REJECTED: The Alpha Behind The Mask

Alpha Eric’s POV

I felt my lower abdomen burning with pain, not just pain, but it felt like the pain enveloped my entire body.

I could have easily shifted to my wolf and started the healing process, so the damage wouldn’t circulate to all parts of my body, but then Victoria was with me and I would rather not scare her by shifting into my wolf in front of her.

“Where are you guys?” I made a mind link to my men.

“We are almost there,” my Beta replied.

“We need to leave this place.” Victoria muttered in fear, not for herself, but for me.

I wanted to say something, but then I heard footsteps approaching our direction, which I knew didn’t belong to any of my men.

“Stay here and have this, if anybody comes here who looks like a threat to you, don’t hesitate to shoot him, okay?” she nodded her head, took the gun from me and stared at my wounded stomach.

“Why don’t we stay here and wait for your men?” she asked with fear-filled eyes.

“I can’t, I need to check the other men outside, stay here.” I said, placed a kiss on her lips, and tried pulling away, but she pulled me to herself and deepened the kiss, which surprised me.

Quickly, I pulled away when I noticed the footsteps were getting closer. “I have to go.” Slowly, I stood on my feet with all the strength I could gather and scrambled out of the room.

The moment I shut the door, I shifted to my wolf and started the healing process, but it was already too late.

I saw Mike’s men coming my way as they pointed their guns at me, but I was quick to dodge them and bounce on each of them as quickly as I could, making sure my cut on them were deep. I continued attacking them with the last strength in me, as I noticed my sight was becoming blurry. With a groan, I bounced on the last man and cut him deeply on his arm before moving away from him.

“Alpha.” My Beta rushed to me, but he was in his human form.

“Go get her inside the room, tell her you are my friend.” I made a mind link with him as I felt my organs shutting down.” We need to get you to the hospital.” he muttered in fear when he noticed the danger I was in.

I howled in pain and shook my head. “Go for her.” I expressed those words as an order, which I knew he wouldn’t object.

Slowly, he nodded his head and left my side, while I noticed Andrew and Jackson beside me.

Quickly, I shifted back to my wolf form as Andrew took off the clothes from one of Mike’s men and quickly put it on me. “What kind of gun did he use on you?” Jackson asked as he noticed how severe the injury was. Everything in me was forcing me to shut my eyes and pass out, but I tried and stay awake to make sure Victoria was okay.

Few minutes later, I heard footsteps coming my way, which forced me to look up and saw my Beta walking toward my direction with Victoria beside him.

“Thank goodness,” I whispered in relief.

Victoria’s POV

As I ran to him, I noticed his eyes were weak, and he was forcing them to stay open.

Quickly, I rushed to him and noticed his clothes were changed, which meant he shifted to his wolf form and back to his human form when he realized I was coming because he thought I hadn’t gotten my lost memory back.

“Eric.” I called out in fear.

“Hey, are you okay?” he asked in a low, weak voice, and it broke my heart to see him this way, this man here was almost on the verge of death, but here he was still making sure I was okay.

“Don’t worry about me, we need to take you to the hospital….” before I could finish my words, I noticed his eyes were already shut.

“Eric, no, no, no, please stay awake.” I pleaded in tears, while his men moved me away and lifted him up from the floor as they rushed him out of the house, while I followed him behind.

We left the house and his men put him in the back seat of a car while the man who came to me in the room directed me to another car.

“Please tell me he is not dead.” I begged in tears. “No, he is not dead, but he is in great danger as he did not shift to his wolf form in time.” he said and nervously massaged his forehead as he remembered he shouldn’t have said those words.

“So what will happen to him since he did not shift to his wolf form in time?” I asked curiously.

The man turned and stared at me with a shocked expression. “You’ve gotten your lost memory.” he did not say those words as a question.

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“Thank goodness,” he sighed in relief and stopped the car.

I got out of the car and noticed we were not in the hospital, but rather we were in a familiar mansion, a mansion I could clearly remember. We were at Eric’s father’s house.

