Diana’s POV
An extreme heat flash woke me up. It began at my chest and rode all throughout my body in waves. I was writhing on the bed as pain stuck me every three seconds, my hands gripping the bed sheets tightly. Strong arms came from behind and held me against a bare chest as my body burned from the inside out. Benjamin’s arms were ice cold against my burning skin giving me some relief but I tried to reject his comfort.
"Don't fight it, Diana," Benjamin whispered in my ear. I clenched my teeth in anger as I was too weak to fight him out. When I can finally get my body under control, he was the first one in line to kill. The pain was overwhelming and I passed out hating his guts and afraid of him at the same time... Afraid of what he did to my bond with Angelo.
I managed to mumble, "Fuck you," Before falling into darkness all over again. It numbed the pain physically but not the pain in my heart.
Angelo’s POV
I stood there, breathing hard, with blood covering me from head to toe like a second skin. One wolf from my pack crawled to me with its belly rubbing the grass, his green eyes watching me carefully. I kept my eyes on him and didn't tell him to back off when he licked the hot blood off my hand. When you are in wolf form, it's harder to keep down animal instincts and being drawn to the sight and smell of fresh blood is one. Gently the rest of my pack, who had kept a good distance on me when I killed the three rogues, circled around me and watched with hungry eyes. I knew from experience that by letting these people from my pack lick the blood off while it was still warm, it would create a stronger bond with them and increase my power at the same time. I was their center and if I crumbled, or weakened, so would they. Now, more than ever did I need that power because I felt weaker than ever since Benjamin had dared to take my mate away from me.
Someone had spotted him going into Diana’s room when everyone we headed towards the commotion.
Slowly, I rose up my left arm as a signal for them to come and they surrounded me immediately. I killed three wolf rogues in human form so they licked what they could get, over the shorts, shoes, anything.
My mind was a mess of thoughts while my body was numbed inside, yet I needed to be strong for them... for Diana.
Once they were done licking off their alpha as a way to show love and unity, they left me alone.
I went to my knees, my head in my hands as I tried to fight off the pain of not feeling Diana on the other side of our bond. She was still there, alive for sure but it was like we had a bad cell phone reception, with weird harsh noises from her side. Still, it was better than hearing the other line go into that long beep that told you the other person was gone forever.
Bit by bit that link I had with the pack doubled and the surge of power came to me like a punch, it left me gasping. I let my hands fall to my side and took in a deep breath, the wolves around me starting to howl. It tore something deep within me by hearing high pitched howls filled with sadness. The bond between me and everyone from my pack opened wide and showed them what I was feeling, for just a second but that was enough to show my pain. They came around me, this time not out of hunger but to give me comfort. The touch of fur and warmth was all around me. Some had mates and could not imagine a great deal of pain that came with having his being kidnapped.
Slowly they gave me strength and nudged me back up to my feet with their noses. They tore out most of my pain and gave me power. Along with that power came anger. Anger crowded my mind as I realized that someone screwed me over twice. Benjamin has to be god damn stupid to mess with me again. My vision turned red and I gladly let my wolf take over my body. The quick transition of skin tearing and fur appearing was second nature to me. There was a pile of tattered clothes all around as I flexed out in my wolf form, getting ready to kill anything in my sight.
Diana's father seemed to feel my anger and determination to get Diana back because he howled from the other side of the territory. He just took two rogues down and was coming over to me, his anger swirling around him like fire burning anyone who got close. Hell’s wraith was going to burn down at Benjamin’s doorstep.
This Benjamin has just pissed off the two worst people in the world, well three, counting Diana's mother. I'm looking forward to her cutting Benjamin's balls off and feeding them to the rogues.