138 BLOODY NIGHT (4)
Blue felt her head was under the water, she didn’t think that it would feel like this when a shifter was wearing the bracelet that prevented them from shifting into their beast form.
Not only that, it slowed down their healing progress as well, so it left Blue like a normal human being. She was bleeding and wounded, scratches littered all over her body, but who would care about that?
Liam was trying to make her move and when Blue, apparently, was too hard to put one foot in front of the other, he picked her up and carried her in his arms.
By now, the wound that Blue caused to his face had almost healed completely, but the blood still smeared his features.
Blue wanted to protest and demand to be put down, yet Liam only hissed at her about not causing another scene, since she wouldn’t be so lucky the next time.
“Put me down,” Blue said sternly, as firm as she could protest, since her head was spinning.
“Stop it, Zuri,” he said in a low voice. “You will be more miserable than this.”
Alpha Xerxes and Emmet were walking in front of them, leading this small party back to where they would hold the mating ceremony. They saw what Liam did to Blue, but apparently they didn’t care much about it, as long as they could get Blue to the mating ceremony faster.
“You can kill me,” Blue hissed. “Kill me, Liam.”
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Liam’s brows were taut in frustration, but he ignored that plea and Blue knew she wouldn’t get what she wanted, thus she closed her eyes and leaned against his shoulder, resting her head there.
There were too many things that roamed around her head and she couldn’t get her mind wrapped around the idea of being mated to Emmet.
That was disgusting.
They walked for a few more minutes before Blue heard the commotion of the party, but when they saw Alpha Xerxes and his small group of people that he brought to chase after Blue, all of the commotion and noises died down.
They lowered their heads and stepped back, not only the omegas, but also the people from his own pack as well.
It seemed he killed Mateo right in front of them, as an announcement for those who were trying to defy him, death would be the consequences.
The tension was so thick and fear hung in the air, Blue could even smell their restlessness and felt their anxiety about what would happen at the end of the night.
“Put her down,” Alpha Xerxes told Liam, as they reached the sacred river, where the ceremony would be held, where Emmet would mark Blue in front of the rest of the pack.
Liam frowned again, his expression was troubled, but he didn’t do what his father wanted him to do immediately. “Father,” he said, hesitation palpable in his voice. “Why don’t we postpone this and do it again next time? You just killed someone tonight, it will jinx the mating ceremony.”
“What do you mean it will jinx the ceremony?” Alpha Xerxes narrowed his eyes, he seemed to not agree with how Liam put his words. He was not in the right mood after all to have someone object to him time and again.
He should have known about Blue’s tendencies and taken some really serious precautions against her. However, he enjoyed the part where he could take Mateo’s life and blame it on the girl’s head, and to watch how hurt and devastated she was, it was perfect...
“Someone died today, so you shouldn’t continue the mating ceremony on the same day.” Liam was trying his best to meet his father’s eyes, but it was hard for him, since the alpha was very dominant. He knew that and he used his power to intimidate his son or anyone, who opposed him.
Liam averted his gaze and glanced at his brother, Emmet, who didn’t pay any attention to what was happening now, since his eyes were somewhere else, he was staring at a certain someone in the crowd and Liam could guess very easily that he was staring at his mate.
“Father... tonight is not a blessed night... why don’t you move it to some other time?” Liam felt pressured when his father didn’t say anything and forced him to talk more to fill the awkward silence instead.
The ceremony would only be able to be held on a full moon, thus to postpone it tonight, it meant they needed to wait for another full moon, which would be a month later.
Alpha Xerxes didn’t have that much patience to wait so long...
“Put her down,” Alpha Xerxes said, this time, he spoke in his alpha tone that made Liam shudder, because it took everything in him to not bend his knees in front of his Alpha.
Blue opened her eyes, she felt the tugging within her that forced her to submit upon hearing that voice, but her beast, that was sleeping deep down inside of her, struggled to not give in. She glared at him and if looks could kill, Alpha Xerxes would have died in a thousand different ways in the span of a short second.
“Emmet, take your mate and start the ceremony.” Alpha Xerxes ordered his son and he walked to the river first, letting the cold water soak his cloak. He was wearing a bright yellow cloak, with a symbol of the full moon on the back of it.
“Give her to me,” Emmet said to Liam, but he didn’t wait for his brother to hand Blue over, as he took her anyway.
At this time, Blue used every ounce of strength that she could muster to twist her body and stab Emmet with the onlace that she kept on her ankle.
She was dropped to the ground and watched Emmet’s shoulder which was now bleeding from the wound that she caused.
“YOU F*CKING B*TCH!” Emmet roared in anger, but Blue pointed the onlace against her own neck.
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