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So, when I tell her it was me that got them for her, I’m prepared when her steps falter and I accommodate to make sure our dancing seems seamless to anyone watching.
When Artemis pushes forward and I hear them both thank us, Kai also pushes forward to reply with me. He was desperate to have her in our arms, and now that she is, he is calm and content in my head, practically willing to roll over and show Artemis his belly.
Then she asks me about the jewelry. So, someone recognized what I had done. Not hard if you’ve ever seen Artemis in her eyes. But then I decide to go a step further and let her know that I’ve been dreaming about her, hoping she won’t specifically ask about the dreams. She doesn’t ask outright, but her devious smile gives her away. And, now I’m wondering if she’s been dreaming of me as well. Goddess I hope so.
When she licks her lips, it is all I can do to not kiss her. I don’t know if she’s ready for that yet and I don’t want to scare her off. ‘Kiss her! Kiss her!’ Kai barks in my head. Instead, I tell her I’d rather save that for our second date, setting it up for her to go out with me at least twice.
When she asks me if I’m counting this as a date and then gives me that grin, it reminds me of the first lines of All of Me and why I nearly chose that song.
‘What would I do without your smart mouth?
Drawing me in and you kicking me out.
You’ve got my head spinning, no kidding
I can’t pin you down.”
Yeah, she has a smart mouth and one day, very soon, I’ll be punishing those beautiful lips with my own when she gets smart with me.
But I don’t want her to think of me as her Alpha, I want her to think of me as her lover, her mate, her friend, her partner. So I ask her to call me Rik. I let her know that when I take her out, she will know it’s a date. I’ve never had a reason or desire to really wine and dine a girl. They always fall at my feet and don’t seem to expect much from me other than a possibility of being the next Luna, which was never an option.
But Cara is special. And I want her to know every day for the rest of her life how special she is to me. I don’t want there to ever be a doubt in her mind that she’s the one and only one for me. Since the moment I saw her across the quad at school, no one will ever compare to her in my eyes.
As the song comes to an end, I can’t help but sing the closing line to her. She is perfect, in every way.
I’m caught in a trance looking into her eyes. I don’t know how long we would have stood there if things hadn’t gone to shit.
The howls of the patrols sounding the alarm goes up at the same time that wolves come crashing into the clubhouse, seemingly from everywhere. I push Cara behind me as two wolves came right at us. I shift as I jump toward them, my clothes shredding around me. Kai begins ripping out throats, the smell of garbage a clear indication that they are rogues. All around me, warriors are shifting and fighting.
My father mindlinks the pack. “Warriors, get the rogues out of here, we need to protect those that cannot fight.” He’s right, with most of the pack here, there are pregnant females, pups and elderly that can’t shift any longer.
I open the mindlink to the pack. “Anyone that cannot fight, move toward the bathrooms. Warriors create a barrier around them to keep them safe.” I see a wolf racing toward a pregnant woman holding her young pup. Her mate is battling another wolf and can’t help her. I jump on the wolf, ripping his head off. I look at the woman and nod my head in the direction I want her to go. She clutches her child and takes off.
I see Cara from the corner of my eye. She hasn’t shifted but she’s taking out her share of rogues while corralling others into the back room by the bathrooms. I watch as she pushes a pup behind her, letting her claws come out as she slashes the throat of a rogue who jumped at her. She then picks up the pup and moves. toward the area where several warriors are setting up a perimeter to protect the pack members.
She finds her father. He has stationed himself front and center of the protection perimeter and even from here I can see he is barking out orders to the other warriors. His eyes are so golden that they look like small suns glowing out of his eyes. Donovan is fighting with Mr. Nelson. I watch as a rogue attempts to go for his throat, thinking he’s easy prey. Mr. Nelson catches the wolf in mid air with one hand and rips his head off with the claws of the other as if it was nothing. He may be in a wheelchair, but I will never underestimate that man’s fighting ability.
More rogues pour into the club. My father, Liam, Chase and our pack warriors are tearing into them, but there are so many and they just keep coming. Where are they even coming from? I begin tearing my way through more rogues, trying to help as many warriors as I can, when I hear a howl from outside. The rogues. begin to make their way out of the building. Oh hell no! You’re not getting off that easily.
I follow them out of the building, seeing, for the first time, their true numbers. There are hundreds of them. On a hill a short distance away, I see their leader. He is looking right at me. His wolf is giving me a sly smile. He turns and runs off, away from the fighting. Coward!
