All Chapters of Tribrid : Rejected By One, Claimed By Four: Chapter 111 - Chapter 120

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The Harbor Seige

High Enforcer Hale slammed his gloved hand against the iron guardrail of the patrol boat as his tactical archers' heavy bolts splashed uselessly into the bay. "Reload!" Hale’s voice blasted over the ship’s loudspeaker, echoing off the concrete harbor walls. "Get those iron winches hooked onto the dock pillars! We force the landing now!" The main warship drifted closer to the asphalt loading dock. Soldiers on the lower deck swung heavy steel grappling hooks attached to steel cables, aiming for the reinforced concrete archway right above our heads. Hale isn't pulling his ships back, I thought, gripping my handgun tight as I watched the iron hooks bite into the concrete. He knows if he doesn't take this harbor, his entire convoy gets cornered against the seawall. "Lucian, cut those cables before their assault team gets a foothold on the pavement!" I yelled, taking cover behind a rusted shipping container. Lucian moved fast across the asphalt. His blood-forged rapier sliced clean thr

The Council Scale

We marched up the wide concrete steps leading to the upper city council building. The large iron double doors at the main entrance were shut tight and locked down from the inside. *The judges think an iron lock and reinforced doors will save them,* I thought, looking at the heavy entrance under the buzzing streetlight. *They don't realize their tactical fleet down at the harbor is already pulling back.* Brecken didn't bother waiting for a key. He stepped up to the entrance, raised his heavy combat boot, and kicked the center of the door right near the heavy deadbolt. The steel frame cracked loud, and the double doors burst open into the quiet, dark lobby. "Check the side offices," Brecken told two pack wolves who followed us off the asphalt street. "Make sure no council guards are waiting in the shadow corridors." "Yes, Alpha," one wolf replied, pulling his sidearm as he moved down the left hallway. Lucian led the way down the tiled corridor toward the main council chamber at the

Harbor Signal

Brecken, Lucian, Soren, and I walked out of the main council building into the concrete courtyard. The yellow hum of the streetlights washed over the empty asphalt parking lot below us. The upper city district is secure, but the harbor is still an open question. Until Cade signals back from the docks, Hale's secondary cutter is a live threat to these streets. "Thomas," Brecken called out to his Beta, who was standing near a black pack SUV parked near the front gates. "Keep ten wolves posted at the main entrance doors. If any of Elder Rowen's remaining enforcers show up on this street, disarm them on the spot." "Got it, Alpha," Thomas replied, racking the slide of his handgun and stepping toward the concrete archway. Soren leaned his wooden staff against the stone railing, taking a slow breath. His face was still slightly pale from using his blood magic back at the harbor pier. "How are you holding up, Soren?" I asked, walking over to stand beside him under the courtyard lights. "

Unspoken Pact

Cade walked into the upper council courtyard two minutes later, sliding his brass flare launcher back into his tactical belt. Brecken, Lucian, Soren, and I met him near the central concrete fountain steps under the overhead streetlights. "The secondary cutter locked its engines," Cade reported directly, stopping in front of us on the asphalt. "Captain Vane pulled the fleet four miles out into the ocean channel. They aren't firing on the lower city docks." We won the harbor fight, but a heavy tightness settles in my gut as I look past Cade down the empty city street. High Enforcer Hale gave up his command deck too easily. A man who spent twenty years building a private mercenary legion doesn't just put his weapons away because a captain reads a paper scroll. "Did Hale escape or stay on board?" Brecken asked Cade, his broadswords resting across his back. "He stayed on the deck," Cade replied. "He didn't fight Captain Vane, and he didn't try to take a speed boat to shore." "That make

Capital Threat

Thomas and two pack wolves dragged Lord Silas up the concrete basement stairs, binding his wrists with heavy iron chains. Brecken, Lucian, Soren, Cade, and I followed them out into the main council parking lot under the buzzing streetlights. We stopped Silas from taking the boundary altar, but he threw a bigger war at our front door. The Tribunal is finished, but the capital court has ten times the tactical troops Hale ever had on these streets. "How long until your father's main army reaches the city boundary?" I asked Lucian, stopping near the front bumper of our pack SUV. "Silas said the capital vanguard was already moving down the northern highway pass," Lucian answered directly, sheathing his blood-forged rapier. "If they take the expressway, their armored column will reach the outer city gates by morning." "The outer gates can't hold a full vampire legion," Brecken said, wiping blood from his forearm onto his jeans. "The iron security doors were damaged when Marcus's men move

