5

Alpha Devon was going through a pile of paperwork in his office when a message came from his Beta through the mind link, "there is a passed out female rogue at the border." He immediately stood up and was walking out the door. "Hold on to her, I am on my way." There's been a record of numerous rogue attacks on his pack recently, and he's been looking to hold and trail one of them down, and now he has been presented with the perfect opportunity he needed. He made it to the border in record time despite the vastness of his pack and the distance that existed from his office to the border. "Where is she?" He asked and the soldiers surrounding her gave way to reveal her sprawled out on the floor and instantly his body froze, and his insides went awry. For a good 10 seconds all he could hear in his head was the repeated chanting of the word "mate." "I plan on taking her to the nunnery." "No one lays a finger on her," he growled out, taking himself and those around by surprise, his wolf instincts took over at the sight of his mate. He walked gently to her and he hissed at the sight of the scars all over her body. The fact that she hasn't healed from them yet gave away the fact that whoever was responsible either used an unholy amount of silver on her or Wolfsbane. He shookok his head at the thought- Wolfsbane were not easily acquired because of the threats it poses. He wanted to tear open whomever was responsible for them. Bending down, he scooped her into his arms, and he froze momentarily - he could smell the Wolfsbane on her upclose. Despite everyone's quietness, questions danced at the tip of their tongues. Beta Luka was the only one who picked up courage and walked over to him. "What are you doing? She's a rogue." "She's my mate first." He announced and Luka was stunned into silence for a few seconds, before he gave a slight bow at her direction. "I am going to get the pack's doctors ready to administer treatment." Once he received Devon's nod of approval, he dashed off. "Not a word about this to anyone that is not here. Is that clear?" "Yes Alpha!" The soldiers chorused and he walked away. instead of making use of his speed, he chose to walk normally, afraid of triggering or opening up any of her wounds. After 45 minutes of walking as gently and as quietly as he could while making sure the Wolfsbane doesn't make contact with him, he finally made it to the private area of the hospital and gently laid her on the bed. "I do not want anyone to know about her until I say so, so treat her quietly and gently." The doctor and Devon's friend, Eliza, raised a brow, but detecting the seriousness in his voice and on his face, she bowed. "As you wish, Alpha. Please excuse us." He glanced at Eliza, then back at the rogue girl looking almost lifeless and did not move an inch. "I can not treat her if you're obstructing our path." "Why not?" "Dev... Alpha Devon, I'll need you to give us some privacy so I can treat her properly or do you not want her healed?" His eyes immediately shot daggers at Eliza but then he cleared his throat and shifted to the edge of the room, away from her and the bed. "I believe I have given you enough space to treat her, so treat her." Sighing, in resignation, she got to work and Devon watched everyone of her movement like a hawk observing his prey. He hissed disapprovingly at her whenever his mate showed any signs of discomfort and more than once he tried to stop her from touching her any further. Eventually, Eliza was done with the treatment and she was absolutely relieved to escape the scrutiny of Devon. "She should be awake in a couple of hours. There was Wolfsbane in her bloo, that's why she couldn't heal" she announced. Devon who rushed to her side the second Eliza was done noded and his eyes took all of her in. The rogue scent on her was mild which meant she hasn't been a rogue for a long time. He plopped down beside her, and despite the overwhelming urge to grab her hands and hold it, he resisted out of fear of hurting her anymore. "Are you not going to give her a moment?" Eliza asked as she got ready to leave, and without looking away from her, Devon shook his head. "I'll wait till she's awake." Kiara stirred awake slowly, and it took her eyes a few seconds to adjust to the contrast of the lightining in the room and the darkness outside, and it took her brain an even shorter period of time to register that she was not in her pack, but she was not panicked. She remembered all that happened, and has long accepted her fate. "You are awake," a deep baritone said from beside her and what felt like butterflies erupted in her tummy. Devon slowly walked up to her line of view, and that was when panic set in. The man standing before her was ethereal, but that was not the reason for her panic. It was the familiar feeling of longing lodged at the pit of her belly and the unexpected beatings of her heart. She has felt this feeling before and she knew exactly what it was, the very cause of her misery. Pain shot through her as she forced herself up from the bed, she dragged the IV drip away from her hand and then turned to him with her eyes narrowed in anger. "I know what this is," she said and he raised a brow, amused and worried over her display, "but I have absolutely no interest in playing love with you or anything like that. So let us not waste each other's times and put an end to this, I'm sure you don't want a rogue for a mate anyway." "You don't even know me and you're making a decision for me already?" She made no attempt to respond and just glared at him, and Devon walked over to her, leaving barely any space between them. " First of all, you are my prisoner. You tampered with my territory so you have no right to leave until I say so. Two, you are my mate, and I forbid you from rejecting our bond without any reasonable explanation." " You can't forbid me from rejecting our bond." " As an alpha holding you prisoner and as your mate, I do." Both of Kiara's brows shot up and she cocked her head to the side. " You are the Alpha of this pack?" Devon narrowed his eyes suspiciously and then nodded, " yes, why?" Her eyes slowly travelled down his body, taking alll of him when an idea popped into her head, and the corners of her lips tugged imto a smile and she closed the gap between them, " Very well then, Alpha. i have a condition for you, and if you fulfil it, I will gladly answer all your questions and be your luna." Devon's eyes glimmered and his lips curled up in a smirk at the unexpected turn, but he expected nothing less from his mate. "What is your condition?" "I want your pack."