Escape

Evelyn gazed into a pair of aqua-blue eyes and forgot to breathe. His eyes conveyed so much anger and passion that she got lost in its depths. His rich golden-brown hair, hung low covering most of his blue eyes. Dirt and dried blood covered his face, but it was not able to hide his well-defined cheekbones and concrete jaw. There was a dangerous air about him. In short, he was sinfully stunning.

"Mate! Mate! Mate..." Her wolf within her was yelling and jumping with joy.

Evelyn cursed herself. She knew turning around would be a disaster. She had found the one thing she never wanted to find - her mate. A lot needs to be accomplished in life and finding her mate was not one of them. No matter how hard she tried, she was unable to remove her gaze from his handsome face. So lost in thought, she failed to hear the sounds of boots approaching the cell.

"Snap out of it!" Erza was yelling in her ear.

Evelyn jerked out of her trance filled state and heard the footsteps. She dragged Erza back to her place and pressed the cut ropes into her hand and whispered: "Whatever happens, don’t move." Then ran back to the spot where the rogues threw her, lying face down in the original position. The door opened and three men walked in.

"Now, I don’t understand why he needs to see her immediately," said one of the Rogues.

"Who knows? Fetch her, he said, and that's what we have to do."

Evelyn didn’t have to open her eyes to understand they were referring to her. Two of them got near to lift her.

'Okay! Here goes,' she thought. Evelyn kicked the one who was nearest to her legs right in his stomach. He doubled over in pain. The other rogue realized what was happening and caught her from behind. Evelyn was prepared, she trapped his right elbow, pivoted a little to the left and tackled him to the ground using her right leg. The minute he was on the ground; she jumped on top of him and punched him square in the jaw knocking him out immediately. The first guy whom she kicked before, tried to land a blow, but she caught his arm before he could land a punch and using his own momentum, threw him over her head; He crashed on the opposite wall and slumped to the floor.

“Watch out!" yelled her mate.

During the fight with the rouge's, the third one sneaked up on her with a knife. Thanks to the warning, Evelyn turned her upper body in time to avoid the knife plunging into her heart. The sudden turn made her lose her balance. It resulted in the knife driving into her left shoulder. Blinding pain shot through her whole body, she staggered back a few steps with the knife still in her shoulder. Loud growls erupted from her mate and from the corner of her eye, she saw him trying to get out of the silver cuffs. The rogue smirked and started laughing seeing her blood. His laughter enraged her. Her iris turned black, manifesting her wolf at the forefront, snarling. She pulled the knife out barely wincing, slashed him across the torso with a single sweep. He fell down dead. The knife wound made her wolf angry, she wanted to be let out. Evelyn tried to calm her wolf down by taking deep breaths. The whole room was now silent.

She then looked at Erza with a sharp gaze that conveyed no room for a retort, ”Are you coming or not?"

Erza looked at her wide-eyed. Evelyn's blood-soaked body terrified her. She did not want to defy Evelyn, but could not let her friends down as well. She fell down on her knees and started crying, begging to take her friends as well.

Pain from the knife wound was starting to become profound. She was already tired and haggard from her previous battles and did not have any patience, playing the rules of being a Saint. She raised her head to the roof and closed her eyes to gather what little patience she had, 'This was turning into a messy situation.'

She turned her attention at Erza, "You have two minutes to unchain everyone."

Erza didn’t need to be told twice, she scampered to the rogues and got the keys, and started un-cuffing the prisoners while her friends cut the ropes. Evelyn pulled out her phone and dialed again, “Change of plans. Move in to attack, now!"

She didn’t wait for the reply and cut the call. Evelyn removed her shirt and made a temporary bandage across left shoulder using her hands and mouth to make a tight knot. The knife wound was not too deep; it should heal in a day, she couldn't say the same for her other injuries. Once the knot was secured, she turned to have a look at her mate only to crash into a hard body. He pulled her flush against him and buried his face in the crook of her neck inhaling deeply. The action surprised Evelyn for a few seconds before she pushed him back.

"Don’t," she warned.

When he tried to hug her again, he found the sharp end of the knife pointed against his chest. It surprised him enough to stop him in his tracks. His eyes burned with uncontrolled anger and growled loudly. The whole room froze with fear, most of the wolves finding themselves before an Alpha male started moving back to the corner of the room. Evelyn flinched a bit, but stood her ground and did not budge.

"It's not the time for this," She explained sternly, moving to the front of the room without waiting for his reply. He made a move to grab her again but one of his men held him back.

Sounds of fighting and growls erupted from outside the room. "Looks like the battle has started," she mused.

Evelyn turned around and addressed the inmates in the cell, "I will say this only once. Stick with me and follow where I lead without questions and I will get you out. I will not stop to help anybody who is down, will not hesitate to leave anyone behind. If you want to be free from here, find your own strength to do it. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?”

 Her challenge rang loud and clear and the wolves visibly flinched, backing away from her.

