Chosen Novel
CHAPTER 89

Go with him? How was I supposed to go with Lewis without getting us both killed? Not that I made any effort in showing him I had heard him, I just stared straight ahead of me, relishing in the warmth Lewis’s top gave me.

“Shit!” He sounded exasperated, and with it come an unexpected emotion. I suddenly felt a small slap to my cheek causing me to blink rapidly trying to come to terms with the new pain, it was nowhere near what the king usually dishes out though. My sight quickly came back to me and as clear as day Lewis stared into my eyes, blood coated his newly swollen face, as he cupped my cheek. “There she is…” I was utterly humiliated by the events that just took place but I had to shake them off.

I really didn’t know how much more I could take. “Come on, we need to leave.” He hauled me onto my feet and enveloped my hand in his before hightailing out of the room and down the stairs dragging me along with him. My footing wasn’t great and I kept falling to my knees which in turn slowed us down dramatically.

“SHIT!” He suddenly flung my tired body over his shoulder and began to run faster, we made it down one more flight of stairs before couldn’t loud roar sounded throughout the castle and I quickly realized the king was awake once again and had clearly noticed my absence. Lewis was too slow with me.

“Stop!” My voice was sore and horse from the screaming I’d done, and my body wasn’t much better. “You need to go!”

“Like hell am I leaving you here after that!” He was so sure about himself. As he turned the corner and finally made it to the grand entrance.

“You don’t have a choice! Lewis… if you keep going one of us is going to die.” It was true, I was far to weak to survive on the road if we left and Lewis was going to get killed on sight if he stayed, that much was evident. So either way we were screwed. Just leave me.” He knew I was night, and so he sat me down gently on the tiled floor, with my back against the wall and shook his head, tears formed in his eyes which was a shock to say the least.

“What he did… I… I shook my head and winced, before looking at the door we just walked in through.

“I’m ok.” I wasn’t, I would never be again, but he didn’t need to know that. I liked Lewis, and I knew I couldn’t see him die.

“You’re not…” I knew I wasn’t but he couldn’t know that He knew he had to go, and I did too, but For some reason he wasn’t leaving-

‘I an… L… I promise I am. You have to go, please, I can’t loose you, I just can’t.” I admitted to him. I’m not sure he expected me to say something like

that.

“Dylan… I…” He shook his head, as if stopping himself from saying something, and leaned in quickly, placing a small kiss on my forehead before cupping my bleeding cheek in his hand. “I’ll come back. I’ll come back for you, I swear it. I’ll come back for you and kill him… I’ll kill him!” I shook my bead at the betas words, he wasn’t strong enough to kill the king, no one was. I was stuck in this life, completely and utterly stuck

“LEWIS!” Both mine and the beta turned our heads to the angry gamma, he took one look at the pair of us. I was still barely dressed and blood trickled down my legs slightly after the kings abuse, meanwhile Lewis wasn’t any better his face swelling more and more as time went on. The gammas eyes widened at my state then looked at Lewis and smiled sadly. “I understand.” Huh? What did that mean? What did he understand? I looked between the two men before another thunderous growl came, it was much closer than we all thought. Just go, Lew!”

The beta nodded his head then gave one last look at me. He very gently pushed one stray piece of my unruly hair out of my face and behind my ear placing another kiss on my forehead. Treating me as if I was made out of glass. “Don’t show him any weakness, Dylan, you are so much stronger than you will ever know.” My dads final words were very similar, this man had managed to steal a little piece of me, and I found myself longing for him to stay, for him to hug me and hold me close, longing for him to protect me against the king and his world. I don’t know why, I just know I didn’t want him to go, I wanted him to take me away from all this.

He stepped back and allowed his bones to pop and shift. A loud gasp of pure wonder left my mouth instantly as I gazed at the large wolf in front of me.

The kings wolf was terrifying, but Lewis’s was beautiful, his Sandy fur looked so soft and shiny, all I wanted to do was run my fingers through it and replace comfort in the betas warmth, but it wasn’t possible.

He was the same size as the king near enough, but his wolf looked so soft and majestic, more so than Josh’s ever did. His wolf head turned to me one last time and nodded, he then charged at the large wooden front doors of the palace, knocking them open with his large head, his wolf then ran down every single step without another look back and completely out of sight.

I tried to stand but my shaky legs failed me just as the king entered the room. I let out a large gasp the second he came into view. His face was beaten worse than Lewis’s as his pitch black eyes locked on mine.

“You stupid bitch! You’re lucky I can’t kill you!” His rage was immense and I knew with Lewis gone it was going to be taken out on me.