Her Forbidden Alpha

Chapter27　Never Letting You Go

“You suffered just as much as them, didn’t you?” He asked softly.

Scarlett looked at him, her eyes stinging. How could she tell him she suffered a lot more…? Where her mother would end up bedridden for days after a brutal beating, Scarlett was often subjected to weeks of punishment, remembering how she would lose consciousness but then forced awake and tortured again.

She pushed the thought away. She had blocked it out, most of it lay locked up at the back of her mind only to return to haunt her at night. Her mother would think she has gone to some training camp and Scarlett would never deny it, sticking to what Zidane threatened her to say. Knowing he would hurt Indigo if she told her mother. Jessica would always check her for bruises but she would be perfectly blemish-free and it eased Jessica’s mind. Over time she began believing that Zidane did not hate Scarlett as much as he did her and Indigo. It was often the reason her mother would shout at her, thinking Indigo had gone through a lot more. But Scarlett didn’t mind, she would never say it to Indigo but she would protect her little brat of a sister no matter what.

She looked away from his cerulean blue eyes.

“I was stronger…” She whispered, not daring to tell him the truth. Elijah frowned, he had heard the change in her heartbeat, she was keeping something from him.

“When you were 13… remember when you fell from that tree and hurt your arm… you were in a cast for two weeks…” He asked. “Your mother doesn’t know about your quick healing does she?”

“I kept it a secret… I didn’t want it to be used against me, so I never said I was healed. When I was little and used to fall, she used to say I have a guardian angel because I never had much of a bruise and I never told her it hurt much… But the Alpha…” She trailed off.

Elijah’s stomach twisted; He had gotten his answer. Zidane had known about her ability and he had used it against her. But Elijah still wanted to hear it from her, hoping that somehow he was wrong.

“He knew about your healing?” He asked quietly, taking hold of her chin in his rough fingers but his hold was kept gentle yet firm, tilting her head up and forcing her to meet his eyes.

Her chest rose and fell erratically, she knew he knew already. So, she simply nodded. Elijah let go of her as if she had burned his skin.

Rage blazed within him like molten lava. His Alpha aura rolling off him in waves. His eyes darkening, his wolf was screaming for him to go back to the Desert Storm Pack and shred the fucking bastard to pieces. He didn’t fucking care what happened to him in the process as long as the fucking monster was sent to the burning pits of hell where he belonged.

He walked to the door, about to pull it open when Scarlett stumbled from the bed, running over to him and grabbing his arm.

rising. She stared into his eyes, her own

He closed his eyes taking a deep breath before he pulled her flush against him, one hand on her slender waist, the other cupping the back of her head as he pressed her 5-foot-2-inch frame completely into him. She was so small…

fucking leaving you, I promise sweetheart. No matter what I’m always going to have your

wrapped her arms around his waist, holding him tight and inhaling his intoxicating scent. Would he really be there for her? She tightened her arms, a stray tear slipping out of her eyes. If he were so worked up over a few small scratches, how would he even cope with knowing what she had been through? Because of that, she knew she could never tell him the true

healed. The entire place throbbed and felt like it was burning. It was then she froze remembering he had

“Scarlett, listen to me-”

he was going against the very law of the Goddess and marked his own daughter. She felt numbness wash over her, once again he had her trapped. She could no longer hear Elijah. She did not feel anything when his arms locked around her, whispering comforting words in her ear. Only the disgusting mark on her

carrying her to the bed. His heart was racing, he felt useless, why couldn’t

he had her in his lap on the bed, but

arms around her. Why was he so fucking useless? He placed soft kisses on her face, her shoulder, on her neck. It was when his lips met her burning mark that she jerked trying to jump away from

doing?” She asked

could see the signs, she was trying to shut him out,

disgusting thing on my neck or are

your neck, I promise you. Just don’t think you’re in this alone.” He said, his arms wrapped around her waist and her breasts resting on his arm as he held her firmly. She struggled

So just… just leave me alone I don’t need anyone!” She yelled in frustration. Her words cut him but he did not show it. He knew she was trying to get a reaction from him and he

giving it up.” He said huskily, she tensed in his arms. His

your mate comes along and then those emotions will be gone.”

if it’s half of how much I want you, I’m yours. Just give me the word Red.” He whispered, placing soft kisses along her neck. Her eyes stung with tears. She was scared, she hated the feeling of being vulnerable. If she

know what to do or say, defeated she slumped against his chest letting him bury his nose in her neck and inhaling her scent. It angered him that

how she was feeling… Apart from her whispered confession when they had made love. That was ok, when

him away “Don’t… that place is tainted.” She felt her lips

to fucking destroy him.” He said, but sensing her discomfort he moved his lips to the other side of her neck. Gently rocking her side to side his hard chest sat against her back, his arms