Ian’s p. o. v
My heart was beating rapidly as Jeannie rushed into the barrier, she was breathless and kept looking behind her.
“He’s coming and he isn’t alone.” She said loudly when she reached us.
“Jeannie, no matter what you can’t shift into your wolf form, he will know.” I said then handed her a dagger I was given by Lee to give to her once she had returned.
“This dagger is from Lee, it has Otis and wolfsbane applied to it, so please be careful with it.” I whispered softly.
“Don’t worry Alpha, I won’t disappoint you.” She said seriously then took it from my hand.
“Lee and Chase have already begun with the barrier. Once he walks in, they will begin to …”
I cut my sentence short when a tall huge man walked past the barrier with a few werewolves behind.
I frowned, surprised at how the barrier was not being lifted when he had walked in.
“Neo, tell Lee and Chase to fucking lift it now!” I mind linked him.
“Right away Alpha.” He answered.
The man stood looking at Jeannie seriously without paying attention to any of us. He had a strong Aura around him and the clothes he had on were that of royalty. His hair was neatly brushed backwards and his hands were covered with gloves. He was the Alpha king that we could all tell just by looking.
The barrier changed to a reddish color then it became Invisible again.
“It’s done Alpha, they couldn’t close the barrier in time because it requires so much energy to rise and maintain it.” Neo reported.
He was behind the cottages with the twins and Logan waiting for my command to step in.
The Alpha king reluctantly extended his hand towards Jeannie without a word.
The fucker had pride and confidence written all over his face and that alone made me angry.
When a minute went by without her walking to him, his expression turned cold and murderous.
“You must know who I am Alpha queen, don’t you?. I’m here for you so come to me.” He said seriously with an annoying accent.
Jeannie slowly shook her head and moved behind me.
The Alpha king growled low then cleared his throat.
“I hate repeating myself Alpha queen, so I’m going to give you one last chance to come to me, or else….”
“Or else what?” I asked loudly, cutting him off.
He looked at me for a second then laughed softly, annoying me even more.
“And who the fuck are you?” He asked with a raised brow.
“That question applies to you.” I spat
“Alright. I’m her king and owner just like her mother was.” He answered as I clenched my hand in fists.
“That’s funny because I’m her mate, therefore her owner.” I answered with emphasis.
He looked at her for a second then stepped back as his warriors stepped forward.
“I see now why she is hiding behind you a weakling.” He answered then raised his hand.
“Kill them all and rip out their hearts.” Came his command as his warriors charged at us.
I shifted into my wolf and rushed ahead with Felix, Pouncing on one of the wolf warriors and rolling with him to the side. As I got to my feet he was about to attack again, this time I jumped on him, sinking my teeth into his neck, earning a loud whimper from him.
I moved and threw his injured body towards the two warriors who were approaching me.
They fell to the ground but quickly got to their feet and slowly began to approach me ignoring their injured friend who was now in his human form trembling and breathing in rough short breaths as blood poured from his open wound.
They were now conscious of me upon witnessing how badly their friend was injured and now they were trying to find an opening to attack again.
This time when they attacked I lashed my claws against one’s face, crawling him badly then jumped on the other one biting down his leg and breaking the bone.
I was about to finish them off when Jeanine came running with a dagger in her hand and jumped on the limping warrior’s back, piercing the dagger in his flash.
The warrior howled in pain and threw her to the ground when he jumped up and down from the pain of the dagger still in his flesh.
I moved at a quick pace and jumped on the remaining warrior who was struggling to see and bit down on his neck sinking my Canines deep.
As he struggled I added pressure on my bite, until he went limp that’s when I pulled back.
I looked at Felix and saw her standing between dead lifeless male bodies which had no heads. Her shirt was slightly torn and her hands were covered in blood and in one of them was a beating heart.
A loud clap got my attention and made me growl out in warning.
The Alpha king stood with the most disgusting smile on his face and in his eyes there was no remorse or anger after losing his men. What I could actually see in them was enjoyment.
“That was truly an epic battle.” He said as his expression turned serious.
“Sadly this is where you all die.” He growled loudly as he shifted.
I was stunned over the size of his wolf. It was slightly bigger than Amelia’s and it stood proud and growled fiercely making the ground shake badly.
“Oh my goddess.” Jeannie whispered then stood up with widened eyes.
“Fuck it.” Felix said seriously.
“He pisses me off.” She spat then ran towards him in flash speed, hitting into him but she ended up falling without the Alpha king moving an inch.
She was about to stand when he pressed his front foot on her chest making her hiss in pain.
He was about to bite down on her when I rushed towards him and bumped into him, making him stumble and lose his balance for a second.
Felix got up while badly coughing and stood next to me.
“Go for the leg, I’ll aim for his ribs.” She said as I huffed in agreement.
We both charged at him together. I was about to bite his leg when he turned to the other side dodging my attack then lifted his paw and striked Felix hard, sending her flying in mid air.
When she hit the ground, I could hear her choke badly as the scent of her blood filled the air. Jeannie immediately rushed to her side to help.
The Alpha king looked at me then moved and began circling me as I growled to challenge him.
His act was to instill fear In me but I wasn’t backing up.
