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Anger fills my veins.
Rogues start to run away as pack members try to catch some.
“ALL PACK MEMBERS GET THEM,” I yelled. “NO SURVIVORS.”
I didn’t want no rogue to survive after what went down here today.
All pack members follow the rogues. Some tried to surrender, but pack members weren’t letting anyone live. The look on some pack members’ faces was complete pain and anger. Some members were lost during this attack, and we all felt it.
Pack members lost loved ones, all due to a madman and his desire to have whatever I had.
I watched as the pack members ran.
“Mate,” whimpered Blaze in my head, pulling me back.
I turned around and looked at where Bex had landed. But Bex wasn’t there, a human was and a young girl who was checking on her.
I ran over to her.
Roxie.
As I approached, the young she-wolf looked up at me. A tear ran down her cheeks. “Alpha,” she whispered as she looked back down.
My eyes landed on Roxie.
She looked like Roxie, but she was covered in loads of blood.
“Alpha,” the young woman yelled, which pulled me from my thoughts as I went to my knees. I picked up Roxie and noticed a big chunk of her side was gone, and blood was gushing out.
Blaze whimpered in my head.
The girl had something in her hand and placed it on Roxie’s wound.
I looked at her.
“Thank you,” I whispered.
The girl nodded.
I picked Roxie up and turned to run toward the pack hospital.
I knew I had to get her there.
I needed Roxie to be okay, better even.
But my mind was racing. Where the hell did she come from?
“Mate tried to save us,” muttered Blaze in my head, which made me remember how I managed to get free from all those rogues. They were stunned when a white wolf came to an alpha’s aid.
I ran all the way, but I could hear people behind me.
I knew who it was; it must have been Tim, Jason, and Keith.
I could feel a mind link trying to open up, but I ignored it. I needed to get Roxie to the hospital and fast.
I ran through the pack hospital doors as a doctor was waiting with a stretcher. “Alpha Lex,” the doctor said. “Alpha Frank told me you would be bringing our Luna.”
I didn’t say anything as I placed Roxie on the stretcher.
The pack doctor checked her over. He went to remove the cover that was placed over her wound, but more blood came out.
“We need to move her,” he yells, and everyone grips hold of the stretcher and starts to run. I followed them, but the pack doctor stopped me by placing his hand on my shoulder. “Alpha Lex,” he said, looking at me. My eyes never met his; they were on the stretcher that was turning the corner.
“I need to be with her,” I blurt out.
“Alpha Lex,” called the pack doctor, which made me look at him.
The doctor looks at me with a stern look, but it softens. “Alpha Lex,” he said. “I need to go in there and stop that blooding, but I will come back with an update for you as soon as possible.”
I nodded.
He went to move, but my feet followed him, making him stop me again. “Alpha Lex, you need to stay here, please,” he said.
I am about to move, but a hand goes to my shoulder and pulls me back. “Let him go to her son,” Tim says in a strangled voice.
The doctor looks back and nods.
I stayed rooted to the spot as I watched him leave.
As the doctor turns the corner, I look over my shoulder. Behind me were all the men in Roxie’s life; her brother, father, and uncle.
Their faces were all full of concern.
There was so much blood on her, remembering the state I saw her in.
I turned around and walked past everyone, not saying a word.
There was a waiting room, and I went in, out of sight. I needed to collect my thoughts and have some quiet.
My head was racing with all the events that had happened.
I didn’t get to think as the door opened, and I walked to the others.
“Lex,” rasped out Jason, which made me look at him.
His eyes were rimmed with tears.
“Rox,” was all he could say before the tears flowed.
I turned and walked over to him, wrapping him in a brotherly hug that we had done many times over the years.
I usually never hug people, but this was for Jason and me. I needed it.
Jason pulled back and looked at me. “Where the hell did she come from?” he asked.
I shrugged.
I looked at Tim and Keith, who had taken seats around the room.
“Where’s Sofia?” I asked as I turned back to Jason.
Jason looked at me and sighed. “She’s okay,” he said. “She is being checked out as a rogue bit her.” The last part came out more of a growl.
I looked over at the men, but the mind link that I ignored came back to life.
I sighed and opened it.
It was my father.
“Lex,” he bellowed. “Don’t ignore me. How is she?”
“I don’t know,” I said numbly and shook my head. “Where are you?”
“Alpha Gareth got hurt during the attack,” he said. “Nathan and I are with him and walking back to the pack hospital. Alpha Dean has gone to get out all the pack members in the pack house.”
I sighed.
“Lex, once I have made sure Alpha Gareth is okay, I will pop by to see you,” he said. “But I will deal with the aftermath; you concentrate on Roxie. I know you will want to be there when Roxie wakes up.”
Hope flutters out as I think about Roxie.
My father closes the mind link down, and I walk to a nearby chair.
I sat down and felt lost.
Blaze moves in my head, which makes me look back at him. “You, okay?” I asked.
Blaze looked at me, and his eyes were holding so much. “I want, mate,” he whispers, which sends my heart into a breaking mess.
I can’t lose her.
Not like this.
I lean back on the chair and close my eyes, sending a prayer. “Please, moon goddess,” I pleaded. “Bring her back to me.”
LEX
I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling.
It felt like minutes had gone by, but I looked over to the others in the room, and they all had their eyes closed.
I looked around, but there was no sign of the doctor.
My mind and heart needed to know what was happening to Roxie.
