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“Okay, okay. Let me take a look at you, gorgeous.” He says, sitting up. She rubs herself against him before standing in front of him, prancing around, unable to be still. beautiful you are. And big! I thought you’d be small given how tiny Angel is, but you’re almost as large as Cyran.”
Alessia is purring, rubbing herself on Liam, scenting him. He stands, brushing the grass off his pants. Alessia jumps at him, barking loudly. She’s bent over with her front legs on the ground, her butt in the air, and her tail wagging back and forth like a metronome.
Liam stops and looks at her. “Feeling playful little one?” And I can hear Cyran’s voice overlaying Liam’s. She barks at him again, jumping at him before running a few steps away. She looks back to see if he’s going to follow her.
Liam’s eyes have gone completely dark as Cyran pushes forward. “Run little one.”
Alessia takes off like a shot. A moment later, I hear large paws hitting the earth. Alessia turns her head and sees Cyran chasing after her. She howls her delight and pushes forward. Cyran’s answering howl is the howl of the hunt, and Alessia is his prey.
Cyran chases us around the pack lands, nipping at Alessia’s heels when he gets close enough. She’s giving him a good run, not making it easy to catch her.
She’s run back into the canyon and is running at full speed when she catches the scent, that sickly sweet scent that we’ll never forget. She turns, digging her paws into the ground, skidding out in the grass. Her nose is up in the air sniffing.
Vampire.
Just as Cyran catches up to us, she lets out the warning howl. Danger.
We’re halfway between the Canyon Ridge and Shadow Falls packs. Basically, h and I are on our own until help arrives, and I can’t tell how many vampires ther are.
NOW
“Custos Regni.” It’s a hissing sound that brings back so many awful memories. ” We finally found you. The Prince will be so pleased.”
Cyran snarls next to me. Alessia steps forward and moves in front of Cyran putting herself between him and what we now see are five vampires.
‘Alessia?’
‘I don’t know, I’m not at full strength, but I’m stronger than I was the last time. we fought them.’
I feel Cyran tug on our tail with his teeth, pulling us out from in front of him.
“Kill the male. Keep the female for the prince.” The leader says. It’s not Sebastian this time, but he has the same confidence. Three of his minions immediately move to take out Cyran. The vampires are so fast that he doesn’t see them coming, but Alessia and I do.
Before the first one can get his hands on Cyran, Alessia grabs his arm, ripping it from his body, then slices her claws across his throat. He’s not dead, but there are still two more going after Cyran.
She turns in time to see Cyran ripping the head off one as the other wraps his arms around his neck. Alessia snarls, jumping up to pull him off Cyran, when the leader comes up behind us, grabbing Alessia by the throat. She thrashes around trying to break his grip. She’s strong, but still not at full strength and the vampire has a good grip, having wrapped his other arm around her rib cage. The fifth vampire joins in and helps the leader restrain Alessia.
They begin dragging us away, Alessia fighting to get back to Cyran. Cyran is still fighting with the second vampire that attacked and the first one I put down is starting to move. I can see Cyran is distracted, wanting to get to me.
I hear heavy footfalls and know that other wolves are on the way. One of the vampires restraining Alessia turns to fight the newcomers. I take the opportunity. to turn and grab hold of the leader by the throat. He starts beating on Alessia, scratching at her as we listen to the gurgling sound of him drowning in his own blood.
With the vampire still hanging from her mouth, she turns to see that two other wolves have arrived and are taking out the last three vampires. Cyran rips the head off of his and turns to us. Alessia steps on the body of the vampire she’s dragging by its throat before shaking her head viciously, tearing the vampire’s head from its body.
The other two wolves make short work of the last two vampires. Alessia puts her nose in the air, sniffing to see if there are any more. She gives a short bark letting everyone know that there are no more.
Cyran comes over, nipping at her then licking her muzzle, cleaning her. I watch ” as the two new wolves shift. Rik and Anders. Cyran stops cleaning Alessia and shifts back as well.
“Rik, Anders.” He greets.
Rik looks at me. “I’m guessing this is Alessia.”
