Why My Mate Cries
Chapter 77

ALIYAH’S POV

All I heard was screaming. My breathing was becoming heavy as I watched the happenings from outside through the small window of the attic. I was in helpless horror, watching how the warriors fought against warriors, tearing their opponents’ bodies into pieces, and innocent people running away, screaming for help.

Fire and smoke were everywhere, and the more I watched it, the more my chest tightened in great terror. I shook my head and shut my eyes, hoping it was just a dream. But as my heart pounded aggressively, my mind started to panic, realizing everything was real.

Although my body was still weak and in pain, I ran towards the door and tried to open it, only to figure out that it was locked from the outside.

“Help!” I began screaming as I banged on the door with the remaining strength I had. The wounds on my wrists started to open and bleed while I continued to slam the door, trying to get the attention of the people downstairs. “Dad! Shawn! Help!”

I screamed… and coughed due to the smoke and heat consuming the entire attic. But no one came to rescue me. I pressed my ear to the door, and I didn’t hear any voices coming from the downstairs, possibly because I was the only one in the house at the moment.

My tears began streaming down my face. One final bang on the door and I fell to the floor, crying.

“Please… Please, help…” I cried helplessly.

The searing pain in my body, brought on by the aftermath of my miscarriage, made me feel so weak, my legs wobbled, and I could no longer stand. My eyes turned to the window, where I could hear everything that was happening outside.

What’s happening? Who is the wolf pack that was attacking this land?

Was my life going to end this way?

Should I just let myself die?

For a brief moment, I silently cried. Death should have been my escape, but I didn’t understand why it felt so wrong to even think about it.

And the only answer that whirled around my head was that Reid wouldn’t want that to happen. He wouldn’t like it if I gave up my life so easily.

“You have to fight, Aliyah…”

With that in mind, I snarled, forcing the rope tied around my wrist to tear. I screamed both in pain and determination to break free until the rope finally broke. My wrists were bleeding as they met the floor. I took a few deep breaths, and when I glanced up to the window, I saw the bloody full moon in the night sky.

The sight of it seemed to have brought me a sheer amount of strength. I could feel it going through my bones, and sinking through my veins. Without any hesitation, I shifted into my wolf form, and though I knew it would hurt me a lot, I forced myself to jump through the attic window. A loud breaking sound was the next thing I heard, and the broken window’s pieces wounded my coat, making me howl in pain.

Then I fell, rolling all the way to the ground.

As I struggled to my feet, I realized that this place had turned into a disaster. My heart felt like breaking apart, seeing the dead bodies of some unknown warriors. Everyone was running for their lives, fighting the pack attacking the land, and even shifting to escape to somewhere safe.

I tried to replace the familiar figures of Dad and Shawn among the crowd, but I had a hard time searching for them because of the thick smoke that engulfed my sight.

Then a wolf appeared out of nowhere, snarling at me with its fangs gritted and saliva flowing out, as if I was an enemy. I sucked in a breath.

In my wolf form, I stepped back with my heart racing so fast.

He roared. The next thing I knew was that he was running towards me and trying to bite my neck. Adrenaline rushed through me, and I was fast enough to dodge his attack, but it did not stop right there. When I tried to run away, the wolf dashed toward me, bit my tail, and I howled loudly with how his fangs dug into my skin.

Another wolf came into the scene. Before my tail could be torn apart, this wolf bit my attacker in the neck, and b***d splashed on the ground, including on my face.

“Y—You…” I stuttered.

“Run, Aliyah!”

Based on the familiar bright blue eyes of the wolf and his voice, there was no doubt it was Jaxon, the Gamma. I was about to thank him for saving my life, but before I could stand, another wolf appeared.

Jaxon fought it as he tried to protect me. I could have sworn that terror engulfed my entire body and that my vision turned blurry.

“Aliyah, run in the woods!” Jaxon growled as he turned to me.

“J—Jaxon, but how about you?”

“I will follow you. For now, run!”

Five wolves ran towards our direction. I went into an instant panic, and even though my bones hurt so much, I still tried to stand. When I looked at Jaxon again, he was preparing for another attack, and goodness… I knew that he would not have a chance to win the fight. It was one versus five!

“Jaxon!”

“I said f*****g run now!”

My eyes went teary. I could not help but think he was wasting his life protecting me. He should’ve run away and ignored me when he got the chance, but he didn’t.

With my body trembling in fear, I turned my back. Even though it broke my heart to escape alone, I followed his order and ran as fast as I could. I even stumbled over one of the dead bodies and whimpered terribly.

How come that my little world turned out like this?

I looked back and saw Jaxon being cornered by the five big wolves. He was fighting them with all his might, but the moment one of them bit his back, I turned my gaze away as I could not take it anymore.

May the Moon Goddess be merciful enough to save Jaxon from them, because although I wanted to do it myself, I knew I couldn’t.

I ran to the woods crying. My heart was beating faster as I prayed that no wolves had seen and followed me. My escape should not be like this…

I stood on the hillside, and for the last time, I glanced back at the silver moon land, the place that I treated as hell but still would not want to vanish simply because there were innocent people living there.

The fire was already wide spread that I could only pray no children and families were harmed… I hope those innocent lives were able to escape.

I could hardly see Jaxon from my direction. With the thick smoke consuming the land, all I could hear was screams of agony.

My eyes saw a familiar black wolf. But I wasn’t sure if I saw it correctly given the smoke surrounding the place.

Taking a few deep breaths, I then turned my back and decided to run into the woods. This time, I did not look back and only hoped that my fate would change.