She pulled Erza aside and warned, "No matter what happens, stick to my side."

 The young she-wolf looked scared but nodded her head. The sounds of fighting increased outside; Evelyn took hold of Erza’s hand and pulled out her knife in the other hand. The wound on her side started to throb a lot, but she ignored it. They moved through a series of stairs, the same way she was brought in. Good thing she was conscious when the Rogues took her, she was able to memorize the path leading to the cell. Most of the guards were dragged into the fight outside. There was literally no one guarding the place. When they reached the entrance, a lot of rouges and wolves were in a heated battle.

The battle was very vicious, with lots of bone-crunching and tearing noises. From the looks of it, the Blue-Moon pack had the upper hand. Evelyn was not in a position to join the fight, besides it was not her fight. She leads the group silently to the corner of the mansion; they were able to cover most of the ground without any of the rogues noticing. Suddenly a few renegades broke from the fight and dashed straight towards them. Evelyn pushed Erza behind her and stabbed the renegade that lunged at her. A few men from the group transformed into their wolves and started attacking the renegades. She did not wait to watch the fight finish, dragging Erza to the edge of the forest. The two girls kept up with her and started running away from the battle scene.

“Stop... Erza! STOP..." Someone was yelling from behind them.

They stopped and turned to find Matt, the beta from Blue-Moon pack running behind them with a few wolves from the pack. As soon as Erza saw him she rushed to him, hugging him tightly and started crying. Matt was trying to calm her down, while Evelyn bent down to catch her breath. Her vision started to blur, she was tiring out.

Matt looked over at her and mouthed a silent ‘Thank you’. Evelyn gave a slight nod of acknowledgment.

"We should move," one of the other wolves warned. They started running deeper into the woods. Erza and her rescuers were moving fast and went ahead of Evelyn as they were in their wolf form. But she refused to transform into her wolf, though her wolf was urging her to let out.

’I cannot risk it here,’ she tried explaining to her wolf. Lost in arguing with her wolf internally, Evelyn failed to notice another wolf sneak up behind her. She was slammed into a nearby tree, the force, knocking off her breath as she was held against the tree by a strong body.

Evelyn was about to head-butt him when she recognized the unique scent of her mate.

“DON’T YOU EVER, I MEAN EVER RUN AWAY FROM ME," he yelled close to her ear as he embraced her from behind.

She tried to get out if his embrace, but he was too strong. He turned her around and implored, “Why won’t you even look at me or talk to me...?”

There was desperation in his voice that tugged at her heart.

'Damn!' This close to him was making her body shudder and mind in a jumble. She shook herself to clear her mind and tried to push him out of her reach, but he did not budge and held on to her. Evelyn frowned, she did not feel irritated, which was what she usually felt in front of strangers. Instead, his presence was calming, almost to the degree she had the urge to lean against him and let his huge hands roam her body.

Her heart started to waver, beating faster than usual and her breath was coming in shallows. Evelyn scowled at her own reaction but hardened her resolve and looked at him straight in his eyes and said, "This is not going to work between us. You should forget about me and move on. I believe the spirits have made a grave mistake in making me your mate."

The more she spoke, she could see he was getting further angry and desperate.

"I will make this easier for you, I re...” before she could finish rejecting him, he dragged her flush against his body, smashing his lips to hers, holding her tightly against him. Evelyn couldn’t move. Her brain couldn't process what was happening for some time. When she did realize and tried to shove him, he held both her hands behind her back with one hand, using his other hand angling her head, pushing her into a punishing kiss.

The kiss was so hot, she started to lose her mind, and she struggled, but was unable to free herself. Evelyn realized she was gradually losing the fight, before long she started to kiss him back. He loosened his grip on her hands when he felt the change, and softened the kiss. The drastic change from a punishing kiss to a sweet one brought tears to her eyes. They broke for air, he rested his forehead on hers and pleaded, "Please, no matter what happens don’t reject me."

His words froze her thoughts, bringing her back to reality. This was not supposed to happen. She was not supposed to meet her mate, it was not in her plans, she knew no matter how much she wanted this; it was never going to work. She had to finish this, right here, right now.

She stepped back and smirked at him and said, "I don’t have to reject you. You will do that for me once you realize who I really am,” saying this she punched him right in his gut with all her strength.

His eyes opened wide due to shock before he fell down and passed out. She was about to leave when she heard rustling near the bushes in front of her, three wolves stood there growling. Evelyn was contemplating whether to leave her so-called mate to the mercy of the wolves when one of the wolves transformed. She recognized him as the other wolf chained beside her mate.

"Why did you do that?" he growled. She simply smirked and said, "Inform your Alpha to move on." She turned, ran from there not waiting for his response.

Evelyn did not cover much distance when she stopped in her tracks. All her wounds seem to have opened and were losing a lot of blood, darkness surrounded her, falling face first she passed out.