Alpha Alec’s Redemption - Chapter 108: Chapter 108

“Susie?” I hear a voice calling me, but it sounds muffled underwater.
My ears are ringing, and I can barely see anything given that my sight is blurry. I feel dazed and there is this excruciating pain radiating somewhere on my body.
“Open your eyes, Susie. We have to get out of here.’
This time the voice is clearer. It belongs to Gabriel. It takes a minute or so, but my mind clears and everything comes crushing into me. The accident. The hybrids that were after us.
I open my eyes and realize that I am upside down. Gabriel had gotten free from his seatbelt, but for me, it was still securely wrapped around my chest. With shaking hands, I unbuckle it and fall to the roof of the car, screaming as I land on my hand. “Take it easy,” Gabriel whispers, his voice soft, tinged with a bit of worry.
Finally, I pinpoint the exact area the pain is radiating from. I take a deep breath, trying to breathe through the pain in my shoulder.
“Susie, listen to me,” Gabriel begins and I struggle to focus on him. “I’ll get out and help you out. Once I do, we need to make a run for it. Got it?”
Nodding my head, I let him know that I understood his plan. Without wasting time, he gets out, rounds the car and moves to my side. Luckily, my door wasn’t damaged, and he easily opens it. He gives me his hand, and I place my uninjured one in his. He helps me out, being mindful and gentle.
It’s only once I am out of the car that I realize that the hybrids had stopped. We crashed by the side of the road, and they were just watching us. One of them wore a serious look while the other had a sinister smile plastered on their faces.
Gabriel pulls my hand, leading me towards the forest that wasn’t that far away. I look at him, then back to our joined hands. His steps are fast, and if it wasn’t for the fact that he was holding my hand, I would have been left behind.
In the distance, I hear a car door slam. I look behind me only to find that the two hybrids have gotten out of their car.
“We have to hurry up,” Gabriel says, not breaking a step. “We need to lure them into wolf territory; that is the only chance we have at killing them.”
What he was saying made sense. Like I said before, the council forbade anything that could lead to our secrets being discovered. That includes killing. Even with rogues, we can’t kill them in human territory.
I quicken my steps despite the pain. My other hand was bleeding and hung loosely at my side. I suspected that when the glass window shattered, I was cut, and then, when the car crashed, I either broke my hand or dislocated my shoulder.
“I’ve already contacted Matt and Colin; they are now organizing some warriors,” he informs me.
Maybe it’s because of the blood loss, but I was starting to get weak. My hand ached and so did my sides.
Let no one lie to you. Yes, we heal faster, but we don’t have super healing powers. When I say we heal fast, I mean we heal much quicker than humans. A wound that would take a human five days to heal would take wolves three days. That’s what healing fast means. Not the bullshit novels talk about. It’s a load of crap to think that healing for us takes a mere second, or is it minutes? Sure, small wounds can heal in a few hours, but not bigger ones.
I stare at Gabriel’s back; he doesn’t seem injured at all. Well, I hope he is not, because with one of my arms useless at my side, he’s my only defense against those two hybrids.
“Nyx,” I call my wolf, who had been pacing restlessly inside me. She hates feeling helpless. Shifting now with an injured hand would only complicate the healing process. “Could you tell our warriors to join Gabriel’s warriors?”
I feel too tired and worn out to mind-link them, but she can communicate with their wolves.
“On it,” she answers and disappears.
“How much further?” I ask Gabriel as I feel my body getting weaker. I need to deal with my wound before I pass out from blood loss.
“Not much further,” he says before looking back at me. He must have seen something because his jaw tenses right before he stops.
Letting go of my hand, he surprises me when he swings me into his hands, bridal style. I wrap my good hand around his shoulder, afraid to fall.
“What are you doing?” I question him. With him being this close, the bond comes to life.
He resumes walking. “You look pale and like you were about to faint.”
“I’m fine,” I argue, gritting my teeth against the sparks that had ignited due to the bond.
“No, you are not,” he argues back. “And besides, this way, we’ll be much faster.”
I don’t argue, especially when I hear growls behind us. Gabriel runs, with me in his hands. I hate feeling like a damn damsel in distress. I can’t do anything about it, though. Gabriel was right; I was about to pass out.
