C5 Chapter Five

I spent the next month wallowing in self-pity over what had happened with Leo. I knew that if I was able to speak to him about it then he would probably tell me some lie about how it was not him or an excuse that he had not shifted in a while and that was why he had hurt Alex’s little brother.

I have not even been eating or shifting properly myself in the last month, in fear of bumping into Leo. It was only now that I realised that I have strong feelings for him and yet I barely truly know him.

I shook my head; no, I have chosen this.. a free life away from my families drama. It was times like now that I really missed my mother, whenever I was sad she would hold me and tell me how I was going to be okay.

I heard a light tap on the door and I sighed sadly in response.

Freya was probably at the door, she always came mid-morning just to check up on me. It was very sweet but I knew she was only doing it for Alex. I had been informed to start calling him Alex due to now being friends. It felt really strange to me, speaking to him in such a familiar way.

‘Scar, I am coming in, okay?’. Freya spoke in a hurry.

When she stormed in, she looked out of breath and excited.

I gasped at her expression, feeling a deep sense of dread.

‘What is it?’.

‘Apparently Lacey is a spy for the Leopards… she has been reporting on us since day one, the fucking traitor!’. She exclaimed excitedly.

I gasped in shock. They would kill her… that much I knew for sure.

I met Lacey only yesterday when I lost control of my Vampire urges and she fed me. I felt so ashamed. I simply could not imagine her telling Leo or Allie anything about our Pack’s information.

Lacey has dyed bright pink hair, always braided into big long buns. She had such a sweet and bubbly nature.

I owed her after yesterday and I knew I had to do everything in my power to save her.

I ran into Alex’s office not caring that he was in a meeting; there was an old Werewolf Alpha talking with him and they both looked angry at being interrupted.

‘Scar.. get out I am busy!’. Alex snapped.

‘Please.. do not do anything about-‘. I was cut off by a look in his eyes which told me to shut the fuck up. I sighed sadly and ran out of the Office.

I had to get to the cells in the Safe House.

I threw myself out the back door and shifted. For the first time in a month.. my body cracked; my finger nails dropped off and were replaced by claws, fur sprouted out of every pore. It felt good despite the pain… shifting into my hybrid was always painful but not like this, it was because I had neglected her.

I ran as fast as I could only to be stopped by four Werewolves, of the Pack.

‘Nobody is to enter Scar, not even you’. Kane scowled at me with three males that always avoided me like I was a disease. Which, was how Kane had treated me on the first day that we met.

I scowled at all of them; I could not talk in this form, but I had a mean scowl especially when I purposely showed my fangs. They were larger than a Werewolf’s fangs due to my mixed blood.

I turned around and ran to my last option… if it was true, then Leo had a responsibility here. I winced thinking about him.

I hit his borderline with ease and kept running, leaping higher to gain more speed.

Lacey’s time could be running out..

I ran to the edge of the Beach only to be cornered at every turn by WereLeopards that I did not know.. these were not of Leo’s Clan.

Fuck I thought to myself, I was surrounded.

Even being me, this was dangerous… I was surrounded by eight WereLeopards; all they would have to do was to decapitate me and I would be dead.

I lunged at the Clan Leader; who was bigger than I had ever imagined one could be.. much bigger than Leo.

I was thrown back into the sand struggling for breath and then the Clan Leader shifted back to his human form.

‘So you are Leo’s little bitch, huh?’. He smirked.

Every part of my body was shaking and there was something wrong with this male that knew Leo… but not in a good way, which was apparent.

I had never envisioned being thrown so abruptly, I had not even been able to put up a fight. He looked over at his friends and nodded to them as he shifted again and then he ran off into the clearing.

The seven males leapt at me all at once, I was not sure how I would survive this… I snarled, as I ripped and shredded at their fur, anywhere I could get a grip on.

I felt my energy draining.. I was losing too much blood.. I closed my eyes ready for whatever came next.

I could not help Lacey despite wanting to. How did they even know I was on my way.. unless.. it was a set up?

I opened my eyes despite bleeding out.. I threw my aching body up and kept scratching and biting at them. I managed to get hold of one of them by the throat and bit down as hard as I could. Blood seeped into my mouth. The others saw this but were distracted by a large Leopard with five more of them behind him.. I must have looked awful.. but I knew those eyes.

A cheerful howl went through my mind. It was Leo. My stomach dropped in a good way, I smiled at him despite feeling dizzy.

Leo let out a loud piercing snarl at the six remaining males who scowled in his direction.

Though, before Leo got near to them they ran to the clearing and I found myself collapsing. I had lost too much blood.

Leo eyed Scar, covered in her own blood, with her body covered bites and scratches made him so angry. Leo did not know what to do.

He shifted acutely aware that his Clan saw how weak he must have looked.

I grabbed Scarlett’s Werewolf form and threw her over my shoulder, ignoring the fact that it may have made me look weak.

‘I am going to the Doc, I do not care if you come or not’. I sighed sadly.

I entered the Hospital very aware of how likely it was that Alexander would try to kill me.

‘DANTE!!? I NEED YOU NOW!’ I shouted, as loudly as I could muster.

I doubted that blood would be enough for her… these injuries were bad.

‘Leo? You are not welcome here.. you know this!’. An annoyed voice muttered.

