Angel Blackwood (50 page)

“Still think there’s more to me
than just being a wolf?” He growls deep, looking at the blood on my
finger. I start pushing at his chest and try to unwrap my legs, but
his hands grip them as he pushes me harder against the wall. I let
out a cry. He glares at me, that look of annoyance I hate so much
back on his face.

“We can carry
on making out if you like. Must say, I always wanted to know what
it was like, nothing spectacular though.” He scrunches up his face
dramatically and I’m rendered speechless as he continues, “I’ve
seen how interested you are in my kind. You want to get to know us,
become
friends,
now you’ve practically dry humped one
too. We can still have more fun if you like, I’ll even let my wolf
come out and play. But I won’t fuck you; I don’t fuck
witches
,” he spits out cruelly. I have to look away at his vulgar
words. I swallow the tears and hurt, pushing at his chest.
Eventually he backs away, leaving me to tumble to the
floor.

“What? Is play time over
already?” He chuckles. I hate the way he’s talking down to me, as
if I’m some little girl. I look up at him as I lift myself off the
ground, tears fall freely now and when he sees them his face
completely changes.

“Phee, wait.” His voice is
softer now, gentler even. I hurry past him, reaching for the
door.

“I guess you are just an animal
after all,” I mutter, before leaving the room.

****

I head to the bathroom down the
hall, locking myself inside. I look at my neck. The bite is hardly
a scratch. I wash away the residue blood, washing my face with cold
water. I can’t believe I ever had a crush on him. The way he spoke
to me, the ruthless way he pushed me. A shiver goes down my spine;
I’m afraid.

I find the courage to leave the
bathroom. Nixon isn’t in the hallway and I feel anxious when I
reach Angel’s door. What if he’s inside?

I slowly open the door and I’m
met with Alex’s bright smile.

She calls me over to where she
sits on the bed next to Angel, telling her all about the gossip in
one of her celebrity magazines. We don’t know whether Angel can
hear us or not, but both of us have been chatting to her, filling
her in on what’s going on lately and what she’s missed.

Angel’s father also visits as
often as he can, he likes to be alone with her though. One night he
left the bedroom door a little open. I didn’t know he’d be there,
so I couldn’t help eavesdropping when I heard him talking to her.
He was telling her how sorry he was about the twins and the way
they’d treated her. He told her that he felt as if he were at a
cross roads. He wanted to hurt the boys for the way they hurt his
little girl, but he knew that she needed them and that she loves
them. That he could never take them away from her. I heard the
sounds of his cries as he begged for his little girl to wake up.
Hearing that come from such a powerful man like him had me in
tears. I didn’t stay to hear the rest.

“She squeezed my hand.” Alex’s
confession has me awestruck.

“Really?” I move to the other
side of the bed and grab Angel’s hand.

“Yes. I was telling her a story
about the twins. About how in love they were with her from the
moment they laid eyes on her. The love they have for her is
palpable. Even when they were dating those other girls, they always
kept an eye on her. Angel was oblivious to it all though.” Alex
looks down lovingly at her daughter, running her hands through her
hair.

I feel movement and look down
at my hand. “We need to get the twins up here. I think they’ll be
able to wake her up,” I say, looking at Alex. Realization hits and
she looks and me, then back at Angel.

“You think that’s what had her
moving her hand, me talking about her mates?” I smile nodding my
head.

“It’s worth a shot.”

Alex shoots out the bed saying
she’s going to get the boys. She doesn’t care that Johnny forbade
everyone. Alex is confident that they can bring back her little
girl.

Chapter 28

ANGEL POV

I can hear their voices in my
dreams. They’re close but I can’t see them. I can’t find them
because everything’s black. I reach into the darkness and feel
something squeeze my hand. I’m confused because no one’s there. I
open my mouth and try calling for them, but nothing comes out.

“Angel… baby? Can you
hear us? We’re right here,” Talon’s voice says. It’s sounds like
he’s crying. Why’s he crying?

“Wake up for us, baby.
Wake up and let us see those pretty eyes. I’ve missed you,” Tyler
says, his voice scratchy and weak. Tyler never sounds weak, he’s
strong and perfect.

