Alpha’s Blood Mate のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 301 - チャプター 310

Shifters began arriving in carloads, rented box trucks, and on motorcycles the day after Leo's video went out. There was something surreal about watching wave after wave of them pour onto our pack lands. Leo had put out the call, and it had been answered. Dozens of shifters from across Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and the Carolinas arrived first. They were the closest and had managed to get here quickly.When the first string of vehicles crested the hill in the distance early that morning, a ripple of alarm had moved through the pack. Our immediate instinct was that anti-shifter attackers were bearing down on us. Leo had rallied our forces, and we were bracing to defend the gates when the scent reached us. Shifters. A new group was coming to stand with us. That had been the beginning, and from that point it had only grown.The guest houses were packed to capacity, and every home in the pack lands had taken in at least three extra people. My parents had even welcomed a couple of shifters

Once the crew finally finished clearing the land, they drifted off to their bunks for one last decent meal and then a night of sleep — if they could quiet their minds enough for that. All I could hope was that they would get the rest they needed.I stepped inside after the sun went down. The house was quiet. Leo was sitting at the dining room table, and it looked as though he had been waiting for me."Where is everyone?" I asked. Valerian, Leo's family, and the others had been moving in and out all day."I sent them away," he said.Taking in the stillness of the house and the awareness that we were completely alone, I felt something begin to fracture inside me. It was all too much — the crushing weight of knowing what was coming, the dread of what was about to descend on us. I had done a reasonable job of keeping it sealed behind a wall in my mind, but standing there alone with Leo, that wall began to give way.He must have read it in my face because he was on his feet and across the

Sinthy was just stepping out of the house as my mother and I reached it. I caught her right at the door as she pulled it open."Oh, Leo," she said, startled. "I didn't expect you for a few more minutes."Glancing past her, I could see Lyanna in the living room with Maxwell. Gabriella was coming down the stairs."Yeah," I said. "I wanted to get my mother here before… well, before.""Come on in," Sinthy said, sweeping her arm back toward the interior and smiling at my mom.Lyanna smiled and waved her over. Mom crossed to her and pulled her into a hug. Whatever tension had once existed between them had dissolved completely, and that brought me some relief. There was far too much at stake to be weighed down by things so small."I've put an additional ward around the house," Sinthy said. "Gabriella, Lyanna, and your mom will be inside. It's as secure as I can make it. Max is going to stay with them." Sinthy gave me a meaningful look. "Assuming it comes to that. Hopefully it won't.""Thank

I nodded in approval and watched the vehicles pulling in. I should have been stunned by the sheer number of anti-shifter followers who had attached themselves to Viola's cause, but I wasn't. Part of me felt sorry for them. Many had probably been raised on fear that had been planted in them since childhood. As much as I wanted to spare those who had been led astray, it wasn't going to be possible. My family, my pack, and the lives of everyone I cared about were on the line. These people had been given more than enough time and information to make a different choice. They had come here with violence on their minds. Regrettably, they would reap what they had sown.The limo rolled to a stop in front of the other vehicles. The driver stepped out and pulled open the rear door. Viola emerged with effortless composure. She wouldn't be taking part in the actual fighting — the woman was far too self-serving to ever put herself in genuine danger. She had dressed the part, at least — not in the r

It didn’t sound like normal gunfire. Instead of sharp, explosive pops, there was a deep boom, like thunder, each time the weapons discharged. Sinthy, already trying to figure out what was happening, had pressed her hands against the ground in an attempt to form a protective barrier around the fighters. She succeeded—I could see the faint, rippling shimmer in the air as the shield rose—but most of the magic-laced bullets tore straight through it. It only stopped about one out of every three. Even from where I stood, I could see shifters dropping one after another. The bullets somehow curved around or passed over the human fighters, leaving them completely unharmed. I had never witnessed anything like it. Within moments, we lost our advantage. The humans regrouped and began pushing our side back, throwing everything into chaos. The confident shouts and battle cries from the shifters turned into frightened yelps and confused barks.Sweat slid down my face as I watched everything fall apa