Chapter 3 Espitle 3

Ariana's POV

"She's not dead, just unconscious." A gruff voice pierced into my consciousness and a foot hit my stomach, pulling me out of my daze. I hunched forward, holding my stomach to prevent any more attacks.

"Yep, she's very much alive. Who are you, rogue? And what are you doing in Beaumont? Answer now, before I kill you for trespassing." The voice threatened.

I avoided their gaze. "Please, don't kill me. I don't mean any harm." I pleaded, fear enveloping me as I recalled what Alpha Stanley used to do to rogues and trespassers. I was hoping to continue my journey to the human city when I woke up. I had no idea I had already trespassed.

"P-please w-where am I." Trembling in fear, I managed to ask one of the guards.

"What is going on here?" A male voice questioned before the guard could reply. A young man who seemed to be in his twenties approached us with two other men beside him, but from the way he spoke, I could tell he was someone with a high rank in the pack. His curious eyes fell on me.

The two guards bowed their heads in respect. "We found this rogue in this part of our border while on patrol."

He studied me for some seconds before turning to the guards

"Have you reported this to my father?"

"No sir, your father is out on pack business. And we just found her not quite long ago," the first guard replied.

"Okay, that's good."

"What do you want us to do with her, Beta?" One of the guards asked and took a step closer to me, but the young man who they called Beta growled loudly, and then the guard took a step back. I just lay on the floor watching the four men and hoping and also praying to the moon goddess that they would spare my life by letting me go. But suddenly I began to feel dizzy and gradually everything began to blur and I was drifting in and out of consciousness before darkness finally took over.

Victor's POV

I just got back from my mother's pack a few hours ago, and since I returned, I've been feeling restless. My wolf wanted to run desperately, so I decided to take a walk into the forest with Robert, the gamma of our pack, and William, our head warrior. While we were walking and having a light conversation towards the pack border, where we could strip off our clothes and shift for a run, I noticed two warriors who seemed to be talking to someone.

"What's going on here?" I asked while walking towards the guards to get a view of what was happening.

The two guards bowed their heads in respect. "We found this rogue in this part of our border while on patrol," the first guard replied.

I shifted my gaze from the guards to the young girl who was lying on the floor. She looked worn out, sad, alone, and hungry. She was also very thin as if she had been starved for most of her life. I instantly felt the urge to help her. She was too young and looked so innocent for me to neglect. I believe she couldn't be more than a year older than Olivia, my stepsister, or probably they might even be the same age.

"Have you reported this to my father?"

"No sir, your father is out on pack business. And we just found her not quite long ago," the first guard replied.

"Okay, that's good," I replied.

"What do you want us to do with her, Beta?"

We normally kill any rogue or wolf that trespasses into our territory, but she was different, and I couldn't even imagine giving an order that would harm her.

One of the guards took a step closer to her, and I growled loudly. He flinched and stepped back.

"We take her home." I walked towards her, picked her up, and started walking away. I noticed that she had already passed out before I carried her, which proved exactly what I'd been thinking-she was hungry and exhausted.

"Are you sure, Victor? Don't you think she could cause harm to the pack and will your father be okay with this if he finds out?" William asked, surprise evident on his face.

"I'm more than sure," I yelled. "Don't worry about my father, I'll take care of him. Now let's go!"

I took off, running as fast as I could to the pack hospital, with William and Robert trailing behind me.

"Stelhanie! Stephanie!" I yelled out to our pack doctor through the mind link as I got closer to the pack hospital.

"Yes, Beta," she replied.

"There is an emergency. I'm bringing in a patient; she is a rogue, and she's currently unconscious."

She rushed outside and directed me to a ward. "Set her down on the bed."

"Please, you'll have to step out, Victor let me quickly run some tests on her," she said after cross-checking the girl's body carefully.

"Okay, doc. I'll be outside waiting for you. But I hope she'll be okay?" I couldn't help but ask.

"She will be fine, Victor. But is she your mate?"

"No. No. No," I replied. Although her question caught me off guard. Why would she think the girl is my mate?

"Okay, just wanted to be sure. Please let me get to work now. She said, and I walked out of the room to allow her to do her job.