Alpha Enzo (and Alaria) novel Chapter 99

Alaria:

I kept my arms wrapped around my son as my eyes widened in surprise at the sight of the fires that were surrounding the pack.

We were cornered, and it didn’t take me long to know and understand that it was her, Katherine, who was behind this attack. The idea of her challenging us so soon was not one that I expected, I mean, she just lost her mate.

It turns out that I was wrong.

“What is going on?” I heard one of the gammas ask. His eyes met mine as I put my son down, knowing that this riot was not going to be solved with me holding him. I was going to need to secure the pack children, and the fact that we had sealed the secret doors to prevent entry was something that I somewhat regretted right now. They would have been an easy escape out. Now, neither one of the pack members could use them.

“We are under attack, and if we don’t fight, we are not going to be able to hold on for long.” I said, looking around. “Gather the pack children and elderly. We are going to need to secure them here. We will be fighting this war outside.”

“The house was put under attack, do you think that these walls are going to keep them safe?” An omega asked, looking at me with wide eyes.

“It would be a better option than leaving them in open grounds. You are going to go to the basement. It is the safest room for you right now. Do not use any of the tunnels. Those who are going to fight follow me. Enzo is already with the men outside, and he is going to need our help right now.” I said, looking at the maids who I knew would be taking care of Ashton.

“He is in your care. If things turn out differently, you are going to take him and run. I will not forgive you if something is to happen to my son.” I said, looking at the two of them. They nodded, avoiding my eyes as they did. I got down on my knees in front of Ashton whose heart raced.

“Mama…”

“Mama has to go and help daddy. I know that you are going to be scared, but right now, I need you to be brave. Because I am going to need to be brave, but if you are not, it is going to be harder for me to be brave.” I said, stopping him. “You are going to listen to the girls. They are going to keep you safe.”

“Mama, don’t leave me.” He said, as his tears welled up in his eyes.

“I won’t be long. But I am going to need you to be safe for me to focus. Please promise me that you are going to stay safe.” I said, wiping his tears. “I will be back very soon. But mama is going to need you to trust her.”

He nodded, and though I knew that it was against what he wanted, I was thankful for the fact that he knew not to make a fuss. It was going to be a lot harder on me if he did. I closed my eyes for a moment as I shut my humanity off. It was going to be the one way for me to be able to leave him right now, and kissing his cheeks, I got up from the ground before looking around the pack members.

I nodded at the maids to take him before looking at him one more time. My heart raced, but I turned to leave, knowing that it was going to be the way things were to be done.

“I want the doors locked and the barriers raised. The house is to be protected until our last breaths. Use the magic if you have to. I don’t want who are inside to be harmed.” I said, looking at Caine, one of the most vicious of assassins.

“Using magic will only work for too long. And we have ONE witch, Hope, and she is not going to be able to do this on her own.” He said, and I glared at the man. “And I am curious, does Alpha Enzo even know about you meaning to go out? I doubt that he would be approving of this.”

“You do your part when it comes to killing, and I will do as I see fit. As for Hope, she is going to be able to do it. When both her parents are of magic, she is going to be able to do it if you believe in her.” I said, and Caine chuckled.

“You really believe that a teenager would be able to protect a pack house on her own? Even her parents would have struggled let alone the teen.” He said, and I growled. He rolled his eyes. “Her blood will be on your hands if she dies.”

“And the pack’s blood will be on yours if something happens to them because you are refusing to listen. Therefore, call her to raise the barrier, and we are going to fight. I doubt that an assassin like yourself can’t fight to kill when needed to protect the pack. And though I am curious about the reason behind you being here…”

“We are going to be attacked from the ceiling. I saw them climbing. I figured that I would need to kill them from the inside before turning to go outside.” He said, stopping me. “You can feel free to join me, Luna. As you seem to be a little more weary about what would be happening inside the house that you seemed to have forgotten the fact that this pack has a roof. It is one that our enemies can and will climb through.”

“What the fuck are you waiting for then?” I asked, and he nodded, raising his index finger before an explosion, a low one, made my eyes widen.

“A little access and silent invitation.” He said, and I frowned, knowing that he killed them by making them explode, literally. “I’ll give Hope a call. Then we can cut the power off to kill our enemies. This would give them a blind spot, us time, and the pack members a little more time to get in the basement. Wouldn’t you agree, Luna Alaria…?

Enzo:

“You know, now I am really starting to regret the fact that we blocked all the secret exits.” Leonardo said, and I chuckled.

“Dad…”

“Now, now, I thought that the two of us agreed that you know that he is not your father.” Katherine said, her tone colder than I had ever heard it. “You are here to see what is to be done when people double cross family. He is going to be paying the price of cheating, lying, and even…”

“Leave the kid out of this, Katerina, he has nothing to do with your mess.” I said, stopping the woman.

“He has everything to do with what we are going through. As far as I am concerned, had it not been him, you wouldn’t have been looking at me to begin with. Nevertheless, now that you have chosen that wrench of a woman as your Luna, I figure that Alonso would be seeing the true man that you are. The man who would be more than willing to kill his mother, and the man who left him to be with another woman.” She said, and I growled. She tightened her hands on Alonso’s shoulders, and he winced.

Tears formed in his eyes, and I shook my head. Our eyes met, and I took a deep breath, motioning for him to do the same.

“If it is the last thing that I am going to have to do, Alonso is not going to be a victim of your cruelty.” I said, and she scoffed.

“I believe that the two of us know that the ONE cruel person here is you. The cold heart that you possess is one that I haven’t seen in a long while. And though I have to admit, you managed to soften well enough to find yourself another woman. The love bite on your neck reveals it, and I believe that…”

Ezio let out a growl, stopping her.

“Your jealousy will get us nowhere.” He said, looking me dead in the eye. “Not when they are dead anyway. You can drown it with them. For now, how about you make yourself useful for us to fight.”

“I am to hold Alonso…”

“He won’t be getting far even if he does choose running. And I doubt that you raised a foolish boy to run into a burning field.” He said, making my eyes widen in surprise as I turned to look at the pack. It indeed, was on fire.

“Such a shame that you had to lock your secret doors, trapping your pack members within the flames” He said, before smirking. “Nevertheless, your loss is our gain. And you will be joining them soon enough anyway. And don’t worry, yours will be a lot less painful than theirs is…”