Alpha's Little Vampire Mate
Chapter 90

Marcus's POV:

She had slitted her throat right in front of Chloe and I fought the groan that nearly left me when her body hit the ground. My eyes went up to meet Chloe's demon eyes, her fangs shooting out and she growled aggressively, trying to contain her hunger for blood. I quickly grabbed on to her, dragging her away, while I ordered for some wolves to take her aunty into the house and stop the bleeding.

Earlier: I doubted if Chloe would have been able to control it but she had surprised me. She stood through it all and not once did her demon surface. Suffice to say; she had gotten stronger and more in control of her abilities. I was a proud husband. The way she handled everything and how my soldiers obeyed all of her orders, made me swell with pride.

After we had gotten a good distance away from all the blood(which wasn't as easy as it sounded), I forced Chloe to look at me, then just like the first time I saw her demon, I kiss her but she bit my lips this time. "Ouch!" I screamed, glaring daggers at her. I knew she wasn't in control of herself, but I knew she was still somewhere in there. "What was that for?" I snapped.

She growled aggressively, my eyes turning dangerously darker. "Where is my blood Alpha Marcus, you made me a promise," she hissed in a hoarse voice. "I never forget promises!"

Shit! I did not see this coming, when I promised to give her blood on the day I begged Chloe to let me see her demon form. And now, the monster was out and grabbing me by the throat... not in the practical sense though. "Fine," I said, raising my hands up in mock surrender. "Why don't you be a good girl and let me talk to Chloe? I will give you some blood when we get home," I watched her carefully, taking in the monstrous fangs that dripped with blood and threatened to suck me dry. "Please?"

It glare at me for a while, then: Chloe staggered, falling into my arms. She raised her her head to look me in the face. "I am so sorry she did that, I hardly have any control over my demon lately," she complained.

"It's okay my love," I replied. I studied her for a while, seeing how she slightly swayed. She was tired but her stubborn arse would not admit it! Every sign she had been giving off, showed that my suspicions might be correct. I placed one hand under my her knees, and the other around her neck and lifted her off the ground. "You need to have some rest, so you can transport us back."

"Why do I feel so dizzy? It never happens, why do I feel so tired?"

I smiled at her knowingly, my heart racing faster in my chest. "Maybe you have just outdone yourself, it has been a long day, sit here," I said, dropping her down in the makeshift throne for her aunty.

I let her relax for a while, then went in search of the soldiers who took her aunt. Titus has already cut some clean cloth and they were cleaning off the blood, and trying to clot it. It had started to heel, but it was going to take a while before it did because the cut was very deep. If I were allowed an opinion, I would say that she did not really meant to kill herself, because a blade on the neck was not enough to kill even an omega, talking more of a royal wolf for that matter. We let her sleep as she recuperated, not bothering to wake her up as I had no time not patience, to entertain any more dramatic moments. Instead of the whole long process, I would have preferred if we sneaked in on them and slayed them massively. On second thoughts, it wasn't a bad idea after all! She had gotten to know the history that led to her parents' death and it was somewhat satisfying, even though it would not help in bringing them back! "Alpha," Mark called, making me look up at him. He held up a little pan, tilting it to the side to show me some black liquid. "You need to see this..."

I moved closer, to get a view of whatever it was. It looked black and thick and... disgusting. I could not decipher what it was and felt the need to enquire. "What the hell is that?"

"Poison." It was Titus who spoke up this time. "The wolf's virus, she's been consuming it for a couple of months now and it's eaten her deep. Her condition is truly critical and who knows, she just might not make it."

"Who wouldn't make what?"

I cursed, when I turned to see Chloe standing by the door. She walked towards me, holding my eyes and searching like she was seriously looking for something. Her eyes flickered over to the bed where her aunt laid, then back up to me. "Marcus? What's going on?" I did not get the chance to reply, when she looked into the bowl that Mark was still clutching in his hands. "What in the goddess's name is that?!"

"Poison," Titus answered, earning a glare from me(which he nonchalantly shrugged to). "She would still have found out either way..." he whispered.

An alarmed gasp left Chloe, and her eyes widened. She hurried over to the side of the bed kneeling over. "No! She can't die, not yet!" She yelled. "How did the poison get in? How did this happen?!"

"I think she has been consuming the poison for some time now. It's either someone wants to kill her and has been feeding her with it for the past month, or..." I gulped visibly, as Chloe's face paled. "She has been trying to commit suicide," I concluded.

