chapter 2

Grey POV

Seeing my wife's body torn to pieces in the yard, something inside me snapped along with the bond. I let the rage and adrenaline push me toward the rogue in wolf form. 

"I can smell them. They are straight ahead. Those assholes will pay for killing my wife," my wolf Derrick said.

I push my body harder. Once I caught up to the rouges, they tried attacking me. The first rogue lunged for me, but I easily dodged the attack by kicking it in the stomach. The second rogue tore into my right side as the third awaited his chance to attack. While the second sank his teeth into my side. I forced myself to return to my human form for a better advantage in this fight. I snatched his head back, punching it in the chest and ripping its heart out as I watched his body fall limp to the ground. The first rogue jumped on my back, biting into my shoulder. I fell to the ground, rolling on my back to get him off me. While on the grass, I constantly punch it in the face. I snapped the rogue jaw and broke his neck. The final rogue and I had a stare-off to see who would lunge first. The rogue finally got tired of circling me, which was the biggest mistake. As soon as he went for my neck, I punched my hand straight through his chest and ripped his heart out.

 "Well, that was fun. Now let's make the border patrol feel how we feel inside, dead and hollow," says Derrick.

" I couldn't agree more with you," I replied.

All members of the border patrol and your mates are to meet me at the packhouse right now. I screamed through the mind-link. I searched for my pack link for my Beta.

"Anthony handcuffs all of the border patrols and their mates. I also want you to sedate them so they can not shift." 

"Yes, Alpha," Anthony responded with a trembling voice. He knew I was beyond pissed to use such ruthless measures on the border patrol.

As I return to the pack house, I see everyone I requested out front. Beta Anthony had all the border patrol members bow their heads low. They had tears in their eyes as they mourned the loss of their beloved Luna Lisa. 

" They have no right to be crying. It's their fault. They failed to protect their Luna. They should not have let them get this far into the territory. They are all incompetent and deserve to die." Derrick said. 

He was furious with them that he forcefully took over my body and started ripping out the hearts of their mates. One by one, their bodies fell to the ground. All you could hear for miles were screams and howls. 

Derrick screamed, "Now you know how it feels to lose your mate in front of your eyes. Take your mate's body and run away. I now declare you all rogues."

Everyone else around me stood still, scared to move, just in case Derrick decided to kill them too. Before he gave me back control, he looked at Louis with hatred and disappointment. Once I had power back, I broke down. There was a hole in my heart. It felt almost as if I had died with her. I was feeling lost and alone. "Derrick, I can't take this pain anymore. Please take over. I don't want to live without her." Derrick stayed in control of me until my wife's funeral. After my wife's funeral, I drank my pain away. I knew in my heart she would always be with me, but the wolf inside of me was not satisfied. I don't remember how much I drank. All I knew was Derrick had taken over my body, and before I could react, Derrick was punching Louis. I had no strength to fight against Derrick. When Derrick finished releasing his anger on Louis, he gave me back control, and I lost consciousness. Every day, I would go through the motions, and every night, I would drink until the darkness consumed me. No telling what Derrick had been up to while I was drunk.

Beta Anthony pulled me into my office and told me my wolf almost killed Louis. I didn't believe my beta about my wolf attacking my son. I knew Derrick had a temper, but it stayed under control. 

"Derrick, why does Louis have new bruises and cuts today?"

"The little shit was crying for his mommy after I punched him for coming home after curfew," Derrick snapped.

"Since when does he have a curfew? He barely goes outside. Quite frankly, I think he's scared of his shadow."

"He has been leaving this house every day since you started drinking yourself unconscious. It's not his shadow he's scared of. It's me."

"You should be protecting him, not fighting with him every chance you get."

"I will never forgive him for not helping her." Derrick was furious. He stormed off to the back of my mind, where I could not reach him. I tried not to let Derrick's words get to me.

I apologized to my Beta for my behavior and tried to make it up to Louis. No matter how much I wanted to apologize, he would brush it off. My son now hated me, and he had every right to. After that day, I pushed everyone's limits. We would train day and night to prevent another disaster from happening. If someone complained, I would punish them until they understood why we were training so hard. Once training was over, I would go home and drink my sorrow away. My pack feared Derrick and me. We were becoming unhinged.