43. A long night for the Ferrari pack.

Deangelo.

As I walk away from the alleyway with Elena limp in my arms, I am transported back to that dark place in my head, the same one that I have always tried to keep tucked deep down in a corner of me. The scenario where my where my mom was raped by men who only knew how to abuse their strength and murdered in cold blood without any mercy.

It made me livid as I wondered what would have happened if I had not found her on time, I felt powerless just as I have felt back then, I was angry that the same thing that had happened back then had just happened to Elena, to the poor girl who had not known a thing, who had not even deserved it. Elena coils in my arms as she grips me so hard and buries her head in my chest, she was shivering so bad that I felt like it was basically winter already.

Two cars suddenly parked by my side and I realized that it was Luca and Camila. They both rushed to me and I threw another glare at Camila.

“What happened to her? Why is her dress all torn and what are these horrible bruises, oh my gosh!” Camila bombarded me as she accessed Elena over and over again.

“This is all my fault, this is all my freaking fault! She did not want to come and when I finally drag her by force, this happens!” Camila panicked and freaked out, I was about to lecture and scold her for leaving her friend all alone and causing her to wander into such a danger but I realized that she was blaming herself so bad already and it will be very insensitive of me to even add to that for her.

Without saying a word, Luca opened the door to the backseat of the car we went to the party together in and he extends his hands to take her from me and possibly help her into the car, but then Elena even in her weak state held on so tight to me and refused to let go. I nod at Luca, signaling him to go check on the man I had brutalized, he nods back and immediately goes to get it done. We needed to make sure that this was just a case of some random homeless rapist and not a well planned attack on Elena.

I was so angry and even I could not deny the possessive feelings I had for her at that vulnerable moment, my wolf was prickling underneath my skin, wanting to break out and owl at the silent night and moon goddess for allowing yet another injustice on my path, to my people.

I hugged her possessively, almost as if I was scared that something else was about to happen, that there were more danger lurking around somewhere to do more harm, "Let's go home" I said when I saw Luca coming back towards us. Elena was still panicking even when I held her in my arms and it looked like she was scared to go with even me despite being in my arms.

“Shhh... it’s me, Elena. It is Deangelo not that man, I am not going to hurt you, I promise, trust me, I won’t. I am only going to take you home to Diego and Mia.” I said in a reassuring tone and she visibly relaxed.

Luca got into the driver’s seat while I got into the backseat still with Elena in my arms and I made her comfortable enough in the car, Camila gets into her own car and we follow closely behind her.

I took her home and she fell unconscious in the car on the way home while I rubbed her hair as lightly as I could while blowing some hot air with my mouth, almost as if I was just trying so hard to breathe as much comfort as I could into her.

She mumured incoherent words in her sleep. Every so often, she would cry out in her sleep and flinch as though someone was striking her and while this kept happening, I continously felt like killing someone. I felt like causing more mayhem, it just felt all too real, like I was back in the past and experiencing it all over again.

I held her tight to myself and she leaned into me, squeezing back just as tightly. That at least assuaged my temper, that she wasn't scared of me anymore, that she found solace and protection in my arms.

We soon got to the house, Mrs Cali and Sofia were outside so was Mia and Diego who should have been asleep by this time and they all trooped towards us as soon as our cars halted. I looked at Luca and Camila wondering how they already got the news even before we were home.

“I... uh... I called them when we started to look for her, I wanted to be sure that she was not home yet.” Camila quickly rushed out and I scoff, knowing that my kids were about to bombard me with questions. It was about to be a long night for the Ferrari pack.

“What happened to Ms. Elena?” Mia yelled as I carried Elena into her room and lay her down gently, the all followed me in, worry clouding all of their faces, well, except Sofia who for some reason known to her looked like she just could not give two fucks about what was happening at the moment, I did not have time to dwell on that because Diego asked his own question too, while tugging at my trouser.

“Daddy, what is wrong with Ms. Elena, has she gone to heaven too like mommy did?” He asked and I almost spit out the water that Mrs. Cali had handed in my hands to drink.

