“Dad!” Dante shouted.
I turned, ripping the heart of one of the wolves right out of his chest before it could attack the girls. Blood sprayed over them, making Skyla shriek, her arms tightly around Kataleya whilst Dante stood there defensively.
I hissed as I felt the claws of another wolf dig deep into my back. I growled, throwing him off and allowing my aura to roll off me in waves, but it did nothing to stop the wolves from advancing. I turned, ripping through two more. If I was alone, I’d be fine, but this was a fucking nightmare…
“Dad’s phone,” I heard Dante mutter. I knew he was planning to call for help.Fuck no!
I growled, but he didn’t even pay attention, darting out from behind the rock and aiming for my phone that lay on the rock a few metres away. Several wolves hissed, turning their gaze on Dante.Over my dead fucking body.
I growled, launching myself at the back of the closest one. Another barrelled into my back, and I was thrown to the rocky ground. A wolf ripped into my leg, and another four jumped at me.
“Dad!” Dante’s voice came.
Fuck.
I turned, killing two instantly, my blazing red eyes filled with rage. The darkness of my aura enveloped the area, yet even then, the flame-eyed wolves refused to back away, almost as if they didn’t feel pain, relentlessly attacking until they faced fucking death. I ripped another two hearts out, the taste of my own blood in my mouth. I lunged forward, blocking the girls from being attacked. I never ran... but for their safety, I needed to. I wasn’t going to win without them getting hurt.
I grabbed the girls, rushing for Dante, who was fighting a wolf off with a stick. He may have only been eight, but he was already an impressive fighter. Yet, he was still just a pup; he was no match for them. Growling menacingly, I ripped the attacker off him. I was about to grab Dante when I was thrown to the ground. The girls slipped out of my arms, but I just about managed to cushion Skyla’s head from hitting the ground.
“Kataleya!” Skyla sobbed. I turned, seeing one of the wolves grabbing her and running.
No.
Fear consumed me like never before, digging its claws into me as I growled, running after the wolf only for another six to jump on my back. I stared at her, seeing the wolf run further and further away, her body being flung around like a rag doll as he ran with her.
Please, no.
I growled murderously, the ground vibrating at the sheer force as I ripped them off when I saw Dante fall to the ground, his entire body shuddering. Torn.
The choice before me was fucking me up. There was no way I could choose between my pups.
Kataleya was getting further and further away, and Dante was about to get killed, blood dripping down his chest from where he had been slashed. In a flash, I was before him, killing the attacking wolf before I grabbed him and Skyla, running after Kataleya, the wolves doing their best to stop me.
Their heartbeats were thundering like roaring storms, and I knew the fact that they had gotten so close without me sensing them meant there was magic involved. Their scents were exactly the same… fire and ash. Whatever they were, it wasn’t normal.
I tried to push at the limitations of my mind-link, but I had really gone too far out... this wasn’t the plan…
Fuck, I should have listened to Kiara.
Kataleya… I could no longer see the wolf that had taken her. My heart was thudding as I pushed myself. My baby girl, I couldn’t allow anything to happen to her…
Suddenly, the entire forest around us erupted in flames. Kataleya’s distant cry reached my ears, but I could no longer make sense of direction. The flames rose higher and higher, and Skyla began coughing, struggling to breathe. Dante was pale, his entire body still convulsing, and I saw the trickle of blood from his nose. I kept running, but it was only getting harder to breathe. I needed to get these two to safety before I went after Kataleya.
The painful decision before me ripped my heart into two. It clenched painfully in my chest as I forced myself to turn, knowing I was turning my back on my pup for the two in my arms. Fear that something might happen to her or that she may die consumed me, but I had to hold onto hope that she’d be okay because if I went after her, the two in my arms surely wouldn’t.
I promise you, baby girl, Daddy will come for you, and when I find the one behind this… I’ll fucking kill them in the most painful possible fucking way.
Kiara
“I’m okay,” Isaid, looking up at Julio, who had found me. My body was aching, and I could barely think straight.
“What happened?” He asked, frowning. “Should I call the Alpha?”
“I don’t know, there was a paper… I… I’ll call him just to see how they are,” I murmured, looking at my shattered phone.
Worry, pain, and fear were swirling inside of me, but they weren’t my emotions- Alejandro. What was happening?
“Contact Alejandro!” I exclaimed suddenly, making Julio grab his phone, but just then, the sound of running reached my ears, and Alejandro appeared at the door, blood and dirt covering his body. He was clad in only torn sweatpants which told me he had shifted. My eyes snapped to the limp bodies of Dante and Skyla in his arms, and I sprang up.
