Athena danced around in my head. Happy to help when needed.
Xander wasn’t going to hide me away like the other women, I didn’t need to lessen myself for him. He wanted me next to him, fighting alongside him.
“Oh I know. I just thought Sabrina wouldn’t want to leave her son’s side.” Lucas says.
He’s right. With a fight brewing between two packs, one never knows if this alpha Neil has someone on the inside.
“I’ll protect him.” Xander’s mother says walking up to me.
“Let Dorothy come with us and your boy to our bunker. They will be safe, I promise.” She says to me.
I’m very trusting. I give people too much trust but this was my son.
I wanted to fight alongside Xander and still keep my baby safe. The only way I knew how, was to use mind control.
So I turn to Jill, locking our eyes together.
“Yes, you will protect Adrastos with your life. Not one child in the bunker will come to any harm.” I say to her and she nods.
“I had to.” I say looking at Xander. I don’t give him time to respond as I walk away and in to the nursery to give Dorothy the news and to pack some things my son will need while in the bunker.
I do the same thing to Dorothy. We walk out, Adrastos in my arms. We all walk out of my apartment but Dorothy, Jill and I make our way out to the bunker.
I had to meet the six warriors and do the same to them. It was the only way my heart will be at ease when I’m out there, helping Xander avenge his mate. I will know there are eight people who will fight whoever that tries to harm my child.
That will give me enough time to get this Neil to Xander and let him do whatever his wolf wants.
We went down the basement and down some flight of stairs. They led us through paths that felt like I walking through a maze.
When we got to the bunker, I was expecting a room with just enough beds for children but no this was a pack house underneath a pack house.
There were rooms for the alpha family, where I saw Xander’s sister sitting reading a book. I guess she won’t be fighting with us. Jill and Dorothy got to settling in as I said my goodbyes to my son.
I left them and met with the six warriors. I walked up to each of them,
“Protect the children at all costs. Not one child in here will come to any harm while you are here.” I say and they each nod.
I finished with the last one and walked out, luckily Lucas was there to walk me back.
“That’s a pretty neat trick you’ve got there.” He tells me and I smile.
“I try not to use it unless it’s necessary.” I say back to him.
He nods in understanding.
When we get to the front door, I see Xander waiting for us in just his grey sweats pants.
We all take our clothes off and shift in to our wolves and run to the border.
With Xander leading all of us, Lucas and Elliot running ahead of me and the pack. It is natural to follow the alpha but this time it feels different.
The energy was different.
The pack is allowing their alpha to lead but they are also determined. They want to avenge their true Luna although keeping in mind that Xander lost his mate and he deserves more than anyone, to kill alpha Neil.
When I got to the border, I saw Xander, in his naked glory, looking at an old man. He was ready to kill.
My focus though, was on the man standing next to alpha Neil. The man who’s power could be felt from miles away. A power almost as strong as mine that I knew all too well.
The man looked right back at me, his eyes bulging out once he recognized me.
I shifted back to my human form, to show him that it was me, all of me and I was happy he came to me.
For today, it seemed, I’d also get to avenge my broken family. Yes, Max is an ass and if this man had not come at us, Max would show his true colors years later but still, he had a hand in this. Most of all, he killed my mother.
He took away the only chance I had in this world to have my mother, he has taken so much from me. I was going to kill him this time and I was going to make sure he stays dead.
“Hello uncle.”