“You feel her squeezing? She
squeezing your hand too?” He’s talking to Talon now. Their voices
are clear and I can feel them each holding a hand, whilst also
running their fingers through my hair.

I blink. Light-dark then light
and dark again. I squint, but the rooms is just too bright. Pulling
my hand out of someone’s grasp, I cover my eyes.

“She’s awake! Oh my god, it
worked,” a familiar voice says.

“Close the curtains, the rooms
too bright for her,” Tyler calls out.

I blink and open my eyes when
the room turns darker. My vision is a little blurry as my eyes take
time to adjust. The room is silent and a feeling of anxiety washes
over me.

The first face that comes into
view is Tyler’s. He’s sitting next to me on the bed, leaning
forward with a worried look on his face.

“Ty?” I call out but my voice
is croaky. He breaks down in tears as he pulls me onto his lap.

“I missed you so much,
baby!” He holds me tightly and even though my body is achy and
stiff, I don’t mind it at all. He’s holding me and telling me how
much he loves me; I’ve waiting too long for it.

He keeps apologising, over and
over. I cover his mouth with my hand. “What are you apologising
for?”

“For making you do it. You
healed Kate, but it nearly killed you. It’s all my fault.” He drops
his head into the crook of my neck, feeling the moisture from his
eyes and the tremble of his shoulders as he cries.

“It wasn’t your fault. I should
have told you.” I run my hands through his messy hair. I’ve never
seen it this long before. “Please stop crying and apologising.
You’re making me sad,” I say softly. He looks up and I wipe away
his tears.

“I missed you, Ty.”

“I’ve missed you, Angel.
I know I’ve done some unforgiveable things lately, but I can’t lose
you. Even if you reject me, I won’t be able to leave. I love you,
Angel. I love you so much, I can’t live without you.” He holds my
face firmly, bringing his lips to mine. I feel my wolf stirring
inside of me. Faith is waking and calling out to his
wolf.

I pull away, rubbing my cheek
against his, “I love you too.”

“Can I have a turn now?” I look
over Tyler’s shoulder and see Talon, his face blotchy and red and
his cheeks wet with tears. I reach out and he wraps his arms around
me, I can feel his breath on my neck as he breathes me in.

“I missed you so much. I never
wanna be without you again. I’m so sorry for all the time we wasted
trying to get back at you. If I could take back every single thing
I’ve done to hurt you, I would-” I cover his mouth with mine just
to shut him up.

“No more apologies. Can I just
enjoy this moment for a second?” I smile reaching out for Tyler’s
hand.

“Anything you want,
babe,” Tyler says, holding my hand tightly in his.

“Any lovin’ left for us?” I
hear my dad’s deep voice. Whipping my head around, I see we have
been joined by a couple more people; I hadn’t even noticed.

My father hugs me,
holding me tight, “I’m so glad you’re awake, honey.”

My mother is next, she doesn’t
want to let go, she doesn’t want to stop crying either.

Phoenix follows, she too is in
tears.

Axel has to
pull her away from me and I can’t help but laugh.
“
Missed your face, pretty
girl
,” He links to me, his
voice filtering into my thoughts. I wonder why he didn’t speak out
loud? As he pulls away he does this fist pump thing with the twins,
muttering a “Good job, dudes.” Since when did they become
buddies?

I look around the room
searching for Nixon. “I’m right here, cupcake.” Nixon comes in with
a big smile on his face. He wraps me in his arms, rubbing my back
gently.

TYLER POV

It takes Angel a couple of days
to rest and recuperate. She’s determined to get out and get back to
life, but I can’t bear to have her out of my sight just yet. I need
to make sure she’s okay, that she will wake up everytime she rests
her eyes.

My Angel, I thought I’d lost
her. I never want to go through that again. Nearly losing her made
me look back on all the mistakes I’ve made and all the hurtful shit
I’ve said. I can’t believe how I took her for granted. If I could
go back now and take back everything I’ve done to hurt her or cause
her one ounce of sadness, I would; I’d take it all back without a
second glance.

