The Alpha’s Little Rogue

Chapter 121 Alessia’s POV 40 Xavier turns around too late for him to react as Jude pierces the blade into his chest. I howl, leaping towards them, my mind intent on murder and I watch Jude push the blade deeper, causing Xavier to let out a growl laced with pain. Jude doesn’t seecoming, too focused on draining the life out of Xavier to notice the huge brown wolf charging toward him. I grab hold of the hand holding the knife, locking it between-my jaws and ripping it right out of his shoulder, leaving a protruding bone behind. Jude’s screams fill the battleground as I spit out his decapitated limb onto the ground. Ignoring Jude as he cries out and clutches the place where his appendage was once present, I shift to my human form and rush over to Xavier’s side. O His wolf is slumped on the ground, not a sound coming from him. My heart slams frantically against my chest, trying to escape from its confine. N Falling to my knees beside Caden’s wolf, I hold my breath as my gaze flies over his body, looking for a sign that my greatest nightmare hasn’t beca reality. My whole world is about to crumble beforewhen…he moves! Then he groans. The breath that I’m holding rushes out ofin pants. “Caden,” I rush out, placing a hand on his fur. “I’m going to get you out of here and get you help.” I don’t know how I plan on lifting a full-blown wolf without any assistance, but I’d much rather die than leave Caden unattended to. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the blade still lunged in his chest was laced with the svenom that killed Jake and my Dad. He needs immediate attention right this f u ck i n g moment.

Looking around at the chaos still ongoing, I try to pick out a familiar figure. Anyone at all will be appreciated. I just need a helping hand to get Caden out of this battlefield. Thankfully, I don’t need to search for long. Alex is rushing over to our side, pushing through the bodies and

174 Chapter 121 kneeling once he gets to us. His gaze moves over Xavier’s body like I did earlier. “Is he-” “He’s alive,” I bite out, not wanting to hear the words spoken out just in case they becwilled into existence. Alex’s eyes slide shut, relief washing over his whole facade. “He needs to see the pack doctor,” I rush out. There will be tfor us to rejoice but right now, he needs to get out of this war zone. Alex’s eyes glaze over, the slook Caden has when he’s mind-linking someone from the pack. My suspicion becomes proven when Rapheal rushes over with swarriors from the pack. “We need to get him out of here,” Alex orders, lifting from the ground. The warriors hunch down, sliding their hands beneath Caden’s wolf and lifting him off the ground. Their faces are strained from his weight but they start moving. “Cwith us,” Raphael says, placing a hand on my good shoulder. “He’s going to need you by his side.” His eyes fall to my wounded shoulder and he grimaces. “You also need to get that checked.” Leaving Caden alone was out of the question. I doubt the Moon goddess herself could have taken me away from this side.

Alex walks at the front, fighting off anyone that tries to cour way and Raphael stays at the back, doing the sas Alex. watch as the warriors carry Xavier’s motionless body in their arms and I can’t help but feel like I should have done something to prevent this from happening. I mean, it happened right in my f u c ki n g face and I wasn’t able to do anything to stop it. It’s a thought that will forever eat at me. We get to the pack house and Alex holds the door open for us to pass through. Xavier is taken to our room and laid out on the bed which he dwarfs with his frame. It’s a miracle that the bed doesn’t give out from under him. stand by his side, running my fingers through his fur and watching his chest move unevenly. That movement is the only thing that keepsstanding.

I flinch when I feel something draped over my shoulders, so immersed in watching Xavier’s chest rise and fall that I didn’t notice the footsteps inching my way. Pulling the blanket closer to my body, I shoot Alex a thankful smile. He givesa soft one in return and then his eyes fall to the bed, effectively wiping away the remains of his smile. “He’s going to be ok,” he states firmly and I think more to himself than me. The door opens and the pack doctor enters, s k i p pi n g through the pleasantries and heading straight for Xavier. His gaze lands on the blade in Xavier’s chest and he frowns. “He needs to shift. I can’t observe the extent of his injury in his wolf form.” He eyes the blade. “I need to pull it out.” My stomach twists. I can’t even imagine the pain it’s going to cause him. “You should step out for this. You don’t have to see it,” Alex says, givinga sympathetic smile.

I square my shoulders and level him with a glare. “I’m not going anywhere,” I promised myself that I was going to be by Caden’s side through it all and I wasn’t about to back down. S He nods and then sighs, accepting defeat. He signals to Raphael who has been watching this whole

encounter from his position by the wall. Raphael moves closer to us and the two of them flare Caden’s sides, each holding down a forelimb. Alex nods at the pack doctor and he steps closer. I swallow the barf rising up my throat and watch as the pack doctor pulls out the knife in one go. Xavier rears up and growls, his eyes midnight black and his body bucking under the weight holding him down. Even in his wolf form, the crippling pain on his face is clear as day. “You need to shift, Caden,” Alex states firmly. “Shift!” Xavier’s body trembles under their hold, trashing around as he tries to get them off him. He doesn’t shift and the wound in his chest oozes blood now that the blade wasn’t lunged in it anymore. Blood that he couldn’t afford to lose. I finally move from my spot, my feet feel heavy as I stop at the very edge of the bed. 3/4 Chapter 121 “Xavier,” I whisper, and Xavier stills. “You have to shift. Caden needs to be treated,” I beg, reaching out a trembling hand and placing it on his fur. “Please.” Bones start shifting and screams echo through the room as Xavier’s furry body changes to Caden’s naked form. A gasp falls out of my lips as I see the wound on his chest. The blood is now black and the wound a very dark purple. It doesn’t look to be healing at all. The pack doctor sighs and my heart shatters. “It’s just as I expected. The wound is too severe for it to heal on its own.” A pause where everyone waits with bated breath. “He needs the antidote else he dies.”