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Chapter12

Aurora's POV

The loud noise of the helicopter blades shook the giant glass windows of the penthouse. The ground beneath my combat boots vibrated constantly as heavy searchlights swept through the rain outside, searching the building. They were looking for us. They were coming for Maya.

"How many of them are out there?" I asked. My voice was steady and quiet, even though my heart was beating fast inside my chest.

Marcus stayed down low near the broken front door. He was breathing hard as he checked the dark hallway. "There are at least two tactical helicopters on the roof. The ground floor security feeds just went dead too. They didn't just break our security code, Aurora. They brought a big EMP device. The whole building has lost its main power and communication."

Smith did not panic at all. His face went hard and dangerous, turning into the strong Supreme Alpha that everyone feared across the continent. He pulled a big, heavy gun from his side holster and checked it with a sharp click.

"They really think a power outage and a few soldiers are enough to take my family," Smith said, his deep voice carrying a cold, quiet anger. "They have no idea what is waiting for them in this room."

Rio moved across the dark room without making a sound. He reached down and picked up a extra gun and some bullet clips, throwing them across the floor to Marcus. Marcus caught them easily, looking at Rio with complete trust.

"They are coming down the back stairs right now," Rio said softly, his dark eyes looking at the heavy steel door down the hall. "The manual locks will hold them for thirty seconds. Maybe forty if we are lucky."

"We are not sitting here waiting for them to break in," I said. I pulled my dark hair back tightly into a clean braid so it would stay out of my face. All the weakness and fever I felt earlier was completely gone now. The thought of someone hurting my child gave me all my strength back. "If Mother Grey wants to fight in my home, we will fight her right here."

I walked over to the quiet bedroom where baby Maya was sleeping in her small carrier. She did not know anything about the danger outside. I knelt down beside her and kissed her warm forehead gently.

"Stay safe, my sweet baby," I whispered. "Mommy is going to protect you."

When I stood up, Smith was standing right beside me. He reached out and put his big hand on the back of my neck, his thumb touching my skin softly. We did not need to say anything to each other. He knew I was not going to hide in a back room, and he was not going to try to stop me from fighting.

"Rio, stand guard right outside the nursery door," Smith ordered, looking down the hall. "Do not let a single person get past you. Marcus, you come with me to the front entrance. We will stop them right at the doorway."

"What about me?" I asked, pulling my two silver knives out from my leg holsters.

Smith looked at me with a small, sharp smile in his grey eyes. "You, wildcat, help us tear them apart."

Right as he said that, the heavy steel door at the end of the long hall blew open with a loud bang. Sparks and dark smoke filled the air, making it hard to see or breathe.

Through the thick smoke, soldiers dressed in heavy black armor came rushing into the penthouse. They moved together like trained killers, carrying glowing rifles. They were not simple rogues from the woods; they were elite guards sent by the central council.

"Shoot!" Marcus shouted, firing his gun into the smoke.

The whole hallway erupted in loud noise and bright flashes of light. Bullets and bright energy shots tore through the furniture, breaking glass tables and smashing wooden chairs into tiny pieces.

Smith did not stay behind cover. He let out a loud roar that shook the walls, running straight into the middle of the smoke. As he ran, his human body changed into his giant black wolf form. He slammed his heavy paws into the first soldier, throwing the man hard against the concrete wall.

Rio moved through the dark shadows on the left side like a ghost. Before the second soldier could aim his rifle, Rio swung his silver knife through the dark air, cutting the man's weapon in half and knocking him down onto the floor.

I jumped over the ruined sofa, my boots landing quietly on the carpet as I dropped right between three incoming soldiers.

The first soldier tried to hit my head with the butt of his heavy rifle. I bent low under his arm and used my heavy weight to slam my shoulder directly into his chest. The force of my body knocked all the air out of his lungs, sending him flying backward over a small table.

The second soldier reached out to grab my arm, but I twisted my body out of his grip and hit his jaw hard with my elbow. As he stumbled back, I kicked his legs out from under him, sending him crashing down onto the floor.

"Is this the best team Mother Grey could send?" I yelled over the noise, my voice loud and full of anger.

The third soldier pointed his bright rifle right at my chest. He looked surprised by how fast I could move for a thick, heavy Beta. He pulled the trigger, but I was already sliding across the slick floor beneath his shot. I drove the blunt end of my knife into his vest chest plate, breaking his harness before hitting his helmet hard enough to knock him out completely.

Behind us, the heavy metal doors of the private elevator made a loud noise as they were forced open. A new group of soldiers stepped out onto the floor.

"More of them are coming up the elevator!" Marcus shouted, shooting a burst of bullets that made the soldiers take cover behind the metal doors.

"How many ways into this penthouse do they have?" Rio muttered, reloading his gun quickly next to me.

"Too many," I panted, wiping sweat and dirt off my forehead. My shoulders still ached from the old poison, but my wolf was active inside my blood, pushing all the pain away so I could fight. "They are trying to attack us from every side so one of them can slip into the back room where Maya is."

Smith shifted back into his human form, his face covered in dark dirt and a line of red blood across his cheek. He walked over to join us, his grey eyes fixed on the open elevator doors with pure anger.

"Nobody is getting anywhere near our daughter," Smith said in a low, cold voice. He turned his head to look at Marcus and Rio. "Go check the balcony. The second helicopter is hovering right outside the glass. They are going to try to break in through the back terrace."

Marcus and Rio nodded right away, running fast toward the big glass doors that led out to the balcony.

I stayed right beside Smith, holding my two knives tightly as the dark smoke cleared a little. The floor was covered in broken glass, empty bullet shells, and groaning soldiers who had made the mistake of trying to fight us.

Suddenly, the small speakers on the wall made a loud static sound. The static stopped, and an old, soft woman's voice came through the speakers into the room. It was the same voice I had heard in my terrible dream.

"Aurora, my child," Mother Grey said softly through the speakers, trying to sound like a caring mother. "This is such a messy fight for a mother trying to protect her baby. Why make things so hard for yourself? Just give us the child, and maybe we will let you live quietly somewhere far away."

My fingers tightened around the handles of my knives until my skin turned pale. A cold anger settled deep inside me.

"Mother Grey," I spoke out loud toward the speakers, my voice clear and dangerous. "If you want my baby, you are going to have to come through me first. And you will not survive it."