Chapter 303

Gavin’s POV

Spencer’s grandmother was dead.

The rogues had killed her.

I pulled my gun out so I could be armed while I escorted Lucy back to the packhouse unharmed. Thankfully, the packhouse wasn’t too far away. However, the damage happening around the pack was escalating at a fast rate. There were bombs being ignited, destroying homes and buildings. Lives were being lost all around me, and the most I could do was shoot my weapon a couple of times. I needed to get Lucy to safety, but above anything else, I needed to find Judy.

A woman covered in blood and burn marks ran to me with tears in her eyes. She grabbed at my foot, begging me to help her. Before I could react, a rogue attacked her, knocking her off balance. The wolf sank his big teeth into her fragile neck, and she screamed out in agony.

Lucy reached out to help her, but I grabbed her arm, pulling her away, and then I shot the woman in the head, aiming to end her pain. Then, I shot the rogue. Lucy gasped, her hands flying to her mouth and tears spilling down her cheeks. I grabbed her arm, pulling her along with me. I shot whatever rogues lunged at me, but for the most part, they were preoccupied terrorizing the other packmates and destroying anything they came into contact with. I shuddered as I watched the pack fall; the rogues laughing like hyenas, making me recoil and bile rise in my throat.

We reached the packhouse just as Sampson was leaving with a group of his Gammas. When his eyes fell on Lucy, relief washed over him. He ran to her, wrapping her in his arms and kissing her face like he was afraid he’d never see her again.

“You have no idea how worried I was. Where did you run off to? You know the rules, Lucy,” he started to reprimand, but his voice held no malice. He was just relieved that his mate was okay.

“What’s going on? How are there so many rogues that breached our borders?” Lucy asked as tears fell down her cheeks. I, too, wanted to know the answer to that question; I had never seen anything like it before.

“That’s what I’m trying to figure out. Marlo’s team was supposed to be on patrol on and around the borders today. He told me that he had people perched outside the border and within the borders, while others searched the perimeter. There shouldn’t have been any breaches. Our security system was shut down too.”

“What?” Lucy gasped, covering her mouth, horror on her face.

“Have you tried to reach out to Marlo?” I asked impatiently. “And what about Judy? Have you heard from her?”

Sampson shook his head.

“She wasn’t home?” Sampson asked.

“No,” I replied. “I need to find her above anything else right now.”

Sampson nodded, turning to one of his gammas.

“Take Lucy inside and keep her safe,” he ordered.

“I don’t want to leave you,” Lucy said, panicked.

Sampson cupped her face in his hands.

“I need you to be safe, my love. I will come for you when it’s safe. I promise…” he assured her, kissing her forehead.

She shook her head stubbornly.

“I won’t be okay if you aren’t okay,” she whispered. “Please, let me come with you.”

“I’m sorry, but I can’t risk it. Go with him and get to safety. I’ll come back for you,” he assured her again.

Reluctantly, she left with the gamma; I looked around at the chaos. This pack was falling apart quickly.

“I need to find Marlo and find out what happened at the borders that allowed this,” Sampson told me.

I needed to find Judy; I wasn’t going to spend any more time here if Judy wasn’t here. Carol mentioned something about a cabin 10 miles from the pack. The directions she gave were engraved in my head. I shifted into my wolf, passing control onto him because I knew he’d be able to find Judy. Now that we were in the same region as her, there was no way he was letting her go again.

He couldn’t catch her scent, probably because she was still wearing the masking spray, but for some reason, my wolf was on a mission to a certain location. He started to run through the mass of rogues, fighting and biting his way through. By the time we reached the pack lines, his fur was matted with blood. My wolf and I didn’t care, though. There was a strong pull, like the universe was guiding me right to Judy. We were running so fast that everything around us was nothing more than a blur.

I could hear gunshots in the distance behind me as the battle continued. I saw flames invading the tree lines, and howls of pain surfaced. The pack was falling under, and there were no signs of Alpha Levi. I wondered if he was alerted to the situation in one of his packs. As a Lycan, he could get here in minutes if he wanted.

The thought pissed me off.

He was neglecting this pack, and it was obvious during my short time here.

I wasn’t sure how long I was running for; I mindlinked my warriors and told them to help to the best of their abilities. I was relieved when they confirmed that they were all still alive and doing their best to shut down the situation. Though with the amount of rogues that were released into this pack, I feared I might lose some men today.

I cursed myself for sending Taylor back to the Silver Crescent pack; he would have been a good asset to this fight, not that I knew it was going to happen.

