This was the reason we evacuated the way we did. We knew that if we were under attack these kids would be able to get to shelter quickly, on their own, if their parents were out protecting the pack. They are children of warriors, trained like warriors by warriors. So at least our plan worked. I just wish it was one we didn’t have to test.
“Luna Ava, we checked everyone. None of the kids have any serious injuries. A few of the older kids need to be treated though. They did a great job fighting their way here. I look proudly at my students, who are actually my age, but seem so much younger for some reason.
“What about you two?” Delta Gwen looks at Jena and I. “You both clearly saw some battle today. Don’t even think about arguing. Do you know what Cam, Kota and Mateo would say if we left you two like this?” She rolled her eyes at me, walking us to a quiet section of the tunnel.
“Luna Ava, what about me? I think I need to be treated too.” Kaley walks up pretending to limp, the marks from my fingers clear around her neck, but only as red marks.
“When we have treated all open wounds caused in the fight, we will look at self-inflicted bruises.” Delta Gwen walks up with wet towels and starts cleaning the wound on Jena’s head. “It looks like the head wound is healed closed. How do you feel?”
“I’m nursing a wicked headache, but I’ll live. I’ve had worse than that, trust me.”
“What? Did you watch a couple of the males have nose bleeds?” Kaley snarks from behind Delta Gwen. Jena stops moving and looks at Kaley like she is an alien.
Then quick as lightning she grabs Kaley’s arm and drags her close. Surrounded by the four of us, Jena looks a little deranged, butI’m not going to stop this. Kaley has clearly lived a sheltered life, but she has been misled about what women and men do in a pack. I almost feel bad for what is about to happen.
“You want to know what I have been through, princess? I watched as my parents were shredded to pieces in front of me by the Rogue King’s army. Then I was taken captive and held in a dark room where I was chained to a wall by silver cuffs. I lived and slept in my own piss and sh*t. I was fed food laced with powdered wolfsbane and other poisons, but only enough so I couldn’t fight back while I was spread open, my legs held wide by two guys while a third rammed his d*ck into me over and over and over again hoping to sire a child. I lost track after a year, but that happened almost daily. Don’t question what othe people have been through from your ivory f*cking tower. You are no better hiring guys to beat the sh*t out of Sky because you were jealous. You left her to die once, that’s why her wolf came early. The second time you left her to die, her connection to her Gamma is so strong he was able to save her. Those are just the tortures that you caused her. You deserve far worse than either of us had to go through. You will be tried and punished for your crimes against your pack. Now go sit down.”
Kaley just stood there stunned, but I don’t know if it was from Jena’s story or being called out for hurting me. Luna Ava reached for the cloth Delta Gwen was holding and a look passed between them. Delta Gwen turned around and wrapped an arm around a shaking Kaley.
“Come on, I have a special spot for you to stay tonight. No one will be able to bother you.”
“I knew it!” Luna Ava hissed. “Why didn’t you say anything, Skylar?”
“I did, but no one listened or believed me. It doesn’t matter now. Where is she going?”
“The cells. Like Jena said, she will be tried for her crimes when this is all over.”
“Can we just forget about her for a couple days?” Jena asked. “I really am alright Luna, but thank you.”
“Have you had a check in from any of the guys?”
“No, we haven’t but they did get your distress call and were able to cut off the group that tried to come through the main entrance. Thank you for that, we never would have gotten everyone to safety.” “Is everyone safe, have you been able to check?”
“I have been sending out calls to all the omegas telling them where to go, there are only a few not accounted for, but we can’t leave without risking our position. I won’t put the pups in danger.”
I nod. No matter how scared I am for my friends, my team. I can’t the lives and safety of innocents.
“Guys. When you’re clear, check in. We need a status update. Jena and I are with Luna Ava and Delta Gwen. The packhouse, pups and Omegas are secure. We have a few unaccounted for, but don’t want to give away our position.”
I sent the message to my team and the guys. I got nothing right away, but I did ask them to update when they were clear. It’s now just a silent waiting game. I know Luna Ava and Delta Gwen are both checking in with their mates often, I probably would too.
Both Jena and I found some small pups alone, and afraid. We wrapped each of them up and sat down to snuggle. A little girl asked if the bad guys were going to find us and if we were going to die. Clearly something on all of their minds as five little sets of eyes looked up at us.
“Not if we can help it. We’ve been through stuff like this before and we always trust our training. Right now our training tells us to stay put, because we are safe. If we went outside right now, we could fight, but we would also be a distraction for our warriors too and they could get hurt.”
“What else have you done?” a little boy asks. A few of the other kids smile and move closer. Jena and I tell a few modified versions of our missions. Of course we tell all the embarrassing details of things that went wrong, getting them to laugh. I have no idea how long we were down in the tunnel, but eventually everyone fell asleep.
