Chapter 151

This is the second time that the howls of alarm have gone up since I arrived at this park, the third since my birthday. Back at home, we rarely had anyone attack our pack, maybe three times in my life. But now, it seems that Quirin’s pack is always under attack.

“Get to a safe room, Kennedy,” Quirin says, leaping out of bed and throwing our door open before leaping over the banister and shifting on his way to the first floor. My father, brother, Henry, Alpha Harold, and Farrah follow right behind them.

I quickly get dressed and rush outside to see my mother and Madison rushing down the hall.

“Madison?” I ask. She’s a warrior, used to fighting, so I’m surprised that she’s stayed behind.

“Connor is worried that I might be pregnant and if there’s silver powder…”

“It could injure the pup. Good thinking,” my mother says.

“Come on, I’ll show you where the safe rooms are. We can get the twins and Yana on our way downstairs,” I say. I know that Yorick and most likely Wendy will have shifted and will be racing out to fight. They are required to stay close to my father and brother since they’re both still underage, but they’re both excellent fighters.

As we race to the second floor, Yana, Yvonne, and Wade all rush toward us. “Follow me,” I say, leading the way to the closest safe room.

“Did your brother and sister go with your father and Connor?” my mother asks.

The three of them look at each other and shrug.

“I’ll check to make sure the floor is clear,” Madison says, rushing back to the Beta floor.

When we get downstairs, I make sure that everyone is getting into a safe room.

“Madison, look after my pups for me,” my mother says, and I turn to her.

“You know I will, Luna,” Madison says, rushing back up to us.

“Mom, you have to get into a safe room, too!” I say to her.

My mother turns, giving me the most arrogant look I’ve ever seen on her face. “I am a doctor, Kennedy. I do not hide in safe rooms while warriors need treatment. I thought I had raised you to do the same.”

“I… You’re right, let’s go.”

“We’re coming!” I hear Trena yell. She’s carrying one pup, and Bradley is carrying the other. They’re about Yana’s age and while they have their wolves, they aren’t old enough to fight yet. Even Wendy is a bit young, especially with the silver around the pack.

“Here, look after your mother and sister,” Bradley says to his son, Baron, before turning to my mother and me. “I’m with you.”

I turn, making sure the first two safe room doors are closed and locked. “Safe room three door is closing!” I yell. When no one else yells for us to wait, I turn to Madison and nod.

“SAFE ROOM THREE DOOR IS CLOSED!” she announces, holding the door one more minute before shutting it with a bang and throwing the lock.

“Let’s go,” my mother says.

“The pack doesn’t come to the hospital, Mom. I haven’t made any triage…”

Declan shifts into his wolf and is raking at something? The two begin fighting, and after pulling, scratching, and biting each other, Declan gets hold of the other wolf’s throat, ripping it out. The wolf goes limp and Declan tears at its trachea longer before shifting back into Bradley.

“We need to get inside. We need to make sure there isn’t any silver in your wound,” I say to him. Bradley is limping as we jog the rest of the way to the hospital.

“I’ll start on the kits,” Declan says.

“No. You know what you’re looking for with the silver. You check Bradley, and I’ll start making kits,” my mom says, turning to where my storage room is.

“Quirin,” I call, pushing the mind link open when I feel that he’s not in a heated fight.

Kennedy What’s wrong?

Is this Jasper again?

Jasper and Brogan, why?

I need to check the warriors for silver.

It’s quiet for a moment. “Tell me you’re in a fucking safe room, Kennedy,” he growls.

“We’ll talk later. Send anyone who has injuries to the hospital. They’ll need to be cleaned of silver,” I say, closing the mind link but not before I hear his snarl of anger.

“Okay Bradley, on the table,” I say, pointing to the table in one of the two rooms I have ready for medical treatment. When he’s there, I clean the wound, looking at it.

“Declan, can you heal this?”

“No, Luna,” he says.

“Okay. Let’s get the silver out.”

