“Is everything alright?” Damon asked peeking in and was shocked to say the least when he saw us embracing each other on the floor.
“Yes, everything is fine.” I said wiping the tears away and Loranda did the same while hiding her face.
“Are you okay Lee?” He asked walking towards where we sat.
“Yes, I’m fine. We just need a doctor for Loranda and we could change her room as well. ” I answered.
“Okay then.” He raised me up and let out a small smile and he hugged me. Oh how I love his embrace.
” Do you need anything else?” I asked Loranda and she said she didn’t.
We stepped outside and Damon asked for her to be transferred to another room and well taken care of and then we went to our room.
I know he was itching to ask me what happened but didn’t want to till we were well settled.
“So what happened between you both?” He asked and I spilled out every thing I knew.
He seemed to have been shocked when I mentioned the alpha king and the prophecy but it didn’t seem as if he was hearing about it for the first time. Did he know something about all of this?
“She has to be protected, we need to come up with a plan. They will soon find her.” He said and I nodded. She has to be protected no matter what.
“I’ll have to talk to her as well. ” He said and I nodded. I felt really tired. Why were things becoming more complicated?
“You need to rest. This must be a lot to take in. ” He helped lay me down and I got ready to take a nap.
“It is, I just feel so bad for her and hope all of this ends soon. I hope the true alpha king does something about it soon. ”
“I’m sure he will. ” Damon said then turned to leave but turned back to look at me. “About that….”
He couldn’t complete his statement as Aria barged in, she was badly injured.
“What happened to you?” We asked in unison rushing to meet her.
“We were attacked while hunting.” She replied.
Damon swiftly called for a doctor. “Where did this happen and why? ”
“It happened not too far away from the pack. They said it was a warning to you to stay out of their way. We managed to fight them off but one escaped.” I turned to look at Damon, was he involved in anything I didn’t know about?
“They will be back soon, we’ll call for a pack meeting, we’ll get the army ready, we need to be prepared.” Great, more trouble! Damon went to her side inspecting her. She seemed to have been shot on her leg.
A stretcher came in and she was taken to a ward leaving just Damon and I.
” Who’s way are you to stay away from?” I asked and he turned to look at me.
“I really have no idea Lee but right now I need to keep the pack safe. I’ll be having a pack meeting soon. You should rest, you need to regain your strength completely, you’ve not healed properly. Go to bed, I’ll sort things out.” He kissed my cheeks and gave me a small smile before leaving.
I sat on the bed and sighed as he left. Couldn’t we really rest? There’s always one problem or another.
I needed to speak to Jonathan and Sam as well. We will help in whatever way we can. Loranda was still too weak and needed to rest properly. But what did this people want and who were they?
I pondered on this thought until I closed my eyes.
I woke up to someone stroking my hair, I was a bit startled but it was just Damon. He let out a chuckle after seeing my expression and I playfully punched him.
“How did the meeting go?” I asked sitting upright and he sighed.
“We still don’t know who is after us, why they are, when they will come and in how many numbers they will come but we are prepared and the allied armies will get here tomorrow. ” He replied.
“You’re doing a great job alpha.” I encouraged and he smiled.
“It’s my duty Luna.” He said smiling. I still preferred him calling me mi Reina to Luna but it has the same effect.
“How is Aria doing?” I asked, I needed to check up on her as well.
“She’s fine, she was sleeping when I checked on her earlier, want to go see her?” He asked and I nodded.
We went to Aria’s room and this time she was awake with Chase beside her.
“How are you feeling?” Damon and I asked together and I turned to give him a weird look before sitting close to her.
Aria chuckled before replying, “I’m good, it’s just a bullet to my leg, it’s nothing.” I guess everyone has experienced a lot of hardship as it is.
“It’s not nothing.” Damon and Chase scolded and she laughed.
“Okay boys.” She laughed and Damon rolled his eyes and Chase kissed her cheeks and Damon scoffed but I could see a small side threatening to escape.
“Do you have any clue on who might be after the pack?” I asked Aria.
“I just remembered something, the one who escaped wasn’t a wolf. It was a wizard.” I turned to look at Damon and he looked at me as well.
We knew who they were after now. Loranda. Loranda and I.
The witches already knew her location and they know that we are together. Someone must have told them. Damon mentioned seeking for the allied armies help earlier, could it be that one of them had spilled that Loranda was here? But the allied armies were supposed to be the good forces.
If it was the witches then we needed to act fast. I have to get to Loranda.
Suddenly, the alarm started blaring and Damon and Chase rose up hurriedly. What’s going on?
“We have intruders on our territory and I believe it must be them.” Damon said. ” Lee, get Aria and Loranda to the safe house in the bunker. The children, women and old will be gathered there. It’s too late to transport them. Stay in the bunker no matter what. ”
“You can’t expect us to stay hidden and do nothing.” I protested.
