#Chapter 50 She’s Mine Again

Jaxson Marshal drops her on the couch in their house, Jacki and him trying to assess her countless wounds but there’s far too many to make sense of. I linger behind everyone, including the Alpha of North Woods who leans against the back of the couch, breathless from the run with Marshal, and two other familiar faces. Paul and Row pace behind her parents, wearing only pants that they must have slipped on after just going on a run. I don’t ask questions, only taking a glimpse through the crowd to see my mate’s face ultimately unrecognizable. She’s drenched in blood and mud. She bares open cuts all over her arms and legs, including down her side where she lays in blissful unconsciousness. Her hair is gone, almost deeming her unrecognizable, and when her father tries to lift her eyelid to check her response, her once sky-blue eyes are white in hue, colorless like her face, aside from the bruises that streak all over her surface. I look away, choking back a sob. “What the hell