Page 51 of Mating at Midnight: Book 1

“It’s too late for that,” Alpha Lightfeather says, letting Horace go. “You should really try and wake your son up.”

Horace slaps Corey several times in the face before he starts to come around.

“Get your ass up,” Horace demands. “We’ve got to get the fuck out of here!”

Corey shakes his head from side to side trying to focus. You can see when reality hits his ass as he notices all of the wolves.

“Daddy,” he whispers in a shaky voice.

“Don’t daddy me. They are about to hunt us because of your greed and ego,” Horace screams as Corey stands next to him. “You need to shift now. We need to make it to the house before they catch us.”

“But,” Corey starts.

“No buts!” Horace shouts. “Shift now! We only have thirty seconds before they come after us!”

Horace says no more, shifting into his wolf, then taking off into the forest, leaving Corey. Corey finally follows his father’s lead and shifts, running off behind him.

Alpha Lightfeather lets out a bone-chilling howl before shifting into his large black wolf. His wolf turns his head to me, Nyah, and the others then grunt. We happily let our wolves take over.

I, for one, didn’t like the idea of Horace and Corey walking away Scott-free. They would eventually come back and be more trouble for the Midnight Pack.

When the thirty seconds were up, Alpha Lightfeather took off towards the forest. Knowing he is the best tracker from our Pack,I nudged Levi in the side to circle around to the right. He and Kenia sprint off. Father and James’ wolves stand behind me and Nyah’s.

Nyah gets ready to follow the others, but I jump in front of her. Through our mating bond, I tell her,“We can take our time. They won’t make it.”

“But how do you know?” she inquires.

“Just trust me,” I reply.

She hesitates but then says, “Okay, but if they make it to their house without getting caught, I’m holding you responsible.”

I huff. “The only thing I want to be responsible for is their demise.”

“Then I think we should head out to be a part of it or at least witness it.”

My wolf bows its head before I say, “Then let’s join the others. You know these woods, so we will follow you.”

Nyah yelps, running towards the tree line with us trailing behind her.

It doesn’t take long for us to find the mob of wolves biting into the air. We make our way through the angered wolves to find Horace and Corey back in their human forms, begging for their lives. Levi and Kenia wolves are to the right of them echoing the others. Alpha Lightfeather’s wolf is standing on the large trunk of a tree that has fallen over.

“Noah, please. I’ve been by your side for years and never questioned any of your decisions, but this one is not right,” Horace cries. “I beg of you to let me, and my son go.”

“That option has long passed,” Alpha Lightfeather responds.

I gawked at Alpha Lightfeather in awe. There are some things that confuse and shock me at the same time. Hearing Alpha Lightfeather speak while in wolf form is one. I’ve never heard my father do it.

“Yes, I can,” father says through his wolf, causing me to jump. I guess he must have sensed my curiosity.

Well, damn. Now I’m going to have to see if it works with my wolf.

Lowering his muzzle, Alpha Lightfeather tells his Pack, “The prey has been caught...now do what we would normally do.”

The Pack wasted no time attacking Horace and Corey. Their screams are mixed with the sound of the wolves tearing into their flesh. After a while, their pleas were silenced as the wolves backed away. Limbs lay on the ground, not knowing which body they belonged to. Although the wolves had blood around their mouths, none had eaten the flesh of Horace or Corey considering wolves do not eat their kind.

Alpha Lightfeather shifted back into his human form. Luckily, only a mere part of the Moon cascaded on his face and upper torso, not his other body parts.

“Guards, take what is left of them and bury it in the field we use for our enemies since they have become such.”

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