‘He will need you. Stay safe, little sister,’ Martin mindlinked me. When I tried to reply, to tell him to hang in there. I was met by emptiness, there was nothing to connect to even though I desperately tried. I needed to connect to him. I needed him to be okay. The alternative was unthinkable. My wolf’s whine turned into a howl. That is when it hit us all. The raw pain radiating from our Alpha. Finlay’s sorrow and pain felt like a physical punch and I was almost on my way to charge the offending wolf outside the cave. I needed an outlet for the pain and the grief.
“Amie,” Cadence said, his voice weak, full of fear and pain. It stopped my attack. I backed further into the cave to press myself against the two boys.
‘It will be okay,’ I mindlinked them, even if I knew it wouldn’t.
‘What’s wrong with the Alpha? Is he hurt?’ Jon linked back. I realised they hadn’t understood the meaning of Martin’s growl, they didn’t know.
‘He will be okay. It’s not something that will stop him,’ I said. As I said it the wave of immense pain from Finlay stopped. He had closed himself off to stop the pain from affecting the pack. He put it on his own shoulders and isolated himself for the good of the pack. For now. He will need you
. Martin’s words rang in my head. My human part desperately wanted to cry, my wolf part wanted to leave the cave and rip every single wolf outside to pieces. Neither of us did what we wanted. Instead, I pressed my body against the boys and my wolf growled continuously in a long, deep growl from the belly. We both hoped one of the enemy wolves would dare to set a paw inside the cave. We craved the outlet of anger and revenge. As I listened, I could hear how more of our pack arrived, the intruders were soon outnumbered.
‘You can come out. The boy’s mothers are waiting on the top of the hill,’ Sam mindlinked me.
‘We can get out of here now. I want the two of you to grab hold of my tail really well. When we get out of the cave, I want you to look up towards the top of the hill. Do not look down. Do you understand?’ I linked the boys.
“Yes Amie,” they both said as one.
‘You have both been really good and done a good job. Your parents will be so proud of you,’ I told them as we moved forward. It was a little awkward getting out of the cave. The boys had been inside it for a long time and their muscles were cold and stiff. Outside, I used my claws to make sure both I and the boys could scale the steep incline. I tried to make sure there were trees and bushes blocking the view below us, in case they got curious and wanted a look. Pain shot from my shoulder, but I blocked it from my mind. There was a bigger pain in my chest and I focused on getting us safe to the top of the hill. When we got up there, the boys’ mothers engulfed their sons in tight hugs and looked them over.
“Thank you Amie,” Shelly told me. I nodded at them and turned around to head down to where the fight had taken place. When I cleared the bushes and could see the forest floor below me, I could see the massacre. There were dead wolves everywhere. I tried to take stock and concluded I didn’t recognise most of them. I saw Martin’s brown wolf laying a little up the hill. I steered my steps towards him. My wolf nudged him with its nose, waiting to see if its friend would stand again. When the nudge didn’t get a response, both me and my wolf sighed. I looked up and saw where Finlay and Sam stood, both had their focus on a badly injured wolf. I scented the air as I walked closer. Alpha Jackson. A growl escaped me. Both Finlay and Sam turned their heads to look at me. I could see the pain and anger in them both. Finlay looked down at my shoulder.
‘You are hurt,’ he linked. I shrugged, which was a bad move as the pain got worse and made me flinch.
‘It’s nothing,’ I told him. “What do we do now?” I asked.Amie
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Now we make sure the wounded are looked after and the wolves we have captured need to be kept safe. We have questions for this one,’ Finlay linked us. An agreeing growl came from both Sam and me. While Finlay and I stayed to keep watch of the enemy Alpha, Sam walked around and organised the warriors. He made sure those who were injured but could walk, headed for the pack house. He had men coming to collect the injured and the dead. And then he had some warriors guarding the captured enemies. When we were all set, we indicated to the captured Alpha to get moving. All three of us stayed close to him and made sure he headed in the direction we wanted. He was clearly injured and was limping on two legs and left a trail of blood behind him. No one cared. Anyone we met growled at him and it soothed my soul to know we reacted as a pack. Back at the pack house, we had cells that could withstand a werewolf’s strength. They were rarely used, but on occasion someone had too much to drink and needed a safe space to sober up in. Alpha Jackson was placed in one of the cells and the remainder of his pack was put into the newly built school gym, guarded by warriors.
