Chapter 11 - Date Fright.

I walk down the stairs to a series of wolf whistles from the guys and compliments from the girls.

"Damn Nattie, you look amazing"

"Yer sis, you look stunning"

"Thank you, guys"

"Don't you think it's a little too revealing though?"

Emily rolls her eyes as she slaps Angelo's chest.

"Angelo, for goddesses sake, shut the f**k up"

Everyone chuckles at Emily except for Angelo who was pouting like a little child.

"Don't pout babe, it doesn't suit you"

She kisses his cheek and he smiles at her.

"Ok you guys get lost, we need to go"

"You're damn straight we do, I'm so f*****g hungry"

"She dresses like a respectable, classy lady and curses like a drunk dude"

Alpha Jay jokes and I flip him off.

"You're not helping yourself there, sweetheart, now come on"

Brody grabs my hand and leads us out of the packhouse, he opens the passenger side door to his classic Mustang and bows.

"M'lady"

I chuckle at him.

"You're such a goof"

I get in the car and Brody shuts the door, he then runs around to his side and gets in, he starts up the car and drives off.

"So, where are you taking me?"

No answer.

"Brody"

"I'm not telling you, it's a surprise"

"Please"

I pout doing my puppy dog face which always works no matter who I use it on but unfortunately, it didn't this time.

"Sorry babe, my lips are sealed"

"Oh really? well mine aren't"

I lean over and kiss his neck.

"Oh sweetheart, you really don't wanna do that"

"Why not? are you scared you'll give in and tell me where we're going?"

"No, actually, I'm more scared of you turning my ass on and me crashing my baby"

"It's a car, Brody, why do you treat it like it's your lover?"

I ask whilst continuing to kiss his neck.

"Oh trust me I don't, I'd never do to my car what I do with you"

"Good, at least I don't have to get jealous over a pile of old metal"

"Hey, watch who you're calling old, she can hear you"

Brody whispers and I chuckle, I've never seen a guy fawn over a car the way Brody does with his Mustang.

Not long later we arrive at the restaurant and my eyes light up when I saw where he's taking me.

"You're taking me to The Bazaar"

Brody looks at me and smiles.

"Of course, you said you always wanted to dine here so...here we are"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you"

I kiss his lips which he happily reciprocated.

"You're welcome, sweetheart"

He smiles affectionately at me before getting out of the car and coming around to my side, he holds his hand out and I happily accept it.

"Let's go, sweetheart"

We walk over to the restaurant and I was saddened when I saw a really long line going around the block, urgh!!, we're never gonna get in here.

"Brody, let's go back home, we're never gonna get in here"

"Ye have little faith in me, sweetheart"

"Huh, what do you mean?"

He doesn't answer me, instead, he walks us right up to the door and after a quick handshake with the security guard, we walk in.

"Mr Mitchell, how nice to meet you again?"

"Good evening, Mr Monroe"

"And who is this beautiful girl?"

"This is my dear friend Natalia"

"It's nice to meet you, Natalia"

"It's nice to meet you too, sir"

"Beautiful and polite, what is she doing with you, Mr Mitchell?"

"Oi, watch it"

I chuckle at the pair.

"Come along, let's get you to your table"

The guy who I'm assuming is the manager leads us to our table which is in the private part of the restaurant, Brody holds my chair out for me before sitting down in his seat.

"Your menus"

"Thanks"

"Thank you"

"You're welcome, a waiter will be here in just a moment to take your order"

The manager leaves and I look at Brody intently.

"Babe, I know I'm one sexy piece of meat but you can't have me for dinner so look at the menu"

"How did you get us a table here? actually, how did you get us this table?"

Brody smirks as he looks at me.

"It's all about who you know, sweetheart...and it helps that I'm the beta of one of the strongest packs in the world"

"I'd say you're the number one beta in the world"

"Really? what about your brother?"

"Who taught my brother?"

"Touche"

We order our food and have a great time, the food was amazing and after dinner, we took a walk around the city which was cut short when we received a very odd mind link from Angelo.

"Let's go, sweetheart"

Brody puts his hand on my lower back and leads me over to his car, we were a few feet away when we were suddenly ambushed from behind.

"AAHHHH!!"

"NATALIA!!"

"AAHHH!!, f**k!!"

"LEAVE HER ALONE, AAHHH!! SHIT!!"

The rogue runs over to Brody using speed I've never seen before and kicks him to the other side of the street.

"NO, STOP!!"

Brody is being attacked by the rogue who punched him so hard that I think his jaw is broken.

"BRODY!!, aahhh shit"

"Lucky, heal me for f***s sake"

"I can't"

"What? why not?"

"I don't know"

"AAHHHHH!!"

"Brody"

"Fight through the pain, Nattie, you have to save him"

I close my eyes and take a deep breath.

"You can do this Nat, you fought through worse pain than this"

She's right, if I can fight with several broken bones throughout my whole body then I can fight with a few cuts and bruises, I look over at Brody and something in me snapped when I saw the rogue go to rip his throat out.

"NOOOO!!"

I jump up and shift into my wolf knocking the rogue off Brody's body, we get into a fight and I managed to get a few good hits in on him before he bit down really hard on my shoulder.

"AAHHHH!!"

"NOOO!!, NATALIA!!"

I started to feel dizzy and faint but I was able to see Brody actually, two Brodys killing two rogues, what the f**k? wasn't there just one rogue.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT?"

The rogue cackled before saying something which confused both myself and Brody.

"She needs to die, the Royals can't find her"

Brody snaps the rogue's neck but not enough to kill him, I shift back into my human form and tried to sit up but I couldn't, my ribs are broken, my head is pounding and my shoulder has got a massive bite mark in it, I'm not even exaggerating about the size either, it's f*****g huge and it's bleeding profusely.

