Dimitri's Promise

Chapter 22

Dimitri stayed in his office until he was done planning the trip. He smiled at his surprise for Rosalie, one part of his apology. She's going to love the extra day for them to spend in Canada. He got up and walked out of his office, sighing as more members glared at him.

"Dimitri, I want to challenge you."

He turned around to see one of his warriors smirking at him. He frowned and shrugged.

"Okay, when?"

"Now."

Dimitri sighed, "I want to go see my ma-

"Oh, she forgave a piece of filth like you?" A woman sneered.

Dimitri clenched his jaw, "I know I messed up, but-

"You're no better than that bitch, Christine." A man spat.

Dimitri ran his hand through his hair, "Let's just get this over with."

They walked outside where more than half the pack was. Dimitri frowned at their hatred filled eyes and stood in the middle of the large circle. The warrior stood across from him, still smirking.

"Let the fun begin." the warrior sneered.

Dimitri watched as he sprinted towards him, he quickly met him halfway and grabbed him by the throat. He slammed the guy on the ground, holding back his smirk as the man groaned in pain. He let go and gave his warrior another chance to attack him, once again, it ended with the warrior on the ground.

They fought for what felt like hours, but it was only an hour. Dimitri pinned the bloody warrior down until he submitted. He let go and sighed.

"Now, I would love to-

Before he could finish all of the males from the pack and a few females ambushed him. He tried fighting off as many as he could, but after the twentieth wolf, he was getting tired. He kept in a howl of pain as a wolf bit his leg.

Wolf after wolf attacked him, Dimitri laid on the ground, trying to protect himself. When he finally had enough he shifted and started to attack his pack members left from right. Once almost all of them were knocked out the remaining slowly backed up, their eyes holding fear. Dimitri didn't care though, he shifted back and held onto the railing of the deck.

He winced as he slowly climbed the stairs, leaving multiple blood stains behind each step.

"What the hell?"

He looked up as Rosalie ran out, her eyes wide. She sprinted over to him and covered him with a towel someone handed her.

His vision began to blur as he struggled to stay on his own two feet. Rosalie was quick to notice this and sat him down, her eyes filled with horror at the amount of blood he was losing.

"Go get his parents or brothers. Just somebody to help me bring him to the infirmary." She ordered.

"Hey, Dimitri, look at me. You need to stay awake." She urged.

He blinked, he tried speaking, but exhaustion was getting the better of him. Rosalie sighed and continued wiping blood off of him.

"How come it's always you getting hurt and not me?" She murmured. "For now on, I'm going to fight your battles with you."

Dimitri only nodded slightly, too tired to respond. He could hear the distant voice of one of his brothers, asking what the hell happened. Rosalie said something to him, but he was already fading into unconsciousness.

"Take him to the infirmary, quickly." Rosalie ordered as Damon joined Xander.

They carefully picked up their brother and scurried to the infirmary, Rosalie turned to face the pack that was starting to wake up.

"All of you, stand the hell up, right now." She ordered.

They all climbed to their feet and stared at her with fear. She narrowed her eyes and waited for the last few to wake up before speaking.

"I am disgusted with all of you. Yes, Dimitri had hurt me in one of the worst ways, but he came back for me. He ran all the way to my brother's pack and apologized. Not only that, but helped me bathe and fed me. I know what he did was horrible, but I forgave him. Why? Because I love him." She yelled.

"What gave you the right to attack him like you did? You're all cowards for what you did. After today, I believe he earned his alpha title. This disgusting act is unforgivable, pathetic. He's done so much for you guys and this is how you repay him? I'm sure we've all done worst than what he did."

"Matter of fact, I did something terrible. Worse than what he did. I...I killed my own pack member when I was younger. Given, I wasn't in control of my wolf since I had an early shift, but I still blame myself. Dimitri was terrified of being rejected, so, he got rid of me first. Christine damaged him, caused him to have some major trust issues. And I saw that. I saw the pain when he apologized. I saw the honesty."

Tears started to form in her eyes.

"He's in so much pain, but now he has physical pain to add in on that. What Christine did was horrible. Worst than this."

"How? He was going to give you to Eli!" A woman shouted.

Rosalie looked at her, "Please, I can handle Eli. He's nothing. But Christine tried killing him. She joined with the rogue leader and stabbed Dimitri in the chest with a silver knife. In my opinion, that's worse than handing me over to someone I can kill easily."

"But he was a complete asshole." A man spat.

"Yes, and so are you. You can't tell me you never once treated someone horribly because you were angry at them or they had hurt you. Betrayal is one hell of an emotion." She replied.

The man quickly looked away.

"Thought so. Now, I'll do my best to not let Dimitri guide you with his rage. But you all just betrayed your alpha. Dimitri was already in enough pain, but it wasn't enough for you. He loved you guys. Still loves you. I'm not saying he's going to act as if none of this happened, but he won't kill any of you."

"He almost died protecting all of you, he's protected all of you for years now. The only people who deserve Dimitri's guidance and love is the ones inside of the packhouse. The ones who quickly woke me up and told me what was happening. The ones who were crying because they were afraid of what was going to happen to their beloved alpha. We all make mistakes and we learn from them. I hope you learned from this as well. No, go to your rooms or whatever. I don't want to see any of you for the rest of the day."

With that, she turned around and stormed inside. She smiled at the pack members inside. It was about half of the pack, but it was enough to show Dimitri has some strong support. She quickly found Dimitri's beta who seemed shocked still.

"Ian, can you make sure they follow my orders?" She questioned.

He nodded, "They're not going to be punished?"

"Not yet, I'll let Dimitri decide."