Chapter 28

Another powerful Alpha

*********Nero Pov********

Swaying my gaze off the road for a moment, I stare behind at the backseat and stare at Blake, under the blanket before focusing back on the road.

It's been a couple of minutes now, and she's still unconscious, which had me a bit worried because her injuries were deep, even though they weren't life-threatening.

Although I knew what Blake was, I didn't expect her wolf to be this aggressive and dominant at this stage. It was her second transformation, and she murder five betas without any help and in a short time frame.

Her wolf was way fierce and more mature than I thought it was. However, it seems like she's still weak, but once she reaches her full potential, today's incident will be nothing compared to what she can do.

"Nero," Blake suddenly whispered.

Immediately, I glanced back at her to look at her weary face as she stared into my eyes and mumbled, "The sixth wolf,"

"Dead," I said, looking ahead of me.

After all these years, I let my wolf out for her, and now, I don't want to imagine what happened back there and the gruesome mess I made because it will make me nauseous.

"You killed him," Blake asked, her voice hoarse with shock.

"Mmmh," I mumbled without looking back at her.

It grew silent in the car afterward, so I looked behind and realized that she had fallen asleep again.

For a while, I forgot myself as I stared at her face until I heard a honk, and I snapped back to reality, immediately focusing back on the road.

"Look where you are driving, dumbass!!" A driver shouted as he sped past us.

When we got to the villa, Blake was still asleep, so I had to carry her to her room, and the moment I rested her on the bed, I heard the front door open.

Picking up Jason's scent, I walked out of the bedroom and headed downstairs, meeting him in the hallway.

He was worried that Blake wasn't picking up her phone and called me a while back to ask if she was home. So I told him about what was going on, and now, he's here which I wasn't expecting.

Staring up from my head and dragging his gaze down to my feet, Jason frowned and mumbled, "Why are you dressed like that?"

"This is what I could get my hands on in a rush," I uttered, gazing down at my pullover pajama set.

After receiving Blake's distress text, I was in such a hurry that I grabbed my pajamas from last night off the floor and my blanket from my bed, not sure if I was going to shift or she was.

"Where is Blake?" Jason asked as he looked over my shoulder, staring at the staircases.

It was annoying to know that he was here because of her, and I don't know if I could classify what I felt as me being jealous. But I kind of hate seeing his face the moment he asked for her.

"She's sleeping," I murmured, walking past him.

For a while, Jason said nothing as he followed me to the living room. But when we finally took a seat, he met my eyes and asked, "Is she okay?"

"Even though she sustained some nasty injuries, a couple of minutes from now, she will be fine. Her wounds had already started healing."  I mumbled, trying to get the bloody image of her out of my head.

"Who could be behind something this fuck up?"

"I'm not sure. But I found this."

Reaching into my pocket, I pulled out a phone and tossed it on the table.

After my brief encounter with sixth wolves, I went to check the woods to make sure that that was the last of them, and I stumbled upon his phone.

Once he had picked it off the table, Jason eyed me before playing the recording, and I noticed his eyes glowed yellow and his fist tightened as he listened to the recording.

What he said this morning about not taking a step back and that he felt something for Blake left me in a messed-up dilemma, and seeing now that he did care about her in that way was kind of pissing me off.

"It was in the woods, a few distances from where Blake got attacked. The fact that one of those bastards was recording, I think whoever sent them wanted proof of her wolf." I mumbled as I darted my gaze away from him.

"You think Chloe is the one behind this?" Jason asked, drawing my focus back to him.

"It could be. Her father has the money and power for her to hire six betas."

"These guys are arrogant asses."

"They got what they deserved."

"Huh?"

As I was about to explain my words in detail, Jason's face went blank, his eyes widened, and he didn't blink for a while.

For a couple of minutes, the noise from the video audio was the only thing echoing in the living room. Then Jason finally dropped the phone on the table and mumbled, "What the fuc"

Focusing on my eyes, he took a long look at me and gaily laughed, "She's freaking unbelievable!"

There was no denying that and that I had wronged one of the few wolves that could take me out.

"What did Loki want to talk to you about?" I asked, pushing aside my thoughts.

"He wants me to well, he wants you to reject Blake," Jason said spitefully.

That was the slightest strange. Blake said it, and now that her words were true, I felt some type of way over the fact that Killain was the option her father was going for.

First of all, he is a dickhead, and his attitude is pure trash that makes me want to beat the crap out of him until he stops shaking.

After keeping silent for a moment, Jason's face deepened into a frown and his eyes darkened.

Then he sluggishly dropped back on the couch and mumbled, "Loki's exact words were that I should stay away from his daughter if I don't want him to find other means to unbound her from me."

Even though I restrained myself from saying it out loud, I couldn't help wondering if Loki was going to force Blake into bearing the mark of an alpha she doesn't love and is bound to.

"The mark will disappear on the coming full moon naturally, so there's no need to emotionally break her," I mumbled, unable to get over the awful gut feeling I felt.

"Then what next?" Jason asked, his gaze cold as he stared at me. "Are you going to set her free?"

"That's the plan."

"About this morning"

"Let's not."

Suddenly standing to his feet, Jason looked down at me and mumbled, "I wasn't kidding."

"I know," I whispered.

"Good. There are a couple more days before the full moon. Make up your mind by then."

"It's easy to say when you are not in my position."

Keeping silent, Jason walked away from the couch. But when he got to the doorway, he looked back at me and said, "Maybe if you stop shutting everyone out, and keeping things to yourself, you will find out that it's the simple things that you continue to make complicated."

If only he knew just how wrong he was. But I held back my words and watched him walk out of the room, knowing that my burden was mine and no one else to bear.

After sitting in the living room for a long while, I headed upstairs to Blake's bedroom to check on her because sounds were coming from there.

When I entered the room, I met her sitting on her bed, wearing black shorts and underwear.

"Is Jason here?" Blake whispered as she gaze into my eyes.

"No. He was but he left." I mumbled, walking over to her.

Her expression grew dull, and she looked a bit hesitant before pitifully mumbling, "Oh,"

"What's with that look? You rather him being the one here than me!" I blurted out.

For a moment, Blake blankly stared at me with a stiff expression. Then she sighed and said, "I simply wanted to ask what he and my father discussed."

"He wants my mark on you removed, and since you claimed that it was Jason you mated with, he wants him to reject you." I let out, stopping a foot away from her.

Looking up into my eyes, Blake bit on her lip, drew a breath, and said, "It's either Killain or another powerful alpha. Loki will accept no one else, and Jason might get hurt if I keep using him."

"When did you start caring about what your father wants?" I asked, seeing the look of distress in her eyes.

"Since he found out my weakness," Blake mumbled, lowering her gaze to the floor.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing. Forget about whatever I said. I will handle things on my own."

"Blake,"

When she didn't answer, I placed my hand under her chin, raised her head, and asked, "What fuck up ideas are you thinking about now?"

"As I said, it's either Killain or another powerful alpha, no one else," Blake said in a bold tone.

When I furrowed my brows at her, she sneered and said, "Don't worry, I was not thinking of you when I say another powerful alpha."

Frustrated, I heard back my words as I screamed in my head, 'Then who the hell are you thinking of?!'