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‘I found Violet, Cecilia, and Lucien. He’s hurt and his mate... she died, Cory, but I managed to bring her back. I don’t know if he’ll make it with his injuries and a dead mate if they can’t save her. I don’t know if his wolf will even try if she dies again,’ he said, distress in every syllable of his voice. My heart sunk. Lucien had just found Cecilia and his life was centered around his mate. I didn’t know if he would fight if he lost her either.
‘Take them to the hospital. Then call our doctors to get here. Call Evergreen. Have him run the plates and try to figure out how the hell they knew where everyone was. The pack gatherings are only known to the packs,’ I growled.
‘Did we get any alive?’ I asked another of our top warriors, Christopher.
‘Yes, Alpha. We have a few of them unconscious,’ he answered.
‘Don’t let them wake up. Pump them full of tranquilizers until we’re ready to wake them up so they can’t kill themselves.’
‘Yes, Alpha.’
I let Tenoch continue looking for Areli. We sniffed around the bodies and the wounded, guiding people toward the hospital when we found anyone alive.
The problem with finding Areli was if she was invisible, her smell would disappear. It was like she just didn’t exist. Her mind-link would auto-block unless she consciously lowered it. If she was wounded and afraid, she might be in too much pain to come back to her visibility or remember to lower the block. I couldn’t even try to mind-link her anymore since she was now part of Blue Moon. If she was unconscious, it would do nothing anyway.
There. It’s faint, Tenoch pointed out when we walked closer to the stage.
We put our nose to the ground and tried to ignore all the other scents. We focused on her scent of raspberries. It was diluted now, mixed with David’s scent, but it was there. I’ve known it all her life. We found the source of the smell a few minutes later when we saw her trail of blood. Tenoch followed it until we saw the blood pooling next to the bushes and he receded so I could help our sister.
“Areli. Areli, you need to come back. Be visible. Come on, sweetie. I can’t see you,” I choked out, desperately feeling around the base of the bushes. I felt her form. I found the shape of her face and felt down to her neck, and I sighed with relief. My sister had a pulse, but it was faint.
“Areli. You have to wake up, sweetie. Please. I need to take you to a doctor,” I begged, carrying her in my arms, but she was still unconscious.
“Wake up.” I shook her, the first of my tears leaving me.
“Wake up!” I ordered.
“Cory...” she whispered.
“Yes. I’m here. You need to get visible again so that we can get you looked at. Please.” Slowly, she materialized in my arms, and I did my best not to react to the sight. She had two bullet wounds in her chest. Her face was pale, and her blue eyes were full of pain. She didn’t look good.
“David... I lost him. Is he—”
“He’s fine. Looking desperately for you.” Before she could say anything again, I felt her body slacken in my arms and she lost consciousness.
“Areli, no.” I shook her, beginning to run. “Hang in there.” I desperately whispered to her. “Help! I need help!” I cried when I ran into the hospital. A doctor came over with a gurney.
“She’s my sister and one of the Alpha family’s mate. David’s,” I told him.
“I’ll take care of her, Alpha. I need to take her to surgery. The silver is still inside her,” the doctor said after checking and not finding an exit wound. After he left, I moved over to the nurse by the reception desk, grabbed a pair of shorts and pulled them on.
“My brother. He was brought in? He’s an alpha male, dark hair, grey eyes, about twenty-five,” I described as I dressed.
“Cory, they’re in here.” I heard James calling. I ran over to a room with about a dozen patients, my eyes instantly glued to both Lucien and his mate laying side-by-side beds, hooked up to monitors and IVs. Both were unconscious, and I couldn’t tell which one looked worse. Someone closed the door behind me, and I recognized Everett, Evergreen’s youngest child, coming toward us. He was covered in blood and looked exhausted, but otherwise okay.
“Alpha. Mom’s on the way,” he informed me, checking the machines and writing things down. I didn’t think he’d finished his degree yet.
“I have been assigned to check up on the more stable patients since they’re short-staffed,” he stated, seeming to have read my mind.
“Does that mean they are stable?” I asked, hoping flaring within me that I wasn’t losing my only brother. I didn’t know what I would do if I lost any of my siblings tonight.
“Yes, as of right now. Her injuries are extensive, and when her heart stopped, his wolf felt it. I’m not sure if either knows the other is alive yet. We’ve put them side by side and made sure a part of them was touching. It should help. As long as they don’t stop fighting, they should heal,” he said, motioning to where their hands were entwined.
“Thank you, Everett. Please take good care of my family.”
“Of course, Alpha. You’ve always taken care of ours. I won’t disappoint you. Can I take care of that wound for you?” He motioned to my shoulder.
“No. It will heal. The silver went through. Tenoch will heal me. There are others that need more help, like my sister. They took Areli to surgery. I-if you find anything out, please let me know.” He nodded, and I gave my brother’s hand a squeeze before I needed to go back out to examine more of the damage.
