Page 44 of Game of Destiny
“I was hoping you would be there when I give birth,” she told me.
“Me?” I asked, a little shocked.
“Yes. My mom will be there and so will Sam. My mom will have her hands busy with me, but I need someone to be there for Sam. We both know he will get all rallied up and he will try and protect me and the pup and I just want someone there who can calm him down,” she told me. I smiled at her. She knew her mate.
“I would be honoured to be there. And don’t worry about Sam. He will be amazing and if it’s needed, I will step in. I will evenmake sure to catch him if he faints,” I promised. Medow giggled and squeezed my hand.
“Thank you. I knew I could trust you.”
The day had started off good, and it continued in the same way. I helped Matilda make a huge cake for dessert and then joined the others as we had a top tier meeting to discuss a new business proposal Ramses had submitted. I had read through it and it looked promising. We were in the middle of debating it when two things happened at once. The first thing was the alarm in the pack house when off, alerting everyone our border had been breached. The second was a link from a patrolling warrior reporting a large amount of unknown, shifted wolves had entered into our land. We all stood as one.
“You need to stay here, lock yourself in the storage room with the others,” Sam told Medow.
“I will not!” she objected. Finlay, Martin and I were mindlinking different members of the pack, making sure people knew what to do.
“I will carry you there if I have to,” Sam insisted.
“If you so much as touch me, I will use my claws on your privates and make sure this will be your only pup,” Medow growled. The fierce display from the usually sweet and mild tempered Medow, had the room dead silent with all focus on her.
“Sure, baby. I won’t do that,” Sam told her.
“Good. Why are we all standing around?” she asked, and we all sprung into action again.
“Martin, take a team of warriors and head to the south. I will take a group to the west. Sam, set up a defence here in town. Medow, make sure all those who can’t fight are safe and report back to us if something is wrong. Amie, take the group with our best stealth warriors and gather as much info about thesewolves as you can, preferably without being seen,” Finlay gave out orders as we hurried through the pack house.
“Yes, Alpha!” we all said as one. Outside, we didn’t take time to strip. We shifted as soon as our feet hit the ground. It was the first time I shifted through my clothes. It wasn’t a pleasant experience. As my clothes ripped at the change, some parts remained, clinging to my body. I had to use my claws and teeth to get them off. Pack members too weak or sick to fight were heading towards the pack house. Medow, who hadn’t shifted, stood by the door giving out orders. Matilda joined her and together they organised the pack. The rest of us set off in different directions. I had just called the warriors I had been given responsibility over to me, and was on my way to lay out the plan to them when Jake mindlinked the top tier.
‘I need to head to the east hill,’ he told us.
‘No. You are to man the operation room together with your group. You are responsible for the security system and the mechanical defences we have,’ Finlay linked back.
‘I’m sorry, Alpha. Cadence just mind linked me. He and Jon were out collecting pine cones in that area and he has mindlinked me that they have hid in a small cave, but the area is full of unfamiliar wolves. I need to go and get them.’ This was bad, I realised. Jon’s father and mother were both warriors, they couldn’t abandon their post in the middle of an attack.
‘I will go,’ I linked. ‘I have a higher chance of getting there undetected. I can scope out the situation and if possible guide the boys out. Worst case scenario I will protect them until help comes,’ I added. There was a short pause of silence.
‘Do it,” Finlay said.
‘Thank you, Amie,’ Jack linked. I quickly told the warriors around me about the change of plans and gave them their mission. They sat off to gather information as I sat off towards the east hill. I thought I knew what cave Cadence and Jon hadhid in. It was hard to find if you didn’t know it was there. But it was small.
'Stay safe, if you need help, don’t be too proud to ask for it,’ Finlay linked me in our private mindlink.
‘I’m not a man, I will be careful. That goes for you as well. Don’t let that Alpha pride be your downfall,’ I answered.
‘I will be careful.’ I ran through the forest, trying to move as fast as I could while still being aware of my surroundings. I had a secret fear I would hesitate when I needed to act. I had never killed another werewolf. I had hunted deer and rabbits and other game which ran in the forest. But it was different with another werewolf. My answer came as I reached the top of a hill and saw another wolf standing at the foot on the other side. She was a stranger and my wolf did not hesitate. The strange wolf was a threat to me, and to my pack. I ran down the hill, the unknown wolf ran towards me as well. Halfway down the hill, I braced and leaped towards her. I took her by surprise and she didn’t even try to swat at me with her claws as I sailed over her. As soon as I hit the ground, I turned around. The other wolf was trying to stop her forward movement. When she finally could turn around to come at me, I was ready. I swiped at her eyes with my claws, she turned her head away from me to avoid being hit, exposing her neck. I threw myself at her and closed my jaws around her throat. I felt her jugular tear and the warm fluid was everywhere. She tried to fight me off by clawing at my chest and face. She was losing strength quickly, and I only felt one or two wounds from her attempt. When I knew for certain she had no fight left in her and she would not survive. I let her go. I didn’t have time to spare on celebrating my first victory. I turned around and kept running towards my goal. The closer I got to where I thought Cadence and Jon were, the more careful I was not to be spotted. The air was filled with the scent of strange wolves.
‘Cade, Jon, are you okay?’ I mindlinked the boys.
‘Amie!’ they both mindlinked back.
‘We are okay, but there are a lot of wolves outside who we don’t know,’ Cadence told me.
‘I know. I’m close. Are you in the small cave behind the pine tree?’ I asked.
‘Yes.’
‘Good job. That is the best place to hide around here. Stay where you are and stay quiet.’ I was now moving as slowly as possible to not let the other wolves know I was there. I was hoping to sneak close to the cave and keep watch as the boys sneaked out. Neither of them had their first shift yet, so they had to stay in their human form. It complicated things a bit, but I had hope. I slowly crawled to the top of the hill the cave was located in. I looked over the edge and any thought of getting the boys to sneak out of the cave was gone. Below was a large group of wolves, it seemed this was where they had set their base for the invasion. ‘Finlay, the main force of the attackers are just below the cave by the pine tree where the boys are,’ I mindlinked him.
‘Fuck, okay, they need to stay in place and we will all work our way towards you. Stay put!’ he replied.