“Yes. I don’t know if these were scouts, but at some point they will be missed. Our timeframe for war just shortened.” Liam tells the other two. “I set up a meeting room for tomorrow in my pack house. We can all meet there and talk about our plan.”
We hear several other paws digging into the earth. Wolves are coming from the direction of both packs. As they prepare to address the other wolves, Liam comes over to me, he kneels down, running his hands over Alessia making sure she’s not too injured. He leans in and quietly whispers in her ear. “You and I will have words about this later Angel.”
The vampires have found her. And what does Liam want to talk about?
I cannot believe that Alessia fucking stepped in front of me. As if she was going to take on those five vampires by herself while I stood around with my thumb up my ass. I’m so pissed I could punch something, but right now, I have to deal with the fact that the vampires have found her. If the vampire prince is a decent leader, he’ll know exactly where he sent his scouts and when they are supposed to return. We can only hope that this was an early stop and they aren’t expected back for a while.
Rik and I set up additional patrols to cover the canyon between us and assign some warriors to burn the vampires. Now that I’ve smelled them, I know Dustin was right. That’s not a smell you forget. It’s so sweet it almost burns your nose. I’m thankful that Angel stayed in her wolf form. I’m not sure I could have restrained myself if she were naked in front of all these males. I’m already angry, and I need to harness my anger before we get back to the packhouse and I have a chance to speak to her. I also need to make sure that she doesn’t need any medical care. Alessia still isn’t up to full strength and I’m not sure how much damage that vampire did to her. When I checked her over briefly, she didn’t seem to have serious injuries, but I also saw that asshole leech beating on her.
When we’re done, I look at Alessia and jerk my head toward home. She takes the hint and heads out, I shift and Cyran is right on her tail. Her pace is considerably slower on the way home. She’s overdone it and worn herself out. Fuck!
Cyran keep pace with her, making sure she doesn’t fall on her way back up the cliff face. It’s slow going but when we get to the top, I find a tree where the pack has clothes stashed and I shift back. I throw on a pair of shorts and turn to Alessia.
“Shift.” I use every bit of Alpha tone that I have. I know it doesn’t work on her, but I’m hoping she’ll realize that I’m not playing. She shifts and looks at me cautiously.
I toss her a shirt and wait until she pulls it on. Once she has, I throw her over my shoulder and begin stalking back to the packhouse.
“Liam! What are you doing, put me down.”
I smack her ass, hard. “Hold still and be quiet.”
The walk to the packhouse is faster with me carrying her. I know she needs to eat, but we need to talk first. Pack members start to approach me, but when they see me carrying Angel over my shoulder, or maybe it’s the deadly look on my face, they scurry out of my way.
I head straight to my room before putting her down and rounding on her. “What the fuck was that?”
I can see her total confusion. She has no idea why I’m so upset. I start pacing, trying to burn off some of this anger. And underneath the anger is the real problem. Fear. Fear that I could have lost her today.
I turn back to her. “Don’t ever fucking put yourself between me and danger again. Got it?”
“They were going to kill you Liam.” She says quietly.
“First! I’m a fucking Alpha! I’ve been taking care of myself since I was six years old.” I’m yelling, waving my arms around like a crazy person. “Second! You don’t give your life for me. Do you understand me? Not today, not ever. Are we clear?”
I get in her face, towering over her. I’m breathing so heavy I feel like a fucking dragon breathing fire. In the back of my mind, I’m proud of my little angel. She doesn’t back down from my fury.
“I’m a Guardian Liam. It’s my job. It’s what I do.”
“Fuck that! Fuck that shit. Did you not hear anything that I said to you last night? Did you not hear how important you are to me? Do you not realize that you aren’t saving my life by giving yours for mine? I have no life if you aren’t in it. Just like that line from the song, you showed me what it feels like to be full, and it’s so fucking light I feel like I’m floating. Do you think that I could go back to that empty feeling again, after knowing what I was missing? I can’t. I have no life without you Angel. I have nothing.”
I start pacing again. “I’m only just now beginning to understand what my father was going through all those years.” I turn back to her. “And I’m telling you now, I’m not strong enough to survive it. I wouldn’t last ten minutes without you, much less the ten fucking years my father survived. Do you hear me, Angel?”