The Alpha King's Foreign Luna

Chapter 20

Souma and Renji felt a strange uneasiness, an eerie stillness was looming in the air.

The feeling --where something uncannily disturbing is sending warning signals through their bodies.

The twins stood there in silence for a moment outside the second floor balcony of the pack house, their eyes on the broad night sky.

Garren walks towards the balcony where the twins are.

He came to check on the two.

The twins, who were mysteriously quiet after everyone had their dinner at the great dining hall of the Red Crest pack house.

"Hey guys. How's it going?" Garren asked them.

The twins, who have a queer fashion sense, wearing their dark yukatas and getas, have been acting equally strange all night.

Garren looked at them. "Something is really off with these two!" He thought to himself.

Garren observed them as they stood there unmoving. They are a mirrored replica of each other. Sometimes he finds it weird that even the way they talk is in unison and the way their body moves is synchronized. He even heard from his former Alpha Asser, that they share the same consciousness of one wolf!

Garren watched as they inhaled the night air... Suddenly, he noticed the orbs in their eyes flashed golden...

The twins eyes narrowed, their gaze sharpened as they looked at each other in a shared understanding.

"Something is a foot." They said in unison with their thick Japanese accent, warning Garren.

"Prepare your men. Their coming..." Souma continued.

Garren lazily leaned on the metal railings and, with an amused look, lifted his gaze, and raised his brows at Souma.

"No need. We were already informed that the Alpha King is on his way to the pack house. Alpha Aston and his dad are waiting for him at the office."

"We are not talking about your Alpha King," Souma dryly replied to him.

It took Garren a few seconds for him to register what Souma was talking about to lose his stiffness. "What? Then who? Who's coming? --Hey, talk, I need details guys!" He asked, looking at Souma and Renji worriedly.

"Vampires and okuri-inu together. A huge number of them." Renji answered in slow, heavy words.

Garren's eyes widened, fear rising as the thought of a huge number of vampires would bring chaos to their pack lands.

"W-w-what the f**k! Vampires? H-how?" Garren uttered in disbelief. 

"B-but, that's impossible! How can you be sure about this? There is a truce between the vampire king and ours. Them coming here is an outright declaration of war against us!"

"We can sense their dark energy approaching." Renji's jaws clenched; like his brother, his face was unreadable.

Their expression rarely gave away a hint of their thoughts, let alone their feelings. They are not the type to lie about something as serious as this, right?

Garren paused and drew a breath; his lips thinned even more. "And what is an okuri--thing?!" He asked with sharpened eyes as he focused on their faces, struggling to read the emotion coloring their eyes.

The twins glanced at Garren with perfect genuine concern on their faces.

"Rabid wolves." They replied in unison to Garren.

"R-rabid wolves? Not even rogues...? --s**t! Valgulfs?! You two had better know what you are talking about! Are you really sure about this? You're not joking, right?" Garren asked skeptically.

The twins didn't answer him and, with intense irritation showing on their faces, looked out once more into the horizon.

"Damnit! I better warn everyone!" Garren gritted under his teeth.

Garren mind link Lester, their Delta first.

Delta Lester was the person in charge of the defense at the front borders along with a number of male warriors.

"Lester!"

"Hey! What's up man?"

"Tighten the border security. Enemies are coming! Maybe a hundred of them!"

"Beta, are you provoking me? Is this a prank or something? Because it's not hella funny man! Everything is quiet here. There is no sign of intrusion. We haven't received any reports of untoward incidents from the front." Lester replied in a mocking tone at Garren.

Garren gritted his teeth and answered him in a breathless, angry tone. "Listen to me Lester! Do I sound like I'm f*****g joking to you? Vampires and wolves together. A great number of them! Get more men at the border! We can't let them pass, imagine what they will do in our pack lands!"

"W-wha--? For real?" Lester asked aghast.

"Just do as I say!" Garren irritatingly shouted back at him.

"He--y!"

Garren cut him off quickly and mind linked Alpha Aston next.

"Alpha, you better get your f*cking ass out here! Code red! I repeat code red! We don't have much time! We need you. We are under attack! Vampires and Valgulfs a great number of them nearing our pack lands!"

"W-what? Vampires? Valgulfs --impossible?! Where are you?"

"Just meet me at the front steps now!"

"I'm on my way out!"

Garren looked in the direction Souma and Renji were looking. He doesn't see or smell anything unusual in the air.

How can this queer duo detect enemies just like that even from afar?

