Diana’s POV
Angelo locked eyes with me and we both got out of bed. I ran out of the door quickly the next second not caring that I was only in my underwear. He growled at that but I ignored him. This was my best friend we're talking about. It didn't take long for Angelo to catch up and shadow me with every move I did. He still didn't know how this maze of a house worked and I could tell it was affecting him since he was alpha and all. Or it was just me being half naked but I couldn't go back now...
Everyone had heard and came to help in a hurry. The guys were usually the ones who trained in fighting so the hallways were filled with them. Some were even in their boxers, others in wolf form already, their huge wolf bodies taking up more room. I tried to push my way through and found it hard to even budge them.
"Move, bitch!" I yelled but they didn't even look at me, they were all talking about something.
Angelo grabbed my hand and pulled me behind him. I watched a little jealous and at the same time in awe as they moved like the red sea for him. I could feel power radiate off him in strong heat waves that made them move back as it hurt them. They hit me hard at first before rolling over me like he didn't mean to harm me becoming a faint touch. Something was wrong, I could feel it off him. I looked at him from the back and saw that he didn't bother to put on a shirt. His shoulders were tense, his muscles clenched like he was ready to fight. I couldn't help but admire that he was built very nicely. Angelo looked so serious and alpha like that I couldn't stop staring.
We finally got through the small hallway and into my best friend's room. She was crying into a body surrounded by blood, her body shaking all over. My heart clenched at the sight. It was her mate, and Angelo's Beta named David that I meant once.
I remembered him from the first day the pack came. We were watching them (drooling) when Camilla got triggered about the pack slut talking about the beta of Black Blood pack being hot. He came to the rescue and seemed like a calm and collected person. Now he was just lying on the floor covered in so much blood you couldn't tell where his wounds began or ended. He had a big claw gash across his chest that was the main source of blood loss. I didn't dare look away. It's these kinds of scenarios that make my hatred stronger. I had a feeling a rogue did this, usually, my feelings are correct. They killed my brother and now this.
"What happened?" Angelo asked his voice held no emotion at all. I didn't like it. It reminded me of when my brother passed away and I detached myself from feelings. I wanted to hug him and comfort him so bad that I actually showed some affection with him in public for once. I wrap my arms around his torso from behind and kissed his neck while whispering to him in a soothing voice that it was going to be fine. His shoulders relaxed and he put his hand on my arms that were around him.
I didn't know what I said was really possible but by listening carefully, over all the noise, I found that he still had a heartbeat. Just barely, but it was there. That was our source of hope.
"Camilla, what happened?" Angelo asked again. Camilla still kept sobbing; her black hair was stuck to her face by the tears streaming down. It seemed like she couldn't hear us, or see us, her brown eyes were losing the light in them. I don't think she is mentally and physically able to talk to us by the state her mate currently is. I know I wouldn't be if I was in her shoes.
"Excuse me, excuse me, sorry, excuse me!" I heard our pack doctor say as she passed the crowd and stumbled into the room with her big black bag of wonders which weighted more than her. She had long blonde hair tight up in a ponytail and bright blue eyes. Her fragile body would have never been able to pass the massive bodies out in the hallways, who were extremely riled up if it wasn't for the title of pack doctor.
Janice, our pack doctor, approached Camilla and I saw something slide over Camilla's eyes when she looked up at Janice. Her wolf was taking control, and she was not going to let anyone come close. She growled lightly and I gave her a glare in response but it wasn't me that had her attention. At least she stopped crying.
"Camilla, I'm going to need to see David. I need to inspect what state he is in." She said gently, knowing that she was dealing with a heartbroken mate and things could get nasty. Janice slowly put her bag down and showed her Camilla her open palms to show that she wasn't carrying any weapon and she wasn't aiming to harm her mate. Still, Camilla continued to glare at her and held David's fragile body closer to her.
"Camilla, let her see him, she could save him," I said and she snapped her eyes to me. I don't know whether it was because of how Angelo and I were, or she labeled me again as a threat, but she growled and bared her teeth.
Rude. Where was my friend, my partner in crime? Was she still in there or was she a damaged mate now? I needed to do something fast or else David really is going to die. I cannot let my friend and mate go through all that pain and suffering of losing a loved one.
I slowly untangled myself away from Angelo and walked towards Camilla. Her eyes saw my every move like a hawk, waiting for the right time to strike. I'd never thought I'd see my best friend give me that look, so cold and unemotional like I was an enemy.
"Camilla," I said using the given power that my parents passed down onto me to talk to her. She was a member of my pack, she had to listen to me. Yet, again she was totally out of it right now.
"No," She whispered, her voice was so animalistic that it came out like a growl.
"Obey me, and your mate will live." I knew there was no guarantee that the doctor could save him but we needed to try.
"No!" She shrieked, her small body shaking. Camilla was not shaking because she was covered in her mate's cold blood but rather because she was fighting me off.
I crouched down and leveled my eyes with her. I was getting annoyed with her, and that fueled my power; my authority. The fact I wanted her mate to survive also sparked my power to try and force her to comply. It flowed around the room so strong that you could hardly breathe with it pushing down on you. The guys in the hallways had even stopped talking in the background.
I tasted metal in the back of my throat and I knew I was pushing myself to my limit, but that wasn't going to stop me.
Suddenly a warm feeling blossom from my heart and my power increased tenfold. I've felt this kind of warmth before from Angelo when he moved the men aside earlier. I've heard of my rare cases where mates transfer power to each other even if they are across the country, but I didn't think Angelo and I would be able to do that when we haven't even finished the mating bond.
Camilla closed her eyes in pain and slowly let David go. With all the power swirling around me, and not knowing what to do with it, I thought of something crazy. I reached out and touched David's bloody chest. Nothing. Oh well, I just thought I should have given it a go. I wanted David to take it, to accept the power I was offering like Angelo had given me his but then again maybe it didn't work because I wasn't in his pack or our bloodlines aren't connected. At least I tried. I was about to pull away when I felt a spark go through me, it felt like something liquid hot ran down my veins before I felt my power flow to him. Suddenly I didn't feel anything anymore. I sat there shocked, with my fingertips barely touching his body, as I felt my power get drained. I didn't think it would work. It was a very slim chance of it happening, that I am sure of.
I took a step back when I heard his heartbeat become stronger, and saw his wound start to close. Camilla was frozen in her spot like she couldn't believe it, hell I couldn't either. The crazy things people think of when they are put in situations like this, sheesh.
"Janice, I would inspect him now if I were you," I said with an uneven voice, clutching my hand to my chest. It was scorching like I had it over a flame and it burnt me badly because I left it for too long.
Janice looked as shocked as Camilla but shook herself out of it and quickly kneeled next to Camilla and David, getting to work and wiping away the blood to show a freshly healed skin. Something that would not be possible even for our standards. Angelo knew exactly what was going on since he could feel I was in pain through the mate bond and carefully took my hand in his. His touch stung like ice over a bad burn but I bit my tongue.
I looked down at my hand to see my veins popping out. They were the color black. "Holy shit," Angelo said and I couldn't have said it better.