LOGINFor a second, I thought I'd heard wrong. Then another scream followed, louder and more agonizing than the last.I ran through the gates and into absolute chaos. The floor was littered with dead bodies, crushing the short grass beneath them. The soldiers had created a line, fighting off the invaders to prevent them from entering the main town.Someone called out to me upon spotting my wolf, a soldier with black armor splattered in blood. “Alpha, the rogues are attacking. They came at once this morning.”My wolf growled, low and menacing, taking in the shifters that were tearing everything apart, something none had dared to try for generations. The man coughed out blood, gripping his abdomen tight. His hand over his stomach was probably what kept his organs from spilling all over the grass.“The Luna is currently being held in the packhouse with her ladies-in-waiting. Your brother is nowhere to be seen, and your father is defending the packhouse.” He coughed again, falling to one knee w
His eyes hardened like I'd suggested a war, already ready to reject my offer. "I'm not going back to Lakemoon with you. Didn't you hear Lucien? He'll keep me in a basement for the rest of my life. That place was hell even when I had the protection of a mate. What do you think will happen now that I'm all on my own?" He pushed away from me, walking into the bathroom and moving to slam the door shut. The alpha in me demanded to force him to listen, to prove dominance. But that would only put me in the same boat as the others who had hurt him. From my brother to the rogues that had destroyed his home and led to him being here to begin with. Abstinence didn't make me better though, and Lucien's words in the forest had played in my mind the whole run back to cover our tracks. He was right. It had always been well within my power to stop him and save Kai. Nothing I did now would remove me from the list of people who had contributed to his pain and robbed him of the life he deserved. I p
Lucien and Draco approached slowly, eyes narrowed and claws out, ready for attack. My heart pounded in my chest, waiting for Damien to move. Was he going to run or attack? He didn't shift though. Rather, he remained crouched. "Who's there?" Lucien called out. "We're just going to help. You can come out." Stupid, naive me six years ago would have done just that, rushing into his arms thinking he would protect me. I knew better now. He made sure of that. Damien was always stronger than Lucien, and with the element of surprise it would have been an easy fight. But Draco's presence scattered everything logical. He was an alpha, multiple times stronger than I was. It was hardly a fair fight. Lucien gave a gesture for Draco to go around the left with him going right, raising the light in his hand to see. Just as they did so though, Damien stood to his full height, masked by the darkness, and gripped me with his teeth, tossing me like a ragdoll onto his back. Draco lunged forward, try
Damien moved with a speed that made it nearly impossible to stay on his back, howling whenever my hand dug into his fur for balance."Are you racing the sun or something? Slow down." My other hand clutched the small bag I had, holding my basic necessities and some clothes for Damien. Wolves naked in public was not a rare occurrence, but if he was going to follow me in, that was not the first impression I wanted to make.Bringing clothes for him was the least I could do after all the help anyway.He gave no indication that he heard, rather increasing his pace. By the time he felt enough fatigue to slow down, nausea had crept up to my throat. He came to an abrupt halt about a half hour into our journey, setting me onto the forest floor with his silver ears raised, listening for something."Don't tell me we're lost."His large wolf growled at me lowly, a silent indicator for me to shut up. That was when I heard it.Leaves rustling, footsteps along with distant masculine voices. He had no
"Get out of my room, Lucien."He strode over to my desk, sitting down while staring at the files left open on it, though he clearly wasn't interested in them."Father said to fix our issues. I'm here to do just that since you're too perfect and self-centered to extend the olive branch.""Why are you really here?" So much for sleep. My eyes wouldn't dare shut with him in the room, not when there was always a chance he would stab me in my sleep."To find out where it is you're always going, obviously." He laughed, snatching up one of the files. "I'm not buying into that patrol bullshit. You're up to something, and I'm going to find out what it is. Call it brotherly instinct.""Brotherly instinct my ass. I go out to run, stretch my legs. The training our wolves get in the pack will only take us so far in real combat. Of course you wouldn't understand, considering you almost shit yourself over exercises of basic difficulty.""Had to keep my strength up so I could really fuck Kai like he w
"Wait, what?" Lucien stood from his place on the couch, walking towards the desk to get a look at the file."Whoever it is had to have known how the district trading system worked. And considering how recent the attack was, I have reason to believe Kai was involved."He had just accused his former son-in-law of treason, yet his face remained calm and expressionless."What?" Lucien’s eyes widened."Father, you can't be serious." His stare nearly shut me up, but Kai wasn't here to defend his dignity. Someone had to do so in his place. "He has been nothing but loyal the whole time he was here. There's no logical reason to suspect him.""It's been over a day and he hasn't come back. Neighbouring packs have heard nothing about a stray omega. The timing between his departure and the first attack is too coincidental.""You had other packs look out for him?" Lucien sounded more irritated than relieved."Of course." Father looked up, his expression still calm, but something in it was daring us