We were silent for a long while, as Chloe kept pacing the room. I almost asked her to stop, as the movement was beginning to irritate me. Also, I was worried about her health, she was too careless when it came to taking care of herself and I thought of ways how to put a restless and stubborn wife on bed rest, it was near impossible!

"So, what do we do now?!"

"There is no much help for her here, we need to get her into a hospital immediately!" Lily said.

Chloe turned to give her a once over, running her gaze rudely over her body, then she snubbed her. "Titus, it's you I was talking to, what do we do?"

Titus sighed, rolling his eyes at my dramatic wife. "Just what the Beta queen has said, it would be best if she received medical attention," he replied calmly.

With that, she started throwing orders around, asking that everyone to prepare to leave. I sat back watching her, as she tried to save the life of her relative who had never given a fig about her. I had no idea what it was that she wanted from now the lady, but we would find out sooner, I hoped.

***

Home!

Chloe did the bamboo method again but this time, she went two turns, as we all could not touch the stick. I decided to follow her for both rounds, in order to keep an eye on her. Now we were closer to home, our weapons once more hidden.

"What do we now?"

I turned when she asked me that very question. I searched her face to try to see if I would get a clue as to what she was about to ask, but her face was bare, bewitching green orbs threatening to draw me in. "What do you me?" I resigned and asked.

"About my aunt," she said.

"What about her?"

"Where do we keep her?"

"Definitely not in my house," I deadpanned, increasing my steps as I moved away from her. I turned to look at the said aunt who was in Titus's arms. He had been holding on to her since then and not letting anyone even touch her. I noticed how he periodically stared at her, not leaving out more than a few seconds before looking down at her. Who knew, just maybe she would be welcomed in his home.

I saw the large gates of my town, halting when we got close and commanded everyone to do same. "We go in fours, five minutes after the others, in order not to attract attention." I turned to Titus, my eyes falling into the unconscious lady in his arms. Luckily, her cut had healed completely. "Titus, you can take her tothe hospital-"

"I will go too!" Chloe piped in.

"-alone." I stated with finality. "We will see her later, when we go to check up on Lima," I said, giving her a pointed look. I noticed how she opened her mouth to speak, but it clamped shut.

She narrowed her eyes at me, mouthing: "you dick!" Then she huffed, crossing her arms over her chest.

I ignored her, my eyes sweeping over to the rest of the group. "Start moving, the wife and I will go in last." I ordered, grabbing on to Chloe's arm, even when she kept continued pulling out of my hold. Titus had gone past the gate and the last group we're almost close, when I turned to her. "Will you relax baby?"

"How can I," she snapped, a deep scowl etched on her face. "When you embarrassed me in front of the everyone like that?!"

"I would not interfere, if you do not always counter my every order," I said in a calm tone of voice, trying to keep a straight face.

She huffed. "You have got to be kidding me! That was not you interfering, that was you making a fool of me!"

"I not make a fool of you," I gritted out, trying as hard as I could not to snap. She had started getting more annoying by the day and if it continued that way, I can't say for sure if I would be able to pair a roof with her!

"You did! You do that all the time!"

Okay... just close your eyes and take a deep breath, close your eyes and take a deep breath... do not snap, do not let her get to you, do not-

"Are you even listening to me?!"

Not my wife trying to make me run into a wall, not my wife! I walked away from her, hoping that that would be a good sign for her to understand that I was not in the mood to bicker with her, not at all! "You never listen to me, so you?!"

I kept walking, increasing my pace.

"Hey! I am talking to you Mr big bad wolf, don't you be walking away from me!"

And she just came back from a fight, where she murdered an Alpha and his whole pack. The whining lady beside me, did not resemble the warrior I had seen earlier. She looked more like a little girl who had been deny a doll on her birthday. "Marcus?! Marcus?!"

"What?!"

Uh.. oh!

I regretted yelling in her face, when her eyes widened in disbelief, her lower lips fell and then, a sob left her. Before I could even apologize, she had tears running down her face and next thing, she was full on crying and I was left confused as passerbys turned to stare.

"Sh...," I cooed, gently stroking her hair when she dive into my arms. "Don't cry baby, I'm sorry for yelling at you, please stop crying," I begged, glaring at nosy on lookers, who couldn't stop staring.

She started to lift her head off my chest and I was face to turn back to her, keeping a straight face. She sniffed, using the back of her hand to wipe off the drool from her nose. "Baby?" she muttered in a tender voice.

Shit! Deep deep shit! I knew I was in serious trouble when she made those puppy dog eyes at me. I stared at her skeptically, waiting for the horrible lines that were about to exit those little plump lips.

"Will you let my aunty stay with us?"

Double fuck!