“Leave him alone” Madelyn scolded me, with a cute little pout “He’s hurt”
“Please” I waved my hand and laughed “He’ll be fully healed with in the hour, he’s just loving the attention”
Madelyn smirked at me, but just shook her head and continued towards the car.
After helping Koda in, we drove to the Tower, but Koda frowned at the ground and reached down to pull up Madelyn’s torn bra.
“Loose something?” He asked her, and her eyes widened.
Madelyn blushed and grabbed the bra, stashing it into her dress’s pocket “I thought you said you grabbed all our clothes last night”
“I thought I had” I shrugged “Don’t worry about it”
“What if one of the drivers saw it?”
“Then they’d be jealous that their Alpha got to f*ck you last night”
“JAX!” She hit my arm, blushing bright red, as she turned and snuggled up to Koda, who shook his head at me.
“You both owe me a fun night” Koda laughed as he hugged her back, and continued to eat while I smiled to myself and sat back during the drive.
Knox and I speculated about what Fenrir could have done that had our father so freaked out, but we suspected it had something to do with yesterday’s fight.
After we arrived at the Tower, we went straight to my parents, only to find it filled, Cole and Evet were already here, along with our parents, Ryker, who was sitting in his own wheelchair while he healed, and there were two of our Generals.
“Boys good” Our mother greeted us “Maddie, come sit by me, dear”
Madelyn looked confused, but walked over and sat beside our mother while I sat on the sofa “So, what’s going on?’
“A messenger arrived this morning” Our father held up a piece of paper ” It’s from King Kenan of the Amaru clan, apperently, he’s claiming his Dragons were on a diplomatic mission, and we attacked without provocation”
“Didn’t you though” Madelyn asked, and everyone in the room looked at her “You didn’t send anyone out to talk, you just attacked”
“Madelyn, I know it may seem that way” My mother said, but I noticed her place her hand on my father’s knee, and I knew he was furious by her statement “But we have been dealing with Dragons for longer than you’ve been alive, we know when something is an attack and when it’s not, those Dragon’s were not coming to talk peace, they wanted to fight”
“Seems to me like Kenan sent his warriors to be sacrificed, just to start this fight” General Kalith commented.
“Why now though?” Koda asked thoughtfully.
“He’s wanted revenge for decades” Our father answered “He may have thought we were too distracted with Fenrir and thought it was the perfect time to strike”
“Maybe” I nodded “But how does this equate to war?”
Our mother held up the note “He’s claiming we are going to settle this by meeting him for battle in three days” She told us “He said if we don’t, he’ll enlist the other clans, and they’ll attack with their full force”
“Just what we need right now” Ryker sighed and rubbed his face.
“It could be a trap” Koda commented “What if Fenrir is working with this King to get the army out of the city, and then he’ll attack and try to take Maddie”
“I will take Maddie into hiding while you’re away” Evet told us
“Away?” Madelyn panicked and looked at us.
“Baby, if we’re going to fight, then Jax and I will have to go lead the troops” Koda told her gently.
She looked at us with tears in her eyes, but quickly looked down at her clenched fists sitting on her lap.
“Times short” Our father stood up “Cole, Ryker, Jax, and Koda, you will gather your troops in the field outside the city, I want everyone ready to leave at dawn. Wyatt, I want the guard around the city doubled, and I want all the children, pregnant Lycans and some of out healers, in the catacombs beneath the city, organise the provisions and weapons”
“Yes, your majesty” The other General bowed his head.
“Kalith I want you with Madelyn and”
“No” Koda cut off our father, who looked annoyed “I don’t trust him with our mate, Cole will go with Maddie and Kalith will come with us”
“You don’t trust me to protect my Luna?” Kalith looked and sounded offended.
“Get over it” I snapped at him “We barely trust our own Beta with her life, and this” I turned to out parents “Is not negotiable, either one of us stays with her, or it’s Cole, end of discussion”
“Fine” Our mother nodded “We will allow this change, Cole, you will go with Maddie and Evet, and seeing as the twins will argue with any troops I choose, I will allow them to pick the guards you take with you”
“Why can’t I go with the twins?” Maddie asked “I can help!”
“You’re not coming, so don’t even try to argue” I told her, and she glared at me.
“But, they wouldn’t expect it” She tried to con us “If Fenrir is using this fight as a distraction to get the twins away from me, then he wouldn’t expect me to go with them”
“Yeah, nice try” Koda shook his head “But the answer is still no, and I’ve already got a location for your hiding place, in mind”
“It’s decided” Our father clapped his hands “I’m sending out messengers to all our Dragon allies, and see if they’ll join you in battle”
“They won’t join against their own kind” Ryker looked up “It’s even apart of the treaty that they won’t help other clan attack us but they won’t be on our side either”
“I know, but they may still come to show force” Our mother commented “So, you all have your assignments, get going”
Maddie went to stand up, but our mother placed her hand on her shoulder.
“Stay, you too Cole”
We waited for everyone to leave, except for us and Evet and Cole.
“Maddie will depart from the city in the morning when you leave” Our mother told us “Evet, Cole go pack and the twins will let you know what troops you’re taking with you”
“Yes, your majesty” Cole bowed and left the room.
“I’ll see you in the morning, Maddie” Evet stood and also left the room.
“I don’t want to go” Maddie said instantly, the second we were all alone.
“Too bad” Our father told her, as he pulled on his jacket “Go pack, you’re going into hiding, we can’t risk my brother getting his hands on you again”
“It’ll be okay, sweetheart” I smiled at her to try and comfort her “Think of this as a vacation, you’ve never been anywhere besides here and your old sh*t pack”
“A vacation?” She growled angrily “While you two are off risking your lives?!”
“If you want to be with the boys, then you have to accept that they will have to fight from time to time” Our father told her “But they are strong, they’ll be fine”
“But Koda’s still hurt” She tried to change tactics, and we both smiled.
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