DARIUS POV"This is going to be a bloody fight," Aria said as she prepared herself for the fight. A weight lifted off my shoulders just seeing her. "But their blood is the one that'll flow…" I said then stepped inside the room, "On the ground." I completed my statement and then pointed my gun at the guy who tried to attack my Aria. He was wearing a mask, obviously to protect his nose from the stench, and they dared leave Aria here. My blood boiled and I fired the bullet. I shot the man in his right hand and he dropped to the ground and screamed in pain. Fortunately for him, it's just a regular bullet, and after removal, he'll heal quickly. "Aria are you okay?" Killian asked Aria, Aria stood there staring at us with widened eyes, she was clearly shocked to see us there. I walked over to her, "Come on answer, are you okay, were you hurt anywhere?" I asked as I scanned over her body for any injuries. "How did you guys find me here?" She asked, shocked. Slowly a smile broke on her

DARIUS POV"Hold on a minute Killian, back up. Who is this person and why are you apologizing for not telling me about her?" Marcus asked, Killian was explaining like a broken record and it pissed me off. We didn't have time for any of that, we needed to attend to Aria's wound fast, and at the rate Killian was going, he didn't seem to be doing a great job. "She's our fucking mate!" I shouted on the phone, "Now no more questions because she's about to die. Help me give her first aid!" I walked past Killian and stood beside Aria. She was lying down unconsciously, her blood was soaking the entire white bedsheet. "Come on!" I urged him when he didn't start talking immediately. "She has lost a lot of blood and is losing more right now!" "Uh… alright, uh first we need to stop her from bleeding, and to do that, I need to know what happened to her, what type of injury she sustained?" Marcus asked, finally getting his head in the game. I was relieved that he was finally giving me directions

ARIA POVAt first, my brain didn't process what he said to me but after staring at his eyes, I saw the detest in them and I didn't need to understand any words to feel it. "Marcus, what are you saying?" Killian reprimanded him immediately, he was shocked by what Marcus uttered but I wasn't, it seemed I already knew although my wolf was very disappointed. He turned to Killian, "Didn't you hear me?" He frowned as he spoke, and he then turned to me again, "You were so weak and totally helpless no, to be precise, you were worthless." He said with a cold gaze and hostile look, he turned to Killian again, "What are we even doing with her? Let's return her to that pig and stop all these troubles, she's not worth it." "Shut up!" Killian shouted at Marcus, his nostrils were glared up, he clenched both his hands beside him and he was ready to throw them. "But I'm only telling the truth. You don't need her as a fuck toy, we already have one, if you don't like her we can get a new one, one th

ARIA POV"The...guard." I began slowly, and he patiently listened until I was done, "H…he… die.. died… what… hap... happened to… his… body?" I still haven't gotten over the guilt I felt for being the reason he died. It was still eating me up inside. "He's been buried," Darius answered, his voice was low now. He grabbed one of my palms then kissed it, "Don't blame yourself for his death. It's not your fault! I didn't plan the attack and he tried to protect you to the end so don't blame yourself, blame the animal that sent those men after you." As he spoke, tears welled up in my eyes and soon they went rolling down, it was when I sobbed that I realized I had been weeping for a while now. "Oh, Ari!" Darius leaned closer to me and hugged me. "Stop crying." He said while he took me softly, "Hush now, why are you crying like a baby?" I burst into tears, I was full-out sobbing now and he continued shushing me. "Shhhh!" He continued shaking me, he used his thumbs and wiped my tears away.

ARIA POVBefore I realized it, I was crying again. Darius and Killian started consoling me but I couldn't stop feeling bad. I thought no one would want to see me again after what happened. I thought everyone would blame me for what happened but looking at their faces, they seem to be genuine. Staying at the hospital didn't help me at all, it made my mental health deteriorate especially when I heard a doctor giving the sad news of a loved one passing away. A silver bullet survival rate is 25 percent and that's if you didn't die immediately you were shot. Even a shot on your leg can kill you. Silver's poison is too dangerous for us werewolves, that's why it's banned from every pack, those who buy them are buying illegal goods. Only Alphas and heads of securities in a castle were allowed to own them and they are seldomly used. The silver bullet is what took my bodyguard's life, he, unfortunately, died instantaneously and lost all his chance of survival. Fortunately for me, I was able