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A smile crept on my lips, thinking of the future, only for it to be saddened when Alpha Big Claw came into our room with a frown.

"Sorry to bother," Alpha Big Claw spoke. "But we have a problem."

Chapter Forty-Nine

Seraphina

"Whatdoyoumeanthere is a problem?" Dax snarled; his hands were around my waist in an instant. My body was almost completely bare except for the oversized t-shirt covering my mates' favorite parts. My bum was a different story, the shirt had ridden up, and the lower part of my cheeks was showing, so Dimitri took it upon himself to press his covered manhood against me.

A Seraphina sandwich! I laughed at my joke until Dimitri stiffened when Alpha Big Claw entered the room.

"Your highnesses, it is imperative you come outside, along with your Luna. We have many decisions to partake in, and since you and your family are on the grounds, it is up to you what we should decide."

Dimitri jumped off the bed, putting on some joggers and throwing another pair to Dax while Big Claw walked out the door. Jumping off the bed, I grabbed my own pair of leggings and tied the oversized shirt around my waist.

"Seraphina," Dax pleaded. My eyes darted in his direction, my finger about to poke him into his chest until Dimitri stopped the both of us.

"It's a good idea; Seraphina is taking on the Luna role; it's time for her to see how we deal with things." Dax went to argue, but I pecked his lips with mine to silence him.

"I'm a big girl, Bambi." I swayed my hips to the door, blowing a kiss their way; they scrambled to the door, both wrapping their hands around my waist. Seduction was going to be the only way I could get my way! Eva howled in my head.

"Dang girl, you don't need me."

"Hell, yeah I do, you tell me how to do the kinky stuff when I am ready.”

"Deal!" She howled.

As we proceeded down the stairs, the hallways were quiet; the Wolves all stood in the main foyer with blank looks on their faces, whispering so low that Dimitri and Dax couldn't make out what they were saying. The pups usually racing in the back of the packhouse around the entertainment room were now standing outside with their hands behind their backs.

Zoey was also standing at the sofa with Soren by her side; of course, Lonato was not too far behind her as he lurked in the shadows.

Creeper much?

"What's going on?" I whispered. My boys shook their heads, but their hands tightened against my waist. Following Big Claw outside, hundreds of Wolves below the packhouse steps. Kane and Clara were nowhere to be found. "Where are your parents?" I whispered. Dax sighed heavily.

"They are in their room and cannot be disturbed. We are the pack's leaders in charge right now."

"But why!? They are the king and queen of shifters, right?" Dimitri rubbed his thumb on the back of my hand.

"Mom has been working really hard with your mom getting the poison out of her system. Mom doesn't normally heal humans, so it took a lot out of her, so she's resting. Dad won't leave her side. He is leaving it up to us to decide what to do." I hung my head.

"Don't make that face, Seraphina," Dax threatened. "Mom knew what she was doing, and she wanted to help. Your mom is making big steps toward recovery, and she will continue to help as much as she can until she wakes up, alright?" I nodded, still feeling the warmth of my heart being both elated and heavy. His family was really trying to help mine.

"Prince Dimitri, Dax, and Luna Seraphina," Alpha Big Claw announced in his huge voice. "I give you Alpha Mason of the Bear Tribe." Many Wolves in the crowd snarled. Some looked on in suspicion.

"Report," Dimitri's body hardened. "How did they come on our territory without notice?" Alpha Mason stood his ground, but his face gave it all away. He was petrified, unable to protect the women, and children who had followed him into the Red Wolves territory.

"I've come to beg, plead even," Alpha Mason got on his knees, shaking before my mates. Everyone gasped for air as the Alpha Bear put his forehead on the dirt. "Save the women and children, please. I have my men, we will fight to the very end, but I do not have enough resources to save those who are innocent in all of this." Mason clawed the dirt with his claws, hitting it several times before his eyes met mine.

Dax and Dimitri stood with their arms crossed, stoic as they contemplated their next move. The women behind Alpha Mason held babies, and children, in their arms as they wept freely amongst the rest of the pack. The mighty bears known for their strength and endurance against the woods were now huddled in fear. But from what?

"Alpha Mason?" I broke the silence, everyone's eyes were now on me, but I didn't care for their judgmental eyes. I was my mates' Luna, and I was called to speak to help with the Werebears. "What do you need protecting from exactly?" Alpha Mason shuddered while another woman wailed in the back; several women tried to hold her up, but continued to hold her stomach. Rushing towards her, a claw mark appeared on her stomach until one showed up across her neck.

The woman tried to speak, grabbing the oversized shirt on my body. "The gas, the rogues," blood sputtered from her lips. "They are trying to kill us all. The children…" the young woman, not much older than me, stopped speaking as the blood ran cold down her neck and onto the ground. My own hands were covered in her crimson stains.

"Dario Rinaldi," I growled under my lips. The woman who was now lifeless in my arms pushed one last breath from her lips, and her head leaned back with her eyes closed.

Oh my god.

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