Chapter XI

Victor's pov

Lucifero was doing things his way playing with Nova, Carolina's wolf, and I just agreed to it bathing in tingles. I was feeling free and relaxed until my thoughts were being disrupted by my beta.

"Alpha, we have a problem."

"Be fast." I said licking my mate' s fur tasting her in my mouth.

" The palace is under rogue attack sir." my ears perked up and poked my mate on the side towards a nearby cave. I have to take her to safety. "They come from everywhere and there's many cassualties on both sides. We need you here Alpha." He said while hardly breathing. " On my way."

Carolina decided to act like a spoild child and gave me a hard time heaving her. When she said my name waves of want showered me, my muscles tensed and the need to mark her was strong.

I managed to convince her to stay safe in the cave and run out the clearing and into the forest turning into my black wolf. I could feel through the mind link the pain and screams of my people, I felt links breaking and all I could do is run as fast as I can.

Lucifero was breathing heavily, his muscles were tense and even the faintest noise was making his anxiety grow. They never told us that there were rogues roaming around, that this is not safe for gathering, who the hell organised this ball with such ignorance? My wolf was howling now, feeling betrayed by our alies and thinking that our mate has been put in danger.

Out of the forest I could see now between the trees what is going on in the palace's gardens. Wolfs everywhere fighting with one another, women pushing the children into the safety of the palace, pack warriors guiding the weak out of the carnage and some of them turning and assisting others in their fights.

The smell of rotten flesh was everywhere, snarlings and barks filled the air and howling of losses were piercing my ears.

I finally got out of the forest and jumped in the middle of a fight between five wolfs, three rogues with dirty brown and grey coats and two of our warriors, bloodied and wounded. One of the rogues lounged for the wolf that was on the ground wheezing and I caught him mid air snapping his neck like a twig.

The two remaining ones started circling me barking and nipping at my tail hoping to injure me. They decided to jump me both in the same time and I knew very well I can't dodge both of them, when suddently a red fur wolf jumped from the forest and starting tackling to the ground one of the remaining rogues. It was Nova, I felt her scent so I hurry to end the rogue that reached me and caught the one tackling Nova from the nape if his neck. Nova saw him defenceless in front of her and slashed his belly open, snarling at all the blood that was splattered her.

My growl in anger at her reckless behavior but Lucifero was wagging his tail with pride for his mate licking her fur clean. She then lifted off the ground and jumped when she saw something in front of us. Another wolf crashed into Nova's side and it looked like he was lifeless, she howled and nuzzled the dead wolf but no response came from the body.

I went closer to her only to have it confirmed it was that brother of hers that made me jealous in the first night I met her. Her eyes were red with rage, the foam at her mouth was showing she was renouncing her sanity for the loss. I have to calm her down before she's lost into the madness.

Carolina's pov

I teared open the belly of one of the rogues that tried to attack Victor and my sight got red with the blood that got into my eyes and mouth. It was disgusting and repulsive , Victor's wolf came closer to me while growling at me ,light was shinning in his eyes when he licked my nuzzle clean of blood, "I could get used to that " I thought when a piercing pain went through my heart and felt the loss of someone from my family.

I was here only with Juan and Camillo and I felt my chest squeezing tight at the fear of that, my first instinct was to run and I did so when suddently something came flying towards me and I realised it was Juan's wolf. I had to protect him so I jumped preventing him crushing in the floor, he was not breathing. Oh Moon Goddess please don't allow this to happen, I nuzzled and pocked with my nose into his side and no response back. I started slowly biting into his ear and no reflex was showing. This can't be happening, I can't loose him to the likes of rogues, suddently my vision got blank and I felt myself drifting in darkness full of rage.