Kieran POV
My car skids to a stop outside of my restaurant. I see paramedics surrounding Oliver, and all of my employees are standing around watching. My eyes scan the crowd for the manager on duty. I spot him standing in the doorway of the restaurant, chewing on his fingernails.
I stride through the mass of people and stand in front of the night manager. Despite him working for me for a couple of months, I can't remember his name.
I grab him by the throat and slam him against the wall. "Talk." A strange look spreads across his face, but he doesn't try to speak. "What the fuck happened?" I scream in his face.
I push my Alpha Aura out over him, and he goes limp in my hands. "I did what I was told."
Tightening my fingers around his throat, I squeeze. "Who do you work for?"
A smile tugs at his lips. "I work for you, Alpha."
"You know what I meant," I snarl at him.
He nods in Oliver's direction. "I don't think he is going to make it."
Not letting go of the manager, I turn my head to look at Oliver. He doesn't look good. Between Leo and Oliver, Oliver was never the fighter. He is a stronger and capable Alpha, but I can see how he would be easily overwhelmed if several rogues tried to attack him.
'Someone come and take this asshole to the dungeons,' I mind link my warriors.
Within seconds, a warrior is at my side. I slam my fist against the side of the manager's head, and he is instantly knocked out. Tossing his lifeless body toward my warrior, I make my way over to Oliver.
Leo is already at his side. I can feel the anger radiating off his body, but I don't know who it is directed toward. Oliver's head is resting in Leo's lap and his eyes are fluttering open and shut.
"You can't die," Leo whispers to Oliver. "Raven would never forgive me."
I let my eyes skim over Oliver's body, taking in his injuries. His clothes are tattered against his skin. It is clear he tried to shift, but he wasn't able to complete the shift. There is a large chunk of flesh missing from his shoulder. The bleeding doesn't seem to be slowing down.
Tilting his neck to the side, I find a puncture wound, and the flesh around it is starting to decay. "He was poisoned."
Leo shifts his eyes from Oliver's face to his neck. "Fuck."
Sirens from an ambulance drag my attention away from Oliver. EMTs jump out of the ambulance and race toward Oliver. They roll his body onto a stretcher and whisk him away without speaking to us. Leo is left too stunned to say anything to them, but I chase after EMTs.
"Hey!" I growl.
They reluctantly turn around, and the scent of rogues hits my nose. They drop the stretcher to the ground, and Oliver groans in pain. A snarl leaves my lips, and they respond with a growl.
"What are you doing on my land?" I demand to know.
"We are setting things right," one of the rogues spits at me.
Leo stands at my side. "Step away from my mate."
The rogues look at each other and chuckle loudly.
Leo steps forward and growls loudly. "What is so fucking funny?"
"Your mate is a male," one of the rogues laughs.
"Homophobic piece of shit," I snap.
The rogues don't seem to notice the anger that is rolling off me in waves, and they continue to keep laughing.
Leo roars, and I hear his bones cracking beside me. I don't take my eyes off the rogues, but the sound of his clothes ripping lets me know that he has shifted into his wolf. His wolf, Luca, lunges forward and bites one of the laughing rogues around the neck.
The rogue doesn't have a chance to react before his neck snaps. Luca shakes his head furiously from side to side, and the rogue's head pops off.
The other rogues instantly stop laughing, and their eyes widen with fear. One of the rogues tries to run toward the ambulance, but Luca is quick to follow him. He is determined not to let him get away. Luca heads off the rogue and stands in front of him with his teeth bared.
The smell of urine fills my nostrils. The rogue has pissed himself in fear. The other rogues seem to notice it as well. They turn their heads to look at their comrade, and I see my opening.
Sneaking up behind the rogue closest to me, I wrap my hands around his head and snap his neck. His body goes limp, and I drop it to the ground. There are two more rogues to take down.
Luca finally stops taunting the rogue who tried to run, and he bites into his side. The rogue screams out in pain as Luca rips flesh from his body.
I let my claws extend from my fingertips and swipe my hand across his chest. The rogue looks down at his chest as blood starts to ooze from the wounds. He raises his eyes and meets my gaze. I let an evil grin spread across my lips as I slip a claw across his neck.
The rogue grabs his neck as he tries to stop the bleeding. He opens his mouth to scream, but he chokes on the blood pooling in his mouth. Blood drips from the corners of his mouth. He falls to his knees in front of me. I grab him by his filthy hair and rip his head back. The rogue's hands drop to his sides, and blood pours from the gaping hole in his neck.
I don't let go of his head until the light fades from his eyes. When I am sure he is dead, I let go of his body and kick it to the side.
Leo is back in his human form, kneeling beside Oliver. "We have to get him to the hospital."
Together, we roll Oliver back onto the stretcher and load him into the back of the rogues ambulance. Leo climbs into the driver's side of the ambulance and turns the key. The engine roars to life.
"Are you coming?" He asks quickly.
"I have to tie things up here. But I will alert the hospital that you are coming," I inform Leo.
Leo nods his head in understanding. "Bring them home."
"I plan on it," I say through gritted teeth.