Wendy POV

I made sure my father had already shifted before I shifted and raced into the fight. With the threat of silver on the pack lands and on the attacking wolves' claws, I wasn’t sure that he’d let me fight. But they’re down warriors in this pack because not everyone was willing to stay with our family being here, so they need everyone they can get to fight.

Wendy, what are you doing out here? Connor barks in the mind link. He’s my Alpha now, so his connection to me is as strong as my father’s.

Fighting to protect my family and my sister’s pack, just like you, Yorick, and Dad are.

Dad, did you know Wendy was out here? he barks again, opening the mind link to my father as well. I can feel both of them fighting hard.

Wendy, you aren’t beside me. Are you near Connor or Yorick?

I look around, not seeing my family, but seeing Kier close by.

I see Beta Kier.

Stay close to him, Connor says, just as I hear his wolf, Bosche, yelp then snarl. The mind link snaps closed as Connor focuses on his fight.

I’ve just turned to get closer to Kier when a wolf leaps onto my back. I’m an Alpha wolf, so I’m large, but I’m still growing, and this wolf is larger than I am. I’m guessing he’s a Beta—a well-trained Beta in his prime. He begins snapping at me and I duck away from his teeth. He may be a good fighter, but I’m fast, not as fast as Kennedy, but faster than my father and all my brothers. I use that to my advantage, as my father has taught me, sliding underneath the Beta’s jaws and swiping at his chest.

He snarls, turning to swipe at me. He catches Dasha, my wolf, on her ribcage, his claws going deep and slicing around to my stomach. She yelps, stumbling to the side. The Beta doesn’t hesitate; he leaps and I have a moment of pure terror that I’m going to die. Everything slows down and I see the wolf, my blood dripping from his claws, saliva dripping from his mouth as it opens to clamp down on my neck.

“DAD!” I yell in the mind link, already knowing it’s too late.

“WENDY!” he yells back just as a huge brown wolf leaps over me, snapping his jaws onto my attacker’s neck. He thrashes his head and I hear the snap of a neck as the large wolf steps backward, carefully putting his body over mine protectively as he looks around, making sure no one is going to attack.

I get his scent a moment before he shifts.

Henry?

“Let me see the wound, Dasha,” he says, carefully running his fingers through her fur.

“WENDY!” my father yells again.

“Henry’s here, Dad. He saved me.”

“Get to the hospital. Don’t you dare leave until this is done.”

“Yes, Dad.”

“Wendy, I need you to shift for me. It’ll be easier for me to see your wounds and how bad they are,” Henry says calmly. His voice is calm, but his eyes are tracking everywhere as I shift.

“Shit. We need to get you to your mom and Kennedy. Come on,” he says, scooping me into his arms. He’s about to stand when another wolf leaps at us. Henry puts me back down, ready to shift when another huge black wolf leaps over both of us and takes out the attacking wolf.

“Thanks, Raif,” Henry says, scooping me back up. The wolf comes over and sniffs me quickly then looks at Henry.

“I know. I’m taking her to the hospital,” Henry says.

The wolf, Quirin’s wolf, chuffs before leaping back into the battle.

As he begins running with me in his arms, he continues looking everywhere, ducking around the battles that are going on around us.

“Dasha, can you heal the wound?” he asks, not looking at us.

“No, Alpha.”

“Silver. We need to get it out of your body. You’re still a pup. It will affect you more than the adults. Is it as deep as it looks?” he asks, and this time he looks down at me, his lips pressing together tightly.

“It’s deep,” I say to him.

He nods. “Your mom and Kennedy will know what to do. Try to put pressure on the wound as best you can.”

I nod, starting to feel woozy.

“Wendy! Stay awake!” he says.

“I… I feel dizzy,” I say, barely able to hold my head up.

“Lean against me,” he says through gritted teeth.

But I feel so lightheaded, I can’t stay awake and the last thing I feel is the wedding, and then everything around me goes dark.