The Couple novel Chapter 19

Christian

I finally made a move to Celia, my heaven and she also responded to me the same. She agreed to be my girlfriend. I was excited to take her to our first date. And I was happy to have her as mine and call her mine but mine happiness did not last long.

After we talked last night, I am happy she talked to me freely and called her thoughts out loud to me, since I can’t read her mind and want to know what she thinks. I am grateful for that. But knowing she doubts our relationship broke my heart. I am ready to prove my love to her but I don’t have much time.

I believe our bond and my love for her but not our fate.

I took her to the lake for our first date. I didn’t plan anything much, since we already had our together with Ethan and Mary. I already had a blanket lay there on grass, I don't want her to get cold because of cold grass.

I was happy to know she liked the lake. Everything was going well with small talks and a heavy makeout session until Ethan mindlinked me. Damn, a rogue is spotted at our border.

No, a rogue leaves my territory or stays alive. Either they are lost in deep dungeons in the forest where no one can find them or mostly are killed by me. I slaughtered her head myself to make sure they are not left alive even mistakenly. I have to kill them to make sure my pack is safe.

Last time a rogue entered my pack land was ten years ago. I killed him the moment I set my eyes at him. I was furious he threatened my pack soldiers. I was a kid back then, maybe now I will talk to him before tasting his blood.

As soon as I heard “a rogue”, I pushed Celia away. It was a pain to me to push my heaven away from me and stop her from continuing which we both enjoyed. But right now I have a more important issue in my hand. I will make it up for heaven later in a better way.

I didn't know what to tell her and how to explain her situation but soon I will break it to her. It will be hard for both of us but I am sure the bond and my love will not let her go away from me.

I mindlinked Bryan and told him to guard her building as I couldn’t risk losing her when I have just got her. He was already there when we reached so I left immediately. I trust him he will protect my mate, his Luna with his life.

As I reached the eastern border of my land, I took a good sniff of the air. It smelt like a filthy rogue, it was faint. Faint?

“Where is he? Where the damn rogue? Where is my prey?”, I shouted at Ethan and the patrollers. They shivered with fear, damn as much I hate to use my alpha over them I hate it when they smell fear. They should be strong or how will they protect their Luna.

“He ran.”, it was Ethan. And I roared again with pain of my defeat. No, a rogue can never defeat me, he can’t leave my land alive.

“Search for him, I want him dead or alive. Or pray to the goddess for your life.”, I turned and left. Ethan followed me and we went to my pack office, deep in the forest where no human of town wanders around. My pack office in the forest can easily be mistaken as an old cottage where no one lives now.

But that cottage has a deep underground tunnel where we hold our pack meetings with high ranks or keep our prisoners. There are no prisoners now as I killed all when I took over the pack after uncle.

I am pacing and thinking how my pack patrollers can be this weak that a rogue fooled them and ran.

“He can’t be traced. He is nowhere around the border.”

“Send the tracers to nearby towns. I want him.”

“Now, I have my mate with me and I risk her life.” I reminded him of his luna and the risk to her life addressed in prophecy, “Or don’t you want to protect your luna?”

“She is my Luna and she will be protected at any cost.”, he replied to me with a stern look on his face and left. I guess I hit the right button. But it will be better if I get the response that I want.

“aaaaaahhhhhh…..” and I sent all the files on the table to the ground. I am failing to protect the pack. I am failing to protect those for whom my parents sacrificed themselves. I am failing to keep the gift of Moon Goddess protected. I won’t let her sacrifice herself.

I went out of the town to look for that myself. I drove and searched each and every place he could have been at. I spared no restaurant, diner or club. I looked at no pack’s land. He is nowhere to be found.

It was all morning by the time I returned to pack. I want to know if anyone has any update and if not then I have to decide what could be their punishment. They need to know they can’t make a mistake.

I reached the pack office and there are already all the soldiers and tracers present. They got three rogues in nearby towns but the patrollers who were on duty last night denied them to be the same.

“Any updates?”, although I know there are none but still just to hear it with their mouths.

“No Alpha.”

“Good. So, the patroller of last night can resign from their pack duties and enjoy their after office hours with their families. Pack does not need them.”, I know I can never bring myself to kill them but leaving your pack duties to a werewolf is equal pain to their ego and wolf and reputation in the pack.

Tyler kneeled in front of me with his head bowed to me, “Alpha I am sorry but it just got at the border for a mere second and left. Before I could...”, I dragged him up with his collar and threw him to the wall. I got to him and pulled him up grabbing his neck and choking him.

“What if he was here to get information about the pack and was a threat to pack. What if your silly mistake can danger the life of your whole pack and disclose the identity of our whole kind.”

I left his neck before he died. “Kill me, Alpha if I am no use to my pack I don’t want to live. Please kill me.”