Chapter 4

"Marcus..." Edwina blushed coming inside the room. He laughed looking at her red face.

"Wow, you look so red..." He was teasing her, she came near him, then placed her hands on his chest. She playfully punched his chest.

"It hurts..." He hissed looking in her eyes. She laughed.

"Edwina!" Someone called her. Edwina came out of the daze. It was a dream. He used to laugh so much at her blush. He always said that he loves to see the blush on a warrior's face.

She was still standing outside the door.

Edwina turned around to find Jackson standing behind her... She smiled weakly.

"What did Alpha say?" He asked.

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

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

"I don't know Jack, but I wanted 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 said.

"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 said.

"Why did you stop? Go inside. Maybe this news can get him to respond." He said. She shook her head. She turned her face towards the door.

"Jack, I can not go inside. I can not see him in that condition." She said. Edwina's eyes were filled with tears.

"Edwina, you have to be strong. We can not just give up on him. Not until he is breathing. We have hope that he can come back to life." Jackson said. He put a hand on her shoulder.

Edwina nodded her head. She opened the door and then went inside the room. Edwina saw him 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 wanted 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 of no hope. He is not responding. Marcus's body is healed perfectly. But his brain cells are damaged. His heart is beating normally, but it feels as if he doesn'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.

She 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. He was poisoned, and the pain reached his heart. But it is not too late. His wolf was still resisting 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, sh found out that tonight is his mating ceremony. He will mark his mate. Isabey will become his Luna. Edwina was heartbroken. She tried to control her emotions, but losing your loved one is not easy... She converted her emotions into rage. Edwina starts training to fight with so many wolves at the same time... She got injured blandly that's he was unable to get back home.

So, she called Jackson to get her back to her pack. She heard about Marcus marking his mate. She was so hurt. Edwina only loved Marcus her whole life. He is the only man that affect her. She lost control over her wolf but Jackson calms her down. He said that Marcus will always be her best friend. He will always love her. No one can change it. 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 is the beta of the pack, so he jas the second strongest connection with the pack after the Alpha. He was sweating so badly... Jackson opened his mind link to hear so many whimpers of pain.

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

"Edwina, we have to go to my pack." He growled. Edwian 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 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 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 rubicund 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, but her heart was not getting it...

"No, he can not be dead. Jackson standup. I said to find him..." She shouted. Jackson looks towards her pale face. It feels like she lost all her blood.

"Try your bond with him... Jackson, try it. Please." She sat on the muddy ground. She was losing it. No, he can not be gone. Her eyes were switching colours to her wolf and back to normal.

"Please, Jackson. I am pleading. Please use your mind 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 can not see his dead body." He cried in front of her... Edwian slapped him.

"Don't say it. I said... Please, use your body. 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 stands up on his feet. Edwian also gets 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 someone...

"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 walks in that direction... Edwian didn't want to see his mate dead. She never thought about it. 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 got 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.

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

"Jackson...Jackson, Jackson. Come here... Jackkkk." 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...

"Marcus!!!" He said sitting on the ground.

(Author Note: The updates will be regular from now on... Happy Reading. I will wait for your comments. Happy New Year.)