The Ridge Line Defense

The two-hour mark passed on the river highway bridge. Commander Kael’s vanguard stayed parked near the northern treeline, waiting for their General's heavy armored column to arrive. We bought valuable time, but anxiety pulls tight in my chest as I look up toward the dark concrete ridge behind us. Soren should be placing the final boundary anchor stone right now. A pack wolf came running down the asphalt road from the upper highway, stopping right beside Brecken and me under the streetlights. "Alpha," the runner panted, resting his hands on his knees. "Witch Soren finished planting the three anchor stones along the concrete ridge pass. He says the barrier is ready to activate, but he needs you and Aria to trigger the blood link." "Good," Brecken said, turning to Lucian. "Keep twenty wolves here with Thomas. Keep Silas on the barricade in plain view. If those cavalry men start their engines, shoot their officers." "Understood," Lucian replied, pulling his black trench coat tighter a

The Siege Of The Ridge Pass

Down below us, two thousand capital court soldiers started turning away from the ruined bridge and heading up our mountain road.I checked my gun, slapped the magazine in, and racked the slide. I stood next to the three black stone pillars anchored into the concrete guardrails, looking at the purple energy barrier stretching across the highway lanes."They are forming up at the bottom of the hill!" Cade called out from his spot on top of the concrete pillar overhead. "Front line has iron shields and long pikes! Three transport trucks are right behind them!""Let them try," Brecken growled, pulling his twin broadswords from his back. "This road is narrow. Their big numbers don't mean anything if we hold the center asphalt.""Don't get careless, Brecken," Lucian said, stepping up on my right side with his rapier in hand. "General Malakor doesn't care how many of his own men die. He will send five hundred soldiers up this hill just to test Soren's barrier.""My ward isn't falling," Soren

The Bombardment

Down at the bottom of the hill, six heavy catapults lined up across the highway lanes. General Malakor stood on top of an armored transport truck, waving his silver sword toward our position."They are loading the catapult arms!" Cade shouted down from his high concrete pillar. "Looks like heavy stone blocks wrapped in iron chains!""Soren, can your wall take direct hits from siege weapons?" I asked, looking at the glowing purple barrier."The pillars can handle physical rocks," Soren said, gripping his wooden staff tight. "But six at once will drain my energy fast.""Then we don't let all six hit at the same time," Lucian said, pulling his rapier. "Cade can shoot the crew operators from his high angle.""The distance is too far for rifle shots down to the river turn," Cade replied over our radio units. "The wind coming off the gorge is pushing bullets off track.""Then we hold our ground and brace for impact," Brecken said, stepping in front of me with his broadswords out.Down below

The Final Stand At The Barrier

The smoke from the burning catapults floated up the pass, making my eyes sting. Down below, the dark column of two thousand capital soldiers began moving up the four-lane highway in one massive block.Malakor wasn't testing us anymore. He was sending every single man he had up the hill at the same time."They are coming all at once!" Cade called down from his high concrete pillar. "Front line is heavy armor with iron shields! archers and tactical riflemen right behind them!""Soren, how is your energy?" I asked, looking at the glowing purple wall."I can hold the barrier," Soren said, wiping sweat from his forehead. "But when that entire army hits the magic circuit together, the feedback is going to hurt.""We won't let them just stand there and push against it," Brecken said, gripping his twin broadswords tight. "As soon as their front line makes contact, we hit them from the sides.""Look out!" Lucian warned, pointing his rapier down the road. "Archers!"Down the slope, hundreds of

Securing The Boundary

The highway went completely silent except for the low hum of the streetlights and the wind blowing up from the river gorge. Down at the bottom of the hill, the last groups of capital soldiers were scrambling into their transport trucks and driving back toward the lower city limits.I stood near the black granite pillars, watching the red taillights vanish down the mountain pass."They're fully pulling back," Cade said, stepping off the concrete guardrail and slinging his empty rifle over his shoulder. "I counted at least thirty trucks heading back toward the central plaza.""They won't stay down there for long," Lucian said, wiping a thin smudge of soot off his dark coat. "Malakor lost his siege equipment and his vanguard team, but he still controls the downtown district.""Let him try to hold it," Brecken grunted, walking back toward our SUV. He kicked a fallen iron shield off the yellow lane divider into the drainage ditch. "The moment we step down off this hill, his men will run."

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