A Mate for the Latecomer novel Chapter 23

"We're doomed!"

Aaron repeated leaning forward on his office desk with his hands on both sides holding himself up. While Eric is watching outside the window, I could see him frown and see he's little bit angry. The other three sat there in their seat like statues.

"We last saw each other near the Blood Moon pack down south" I slowly told them the truth

"And that was four years ago," Eric replied without looking our way.

"True but you're not getting my point here" their attention was back to me "She lives with her relatives, until a year ago when she told me through a letter that she has moved to the Northern bridge Court," they look confused. "It's an undercover academy for witches hidden within the mountains of Edinburgh" I explain "and Jea happens to run that."

"That mountain is only for those who wish for their death to be quick" Eric scoffs at me "but then again that was a year ago" he shook his head.

Clearly there's something he doesn't like and he's taking it out on me. The Eric I met this morning turned bipolar.

"I'm sorry Alpha; it feels like you have a problem with me, if you do please I would really appreciate it if you could emphasize what I did wrong in. Apart from the fact that I just told you Jea runs the school of witches in Edinburgh"

He laughs shortly shaking his head then throws me his daggered look.

"You're the problem here Elle,"

He made his way to me, none of the others moved, except for Jay who moves to stand by me, Lucian nod his head no to him. "If you hadn't shown up in our lives our packs wouldn't haven't gone through this. Hunters wouldn't be lurking around demanding war for us and rogues wouldn't have helped them."

Eliz whimpers cowering and shutting herself off from me. It was me all alone now to battle against Eric even though it felt like I'm back to square one again like the day I saw him with Claire I put on a motionless face.

"Correct that Alpha, Hunters and Rogues have been attacking your packs constantly which is not a problem caused by me" I stood my ground not letting his words sink in to hurt me any further.

I'm defenceless now and Eliz was not responding. One with the gun shot at me and I dodge using my speed. Another one throws a knife at me and it slit my arm, burning it. It was made of wolfs bane, I keep dodging their bullets and knives by moving behind one tree to the next. Their attacks cease and just when I felt a bit of relief, their numbers multiply and I'm surrounded.

Eliz wasn't even helping me at all; 'I can do this' I told myself 'might as well fight to the death.' I moved to the other side only to be shot by their silver bullet and I thank the trees for saving me. Growls were near and I feel Eliz surfacing as she howls the name Zhipa before forcing us to shift. When we did she jumps to climb the trees using her claws and kill the hunters from behind one by one. Other wolves arrived and everything went in to a massive war and eventually a lot of blood has been spilled.

Biting, claw snapping then we move on to others, it was the last of them or so I thought. I was busy focusing on the wolves before me that I forgot to look back.

A roar was heard nearby as I snapped the head of the last hunter. A wolf jumping above my head, turning around to see a hunter drop dead in front of my eyes and he was the last.

The sun was high, the wolf changing back in to his human form. He was 6'5-foot-tall, dirty blonde hair with a well-built body. It was like he was making an entrance for a movie. He walks towards me in his birthday suit while I just stay still in my wolf form. His face looking all business, someone walked from behind me and greets him

"Alpha Zeus"