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"If you erase all of your bad memories, you erase all of your wisdom." ― Matshona Dhliwayo.

William POV

As soon as Marcus ended his last word, Alexander was gone. The past week has taken an immense toll on him. He hasn't eaten or slept at all, the only sane thing he has done is look after Lily, every second. He never left her alone, so we decided to place her in a safe house, along with Bella.

Just too bad I don't trust their guards, Alpha Luke and his mother, Mia. Alexander laid down an oath for them, so there must be some amount of trust he has in them. I just hope it's not misplaced.

Mitch has been good so far, he covered all his tracks, leaving no stone unturned with any clue.

I took the shortcut to the south border, luckily, it's not that far, so I see no need to shift. The forest was greener this year, everything seemed perfect until you hear the distinct sound of hell breaking loose.

The first few bodies were understandable, I could understand his anger, his rage, and the drive force behind it all. I think I saw about 20 of them, if not more. How he does this I'll never know. It was the scene after that that shocked me, it wasn't Zane, it was Alexander himself. Most of the pack warriors would have been able to handle this themselves, still, he is at the frontline, killing everything that gets in his way.

"It's his message to Mitch," Seth stated.

Body parts were scattered all over the forest, everything reeked of blood.

"William can y-you hear me." she crocked out. Her voice, raspy and I could hear the strain of her body in her voice. It broke my heart to hear her like this, I'll fucken kill that son of a - "woman dog!" Seth cut off my thoughts.

"Hi, baby girl. I can. Where are you? Have you linked Alexander? Are you oka-"

"I -I don't have much, t-time. It's a trap. He is going to wait two hours, then he'll come for her, Lily." she said coughing.

"She is safe, she and Bella are under protection," I said back, quickly.

"He knows that, h.. he knows your every m..move. H..he has a.. an oracle, she showed him, where she..." she said crying. She was a mess, I can't even begin to imagine what she is going through.

I'll fucken kill him.

"P-please, f-or me, just, keep her s-safe. It's the last thing I'll ever ask of y-you." She whispered, cutting off the connection.

Tears flooded my eyes, I tried to fight them the best way I could. At that moment, anger was the only thing cutting off the utter pain that I am feeling. It seemed so unfair, why she must bare all this heartache, trouble, and hatred of one man. He has completely consumed and transformed her life into one of sorrow and loss.

Despite her own need, she came to me, she trusted me to keep Lily safe. I need to do that, no matter the cost.

"T-tell, Alec. I- I l-love h-him." she cut in again, her voice was barely hearable. The conflict of choices rushed through my brain, do I tell Alexander? or do I just go alone? If I tell him she contacted me, he would not be able to focus, but, If I don't, he will hate me forever.

So, I put our friendship above being the Beta, above knowing that it may risk the safety of the pack. He needed to hear this, and I won't deny him that.

"Alexander, I need you to focus and listen to me. I need you to keep your head on your neck and listen to me. Don't lose your marbles, I'm doing this because I am your friend, you're like a brother to me. Monica mind linked me, her only message was that Mitch is coming for Lily, this is a distraction." I mind linked him. I chose not to mention the other part. I chose to believe that we will save her.

"Fuck, William." he linked back, I could hear his voice tremble as he spoke. "Is she, shit I don't know, is she okay?"

When I did not respond he just linked me back. "Let us then focus on the problem at hand. You, go to Lily, I'll keep up the appearance here. In about an hour, I'll get to the safe house."

"Very well, Alpha," I responded with confidence.

"And William."

"Yes, Alexander."

"Keep Bella safe as well. She is just as important." he cut me off.

I shifted, handing control over to Seth, the run to the safe house was a long one, and I needed to get there. The twigs snapped under our paws as he ran at full speed, the sun was unbearable today, making this harder than it needs to be.

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I watched my feet as they slowly walked towards the door, no one knows of this place, only those that need to. The small cabin may not look like much, but this was the safest place to be for her.

Or so we thought.

Although the cabin was built with logs the door was made of solid metal, nothing would ever budge it. The silver was shiny and flat, like that of a fridge. There was no handle, no keyhole, nothing to get a grip on, from the outside at least.

I stared at the small green panel in the middle of the door, the red light flashed unevenly. I pressed my hand on the panel, the light turned green and the door unlocked, slowly opening with a creek.

I pushed the door open, stepping into the cabin, the door slammed shut and just as I was getting ready to tell them and get a handle on this, a screeching scream hit my ears.

"Take another step, and I'll kill you, I have a weapon, and I know how to use it." The female voice said from behind me.

I put my hands in the air, you know the basic 'I come in peace' sign.

There she stood, Mia, with a darn pink, fluffy lamp in her hand. Her face composed with a serious expression, in some way looks like a constipated cat.

"Thank the goddess I came here in time." I blurted out, only to be hit on the head with the fucken lamp. "Ouch, woman, fucking hell!" 

Dedicated to the amazing hafsaatif22  for choosing William 💖 and my loyal readers Crownsangel67, 420_feelings, and awakened_dreams to name a few of you awesome people.

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