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 escting 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 bnce. 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 preupied terrorizing the other packmates and
destroying anything they came into contact with. I shuddered as I watched the
pack fall; the roguesughing 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
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 mee with
you."
"I''m sorry, but I can''t risk it. Go with
him and get to safety. I''lle 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.