"If there is a god, or hundreds of them, I hope they will forgive me for the harm I may have inflicted on you by telling you exactly what happened."
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Midnight Palace
The date had been awesome, every minute spent with Lena was priceless, she could still feel the softness of her lips on hers and the sweet perfume she always wore. Unfortunately, their night came to an abrupt end because of their bond. Kara knew sooner or later, the brunette would feel the effects of their connection, it started with the occasionally share of feelings and ended with a resume of your mate's life. For humans, this took longer, but if the bond was strong, it could happen in a matter of days. She had to tell Lena about her true self, she didn't have much time. When she left her in her apartment, she sensed the brunette's uneasiness, she tried to calm her, but the woman had given her just a weak smile.
Kara was again in her apartment, her eyes fixed on the ceiling when her phone rang.
"Jonn hey, it's everything okey?" – it was unusual for him to call so late, maybe something had happened with Cameron.
"Yeah, I just had to warn you about something" – the man replied in a cold tone.
"What is it?"
"The Primes paid us a visit today, apparently they found out about the massacre and believe they can help".
"Can they?" – the blonde asked a little hopeful.
"It's possible, but Kara, listen, I'm not completely convinced their intentions are true, I think they are looking for you" – he said with uncertainty.
"What?! I don't understand, why?" – No one apart from her pack should know she existed.
"I think it's related to Cameron. Since his arrival to Stonehaven some werewolves have been asking questions. He's different Kara, he's stronger, faster than most, not entirely like you but similar. I believe one of these werewolves was the one who contacted the Prime clan, I think that's why they are here, they are looking for the werewolf that turned him"
"This is bad, Jonn, if they found about me…"
"I know kiddo, I know. We can't let that happened, that's why I'm calling you, I think you should stay in the city for now, lay low. I haven't said anything to them, just that we found him after he was bitten, but Kara, you have to be careful. Alex, Winn and Brainy already know about them, and I'm gonna tell Mike tomorrow".
The blonde grimaced at the mention of his name – "Okey, yeah, and Jonn please take care of Cameron for me, it's my fault he's involved in all of this".
"Don't worry about him, we'll keep him safe, and Kara please be careful" - the line went dead after that, Kara shoulders relaxed once Jonn said the words. Not only she had turned him, but now he was also being watched by the Prime Alpha himself, all she could do now was put her trust in Jonn.
Her head felt like it was being split open, her sight was blurred. She remembered Kara taking her home and waving at her once she was at her door. She didn't remember going inside her building though, all she could remember was a sharp pain in the back of her head. She placed her hand to the spot, her fingers coming stained with red. She was in an unfamiliar setting, in an extremely small room, she felt her lungs working at a faster rhythm. The brunette was not fond of small places, but after years and years of practice on self-control, she accomplished to calm herself.
She screamed multiple times without getting any answer, after some minutes, the door was opened by a man.
"Who the hell are you?! Where am I? – the brunette almost yell without an ounce of fear in her voice.
"The name it's Alexei, but that's not important, what matters to me is who are you?" – the man replied with a malicious smile, while he came closer to her.
"Who am I? are you telling me there is someone in this city who actually doesn't know who I am?" – the notion was almost hilarious. "Let's get to the point, did Lex hire you?"
"I don't know anything about this Lex you are talking about, I don't work for anyone but myself" – his tone was severe almost like he had been offended by her words. "Now, tell me, who are you?" – his hand was on her shoulder, he gave a little squeeze, that made her flinch.
"One would assume that the kidnapper knows who he's kidnapping, but to help you, I'm Lena Luthor" – she waited for his response but it never came, so she continued "Congrats, you've kidnap one of the most powerful people in National City" – she hoped the knowledge would made him doubt and keep her safe, after all, everyone would be looking for her once they noticed her absence.
"Well, Lena Luthor, who was with you last night?"
