My Mate Is An Omega – Chapter 54

Lancaster POV

The second most painful sensation a werewolf could experience was having wolfsbane pumping through our veins. Large doses could be lethal, but even the smallest ones could cause serious discomfort. First, the poison made our animal side scream and twist in agony until it was forcefully put to sleep. The worst part, however, begins as soon as our wolf passes out. The substance erodes our muscles and blood vessels, burning everything in our system while we are prevented from healing. It destroys our bodies from the inside for hours, causing an intense pain that makes us shut down entirely until it is successfully expelled.

After undergoing such a stressful, excruciating experience, I hoped to have a serene awakening, which I certainly didn’t have.

d blow to my face jolted me awake. As soon as I opened my mouth to gasp for air, I tasted something metallic on my tongue – blood. Although I was slightly numb,

Atlas wasn’t too weak to come to the surface, he definitely would have growled.

g I had been out, and my surroundings didn’t help. Apparently, I was in some kind of dungeon; the tall walls and ceiling were rudimentarily sculpted in rock. Was this a cave? The room was fairly large, but completely empty. It was just me and my capturer inside.

lue eyes, there was only the fire of revenge.

y punched my stomach.

ceiling, while my feet were bound to the dirt floor. Whether it was my Alpha spirit or simply the hatred I had for this man, it infuriated me to be kneeling

flinch.

y, you didn’t stand a chance in a fair fight.”

. My vision went black for a second, but I could still feel the warm liquid dripping down my face from the newly-opened wound.

ega could never be stronger than us.”

h?”

dened as I recalled what I was doing before he shot me.

ying my headache. How did Caleb manage to get the bears’ trust when he was a wolf himself? Had he been working with them all along? Was he behind everything, sending the warriors to the battlefield just so he could get to me? No. The attacks against our pack had been happening for almost a year now, and he di

Caitlyn!

ied for me?

e most. Caleb was smiling at the horror on my face, clearly amused by my despair.

y eyes in anger as I turned to him. “I let you live!”

ch proves she still loves me. Even though you marked her, it didn’t erase her feelings for me.”

t I would have believed his delusional thoughts, but I was

lucky for you, she’s too kind to watch you die,” I retorted, but he just shrugged.

in a serious tone.

quizzical expression.

ust move on and let her be happy?”

t happens to you; I just want her back. She will never be truly happy without her real mate.”

eal mate!” I growled furiously

o long. He made his choices and created this mess because he refused to accept the consequences of his own actions. Both Caitlyn and I showed him mercy ever after everything he had done, but he di

I couldn’t take it

the silver burning my wrists. I didn’t care that Atlas hadn’t come back yet; my only desire was to punch Caleb’s smug smile off his face and finally kill him, like I should have done a long t

d back, hitting my face with his knee once again. “Plan B!” He kicked my stomach, forcing all of the air out of my lungs.

to look at him as his fingers dug into my cheeks. I fought the urge to wince, unwilling to show him any signs of weakness; I would die before I gave him that satisfaction. Instead, I pushed

ake,” he spat.

an unknown figure. The man who had just entered the dungeon was extremely tall, and his intimidating red eyes were locked on me. The most peculiar detail about it was that he had a hook instead of his right hand.

kill.”

st let it go; I should have insisted on it, especially in face of my mate’s concerns.

s he the Alpha C

hen he placed the sharp edge of his hook under my chin, preventing me from moving.

tfully, and for the first time, a shiver ran down my spine.

l me? Caitlyn would be devastated. The thought of leavin

My wolf’s weak voice inside my head almost made me gasp in surprise. “If they wanted to, they would have done so by now. There must be… a bigger reason… why they need us alive.”

kled. Goddess, what an awful sound.

and I wouldn’t make it again.

g here?” Another voice I couldn’t reco

ightened up as they turned to the third man stand

ealize that the black bear couldn’t possibly be the leader of the sleuth. Maybe a second-in-command

what?!

is tone was one of pure disappointment.

est Pack.”

t they were talking about, with no such luck.

ning, he wrapped his hand around the back of my hair, pulling my hair to force me to look into his eyes. “He’s not even a pure wolf.”