Chapter 180

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Aria

The explosion is heard across the clearing. I drop down covering Low with my body while trying to find the source of the noise.

Pins slices across my skin, makes it feel like it’s searing, blistering while being stabbed.

I breathe in hard,crawling a minute to realize that it’s not me who is feeling these things.

It’s mates.

“Quinnie, take Low inside to the guardians,” I rush out.

“I’m not leaving you,” Low yells, holding on, his wide Hazel eyes, fearful.

The pain bleeds out giving way to nothing.

That feeling is even more frightening.

They’re unconscious.

I crouch down. “It’s going to be okay baby. I need you to go with Quinnie so I can go check on our pack mates, okay? Can you do that for mommy?”

He nods lip wobbling as he reluctantly takes her hand.

I hold back the panic forcing my body to move slowly so I don’t scare Low any more than he already is.

Dex runs up to me with a grim expression on his face.

Once he is close he whispers, “It was the interrogation room. One of the prisoners must have snuck a bomb in.”

They are doing the interrogation in the secure, reinforced room in the back. If a bomb goes off in there, it means there was nowhere for them to take cover.

They would have been in the direct line of attack.

“Fuck,” I shout.

My wolf goes crazy. She pushes to have me get to our mates faster. To help them.

To save them.

Without my permission my body starts to jog to the building.

Dex keep pace beside me.

When we get to the building my stomach drops. There is smoke coming out of the building and healers are rushing out with stretchers, carrying out bodies.

Seeing Barric on one of them I run to it. The horror compounds as I see them all.

Ronan.

Theo

Kade.

Liam.

And Rick.

All of them unconscious and covered in rubble and debris so thick I can’t tell what their injuries are.

“Liam!” Hazel screams running to him. “Shit, shit, Shit!”

Xochitl is by rocks side in an instant, moving with the healers as they roll the bodies to the healer building.

I look back at the chaos, heart torn in two. Even though all I want to do is go with my mates, I and Luna and currently the last authority standing.

The enforcers need me to give orders.

My pack needs me to be a pillar of strength and safety.

Felix steps up to me, placing a hand on my shoulder. “Hazel and I will be with them. You go do what you have to.”

“Thank you,” I say.

He nods and follows the healers and I turn to the enforcers.

Shoving the rampant emotions into a tightly contained box inside me, I say. “Lock down the pack. I need a count of the prisoners’ bodies. If you find anyone alive, eliminate them.”

The enforcers start moving.

“Sebastian, Dex, Marcus,” I call out and the three males report.

“What do you need?” Marcus asks.

“I need you to find that bomb. We need to reverse engineer it and find out how the hell he snuck it in.”

“I’ll report as soon as I have it,” he responds before running into the rubble.

“Sebastian, I need you as a point for the perimeter. I’m not talking about any chances. This could be a fluke or it could be a distraction for something larger.”

“Consider it done.”

He walks over to a few enforcers and starts to organize a rotation.

“Dex, I want you to get a force together and station it around the healer building. Protecting the Alpha King is a priority.”

“I’ll assemble a three man team,” he replies.

For the next two hours I create teams within the kitchen staff and make sure all the cabins are stocked up and every member of the pack is accounted for.

Then I walk the perimeter and check the guard rotations.

I place a call to Nightbane warning them of what happened.

Then I check on Low.

Thankfully, Quinnie volunteered to take him for the night so I can spend the night with my mates.

When I get to the healer building I find Thomas at the front desk speaking to one of the other healers.

“Luna,” he greets.

“How are they?”

“I’ve induced sleep to speed up healing. Honestly we’re lucky the Alpha King was there, now where hurt as severely as they could have been.”

“Rick shielded them?”

“That is what I assume from the examination. It appears as though last minute he tried to cover them but wasn’t fast enough to shield everyone completely. Parts of there bodies had varying degree of burns. They have been healed but need some rest.”

“I owe you,” I say

“No you don’t. We’re pack. We take care of each other.” He starts to guide me to their room. “It’s a little cramped. I tried to fit them all together to make it easier on you.’

“That was very thoughtful,” I say patting this arm.

He leaves me at the door and I take a breathe before opening it and stepping inside.

The beeping of the monitors breaks the otherwise silent room.

My wolf whines, lurches forward in a desperate attempt to be close to her males.

Bandages cover various parts of their body that must still be healing.

I move to each bed, caressing their faces and leaving soft kisses on their mouths, reassuring myself they are all here.

They are all okay.

Taking a seat in the center of the room, I make myself as comfortable as I can for the long night ahead.

But instead of sleep, it’s thoughts of vengeance that accompany me late into the night.

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