I saw some men rush out of the house while the ones in the car with Eric, rushed him out of the car and took him inside while I followed behind.

“Stay here.” He tried to stop me the moment I tried to follow them in. “I won’t, I’m his mate, and he is in this condition because of me and I have to be by his side.” I spoke firmly and followed the men who carried him.

I watched Eric being lay on a bed, and by the look of the room I could tell the room was his. His men took off his shirt, including his jean pants, leaving him totally naked.

His men moved away from him and few stood beside me at the door, while a man, who was in his late thirties, sat beside him and placed his hands on Eric’s wounded stomach, which was still bleeding blood.

With panting breath, I watched the man place his hand on Eric’s bleeding stomach and started making some incantations I couldn’t understand. With panic, I stared at the wound and noticed nothing was actually happening, rather he was bleeding profusely.

“We should take him to the hospital.” I said loudly in fear, but everyone in the room ignored me and went into deep thoughts.

I noticed few men rushed into the room with a bowl of water and a clean towel. The man who was doing the incantations soaked the towel in the big bowl and placed it on the wound while he closed his eyes and did another incantation.

I stared at Eric’s unconscious body, and felt fear envelop my entire body as the thought of losing him buzzed in my head. I knew I had fallen in love with him not as DOM Tim, but as Eric.

I could still remember the love and care he showed me when I couldn’t remember some part of my memory. I could still recall what Mike said about Eric loving me, and Eric’s words were still echoing in my head when he said he loved me more than life itself.

With tears filled eyes, I placed my two hands together in front of me, closed my eyes and whispered a silent prayer to God. When I opened my eyes, I noticed the towel was removed from his stomach and the bleeding had stopped.

“Thank goddess.” Eric’s men exclaimed in relief. The man wrapped Eric’s stomach with a bandage before his men wore him a short, leaving him shirtless.

I moved away from the door with shaking legs as I walked up to his bed, stood beside him and took a better look at him.

His black hair was messy and some were covering his face, preventing me from seeing his face properly.

Slowly, I sat beside him, and took some hair off his face, so I could see his peaceful appearance while his eyes were closed. “How is he?” I directed those questions to no one in particular.

“He is out of danger since I was able to stop the bleeding, but his Doctor will be here soon, and I think you should give him some space.” he pleaded and left the room while the few men in the room left with him, leaving me with just the man who, I think, is Eric’s right-hand man.

“You should go and rest, he will be fine.” he assured me.

”I’d prefer not to leave his side.” I murmured, worried.

“You have to, please,” he begged.

I stared at Eric one more time before leaving the bed. “Let me show you your room.”

“That will be later, I need to go somewhere.” I said and went for the door, but he followed me. “You have to be careful.” he spoke in a worried tone.

“You think Mike will come for me?” I asked with raised eyebrows.

“No, he has already been taken care of by Kelvin, I just want you to be careful.” hearing those words from him, I wondered what he meant by taking care of mike, but I wasn’t bothered about it.

“Thank you, but I’m no longer that naive Victoria who can’t remember some of her memory, I can take care of myself.” I assured him and flashed him a weak smile and was about walking away when he stopped me. ”You need to change your clothes, wait a minute.” he said, went back into Eric’s room and came out within a few minutes later.

“You can have this, while I send someone to go get you new clothes.” he handed black sweatpants and a black T-shirt, which I knew was Eric’s.

“Let me show you where to change,” he said and began walking away, while I followed him until he stopped before a door. “That’s a restroom, you can go in and change.” I nodded my head to his words and entered the bathroom.

As I took off the clothes I was wearing, I remember what happened the night I was kidnapped. I remember the love making between Eric and me, and it felt so good and real. I could still feel his gentle touch and the warmth of his body.

With a heavy sigh, I changed into the new clothes but noticed the clothes were a bit bigger than me, and they also had the scents of Eric, which was incredible. I came out of the bathroom and noticed he was still standing by the door with folded arms.

