The Alpha Mate Revenge

It was a nightmare. Screams, everywhere. How we ended up in this situation was beyond me, beyond every prevision, beyond every suspicion. They had us and now, we would lose it all. The pack was besieged and all around, we were trying to fight for whatever was left for us to defend. The borders had already fallen into their grip and soon, the entire territory would follow. I was sleeping in my room when it happened. The deafening roar of the alpha pierced the air before hell broke loose. I didn’t have the time to gather anything, to change or to even think about it. I just ran out of my chamber, praying for it to not be too late. I ran to the second one, next to mine, only to find my little brother and sister gathered in there, joined by Hilda, their nanny. I saw the fright in her stance as the door opened in a fracas, but when she saw me, she breathed again. “ Alba, I was going to look for you. Thank god you’re fine.” I heard her say with despair transpiring from her voice. “ Alba.” Liv and Naris both yelled in recognition, Liv’s eyes filled with tears. She wanted to make a step front towards me, but I stopped her with a hand extending itself, making her halt as her little frame stood in surprise. Guilt rushed inside of me, but I didn’t cower, or maybe I did as I avoided her tears rolling down her cheeks. I looked back at Hilda solely. “ Bring them in the basement under the house and don’t move from there before dad or Alarik come for them.” She nodded and took back Liv’s hand in hers. “ You shouldn’t go.” Hilda said, trying to make me change my mind, her voice caught in a quiver. I looked at her, in acknowledgment, and she knew there was no holding back. Bringing myself to give a brief glance at Liv and Naris, I found them both looking at me with fearful eyes. “ Don’t worry, I will come back for you.” I stated with confidence on the outside and a pool of doubts in the inside. They both nodded, Liv later than Naris and I smiled at them for what I wished would not be the last time as I ran away, taking the stairs. I was still in my night gown and as I opened the door, closing it loudly behind me, the coldness of the night engulfed my clothing, making my whole body shiver in uneasiness. Despite that, I ran, heading towards the only place I craved to be while wishing it wasn’t too late. I ran swiftly in between trees, trying desperately to connect with my father, but nothing was working. None of him or his seconds were responding and panic struck me inside, sending rushes of adrenaline into my system. I swayed in my path, heading for the town’s center. I already knew that hell must have broke loose there too. It was less than three minutes later when I started hearing the screams and smelling the distinctive odor of fire and ashes. My heart suddenly thumbed loudly in my rib cage out of fear and apprehension, but I didn’t stop until I was obliged to. It was then my eyes horrendously met with a scenario I never thought I would come to see one day. The entire town was burning, with people running, mostly the human part of our pack trying to escape the enemy’s troops. They were being dragged out of their homes by them, brought out harshly in case of resistance and mostly manhandled. Our people were desperately fighting. The werewolves are battling in whatever form they decide to arbor as claws extracted from the tip of their fingers. They were all doing it for the sake of survival, just so our pack wouldn’t fall into their hands tonight. There was blood everywhere. It was sported on the ground, on weapons, on claws and body parts, dangling and spreading as if water was pouring from a waterfall. I was forced to stop my suffocating inspection, because even if I was absolutely horrified by the spectacle before my eyes, I knew I had to get out of the daze. I desperately knew that I needed to find them and that I didn’t have the luxury of getting lost in the chaos. Despite seeing the horrible view, I moved my eyes from it and I, somehow, abandoned my people to their fate as I sprinted again into the woods, deeper this time. The only chance for me to get there on time was to run. My lungs were burning from the quick intake and rushes of cold air going in and out of them. It was harshly rubbing against the walls of the vital organ and creating a fire inside of me. I desperately needed to get in the front row. I needed to get to them, to fight with my people, against those monsters. I followed the path my instinct dictated me to take for long minutes as I sprinted towards a place I didn’t know what to expect to find in. It had been all silence and desperation until it wasn’t. Only half way there, I heard the call loud and clear. I heard what made me stop dead in my tracks, immobile. “ The Alpha has fallen.”