fear. “It... it felt so real... I felt his aura...” Orla cried as she gripped his chest tightly. “I... I still feel it...” Her eyes widened in fear as she hugged him tighter. “Nothing's here, everything's....” Ron’s eyes widened. He felt something wrong as well. He glanced towards his window, it was still way too early for morning so why is there light streaming through? He got up and looked outside and gasped. Fire! Some of the houses were on fire! He heard his parents yelling and his mom slammed open the door. “We’re under attack! Get ready!” The sirens started screaming, and he grabbed his mate’s hand and pulled her out of the door. ~~~ Me and my mate were sitting on the roof, just watching the moon start to turn a bloody red. I could feel her anxiety and I tried to calm her by pulling her closer to me. “Why are you so nervous, Love?” “Lunar eclipses are bad luck.” She whispered. “My grandfather always warned me of them, never sleep when the moon turns red... our enemies are always waiting and watching. When the moon flows red, innocent blood will be spilled.” My eyes widened. “Your grandfather? Grandfather Silver?” “Yeah.” She nodded. “As much as he loved to laugh and joke around, when it was a lunar eclipse, he and Grandmother always sat up all night with me and my parents.” I became nervous now, was that a warning? A warning of the future? I happened to glance towards her, and something strange caught my eye. A glow from the East... was my parents throwing a bonfire? This time of night? A sharp and angry feeling shot through my bones, making my anger and aura flare. What the fuck was that!? My mate jumped to her feet. “Rogues!” I followed her down to the ladder as various mindlinks were starting to come in, warning of an attack. As I stumbled through the window one came through that made my blood turn to ice. I watched as my mate opened the hatch and grabbed our katanas before pressing the huge button in the floor which sounded all of our sirens. Soon the pack link lit up with worried and scared members of the pack wondering what was going on. As we ran to Nick’s room, and I grabbed him my mate opened up the entire pack link. As we ran down the stairs, I noticed Violet and Jake hit the emergency ladder and head down. My mate announced as we met up with Penny who was carrying Judson in her arms. As soon as we hit the ground floor, I found Mrs. Potts and Kendall directing people to the open hatch that led underground. “Nick, you and Penny stay with Mrs. Potts and Kendall.” I said as we made our way over.” Nick looked worried and hugged us both again as Kendall grabbed his hand and Mrs. Potts grabbed Penny’s shoulders and led them to the hatch. “You will be okay Dears, come on we need to get downstairs.” “We will all be okay Nick.” Samantha smiled as he looked back nervously. “You promise?” He stopped and asked. “You and Dad and Gramma and Grampa? Chris and Laura? You promise???” My mate hesitated for a moment, I could hear her thoughts wondering what she should say. Before finally she smiled sadly. “I promise. I promise I will do everything I can to help them.” Nick’s eyes widened before he nodded and went down the hatch. “Come on.” Samantha said as she handed me my katana. “We need to get ready. Time is our enemy.” I nodded as I ran after her outside, the entire yard as far as I could see was filled with our fighters. Even the beginner guards were here with some of the older pups. On the porch with us stood the rest of the titled members of the pack. As soon as we stepped out all eyes fell on my mate and me, waiting for directions. I gripped my mate’s hand as she opened up the packlink again. She glanced at me before continuing. A massive roar from everyone answered us. “YES ALPHA!!!!” A massive wave of power greeted us and swept over the pack. “YES ALPHA!!!” Samantha then turned and faced Gamma Jess. “Gamma Jessica Harris, I need your skillset. Your operation. Get into Black Hill undetected and secure Alpha Eric and his family. Gather intelligence and assist in saving as many titled members as possible. Do you accept this operation?” Jess stood tall at attention and saluted. “Sir, yes sir!” Samantha nodded. “Gather your team and set out with auras concealed. We will provide cover.” “SIR YES SIR!” “Gamma Greg Harris you will remain here and provide overhead surveillance using the drones, I want you to assist from the sky and call out attack patterns as well as any rogues who may try to retreat.” “Yes Alpha!” Greg nodded. “Delta