Bride of the Cursed Alpha - Chapter 80: Chapter 80

Auren POV
Sable stepped toward me and towered over me. “You shouldn’t have messed with me, Auren,” she growled. “With you gone, he is going to need someone to satiate his lust. And for that, I am readily available. No one has ever crossed my path in this pack. Then what are you? I’ll be back with him, in his bed tonight, with you dead. I’ve not waited for so long just so that some fucking omega breeder comes and becomes my substitute in one fucking day!”
I tasted the metallic tang of blood in my mouth. Perhaps the ribs that she had fractured did some internal damage. All the wolves around me started laughing and mocking me.
“…now what is she going to do…”
“…this is not the pack’s arena…”
“…now she knows what she is worth…”
“…fucking breeder…”
Panic was so intense that not only did I feel suffocated, I felt like air had whooshed out of my lungs. Every breath I took was an effort. I tried to concentrate on what others were saying but every word seemed like coming from a distance.
Suddenly, Sable picked me up and with a roar, hurled me toward a wall. I screamed as my head hit the bricks, shouting, “Ahhh!” Blood oozed out from the back of my skull.
She walked to me and snarled, “You humiliated me so many times in front of Alpha Lucien and others. You think I am going to take your shit? Fucking trashy moron. You are fit to be a whore. My friends here could use you. Compared to me, you are a nobody. Nothing. A worthless piece of trash. It is me who Alpha Lucien wants. Not you. So don’t be under the impression that he loves you. He is the Alpha of the North. He only loves power and needs an heir. And someone to take care of his Alpha-sized desires.”
She crouched in front of me and punched me again on my shoulder. Even as pain shot through my body, rage bubbled inside me. This was not how I was supposed to die. I wanted to live with Lucien only if that was for a year. I wanted my own happily ever after. Being subjected to bullies always, was my life.
Sable didn’t stop. She continued to send blows upon blows my way. I covered my face and head with my hands, but then also she didn’t stop. I was in so much pain that it felt like I would die. Please goddess, just end this. I don’t want a glorified death. I give up on your decision. Of dying in an unknown alley in the Shadowfang pack. Maybe Lucien would find me and bury me honorably. Maybe these people won't disperse my limbs and body parts in the forest for the wild beasts. I simply give up.
Pain throbbed through my ribs, my vision blurred at the edges and there was blood all over me, but it was nothing compared to the fire surging inside me when Sable shouted, “He belongs to me!” “Alpha Lucien is mine! He will never be yours. Mine. Mine. Mine!” More blows.
My body reacted to those words in a way that something dark inside me twisted. It was so sharp and scorching that it was like molten iron pouring through my veins. I glared at her as my breaths came in gasps. My pulse hammered in my skull. And the ache in my body faded beneath something stronger, something wild that was clawing to break free from me. My fingers curled into fists, nails scratching over the pavement, and then biting into my palms. Every sound, every person faded into the background as that dark thing inside me rose its head.
“No, Lucien is mine!” I whispered loudly.
Sable’s eyes widened in surprise for a moment. Then her face twisted with anger, and she swung her punch toward my face, but I caught it midair. With her hand, gripped in mine, I pushed off the ground, swaying only for a second before I locked my eyes with her. The disgusting smugness in her disappeared as her eyes flashed golden, her wolf on the verge of shifting.
I twisted her hand with all the power I had in me. I heard something crack along with her scream. Not giving her time to register what happened, I lunged at her. My fist connected with her chest and her breath whooshed out. She staggered back with a gasp as shock flickered in her eyes. Using every ounce of pain she inflicted on me as fuel, I kicked her brutally, sending her to the side.
Other wolves hesitated for a moment, but some of them shifted and attacked me. My vision sharpened as my instincts took over. One of them charged at me. I ducked low to slam my fist into his knee. He howled in pain as he fell to the ground. Another lunged at me from the side. I pivoted, and drove my elbow into her throat. She whimpered as she went down.
Another wolf came to me with a dangerous growl. He swung his claws at me, but I twisted at the last second. His claws managed to graze my arms instead of ripping through my stomach. From the corner of my eyes, I saw Sable groaning from where she was lying.
Before I knew, I was kicking, retaliating and slamming my elbow, knee or head into them. However, how could I take so many at a time? One of them bit me in the thigh and the other in my arm. I screamed in pain but I wasn't going to go down. Not until I spent the last drop of my blood fighting bullies like these, and making sure that no one called Lucien his. He was mine.
“You think you can defeat me?” Sable’s shrill voice rang in my ears. She struggled to push herself up and suddenly barreled into me. Intense pain surged through my body as I crashed into the wall. I couldn’t take it anymore.
At that point I knew that I was going to die.
“Lucien…” I said my final words. “I love you…” Then everything turned dark.
A thunderous growl filled the air. In my heart I knew who that was. Even though I wanted to believe who that was, it was impossible. I was dreaming. He couldn’t have known what was happening to me. He was so far away with the Shaman. Or maybe he was there…