Chapter 63
All the ladies instantly start screaming. I can smell the fear coming from them. The Alpha’s as well. They might be Alpha’s but I know none of them are fighters. I hear someone yell, “What do we do“.
Conrad looks to me. He knows we are outnumbered and need to protect the others as they are also now targets. “Lewana.
You know them best“.
“Everyone shift. Conrad, you know these woods the best. Lead them out back to the guard point the quickest way possible. Liam. Mind–link all guards and soldiers in the area to get here. A lot is coming. Everyone else, stay next to your Alpha behind Alpha King with Beta Liam at the rear. Stay in that formation. Know that the ladies are going to be the targets so defend them. I’ll provide all the coverage I can”.
While I’m saying this I pull both my guns out of my bag and strap them to my legs. Once on, reach under my jacket and pull one of my two knives. Conrad looks over to me before he shifts.
“Make the promise“.
“I promise to always come back to you“.
A Lycan drops out of the tree and I shoot it in the head before it even makes it to the ground and lands with a thump.
“RUN“.
They all take off and I follow behind in the trees. I fire a few shots at the easier targets when they start catching up. They start crashing out of the trees but none slow down. They know this is possibly a suicide mission so have no reason to not give it everything they have.
I only have 12 silver bullets on me so I have to use them sparingly as there are at least 30. Need to keep some as backup
just in case. This is why I always have my knives.
None of the girls are fast runners. Neither are the Alphas as most are out of shape and the adrenaline is starting to wear off. The Lycans are catching up to them. I start to hang back to start taking some of them out.
I swing through the trees and I kill two with my knives easily. To easily. Then I hear a howl of distress.
Valerie was on her own as one had knocked her away from the group. They were in a battle together but needed help. She was a scrappy fighter but couldn’t fend off a Lycan for long. Her Alpha had abandoned her. Her brother.
I sprinted and jumped on the Lycan’s back plunging my knives in its back hotting both lungs. I rolled it off the top of her as I listened to it gurgle as it slowly stopped breathing.
She had a severe bite injury to her forearm and had shifted back. I stayed standing guard over her while another Lycan was coming around. It charged and I threw my knife directly into his chest finishing it off with a single. I could hear the pack soldiers coming over shifted. I told Valerie to shift back as she could run faster on three legs injured and she followed my order.
I yell at the soldiers, “GET HER OUT AND FIND THE OTHERS“.
I quickly turned when I heard a scream. A human scream. Darlina is too young to hold a shift out of a full moon, let alone in daylight. It has to be her.
1/2
1 sprint over to the sound and see her naked on the floor crying with her eyes shut as tight as she can. One lycan has her pinned to the ground and is on top of her. Licking her neck and clearly getting aroused. The other circled while waiting for
his turn.
I take out my gun and shoot him in the side of the chest to get him off her. Both come running at me so I draw both knives and start fighting. I manage to slice one in the neck and stab the other in the chest hitting the heart. Both drop
quickly.
I go over to Darlina who is in the fetal position on the floor sobbing. I take off my jacket to cover her and get her up on her feet. I look over at the movement on my right.
Ewan gracefully shifts back into human form. He is wearing a shift suit similar to mine. Perfect.
I instruct him to shift back. And I put a crying Darlina on his back.
She is crying too hard at this point but I need her to listen so use my Alpha command. “Darlina. I need you to hold on tight. Ewan, run as fast as you can with everything you got to the guard point. Alpha King is there. Let no one stop you”.
By this point, I am noticing a lot of guards and soldiers around assessing threats.
One calls out, “Order’s Lady Lewana“.
All eyes turn to me waiting for my command. “Priority is to protect the candidates and Alpha King. We need to get all back to the pack house. Call all pack members back to the compound and get all Alpha’s to the throne room for a head count. We don’t know if this will be the only attack today“.
Chapter 64
Conrad POV