He stared at me for a while before he shook his head. “He will be angry at me if he finds out I let you go out.” He grumbled, “I will be back before he wakes up.” I assured him and walked away.

As I walked out of the mansion I noticed the house was filled with men, more than hundreds of them, and they were all putting on sad and worried faces, that made me wonder why they were all here.

I walked to the gate, and before I could open it, a man flashed me a friendly smile and opened the gate for me. “Thank you.” I whispered and left.

I walked for a while and put my hand in the pocket to see if there was any money in the pocket, but unfortunately, I found nothing.

”I should have asked for money.” I sighed and kept walking in a particular direction for almost half an hour before I arrived at my destination.

A small smile appeared on my face as I stood in front of the familiar door. Excited, I knocked on it and heard footsteps coming from inside. The door opened and standing before me was Sonia with a surprised look on her face.

“Victoria.” She called, surprised.

“Hey, Sonia, can I come in.” I asked, “Yes, sure, please come in.” she stood aside and allowed me in.

I entered the apartment and noticed nothing had changed from the way it were two years ago, everything was just the same and kept at the right places. “You’ve gotten your lost memory.” she did not say those words as a question.

“Yes.”, she rushed to me and gave me a tight hug. “Welcome back.” She yelled happily, like the old Sonia I always knew.

“Please sit,” she exclaimed jovially, and pulled me to the bed.

“How are you?” I asked.

“I’m fine, just school stress, and work.” she replied tiredly.

“You still work at the club?” I asked,

“Yes, but only on the night shift,” she responded.

“That’s good.” I smiled and nodded my head.

We sat in total silence for a while until she spoke up, “I heard what Mike did to you. I’m genuinely sorry, if only I was a good friend,” she murmured in regret.

I smiled and placed my hand on her shoulder. “You’ve always been a good friend and more than a sister to me, you were just looking out for the best for me, just that I was too blind to see it.” I said and flashed her a big smile.

She smiled widely before speaking, “So DOM Tim and Eric were one person.”

“Yes, he fooled us.” we both chuckled loudly and lay on the bed while our feet were on the floor.

”How did things go with you and Mike,” I asked curiously because I knew she was going out with him.

“That bastard.” she cursed. “I was lucky I did not have anything with him.” she spoke in relief. “The night I was supposed to go to his house and fulfill my fantasy, but I cut it off and decided to come home and talk things out with you, but when I got home you were not at home, I called your number, but it was switched off.”

“I called Kelvin and told him that I couldn’t find you, he told me not to worry, that he would look into it.” she sighed heavily and shook her head. “Later, Kelvin told me everything about what mike did to you and how mike kept saying he threw you at the bridge, but I did not believe it, so was Alpha Kelvin and Eric.” She heaved a deep sigh and continued, “Each day that passes, I lived in guilt and will always blame myself for not being a good friend to you.” she murmured in regrets.

“It’s okay Sonia, you were a good friend, that was why you were able to see Eric’s Love for me even when I didn’t see it.” I flashed her a big smile, which she returned.

“So you know he loves you now,” she asked as she moved her head to my direction.

I took in a deep breath and nodded my head, “And I think I love him too.” I said with a big smile on my face, but then I remembered Eric was still unconscious.

“What’s wrong?” Sonia asked when she noticed how my mood changed.

“I was kidnapped by Mike again. Eric came to save me and was shot by Mike.”

“Oh my God.” Sonia muttered in fear.

“He is still unconscious, and is being taken care of.” I murmured and sat on the bed, while Sonia did the same.

“Don’t worry about that, alpha Eric is a strong fighter, he will get through this.” she assured me as she gently massaged my shoulder.

“Thank you.” I hugged her tightly and felt all my tensed muscles relaxed.

“I have to go, but I will come and see you later,” I said and stood to my feet.

“Alright Vicky, thanks for coming.” she flashed me a grateful smile before opening the door.

“Bye.”

“Bye.” I waved my right hand at her and left.

As I walked in the cold streets of California, I felt all my tensed muscles relaxed, and it felt like a big burden had been lifted off my shoulders.