Garren looked down the balcony and saw a warrior coming back into the pack house from his patrol and called out to him.

"Alain! Code red! Code red! Ring the alarm! Wake everyone up. We are under attack! Vampires and wolves!" Garren shouted out to the startled man who came walking in the direction of the pack house.

Lester's wide eyes made him look like a squirrel, an aghast squirrel. Still startled, he didn't question Garren as he bolted back to his post where the alarm speakers were located.

Minutes later, Alpha Aston rushed outside the front steps of the pack house, followed by his family; his father, a former Alpha Asser, his mother Kiara, his Luna Daniel and his sister Marion.

Alpha Aston, used his ability as the pack's Alpha and mind linked every single warrior of Red Crest House.

A deafening voice of Alpha Aston rang into the consciousness of every member of the Red Crest House, waking them up!

Seconds later, the loud siren wailed into the night.

A good number of pack warriors who came from the pack house and surrounding barracks woke up and rushed outside. Male and female warriors lined up and assemble outside.

Alpha Aston was in the front line of the assembly of warriors. "Listen carefully Red Crest warriors! Prepare for war! Out there, a hundred vampires and wolves are fast approaching our pack lands. We don't know who instated this attack yet. Women will take all the available vehicles to carry the young and old out. Go to the village, evacuate our people before they pass through the defense of the front borders! Give it everything you got! Make sure nobody gets left behind. Now, Go!"

The women ran to the side of the pack house where the vehicles were parked. One by one, they climbed onto them and started the engines; the loud sound of revving roared. The tires monotonously screech as they speed out of the parking space one at a time, leaving a dust of smoke behind.

Around forty men started removing all their clothing and started to slowly transition and shift into their wolves at will.

Adrenaline pumping, the deep primitive growls filled the night air. The immense pain of muscles aching from the sounds of raw bones breaking and reshaping in the most unnatural manner, like shape shifting to form their wolf skeleton, excessive growth of body hair to fur and feral huge glowing eyes and fangs, then in minutes, the ground was filled with werewolves of different colors and sizes.

Adrenaline pumping every warrior in wolf form ran into the direction of the village. With one clear goal in their mind, save every single one of the Red Crest House pack members, old and young alike!

Souma and Renji watched the commotion downstairs from the second floor balcony, before they looked at each other, took in deep breaths and gazed at Garren before they approached the balcony railings and jumped off from there to the ground below.

The people at the front steps were surprised when the twins landed on the ground by freely falling from the second floor balcony. When they recovered, with knotted eyebrows, they looked up from the balcony where the twins jumped off and they saw a wide-eyed Garren looking down at them from above.

Garren was taken aback for a few seconds. "s**t! These damn twins are showing off." He muttered under his breath. Now, he had no choice but to follow suit and jump down from the balcony as well.

He grit his teeth and jumped. Because of his big structure, a loud thud was heard when his feet landed on the ground, creating a cloud of dust surrounding him.

"Where are they coming from?" Garren asked the twins.

"All directions."

Alpha Asser approached Beta Garren and asked him. "How did you find out about this attack?"

"It's them; Souma and Renji. They sense enemies coming!" Garren informed him.

"Did you say the Alpha King is on his way here?" Souma asked, cutting Alpha Aston before he could ask any questions from them.

"Yes. My men have already confirmed that the Alpha King and his security entourage have left the Crest Lodge, they are on their way, as we speak..."

"He left Zuki there." Souma's tone was heavy and flat, talking to nobody in particular.

"Yes. Why? Is something wrong?" Alpha Aston asked.

"We have to go to Zuki!" Souma continued.

"Wait! Why? Can you tell us what's going on? Stop talking in f*cking riddles?!" Garren asked.

"We can sense a strange energy coming from every direction. It's strongest in the direction where Zuki is!" Souma replied with a serious expression.

"It's strange for the Alpha King to not notice it..." Souma absentmindedly said to Renji.

The twins turned their backs at them and started to walk towards Crest Lodge. "It's growing stronger! We have to go now!"

"The hell?! What kind of trouble are they facing out there?" Alpha asked in a raised voice at the twins.

They all flinched as successive loud thundering explosions were heard, followed by piercing screams that tore through the silent night!

The lights from burning houses lit up Red Crest village.

"Explosives?!"

"The f*ck?! Why are vampires and wolves working together?"

"They must have found out about Zuki!" The twins concluded.