Her blood went cold. "I was alone last night, I ordered some food and was going to grab it when you decided to interrupt my night" – as soon as she said the last word, she felt a sharp pain in her face, the man had slapped her so hard, she could feel her lip being split opened.
"You think you can fool me?!" – he yelled at her, his face was so close, she felt his spit grazing her skin after each word. "I'm going to ask you one more time, who was with you last night?!" – she had to protect Kara at all cost, if they were after her, who knew what they would do to her, so she took a deep breath and didn't say a word. Another slap came, stronger than the last. Her head felt foggy after each blow, but she resisted. She had almost passed out when she heard the man talking with one of his gofers in other language. Some minutes later the man turned his attention towards her once more and she prepared herself for a blow that never came.
"Luckily for you, one of my sources gave me the name of your date from last night. Now, if you excuse me, I have to make a call, I'm sure she'll be interested in getting you back" – the man ended with a sick smile on his face.
"Wait, don't…"- was all she was able to say before she finally passed out.
Kara was taking some pictures of the city when she felt a sharp pain on the side of her face, before she could check it, she felt it again, and again. She knew something was off, she wasn't supposed to fill this kind of pain, at least she hadn't since she became a werewolf. The only reason she could be hurting was if Lena had been harmed, when she realized this, she took her phone out and dialed Lena's number but her phone was off. She dialed L-CORP number instead, her nerves increasing after each ringing tone.
"L-CORP office, how can I help you?" – Jess' voice came through the phone.
"Jess! Hi, it's Kara Danvers, I don't know if you remember me, but I… I'm trying to contact Lena and her phone is off. Is she in her office? I have to give her something" – the blonde lied, she didn't want to scare Jess before confirming her suspicions.
"Oh, Kara, yes I remember you, of course. Actually, I tried to call her myself but as you said her phone is off. She didn't come to the office, I'm kind of worry after the last event, disappearing like this, it's nothing like Lena"- the girl sounded truly worried.
"You know what? I'm going to her apartment to check up on her, you make sure to contact her security team, if they can't find her you should call the police. And Jess, please call me if you have any news".
"Yes, of course Miss Danvers, thank you".
When Kara arrived to Lena's apartment, she knew something was off. She could smell blood, possibly Lena's, and the scent of whoever took her. The scent was so strong, it would be easy for her to track them. It was daytime so she couldn't change into her werewolf form without rising suspicion, so she decided to track them on foot, apparently, they weren't so far away. After walking for a while, she came across an abandoned building. Kara sharpened her hearing, she could hear multiple heartbeats inside, one of them, without a doubt, belonged to Lena. When she heard her heartbeat, her instinct took over, she couldn't wait anymore, she had to get inside and save her no matter the cost. She searched for an alternative entry and slowly made her way in. Once inside, she focused her hearing on Lena's heartbeat, she walked through a series of hallways, until she found a steel door at the end, the delicate sound coming through it. Without assessing her surroundings, Kara run towards the door and opened it, Lena was inside, tied to a chair with her head down. The blonde was beside her less than a second later assessing her injures, her breathing was normal but she had a split lip and a nasty bruise on her jaw.
"Lena! Lena wake up!"- Kara was holding Lena's face between her hands, rubbing softly her good cheek. "Come on honey, wake up, we have to get out of here, please" – the blonde insisted while she undid her ties.
"Mmm…" – the brunette mumble, Kara once again brushed her cheek.
"Hey, it's me, I'm here, you're safe now" – the blonde tuck a dark lock of hair behind Lena's ear.
The sound of Kara's voice sobered her up. "Kara?How? you shouldn't be here, I never told them it was you, I never told them how to find you!" – Kara could feel the brunette distress, she tried to calm her but the woman was panicking.
"What are you talking about? What…" – before she could finish her sentence, there was a sound coming from behind her, Lena's eyes widened in fear.
"I was hoping you'll come" – the voice was deep and raspy and for some reason drops of cold sweat started running through the back of Kara's neck, nonetheless, she stood up and face him.