‘Go and shift back, take a shower and we will meet back here in thirty minutes,’ Finlay told us. We headed off in different directions. I changed back outside my door and walked inside to take a quick shower and put on some clothes. I looked at my shoulder in the mirror. The wounds from the claws were healing, but they were deep, and it would take a couple of days for them to be gone. At least they weren’t bleeding. I just let them be and pulled a sweater on and walked back to the cells. Finlay was already there in his human form. He had an expression on his face I hadn’t seen before, it was a mix of hate, anger and sadness and it almost broke my heart. I knew now wasn’t the time, so I just stood next to him and looked at the prisoner, still in wolf form. Sam and Medow walked in next. Sam had his arm around his mate and Medow looked devastated. She looked at me with red rimmed eyes and I stepped up to her and gave her a hug.
“Are you sure you want to be here?” I asked her. She looked at Sam and snuggled in closer to him and gave me a nod. I understood, she needed to be close to her mate.
“Shift,” Finlay told Alpha Jackson. We all turned our focus to the wolf inside the cell. Nothing happened.
“Too weak?” I asked and let my voice remain light and mocking. I knew how his pack viewed women and me suggesting he was weak would be more effective than any attempts of ordering him to change. He growled at me. Which made Finlay growl at him. Finlay’s growl was more powerful than the imprisoned Alpha’s. With a glare at me, Alpha Jackson shifted to his human form. In his naked state it was easy to see the injuries he had. But more than that, the Alpha seemed to be in a worse condition then when I had seen him last time. It had been years since then. But he was an Alpha in the prime of his life. He should not look thin. He tried to hold himself up in a confident pose, but it was easy to see he was hurting.
“Speak! Why have you done this?” Finlay asked him as he tossed a pair of shorts at him. The Alpha smirked and did his best to keep up his arrogant behaviour. He waved the shorts in his hand.
“Afraid your women will see how a real Alpha looks?” he asked. I snorted.
“Please, I have seen bigger on pups. Let’s hope you’re a grower, or this is really embarrassing for you,” I said. Behind me, Medow giggled and Sam laughed. Even Finlay pulled one corner of his mouth up in a half smirk. Alpha Jackson growled, but was ignored by everyone. He put the shorts on and had to lean against the wall to do so.
“Now. Why the fuck did you attack us?” Finlay asked again.
“You refused to merge with us,” Alpha Jackson told him.
“That was four years ago,” I objected. The Alpha shrugged.
“The pack didn’t want to attack you. Me and my Beta were for it from the start but my Gamma and the pack in general were against it. They felt it was too big of a risk. You seemed to be strong according to them. I tried to tell them no pack is strong when it has just split from another pack. And a pack that lets a female into its top tier without being a mate to the high ups, they are weak,” he said.
“I guess you should have listened to your Gamma and your pack,” Sam told him.
“If we had just attacked four years ago, we would have won. We waited too long. They are all a bunch of cowards. In the end, I had to use my Alpha status to make them. I told them that anyone refusing to take part in the attack would be named a traitor and made rogue. Much help that did. The fuckers were too weak. My own Gamma turned against me when we got here. When our pack members started dying, he wanted to withdraw. Fucking coward. He didn’t understand that I sent those pack members in first, as I knew they were weak. They were to tire you out, to pave the road for our victory. But he didn’t like that. Didn’t think it was the honourable thing to do. Well, it didn’t end well for him.” The fighting I had heard outside the cave.
“I will inform the council of what has happened,” Finlay told him.
“Are you not Alpha enough to finish me off without their consent?” Alpha Jackson mocked him.
“I will not take revenge on you on a whim, because I can’t control my emotions. We both know what sanctions the council can put on a pack for something like that. My pack will not suffer just because I feel like ending your pathetic life. Not when I have enough evidence to secure they grant me full right to do so. I will see you again once their decision is made,” Finlay said. We all knew that was the end of the conversation and we all headed for the main floor. “I will call the council, they need to know what has happened. Amie, check on the pack, make sure they feel that we have things under control. Talk to my aunt. I’m sure she is already working on it. Sam, you need to make a schedule for the warriors. If rumour spread about the attack, others might strike against us, thinking we are weak,” Finlay gave out orders.
“Yes, Alpha,” we all said. Sam and Medow headed to his office.
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