Sold To The Alpha
A Lost Princess Chapter 28

Heaving Riley's body off of him, Valdar scrambled to his feet, stifling a gasp as he forced his already healing ankle to support him. The knife still in his hand as he eyed the growling face of Daniel, hackles up as he slowly advanced on the Vampire, his eyes trained on the blood covered blade in his hand. Lifting the blade, Valdar beckoned the Beta toward him, 'come on little mutt, come and avenge your pathetic excuse of an Alpha' he mocked.

A sudden grin curled up from Daniel's mouth as he stalked toward his prey, his gaze unwavering as the Vampire readied himself for the attack.

A movement behind him caught his eye just as Sebastian brought his own dagger, retrieved from the floor whilst Valdar was occupied watching Daniel, down through the Vampires arm, slicing into it and causing him to drop his own knife in pain.

Screaming out, Valdar grabbed his injured arm instinctively as Daniel lunged toward the vampires throat, sending him backwards and landing on his stomach, the Wolf's nails clawing at the Vampires chest as the latter tried desperately to get him off, using his good arm to fend off Sebastian's knife that was being repeatedly driven into his body..

Aiming his teeth at the Vampires neck, Daniel was stopped as Valdar thrust his arm into the Wolf's mouth, yelling loudly as his long canines dug into his paper white skin.

Rolling himself over, he kicked out at Daniel, sending him skidding across the rugs that gave the huge animal no purchase, sending him crashing into the wall with a loud crack.

Sebastian saw his opportunity and aimed his dagger at his opponents throat but Valdar quickly rolled out of the way, dragging himself back to his feet and toward the collector who eyed him warily.

Valdar's gaze intensified as his violet eyes connected with Sebastian's brown ones, the Collector fighting internally as his body started to give in to the Vampires hypnotic gaze.

'Finish your friend' Valdar hissed in barely a whisper. His mind fighting desperately against his body, Sebastian turned to the werewolf who was staggering to his feet, blood flowing from his leg, at least one rib broken from hitting the wall as he skid across the floor unstoppable.

His feet moving of their own accord, Sebastian made his way toward the injured warrior, his eyes begging the wolf to run as his right hand lifted the blade above his head, his left grabbing the wolf by the scruff and holding him in place. 'Finish him!' screamed Valdar forcefully, his eyes unblinking.

An earth shaking howl echoed around the room, spinning round Valdar was grabbed in the claws of the furious brown Wolf. Digging into the Vampires chest, Riley lunged them both across the room, hurtling through the antique couch and into the mouth of the cave. Growling in fury, Riley met the terrified Vampires eyes, his gaze silently communicating that what was coming next would be enjoyed by one of them immensely.

Pinning the Vampires arms to his sides with his front paws, Riley used his weight to hold the Vampire still, opening his mouth wide, his canines extended, a drop of saliva dripping off his tooth and onto the panicked Vamp's chest before he slowly took the foe's neck in his mouth and tore his head from his body, spitting it out before shifting back and wiping his face with his arm.

Standing up, he left the lifeless body behind him and ran over to his friends, Daniel, in human form, laying on the floor gasping for breath, Sebastian's dagger embedded in his side.

Skidding to a stop next to his Beta, Riley lifted Daniel's head, cradling it in his lap as he looked into the eyes of his friend.

'Don't you leave me Daniel' Riley shouted as the Beta began to close his eyes, 'don't you dare leave me! that's an order from your Alpha! Are you going to disobey your Alpha?' he demanded, trying to keep the panic out of his voice.

Forcing his eyes open again, Daniel shook his head almost imperceptibly, coughing slightly he replied, 'No Alpha, I'm here'.

Letting out a sigh, Riley nodded, 'Good, you stay here, you are not to leave, if you see a white light, you run the f**k away, do you hear me?' he growled.

Laughing weakly, Daniel tried to give a salute, 'Understood Alpha, no white light for me'.

Looking up, Riley took in the horrified face of Sebastian, who stood over them, his hands covered in Daniel's blood.

