My Fated Mate Can Have Her Chapter 2: The First Death

Violet

[Past Tiline]

The forest floor dug into my sore feet. Sharp, painful, and bloody.

I had been running for hours, stumbling through twigs, tree roots, and being slapped in the face by incoming branches and leaves. Life seed to be against , and the forest tore at my skin and drew blood as I ran.

My body grew weaker with each step. The effects of the rejection clawed at my insides and shredded from within. My vision swam, but I kept moving.

Behind , the howls grew closer.

At first, I had thought they were rogues. Wild wolves drawn to the scent of my blood, and eager for an easy kill. My legs trembled. My lungs burned. And it was hard to breathe, but I still pushed myself faster.

Faster than I had ever run.

I didn’t want to die.

"She was never this fast before."

"Don’t let her get too far!"

I knew those voices.

Pack wolves.

Shadowpine wolves.

Why were they following ? Damon had banished . I was already leaving. What more did they want?

A sharp pain shot up my leg as it hit a protruding stone. I crashed to the floor, the ground scraping away my skin. I whimpered and trembled as I tried to get back up again.

A flurry of footfalls made go stiff. Five large wolves erged from the shadows, circling slowly.

So of the patrol wolves.

One of them stepped forward, a massive grey beast with a jagged scar that ran from his eye to his snout. His eyes were harsh. Cold.

I knew him.

"Why? I was already leaving," I moaned, my throat choking with a sob as my eyes watered. "What is this?"

"Oh, we know." He bared his teeth in a sharp grin that resembled a snarl as his voice echoed in my mind. "Alpha’s orders. You’re a liability now. A failed oga he wants erased."

The words hit like a physical blow.

"No... That’s not possible. He... he sent you to kill ?"

He drew closer. "Rejection should’ve killed you by now anyway. We’re just speeding things up. Call it a rcy."

rcy.

Sothing inside snapped.

I had begged him not to reject .

I had thrown away my sha and groveled at his feet.

It wasn’t enough for him to just banish , but to send wolves to hunt down like a worthless thing?

"No," I whispered.

He bared his teeth. "No?"

"No." My voice ca out stronger this ti, steadier. I lifted myself up, my body screaming in agony as I sat up. "I won’t let you get away with this."

The wolves bared their fangs. He growled. "You don’t have a choice."

His mouth ripped open and he lunged towards .

Ti seed to slow down.

I could see everything clearly. I had only noticed him, but now, I could see the others had lashed towards too. They moved as one. Five wolves against a weak oga. They were going to give a grueso death.

I had nothing to fight with. No strength left. My body was already shutting down.

But sothing else woke up inside .

It might have been a trick of the eyes, but the moon seed to shine brighter above us.

The burn in my chest intensified before spreading through my veins. My hands trembled, not from fear, but from sothing else I didn’t understand. It felt like I was going to explode.

My voice ca out strangely, "STOP!"

The wolves froze mid-step, their eyes wide with shock. They were rigid. Unable to move.

The word had co out like a command. An order. Sothing primal and absolute raged within . A power that didn’t feel entirely like my own.

And I got to witness sothing shocking.

The wolves had obeyed.

Had I just used an Alpha tone?

Their eyes darted frantically, but their limbs wouldn’t respond.

I paused to look at the sky. The moon truly was brighter. I slowly rose to my feet and stared at the wolves before . Shock and horror reflected in their eyes. I felt power course through , wild and uncontrolled.

"Impossible! What are you?!"

I didn’t know. And I didn’t care.

The rage, the humiliation, the betrayal, and the pain. Everything I was experiencing flared, and the power responded.

One of the wolves flew backwards as if struck by an invisible force. His body slamd into a tree with a resounding crack and he slumped to the ground. Not moving.

Blood started to pool beneath his limp fra.

I killed him.

The realization should have horrified . But all I felt was a savage, bitter satisfaction.

"You wanted to kill ?" My voice shook with anger. "Then try!"

The command holding them broke. Maybe I couldn’t sustain it. Maybe my focus slipped. Either way, the remaining wolves lurched into motion, snarling.

I raised my hands to defend myself and a silver light I couldn’t control exploded outward. Another wolf was launched back away from . The others stopped, hesitating.

I reached out again only for my vision to blur. My legs wobbled and panic began to creep in. The power was draining . Fast. It was eating alive from the inside and burning through whatever strength I had left.