Beautiful Nightmare

The Wake

"Kenneth?" Tristan breathed cautiously as he watched Kenneth begin to slowly transform but it was as if Kenneth couldn't even hear him.

"Now you have the nerve to call me a freak? Tell me in all honesty please. Between you and I, who is the bigger freak? Someone who is capable of doing all that you've done, or someone who by some genetic whatever, has two d***s?" Ryan's voice had risen by then. "How dare you use the word freak and me in the same sentence? If anyone should be able to do that, it certainly mustn't be you." you bastard I hate you so much!

"Kenneth, settle down." Tristan said tentatively. Kenneth was hulking out...transforming, but into a wolf-like man which only alphas and in very rare cases, their marked mates could do. Kenneth wasn't marked. The jeans and t-shirt he was wearing began to fall off his body in tatters. Tristan had thought mere minutes earlier that a man with two d***s was strange. Well, there was nothing stranger than an unmarked ordinary werewolf hulking out into a wolf-like man..

"So now it's Kenneth huh?" Kenneth's voice was not human. His beast had taken over. "Didn't think you knew my name."

Tristan was getting very worried. After that talk with Gabriel he didn't want to use his alpha tone on Kenneth but the situation called for that. In his current form, Kenneth could kill him with just a snap of his hand and Tristan knew it. He just had to use it one more time.

"Shift back into human now." Tristan commanded and heard the door to Kenneth's room burst open. He watched as the wolf-like man froze. "Stay back Gabriel." The Alpha ordered without turning to look at his beta. "Human, now." He commanded and watched as Kenneth rather transformed into the beautiful white wolf again. "Human." Tristan growled but Kenneth growled right back, baring his teeth and getting into an attack mode.

Tristan quickly crouched down and bared his neck to his mate, showing submission. He couldn't for the life of him understand why his command was not working on Ken... Tris planned on finding out just why, later. He could have fought and defeated Kenneth with cheeky ease. But he didn't think he had the right to do that. At that very moment, Tristan knew his life was in danger. His mate was ready to attack and possibly kill him. He didn't blame Ken's wolf at all. He'd brought it upon himself by treating his mate very badly. Tristan didn't want to agitate Kenneth any further. Actually his life probably depended on not doing anything at all.

The wolf sprung towards the Alpha giving a ferocious growl which drowned out Gabriel's terrified scream. The Alpha saw his life flash before his eyes but didn't move, hoping it was going to be a quick death. He deserved to die for what he'd done to his mate. But then he realized, after not feeling any impact after some seconds, that Kenneth's aim hadn't been to attack him. The wolf had rather jumped out of the opened window. Tristan almost had a heart attack. With a cry of terror, he rushed to the window and looked out just in time to see His mate's wolf jump down from ledge to ledge on the building. Tristan breathed a sigh of relief. He knew Kenneth wouldn't have survived the jump if he had attempted to jump straight down. But Tristan's relief was short-lived. He remembered that his warriors wouldn't hesitate to kill Kenneth on sight. After all, no one knew he was the alpha's mate. As far as they were concerned, the alpha had only turned the hunter as a form of punishment.

"Gabriel!" Tristan screamed as he tore off his clothes. "Tell them not to harm him." With that, Tristan shifted into the huge red wolf and jumped out of the window.

Then he went after his mate.

He was so scared of what could happen to his mate, he doesn't know what he'll do if something happens actually...

He was so wrong.

***

'Stand down, everyone. Don't harm the white wolf.' Gabriel desperately instructed the warriors through his mind-link. He knew for a fact that some of the warriors were already chasing after Kenneth.

'But he's trying to escape, Sir.' One of the warriors said, sounding surprised at Gabriel command.

'The alpha will take care of it. I repeat, stand down.' Gabriel growled.

Simone the head warrior chuckled. 'Well let's hope my squad doesn't maim the i***t too much with their arrows.' He said, not sounding too concerned.

'Simone no arrow should hit that wolf.' Gabriel reduced his link to just the head of the warriors who was also a close friend of both Tristan and Gabriel. The three of them were very close, with Simone being the joker amongst them. As the head warrior, he thrived on violence. But he was also very good at what he did.

'Jeez. Don't get too worked up for God's sake Gabriel, A single arrow won't kill him, it will just slow him down and we're being considerate why are you being so fussy about it ..

'I'm being fussy because he's the alpha's mate.' Gabriel finally screamed through the link.

'What did you...oh shit.' Simone was screaming orders at his team even as he transformed and dashed off after his warriors.