Kai immediately begins to chase him. The leader’s wolf is big, but not as big ast Kai. We are gaining on him, but he’s smarter than I gave him credit for and he continues to evade us. Kai gets in a good swipe on this hindleg, but he continues to run.
He runs through some bushes and we follow. It’s only after we come out into a small clearing that I smell them. It’s an ambush, and a well played one. There are. at least 20 wolves here and they surround me immediately.
Kai bares his teeth and begins snapping at them. The leader shifts back to his human form. “Alpha Rik, how kind of you to join us.”
From behind me, I feel the pricks of several darts into my hindquarters.
The wolfsbane begins to flood my system and I’m forced to shift back as the drug knocks Kai out, effectively reducing me to a human.
I look up as the leader heads my way with silver handcuffs and shackles in his hand. “Now we wait for your Guardian.”
A trap for Cara???
The moment the wolves charge into the clubhouse, Rik pushes me behind him and shifts attacking two almost immediately. I only have a moment to appreciate the quickness of his shift before I’m faced with my own wolves.
Artemis pushes forward, about to shift, when Alpha Anders shouts to get those that can’t fight to safety and for warriors to protect them. As I look around, I realize I need to stay in human form for now and help get those that need help to safety.
Artemis stays forward, using her claws to slice through any of the rogues that get in our way. We begin moving mothers, pups and the elderly to the safe zone. I see my father wheeling his way over to where the non-fighters will be. He will handle the perimeter set up.
I see a pup cowering on the floor, alone and crying. A rogue goes for her but Artemis slices into his side from neck to flank. The wolf yelps and falls before she rips his throat out. I grab the pup and begin to head to the safe zone. Another wolf jumps at me. I push the pup behind me before slashing the throat out of this one as well. I grab the pup and get her behind the line of warriors my father is setting up. He is barking orders at them, getting them into formation when he calls my name.
I take out another wolf as I move toward him. “Cara! Stay with Alpha Rik. That is your job. Protect the future Alpha.” I nod once to acknowledge him as a howl echos from outside.
The rogues all begin to pull back and I see Kai jumping out of the building through one of the many holes made by the rogues. I let Artemis forward to shift and I follow after Rik.
When I get outside, I see the sheer number of wolves that have the building surrounded. Artemis lifts her head and howls a warning to those inside. Our warriors can take them, but they need to be prepared, and I don’t think anyone knew there were this many rogues working together to attack our pack. Alpha Anders links me and I let him know of the large number of rogues outside and that I’m going after Rik,
I catch his scent and begin to follow after him. He has taken off on his own. I don’t have time to wonder why he would do that, as I am under constant attack by the rogues. I take them down one after another and continue to follow Rik and
Kai’s scent.As I come up to a group of bushes, I can smell the scent of many wolves, but also Rik’s scent. It smells off. ‘Wolfsbane.’ Artemis tells me. ‘I can’t hear Kai. They must have captured them.”
‘So, it’s a trap?’ I ask her.
‘Most likely.’
I reach out via mindlink to my father. “Dad, it seems that Alpha Rik has been captured by the rogues. I’m going after him, but it seems to be a trap. I’ll let you know more when I can.” Before he can respond, I close the link and jump through the bushes.
When I’m clear of the bushes, I see a man holding Rik by the hair, a knife to his throat. Rik is naked except for the handcuffs and shackles on him. He’s on his knees, his throat exposed because of the way the leader is yanking his head back. The leader is a giant of a man. He smells like a wolf, but he is built like a bear shifter. His skin is the color of dark chocolate, his black hair trimmed close to his head. He has a thin mustache that follows the curve of his generous upper lip. His body is ripped, his chest looks like boulders on top of a trim 8-pack. His biceps are larger than my thighs and so ripped they look like they could cut diamonds.
I look around, slowly walking in a circle. There are at least 20, probably closer to 25 wolves surrounding me. One makes the mistake of coming too close and Artemis rips his throat out.
“Guardian!” The leader yells to get my attention. I turn back to him, watching as Rik struggles against his restraints. Without Kai, there is little chance that he will be able to get away.
I shift back to my human form. It’s the only way for me to find out what this guy wants. Rik snarls as I stand fully naked in front of so many men. The leader takes his time looking over my body. I don’t care, it’s just skin and flesh.
“Guardian.” Now his voice sounds like a purr. He tosses me a shirt. It reeks of garbage, but I put it on anyway.
“You seem to know who I am, which means you should know my purpose. You have my Alpha, so you are either stupid or crazy.” I cock my head to the side. ” Which is it?”
Ten darts hit my chest in rapid succession. Artemis snarls loudly as Rik yells and thrashes against the leader.