Love Grows In The Dark by Eli Lowe (read books for money TXT) 📕

Anyway, I came to wait for my mate in the darkest alley even when I knew that there was still plenty of time left for her to come, cause I had reached earlier than ever.

Anxiety did not let me stand still, as I kept pacing in the dark cause I was determined not to leave the alley ever until she comes. My mind was no better either as various thoughts kept coming to me...like I kept thinking about how many kisses I was going to get for myself more than yesterday from my mate.

But little did I know that all those thoughts were never meant to become a reality.

Cause, I was forced to break out of my oblivion just when my phone started to ring ever so loudly, rather menacingly.

“What is it?” I asked after seeing that the one from whom I wanted to stay far so that I could keep my sanity, was now calling me.

“You..you need to come. As soon as possible. I..I just could not do anything. I tried to stop her but I just could not.” Adrian kept stuttering over the call, making me even more frustrated for not being able to get whatever he was trying to say. His voice did not fail to show how terrified he was. If it was not for his scared voice, I might never bother to ask him twice about what was he up with. But tonight, his voice felt different, which I could not just ignore.

“Stop your nonsense and say clearly. What the hell happened?” I asked as I was already anxious enough to deal with his puzzling words.

“Markus. He is at the pack hospital.” It just took one single name for me to lose all the calmness of my mind in an instant.

“Coming.” Without bothering about anything else, I hung up the phone only to rush to the pack hospital. I did not know yet what exactly happened to him which caused him to end up in the hospital. I mean, for someone like us, who had the ability to heal faster, except something severe nothing could injure us that badly which might cause us to wake up in the hospital bed.

And that was why I panicked.

What could have happened to him? To Markus?

And when I reached there at the hospital, I was in no right mind to find out that something was different in the air. Without giving a single attention to any other things, I rushed inside only to see Adrian first.

Although he was standing in front of me, he was not at all looking like he could stay awake any longer or he could walk another step ahead. His hands were all broken while his face was ruined as well. In short, he was all tattered.

After seeing Adrian, I feared, thinking in what state Markus was now?

“Where is he?” I asked viciously, as I had no patience left to be all polite with the broken one.

No, he could not speak a single word after seeing my utterly enraged state, instead, Adrian just pointed to one of the doors at my right side. And I had no more reason left to waste another second, as I went right inside that cabin only to be left entirely shocked, seeing the one of my closest was lying on the bed lifelessly and struggling for his life.

I lost my mind. I could not think further.

“Who did this?” I asked as soon as I came out to find Adrian again, so that I could get my answers.

“Summer. It was Summer who stabbed Markus with a silver dagger. She took the opportunity to vent out her anger on him, also when he wanted to become a friend.” Whatever Adrian just said shook me, as I could imagine it the least as the reality. Especially the name that he took.

Summer could never do such a thing as far as I knew.

But then again, I could not just deny in what state I just saw Markus. No matter whoever dared to harm him, would definitely have to pay, even if it was Summer as per Adrian.

“Tell me what happened exactly.” I could not help but grate my teeth unconsciously as I had to struggle to see Summer as the traitor. I was even angrier to think that how could I judge someone's intentions wrongly.

No, I could not distinguish between the truth and the lie anymore.

All I got to hear was the name of the one who had caused such a disaster. And it was Summer's.

“Markus approached her earlier at school, asking her to become friends, but she did not agree at that time. But mysteriously, she asked Markus to meet alone at someplace quiet and deserted later after school.

As I was suspicious of her the whole time, I decided to follow Markus even though he warned me not to.

But what I saw later, made me regret about the fact that I did not stop Markus from becoming a victim of her conspiracy. And when I rushed to save him, I was too late already, cause she had already stabbed Markus with a silver dagger when he was not at all cautious of her treacherous thoughts.

She did not even let me take Markus away, and fought me until he was convinced enough that I could not stand straight anymore.

But...but she did not know that nothing could stop me from protecting my alpha.

So, after she left, I brought Markus to this hospital right away, using the last bit of strength which was still left in me after all I had to go through.” Adrian blurted out about the incident without a pause as if it was engraved in his mind for long and he knew exactly what to say.

But my growing rage did not let me figure