The girl he left behind

                Mateo's pov. 

In the world that we live in. Female rogues were rare, almost a prodigy. Because it's a known fact that no one can stay alive in those rogue lands without encountering death atleast once. And females alone? Well it was a very rare scene.

So you can imagine my surprise on hearing that a female rogue is found near our borders.

Technically speaking, I have no right to intervene. As the attack happened out of my lands.But for humanity sake, I knew had to.

Generosity is not what I show generally. But once a good deed won't hurt. Plus there are some extra marks in the seat of the council for social service ,and I am sure this could be a perfect opportunity for it.

"We are going ,right?"

Arthur asks sceptically. Looking at me with those hope filled eyes and I nod. Lifting myself up and grabbing my jacket.

"Get me the coordinates"

He smiles at me, nodding. As we both exit the office to shift into our wolves and leave towards the forest.

.

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We must be halfway in our territory,when I get a whiff of an addicting scent. And I feel my wolf turning restless.

It smelt so good.

So familiar.

Like cherry blossom and peaches.

Strange.

My footsteps slower down to only have Arthur to stop as well. Looking back at me, he mindlinks me.

What happened Alpha?

I just dismiss the scent. To focus on the task at hand. Nodding at him,I reply continuing to run.

Nothing

We were approaching the borders when I see our pack wolves gathered around. Looking at something out of our territory.

Seeing me enter, they turn around to bow. Our gamma , reporting .

"I am afraid Alpha. We got late. The damage has already been done."

I clench my fist. Motioning them to move aside. And that's when they clear out my vision and a strong gust of wind hits me carrying that same scent along.

With another scent accompanying it this time and I could recognise it anywhere.

Blood 

My wolf almost goes crazy in my mind sniffing it. And I couldn't understand why. Narrowing my eyes from what everyone was looking at and from where this scent was coming.

I step out of my borders to see a small figure laying unconscious on the rogue lands, and I suddenly go still.

The scent...it was coming from there.

Was that the female rogue we found near the borders?

It looks bad considering the amount of blood I smell.

I hope it's not hers entirely.

I step closer to check her vitals.When my wolf suddenly starts hitting the barriers in my mind.

Damn! What does he want now?

Lowering my barriers, his words get clear and I stop right there. Not able to believe him.

Mate! Save mate!

This girl? No! No! This can't be! I didn't had a mate ..how can I have one? 

But it was not the time to think about it. I need to save her, no matter whst. Rushing forward, I crouch to her level, to only see her laying in a very awkward position.

Her t shirt and jeans was torn, coloured in mud and seeping with blood. There was a big gash on her thigh, like the rogue has literally chewed off a part of her tissue. While her one arm, was twisted behind her back, it must be dislocated.

I look at her face, to only see it pressed on the ground. With her short dark hair all sprawled over her face, hiding her identity.

I barely gulp. Moving my hand forward to touch her. Afraid of finding her dead.

"Hey?"

I ask. Placing my two fore fingers on her neck. To check her pulse, to only feel sparks in return.

I clench my other fist. But don't pull back my other hand. 

It's there...but it's slow.

I need to hurry up if we need to save her. Moving my one arm under her neck, I pull her to me. 

"Arthur arrange for the pack doc-"

However,my words die down as her body turns around making her face to land in my lap . Her hair moving back from her face, showing her face.

And my heart stops beating.

How...how can it be? 

It was the same face I see in my dreams . Those lustrous lips that I had kissed countlessly.

The cheeks I adored and made fun of  no longer chubby, but stoned in a perfect jawline, hollow and deep.

The eyes that used to look into my soul and brighten my world were closed on me.

That innocent smile ,missing.As blood flowed down from the corner of her lip.

Her face which used to blush on seeing me was pale ,and was loosing it's colour with every passing second.

"Eirene?"

I whisper in disbelief.

Placing my palm under her neck, pulling her up to hold her face in my palms, to confirm ,to look closer if it was not a dream. But those sparks?

They told me what this girl was to me.

The girl I had hated yet loved with my everything, was my destined.

What a fuc*ed up luck , moon goddess?

Anyone would have been better. But why her?

I hear her heart beat dropping and I go still. Caressing her cheek.

"Peaches? Hey? Wake up!"

I try to keep my voice strong it turns soft immediately as I use the nickname I gave her when we were kids. Moving my thumb on her cheeks to clean the dried trails of tears on her face to only feel those sparks again.

"Peaches?"

I shake her this time. To see no response and my heart drops in my chest . No..no...she can't die! Not like this! Fuc*! She can't leave me alone to suffer like this!

 And I scream at Arthur behind, trying to put myself together. My voice booming around.

"Get me the fuc*ing doctor dammit! Where is he!"

"He is coming Alpha"

He says and I don't waste any more second. To pick up her frail , light as feather body in my arms and rush back to my territory.

I didn't cared about anything at that moment.

Of going against law, by taking her back in lands from where she was banished. Or remembering that her father has conspired to killed my father.

Her betrayal.

Her banishment

Her lies 

They didn't mattered.

And the only thing that did matter was.

To see those brown eyes looking back at me.

To hear her heart beating.

To have her alive, to hate her more. To tell her how she has hurt me all those years.

To punish her 

To fuc* her senselessly 

To get my revenge.

You have to wake up Eirene Water's.

You have to live.

You can't die, just like that.

For Mateo King was no way done with you .You are yet to payback what you have taken from me and I assure you, once I am done with you.

You will come to me, begging for it yourself.