The Vampire Queen

Chapter 45

I had finally been able to drift off to sleep, curled up in Norden's bed as his scent engulfed me, calming even my wolf. I didn't normally dream, and this sleep was no different than any other ones that I've had. I shot up straight in bed when I heard the shouting and before anyone reached my door, I was at it yanking it open and bolting down the stairs, I came to a stop when I saw a man holding Norden up by his throat. Fear wafted through me as I bolted and screamed, "No, no, no, please don't!" and for a moment I couldn't believe I was begging for his life, but I couldn't help myself, the bond between him and I was strong, even if I had been the only one to feel it.

Alex looked at me with a shocked look at what had just happened, but she was human and didn't understand the bond that was between mates if Norden was to die I wouldn't live much longer after that, I know it sounded selfish, but that wasn't just the point of it, I wanted to give this a real shot, to see and feel what it would be like to be cherished and loved. A wave of relief came over me when Alex asked the man to let Norden go, and as he crumbled to the floor I rushed to his side, his head resting in my lap as I sobbed with relief.

"I'm sorry Norden, so very sorry that I hid from you." I cried, uncontrollable tears fell down my cheeks when I noticed that Alex had moved to Ronan, I couldn't help but glare, this was all his fault. It was the first time I had truly felt my wolf come to life. A low growl fell from me as I resisted the urge to lunge after Ronan, the only thing that saved him from my attack was that Norden had started to stir, "What... what happened?" I couldn't help but gasp as I cradled him in my arms, a sense of comfort flooded me, "Oh Norden, I thought I lost you!" The look on Norden's face was one that I would never forget, his arms quickly wrapped around me, "Oh Scarlett, I could never leave you, not before I've had the chance to prove myself to you."

I couldn't believe that he was holding on for me, that he was determined to prove himself, that he wasn't going to give up on me, that more than everything made me feel loved and cared about. "And Scarlett?" Norden asked, "Yes?" of course there was a slight hesitation in my voice, "Stop calling me Norden, I want you to call me Heath." The fact that my Alpha had given me such an honor as to use his first name forced me to gush a grin, to the point that I engulfed him in a hug almost choking the breath from him. "Scarlett, I can see your strength is returning." Heath gasped and I couldn't help but laugh. I had a feeling that everything was going to start getting better, I mean, what could go wrong now?

"Heath!" A female's voice came fluttering from the door that leads to the bunker, she rushed to Heath's side and tried to push me away from him, "Get away from my mate you omega trash!" She yelled at me, in a flash my anger had taken over and I glared at her, I wish I could have taken a picture of the look on her face when I refused to budge. "Back off you fucking slut, stay away from MY MATE." I didn't yell at her, but she knew that my tone meant business. Zoe's glared at me with this newfound hatred before her eyes went wide, Heath had growled at her as he lifted to his feet, his hand came crashing down against her shoulder, picking her up and tossing her towards the door. "Zoe, you are hereby banished from this pack, you will now and forever more be nothing but a worthless rouge, you have five minutes to leave my territory before I have patrol take you out."

Zoe stood there in complete and utter shock, her body shook with anger and all I could do was laugh while I wrapped my arms around Heath's waist, what could I say, I loved the fact that I could rub this in her face, she would never be Luna, at least not of this pack, and the way other packs reacted to rouges she would forever be one, and she deserved it, I felt no pity for her, and why should I, she was the one that introduced me to the witch to begin with, and now I knew why. She had been plotting this all along, why wasn't I smart enough to notice, why hadn't I realized that she wasn't really trying to be my friend. I felt slightly ashamed, but she would get what was coming to her.