She keeps
telling me that it isn’t my fault that
this
happened to
her;
this
being… she nearly died. But that’s Angel, she has
a need to make everyone around her happy. I, however, know it was
my fault, even though I didn’t know the full extent of her healing
capabililities. I would never have let her attempt to heal Kate had
I known it would cause Angel harm.

It was my fault my Angel nearly
didn’t wake up and I’m going to make it up to her every second of
every day if I have to.

I love her. She’s it for
me.

My brother and I are finally
making progress with the Alpha. He said it wasn’t for him to
forgive us, that if Angel forgave us then that’s all that mattered.
It matters to Talon and me though. We want to prove to him that we
will make great Alpha’s when the time comes. We need him to trust
us. I know it’s gonna be hard for him to do that, especially with
everything we kept from him, and the hell we put his daughter
through.

At least he no longer looks at
us full of animosity, he’s softening. I know all the hard work
we’ve been putting into learning the skills of taking over the
Alpha role of his pack is paying off. The fact that my brother and
I will both become Alpha has motivated our fellow pack members.
This is a rare occurance. Having two wolves share the Alpha
position can only be of benefit to our pack.

That being said, the news has
travelled across the allied packs and a lot of the other packs in
the region are not overly happy about it.

Alpha believes we are ready to
take his place. The fact that Angel will have two men who will
protect her to the end a bonus, although he has made it known that
he will watch over his daughter till his dying day; I can
appreciate that.

“Brother? You ready for this
meeting?” I look to where Talon stands in the Alpha’s office, the
office that will become ours next week after the mating
ceremony.

“Yeah, we have to meet with
Caspian. Alpha wants to make sure there is no animosity between us.
We have to do this, Talon,” I say, mostly to convince myself rather
than him. I personally couldn’t give two fucks about that man. He
would have taken Angel from us, given the chance. But it’s no
longer about what I want… I have a pack to think about now. I can’t
be selfish.”

Talon has a frown on his face.
He seems tense and I feel his frustration from across the room.
“Right. Yeah… You’re right.” He nods his head then walks out of the
room.

I look back out the large
window and smile as I watch her lean her head back, laughing at
something Phoenix said. They’re sitting on the grass in the
backyard taking in the sun. Angel senses me and turns her head, her
eyes finding mine. She stares at me so lovingly, I place my hand
over my heart as she smiles. I don’t deserve her. Hell, no one
deserves her. But I love her and she loves me. I want her. No, fuck
that! I need her.

I won’t let anyone take her
from me.

No one.

Her eyes drop to where my hand
is over my heart and then her sweet voice is filling my head.

“I love
you,”
she says.

“I love you
more,”
I respond, meaning it.
I love her more than anything in this world.

She keeps her eyes on mine for
a few more seconds before turning and continuing her chat with
Phoenix.

TALON POV

The stench of wealth and power
surrounds the Crystal Bay pack. Aside from Axel, I can’t stand any
of them, especially the Alpha. Caspian is a straight up prick. He
thinks he can take anything he wants, as if the world is his to own
and plunder. I didn’t like him the first time I met him years ago,
and I sure as hell can’t stand the fucker now. I know meeting with
him is just one of the things, my brother and I have to do for the
sake of the pack. We know this is one of the many situations we’re
gonna be put in that we won’t enjoy. We’re just gonna have to suck
it up though, because it’s about keeping the pack safe.

Keeping Angel safe.

“You two ready?” Alpha Johnny
says as we climb out of his car.

“Yes, sir,” my brother
says out loud. Alpha looks at me and I nod my head.

Alpha puts his hand on my
shoulder stopping me from closing my door. He looks me dead in the
eyes, communicating through our pack link.

“I understand you don’t want to
be here. I know everything that happened between you two and my
daughter now. The fact that Caspian had his eyes set on marrying
Angel, well it must sting. But Angel has told me everything.
Believe me, I was angry to hear that he tried to blackmail her into
marrying him, but I cannot put myself first. The same goes for you,
you’re no longer the priority. You have many families relying on
you to keep the peace and make the right decisions.” He looks
towards my brother relaying the message to us both.