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I'd managed to kill Victor, but if Keri or another member of his pack discovered me now I would be as good as dead.
The door led outside. The sun was shining and I squinted to be able to see. I was near a forest. I let my eyes scan the grassy area but I had no idea where I was. There were no other buildings.
I'd at least expected to hear a helicopter but there was silence.
Suddenly I dropped to my knees and swayed. I couldn't go on anymore.
Scar!
For a moment I thought I was imagining things and then I heard it again.
Scar!
I felt the sting of tears as I scanned the area and then I spotted him. His wolf form was magnificent and I felt a tear slide down when it sank in that he was safe. He ran to me as fast as he could.
I felt a pain in my heart and I gasped at my chest. My body crumpled to the ground.
And then there was nothing, and my pain was gone.
Cade
We're under attack!
As soon as the thought hit my mind I went into alpha mode. My main concern was to keep my pack and Scar safe.
I heard Blake issue commands to some of the werewolves that had remained on his property. He wanted every werewolf that wasn't ordered to look after the females and children to get to us as soon as they could.
I began to issue orders to Jake through the mind-link as Blake and I rushed out of the study.
Get the off-duty fighters together. I'm on my way.
The on-duty fighters would be fighting the attacking wolves already here. Hopefully, they hadn't breached the gate yet.
Once outside the house, we both shifted.
The gate at the bottom by the compound was untouched but I could hear the snarls and growls of wolves fighting just outside. My fighters were struggling to hold off the incoming attack.
I knew that it was Victor's pack attacking us before the scent of the invading werewolves hit me.
I was out of options. Even with the additional fighters from Blake's pack we didn't have anywhere near enough fighters to defend ourselves.
At the closed gate, I turned to face my fighters.
I was taken aback to see nearly all the females from my pack in human form surrounding the fighters, who had all shifted into wolf form.
We want to fight,requested one of the females via the mind-link.
I didn't want them to but I didn't know if I had a choice. If the fighters couldn't keep the attacking pack out of the compound they would slaughter or enslave them. With the additional numbers of females that could fight we might have a chance to survive the attack.
I looked to Blake.
We have no choice,he thought.
For a moment I thought about Scarlett and her constant fighting with me to allow females to fight alongside their male counterparts. It was finally about to happen and she wouldn't see it.
She was safe in the cell being sedated so that Curtis could put her on a drip. Through my actions I'd left her unable to protect herself but I couldn't think about that now.
I turned back to face my pack.
