Chapter Fifty Seven

Lucien's POV.

“I need them here as soon as possible,” I said to the squad leader on the phone.

“And General, stay safe,”

“Brielle! Damn it!” Rio's voice caught my attention. It was coming from.the dining chambers. I hurried in to meet his hand on her, she was looking almost lifeless.

“Rio!” I growled and pulled him away from her.

“What the fuck did you do to her?” I held her hand and it was cold as ice. She was mumbling words that I couldn't understand, saying them on repeat as she was glued to the spot she stood. I couldn't move her, it was like moving an unmovable pillar.

“She's sucked into wherever they are,” Rio replied as he examined her beside me.

“I saw her got called by it. She was drawn to it, they wanted her in there,”

“Who is they? You keep saying they, I didn't even know who THEY are,” I retorted. I was falling deeper into the confusion with each glance. I had no idea what to do because both my brother and the priestess that could help were both trapped in wherever they are with her.

“Sir!” One of Rio’s guards walked in with urgency.

“We just got a report that three SUVs had breached out border and are heading to us,”

“Your people?” Rio asked me.

“I just reached out to them. Unless they left an hour before I called, I highly doubt that,” answered swiftly, knowing that there was only one person that would come to the pack that late at night.

“How is Blue Moon defenses?”

“We are not perfect but we have been able to be independent for decades without been crossed,”

“My squad will have to go through the Romero’s border from the back,” I informed him as I sent an encrypted text to my team.

“Alert your people of their entrance. We might already have a fight in our hand before they get here,”

“Our company will be here in an hour,” Another man said as he walked into the room. The mansion had instantly become a war room with everyone busy and executing orders.

“They had just passed the main city,”

“I'm not endangering my people,” Rio muttered softly.

“Don't engage until they are past city lines. Input defense on all sides to barricade their path,”

“Sir, we are told that more men are coming into the district,” His man announced.

“About five thousand of them,”

“What?” Rio became distraught.

“The SUVs contain the members of Chase's pack, the men coming are the men from each of the alphas under his leadership,” I explained. I walked to the whiskey by the counter and poured myself a glass. I took a huge gulp to calm my nerves because I was going to need to think properly inorder to survive.

“My men won't stand a chance against alphas, I will be sending them into a slaughter,” Rio admitted as he also poured himself a glass.

“I'm out of ideas,”

“I'm tired,” I said as I took another sip.

“Sharing a drink with you was not on my agenda today,”

“Mine either,” He reacted with a gentle smile. His men behind us watched the strange scene in confusion.

“She is going to be fine, they will both be fine. We need to end this though,”

“I know,” I nodded.

“I'm tired of watching her live her life under the radar. Scared of a tyrant who had causing troubles in my life,”

“I heard about your sister,”

“Let's not get carried away,” I patted his shoulder with a brief smile.

“Just because we share a drink does not mean we can start couple's therapy,”

“It was going so well,” He chuckled softly as he beckoned on one of his guards.

“Tell all the workers that they have the week off. We need to clear the innocent civilians from the building,”

“Sir, what about you?” They asked.

“We should take you to your secure bunker, until all these blow away,”

“Nothing is going away,” Rio answered as he gulped down all his drink.

“Get the men ready by the border, we have a war to fight. But let the SUVs pass,”

“You want to bring the gift to your house?” I inquired curiously.

“My family is here,”

“They will come here regardless, atleast now we have eyes on them,”

The day I had been dreading since Laurel’s death had come, the day that will decide it all. The only thrill I had was that I knew Angelina would be coming as well. I wasn't going to let my mate soul go another day without been avenged.

“Do you have another dining chambers?”

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His footsteps rang across the hall as sunlight slowly slipped into the room. I could hear another light feet behind him and from the scent, I was sure of who it was.

“Is this a feast?” Chase asked when he walked into the room with Angelina and the brute Alpha from the hospital. I felt it was strange because I didn't get his scent nor hear his footsteps. For someone with that build, he shouldn't be able to walk that discreetly.

“It was supposed to be dinner but you took too long to get here,” I responded with a smirk.

“We had to stop in town and get one of Blue Moon's famous tacos. It was spectacular by the way,” He sat down on one of the seats in the round table.

“You know why I'm here,”

“Angelina,” I turned to the traitorous bitch. She had no expression, just a blank look with a dagger by her side.

“It's good to see you owning up to who you are,”

My heart broke because she was carrying the face of a person that I had loved all my life.

“At the end, you will know I was doing it for you, Lucien,” She said with a firm look. She had no remorse whatsoever.

“At the end,” I grunted fiercely as I stood to my feet.

“You will be nothing but a carcass. I will pull your heart out and crush it on your skull,”

“Damn!” Chase exclaimed with a sarcastic look.

“Now, I am scared,”

“Get out of my pack, tyrant,” Rio demanded.

“I'm not going to say it another time. My people want no part in whatever you are planning,”

“You will take the knee or die, Freak,” He chuckled softly, accompanying his fierce gaze.

“I was shocked to find out that you are even an inlaw of mine. I will treat you as a brother, kill you like one as well,”

“Thanks for the courtesy but get out,” Rio shot back.

“Well,” I picked up the dagger on the table. Gently, I pulled up my shirt's sleeve and adjusted my buttons to let me move freely.

“You heard the man, he wants you out of the house,”

Rio took by my side as Chase remained seated with an impressed smile.

“I didn't come all this way for a diplomatic talk. So, your move man of the house,”

“Lucien, there are times to be stubborn and now isn't one of them. You can't win this,” Angelina said softly.

“That's the difference between us, I don't murder my siblings for an easy way out,” I responded as I took a stance.

“Are we done talking?”