Hunted By My Fated Mate

I grabbed Rocky’s sleeve, my fingers trembling.

“I wasn’t even there that day. Can we just go? I’m feeling a bit sick.”

He glanced at me, subtly brushing my hand away.

His voice was sharp, rising in volume.

“Lennox, how old are you? You look perfectly fine. Stop pretending.

“I’ve got to prepare the pack’s medicine. Don’t think just because you saved me once, you can cling to me all the time. It’s annoying!”

Rocky walked off without a backward glance.

Ryan noticed the commotion, his aura prickling with tension as his gaze swept over us.

“In a hurry to leave? Then you’ll be first.”

My heart pounded, my feet rooted to the ground.

Nelson, the Head Healer, interrupted, his scent carrying the faint herbal tang of his work.

“Alpha, perhaps we should start with the first row. These two still need to accompany me to gather herbs!”

Ryan, surprisingly deferential to the elder, nodded in silent agreement.

He began describing the suspect’s features.

“The person had a broad waist… about the width of my hand. Anyone who fits that description, stay.”

Ryan raised his hand, his palm wide, fingers long and defined.

I shuddered at the sight.

After the poisoning incident, the marks from his claws on my waist had taken days to fade.

A testament to his ruthlessness.

He scanned the crowd of over a hundred pack members, quickly narrowing it down to a few dozen.

Then, he moved swiftly, checking each one.

I was in the last row, and it wasn’t long before he reached me.

This is it. I’m dead!

But then my eyes caught sight of the gap in the fence behind me, wide and inviting.

I could probably squeeze through.

I bent down, ready to risk it, only to feel someone yank me back by the collar.

Rocky’s voice was smug, almost taunting.

“Healer Nelson, I’m back to get Lennox. She’s needed for my tasks.

“She was with me the entire time. There’s no way she could’ve been in the Poisoned Forest.”

Nelson clapped his hands, nodding enthusiastically.

“Alpha, it’s true. These two are always together, thick as thieves. And Rocky here is our next Beta, a promising young wolf.

“Lennox? Well, she’s quite taken with him. Trust me, she wouldn’t dare cross you.”

Ryan was silent, his expression unreadable, his Alpha aura pressing down on us like a physical weight.

I linked my arm with Rocky’s, nodding hastily, and we hurried away.