The Alpha's Guardian

Liam leaps for me fully shifting in midair, but I expected that. I duck my head down and jut my shoulder out as I barrel into his furry wolf's stomach. He lifts with my force as I slam him down into the dirt. I can feel the quake under my feet as I move off him and wait for him to stand again. Slower than he normally would, he gets up on his four paws and tilts his head in a questioning manner. "I've learned a lot," I say, shrugging. I definitely feel a little smug about kicking his a*s right now.

He growls and prances in a circle moving around me. I never understood why Alphas think that fighting in their wolf's form is so much more effective. Perhaps it's the whole having teeth and claws readily available that is appealing. Or maybe I just can't understand because I never had the joy of fighting with the wolf that was stolen from me. Either way A sly smile tugs at my lips and I let it come to the surface. I really needed this fight to cement my feelings.

"Ali!" Mason shouts out, warning me as Liam lunges forward from behind me.

I drop to my knees and reach up, trying to snag a leg as it whizzes by my face. The moment he lands, he twists and propels himself back at me. His change of direction catches me off guard and he grabs hold of my arm. Being trained as I am, I know that pulling against his razor-sharp teeth will only make this wound worse, so I follow him to the ground; the hit stealing the oxygen from my lungs.

Liam's eyes bore into mine as he turns his head and then throws me like a rag doll. I soar through the air, landing on my feet, but not before knocking over a few people in my wake. I take a quick glance and see that I must have knocked Frank into some other people. One of Liam's pack members growls menacingly and gives Frank a rough shove. Ada rushes over, stepping between Frank and her own warrior, and growls.

I turn back to Liam, who is now back in his human form, frowning at Ada.

"Ada," he calls. "Fall in line!" he booms. She flinches and slowly walks back toward the line, looking back at Frank, who refuses to look at her.

"That is enough for today, Aliauna," Liam says, his eyes trained on Ada, who seems to be afraid to look at her alpha.

"Ada," he says walking in her direction.

Ada hands him a pair of shorts and a shirt, and he quickly puts them on.

"Now. What will we do with you?" he questions, reaching out and squeezing her cheeks.

"You come to the aid of an omega? Is he your second chance mate by chance?" he asks, trying to make eye contact with her, but she averts her eyes.

Liam roughly releases her from his grip and laughs as if someone had told him an excellent joke.

"Well, this is very unfortunate. I can't save you by making you reject your mate again," he says, pretending to sound conflicted, but I can hear the joy in his voice. He is loving taunting her. I watch in horror as he revels in his lead warriors' pain. "W-what are you going to do?" she says, sounding frightened.

I don't blame her. If I were in her shoes, I would be frightened as well. As her alpha, she can't deny his alpha tone, not unless she wants to be punished.

"Rejecting your useless mate would kill you both. The only thing I can do is retire you from my services and make you an omega."

"What?" I yell unable to hold my tongue any longer. I have no authority. No reason to jump in other than that of my own objections. Why must turning someone into an omega be the answer to all problems?

"This is not your pack, Ali," he says looking over his shoulder at me.

"Do you think so lowly of omegas?"

"Yes." he says "All of them except you my love,"

"And what makes me so different?"

He shifts his body to face mine and looks at me like I've grown a horn on my head.

"Well, for starters, you're my mate. And you mated up to an Alpha," he says as if the answer was so obvious.

He turns back to Ada.

"I will drag your wolf from you so you can live out your boring ordinary life with the weak man you were destined to be with," Liam says and he walks over and grabs hold of her wrist.

I panic. I can't let him do this. The moment Liam gets her locked up, there will be no going back for her. And I refuse to stand by to watch her wolf be ripped from her. I still remember how it felt. The feeling of your soul being stretched like putty until the sound of the snap breaks through the air all that is left is silence and pain. so much pain.

-Wade. Trouble in training center- I shout through the mind link as I sprint over and pull Ada from Liam's grasp.

I step in between them defiantly as Liam glowers at me. He advances and takes hold of me by my throat. I am not afraid of him, for I have nothing left he can take from me. He walks me back into a wall, snapping his teeth in my ear.

"Oh, you want to play rough? Here?" I choke out, trying to distract Liam.

"Is that what you like?" he asks. he eases on my throat slightly enjoying what he is perceiving as flirtatious banter.

"I mean, maybe,"

"I will have to keep that in mind for our mating ceremony." He smirks moving his hand from my throat and reaching for my face.

He strokes my cheek as Ada silently steps out from the center and stealthily makes her way to the door. I watch Ada sneak out the side door and then look back at Liam, who slams his lips onto mine. I refuse to return his k!ss as my lips stay straight in a line. he groans in annoyance and pulling his face back from mine.

"I don't regret to inform you we will not be having a mating ceremony." I toss him a tight smile.

"W-what are you going to do?" she says, sounding frightened.

"You will submit to me!" He whispers angrily.

"I will never submit," I say, shoving him off me. "In fact, I plan to reject you the moment I can."

Liam's eyes flash in pain as he steps back from my verbal slap. He looks me over and then his eyes turn to the door, following my line of sight where Wade is sauntering overlooking mighty fine in a blue button-up shirt. Liam scoffs when he sees my face drinking Wade in.

"Remember whose you are, Ali," he growls as he turns to face Wade.

"Alpha Wade, what brings you here?" Liam asks, faking a smile.

"Just coming to collect my Guardian," Wade smirks as Liam stiffens.

"My mate and I were just having an intimate little sparring session. It would appear she has gotten better."

"Did you have doubts? She is the best in her field."

"She is excellent. I will give her that, but that hardly makes her the best," Liam scoffs.

"Well, maybe you just don't know her as well as I do," Wade says, smirking.

My neck is getting sore from all the back and forth between these two alphas, so I reach out, offering Wade a touch to help calm him and I'm surprised to feel that he isn't in need of my calming effect. In fact, he seems to be in a cheery mood. "Let's go, Ali. I have a few meetings I need to tend to." Wade says, nodding to Liam, who is fuming about my hand resting on Wade's forearm. I remove it and walk away with Wade.

"Want to explain the frantic mind link?" he asks once we are out of earshot.

"I wasn't frantic." I defend myself.

"You were frantic."

"Alpha Wade, I am a guardian. I don't get frantic."

"If you say so," he shrugs. And smiles, looking forward.

"Liam knows, Ada and Frank are Mates and he is going to turn her into an omega." I blurt.NôvelDrama.Org © content.

"Sh!t. I guess that means we need to find her first," Wade says. Picking up pace.

"I think we just need to talk to Frank. He is in the training center," I say, stopping to turn around.

"I mind linked Francis. He will get frank and bring him to the packhouse." Wade says,

We walk in silence with urgency in our steps. I slide a look over at Wade and see his worried crease back on his face.

"Thank you, for coming for me," I whisper. Wade stops walking and grabs my hand, pulling me to a stop and bringing me to face him.

"I will always come for you, Ali." He reaches out and strokes my cheek and for a moment it feels like the world has disappeared and the only thing keeping us apart is the tiny distance currently between us. My breathing quickens as I take the first step towards Wade.

"Ali," he says, sighing. "We need to keep moving. We have to find Ada, now."