I charged at him as he jumped on me, his paws hitting my face and making me fall to the ground. He was about to strike again when he was hit and pushed away from me, rolling to the ground and hitting his front foot on a rock that was a few meters away. He got up with a limping foot and shook his head.
I got up and stood next to Aurora who was in her true form emitting strong pheromones.
“You weren’t supposed to come out!” I growled loudly using our mind link.
“There is no way I’m going to let him hurt you.” She answered strongly.
She really was stubborn, but I understand her concern very well.
“Logan it’s time.” I mind linked him.
The Alpha king looked at Jeannie then at Aurora and growled loudly, he finally released that Jeannie was a decoy.
When he rushed towards us, this time we attacked together.
I went for the injured leg while Aurora went for the neck, both of us biting down at the same time.
He growled and shook himself out of our bite then bit down on my shoulder and went for Aurora, striking her down.
I wanted to run to her side when my legs gave out and my head began to ache badly. My vision became slightly blurred as I forced myself to move but failed.
I could see Aurora trying to hold her ground but with each strike the Alpha king landed, it left her injured badly. Her fur was now coated in blood and her huffs were low.
After a few minutes, she stumbled and fell to the ground weakly.
I tried to stand up again but that only ignited pain throughout my body that made me howl out.
The Alpha king slowly approached her, and stood in front of her while she growled in warning.
He leaned in and bit her leg, pulling her with him as he took a few steps back.
I shifted into my human form and tried again to move but couldn’t.
When the Alpha king let go of her leg and growled, I sighed in relief. I could smell the twins, Logan and Neo before I could even see them.
“Let’s nail him.” One of the twins said when he walked past me.
I watched as the three of them shifted and went for the Alpha king.
As the twins attacked with striking their paws against his body Neo jumped on him biting his back.
The Alpha king howled in pain and tried to fight back but the twins were too fast, each hit he gave they managed to dodge easily.
The fight went on for a few minutes and the Alpha king’s movements began to slow down.
He turned and looked at Aurora, this time I could predict his move. He was going to go for her because he was getting tired and his movements were now sloppy.
Just as he was about to run to her. I heard a swish sound and the Alpha king’s loud whimper followed. He fell to the ground and brushed his paw on his bleeding face. One of his bleeding eyes had a small knife stuck in there.
Logan approached and stood next to me with his chest raising and falling.
“Everyone, step back, it’s time.” He said loudly through our mind link as the twins shifted back into their human form.
One quickly rushed to Aurora and knelt down beside her.
“Alpha please pardon me, I need to take her to the cottage.” He said through our mind link.
I was angry with his suggestion!. For that to happen Aurora had to shift into her human form and he would get to look at her naked body. But on the other hand he needed to take her where it was safe.
“Let him do it.” Axel said. He was quietly absorbing most of my pain since the first blow I had received.
“My love, shift back.” I whispered using our mind linked and watched sadly as she did. Her body had a lot of bruises and crawl marks.
He lifted her up and went with her to the cottage, while the other one helped me up.
“Alpha you have to go. I must end this.” Logan said softly.
The Alpha king looked at Logan with his one eye then growled and ran towards him to kill him.
He rushed ahead and threw another knife blinding his other eye as the Alpha king howled and whimpered louder in pain, jumping back and forth.
“Alpha go!” Logan exclaimed.
“Jeannie.” I called in concern then noticed she and Felix were nowhere to be seen.
“They are safe, let’s go.” The twin whispered and went with me inside the cottage.
Once I was put on the couch, the twin rushed into the bedroom and quickly came back with a bed sheet then covered me.
“Wait here.” He said then rushed out before I could stop him.
My muscles were tense and it was getting hard for me to breathe.
The door opened again and this time Lee walked in. He quickly sat opposite me on the floor and grabbed my hand.
His hand was cold and his hair was wet. He looked very pale and sweat was running down his cheeks.
He chanted something as his eyes glowed bright white.
After a few minutes, the pain I felt instantly vanished and I was able to breathe properly again.
“Aurora.” I called softly.
“I’m safe.” Came her soft response through our mind link.
I got to my feet while wrapping the bed sheets around my waist.
“She’s fine, Chase is attending to her and Felix at the same time.” Lee answered in a cracked low voice.
“Then who’s maintaining the barrier?” I asked on top of my voice.
“No one.” He answered, then stood up and fell forward.
I quickly grabbed him by the hand and carefully helped him sit on the couch.
“I’m going out there.” I said seriously.
“There is no need.” He answered.
“There is.” I said then covered my nose with my hand and walked out of the Cottage.
As I got closer, I was astonished to see the twins, Logan, Neo, Uncle and another she-wolf tearing the Alpha king’s lifeless human body in their wolf form.
I dropped my hand and got closer to them as they all moved backwards from the pool of blood that they were stepping in.
Logan shifted in his human form and smirked.
“I didn’t even have to use Otis on him.” He said proudly.
“What happened?” I asked in shock.
“When the barrier went down, uncle and this she-wolf happened.” Came the twins’ response.
That’s all I needed to know that they greatly contributed in killing him.
I was relieved and happy as I turned and went to my mate who was now finally free from the Alpha king .