In the forest (After the attack)

Where are you?!

WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU HIDING?

I run through the forest, holding the scent in front of me like a guiding light through the tall trees, ignoring everything and everyone else.

My blood runs lava hot at the thought of my mate laying in the bed, and how she couldn't defend herself, all because I'm so selfish and so fucking stupid.

None of this would've happened if not for him... why did I ever think he would stay away? Even if I-

The scent changes making me halt in my wolf form and look around.

He's close, he's right here... but where are you hiding? You wanted to talk to me, so here I am.

I snap my jaw and growl out into the forest, keeping my ears up as I hear any and all movement, while I tell him to show himself to me.

Movement up ahead makes my back stand up as I focus with my wolf vision to see up ahead that he's in his human form, wearing clothes I recognize- after all, they're mine.

"Brother..." He says nervously, coming behind the tree, with his hand nervously gripping the other and his long black hair hiding his face.

I shift out of my wolf form and step forward effortlessly in front of him. "Brother?" I ask with a snarl.

I grab Beast by the throat and slam his back hard against the tree, making him grunt out as his dark eyes meet mine.

"YOU HURT HER!" I shouted in his face, my claws coming free from my anger. "She's hurt! And you call me brother? I should fucking kill you, you useless mutt!" I threaten as he shakes in my hold.

"I... I made sure not to hurt her, but the boy...." He stutters out, as I tighten my grip at the mention of Sam Woodlock.

"I don't care!" I snap out. "You shouldn't have come here!" I say frustratedly as I let go of his neck, making him grip it as he tries to catch his breath as his eyes stay fixed on mine.

I walk away and try to calm myself, knowing that the other Alpha's aren't too far behind me, and if I'm seen next to Beast, well... It'd be hard to talk myself out of why a rogue is here.

He looks like shit, even worse than the last time I saw him, which means nothing had changed, and he's here for a reason.

"How dare you show yourself here! Do you know the mess you've caused?" I hiss, turning around to glare at him.

He whimpers out and steps forward. "ℌ𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯... 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔞𝔫'𝔱 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔪𝔢, 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔩𝔩... ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢..." He says weakly, making me snort out irritated.

Fucking hell, this is a mess, and there's simply no time to deal with him, not when every single wolf is out looking for him right now.

"I'm sorry... for your mate, it's all my fault.." He says quietly, stepping forward and grabbing hold of my arm. "...Does she know?" He asked, making me freeze.

My whole body freezes as the guilt swarms inside of me, making me completely empty inside at how much pain I've caused her, and continue to cause her, all because of what I did.

I get a scent from the other Alpha's and I know they've picked up on my scent and followed me, which means Beast has to leave... he can't be here.

"Leave." I swallow hard, pushing myself away from him. "We'll talk later... I need to see Carly, anf fix the mess you've made." 

Beast's eyes fall in sadness but he nods his head regardless as he steps back defeated. 

"I'll be waiting... brother." He says, before shifting in his jet-black wolf.

Beast runs out into the forest and I watch until I can't see him anymore, and not long after, as I predicted, the other Alpha's showed up, not long before I had time to make it look like I had fought with the rogue everyone is after.

I punch a tree a few times and smear my blood on my shirt, knowing nobody will know the difference if I step a few feet away from the other Alpha's.

Time to spin a lie, one last time...

Never again... I swore I would never lie again, not since Carly and what I did to protect Beast, this is the last time... after this... no more.

Present time

I sit with Carly in the doctor's office, she's still laid in bed and not long woke up, but she's fine... because of my blood, she's no longer bent and broken.

She looked like Carly, and despite the situation, it's the best I could hope for, she's alive, and... I can finally come clean.

She's been waiting patiently for me to speak, so here goes nothing.

"Beast." I start, sighing out. "He's my brother, sort of. We were both adopted by an Alpha when we were young after losing our parents during a raid on our pack, we weren't the only ones left without families, there was plenty of us left without family that day."

Carly's eyes widen, but I don't stop, if I stop now I'd change my mind and hate myself more, and I can see from her eyes she's shocked, but I know a lot would be.

"We were raised together in a tough household, so tough that Beast couldn't handle the intense training the Alpha that took us in kept us on, in fact, he went rogue and disappeared." I say, recalling the night he told me. 

"We lost contact for a few years, but when I was named next Alpha of the pack, he came to me that same night I rejected you."

"Why-" Carly starts to ask, but I stop her, knowing what she's thinking with my blood running through her veins.

She's confused... desperate for answers, and so obviously wants to know why I did what I did, and the reason for it.

"Two years... before that night, Beast got into trouble and I helped out, a wolf from another pack had tried to kill him, being rogue, it was the life but I couldn't let that happen, he- he is a rogue, yes, but he's harmless, he just wanted to escape our foster father." I ramble, growing nervous as Carly listens intensively.

I feel sick, knowing that his daughter sits in front of me- and finding out who she was from sharing the same scent that night... it made me feel sick with what I had done, done to another wolf.

"The two wolfs, both mates had followed Beast to his den in the woods and tried to kill him." I swallow hard as my hands begin to shake. "I found them seconds from killing him. I didn't want to kill them- I just wanted them off him, he wasn't hurting anyone- I just-"

I grip my forehead as a wave of nauseous washes over me, an emotion that doesn't belong to me, but to Carly.

Fuck- I should've never come here, I should have stayed away.

"You shared the same scent as them." I say, my throat dry. "I recognized it instantly when I first saw you."

Silence falls over us and my chest painfully beats in my chest as a thousand and one thoughts and emotions push into me, second guessing if I did the right thing right now, or if I just completely ruined my chance at making amends.

"Did you kill... my-" She takes a deep breath, as her hands cling to the bed in front of her. "Did you... please tell me you're joking." She asks her voice trembling as tears fall down her face.

"H-Hunter..." 

The first time she says my name while looking at me... and it makes me feel disgusted with myself, so sick that all I want to do is do everything to go back in time and to stop myself from killing that wolf.

There's no escaping the truth, that day I had killed Carly Adam's father and left her mother forever scared and without a mate, because of me, I'm the reason her life was forever changed.

The moon goddess really fucking cursed my life, my miserable life.

"I killed your dad, and almost killed your mom." I say dryly, as I feel emotionless and empty inside. 

"That's why I rejected you, I couldn't bear to look at you, and smell their scent on you."