Alpha Enzo (and Alaria) novel Chapter 100

Alaria:

I fought, and if anyone would have told me that I would as blind as I was, killing without mercy before, I would have hit them in the face.

But here I was, standing as I would for my family, fighting off those who dared enter the pack that we stayed in.

“You really do believe that you are doing yourself a favor?” One of the women, a gamma, said. Her eyes held anger and hate, the greed in them showed just how much she was willing to do to break me, to break everything that we had to build. I paid no attention. I had my son to protect, and I did not aim to lose him, to lose my family, for a wrenched witch like herself.

“The question would lie on you, do you really believe that your word would make a difference to me?” I asked, grabbing her by her throat. I broke it before she could answer, killing her almost instantly.

Caine, who was busy fighting two men off, looked at me for a moment before killing one man before dodging the other just inches before he was stabbed in the back. My heart raced against my chest, and it wasn’t until I looked at the house, which was safe from the flames as Hope did her task of raising the barrier, that I was able to breathe. At least my son was safe.

“Things are getting out of hand and if this persists, we might not be able to make it much longer.” Caine said, looking at Viktor who was badly injured. I frowned at the beta’s sight, and taking the hint, both Caine and I ran toward him, helping him stand.

“Shit,” I whispered, looking down at the injury on his stomach. The man was bitten. A Lycan is within the pack.

“If a Lycan is here…”

“We are in deeper trouble than we thought that we would be.” I said, stopping Caine. He shook his head and helped Viktor walk toward the house.

“They are going to have to manage the wound inside.”

“There are no doctors within the pack…”

“They will have to manage. A Lycan is immune to Hope’s spells. If he, she, or they manage entering the house, everything that we are protecting is dead. And I think you know who that includes.” He said, stopping me. “I’ll be right back.”

I turned to the pack members who were fighting, knowing that me backing down now, me leaving them, weakening, was only going to frighten them. They were worried enough as it was, that was something that I knew for fact. That was something that they couldn’t be blamed for.

I grabbed one of the guns that were on the ground. This was the last thing that I wanted to do, but this was the one thing that I could do to hit long ranges.

I took a deep breath as my heart raced, and though I did target the people that I wanted dead, I hesitated. And that was when a flashback hit me harder than I could have thought it would.

Flashback:

“I can’t do this, you know that, Enzo. I will not use a gun.” I said, and he smiled.

“You don’t need to use it, but sometimes knowing how to is going to spare you a lot. You are the wife of one of the more dangerous capos, and you know that with danger there will be enemies. Some of them would be human too, and attacking them in our way would make things somewhat complicated for us.” He said, running his finger over my hand. “Trust me, I know that you are scared, in pain, and you could be worried. But you are going to have to trust me in this.”

“What if I fail? If things end up turning against us…”

“We are going to succeed together. I am going to always be there to protect you. But there will also come a time when you and I both know that I am not going to be there, I won’t be able to if I want to. When that happens, I want you to be ready. One day, this is a skill that you are going to need, and I know that you don’t want it, but knowing that you can do it is going to ease my mind when dealing with our enemies.” He said, standing behind me. He wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me to his chest before taking both my hands in his, teaching me how to hold the gun. “Your gun is already loaded, most of the time, it won’t be. You need to load it yourself. But first, we are going to work on your aim, and focus.”

“Deep breath, and fire.” He said, pressing the trigger with me. My eyes widened at how loud it was, and I had to fight back jumping. Enzo was patient as he held me close, and I wasn’t until the fourth shot that I was able to hold the gun without shaking.

“Now, you are going to be able to say that you have ONE new skill mastered.”

“One that I will never need,” I said, and he chuckled as I handed him the gun. He put it away and cupped my cheeks before kissing me.

“One that you will never need…”

End of Flashback.

“You made me who I am when you brought her to the house.” She said, and I scoffed.

“This was always you, Alaria had nothing to do with it. She barely even approached you and had it not been for Alonso, trust me, she wouldn’t have even spoken to you. Unfortunately, you are the mother of the boy and she put that in mind when it comes to him spending time with Ashton.” I said, and she growled.

“Well, if the kids are the one thing that are connecting us…”

Her eyes widened in surprise as she froze. My heart race and I frowned when the smell of blood filled my nostrils. Katherine’s body dropped almost instantly, and I looked up to find Alaria standing behind her. A knife was in Katherine’s hand, making my heart drop.

“I’m sorry, she would have stabbed…” she didn’t complete her sentence as I ran toward her. Our hearts raced in sync, and I wrapped my arms around her as I pulled her in for a hug.

I lifted Alonso in my arms, hugging him tightly, and it wasn’t until I caught sight of Leonardo as he was approaching us, wanting to greet us, that my eyes widened as I saw an arrow hitting him from the back and coming out of his chest.

His eyes widened in surprise, and I covered Alonso’s face with my hand. He looked down at the needle as he fell, and I let out a growl that even I didn’t expect of myself as I saw Ezio, despite being as bloody as he was, holding the string in hand.

“I am impressed by your love. Regardless of everything, you still managed to hold onto her.” He said, looking at Alaria. He pulled out another bow, he didn’t even care about his blood as it poured over his head. I put Alonso down, making him hide behind me.

“I am going to start with her, then with your son, and then the whole pack. I will be sure that those who do not submit die at my hand.” He said as he watched me standing in front of Alaria. He smirked, and shook his head. “You claimed the rogue bastard, you can keep him. He will do you no good anyway, he is not your heir nor is he ever going to be. Not now that everyone knows who he is. Anyhow, I doubt that anyone would be willing to listen or even look at a fallen Alpha.”

“I would rather die than watch my mate get hurt.” I said, and he laughed.

“Your mate is dead. The woman you are defending is the one who killed her, by the way. You should take your anger out on her. Shame, she even let a boy be an orphan.” He said, and Alaria’s heart raced as I heard her take a deep breath. Caine was quiet, the ghost that he was, he didn’t move a muscle. At least, that was what we thought, even if he did, not a soul would notice it.

“It is time for all of you to die.” Ezio said, letting the string go. I turned, wanting to protect Alaria only to be surprise by a gun shot. She hit his head, however, his body dropping wasn’t what had my wolf howl in pain.

It was the sight of her with the arrow in her stomach…