Chapter 201 - 201

It took a while for Luke to tend all of Alexander's wounds. He was aware that he had to be more careful now, since he wouldn't heal as fast as a normal wolf. The teen hissed as the cotton pad with the disinfectant touched his purplish lips and he wrinkled his nose dissatisfied. Luke noticed his cute expression and smiled moving on to his next wound, a cut underneath his eye. 

"So, that was a stupid move." Luke told him and Alexander nodded, looking defeated. "But at the same time kind of cool. How you wanted to defend me."

They were in Luke's room, the small window open letting the chilly night wind enter. Alexander shivered slightly, the older getting up to close it. He brought his chair close and sat down, turning it around and passing his long legs through the back, resting his chin on the harsh plastic material. 

"I needed to test something." Alexander said and began settling all the medical supplies back to their kit. He seemed kind of disappointed. Losing so easily from Allias was to be expected but still, his pride must've been hurt. He wanted to defend Luke by coming forth and fighting for him but all he had managed was to make a fool of himself. 

"Test what?"

"If it's really necessary, for me to break the seal. The way I am, I am clearly nothing. I can't do anything" He said and his head fell, his eyes focusing on how blue his jeans were. He was embarrassed to look at Luke. 

"You don't have to do anything though" Luke said approaching him. He pushed his chair back with his leg, crouching in front of him and taking his hands in his. He turned his face bringing it into Alexander's view. His grey eyes kind as they traced the scratches and bruises. Those must hurt, keep remaining, not healing like they should be. Alexander wasn't like the rest of them and he was being reminded of it every day. 

"You won't be with me anyways so at least by breaking the seal I will be able to protect you. That's enough for me." The teen confessed and Luke sighed, breaking off their contact as he stood up. 

"The reason we can't be together is not that simple. It's not about you being strong or not. There are many other reasons that…." Luke began saying but Alexander stood up, his hands in fists as he looked at him with an angered expression. One day after the other he kept getting rejected but his feelings just couldn't stop. He wished it too sometimes, he wished that his feelings weren't so strong. That he could just stop thinking about him, worrying about him, wanting him. That would be the best for all of them but it was much more complicated than this. 

"I keep getting rejected by you, again and again but this…" he told him and placed his palm on his heart "…won't stop beating for you. I instantly fell in love with you. The day we returned from the elf palace I saw you. You trashed your room, you cried and hurt, you looked broken and your tearstained face is still haunting me. I knew you were blaming yourself. I could see how much you hated your own image for making all these mistakes and all I could think about is that I have to help you. I wanted to see you smile, so desperately. I didn't want you to be alone in that room anymore hating yourself. Believe me if I could stop feeling like this, if I could stop hurting I would but you…you are all that I can see…" he said tears in his eyes. 

Luke thought that no one would see him, he thought that everyone was gone that night so he hadn't bothered to close his door. He had ruined everything, broken every piece of wood, ripped every fabric and he had cried, he had cried so much his face would get swollen and his throat would hurt from screaming. Alexander had seen all that. 

"You, you saw me?" Luke asked in shock. He had been seen in one of his worst moments. A moment not even Mikael knew he had gone through and the thoughts, those dark thoughts that no one knew that were torturing his mind Alexander had managed to understood them from just one look, a second when he saw him back there, caged in his small room, trapped in his self-hatred. 

"I did! I wish I never had because from that point I just couldn't get you out of my mind! It's ridiculous I know." He said and aggressively wiped his eyes, causing the area to turn red. "I will break the seal. I need to be someone for you."

"I warned you what's going to happen if you do!" Luke shouted making Alexander flinch.

"It doesn't matter!" Alexander shouted back. "It doesn't matter because that's the only way for me to…" the boy tried to say that this would be the only way for him to stand next to him, help him and make him smile. He would sacrifice his dreams about romance, he would burry everything deep in his heart as long as it helped Luke get better. That's what he was intending to say when the Beta stormed into Luke's room, panting and a total mess. 

His right wrist was purple and swollen while his left knee was scrapped the fabric of his jeans gone at that spot and many scratches and blood trails spread everywhere on his leg. He was panting his hair messed up as he also missed his shirt. 

"Daniel? What are you doing here? What happened?" Luke asked him surprised, forgetting completely what he was talking About with Alexander. 

"Your father…we…it's a…a coup" he panted Luke not making any sense of his mumbled words. He stopped for a second taking a deep breath as he looked at the young wolf. 

This boy right in front of him was Adam's son, the only one with the same blood on his veins. He had helped raise him, trained him, taught him of the pack rules so how could he tell him that his father was probably dying?

"Your cousin Sam together with Lily, they broke the pack rules. He should have challenged your father into a one on one duel, if he wished for the spot of the alpha but he, he came into the last floor, together with everyone he had gathered and wants to kill him. Adam sent me here to warn you, to tell you to run because they will come for you next. They want to kill your family and take on your title…that's why Luke you need to…"

"Wait…where is my father? Is he fighting them alone? We need to help him!" Luke said and attempted to leave the room. Daniel stopped him, grabbing him from his shoulders. The wolf noticed how the Beta's eyes were teary and red, had he been crying?  Why? Luke wondered unaware of their fate. 

"Your father…" Daniel said trying to control himself. With every word he realized it more and more that Adam would die. He had decided it and Daniel was given a mission to protect his son, he couldn't fail. "He wants you alive, he told me to protect you and get you out of here. Luke listen to me your father, he is not who you think he is, his last wish was for you to live so please come with me. I will take you somewhere safe and we will plan after that." 

"No Daniel, he is my father! I can't just leave him be like this…he will die!" Luke said suddenly getting scared. Yes, he never got along with his father. Yes, they always fought but still he was his family, the one who trained him, the one who congratulated him on his winning games. He just couldn't leave him and run away. He knew that his father would never do that to him, he wasn't doing it now!

"Listen to me!" Daniel said, finally releasing his tears. "I…I loved your father more than anyone else. To leave him here will be my biggest regret but he has asked me this. He has asked me to protect you so need to listen to me." 

"Daniel you…" Luke mumbled confused, recognizing the heartbroken expression, the tears and the pain in his words. His mother was not Adam's mate; he always knew that but could it be that he… 

"We need to hurry!" Daniel said and grabbed Luke's wrist. "Young one!" he called out to Alexander. "Come with us too, there is not much time left." He warned them. 

And indeed there wasn't. There wasn't any time left at all. When they exited Luke's room they ran down the huge staircase, out of breath and in a hurry they headed towards the exit. Everyone was still asleep unaware of the events that took place and the change that would happen from tomorrow morning. 

The exit was blocked, stopping the three man right on their track as they found themselves being surrounded. Sam was standing in front of the enormous door with a wide grin on his face. One of his people right behind him held Adam. 

Daniel's eyes widened and a soundless scream escaped his lips. He didn't want to see this. He wanted to remember Adam alive but they had ruined it for him, they had taunted his precious memories and now all he could see was a lifeless body, his torso ripped wide open, blood all over his tanned skinned, his muscles not moving anymore. 

"Well, well, well trying to run?" Sam told them. "But I have a gift for you." He said and moved his head.

The man threw Adam's body right on the floor, disrespecting the dead. He kicked it with force as if it was a ball until it reached the three man. Daniel fell to his knees, his hands trembling above his lifeless body. 

"Get them" Sam commanded and all of them jumped forward.