Loving My Murderous Mate

I get it from my Dad

My eyes are no longer my usual golden yellow, they are black, pitch black. My father's side is finally making an appearance. I remember ripping another person's head off before I blackout.
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My eyes flutter open when I hear a song bird in the trees whistling away. I groan as I slowly lift my head up. My head is killing me! Blinking a few times, I take in my surroundings. I'm in  a Lucius forest with a stream to the right of me. What happened? Where the heck am I? I slowly stand up with my wobbly legs and walk to the stream. I crouch down and cup my hands in the water. That's when I notice the blood all over my body. I rip my hands away from the stream and look at my reflection in the water. Though it's blurry, I can see all the blood on my- well, everything! I quickly scrub the blood off myself and try to forget about what I saw.

Anthony's words start ringing in my head as I look at myself in the water one last time.

I am a monster...

I lean against a tree and hit the back of my head against it.

I killed those people! I killed them!

I tug on my tangled hair and scream out in anger. I never thought I could be like my biological father. I thought I was strong enough not to cave in to that side of me. Apparently I'm not.  Look down and notice I'm wearing no clothes. Why haven't I noticed this earlier? The cold wind makes me shiver as I stand there, wet from cleaning the blood off my skin.

'Tara! Where are you? What happened?'

Ugh...it's Kayden.

'I don't know. I got knocked out by some guard and the next thing I know, I wake up in the middle of the forest.' I lied.

'Sound off, you might be close.'

'Okay.'

I throw my head up and let out a loud howl. After a moment I hear a response.

'Was that you?' I ask

'Yeah. I'll be there in a second.'

I sit down and curl up in a ball while crossing my arms over my exposed chest. Just a few seconds later I hear something running through the forest. I sniff the air to make sure it wasn't unwelcome company. I let out a sigh of relief when Kayden's intoxicating scent hits my nose.

His black wolf comes to a stop in front of me and I smile. I lean over to him and wrap my arms around his furry neck. The next thing I know is I'm being lifted up by Kayden, who is now in human form, and carried away.

My eyes close as I hear Kayden saying soothing things in my ear. My grip around his neck tightens when I feel him try to put me down. A whimper escapes my lips and he holds me tighter.

"Don't worry sweetie, I won't leave you. You'll always be mine." He whispers soothingly.

A smile touches my lips as I slowly drift off to sleep.

I'm back in the silver shackles and I see the four men. One shoots the tranquilizer dart into my leg. I'm in no control, I'm just being dragged along for the ride. I break out of the restraints and rip a man's head off. Then I proceed to shred the rest of his body. I glare at the rest of them and, without warning, I pounce and kill every single one; except the older man that was there when I woke up.

The man just smirks and casually walks out of the room. This infuriates me and I dart after him. Every person I pass, I kill with one bite of my powerful jaw. I run out of a door and look around. I'm outside.

Every person I see, I kill. Until, I see a strong man standing in front of me. He growls at me and I growl right back, my teeth dripping with blood. He suddenly changes to wolf form and runs into the woods. I take off after him but quickly lose him. From his speed and size, I could tell that he was an alpha.

My eyes shoot open and I scream. Beads of sweat roll down my forehead and blood is dripping down my chin. Crap, I was biting my tongue. I sparks fly through my body when a hand rests on my shoulder.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" His eyes look are full of concern as he stares into my eyes.

I nod and brush a stray hair out of my face. My breathing is still heavy as i look around to see where exactly I am. I'm outside laying on a blanket. I see a fire pit and some people staring at me as they roast something they must've killed.

"It was just a nightmare- just a nigh- just a nightmare." I whisper to myself.

Kayden pulls me close to him and wraps his arms around me tightly.

"It's okay, sweetie. It's okay."he coos.

I bury my face in his chest and breath in his intoxicating scent. I instantly calm down and I snuggle closer to him.
As I'm about to fall back to sleep I hear a faint whisper.

"I love you Tara."

Did he just say he loves me? What do I say? Do I stay silent or do I respond? No, I'm going to respond. He needs to know how I feel about him. I try to open my eyes but they are to heavy. I open my mouth slightly so I can respond but no word come. You got this Tara! Just say it!

Before I can respond, I slip into the darkness once again. Ugh... Again?! Why am I so freakin tired all the time?!