My Hunted Mate novel Chapter 6

Corinna

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

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

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

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

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

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

" I 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. " I remind 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. " I hear Gia say, I can't see her because of the Alpha who is shielding her from 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 for her. " He tells her, My uncle's name is enough to strike fear into my heart.

" 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 her out! " I can tell from her voice that she is doing her best to get out of her mate's grip.

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

" Gia he wants me dead! My un- My alpha! Please Gia he'll kill me for what 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 even though I desperately want to survive, if I have to die, I don't want it to be by my uncle or father's hand. I didn't survive the last three years only to 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 head still hanging with her greying hair over her face as it has been seen she was brought in here.

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

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

" I... " I pause, unsure of what to say but then I realise we're both locked in a prison and neither of us are going anywhere anyway.. Not to mention if I don't find a way to escape before my uncle gets here I'm going 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 Cain related to you? "

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

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

" Mum? "

" Oh god! You're alive! " My mother laughs happily, tears pool in her eyes. " 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 piss me off.

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

My mother's eyes widen once again but this time at my anger. " I... 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 seen him act that way. I thought that maybe he'd simmer down, accept me and 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 was more than happy to have an excuse really.. anyway, what I didn't expect was 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 but after 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 I covered them up, no one ever realised and I worried that without me there to cover it up.. You'd be found out too, so I broke out of the prison and I snuck into your room while you slept. I cast a spell to make your gifts dormant, apparently it didn't work if your uncle is hunting you 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 eyes become 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 feel the magic in you. It couldn't be sensed by anyone else.. Why? " she now looks confused.

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

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

I don't respond, only nod.

" Sons of bitches. " She glares up at the ceiling for a moment, then her eyes meet mine again. " Three years ago to the day, I was captured by this pack. The Beta decided to rub that one in this morning. When they captured me, I kept finding ways to escape with my gifts of course. So they decided to start experimenting because I could melt their special cuffs that were supposed to prevent magic, I could fight off the pills they shoved down my throat, anything they tried didn't work. We're from a very powerful bloodline Corinna. So a couple of months later they 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 working but.. I don't know I guess when they cut off my gifts, it reversed my magic on you so there was nothing to keep your gifts dormant anymore. "

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

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

" When my gifts awakened he and dad were there, I screamed and it let out 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, my dad was always among them, reminding me of that lovely sentiment. At first it made my heart ache to know my own father thought of me in that 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 my mother, I realise for the first time in years I have a family member in front 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 sobs begin to pour out of my mouth as I shake my head.

Eventually I get to the point of being able to speak again. " My only family who doesn't want me dead, is sitting locked in a cell with me and instead of being able to be happy about being with you, I'm thinking how I've basically just led the people who want us both dead to you too. "