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Neah
He spends hours making sure I have everything I need. Snacks, drinks, blankets, and sometimes, he would just lay with me. Ensuring that I was comfortable, trailing his fingers along my skin
The cramps had stopped the moment I orgasmed and I'm still not entirely sure what came over me, or why I took control in the shower like I did. At that moment, it was like something else had taken over my body. "Neah?" He murmurs my name, rousing me from my sleepy state. "I have to go, it's almost time for the pack run."
"Okay," I yawn, letting go of him.
"There will be guards on the house at all times. And your brother will be here too. He has agreed to stay."
I yawn again, nodding as I pull a pillow against my chest. The pack run was a big thing here, I wasn't going to ask him to stay.
"Are you sure you will be alright?" He presses his lips to my cheek
"I will just sleep, I think."
"I will let Devon know."
There is a small frown on his face, but he doesn't say anything other than telling me that he will see me in the morning.
By midnight, I am wide awake.
The full moon is high in the sky but I had this bad feeling.
A sinking feeling, heavy inside of me.
I couldn't put my finger on what it was, I just knew something wasn't right.
There's a frantic knock on my door. "Neah turn your fucking lights off and let me in!" Devon whisper shouts through the door.
"What's wrong?" I mutter, opening the door to a naked Devon.
I covered my eyes, because seeing my brother this way was not something that I needed. Nor did I want it permanently etched in my mind.
He slams the door shut behind him and quickly hits the light switch, plunging us into darkness. His hand grabs mine. "You can see me, right?" He whispers
I nod. Though I still wasn't used to being able to see so clearly in the dark.
"Why are you naked?" I match his whisper
"They are here Neah. They have used the full moon to make a move. I had to shift to cover my scent. Though they are aware of my presence and probably yours. They are here fo you."
I didn't think my stomach could fall any further, but it sank to a new low.
"You need to shift."
"I...I can't. I..I don't know how." I look around in the darkness, tears threatening to leak from my eyes. "The guards."
He shakes his head at me. "Dead"
We both hear movement outside. Devon's eyes search the room, looking for somewhere to hide. But there was nowhere, it was too open.
I watch as his limbs suddenly lengthen and his body widens.
Dark tufts of hair sprouted along his thickening skin.
His head started to take the shape of a very large Wolf head.
I try to move away, but he grabs me, pulling me in against him as he wraps his huge frame around me.
A mixture of male pheromones, sweat, and something musty fill the air.
'I'm trying to hide your scent.' His voice fills my head in the exact same way as Alpha Dane's
He rubs his long arms all over me, smearing me with his awful scent. They would be dumb to fall for it.
The footsteps continue straight past the bedroom door. Devon holds me steady, refusing to let me go and for a second, I thought I had screwed up and that this was a trap of his.
'Come with me.' He links me after a few more minutes as his arms finally let me free. He moves to the window, quietly sliding it open. Flashing his blue eyes at me, he holds out a large hand with massive claws sticking out each finger.
From here I could see a few scattered bodies on the ground, in either Wolf or human form, but no Lycans.
"W...where are we going?"
'Up!'
I didn't understand, there was nothing up but the roof.
'Alpha Dane told me that if there was ever a problem and he wasn't here, to go up.'
What choice did I have? Stay here and let them take me, or hope that he was telling me the truth.
Devon crouches down, telling me to climb on his back.
I wrap my arms around his large neck and pray to the Moon Goddess that I can hold on.
Because I was either going into more danger or Devon really was a man of his word.
He climbs the house quickly, only pausing when we are on the flat roof.
He scans the rooftop and then does a quick loop, looking over the sides to see if he could see anything.
There was nothing here other than a small duffle bag.
Shifting back to human form, he quietly asks if I'm okay and pulls clothes from the bag. "Why are we up here?"
"Like I said, this is where Alpha Dane told me to bring you if I needed to get you to safety"
Why hadn't Alpha Dane ever mentioned it to me? "When?"
"Hmm?" He is still looking out at the grounds and not paying attention to me. I hadn't heard anything apart from those footsteps outside my bedroom door. I hadn't seen any other Lycans and the growing pit in my stomach was making me feel sick. "When...when did he tell you?"
"Yesterday. When you were in the hospital."
I didn't know if he was lying or telling the truth. I just knew this was wrong. Being here, everything felt wrong. And where was Alpha Dane? He must be feeling my panic. I wish I could link him.
"Hungry?" Devon asks as I lower myself to the floor.
"No."
"Are you sure? You haven't really left your room all afternoon."
He had been watching?
"I'm fine," I murmur, glancing over to the forest. Hoping that some of them would come back. Alpha Dane, Klaus, Beta Eric, anyone. "Suit yourself." He mutters.
I could feel his eyes on me, waiting for me to move. If I didn't fight, maybe it would buy me some time, maybe he would leave me alone.
"You gave me quite a scare." He mutters, biting into an apple. "That fucking bitch drugging you, that was never the plan."
"Plan?" I pull my knees to my chest and keep my eyes low.
"Alpha Trey's plans were nearly ruined." He takes another bite of the apple
Alpha Trey, he was working for him all along
"Are you....are you even my brother?"
"Nope. I just have a very strong resemblance to your family. Alpha Trey made sure of it, he knew it would be the only way for you to believe me." "I could sense you."
"Of course you can, you dumb bitch. You have Alpha blood coursing through you. Really, Neah, I expected more from you."
"You... you linked me."
"And yet you still haven't figured it out." He tosses the apple core off the roof and points to me. "Alpha blood." As if that answered everything
"It was just a game!" I feel anger bubbling inside of me, like nothing I have ever felt before. "Just a fucking game!"
He takes a step back from me, laughing
"Is that it, that is all you think I'm worth! I believed in you. I...." I shake my head, lost for words.
"So did everyone here. Eric, Klaus, but you were the biggest believer of all. As if I would hide out in a forest all day watching Alpha Trey's house for years, no no, my job was far more important." I had been so stupid
"You are just going to hand me over to him?"
"Kicking and screaming if you don't come willingly." He shrugs his shoulders
"You are a fucking arsehole!" I push myself up on my feet. "I should have let Alpha Dane rip you apart."
"But you couldn't, because you felt sorry for your little brother." He mocks my voice
A pain shoots through my head as I stare at him. White hot rage burned inside of me. I had spent my entire life being used as a pawn. Being a punching bag for when they needed to vent or when they just felt like it... "You don't get to do this!" I snap
"And what are you going to do to stop me? Alpha Trey will be here the minute I call him."
I wasn't being sucked back into that life. I'm not going to let it happen. I look around, there is nothing here I could use to defend myself. Nothing.
Another pain rips through my head almost bringing me to my knees and I fight with every ounce of my being to keep myself upright, to not show any weakness to him.
"There's nothing you can do, Neah." He muses. "Your life has already been planned for you and you are all alone."
'I'm here.' A female voice rings through my head and pain shoots through my entire body.
My body hurls itself at Devon, large claws appearing at the tips of my fingers, that plunge straight into his chest. As my hand comes out, fragments of his heart are attached to my claws.
He croaks as he stares at me. The claws quickly disappear, leaving pieces of his heart sitting in my hand.
'Push him.' The voice mutters inside my head. 'Push him over.'