My Hunted Mate
Chapter Six

Corinna

The alpha quickly moved across the small cell, ripping the chains fromthe wall somehow. He lifted Gia off the cold floor and into his arms,inhaling her scent deeply while I watched in complete shock. Gia gentlypushed him away from her.

"I'm sorry who are you? " She questions, shaking her head in pureconfusion.

"My name is Alpha Jack. " The Alpha speaks softly to her, moving hishand to touch her hand but she quickly takes a step backward andturns to me.

* Corinna what's going on? " she whispers to me, tears gathering in hereyes.

" Wolves.. We.. Well.. We have soul mates, the moon goddess.. Think ofher kind of like a wolf matchmaker, she decides which souls belongtogether and creates a bond between them that's awakened when theymeet and it seems that you're this guy's " I explain, nodding my headtowards the alpha who is glaring at me.

" How do you know my mate?! * He growls, pulling Gia behind him as ifto protect her.

"1 highly doubt there's a point in that, even if I wanted to harm her,which I don't, I couldn't. You kind of have me chained to your cell. * Iremind him, wiggling my fingers at him.

The alpha ignores me, turning to Gia. " Did she hurt you? *

" No! She saved my life, Corinna is my friend, she'd never hurt me. " Ihear Gia say, I can't see her because of the Alpha who is shielding herfrom view.

" Very well. " The alpha nods then begins pulling her from the cell.

" Wait! What about Corinna? " Gia asks.

" She is dangerous. She's staying locked up until Alpha Cain comes forher. " He tells her, My uncle's name is enough to strike fear into myheart.

" What? Who? What are you talking about! Let her out! * Gia shouts,the alpha ignores her and slams the door shut. * Get off me! Let herout! " I can tell from her voice that she is doing her best to get out ofher mate's grip.

" She used her bare hand to rip out a member of my pack’s heart! Shewill stay where she is until her Alpha for her! " He shouts, I hear Giawhimper at this.

" Gia he wants me dead! My un- My alpha! Please Gia he'll kill me forwhat I am! " I cry out to her, begging for help.

My old pack is probably the one thing that I fear most in the world,they've come close to killing me too many times and frankly eventhough I desperately want to survive, if I have to die, I don't want it tobe by my uncle or father's hand. I didn't survive the last three years onlyto be caught and killed by them in the end. Fate cannot be that cruel.

" Did you say Alpha Cain?.. " The woman in the corner croaks, her headstill hanging with her greying hair over her face as it has been seen shewas brought in here.

"Yes.." I respond lowly, unsure of why she's chosen to stop being mutenow.

"Why does he want you dead? " Her voice seems a little stronger asshe speaks again but still not normal, I'm assuming that's thedehydration’s fault.

"1..." I pause, unsure of what to say but then I realise we're both lockedin a prison and neither of us are going anywhere anyway.. Not tomention if I don't replace a way to escape before my uncle gets here I'mgoing to be dead. " I'm a hybrid. "

" Hybrid? " Her voice perks up slightly at this. * What exactly are you? *" Half wolf... Half witch.. " I tell her, confused as to why that matters.” Is.." The woman very slightly lifts her head. " The alpha.. Cain.. Is Cainrelated to you? "

My eyebrows furrow. " yes he's my uncle. " this conversation is gettingmore confusing by the second

That's when the woman lifts her head completely, as I look into herwidened grey eyes with purple specks, my heart skips a beat and I holdmy breath. " Rina? " She mutters, staring at me in shock.

"Mum? *

" Oh god! You're alive! " My mother laughs happily, tears pool in hereyes. " I thought for sure you... I thought they would have killed you. "" Trust me they've tried. " I huff.

* Oh Rina.. I'm so happy you- " My mother's voice starts to royally pissme off.

" Where the fuck were you? " I grit my teeth.

My mother's eyes widen once again but this time at my anger. " L.. I."" You what? " I snarl.

* After your dad found out that I wasn't human.. That I was a witch.. He.Well I'd never seen him show that kind of anger before, I'd never seenhim act that way. I thought that maybe he'd simmer down, accept meand keep it a secret between him and I. Instead he went to your uncle.Cain never liked me, I never liked him much either but... I think he wasmore than happy to have an excuse really.. anyway, what I didn't expectwas him to threaten you, your life. I thought... You're a wolf either way,surely he'd protect his pack, protect you regardless of a little magic butafter that I knew you wouldn't stand a chance if any of them knew,when you were a child you had already showed signs of your gifts but Icovered them up, no one ever realised and I worried that without methere to cover it up.. You'd be found out too, so I broke out of theprison and I snuck into your room while you slept. I cast a spell to makeyour gifts dormant, apparently it didn't work if your uncle is huntingyou though. But after I'd done that I really thought you would be safe,so I took that as a chance to run. " As my mother speaks, her eyesbecome distant as thought she's being brought back in time to it all.

" Wait.. You made my gifts dormant? " I ask, to which she just nods. "which would mean what exactly? *

" You wouldn't be able to do any kind of magic, you wouldn't even feelthe magic in you. It couldn't be sensed by anyone else.. Why? " she nowlooks confused.

"1 didn't show any kind of signs of having gifts until my eighteenthbirthday. " I inform her.

A look of realisation washes over her face. " That's just over three yearsago now right? "

I don't respond, only nod

" Sons of bitches. " She glares up at the ceiling for a moment, then hereyes meet mine again. " Three years ago to the day, I was captured bythis pack. The Beta decided to rub that one in this morning. When theycaptured me, I kept replaceing ways to escape with my gifts of course. Sothey decided to start experimenting because I could melt their specialcuffs that were supposed to prevent magic, I could fight off the pillsthey shoved down my throat, anything they tried didn't work. We'refrom a very powerful bloodline Corinna. So a couple of months laterthey started to inject me with this... Think of it as an anti-magic serum,it makes you black out and when you wake up you're just powerless,they have to do pump the shit into me everyday to keep it workingbut.. I don't know I guess when they cut off my gifts, it reversed mymagic on you so there was nothing to keep your gifts dormantanymore. "

" But... It hurt like hell when it happened, why is that? " I think back tothe pain that kept coming and going that night.

" They did have to mess around with the doses a bit.. I was able to fightit until they gave me a whole syringe of it. The other doses would workfor a moment but it would just wear off when I fought it, perhaps yourgifts would start to awaken and then would be ripped away again. Howdid your uncle replace out? " she responds.

"When my gifts awakened he and dad were there, I screamed and it letout this... Energy? Sent them through the air. I think because of you,they knew what he was straight away. " I explain.

She grimaces. " How did your dad take it? *

"I'm an abomination apparently. * I purse my lips, whenever the *hunting parties ' that were sent out for me would catch up to me, mydad was always among them, reminding me of that lovely sentiment. Atfirst it made my heart ache to know my own father thought of me inthat way but when something is said so much, it loses its meaning,especially when I figured out not everyone saw me that way.

" Far from it Rina, You're powerful. That scares them. " As I look at mymother, I realise for the first time in years I have a family member infront of me, who doesn't want to kill me and I begin to laugh.

" what? What's funny? " my mum smiles.

My laughter turns hysterical to the point I'm unable to breathe. * Wow,must be some joke. " my mum giggles, only to freeze when loud sobsbegin to pour out of my mouth as I shake my head.

Eventually I get to the point of being able to speak again. " My onlyfamily who doesn't want me dead, is sitting locked in a cell with me andinstead of being able to be happy about being with you, I'm thinkinghow I've basically just led the people who want us both dead to youtoo.