'Oh my God' he muttered, 'what did I do? Daniel? What the f**k did I do!' he repeated over and over again.

'Sebastian' Riley shouted forcefully, drawing the distraught man's gaze toward him, 'This s**t is not your fault, but I haven't got time to talk you down about it, we need to get him out of here and to some help!'

Nodding automatically, Sebastian grabbed the bag he had dropped at the beginning of the fight and pulled out some shorts for Riley and Daniel, Riley quickly putting his on before helping Daniel.

Bending down, the Alpha picked up his warrior in his arms before looking at Sebastian, 'Where do we take him? I can't take him to a human hospital, our pack is days away and we don't know any of the pack's that might be around here to replace them let alone ask for help' he said fretfully.

Swallowing hard, Sebastian shook his head clearing it, looking up he replied, 'We take him back to Clarissa, she might be able to help us!

Nodding agreement, the pair sprinted from the cave, Sebastian only stopping to pick up his knife and the Vampire's two daggers. Running through the woods as fast as they could, the friends soon arrived at the front door to the B&B. Hammering desperately on the door, Sebastian pushed his way in quickly as Clarissa pulled back the bolt.

Hurrying inside, Riley entered Clarissa's bedroom through the still broken door and lay his Beta carefully on the bed. Turning round he looked at Clarissa desperately, 'can you help him?' he asked.

Staring at the barely breathing man on her bed, Clarissa stepped forward, examining the knife still protruding from Daniel's side before looking up at the two fearful men behind her.

'I can't help him, but I know someone who might' she said quietly, 'She's a good person, she'll keep your secret about who you are if you trust her!

Riley nodded immediately, 'call her' he ordered before dropping down on the floor next to his friend, Sebastian taking the only chair in the room as they sat silently watching Daniel's chest rise and fall.

Ten minutes later, the doorbell rang and Clarissa hurried from the room, returning moments later with a short plump woman in her thirties who carried a small black bag in her hand.

Stepping into the room she surveyed the three men before walking over to Daniel and sitting down next to him on the bed.

'I assume this is my patient?' she asked rhetorically, eyeing the knife as she busied herself opening her case.

'His name is Daniel' Riley muttered, not taking his eyes off his friends pale face.

'Well Daniel, my name is Ruby and I am going to try and patch you up OK?' the woman said jovially as she pulled out a needle and a syringe, forcing the needle through the seal and drawing out some of the clear liquid. Holding the syringe up, she flicked it a few times, forcing the bubbles to the top before squirting a tiny bit out. 'This will numb the area around the knife so I can pull it out and stitch you up. I'm told you are a quick healer so I'll just be making sure to stem the blood flow and leaving your body to do the rest OK?' she asked watching as Daniel nodded, his eyes remaining closed.

Injecting the area, Ruby waited a few minutes for the anaesthetic to work, placing towels that Clarissa had brought in around the knife to stem the flow of blood before carefully pulling the blade out of the Beta's skin.

Using a saline solution, she washed the wound and then proceeded to check for any damage.

'Good news, you missed anything vital that I can see' she said with a smile, 'so lets sew you up and then I'll take a look at your leg. Turning to Riley, she gave him a stern look, 'and then I will be taking a look at your wound young man, no arguments' Looking surprised, Riley glanced at his own side that was still dripping blood, the edges of his wound refusing to knit together due to the silver. He had been so consumed with protecting his friends he had blocked out the pain completely. Gasping as the pain of his injury washed over him, Riley sat back against the bed as Clarissa ran forward, grabbing a towel and pressing it firmly against the injury.

Sewing up Daniel's side, Ruby smiled at the Beta as the colour started to return to his face now blood was no longer flowing out of him. 'Bet you are glad it wasn't silver' she muttered with a grin that only widened at Daniel's shocked face. 'Don't worry, Clarissa filled me in on the phone about you and your friend's special biology' she said, 'your secret is safe with me' she added as Daniel reached out and gave her hand a small squeeze of gratitude.

