Spell Bound
Four

Arabella

I walk throughout the forest as quickly and as quiet as I possibly can.

I need the element of surprise on my side to guarantee that I make it out of this alive.

All wolves are dangerous, but alpha wolves even the ones that are alpha's of minor packs are especially lethal.

They are able to kill with just a flick of their wrist if someone stood in their way.

Those that they rule fear them because they know and have witnessed first hand how ruthless an alpha can be when things do not go their way.

They have short tempers, and make life or death decisions in seconds.

All of the except Alpha Lucian.

Which is why I picked him. Even though his temper didn't match all of the other alpha's he was still an alpha nonetheless. Having his blood run through my body temporarily will make me strong enough to take down my ex-coven.

I am sure that he can be just as ruthless and lethal as all of the other alpha's when pushed. Which is why I have to tread carefully.

I smirk at my thoughts.

This is almost a fool proof plan. Taking down my old coven will be a piece of cake, all I have to do is take down an alpha.

I look down at my bracelet, the Phoenix blood that once filled my bracelet is now almost non-existent, so I will have to depend on Valentina's blood.

I couldn't grab the gold bracelet that I found in the library that was enchanted with dark magic. Val was hovering over me all day, and if she would have seen it she would have flipped on me. Even though she turned her back on the coven with me their teachings still heavily influenced her.

I would have to save the little magic that I do have on an invisibility spell as I drag him out of his land. If his pack caught wind of what I was attempting to do they would probably tear me apart before he would be able to do anything.

I soon start to feel the hairs on my arms start to stand up and my heart race increases.

I don't know how to explain it but I know Alpha Lucian is out here in the forest by himself.

I stop walking and I try to concentrate on what I am feeling.

I am not sure why I feel the way that I do, but I just know if I focus I will be able to tell exactly where it is.

It feels like an instinct.

It feels like fate.

It also somewhat feels like a trap.

I decided to ignore the last feeling. Even if it is a trap I know that I will be able to get out of it.

I lean against a tree, close my eyes and take a deep breath.

I just follow my gut and keep walking around the border of the pack.

It was never apart of my plan to circle the border of his pack, but not having to actually enter his territory would make things a whole lot easier.

Alarm bells ring through my head once again that this might be a trap.

I once again disregard it and continue walking.

I side step piles of leaves and sticks. Even with the invisibility spell Lucian will probably smell me coming a mile away, I don’t need him to be able to hear me as well.

I see a figure standing by one of the many trees ahead of me and that’s when I decide to finally use the cloaking spell so he won’t be able to see me.

As I get closer the more that I realize that this plan is probably too reckless to pull off.

I’ve never seen a wolf shifter in person, let alone an alpha one.

As much as I want to, it is unwise to observe him so closely, it’s something that I can do later.

As I get closer, my heart starts to beat in my chest erratically even though I was calm.

Why was he standing so still?

I know wolves have superior hearing so he should have at least acknowledged that I’m here somehow.

I try to ignore the paranoia about his lack of reaction and pull out crushed up herbs out of my pocket. I hope they will be enough to knock him out for a decent amount of time.

Just as I make it within five feet of him he turns around and looks me directly in the eye.

I gasp as I feel the cloaking spell shatter and the smirk that appears on his face lets me know that he can definitely see me.

I push a scream down my throat as I jump up and cup the herbs around his nose and mouth.

He quickly grabs my wrist, but not before he inhales them. He starts to slowly fade and then drops to the floor.

I can't believe that it was actually this easy. I am finally going to get everything that I have ever wanted.

I look around to make sure that there weren't any witnesses to what I just did.

I stare at his large, unconscious body.

He an oval face shape, with high cheek bones and a button nose.

I look down at my bracelet to see that there are a few drops of the Phoenix's blood still in there. Just enough to perform a teleportation spell to get the hell out of here.

I reach down and grasp the alpha by his feet, and I picture myself in that crappy motel that I bought out for two weeks.

We barely make it to the motel, and I am instantly disgusted by the way the inside looks.

I am near witch territory and I need to stay under the radar so I have no choice but to stay in a not so nice area run by humans.

They typically mind their business as long as they are getting paid on time so even if the alpha makes a scene they won't ask questions.

"Who knew it would be this easy to abduct an Alpha?" I ask out loud.

I laugh at the question and begin to drag him by his feet throughout the small room.

He is heavier than I anticipated and I end up sweating a little by the time I drag him to the wall that I had made full of chains to keep him secure.

I plan to keep him here until I extract revenge against my ex-coven. I am not sure how much of his blood that I might need so it would be best to keep him where I can access him at all times.

I might have told Valentina that I was only going to get blood from him once and leave, but I only told her that to minimize her freaking out on me.

I start to one by one cuff the alpha to the wall. First his wrists, then his elbows so he won't be able to bend them, around his waist, his neck and then finally his ankles and knees.

This should be enough to hold him down and if it isn't I can easily escape him before he is able to do anything in retaliation.

He won't be able to track me down, I can move anywhere I want to freely. I don't have a coven to hold me down so if he seeks retribution I'll be in the clear.

I stand in front of the chained up alpha and all I want to do is wake him so I can taunt him for being captured by a witch who can't even produce her own magic.

I refrain from doing it, because I am aware that it would be unwise. Even though I am confident in my chains I would not put it past an alpha wolf to be able to break through them.

I walk away from him towards my backpack and pull out my pocket knife, and a small vial to hold the blood.

I think back to the little anatomy lesson that Valentina tried to have with me. I usually take blood from creatures and when the only time I don't is when I am taking Val's blood and she does the cuts herself.

So this is the first time I am doing this to a person. She stated that just in case that things go awry I would not want to provoke the Alpha more than I already have. So cutting in the 'polite' way as she put it wouldn't agitate them more than I already have.

The brachial artery is the biggest in the arm so I would want to aim with that. Usually a cut there can bleed a person out to death within minutes but lucky for him he is a wolf so his healing will save him.

I just need a little but of blood to bring home to Val so she won't be concerned on what I am doing for the next fews days.

I reach up and and grasp his arm to keep it still with my free hand. I place the knife against the skin on his upper arm making sure the cut I am about to make is horizontal before slicing through his skin.

I turn to place the knife down and grab the vial, and when I turn back around the cut had already healed itself.

I narrow my eyes at the small blood trail travels down his arm.

I knew that wolves healed quickly, but that was just ridiculous.

I once again picked up the knife and kept the vial in my other hand.

Screw being polite.

I stab into his skin this time, and blood comes pouring out of the wound. I keep the knife in place and push it down so more trickles out as I hold the vial to it.

Once the vial is full I remove the knife, and watched as the wound healed itself once again.

I turn my back to his unconscious body once again, if I stay any later Valentina might locate me and realize that I hadn't exactly followed the plan I told her.

I walk to the sink in the pathetically small kitchen to rinse the alpha's blood off of my knife.

As I ran the knife under the water I turned and looked back at him. He should be asleep for the next hour or so. I could easily drain him of his worth and leave him here.

He will never even be able to catch me. I would be guaranteeing my safety if I were to do that, but there is another chance that I don't take enough of his blood my coven would eradicate me from this world.

I turn off the water and observe him from afar.

After seeing him in person there is no denying that he is all alpha, but what about him made him so different?

Why is it that he is known as the only reasonable wolf throughout the pack lands?

I walk towards my bag and place the vial and my pocket knife in the bag and swing it over my shoulder.

I look up again and the Alpha Lucian is staring me down with those black eyes.

"You've taken my blood and now you're leaving? You didn't even tell me thank you."