate. Stella.

I growled really loud, that caused most of the wolves to back down a little and whimper.

' Stay back ' I yelled then they found the missing courage and growled back at me. I didn't budge.

The black wolf decided to be the pioneer and attack first. He aimed for my neck but I dodged him, due to that he fell on the ground behind me,with a loud thud,he must have broken a leg. Before he could stand on all four, I heard Stella's shouting.

" Julian, behind you " she pointed out and I looked behind me to see three wolves jumping on my back. They were heavy, but that didn't stop me from taking them down. I rolled with them until two out of the three released me, but the last one was so stubborn and young. I think he was 15 or so, that's why I didn't want to hurt him. I just shoved him off of me.

I looked around me and saw 6 to 7 more wolves preparing to attack. I just kept on beating them up, without killing anyone. They were young and forced to fight because of their alpha's commands, they can't go against them and I know.

They weren't that strong, so I took them down after an hour of fighting them all. I looked around me and found no wolf standing, they were either on the floor or they ran to their pack.

I shifted back and grabbed clothes that were in the trunk. I got into the Jeep, started the engine without saying any word to Stella, who was staring at me like I was some creep.

' Well, you just shifted in front of her. Of course she'd find you creep' Peter found that it was the perfect time to comment this unnecessary comment.

I ignored him and drove off, to my house. Not the pack house.

All this time Stella was staying in the pack's house, not mine. I just stayed with her to adjust.

It's time for me to speak with her properly about our kind. I hope she can handle the facts, because from the looks of it, she looks like she's about to faint at any second.

Wait... She fainted.

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