Turning to his leg, Ruby cleaned the wound, making sure that no flecks of silver remained embedded in his skin before stitching the cut closed and covering it. Posted by Narugi.com; visit us for more free novels.

Standing from the bed, she made her way to Riley's side, removing the towels and checking his skin, cleaning the area thoroughly as she muttered about 'being a big baby' as Riley growled in discomfort. Once satisfied the wound was clean, Ruby stitched the hole closed and stuck a large dressing over the top before checking his leg which was already healing.

Standing up from the floor, she picked up the blood covered towels, handing them too Clarissa who deposited them in the nearby clothes hamper. Turning to the two werewolves, Ruby's face became stern, 'Right, you two are on bed rest, three days! No arguments' she added as Riley began to protest. 'You need to give your bodies time to heal or you are going to be two big old dead weights around your friends neck, understand?' she demanded, glowering at the two men who gave a small gulp under her glare and nodded. 'Man, you are more scary than Riley's mum and she's the Luna of our pack' Daniel said impressed. 'SO are you like a human doctor?' he asked intrigued.

Laughing Ruby replied, 'not exactly honey, I'm a vet'

Sebastian, who had been sat silent the entire time suddenly let out an involuntary chuckle.

'What?' Riley demanded, trying to get up, wincing and returning to the floor, 'what's so funny? what's a vet?' he asked, both men looking confused.

Choking back his laughter, Sebastian wiped his eyes, 'A vet is a doctor for animals' he stuttered, 'You got treated by a pet doctor' he added, bursting out laughing again.

'That is not funny' Riley growled as Daniel started to laugh on the bed.

'Yes it is mate, it's fricking hilarious' his Beta said looking up at Ruby's amused face. 'Thank you Ruby for helping me and my Alpha, and for promising to keep our secret for us, though your Mayor knows so it probably isn't that much of a secret now' he added. Ruby shrugged, 'He may know what you are, but I'm the only person who knows where you are, and I'll be keeping that piece of information to myself' she said.

'Oh can you tell the Mayor that your problem with the Vampire is taken care of, no more offerings need to be made' Riley interjected as Ruby and Clarissa both looked stunned.

'Really?' Clarissa breathed, clearly not daring to believe his words.

Nodding emphatically, Daniel added, 'Yep, Riley may have helped him lose a few pounds of weight.. by removing his head' he said with laugh.

Taking Riley's hand in hers, Ruby leaned down and met the teenagers gaze, 'Thank you for that, you have done more for this town than you will ever know!' she murmured before straightening up and heading for the door. Turning in the doorway she added, 'I will be returning in two days time to check your wounds, you better be here for me to look at' before heading around the door frame and disappearing from view.

Clarissa followed the Vet to the door, the two talking in low voices for a few minutes before the warriors heard the soft click of the front door closing.

Returning to the room, she surveyed the trio, crossing her arms across her chest, 'hmm, right, well, Looks like we need to get you two upstairs to your beds' she said sternly, pointing at Sebastian she said, 'You will be helping me get them there, then I'm changing my bedsheets and then I'll make you all some tea and sandwiches and bring them too your room because you look like you could do with a good meal!' she declared before walking over to Riley and helping him too his feet. Sebastian walked round the bed and lifted Daniel easily in his arms.

'Good job you ended up with the double' he gruffed as he carried the Beta toward the stairs, 'would have been a bit of an issue if we had to kick the Alpha out as you are the most injured'

Daniel smirked over at Riley who was hobbling up the stairs behind them, supported by Clarissa, 'He loves me, he couldn't cope without me looking after his a*s, he would have given up his bed for me!'

Riley's growl echoed up the stairs, 'last thing I remember is me having to save your a*s in that cave' he muttered annoyed, 'I think it's your a*s that couldn't survive without me!'

Shaking his head Daniel blew a kiss over Sebastian's shoulder, 'whatever helps you sleep at night Alpha' he replied with a wink.