Soon, a cabin came into view, and I internally praised my wolf for finding it without a problem. Dread fell upon me as we approached the cabin; it looked so dark and run down, but there was no mistaking the car parked out back… it was Spencer’s.

He had to have been here, and Judy must be here as well. Just as I got closer to the front door, ready to barge through it, I was attacked by a rogue that came out of nowhere. It seemed as if they were nearby and keeping an eye on the property.

More came out of nowhere and started to attack me as well, but my wolf was bigger and much stronger than any of these rogues. Within minutes, I had each of their heads ripped off their bodies and bleeding out on the ground. I left a path of rogues behind me as I ran towards the cabin.

My wolf was furious, and the closer we got, the more he could feel Judy’s fading energy. We burst through the door just as Spencer came around the corner, his hands up to show that he wasn’t armed. His eyes were wide, and he looked terrified.

My wolf growled at him fiercely, and he looked like he was about to wet himself. He was a sad excuse for a Gamma. He was weak, and I wanted to break him. My wolf relaxed and allowed me full control again after I urged him back. I wanted to speak with him before I killed him.

I shifted back into my human form, not caring that I was completely naked. Nudity wasn’t a big deal amongst shifters, and Spencer makes no notice that I’m naked. But he did look extremely nervous that I was there anyway.

“Where is she?” I asked, my tone was nothing but a growl; my wolf teetering on the edge.

“I… I don’t know who—”

“Don’t lie to me,” I bit out, my tone so loud that it made him flinch. “Where is she?”

He was shaking where he stood, and his eyes darted around, probably looking for a way out of hoping someone would show up to save him.

“Your rogue guards are dead,” I said through my teeth, stepping closer to him. I was taller than he, so he had to look up to stare back at me, his eyes wide with fear. Knowing that he was found, and his rogues outside the door were dead, Spencer had nothing left… no defeat. He knew he wouldn’t stand a chance against a Lycan.

“I just… I just wanted to be with her…” he whispered. “My uncle… he… he promised me I’d be her hero if I could just keep her safe from the rogue attack…”

“Your uncle?” I asked. “Who the fuck is your uncle??”

“Beta Ron,” Spencer stammered, the information spilling out of him like a broken faucet. “Alpha Levi’s Beta… he’s my uncle. He told me that if I wanted Judy, then I had to do what they said…so I did…I got her away from the pack just before the attack… I kept her safe…”

“You’re telling me Alpha Levi had something to do with this rogue attack?” I asked, my eyes narrowed.

“Y…yes,” Spencer stammered. “He told me that no harm would come to me or Judy… but I had to get Judy away. They wanted me to leave some coordinates for the pack location around the forest a couple of weeks ago, and then they told me on this day, I had to get Judy away from the pack because something big was coming. I was just doing what I was told…”

I gripped his throat, stopping him from speaking as I lifted him off the ground.

“Tell me where the fuck she is,” I said through my teeth. My Lycan aura was shining through, and I could see in his eyes that he was having trouble resisting it.

His eyes darted to one of the closed doors nearby. Without taking my hands off him, I walked out of the door and pulled it open, stopping when I saw Judy asleep on the bed. Her breathing was faint, and her sleep wasn’t natural.

“What did you do to her?” I asked, a growl biting my tone and making me even fiercer.

He struggled against my hold as my hand tightened around his throat. His eyes darted to the nightstand. I walked towards it, grabbing it and bringing it to my eyes.

“You roofied her?” I asked, disbelief marring my vision.

Panic struck me; he gave Judy a drug, and it could have not only put her in danger, but also our unborn pup. Fury rose within me and my wolf all but snapped as anger consumed him.

“I… I’m sorry—” he tried to rasp out. I slammed him against the wall before he could finish that sentence.

“How dare you drug what is mine!!!” I growled fiercely. “You harmed not only Judy, but our pup as well!!”

My voice was unusually deep as my wolf took charge.

His eyes widened in shock; it was clear he had no idea that she was pregnant, and a part of me felt relieved that she didn’t share that part of herself with him.

“I…I didn’t know…” he tried to gasp out; my wolf’s claws elongated as my grip on his throat tightened. His eyes bulged out of his head as he tried to grab my hand, silently begging me to loosen my grip, but it only made me tighten it. “It… it won’t…. it won’t happen again,” he gasped.

I smirked as my grip tightened one last time, the sound of his neck snapping echoed through the room.

“You’re right,” I say, as I let his body fall to the ground. “It won’t.”