Mr. Possessive [Undergoing Edits!]

•~• CHAPTER 30 •~•

I let out the loudest howl I can muster, praying he's close. The wolf over me slams me back into the cold wet mud, his teeth back in my throat to silence me.

'Shut your mouth bitch!' He growls at me. I know that voice- it's not Conner. There's still no relief from the fear because it's Ryan, Conner's beta, and the male who constantly tried getting with me. He was just as abusive towards Sage as Conner was, and he paid extra attention to me whenever Sage wasn't around or I wasn't safely locked in my room. 'What the fuck do you think you're doing prancing around in enemy territory? And where the hell is your sister? Conner keeps asking about her and I can't figure out where the fuck she is.'

'My sister is none of your god damn business,' I bite back, my voice weak with the amount of pain he's putting me through already. I did not miss this.

His claws come down and slice through my shoulder, tearing the tendon enough so that I know I don't have any walking in my near future. The howl of pain that results from this has him once again clasping my throat in his mouth, cutting off my noise at the source.

He's suddenly ripped from me and thrown some feet away as another body stands over me.  Carver.

More whimpers leave my throat and I know I'd be sobbing uncontrollably if I were in my human form.

He looks down at me with his sadness in his eyes and I try giving him an apologetic look. He shouldn't be in pain because of me.

Ryan stands, shaking his fur out and puffing himself up to meet my mate. They both growl at each other aggressively and Carver lowers his body in a defensive stance over my beaten one.

Ryan is a Beta and Carver is a Gamma. In those terms, Ryan should be stronger. But the Bloodlust pack isn't known for having weak fighters. I've never seen any of the fight but I can only hope my mate can take down Ryan.

The idea is soon squashed though when the growls of other wolves starts surrounding us as they close in. Ryan shifts to his skin side, an evil laugh already coming from him.

"Clearly, you don't know who's land you came in to," Ryan growls after he finally stops the creepy laugh. "That bitch is property of my pack. I don't know who you think you are stopping me from punishing what's mine."

Carver growls, standing up taller at Ryan's bold claim.

"Clearly you're just trying to be a good samaritan or some shit, but I have this handled so just walk away now and leave me with my bitch," Ryan grumbles, obviously unhappy that his torture of me ended.

I lift my head weakly and look around. Eyes watch us from all directions. We're surrounded. Carver won't get out of this alive. He can't take on this whole army.

I look up at him sadly, surprised to find him already staring at me. His eyes are hard though. He knows what I want and he's already plotting to turn me down.

'Carver...you have to go. Please,' I mumble, becoming exhausted. 'One of us needs to go back. If they take me and kill you, it won't help anything. You have to go back for help. You're strong Car, but there's just too many of them. Please...please just go,' I beg desperately. I know I can't save myself but I will save my mate at all costs.

'I already called for help. Just hold on. They'll be here,' he answers urgently, sounding like he's becoming more panicked the slower my words become.

"You can mind-link with her?" Ryan snaps, sounding more than shocked. "But you aren't from our pack...That would mean..." his eyes harden and shrink into slits. "You're not going to leave her, are you?" He laughs maniacally again. "Little Faith found her fucking mate. What are then? Like 12? You'll die, kid, if you don't walk away from my girl now."

Carver growls at him, getting more worked up by the teasing and constant accusations that I belong to anyone but him.

'Go. Please just go,' I whimper one last time before all hell breaks loose.

I hear they're growls and I feel some of them clawing at me as they all attack Carver at once. I want to fight- I need to fight.

My adrenaline overrides the effects of my blood loss and I push myself up slowly, despite Carver's multiple attempts to keep me down and under him.

I have to save Carver. No matter how much this will hurt.

I limp away from Carver and shift to my skin side at Ryan's feet. He looks down at me with a sneer while I sob out of pain.

"P-please just take me h-home Ryan," I cry. "H-he found me when I was r-running and hasn't l-let me leave. P-please bring m-me with y-you," I force out, crying harder when I hear Carver's howls of pain.

Ryan glares towards Carver.

"Kill him," he orders harshly.

"No!" I scream in shock. His eyes snap back down to me. "N-no. Please Ryan... if you k-kill him, it will kill m-me. Y-you have to b-break the bond first." His eyes widen and he squats next to me, moving my hair away to reveal the mark I've been hiding from everyone. I cry more when he touches the sensitive skin and I cry for the prospect of what I just proposed.

"Throw him back across the border after making sure he can't follow us. Let's go!" Ryan yells, scooping me up against his chest and walking me away from my home and towards the pack that hates me.

I hear their sounds of war growing and my mates howls of pain. I know he's still trying to get to me- trying to save me and save us. But I will give him up if it means he will live. He didn't deserve this much drama and pain... he didn't deserve such a messed up mate anyway.

I know what will happen when we will get back. Ryan wants me. He always has. Now knowing that I was able to have a mate, it proves my juvenile years are over and he will take full advantage of that.

Conner's father will take Carver's mark from me.

Instead of rejection- which is almost impossible after marking- my Alpha can bite over Carver's mark and basically strip his essence from me. If I give my consent, the bond we formed will vanish. He will always be my mate but it will be like starting at square one. And knowing Ryan, the second that Carver's claim is removed, he will replace it with his own, ending any chance of Carver and I. If Ryan marks me, I will have nothing left of myself for Carver.

But it will be okay... I have to save him. I will do anything to save him, even this. I just... I need him to be okay. I need to spare him from everything that having me as a mate will force onto him. He doesn't deserve my background. He doesn't deserve my shadows. This will be better for him... even if it kills me.