"What have you done to her!?" – she almost growl at him, her voice coming hoarse and menacing, her eyes shining dangerously.
"Woah, easy there" – he extended his arms making a gesture for Kara to calm down. "I'm very sorry for your friend here, she was just… how do you say? The bait?" – he finished with a devilish smile while his eyes were set on the brunette.
Kara placed his accent in that moment, she would recognize it any time, after all, she had that same accent before she was adopted by the Danvers. Her eyes went wide when she tied up the loose ends, her demeanor changed immediately trying to hide the pheromones her body had produced when she faced him.
"So, it is true! Don't bother with hiding your scent, I can tell your special. I have to tell you, when that excuse of a man contacted me and told me about you, I was pessimistic, but here you are…" – the man stepped closer, he rose his hand to touch her face but the blonde pulled his hand away.
"Kara what's going on, who is he?" – Kara was startled by Lena's voice, suddenly becoming aware that she was right there with them, she had been so invested on this man that for a moment she got carried away and forgot they weren't alone.
"Yes Kara, why don't you introduce us?" – he interrupted with a devilish smile. Kara looked at him with pleading eyes, completely terrified about Lena finding her secret in this way. "Oh, dear Kara, so you haven't told her? Let me help you with that…" – he stepped aside and looked straight at Lena – "Well, you see Miss Luthor, Kara here is…"
"NO!" – the blonde shouted, her outburst surprising Lena. Kara could hear the brunette's heartbeat beating faster and faster with every word spoken by, who the blonde assumed was the prime alpha, the man who Jonn had warned her about.
The man turned around and faced her once again "Let me propose something to you Kara. I could let both of you go with one condition".
"What is it?" – Kara answered and waited expectantly. She had to protect Lena, she knew she'd had to accept his proposal, there wasn't other way out.
"You have to promise me you'll be available whenever I contact you, you'll owe me a favor. And you have to promise your allegiance to me" – he ended with a serious tone.
The blonde looked down before her eyes where set on him again "I can do that, but you have to give me your word that Lena is left alone, that you or your goons are never going to put a finger on her again".
The brunette watched the exchange with interest, her head still felt foggy by the blows. Kara was doing everything in her power to keep her coolness after seeing Lena's state.
"I must be feeling generous today. Okey, we have a deal" – he extended his arm to shook hands. Kara gave him a firm squeeze before she let his hand go. "Now take your friend and go, I have something else to take care of, and please give your number to Stefan on your way out". He stepped aside to give them space.
Kara immediately grabbed Lena from her waist and help her up. The blonde could tell Lena was dizzy so she put one of her arms under her knees and placed the other in her low back, lifting her up in a bridal carry. Some minutes later they were already inside Kara's car, the blonde was gripping the steering wheel with forced, still shocked by the events from before, the only sound coming from outside. She knew Lena wanted to say something but apparently, she wasn't sure what to say, because every time she tried, she backed away.
Some minutes later the brunette finally broke the silence that wrapped them "Kara, where are we going?".
The blonde was startled with the sound of Lena's voice "I'm taking you to the nearest hospital".
"Please don't" – Lena whispered – "I hate hospitals".
"Lena, we need someone to examine you, I… I can't let something happen to you" – her voice broke at the end but she composed herself not letting her feelings overwhelm her. But still, she could sense Lena's discomfort and distress – "Okey, I can take you to your apartment but you have to promise me you'll let me take care of your wounds, and if I believe is necessary, I'll call Alex to come over".
"Yes, thank you Kara". The blonde just nodded and kept driving towards Lena's place.
Once in the apartment, Kara cleaned Lena's split lip with some peroxide, the brunette hissed with the touch. Apart from the cut she had a nasty bruise on her jaw and her right eye was almost swollen shut. After taking care of her lip, she grabbed a pack of frozen broccoli Lena had on her fridge and place it on her eye. She instructed the brunette to keep it there while she called Alex.
