The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 40

~AUTUMN~

I don’t have time to ponder over what just happened as I shift into my wolf and lunge in front of Atticus to protect him from the rest of them. They’re still on the ground, but they’re looking at each other in confusion. They don’t understand what flipped them in so many different directions. I’ve never seen a group of strong vampires and werewolves look this startled before.

‘What the hell are you doing!’ Atticus mind links me. ‘Stay away, Autumn. Don’t join the fight. It’s dangerous.’

I was not about to listen to him. I was not going to let them hurt him anymore. They will have to go through me to get to him.

I tilt my head towards the sky and howl aggressively, letting them know I’m ready to fight each of them to protect him. I don’t care what will happen to me; his safety is all I’m concerned about. I’ve never felt this protective over anyone in my entire life.

The howl shook the atmosphere, and Carter’s wolf looked straight at me. I can tell that he doesn’t want to fight me. He only wants Atticus. None of them tried to attack me. As long as I stood before him, I could prevent the fight from getting any worse than it already was.

They looked at me strangely, like they weren’t sure what to think of me after what had just transpired. Even I wasn’t sure what to think of myself.

It wasn’t a coincidence anymore. I had magic inside of me. Powerful, uncontrollable magic that was waiting for a chance to break free. I wasn’t the only one that knew this anymore. They all did; Atticus would realize it as well. What did this mean? Were they going to report me to the principal? If they did, they would send me to be experimented on to confirm who exactly I was. I didn’t want that to happen before I got a chance to speak to my parents and find out what the hell they were hiding from me. They must have known something. A power like this couldn’t have stayed hidden my entire life to only show itself now.

My wolf growls as she waits for someone to make the first move. She’s aggressive and angry; she wants to take out her anger on something or someone. I’ve never seen her this protective before; she’s just as protective as I am; she seems to like Atticus; no, she loves him, just like I did.

We were marked now. It was expected from her.

I sigh with relief when Carter orders the rest of them to follow him. They jumped into their vehicle and sped away back to the academy. I watched as they left us alone, at least for now. I could only hope that this was over. I didn’t want to have to witness something like this again.

I don’t know why they chose to leave, but I was happy they did. I wasn’t sure that I would have been able to tackle all of them at once and still make it out of here alive.

Maybe that’s why they left; they didn’t want to kill me. I don’t think they intended to kill Atticus either; they would be banned from the academy if they ever did something like that. This was just to teach Atticus and Damon a lesson. But it should have never reached to this point.

I knew why they did it however.

If they’d let him get away without a scratch for hurting Tyler, then others would try to do the same, and that wasn’t what the fearsome wanted for their team. They wanted others to be so afraid of them that no one dared to mess with any of their players.

Atticus shifts back into his human form, and his groan reminds me that he needs my help.

My wolf takes slow steps towards him until she’s standing above him, still lying on the ground. She reaches down and licks the wound on his neck.

His eyes are barely open as he gently reaches for her head and strokes it. My heart warms at this gentle side of him.

She was happy as I switched back to my human form and knelt on the ground next to him.

“Atticus,” I whisper. “We need to get you back to the jeep.”

He blinks at me and gently cups my cheek in the palm of his hand, “why did you do it?” he whispers.

was he

I do what?” I ask him as I place my hand over the wound on his neck, trying to

you put your life in danger

this the time to be

why but I knew the answer to his question. This

I rush to the jeep and dial Clarissa’s

“You guys were supposed to be behind us, but we do not see you anywhere. I

injured. We’re on the side of the road, not too far

has extra clothes in the back of his jeep, and I throw

happening. I’m

see us. Griffin and

him to the jeep.” Damon orders

as they carried him to his jeep and

sit with him in the back,” I tell them. “Just to make

should be there with him. He needs me, Autumn. He’s in pain. The person that means the most to him should be by his

but I stop her, “I’m his wife. I’m taking

else, I got into the back

vehicles. Anya wasn’t happy, but she

going to f*****g kill them!” Damon roared as he slammed his fist against the

they were coming for, but Atticus refused to give up

“Why were

jaw clenched, “I punched Tyler yesterday before

do that, Damon? You know how protective they are of their players. Why would you do something so risky

“He should know not to

gasps, and he looks over at her and immediately realizes

don’t want you anywhere near them.” She finally

look at what

to that extent, but I don’t want to see any of you hurt like this again, so please, promise me that you will leave them alone. As long as

to protect Damon. I couldn’t save Atticus from this. But I wanted my revenge. I didn’t want Carter and his other teammates to get away that easily. Damon was wrong for punching Tyler, but that was all he did; he didn’t beat

sighs, “I promise, but if they mess with any of us again, that’s it. I’m hitting them

to hit them where they hurt the most. I would be at that game today, and I would make sure that the fearsome

for it and so Atticus and his family would not be threatened. I’d put his life in danger already by flirting with Tyler; I wasn’t about to

a few doctors were waiting to tend him.

principal a visit.” Mr. Fawn says. “How

it, father.” Damon cuts in. “You don’t need to see

I not spoken to you and your brothers

“can we leave this conversation for later? We’re all worried about

mother agrees, “there is a time and place for everything. You’ll

already begun. He needs some rest, and he will be back to normal in no time. We’ve given him some medication to help with the pain; it

stay unconscious; it would give me enough time to get to the game