Alpha Killian

*Killan's P.O.VTM

1 knew something was wrong the moment I came into the pack house.

Everytring looked exacty the same asleft it and yet something was st picing at me.

twas ke a hole had begun forming in my chest and I hadtnoticed it yet

"Do you smell that2 Titn'svoice called out in my hesd. lifted my nose to the air and stiffened as the smell of fresh blood registered in my mind. Not just fresh blood; Claire's blood.

'The night she tried to end her ife, the smell of her blood seared itselfinto my head. I couldn't forget the smell even f❘ tried.

As Claire actively went to therapy and improved, my fear for her Ife had diminished. She had become happy with me and the life she had finally claimed.

Titan's strength and speed slammed into me, and I bolted up the stais. I couldn't place my finger on what was worse, having Claire kidnapped or smelling her fresh blood and wondering i was too late.

It was like the mate bond processed what I saw for me, and deemed everything besides Claire irrelevant.

'The only thing that mattered was Claire.\

She was on the floor, pool of blood surrounding her. The blood looked so dark compared to her porcelan skin. Claire had I always been fir skinned, but this time she looked almost translucent.She looked lie a sheet of white paper that had been I dipped in vater. i

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1 could feel and hear Titan's how o absolute agony as he ooked down atour it mate.Titan completely became unraveled I atthe sight before him. He couldn't decideif e wanted to ip through me and find who hurt her,or retreat to the back of my I mind and d**n in his sorrow. }

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Iheld myself together for the moment. Claire's unconscious face was now seared into my mind, and I knew Id never be able to I forget this moment. The faint thudding of Claie's heart forced me to stay strong and work fast. i

I need a pack doctor to my bedroom. Now!" My voice echoed across the entire pack. I could feel the surprise from each} member as my hostility, fear, and desperation reached them. }

One of the pack doctors voice's rang through my head, "On my way, Alpha."

Idropped to my knees in front of Clire, tuning out the rest of the room. The only thing that mattered at the moment was Claire.

Ttumed her on her back and paled at the sight of the silver dagger protruding from her abdomen. I ripped my shirt from my body vithout a second thought, balling it up as I removed the dagger from her body.

While it would've been smarter to leave it in, the silver would only kTMI her faster.

Ipressed my shirt against her wound tightly, holding my breath as her chest continued to rise and fal,

Conficting emotions battered and bruised me, I felt such hatred towards myself for eaving Clire, but I was determined to find Damien for her, I had promised not to leave her sde, but I wanted to be the one to bring Damien to her. I needed to be the one who made sure she had her closure.

Host track of time. It could have been hours or minutes, I counted the slow beats of her heart and my fear only grew at the thought of it stopping. I sucked in a sharp breath as someone's hand touched my shoulder. My inital reaction was to disembowel the person touching me.

"Alpha, you did the right thing. You need to let go now." The pack doctor leaned down as he looked over Claire.

Icould feel other people behind me, but stll hadin' registered the rest of the room.

"§TM"t! Kiral" I could hear the panic in Travis's voice and in the back of my mind I wondered what else had happened. The pack doctor went t i Clse'sshirt up, and I couldin'thold back the grol that ore through my chest "Alpha I ave o ses the wound." The pack doctor spoke csutiousy.

I clenched my s snd et him work Now wasn't th time to et my insincs or jeslousy tske over, Clsires e hung in the bslance. He barked ordrs o some of the other people in the room and they rushed forward to I Clsre. "Winere sre you tsking her? I growled. I she geing o be okay?"

The questions spewed from my mouth without hestation. I osked doun nto the pal face of my e mate. I idn'tfeel ke the big bad Blood Alphs everyons knew me s I flt wesk and helpless I osked into the face of my mte.

"Alpha, you helped stop the blesding. 1 you had gotten here any ster shed be 6 can't gusrantes anything, but il do everything in my power to save hex" The pack doctor's words st st me 3nd I cosed my £yes o ight the urge o k1 i, "Got* I commanded him, along with the men who held Claire's body. I will bethere shorty"

et another pisce of me shrivl and ds I forced mysef tostay here I nesded to figure out wht the 1 happened. How could sameone have gotten zo cose to her?

fthey stayed any longer, I wasn't sure Id be able to control myself.

Only when they et was I ble o stop and scan the rest of the room.

11 o my belongings were in order, nothing was ransscked The entir room had looked exacly the way I eft e

The window against the far wall was shattered, and a small amount of blood trailed from the window. Whoever had done this, somehow escaped from the window. My feet pushed me closer and landing stuck my head out and looked down. A pipe ran

own the side of the house, and would be perfect to climb down if you needed to make a hasty escape.

My eyes trailed down to Travis, who was bent over his mate.

I felt 67 on my feet as I turned from the window and walked over to Travis, and I fell to my knee's at Kira's unconscious body "She's alive." Travis seemed to be repeating this to himself. He sounded like a man on the brink of madness. I recognized the tone and sympathized with him. I had sounded the same.

Travis tumed Kira's head and removed a vial of blue liquid from her neck. The nesdle that had pierced her skin was long and glinting maliciously.

It just wolfs bane." Travi let out a sharp breath.

"Why KI Claire and ot the others?" found myself asking no one in particular.

I tred to understand how someone managed to get into the pack house to begin with, and instantly thought back to when I found Claire.

She said something about a sster, but I hadn't paid any mind to what she said. She was starving, dehydrated, and suffering from waolfs bane,

Titan roared to life in my mind, slewing a string of insults and curses my way. I paid him no mind, I held enough hatred for

myself without the help of Titan. I had single handedly caused the d*~*h of my Ittle mate.

"She's not dTM*d yet" Titan growled, "Fix this, Killan. Don'tlet these fuckers get away with it I promised myself and Titan that no matter what happened, anyone involved would suffer a painful d***h. "They didn't have enough time." Travis whispered. I fet envious of Travis as he looked down on his mate, relief clouding his

features as he watched her breathe.

"Claire said something about a sister" I wasn't sure why I was telling him. Travis and I had never been close before, and that hadn't changed over the months.

Our eyes locked on eachother and traveled the rest of the room, stopping when we caught sight of another body. "Maria." Her name left my lips as I registered the identity of the other body on the floor.