“What? No, Diego, Ms. Elena is fine. She is perfectly okay. She uh... she is just indisposed at the moment, she will be fine tomorrow, don’t worry.” I assure him even though he did not look convinced, neither did Mia.

“I don’t trust you, dad. Tell the truth, you always tell us not to lie and you yourself is doing just that right now? Or did you do this?” She accused blatantly, catching me off guard and I give her a startled look wondering why my own daughter would ever think that I did this to a member of this pack, of my own pack.

“Mia, what are you even saying?” Sofia scolded her.

“Well, it is daddy after all, we all know what people say about him being the beast of our world, we only pretend like it is a forbidden topic to speak about. I would not put it past him at all.” Mia said adamantly and I was now hundred percent convinced that the relationship between my daughter and I was so so bad to have had her thinking of me this way, what the fuck?

“Won’t you say someth-” She wanted to make another stuoid statement and I instantly cut ger off.

“Go to bed, Mia. Don’t even make me mad right now, go to bed!” I snapped and she stormed out of the room.

Diego is subdued and kept crying softly while Mrs Cali expressed her concern, immediately looking to Luca and her daughter for an explanation though they both did not meet her eye.

Elena was looking so frail and weak, almost looking dead and Diego started to fully cry, snort running down his nose, Camila carried him in her arms as she continued to reassure him that there was no need for tears because Elena was perfectly okay.

I put a call to the pack doctor and then ordered everyone out of the room so Elena could rest but Diego refused to leave her side such that I had to resort to using my Alpha voice on my own son, something I had never done before and the boy finally left, leaving just Elena and I in the room.

I immediately stand up to get water to clean Elena's wounds and cuts. I undressed her already torn and pieced dress and though I still felt a strong attraction towards her, the sight of her bruises already turning dark pink made me want to break something. After cleaning the wounds, I put her into my shirt.

The pack doctor soon arrived, faster than I had expected even, he then ran some tests and examined Elena.

“uh... alpha, I am afraid that then young miss has gone into a shock from what happened t her sir.” He said and my hearts skipped a beat, dreading the worst.

“Did he? Was she...” I stuttered and he picked up easily on what I was trying to ask or confirm. “No, alpha. She was not raped yet but whatever happened een though it had not happened yet was enough to get her into shock. She will be fine though, I will just prescribe some drugs and fluids for her. I will also advice that she rests properly for a while, and if she wakes, we will have to see if she gets over it but if she does not, they therapy will be the next step.”

“Are you sure she is fine though, the bruises and even some other marks on her skin, also, do you think she needs more than all you have said?” I pestered causing the man to get flustered about the whole situation.

He must be wondering why I was acting crazy over my kids nanny.

“Uhm... thank you, doctor. We will get back to you soon to follow up on this.” Sofia intervened and I was surprised that she had been behind me without me knowing.

“Alright then, goodnight alpha.” The doctor bade goodbye.

“Are you sure you can just leave like this? You do not need to stay the night and watch her overnight in case something happens?” I asked, paranoia running though me but he smiled and walked away after reassuring me that she was fine and then, I looked back at Elena.

“Don’t you think that you are being paranoid and to concerned about the nanny? It’s almost as if she is your child or something.” Sofia said in a tone that I could not quite understand.

“I am doing the same thing that I would have done if it were to be any one of you, this is a very normal concern.” I sad to her and even I knew that what I had just said was not in any way believable. It was almost as if I was just convincing myself too.

Sofia did not dare to say more and she left me alone to be. I did not let myself think too seriously about her words; instead I watched over Elena as she slept. She was restless, turning and tossing... aching with pain that I wished I could take away.

When she seemed to start to breathe normally and toss around lesser, I tucked her into her blanket properly and walked out of her room and into the lounge where I take off my own clothes and then shift into my wolf form.

I ran through the length and width of the woods outside my estate until it was almost dawn.