***

Tristan heard the howl of misery from his mate and howled right back. His wolf was furious at him but they both knew they had to work together on this one. He knew he could have handled this whole thing with his mate better if he hadn't allowed himself to switch off. f**k! He clearly remembered his wicked thoughts about his mate whilst under the influence of the Ojah power. He couldn't believe he'd actually considered killing his mate. That was sick and he could never have ever contemplated that no matter how much he disliked the fact that his mate was male. Not being strong enough to resist losing control had cost him a lot. And Tristan had no idea where to even start rectifying the problem at hand.

'I swear if you don't make things right with our mate, by Luna I'm going to tear you up from inside.' His furious wolf growled, making Tristan cringe inside. 'The pain I will inflict on you whilst taking your life will come nowhere near what you did to him.' That was the first time he'd been threatened by his wolf and Tristan knew his wolf meant every word. He also knew he deserved it. After all, losing his mate meant the end of his wolf's and eventually his own life. So his wolf would have nothing to lose if he actually did as he'd threatened.

Tristan had never acted so cruel towards anyone before, unless of course he was in battle or faced with a mortal enemy...which as far as he was concerned, Kenneth sorta was. A hunter killed his father and brother for f**k's sake. Well, time to find out exactly what Kenneth had been up to on his property. Tristan opened up his mind-link to his mate and started pushing gently...pleading with him to stop running and wait for him. But his mate kept right on running because he obviously didn't even know what the mind-link was all about. The Alpha growled in frustration. At least he'd closed the gap between them considerably so he knew that he was going to catch up with Kenneth soon. When the alpha rounded a corner and saw his mate lying between two boulders, whining painfully, he almost passed out with dread. His mate was obviously hurt.

'Don't move Kenneth.' Tristan said softly through their link as he circled his mate. Kenneth's leg was stuck in a hole but it didn't seem to be broken. It was twisted in a rather unnatural way though.

Tristan wanted to transform back into his human form and pull Kenneth's stuck leg out of the hole but be knew there was no way his mate was going to allow him to touch him if he was human. His mate hated him... And with good reason too. The huge red wolf tentatively went closer till he was standing over his mate who had begun to growl despite his pain.

'I'm just trying to help.' Tristan said softly through their link. 'Please let me help you. Please Ken.'

'Don't you dare touch me you monster. If I should die right here right now, I'm sure you'll throw a party in the next... oh fuck...' He gasped in pain.

'Ken please...' Tristan was getting desperate. Now that he was himself, watching Ryan in pain was killing him. But he also knew he couldn't touch Ken without his permission. 'I'm so sorry for all that has happened, Ken. So, so sorry.' But Kenneth remained quiet. 'Let me help you please.' The Alpha couldn't keep the pleading out of his voice.

After a very long silence, Ken finally spoke through their link. 'I'm not a freak.' He said quietly, trying very hard not to think about the pain in his leg.

'I never said you were a freak.' Tristan protested. 'I said it was freaky.'

'Same s**t. Don't insult my intelligence.' Ken said in a quiet voice.

'I'm sorry. It just took me by surprise that's all.'

For the first time since he became a werewolf, Ken didn't have any desire for Tristan. In fact he couldn't even stand the sound of his voice. But for his stuck foot, he would have stood up and kept some distance between himself and the arrogant, sadistic prick.

Tristan cleared his throat on their mind-link. 'I can hear you, you know. Ken we need to get your leg out of there so you can heal.'

'What do you care?' Ken sneered. 'Tell me... are you getting hard with the thought of me being in pain? Why do you hate me so much?' He asked with so much pain in his voice.

'Because you're a hunter, okay?' Tristan responded exasperatedly. 'I hate hunters because you are murderers. You hunt and kill innocent people.'

'What the f**k are you talking about?' Ryan couldn't help the surprise in his voice. 'I'm a doctor . I've never hunted anything in my life. I love animals. I love researching about, That's my job.'

'So what were you doing on my property?'

'Some kid I teach wanted to show me a new species which he said was going to blow my mind. They assured me that that part of the property was open to the public.'

'Fuck.' Tristan swore. Kenneth was being truthful. 'Shit.' Kenneth didn't miss Kenneth's words. Somehow he could sense the other wolf's misery. Kenneth had made a mistake.

'So it's just as I thought. All this sadistic treatment was not because I trespassed. I was mistaken for some hunter? Why would anyone want to hunt this close to town? They may hurt someone. I'm not stupid... Wait a minute... you meant hunters who hunt your kind didn't you? I didn't even know you existed, how much more... Are you f*****g kidding me?'