The phone rang a couple of times but her sister wasn't answering so she came back and sat beside Lena, taking the frozen pack back and assessing her eye.
"I think you might have a concussion. Alex it's not answering her phone but for now we should keep you awake just to be sure". She explained while she pressed her fingers lightly on Lena's face. "How are you feeling? Still dizzy? Did he hit you someplace else?"
The brunette shook her head. "I'm okey, my eye and jaw hurt a bit, but I'm okey"
"Okey, I'll try to call Alex again"
"Kara wait!" – the blonde stopped and turned around to face Lena.
"What is it? Are you okey?" – Kara came back and sat beside her, her eyes searching for whatever was disturbing Lena.
"I… Are we going to talk about what happened?"
Kara looked like a deer caught in headlights, she knew they'd had to talk eventually, and Lena deserved some kind of explanation but even so, the question took her by surprise.
"We should, but… I don't know how to explain this to you. I don't want to scare you" – she kept her gaze on Lena. The brunette had been hurt because of her, because of what she was, she feared the woman would walk away once she knew the truth.
"Kara, I can assure you there's nothing you can tell me that would scare me away from you. I can't tell you why or how, but there is something about you, about us, I don't think we can be apart anymore, so tell me please. I promise I'll still be by your side after you do".
Kara's body relaxed after her words and her all of her doubts dissipated. "Okey, you deserve to know. Before I tell you what today was about and who that man was, you need to know something about me" – She took a deep breath – "You remember Mike from the gallery where we met?"
Lena nodded, remembering how bad she felt when the man had showed up.
"We used to date. Almost a year ago I went to his family house but something went wrong" – Lena's heartbeat was rising with anticipation, Kara kept going – "During my first night there I was attack…" – her phone rang in that moment, Alex' name popped up on the screen. "I… sorry I have to take this, just a second". Lena just gave her a sweet smile and nodded.
"Alex hi! Where were you? I need a favor…" – her sister sighed through the line – "Hey it's everything okey?"
"Kara, I… I have to tell you something, can you come over? – her sister sounded tired.
"I'm with Lena right now, something happened to her, can it wait?"
"It can't, I really need you here" – her sister said with finality.
"Okey, I'll be there". She hanged up and turned towards Lena.
"Sorry, that was Alex, she needs me, she says it's urgent" – the blonde said apologetically.
"It's okey Kara, go, I'll be here, we can continue our chat later".
"Are you going to be okey?"
"Yeah, I'll take a bath and keep myself awake, don't worry, I'll be fine".
"Okey, but please, lock yourself up, and don't go out until I come back". She was in front of Lena now, already hating the idea of leaving her alone after all she had being through.
"I promise I'm not going anywhere, and Kara… I'll be waiting for you" – she had a sweet smile on her face. Kara knew Lena was amazing, but still amazed her how kind and selfless she was.
"Lena, can I… can I kiss you?" – the blonde reprimanded herself for asking, but she couldn't help herself, there was no way she could avoid their magnetism.
Lena never hesitated before she closed the space between them, their lips coming together in a sweat and meaningful kiss. They kissed for a couple of minutes, both of them enjoying the feeling of fullness and peace the kiss brought to them.
Kara finally broke the kiss, pressing her forehead against Lena's. "I promise when I get back, I'll tell you everything".
"Okey" – Lena whispered back.
When Kara stepped inside of the DEO, she knew something was wrong, agents were deployed at the front door, Alex giving them orders with a stern look. When Alex noticed her, she gave her a nod, her head motioning towards a room at the side, Kara followed her.
"Alex, what's happening?" – the redhead was pacing, Kara could see something was troubling her. "Alex! Can you stop pacing and tell me what's going on?" – Her sister turned around and gave her a sad look.
"The Order… they attacked Stonehaven…"
"What? Is everyone okey?" – her heartbeat was rising by the second.
"Kara, Jonn… he's… he's dead Kara…"