“You won’t be doing nothing. You’ll keep them safe, I’ll send some guards your way as well, now go. ”
He was in alpha mode now and using his alpha tone on me. He seemed to have noticed and came to me. “Please just keep everyone safe. We will come meet you there when everything is settled.” He gave me a kiss on the forehead and I hugged him.
“Be safe okay.” I said giving him a quick kiss. “You too.” He replied.
Aria and Chase kissed and said their goodbyes and our two mates hurriedly left the room.
We also needed to get to work, I went to Aria’s side and helped her up. Her leg was hurt and she won’t be able to walk properly.
“We need to get to Loranda.” I said and she nodded.
She was leaping and helping her we got to where Loranda was and she was sleeping peacefully.
“Loranda get up. ” I said tapping her quickly.
She quickly sat upright ready to attack. “What’s going on?” She asked hearing the alarms go off.
“The pack is under attack, we need to keep you safe. The witches already know you are here. They’ve come for us.” I said and for a split second I could see the fear in her eyes.
“We’ll be going to an underground bunker to protect the weak. We have to go now.”
She sprang out of bed and we all walked out of the room. We were all weak ourselves recovering from one thing or another. I really hope we could protect others.
Walking towards the bunker we could see what was going on. There were wolves, about a thousand of them fighting. The woods were on fire and the sight before us was devastating as dead bodies already laid around.
“Lee, where have you been. We’ve been searching all over for you. ” Jonathan questioned as he walked towards us with Sam.
“We need to leave now, the witches are here for the both of you. ” Sam said staring at Loranda hatefully and she did the same. They seemed to have a strong hatred for each other I wonder why.
“We need to protect the pack members Sam, we can’t just leave. ” I said walking towards the bunker. We didn’t have time to waste.
“Yes we can. There are people that will do that. That is not your duty. My duty is to keep you safe and you won’t be safe here. It’s better to leave now. I’ll transport is somewhere safe, it’s better that way. They’ll leave when they realize that you both are not here, you are keeping the pack safe as well. ”
There seems to be reason in what he was saying but Damon gave me a task and it was my duty to carry it out as his Luna. I couldn’t just leave them like that.
“They will not be able to find us in the bunker. We can all go there and think about things from there. ” Aria suggested and I agreed with her. Sam and Jonathan didn’t seem to pleased with it but agreed anyway.
We were currently in the pack house and the bunker was beneath it just after where the dungeons were, we just needed to get there.
“Let’s get going already.” Loranda said impatiently and we began to make our way there.
Suddenly the ground beneath us started to crumble.
“Walking there wouldn’t do. ” Sam said and with a snap of his fingers we appeared at the bunker.
Appearing at the bunker scared the people there until the guards recognized us.
The people here seemed to be around five hundred, each having a scared expression on their faces.
“What’s going on up there?” A little boy around the age of seven asked and his mother carried him patting him.
The people weren’t just scared for their lives but scared for their loved ones as well who were fighting on the surface and sure enough many lives would be lost.
“This is all her fault. ” An old man accused pointing at me. “Ever since she arrived here bad luck has followed us.”
I heard some people chorus yes and Sam turned to look at me as if to say are this the people you want to protect? I seemed to have forgotten that his pack members were against me but that wasn’t important. What was important was that no one died on my watch.
“It’s all because of you”
“What are you doing here? leave!” People began to chorus this furiously especially the women.
The guards tried keeping them in check begging for them to keep quiet and maintain their cool.
“I am here to protect you, I’ll leave after but right now you all just need to calm down. ”
There were a lot of we don’t need your protection, all these is your fault, just leave, go and so on as multiple people complained about my presence and I could see that it was beginning to annoy my company.
“Left to me I will rather her not be here because her life is more important than all of you combined but she chose to be here. We wouldn’t mind leaving but that will only be your loss so if you would not like to die you will sit down quietly and not say a word.” Did I mention that Sam is quite scary when he speaks sometimes. Now was one of those times. The people said nothing but stared at us with disdain.
The children were cowering in fear and all of these wasn’t really helping them. The older ones among them were looking at us suspiciously each forming an opinion of us. They all probably saw us as the bad guys.
The old man that started the whole thing rose up to speak again. “They are cursed, all of them, strange people on our lands has inflicted their curse upon us. They are cursed just like the alpha, they have brought evil upon us. ” He seemed to have something against Damon. He was probably one of those people that supported Simeon, the former beta that kidnapped me that Damon had to kill.
The people began to mumble and grumble each expressing their grievances against us and Damon but a loud rumbling of the earth caused them to scream in panic.