Chapter 18 - Fault
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Gabriel POV
I have to say, the king’s reinforcements were a goddess sent.
They tipped the scale to our favour.
We secured the west border and were on our way back to the east border, when Jake links me that Patrick’s house is compromised and I should head there immediately.
“And Gabriel, the princess is there as well” Jake informs me.
Without thinking I run faster than I ever did, fear creeping more and more into my heart.
We reach the house … it’s a horrific scene.
Most of our warriors are dead or unconscious.
We hear growls and snarls coming from the house. It looks like the fight moved in there, so we go inside, to find Patrick fighting a rogue …Patrick has barely any power left in him as he is clearly injured.
“Where are they?” I link him, still in my wolf form, asking about my Luna and Maxima.
“The basement, hurry” he almost pleads.
I jump over dead bodies and injured ones; it looks like a slaughter is taking place here , there are hardly any survivors.
The basement is as wide as the whole house, and I can’t spot either of them immediately.
I shift back and call their names; I can’t link them both and the smell of blood makes it hard to track their scent.
I call for Lauren once or twice, but I keep calling Maxima’s name, I have that primal urge to know she is okay, to lay my eyes on her… but she is not answering back… that’s when I finally see her… pinned to the wall, bruised and bleeding and my heart almost stops.
Without hesitation, I rip the fucker's head off and that’s when I see it, the dagger in her stomach.
“No one tell my father” She says before falling into my arms, her blue eyes flattering shut.
No, no, no.
“Maxima, Maxima wake up”, she doesn’t respond.
“Maxima, please open your eyes” I plead with desperation.
“Is she dead?” a worried Lauren asks.
Lauren! she is okay, that’s good… But my Maxima is not.
“No she is not, she can’t be” I answer Lauren.
“Lauren” Patrick screams her name, finally reaching his mate.
I don’t think twice and carry Maxima out, straight to the hospital.
She is fine, she has two prophecies about her… she is stronger than we think… the moon goddess has her back, right?
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I’m standing in-front of the operation room with few of her warriors, when Jake joins me.
I did say some shitty things to him yesterday… I should apologize but I suck at that.
“She is going to be okay Gabriel, she is the future queen, she is tough” he tries to assure me, he is a good friend.
“Report” is all I say.
“The borders are secured, the pack house is intact, they didn’t even try to attack it”.
“The Luna?” I ask.
“She is physically fine, but the alpha brought her here for check-ups anyway” he finishes and I just nod.
An angry royal beta followed by his gamma sister storms into the hospital and straight to me.
“This is your f*****g fault, and your f*****g alpha is as good as dead” he says pushing me, slamming me to a wall and I don’t fight back. He is right.
He tries to come for me again but is stopped by his sister.
“Zander, it’s not the time” she says, standing in his way.
“Stay out of it, Alex” he says, pushing her away, and she falls on the floor.
He realises immediately the mistake he made, but before he can do anything, he is pushed to the side by Jake.
“Don’t you f*****g touch her” Jake snarls.
“And who the f**k are you?” Zander snarls back about to beat the s**t out of Jake, when the doors open, stopping that whole murder scene that was about to happen.
They roll Maxima out… She looks pale and fragile… her blue eyes are closed… gone her feistiness… my heart is literally breaking.
They head to her room, and I follow before I’m stopped by her cousin.
“Stay the f**k away, or you’ll be the one on a gurney” Zander threatens.
“You don’t call the shots here, Zander” I shoot back.
“I do when my alpha is down, and let’s not forget whose fault that is” he growls.
“Come on Gab, let it go now, we’ll check on her later, let’s go check on Patrick” Jake says, pulling me away.
Yes, mother f*****g Patrick.
We go to the Luna’s suit; a dozen guards are at the door that is already open.
I guess seeing how protected they are soothes Lauren down.
A bandaged-up Patrick is hugging Lauren, laying on the bed.
“How is the princess?” Lauren asks, sitting up, as soon as we enter.
“She’ll be okay”, she has to be.
“She is hurt because she saved my life… twice… it’s all my fault” a remorseful Lauren says.
“Don’t say that my flower, it’s her fault for being here in the first place. She brought all that on us” Patrick says rubbing his mate’s back.
The fucker must be kidding.
“It’s no one’s fault but you, Patrick, you did all of this, and from the way you’ve been behaving I wouldn’t put it past you, that you are the one who told them to come here in the first place” I point a finger at him.
“Watch how you talk to me beta” Patrick threatens, getting out of bed.
“f**k that and f**k you” I snap and I’m sure half the hospital heard me, but I don’t care.
“You know how many we lost today? How many families are destroyed? How many people lost their mates, all because of you and your f*****g actions… you want to blame her presence here for what happened? Well, she is only here in the first place because of you” I growl.
“Stand down beta” he alpha commands me.
“That doesn’t work on me… it never did” I tell him what he always knew but never admitted.
“I’m taking over the pack, you are no longer it’s alpha and if you want a challenge, you will definitely lose… so let’s not do that to Lauren”.
“You said you'd always be loyal to me” he says, betrayed.
“Not when you are killing our people”.
I turn to leave the room but before I do that I turn to Lauren who is in tears and say, “I’m sorry Luna”.
“He is not to leave this room, understood” I command the guards at the door and they nod in obedience, having no other choice after what they just witnessed.
“So does that mean you are the new alpha?” Jake asks as we walk away.
“Not officially… but I guess, do you want to be the new beta?” I ask.
“Yes, alpha”.
Mason POV
“Didn’t I say, I want her in one piece and untouched?” I seethe.
“Yes, chief, that was a mistake that he paid for with his life…as for the untouched part… Mason, she will never come willingly” My lieutenant Sam argues.
“And what good of a bargaining chip will she be if she is dead”, and how would I face myself if I killed Adam’s grandkid.
“Mason, if I may, we lost quiet few men today, and we used rogues, which is just beneath us… people are not pleased with this, and they are saying that we are doing all of this for a kid whose father betrayed us and lived with wolves in the first place” Sam says.
I would tear the world apart just to find Max’s kid, that kid is the only thing left of him. my only family, my only goal.
“We lost because we didn’t expect their king’s men to be there and we are not doing it for that… we are doing it to take the alpha king down along with his mutts” I tell half the truth, slamming my hands on my desk.
“Yes, chief” Sam agrees, seeing right through me, he is not just my lieutenant, he is also my closest friend.
“What’s next then?” he asks.
“We couldn’t get to that princess… maybe try the other one”.
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Hello guys, what do you think about Gabriel confronting Patrick?
And who is Mason talking about?
- Writer