Kenneth cringed inside his wolf. 'I'm sorry.' The alpha wolf said quietly.

'I kept telling you I'd done nothing wrong. Now look at what you've done to me. You've turned me into an animal. My whole life I've stayed out of trouble. Kept to myself. Now this. All because some arrogant fool couldn't listen to me for a second.' Kenneth's wolf whimpered ass emotional pain spiraled. The only reason Ryan wasn't crying at that very moment was because he was in his wolf form. 'Now I'm ruined. Tell me you can restore me not just to my human form, but to my original self. Please.'

The pain within Tristan at that very moment...hearing that heartfelt plea from his mate, was like nothing he'd ever felt. He didn't blame Kenneth for wanting no part of his wolf side. He'd done that to him. He had to somehow fix it...make it better...help Kenneth accept what he had become, because there was no going back.

'I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry but I can't. No one can. I'm so sorry.'

Kenneth didn't say a word after that. He just kept quiet and laid his head down. His life was over. How could he even go back to work? What if in the middle of teaching he shifted into a wolf?

'I'll guide you.' The Alpha said quietly, listening to Kenneth's inner thoughts. He didn't know how to shield himself yet so everything he thought about was open to Tristan as they were linked Kenneth didn't acknowledge his words.

What if he not only shifted in the middle of a lecture, but he actually hurt one of his students? What if his shifting caused a stampede and people got hurt in the process? That was all the life he knew...teaching. Was it over?

'No it's not over.' Tristan answered. 'I'll take care of you.'

'Get the f**k out of my head, you psycho.' Kenneth growled, attempting to stand but he howled in pain and fell back down. f**k! He hoped his foot wasn't broken.Get the f**k out my head!!!!!

Tristan couldn't take it anymore. He growled as he shifted back into his human form. He'd had it. He just couldn't stand the fact that Ken was in pain. He had to pull his leg out. Ken could do whatever he wanted to do to him, Jeremy didn't even care. He went to where Ken's leg was stuck, ignoring his frenzied growls.

"You can bite me if you want." Tristan growled. "I'm doing this." With that he reached into the hole and grabbed hold of Tristan's leg. Then he slowly pulled it out, wincing at Kenneth's howl of pain. "It's broken." Tristan said grimly. "You need a doc...No, don't shift." The Alpha gasped when he felt his mate begin to shift back. "You'll be in too much pain if you're in your human form."

'At least the pain would be from an injury and not from another person inflicting it.' Kenneth spat through their link. 'God, I hate you so f*****g much.'

"Oh fuck." Tristan gasped as he took a step back as though Kenneth had punched him. His hand went to his chest which had suddenly tightened painfully. Earlier, he'd thought Kennethimplying he wanted no part of his wolf form was painful. But The Alpha realized that Kenneth telling him he hated him was even worse. He rubbed his chest as he fell to his knees. It definitely didn't help matters that Ken was at that particular moment thinking how the world would be a better place with people like Jeremy out of it. Kenneth please...' Jeremy gasped through their link.

'What the f**k have I done now?' Kenneth snapped, you rotten piece of shit...

Tristan looked at him and slowly shook his head. "Nothing." He said quietly as he got to his feet. Then without another word, he hulked out till he became a wolf-like man. In that form the alpha, who was covered in red fur, was almost nine foot tall and had ten times the strength of his wolf. Kenneth whimpered in fear. 'I'm going to carry you now.' Was all the warning Kenneth got before Tristan was lifting him up as though he weighed nothing.

And throughout the trip back to Tristan's house, the alpha's heart was breaking. His mate hated him and with good reason too. If only he could turn back time, he couldn't help but wish. Kenneth on the other hand didn't know what to think. Being held in Tris's arms so tenderly was definitely not what he'd expected from the cruel man. One would have thought in that scary imposing form, Tristan would be even more cruel and wicked but on the contrary, Kenneth had never felt safer in his life. He was totally confused so he just closed his eyes and enjoyed being held.

In the pack hospital, three doctors and three nurses ran around trying to make Kenneth comfortable. Although news hadn't gotten to them that Ken was their alpha's mate, they knew that for the alpha to change to that form and carry an injured wolf himself, when he could have asked the warriors or any of the others to bring the wolf in, Kenneth was obviously very important. And even if they hadn't seen their hulked out alpha carry in the injured wolf, the fact that the injured wolf had been taken to one of the executive rooms...which was reserved for only alphas and top ranking wolves, also showed how important the wolf was. The alpha's agitated pacing on the corridors of the hospital at that very moment was enough to put everyone on edge.