Lily, I need you on the border to help guide any fleeing Black Hill members towards our pack. Delta Daren, I need you to organize a second wave of attackers. Once we weaken the enemy and get them on the run come in with fresh fighters to chase down and destroy them. I want the best trackers in this wave, I have a feeling we will need them.” “Yes Alpha!” “Elites Holly and Bill! Grab a team and circle around the pack, we will try to flank them.” “Yes Alpha!” “Beta Violet you will try to get to the packhouse roof and assist with evacuations from the sky. Provide cover for fleeing residents. Jake you will stay with her and help her to reload, am I clear?” “Yes Alpha!” “Ben, you’re with me. But you already knew that.” She smiled as I nodded. “Yes, Alpha.” I smiled sadly, worried for my parents pack. My mate blasted out to the waiting warriors. With that we all separated and rushed to save my parent’s pack. ~~~ As quiet as the night the team led by Gamma Jess made their way through the forest towards their neighboring pack. Secretly Jessica was excited, as this was what she trained for most of her life. The young woman commanded her team with deadly precision. This was far from the first covert operation that she was in charge of, and hopefully it wouldn’t be her last... Alpha Samantha was counting on her to get inside undetected to provide intelligence and get the titled members to safety. Going in sight unseen was always a dangerous task but she would rise to the challenge. After all, she was once a Navy Seal. Going in where others couldn’t and performing almost impossible tasks were expected of them. As the forest started to thin out, she quickly and quietly shifted back and leaned behind a tree. She motioned with her fingers for the others to stop and listen. Ahead the fighting had started, and even though mind links would have been useful they would have distracted her from the task at hand. Being raised in the Navy Seals she used her hands to motion to her teammates almost mindlessly as she took in her surroundings. Just as the fighting came into view a massive wave of power came from her side, away from where she was. She smiled. The Betas just arrived! That was too be expected as Violet’s speed was unmatched in a pinch. This caused a wave of panic with the rogues ahead of them and they scattered, leaving one of the pack members alive... injured but alive. Jess looked around and motioned for one of her team to retrieve the wolf. The wolf looked up in wonder as he was drug into the brush by her soldier. As she crawled over to him, she whispered in his ear. “I am Gamma Jessica Harris from SilverFang, we are here to assist your pack. Tell all the wolves you can to run towards our pack we will give you refuge.” The wolf nodded and trotted off, warning as many of his pack members as he could. Jess waited again for any more movement in her area before moving again. Soon the pack house came into view, remembering her visit from a week ago she knew the nearest escape hatch was directly behind the house. A grave design flaw that she was quick to point out last week. From her vantage point she could see the Gammas fighting a losing battle until Tim and Liza jumped in. She scanned her eyes looking for the subject of her operation. There he was! He was with Luna Mary and fighting 5 rogues at once! Her mind raced, going through all the calculations and outcomes and suddenly she knew what she had to do! She commanded as she watched the older wolf start to falter. They all ran out swiftly and it wasn’t until the first rogue was ripped apart did the other invaders see the danger! She commanded as the last of the pod of rogues met his end. At first the Alpha resisted, his adrenaline was still pumping and he had to protect his mate! Soon though he saw the silver teeth and relaxed, his son’s pack came! Jess said as they ran the couple to the tree line, more rogues had started to arrive blocking off their escape route to the underground hatch! Wait... they were trying to break in the hatch! Not on her watch! As she went into her backpack of weapons, she pulled out her grenade launcher; specialized grenades were loaded into the muzzle. “Be advised, we may get some blowback.” As her team took cover behind the trees she fired on the pod, sending a blast of pepper and silver powder across the area. As expected, the rogues scattered in panic, and they were quickly taken out by her team. Her Alpha demanded.

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