His Human Mate

[Warning! In this chapter, there will be gore, blood and death!]

The three of them jumped in surprise. Their eyes widened in shock as they watched a person being flung away, hitting the smaller barnyard. The smaller barnyard which has not been not stable after years of deterioration started to crumble against the impact of a body hitting it.

Erick immediately jumped up and ordered Hamish to quickly cover Amber's eyes.

Soon after, there were sounds of bones cracking from the destroyed barnyard. There were also sounds of clothes ripping and tearing.

Amber, who had her eyes covered by Hamish's hands, was startled by the sounds. She suddenly felt fear at the unknown yet curious. "What was that?" she asked softly, her body unknowingly trembled.

Erick and Hamish ignored her question as they watched Roel stood up from the debris. His body had changed from skin to fur. His teeth grew to fangs and his eyes filled with murder and rage.

Just then, Erick and Hamish received a mind-link from Roel. "I will deal with you two later. Now, go back and bring that human girl with you."

Erick and Hamish gulped in fear. Because they had not fully shifted, they cannot mind-linked a reply. Rather they can only received mind-link from other shifters, whether they want it or not.

Suddenly, Roel vanished and Erick and Hamish could hear the sounds of howling and growling.

The two of them watched as Roel jumped onto the rogue who had flung him earlier. Roel dodged many of its attacks and managed to clawed the rogue's abdomen, making it bleed.

The rogue howled in agony as it attempts to claw back. But Roel was faster. Blood began to drip down from the wounds of the rogue, making it lose more blood. Grabbing his fallen knives, Roel grabbed them with his canine teeth and skilfully swung them towards the rogue. It smoothly hit the rogue straight in the heart as it tried to jump on Roel.

The rogue fell. And before it could catch its last breath, Roel had bit its neck before pulling its head off its body. The rogue died, headless.

Roel howled. Soon after, more of Roel's teammates came out of their hiding place and immediately went inside the larger barnyard.

Roel turned to Erick and Hamish. He then growled, mind-linking them, "Go, now!"

Hamish immediately carried Amber over his shoulder and ran off from where they came from. He ignored Amber's pounding and screaming to let her down.

Before Erick could join Hamish, Roel had gone inside the larger barnyard.

Apparently, curiosity was stronger than fear for Erick. Instead of joining Hamish, he quietly went to the larger barnyard. He went to the side of the building and peeked inside through the small cracked window.

Inside, Roel's team was outnumbered. Some of the pack mates had to fight two against one.

Roel himself had to fight three. But unsurprisingly, he had the upper hand. It was no wonder that he was known as one of the best fighters in the pack.

Erick watched as Roel had one of the rogues in his jaw, while avoiding the other two's attacks. Roel dug deep into the rogue's stomach with his claws. He then swiped his claws up, ripping apart the rogue's stomach. Blood spluttered in the air, pelting Roel's mane in red. However, with a cold look in his eyes, Roel ignored the showering blood and turned to the other rogues.

Roel threw the dying rogue to the side and went to clawed the other rogues. With his large paw, he swiped the second rogue's head down, crushing its head. The bones of the skull crumbled into bits. The third rogue howled out his anger at the sight of its two dead rogue mates.

Before the third rogue could attack Roel, Roel had already jumped on the back of the rogue. With his bloodied claws, Roel tore the rogue apart by ripping its neck down to its spine. He had successfully ripped the rogue into half.

Erick shivered at the bloody sight. Before he could run away, one of the rogues had caught sight of him.

It broke away from its fight and ran over to Erick.

Seeing this, Erick felt terror taking over his body. But then he gritted his teeth with determination. 'I am the future Alpha,' he thought to himself proudly. 'This shouldn't frighten me!'

Erick ran towards the fallen baseball that was near the area where he, Hamish and Amber had hid earlier.

As he raised the bat into the air, the rogue came crashing into Erick. The two of them hit the ground, making Erick dropped the bat once more. Erick had closed his eyes after the crash. But his eyes widened when he saw the rogue was about to bite his face off.

With quick instinct, Erick kicked the rogue off him and straddled the rogue. Swiftly avoiding the rogue's attacks, Erick pummelled the rogue in the face. It felt like hitting a stone wall but this did not hinder Erick, even when his fists became bloody and painful.

Before Erick could land another hit, he felt his leg was bitten. Erick screamed in agony and saw one of the rogues had grabbed his leg. And before Erick could retaliate, the rogue had flung him against the barrels, which was in-between the smaller and larger barnyards. His body came crashing down, knocking all the barrels.

Erick tried to sit up but the rogue was already in front of him, growling. It was about to bite Erick's neck but Erick managed to block the attack with his arm.

Erick gritted his teeth, trying to withstand the burn of his injury. He felt like he was about to lose an arm. And before the rogue could do further damage, Roel came barreling in. He torpedoed against the rogue's abdomen and flung it against the other rogue from before.

Roel mind-linked Erick in anger. 'Why the feck are you still doing here?'

"I just want to help!" Erick shouted.

'You're just a hindrance to this mission.'

Erick's face fell as he realized the true situation. Roel was right. He was only bringing more trouble for Roel. Roel had to protect him while attacking the rogues.

Erick staggerily stood up, trying hard not to wince in discomfort. "I'm sorry," he mumbled as he cradled his bloodied arm.

Roel ignored his apology. He was focusing on the two rogues which were walking towards them, slowly. Their fangs dripping with spittle and blood as they came closer.

Roel pushed Erick behind him with his snout, trying to protect him from the two rogues.

Shortly after, a breeze swept past them, knocking against the two rogues. Howls of pain and agony echoed in the air. After howls, it changed to whimpers and slowly turned to silence.

Erick's eyes widened as he watched the shifter in front of him stood up in its glory on its hind legs. The aura that Erick could feel radiating from the shifter terrified him, almost bringing him to his knees.

'Roel.'

Roel immediately bowed his head. 'Yes, Alpha!'

'Get him out of here and return here once he's safely out of the danger zone,' Lachlan ordered, not looking at Erick.

'Yes, Alpha.'

Lachlan's Beta, who was still in his human form, threw over some spare clothes to Roel.

Roel quickly changed into his human form and put on the clothes that Fergus threw over. He then carried Erick over his shoulder, careful not to touch his wounds and ran out of the area.

Shortly after, Erick, who was hanging over Roel's shoulder, received a mind-link from his father.

'You're in so much trouble once we're done here.'

Erick winced. 'Oh feck.'