Kenneth was given a shot of something strong to take care of his pain at Tristan's insistence immediately they'd gotten to the hospital. In no time at all his leg was set and his eyes were drifting shut with drowsiness thanks to the morphine that had been pumped into him. Just before he drifted off, he saw Tristan standing in his line of vision, watching him. He was in dark jeans and a black t-shirt that fitted to his body like a second skin. And those eyes... 'Damn, he's hot' was Tris's last thought before he drifted off to sleep.

Tristan heard Ken as their link was still opened. But rather than feel thrilled that his mate found him attractive, he rather felt sad because he knew it was the morphine talking. Ken despised him.

"How long is he going to be out?" Tris asked Dr. Vitalli's, the lead doctor.

"About four hours Alpha."

"Keep me posted on anything that happens." Jeremy said as he turned and headed for the door. "I'll be back." He needed a good counsel. And the alpha knew exactly who to talk to.

***

"You what?" Maf, Gabriel''s father, was too shocked his voice was barely above a whisper.

Tristan winced at the disbelief in the elder's voice. "Uncle Maf please..." The Alpha began but got cut off.

"No, no I think I didn't hear you well. Did you say you..."

"I forced myself on him okay?" Tristan growled and shot to his feet. This was more difficult than he'd thought it would be. He couldn't stand the disappointment and condemnation in his mentor's eyes. f**k!

"You mean you raped your mate?" The elderly man growled right back. "What the hell were you thinking?"

"That's just it." Tristan turned to face the man. "I wasn't thinking." He bellowed, his eyes shifting to amber. His wolf wanted out.

"Calm down Alpha." Maf said softly, realizing just how far he'd pushed The Alpha. "Sit down Tristan,,

Heaving a deep sigh, Tristan took his seat. "I'm confused Uncle. What am I going to do? I made a mistake. He wasn't a hunter after all."

"You know he's not going to give his consent to be marked as your mate, don't you?" Maf said quietly. For one to become a full mate, they needed to give permission to be marked. But from what his ward had just told him, his mate would never give that consent. Not after what The Alpha had done to him.

"I know. I need your help Uncle. Tell me what to do." There was so much anguish in Tris's voice the older man gasped. He'd never seen The Alpha like that before.

"I don't know son. It's all up to you. You have to work this out yourself. Remember the prophecy said your mate was special?"

Tristan would never forget that prophesy. That prophesy had been revealed on the day Tris had first transformed into a wolf. Unlike every other wolf, The Alpha had his first shift at the age of twelve instead of fifteen. A major werewolf gathering for alphas and elders was in session that day and the prophecy had been made known to all members. Though he'd been a kid, he'd always had it at the back of his mind. He remembered how happy his mother had been about that prophecy. She'd explained to him that most werewolves never found their soul mates and had to settle for anyone they were compatible with. She was therefore happy because the prophecy predestined that her son was going to find his mate. Tristan also remembered thinking with Gabriel when they were kids that his mate being special meant he was probably going to marry Miss. America one day.

"Yes, I remember." Tristan said softly. But what made Tristan special? Did having two d***s make someone special, Tristan wondered. Or was it the fact that he was the first male mate to a male alpha. He hadn't told the elder that bit about his mate's d***s. Tristan thought it was personal and therefore didn't plan on telling anyone. It was between him and his mate.

"What we didn't add was that part of the prophecy that stated that your mate was going to be someone who would wield a lot of power and would help you rule. In fact we were all warned to be very careful how we treated that individual because that mate was going to be very important to not only our pack, but to werewolves everywhere.

"Oh God." Tristan gasped as an image of a hulked out Kenneth flashed in his mind. He remembered wondering how he'd been able to do that when he hadn't even been marked as a mate yet. "He became a wolf-like man at a point." Jeremy whispered.

"He what?" Uncle Maf frowned in surprise. "I thought you didn't mark him. How..."

"I don't know how he did it." Jeremy rasped. "He was very angry. f**k, I thought he was going to kill me. I commanded him to shift back to human but he rather shifted into his wolf and jumped out."

"Most people never survive that kind of bite he received...mentally or physically. Looks like he did on both counts. That alone should tell you how special he is, Tris." Maf murmured with a curious frown on his face. "The prophecy said he is and so far the little you've told me about him proves it. He obviously doesn't even know how powerful he is. Refreshingly innocent."

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