Chapter 4

"Marcus..." Edwina was blushing looking at him shirtless. He laughed looking at her red face.

"Wow, you look like a cherry tomato..." He teased her, she came near him, then placed her hands on his chest. Edwina playfully punched his chest.

"It hurts..." He falsely hissed looking in her eyes. She smiled and hugged him tightly, and he wrapped his arms around her...

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"Edwina?"

Someone called her. Edwina came out of the daze. It was just her imagination, she was thinking about him. How he used to laugh so much at her blush. He always said that he loves to see the blush on a warrior's face.

Edwina was still standing outside the door. Edwina turned around to find Jackson standing behind her... She smiled sadly.

"What is the news Edwina? What did Alpha say?" He asked.

"Father informed me. She will be here in a few days..." She told him.

"Do you think it will work out?" Jackson asked her.

"I don't know Jack, but I want to try it," Edwina said.

"What if she picked up his scent. What if she found out about all of us? She is so dangerous." Jackson was concerned.

"Jack, I promise. I will kill that bitch with my hands. But not now... We need to wait for the right time. I promise she will not know anything about any of us." Edwina assured him.

"Why did you stop here? Go inside. And tell him the news, maybe he will give you some response." He said. She nodded and turned towards the door.

"Jack, it is so difficult for me to go inside. I cannot see him in that condition..." Edwina's eyes were filled with tears.

"Edwina, you have to be strong. We cannot just give up on him. Not until he is breathing. He is our hope and we will do everything in our power so he can come back to life." Jackson put a hand on her shoulder.

Edwina nodded and wiped the tears from her face. She opened the door and went inside the room. He was lying on the bed, lifeless. She went towards him and then sat beside him on the bed.

Alpha Marcus Black.

"Marcus. Father came back from your territory. She will be here in a few days. Isabey Clinton will come here." She said grabbing his hand. Edwina wants him to feel anything. She wants him to respond in any way; she just wants him to open his eyes. Edwina sobbed.

"Please, Marcus. Come back to us." She cried. They were trying for a year, but there was no hope.

He was not responding to anything. Marcus's body was healed perfectly. But his brain cells were damaged. His heart was beating normally, but it felt as if he didn't want to come back to life. It hurt Edwina so much that when he needed her the most... She was not there for him.

Edwina is a warrior. She has trained to never lose control over her emotions but for the first time in her life. She broke down when she saw his condition. When they found him almost dead. He was poisoned, and the poison reached his heart. But it was not too late. His wolf was still resisting not giving up. Marcus was injured so badly but he was alive. They saved him, but he didn't open his eyes. It has been a year since that attack.

(Throwback)

Edwina called Marcus, and she found out that tonight was his mating ceremony. He was going to mark his mate. Isabey will become his Luna. Edwina was heartbroken. She tried to control her emotions, but losing your love is not easy. She converted her emotions into rage. Edwina started training, she didn't stop until her body could no longer move. She got injured so badly that she was unable to get back to the pack.

So, she called Jackson to take her back to the pack. She heard about Marcus marking his mate. She was so hurt. Edwina only loved Marcus her whole life. He was the only man who affected her. She lost control over her wolf but Jackson calmed her down. He said that Marcus will always be her best friend. He will always love her. No one can change that. No one can change Marcus' feelings for her.

Edwina finally understood it. She came back to her senses. They were coming back to her pack when Jackson felt it. He felt so much pain in his whole body. He stopped the car immediately.

"Ugh, damn. My pack. I am losing ties with my pack. Someone attacked our pack. I have to get back. Oh, moon goddess. This pain. aghhh." He was groaning in pain.

Jackson was the beta of the pack, so he has the second strongest connection with the pack after the Alpha. He was sweating so badly. Jackson opened his mind link to hear so many cries of pain.

"They are killing my pack members..." Edwina saw his eyes shifting to his wolf.

'Edwina, we have to reach the pack as soon as possible..." He growled. Edwina nodded her head.

Jackson came out of the car. They both shifted into their wolf forms and ran towards the Black Thunder pack. Edwina saw him whimpering in pain. His wolf was crying.

After running for half an hour, they finally reached the pack. But it was already too late, everything was destroyed. Those monsters burnt the whole pack. The attack was already done. The rouges were gone. There was no one left alive... Jackson was going insane.

"No..." He shouted. He was screaming in agony sitting on the ground. He was going through so much pain watching all the dead bodies, blood, and burning houses. Tho women's and pups. All of them were killed. The pack was demolished. Nothing left to save in it.

The land was painted with the blood of innocents. She saw Jackson whimpering and crying, but she was not thinking about the rest of the pack.

Marcus, where is he? She ran towards Jackson.

"Jack, Jackson!" She grabbed him from the shoulders. He was losing consciousness.

"No, No, Jack. We have to look for Marcus." She was shaking his shoulders so badly.

"Edwina, no one is left..." He motioned towards all the dead bodies lying on the ground. Edwina saw it all with her eyes, her heart was racing very fast but her mind could not accept it.

"No, no, he cannot die. Jackson standup. We have to find him." She shouted. Jackson looked toward her pale face, her eyes were red and tears were streaming down her face.

"Try your bond with him. Jackson, try it. Please." She sat on the muddy ground. She was losing it. No, he cannot go away like that, her eyes were switching colours to her wolf and back to normal.

"Please, Jackson. I am begging you. Please use your mind link with him." She pleaded in front of him. Jackson was not in his senses. He has lost everything. He has lost his Alpha and his pack. He has lost his life.

"Edwina, I cannot do that, I don't know what will happen if I find him dead. I cannot see his dead body." He cried in front of her, and Edwina slapped him.

"Don't say anything like this, Please, use your mind link with him. I know he is not gone. Please, Jackson." Her eyes were filled with tears. She didn't want to accept it. Jackson grabbed her hands.

"Edwina, if you say so... But I will not go there. I will give you his location." He said wailing.

"Just do it," Edwina said. Jackson closed his eyes. He opened his eyes suddenly.

"Edwina, there is someone alive." Jackson stood up on his feet. Edwina also got up from the ground. Jackson started walking in a direction; he was stepping very carefully not to insult any dead bodies. Edwina was walking behind him. Jackson stopped in a place.

"Ughh," They heard.

"Jack, did you hear it?" She said. But Jackson was already gone in that direction. She didn't follow him. But Edwina saw the aisle and stage set up for tonight's ceremony. She walked in that direction.

Edwina didn't want to see Marcus dead. Her eyes widened with terror.

Who did this? How did the rouges enter the territory? How can they defeat Marcus? It is impossible until someone from inside the pack betrays him. She went up on the stage. It was empty but she saw some blood splashes on the floor.

Edwina was getting down from the stage when she suddenly turned around. She went to the back of it. Edwina's eyes widen with shock, looking at the body on the ground.

Marcus.

"OMG, Marcus." She shouted. She jumped down and then sat beside his body, which was crammed with blood. The arrow was pierced in his heart. The blood was oozing from his body. She didn't know what to do. Her hands were shaking. Her eyes widened in fear. Edwina never heard her heart beating so fast. She slowly moved her healing hand to touch his body.

Edwina touched his forehead. She moved her hand away. He is not dead.

"Jackson, Jackson, Jackson.... Come here, JACK!" She shouted the loudest. Edwina saw him coming towards her.

"Edwina, Reuben. He is injured so badly, but he is alive. We need to call for..." He was saying it but she was not listening to him. Jackson's eyes diverted in the same direction where she was staring.

"Alpha!" He said sitting on the ground beside him.