Minutes later, Lana and Prince Dexter also came rushing outside!

"What's going on?" Prince Dexter asked them, bewildered.

Dexter then approached his sister Princess Daniel and hugged her shaking body.

"The Red Crest House is under attack, your majesty. Vampires and Valgulfs --together." Alpha Aston replied to Prince Dexter while reaching back for his mate from him and kissing her deep and wanting.

"Please... Take care." Princess Daniel cried weakly in between their kisses.

Alpha Aston looked at her lovingly and nodded.

The screeching sound of the wheels spitting up gravel as the drivers forcibly stepped on the brakes, caught their attention. One by one, the Alpha King's security entourage vehicles halt, hurriedly parking on the side of the house.

An angry Alpha King descended from the vehicle and rushed to question them.

"What is going on, Alpha?" Killian's voice was angry towards Alpha Aston.

"The Red Crest House is under attack, your majesty. Vampires and wolves are teaming up! There were a number of explosions in the village. Our warriors have rushed to save our people." Aston informed him as he nodded at his mate and motioned her to move to the side where his family was gathered.

"Garren..." Marion summoned her courage and called out to her mate.

Garren looked straight into her eyes and kissed her deep and hard. "I have to go.." He whispered to her.

"Dad, ladies, stay here. We have to evacuate the old and young. Please prepare the medical clinic just in case." Alpha Aston stared at his father and the women as he informed them.

"Alpha King." The twins bowed down in respect to Killian.

"Yes?" He asked with an irritated look at them.

"Go back to Zuki. She needs your help!"

The Alpha King let his surprise show.

"How would you know? My force shield is blocking you from mind linking." Killian questioned them.

"Look!" Souma said to Killian as he pointed something in the direction where the Crest Lodge was.

"What the hell is that?!" Alpha King Killian shouted angrily.

A black dome appeared out of nowhere and slowly covered a good portion of the woods in pitch black darkness.

"The attack on the village is a mere distraction. They are after Zuki! We need to go to her." Souma continued, breathing heavily.

"No. I will go to her. You two had better stay here and help the Red Crest House. They need you more than Zuki. I'm pretty sure I can handle it." Alpha King Killian confidently instructed the twins.

"Your majesty, we will handle everything from here. Go to Zuki!" Alpha Aston informed him with intensity in his eyes.

"Bro, I'm coming with you!" Dexter's voice was one of deep in concern.

Killian hesitated before nodding at his brother.

"Dexter... take care." Lana manages to say in a shaky voice.

Dexter kisses her hard before leaving with Killian. Both brothers ran to the parked vehicles.

"Go, now you two. We can handle everything from here." Former Alpha Asser shouted at his son and their Beta.

"Let's go! We need to hurry!" Alpha Aston called out to his Beta, Garren and the twins.

The twins responded by merely nodding at the alpha.

"Come on ladies. We had better prepare medical and emergency supplies!" Former Alpha Asser said as he shoved his Luna Kiara and the other women back into the pack house.

Alpha Aston and Beta Garren, ran to the nearest jeep and started the engine, speeding away, together with the twins Souma and Renji in the back. All four boarded the vehicle and sped to the village to help the warriors and villagers.

Alpha Aston and Garren mind linked the head of the warriors who were the first to arrive at the village.

"Report!" Alpha Aston asked.

"Alpha, we can't evacuate everyone. The enemy have breached through the border defense. They used some kind of explosives! They blew up most of the vehicles we brought. All the exits leading outside the village are blocked and surrounded by vampires! We can't risk our people's lives by taking chances!" The head of the pack warrior reported to Alpha Aston.

"We have to find a way to get them out!"

"Souma, Ren, you're gonna have to get down from here. Just follow the path, me and Garren will go to the left. We need to find a way to break through the vampires. We need to get our people out of there!"

Souma and Renji nodded before they jumped out of the jeep and ran in the opposite direction. Alpha Aston pointed to them.

The wheels screeched, scraping dirt and mud from the ground as Beta Garren stepped on the brakes. The two remaining men descended from the jeep and removed the rest of their clothing. Alpha Aston shifted into his grey wolf while Beta Garren shifted to his brown. Both wolves ran as fast as they could to reach the village entrance.

They noticed that the ones blocking the exits are vampires.

These vampires are merely rushing to attack them, they do not have any trace of combat training at all.

"These are new-born vampires!" Alpha Aston mindliked Garren

Garren running in wolf form beside him, nodded.