Within minutes I feel the difference, the change, as Gabriel crosses into wolf territory. We both breathe a sigh of relief, even though it doesn’t last long. Seconds later, the growls intensify. I look over Gabriel’s shoulder, only to be met with twin ruby eyes. “I’m going to set you down so I can deal with them, okay?” Gabriel whispers in my ear. “It’s only going to take a moment.” Before I can protest, he sets me against a tree before turning to the two snarling hybrids. Gabriel is overconfident, thinking hybrids are easy to kill. Has he seriously forgotten all I have told him about them? All that the elders told him?”
He snarls back, and I immediately feel Axel’s presence. I sit up, but I accidentally scrape my shoulder against the tree’s back.
It hurts like a mother. I grit my teeth, refusing to let my whimper escape in the presence of enemies.
“Nyx, have you informed them?” I ask her, not taking my eyes off the three men who were circling each other.
Two against one. That doesn’t seem fair at all.
“Yes. They are a couple of minutes away,” she answers, her attention also on them.
“How far is a couple of minutes?”
“Around thirty or so.”
“Fuck. That’s a lot of time.”
“Both Gabriel and Axel are overconfident. They’ve never dealt with hybrids, yet they assume it’s as easy as taking down a rogue.”
She voices what I’d already concluded. Sure, he is an alpha, but hybrids are a different species all together. They have a combination of wolf and vampire powers, and that tramps being just a wolf.
I watch as they fight. Gabriel is strong, but they are stronger. I am not being mean or anything, just stating facts.
His claws slice through the blond hybrid. He’s skinnier than his friend. He whimpers and then looks at his partner, seemingly surprised that Gabriel had landed a blow. I bet he was promised that he’d be invincible when he was turned. What a fucking idiot.
It’s then I realize something. He’s a newbie, recently turned. He probably hasn’t mastered all his abilities. The way he turned to the bulky guy shows that he’s seeking guidance on what to do.
“You must act fast, Gabriel,” I mind-link him. “End him now while he’s still surprised.”
Gabriel stiffens before twisting his head to look at me.
“Do it now!” I scream via the link. “Cut off his head; that’s the only sure bet to kill them.”
This seems to move him. Before the blondie can recover from his shock, Gabriel pounces. He half shifts, and his large claws slice through his neck, severing tendons as if they were nothing but butter. His head falls to the ground. His body follows next. Even from a distance, I can clearly see his wide eyes staring at the sky, shock permanently etched on them.
The bulky man releases a roar before he starts his attack on Gabriel. The other one was easy to kill because he was a newbie. This one, though, from his movements, I can already tell that he won’t be easy to kill because he’s been a hybrid for some time. He has mastered his abilities and knows how to use them. Luckily, I have some new powers.
He attacks Gabriel with intensity, both of them refusing to yield to the other. Punch after punch, kick after kick, they attack each other with a viciousness that surprised me.
The hybrid gains an advantage and swipes his hand, clawing Gabriel in the abdomen. He releases a roar and stumbles back a bit. I struggle to stand up, leaning against the tree, using it to support my weight.
“Nyx, take over and do something,” I tell her weakly.
She doesn’t waste time. Just when the hybrid was about to probably land a fatal blow, Nyx lashes out, sending him flying. He hits a tree.
He recovers quickly and charges towards us.
“Enough,” her voice is full of authority and power.
Both the hybrid and Gabriel freeze on their spot. Their knees buckle before they both fall to their knees.
“Come to me.
He tries to fight against the command, but he eventually succumbs to it. He may be a hybrid, but he is half wolf. His wolf counterpart will always submit to someone stronger than him.
His jaw is locked as he stands up and walks towards me while we release Gabriel from our hold.
“Who sent you?” I ask him.
He looks at me with a look of defiance and hate. I don’t know the bastard, so I don’t know why he hates me. Maybe it’s because I’ve been killing his kind.
“I asked who fucking sent you!” I snarl before hitting him.
His head swivels to the side at the impact.
“You killed my cousin last year,” he informs me, his red eyes glaring at me.
Huh. So he was after revenge.
“Which cousin? You have to be more specific, since I killed a lot of your kind,” I wave my hand dismissively. “You fucking bitch!” he tries to come at me, but my power is holding him down.
“I’ve been called worse.”
He starts laughing, the sound mocking. His laugh grows by the second until he is now full-blown laughing.
She’s coming for you,” he states, a sinister smile forming on his lips. “And when she does, I hope she rips you from limb to limb, slowly, before she tears your fucking heart-”
He doesn’t get to finish before I rip out his throat, cutting off his voice. Blood spatters on me, but I don’t fucking care. I look at Gabriel and he understand my silent communication. Seconds later, the hybrid’s head falls next to his body.