"Natalia...Nattie, sweetheart, are you ok?"

"Y..Yer, have you got something in your car to tie him up with him?"

"Yer, I..I..I've got some rope laced with wolfsbane"

"Good, tie him up and...."

Wolfsbane?.

"Lucky, what's wolfsbane again?"

"It's something that if it's injected by a wolf, it shuts down everything about them, their healing ability, their mind link it can even make them unconscious"

Oh thank god, I thought that's what's stopping me from healing.

"I'm wrong then because I can mind link you"

"Because I am you just like you are me, Nattie, there's wolfsbane in you which is preventing you from healing"

Oh f**k.

"Sweetheart, are you ok?"

I look at Brody who is worried, bless his heart.

"I'm fine, look we need to tie him up and take him back to the pack"

"What about you? why aren't you healing?"

"Because somehow, that bastard managed to get wolfsbane into me which means Lucky can't heal me"

Brody's eyes scan my body before landing on my shoulder, his eyes fill up with tears which I hate, I don't want him to cry over me.

"Don't worry about me, Brody, I'll heal eventually"

"But you're bleeding out, what if you die?"

"I won't"

"But..."

I cup his face and look into his eyes.

"I'm not gonna die, Brody but I do need help, I need urgent medical attention and the only way I can get that is if you tie that dickhead up so we can go home"

Brody looked intently into my eyes before chuckling.

"Even in the midst of danger and pain, you're still a foul-mouthed little madam"

"You love me for it though"

"Yer I do...now come on, let's go"

I hiss in pain as he helps me up and despite the pain, I managed to stand on my own two feet.

"You go get in the car, I'll sort this out"

"Ok"

I get in the car and strap myself in, I close my eyes and take several deep breaths, I'm in so much pain and I don't know how long it's gonna last for because even though I don't know much about wolfsbane, I know that it's got a very long longevity.

"Are you ok, sweetheart?"

I flinch when I hear Brody's voice, I look over at the driver's side and let out a relieved sigh.

"I'm fine, you were fast"

"I'm the number one beta in the world remember, it's not hard for me to tie up a mangy mutt and chuck him in my boot"

I chuckle but stopped when my ribs started to hurt again.

"Are you ok?"

"Y..yer, just please get me home, this dress isn't helping with my injuries"

"Or with my erection"

I chuckle.

"Brody, aahhh, shit"

"I'm sorry, babe, let's go"

He starts up the car and drives us back to the packhouse, I was annoyed that our lovely evening had ended this way but I was determined to make the rogue pay when I've healed, the bastard won't know what's f*****g hit him when I get my hands on him.

"Hey, hey, stay awake, ok, I can't have you passing out on me"

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine"

"No, you're not, erm....t..tell me the story about Emilys birthday"

"No, I'm tired"

"No, you're not sweetheart, stay awake, what did you make Emily for her birthday breakfast?"

"Her favourite, chocolate chip pancakes with extra chips, chocolate sauce, whipped cream and strawberries"

"What else?"

"Bacon, eggs and t..toast"

I yawn and close my eyes but a tight grip on my thigh quickly woke me up.

"Don't you dare sleep Nat, now tell me about the present you got her"

I smiled remembering the present I got Em and how ecstatic she was when she saw it.

"I got Em her dream car"

"Which one?"

"A baby blue G Wagon with personalised interiors"

This continued the whole drive, Brody fired question after question at me to keep me awake and every time I felt myself about to slip into unconsciousness, Brody would ask me another question to keep me talking.

We finally arrive home and I felt relieved, I don't know how long I was gonna stay awake for and I was too exhausted to answer any more of Brody's questions.

"We're here, sweetheart....Nat"

"I'm tired Brody, can I sleep, please?"

"No, not yet, babe, I need to take you to see the pack doctor first"

"But I'm fine"

I say with a yawn.

"Yer of course you are"

Brody gets out of the car and comes around to my side of the door and helps me out, he wanted to carry me bridal style but I told him no, that I was capable of walking on my own.

I wasn't and I wished that I'd taken him up on his offer but it's too late now, we're at the door and no doubt Angelo will carry me without taking no for an answer when he sees the state I'm in.

"Mr Mitchell, Miss Vasquez, is everything ok?"

"Everythings fine, can you do me a favour? there's a rogue in my trunk, take him to the cells and tie him up also inject him with wolfsbane"

Brody hands his car keys to the warrior and wraps his hand around my waist.

"Oh and wear some gloves, the ropes he's tied with have got wolfsbane on them"

"Yes sir"

"Come on Nat"

We head inside where we're instantly approached by Angelo and alpha Jay.

"What the f**k happened here?"

"A rogue attacked us"

"Us? as far as I can see there's only one person who's injured here, Brody, what the hell? I trusted you with my baby sister and this happens"

"Chill out, Angelo will ya? it's just a few cuts and scratches, it's no biggy besides Brody saved me"

"Oh yer, where are his injuries then Nat?"

"I was able to heal myself, she can't because the rogue somehow got wolfsbane into her"

Brody said with a lot of anger in his voice which sounded like he was trying to control but was finding it hard.

"Wolfsbane? how's that possible?"

"We don't know, now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed, I'm f****d"

"No, you're not Natalia, you're going to the infirmary"

Urgh!!.

"No, I'm not I'm fi..."

"Natalia"

I was cut off by a sexy, husky voice with a Spanish twang which sounded shocked and surprised yet hurt, sad, happy and angry, how can just one voice saying one word have so many different emotions in it.

"Please goddess, please no"

I whisper to myself before turning around and seeing the devil incarnate standing just a few feet in front off me.

"You've gotta be shitting me"

"NATALIA!!"

"NAT!!"

"SWEETHEART!!"

Was the last thing I heard before I blacked out.