Gavin''s POV


    The battle stretched on for what felt like hours. There were lives lost, but most of them were the lives of rogues. I felt sick to my stomach as I stared down at the bodies of some of my men. One woman who didn''t make it inside on time. I felt like I had failed them; as a Lycan, I was meant to protect them and keep danger out of their reach... and yet they were dead.


    The rest of the rogues who stormed the pack had fled; we captured a few of them for questioning, one of whom happened to be a pregnant she-wolf who held a gun but couldn''t shift. She was tearful and terrified as she faced me, begging for her life and the life of her unborn pup. Taylor escorted her away and towards the holding cell with the others who were captured.


    I winced at the sting of a bullet that pierced the side of my body. It wasced in silver, so it hurt like a mother fucker, but it wasn''t a fatal wound.


    "I think that she-wolf rogue is the one who will spill all the secrets," Taylor said as he stood beside me, his arms folded as we watched the rest of the rogues being rounded up, dead or alive.


    I nodded.


    She seemed as if she would do pretty much anything if it meant keeping her life and the life of her pup.


    "Question her first, then," I said, turning back towards the packhouse. "I need to make sure Judy is okay."


    "Yes, Alpha," Taylor said, but there was hesitation in his voice that made me pause.


    "What is it?" I asked, before I moved another step, my patience running thin.


    "It''s just that... the fact that they knew that most of the Silver Crescent pack, the Redmoon pack, and the remaining Redcliff pack were here tonight... it proves that our system was hacked. They saw that we were here, and they attacked ordingly."


    "And you think Levi had something to do with this attack?" I asked.


    He didn''t have to reply for me to know what he was thinking.


    "Yes..." he said after a slight pause.


    "Find out what you can," I said as I started towards the packhouse. "Whatever Levi is nning, it ends soon."


    "Yes, Alpha," Taylor said before he went off on his own mission to gather information.


    Just as I made it back to the packhouse, one of the Gammas rushed towards me.


    "Alpha, you''ve returned. Has the battle been won?" He asked, a hopeful yet a worried look in his eyes.


    "Yes... It''s over now. We are closing the borders. As of right now, all


    surrounding packs are on


    kdown," I told him. "Make sure the word is spread."


    "Dad!" I heard Irene screaming as she rushed towards me, tears in her eyes as her body trembled.


    I knew she was worried about me and the future of the pack with the rogue attacks. She wrapped her arms around me and sobbed.


    "The threat is gone," I assured her. "I won''t let my guard down again. You are safe, Irene."


    "It''s not that," she sobbed. "It''s Judy..."


    My entire body froze at the sound of her broken words. My wolf was immediately


    on edge at the thought of something happening to our mate.


    "What do you mean?" I asked, aware that my tone was darkening. "What happened with Judy?"


    "I don''t know," she sobbed. "They wouldn''t let me go with her. She was fine one minute, strong as ever, and the next, she wasining about stomach pains, then the blood she cried, her bottom lip trembling as she pulled back. Her eyes had gone wild. "There was so much blood."


    My blood ran cold.


    "What, what do you mean by blood?" I nearly roared.


    "There was blood between her legs.


    I think it might have something to do


    with the baby," she cried, cove


    her face with her hands.


    "Where is she?" I asked, my voiceing out as a roar. "Where is my mate?"