Onyx laid Demi in the back of the car slowly, staring down at her unconscious body.

He can't do this.

His nostrils flared as his head pounded from his Beast. He slammed the door shut, turning the car on before storming off to find Bear and Cash. They'd found materials to wrap the nameless Witch up in.

Of course whoever was behind this destroyed any evidence left behind in exploding the witches head.

Onyx was growling and snarling to himself as he battled between his heart and mind.

In his distraction he didn't notice someone approaching until a gun was pressed to the back of his head.

"You wolves threw us for a loop, we expected the hound. But you guys are a surprise," A man gruffed.

"Could it be that our target is your mate? Little Demi Bordoa?"

Onyx tensed and bound his fists together.

"Ah, Ah," the gun pressed harder into his skull. "You won't be walking away from one of these bullets. We made them special for you Onyx Wolf. But if that's not enough motivation, one move from you and your precious mate you left vulnerable in the car is coming with us. Might even let my boys have fun with her."

Onyx was shaking in anger, forcing himself to stay silent.

Suddenly the gun was pointed at his shoulder and a bullet tore through his muscle point blank. Onyx hissed in pain.

"Just so you know I'm not fucking around."

"You're going to come with me. The threats to your mate still stand. My employer is going to be stoked to have an Alpha Wolf at his lab. Especially after you just killed his favorite project in that warehouse."

Another three soldier approached, Onyx's black eyes darting to them.

One opened its mouth to announce something when a knife plunged into the side of his head.

Demi revealed herself and ducked under an arm that reached for her. The now deceased man fell dead, she swung herself up onto the others soldiers shoulder and slit his throat.

Onyx used the distraction and knocked the gun away and snagged the now defenseless human.

He brought him into a headlock, making him watch as Demi snapped the last man's neck.

Onyx snarled while slowly sinking his claws into the man's adam's apple. "I'm not a regular fucking Alpha," he sneered. The man blubbered while Onyx- in one swift motion- dug his claws into the man's chest. With sheer force he ripped his torso open, his ribs cracking with his grip. The corpse was thrown away.

He looked to see Demi pushing herself up weakly. She was still drenched in blood. They both stared at each other, silence loud around them.

For the first time Demi wished for noise.

"Are you alright?" She forced out while holding her side. From her quick examination, the soles of her feet were burned to a crisp, her legs and chest were burned with zigzagged markings from the lightning. Her ears were bleeding and her hair was soaked from the wound on the back of her head.

"Go back to the damn car, Demi."

She tensed at his tone. Her face screwing up in anger, "What are you doing right now?" She forced out, she could feel it. She could feel him pulling away.

"You almost fucking died Demi. Go back to the car!"

"I almost died and you can barely look at me!" She spat, her wounds and her exhaustion pushing her past her limit.

"What, you throw yourself in front of me like a moron and you expect me to be sympathetic!"

She gaped at him, "You're my mate, you expect me to let you get hurt? When I can stop it from happening?"

Onyx pressed his fist to his head, banging it against his skull as he tried to get himself together. "Not at the expense of yourself! When we have an enemy you are top priority!" A vein bulged from his neck as he yelled down at her.

"You are my priority Onyx! Damn it, get it through your thick skull that the same burning need you feel to keep me safe- I feel it too! You can't be mad when you would've done the same thing!" She screamed.

"That's what the mate bond is-"

"Maybe I don't want something like that!"

She recoiled as if he hit her. Onyx paced as he could no longer look at her.

"I can't function properly in battle when you're around. I got fucking shot today because I was more worried about you- a human got the jump on me because I was just thinking about you! If this bond means when you protect me- your blood will be on my hands then I don't think I can live with it."

Demi stared up at him, Onyx winced as he saw fury behind her gaze.

"What're you saying?"

The question only made him angrier and more confused. "I don't fucking want this, Demi!"

Demi pushed herself forward, shoving him back. He growled but allowed her to hit him, sending brutal hits to his chest.

"Fuck you! Y-You lead me on this entire time! I-I'm falling in love with you, thinking you might be too but stupid Demi for thinking that's possible. How long were you going to let this go on? How long did you know you'd never feel the same? Because if you did care about me, this wouldn't be happening!"

"Stop," he rumbled to her.

Suddenly she punched him in the nose.

"Demi!" Cash ran forward and dragged her away from hitting him again.

"Fuck you!" She screamed at him as she thrashed against Cash.

He sniffed, wiping at the blood from his nostrils. Bear stalked forward, tossing the body down and shoving his Alpha back.

"What did you do?" Bear whispered urgently.

He glanced back at the inconsolable Demi, screaming and crying into Cash.

"What did you do?!"  Bear barked and looked at Onyx. He paused seeing the tears gathering in his Alpha's eyes as he gripped his chest in pain. He was damaging the matebond, sending them both into waves of even more pain.

Cash was wrestling Demi into a hug as he clutched her tightly, glaring daggers at Onyx.

Suddenly he glanced down at his friend who was heating up.

"Demi don't use your mag-" His voice was cut off as she gripped his chest and teleported them both.

Onyx finally released a cry as he fell to his knees. He tore his claws into his chest, overwhelmed with the worst pain he's ever felt.

~

Demi fell to her own knees as her and Cash appeared in front of her home.

"It hurts," she crumpled. Cash held her by her waist as they both stumbled inside. Both were littered in wounds. A shriek sounded as Elora caught sight of them.

"Mom," Demi reached for her.

Elora swooped to catch her and held her close, eyes wide in panic.

"What's wrong? Oh my god.." she looked at how badly her daughter was hurt. "What hurts?" Pounding feet of Keko and Demetri sounded.

"There was a witch... she didn't make it. I'll explain later," Cash slumped as Kekoa came to aid him in standing up.

"Her and Onyx were arguing after the fight. It... seemed serious."

Elora saw her little one hyperventilating and waved her hand. She saw Demi fall asleep promptly, now she could tend to her wounds without Demi panicking.

~

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