‘Dante.. please it is not about me, it is about Scarlett’. I felt tears fall down my face… yes I was weak.

There was just something about Scarlett that I could not put my finger on. But, I knew one thing for sure, I could lose her friendship but I could not lose her living her life.

‘Wait… is that- fuck. WHAT DID YOU DO!?’. Dante snarled, grabbing hold of my throat.

Tears fell down my face but I did not fight his grip on my throat.

‘If she dies I will let you kill me straight away’. I whispered, through the tears streaming down my face.

He tore Scarlett’s limp body from my grasp, as I sank to the Hospital floor clutching my knees to my chest.

If she could not be saved.. I do not know what I would do.

Allie turned up just as Dante took Scarlett away.

‘Leo.. I cannot get a hold of Lacey.. what do I do?’. Allie cried.

‘I do not care’. I growled.

Allie grabbed me by my shirt and slapped me in the face, as hard as she could muster.

‘How do we spin this in a way that does not get anyone killed!?’. She snapped.

I stood up, wiped my face and snapped back.

‘I DO NOT FUCKING CARE!’

I pushed her away from me and she hit her back on the front desk.

‘I am only trying to help!’ She cried.

I tore my phone out of my pocket and its battery died. I swore angrily at her.

Alexander ran to the Hospital with a few Pack members, his brother had called him and told him of the situation.

Alex saw Leo alone with tear-filled eyes, but he did not care. He told Leo’s Pack if they ever crossed the Hospital border, then he would kill them.

He leapt at Leo and punched him square in the face repeatedly and yet he took the punches.

‘Fight back’. I snapped.

He just stared at me.

‘Stop it both of you. Leo you need to get in here she called out for you… and brother be useful or fucking leave’. Dante snarled.

I looked over at Leo glaring; Leo looked at me and sighed between gritted teeth, holding out his hand in a temporary truce.

Leo growled angrily, as I spat at his hand.

I glared at Leo again and then I grinned menacingly.

‘It seems she needs us both, Leopard’.

Dante eyed them both, as they sat on opposite sides from Scarlett’s hospital bed.

I eyed Scarlett’s pale, weak body in her bed and felt my nose burning slightly at the thought that she may not actually survive this attack from my eldest brother.

I knew inside that I deserved his anger, but Scarlett did not deserve to die for my mistake.

I was now contemplating contacting him and just having him get on with his revenge personally.

My thoughts were interrupted by Dante speaking to me.

‘Leo.. you did not do this did you?’. Dante muttered.

I scowled in response. Did they really think I was capable of hurting her?

Dante knew it was not my scent on her; he was testing me, if I told the truth they would know I had no control over my eldest brother. And that it was in fact he who scarred Dante, as well as hurting Scarlett and not I.

I threw my hands over my face, in response.

‘I should have killed him when I had the chance. I fucked up’. I muttered into my hands.

Alex regarded me coldly in shock.

‘Who?’.

‘Lorenzo Storm’. I grimaced.

Alex gasped in shock.

‘He is dead, we killed him!’.

‘I lied, I got in contact with some Hunters, they took him and revived him.. I do not know how but they did something to him, which he blames me for.

I clenched my nails into my skin to hide my obvious disgust with myself.

Alex stood up again and grabbed my shirt, punching me again.

‘Damn it Alex, stop it!! I need you two to help her now’. Dante exclaimed in an annoyed tone.

I grimaced and then sighed.

‘Dante, what do we need to do?’.

Alex glared at me because I spoke to his brother.

‘Why would I trust an idiot like you, Scarlett is a fool to like you!’.

I jumped over the bed and gripped Alex up against the wall.

‘Oh and you, a womaniser, would be so much better!?’ I snarled.

Dante grabbed both of us by the hair and pulled our heads together; a low thud developed the room. It was not enough to injure us but was enough to pull us back to reality.

‘Leo, is it true you fed her before?’. Dante spoke to me quietly, enough that I knew that this was important.

Alex looked up at me in shock but I just nodded to Dante.

‘That is good, because she will not be able to heal unless it is with somebodies blood that she has connected to’. He muttered.

‘What do you need from me, little brother?’. Alex smirked, an obvious attempt to rile me up.

‘Alpha venom’. He sighed.

I glared at Alex. Like hell I was letting him touch her like that! Dante wanted Scarlett to be bitten by Alex… I would kill him if he tried.

‘Do not touch her’. I glared.

Dante sighed, as Alex scowled at me.

‘Say goodbye then, kitty-cat’. He muttered, in amusement.

I sighed sadly. As much as I hated Alexander.. I was not willing to let Scarlett die for it.

I shut my eyes thinking for a minute, breathing in air through my nose and exhaling slowly through my mouth.

‘It is important to do it at the same time’. Dante smiled.

With that, I nodded to Alexander, who then nodded at me in return.

We both approached her; as Alex bit into her collarbone releasing his Alpha Venom into her bloodstream, I bit into my wrist and let my blood enter her mouth. Both of us glared at each other as we did this.

Dante let out a sigh of relief when Scarlett’s chest began to rise and fall normally, which had been very slow as the rate of her heart had been giving up. Her wounds began to heal up nicely in response to both of our abilities, as they hit her bloodstream.

I held her hand all night. Alex left after checking I was not going to do something stupid.

Before I knew it I fell asleep holding onto her hand and stroking her palm.