The Statue
Alexander snarled and got up off the floor of his office. I was getting to Melanie this time goddamn it. I yelled, “Phil, give me an exact location.” I could portal to that. Phil was about to answer when the pack link rang out in alarm, “WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!”
EJ growled, “Are you fucking kidding me?! Who is dumb enough to attack us in our territory, on our turf, when we are all here?” I answered, “Someone hoping our Luna’s being injured, or taken out, along with our mom, incapacitates us.” EJ growled again.
Wesley snarled, “Me, not you guys. This was about taking out Buttercup so they must not know you guys are here.” Phil chimed in, “Wes is right. Melanie told Sierra to test the waters on the council files. Sierra put it out there in their files that you guys, your dad, mine, and Max wouldn’t be here because you had a meeting out of state. ”
EJ angrily asked, “Because we can’t pop back here? Screw this. We need to get outside.” EJ linked the pack, “All non-fighters stay inside. Warriors, if you’re not outside move it! Today, we protect our pack.” EJ popped outside with my brothers.
I couldn’t move yet though because my mate hadn’t. I felt dad’s eyes on me. I whispered, “Come on Lovebug, move for me.” I felt a hand on me. Tristan gritted out, “Ladybug will be fine. She has to be.” I asked, “How the hell did you guys get here?”
Tristan snorted, “We have Fairies in our pack too.” Jared growled, “Pissed the fuck off partial Fairies who are sick and tired of watching this shit happen to Ladybug.” I replied, “Well, that’s makes two of us.
” Jared growled, “I want to talk to her, but put it off so she can have normal moments. Then this shit keeps happening.” I replied, “You might as well talk to her since they don’t seem to be stopping. ”
Melanie was moving now and relief filtered into me and Oden. Oden grumbled, “I knew mate was fine. Freya’s healing is superb, but I can’t keep watching this happen.” Neither could I. I managed a smirk because my mate was annoyed.
Jason laughed, “Did my sister just refer to herself as Cinderella?” Dad’s response was full of amusement, “She did.” I could feel his worry for my mom, but Melanie was having her guarded. I growled, “Let’s go kick some serious ass.”
I grabbed dad and popped outside into complete mayhem. I was astonished at the wide scale attack that had been launched. I couldn’t recall an attack like this happening on our pack ever. Wesley was causing an intense earthquake.
Max was by his side growing vines out of the ground and trapping wolves where they stood. Max could make the vines as strong as he wanted. Those wolves were what was the equivalent of being encased in cement.
I shifted into Oden and ripped a rogue's head off before switching back to human form. I conjured a broadsword because someone was getting stabbed like my mate did. Oden snarled, “I want to kill more of them.” I assured him, “You will.”
I stabbed several in the guts, but mine was all the way through. I twisted the sword, ensuring they would die a slow death becoming septic with their fecal matter filling their bloodstream. Jade popped to me, then looked around wide eyed.
My cousin cringed saying, “So, you’re busy. We are under attack too.” I growled, “Of course these jackasses are attacking our family.” Jade quickly gave me a kiss on the cheek before saying, “Stay safe, cousin.”
I replied in kind, “You do the same and tell my other cousins we said to as well. Melanie will likely send help to us both.” Jade smiled, “I do like your mate. I’m off to use the lake to kill people.
If only we were being attacked by other Supernatural’s instead of rogues, then I could take their power and kill them with it.
Oh well. I bet my mate is there now and upset he can’t find me. ” She popped away as I snorted.
Jade could temporarily take people’s powers. She did find it highly entertaining if she was attacked to take their powers to kill them. My cousin called it her brand of justice. Lux popped in with my cousin Gerard.
Honestly, I smiled every time I saw Gerard. James had convinced cousin Idel to use one of his family names. Idel only agreed because she got to choose Gerard’s middle name. I smiled greeting, “Cousin, fancy seeing you here.”
Lux explained, “Melanie called.” Then he shifted while I growled. EJ linked, “Seriously? Your wife is sending us help.” I asked, “Did it have to be Lux? I’m going to need Aria or Emmaline to find him his damn mate so seeing him doesn’t irritate me so much.” EJ snorted.
Gerard told us, “Esmerelda took Harrison and a group to Blue Moon to help out there.” Esmerelda was our cousin and his sister. I asked, “What about the rest of your siblings?” Gerard laughed, “They are in Faerie with mom and dad.” I nodded.
Emmett and Alexandria showed up with Bryce, TeleTed and Matt’s Fairy / Hood pup, and several Warriors.
EJ teased, “Let me guess, Melanie called?” Alexandria answered, “She did and I have to admit that I really like her. Luna Melanie was annoyed with how my mate answered the phone. Announcing it was him when she already knew that because she called him.”
I snorted, “That sounds like my wife.” I asked EJ, “Isn’t it weird this is the one time they don’t have snipers?” Dad linked us both, “Your mom has protections around the area for things like that. They’d have to come closer into the territory and we’d smell them.” Of course she had.
Mom went all out with her protection for the family. At least that was working in our favor. We did not need to deal with being sniped at right now. Oden chuckled, “Particularly without our own sniper in the trees.” Except Oden and I did have a sniper, and he was in the pack.
Shots started being fired. I looked at our house and spotted Hendrick behind the scope.
So, we did have our own sniper, just not my sniper that I’d called and left voicemails for.
Melanie’s fury filled me as she screamed for EJ to put up his shield.
My wife called out seconds before shots rang out from their snipers.
Bradford linked, “I’m already on one of them!” I warned, “You be careful! They aren’t fighters but those are silver bullets.” Bradford replied, “Yes, Alpha.” It started raining. EJ linked our family, “Whichever one of the four of you that can do that, stop it.” I replied, “I don’t think it was us.”
I was looking directly at my mate’s hands, which were lighting up.
EJ sighed, “I’ll rephrase. Did any of the four that can do that make it rain?
” We all answered, “No.” EJ linked me, “We need to work with Melanie on her white wolf powers and your Fairy power she’s got.
” I nodded because my big brother wasn't wrong, it just wasn’t a top priority to me.
If Melanie didn’t know how to fight so well, it would be. Hell, my wife could start electrocuting people that were going to stab her. That would make me happy. Melanie’s family was yelling her name as she ran to the armory.
Lux shifted back, “Yeah, she’s not going to stop. Your mate is single mindedly focused on her goals.” Sometimes to the point of recklessness in my opinion, but it further annoyed me that Lux wasn’t wrong. I saw my guard.
I told them, “I’m going to pop to Melanie since she’s climbing a building like she’s a damn monkey. I’m going to bring her back here. When I do, you do not let anyone within fifty feet of her. Am I clear?” Egres, Gordon, and Hutchins nodded, answering, “Yes, Duke Alexander.”
I muttered, “Running off and getting stabbed, and diving in front of bullets like a damn maniac.” Angela linked me, “To save mom, but sure you keep on ranting.” I answered, “I just don’t like it.” Angela teased, “Melanie doesn’t like you keeping her out of the fight.”
I replied, “Then she shouldn’t have let herself get stabbed. That’s fair.” Angela cackled in our link, “Again, it was to save mom. It’s not totally fair, but it’s also not not fair.” Before I could answer I heard the shot and based on the direction it was fired at my mate.
I snarled and used my pushing power on everyone bad in my vicinity. Their heads exploded in record time. Dylan squealed, “YES! THE HEAD EXPLODER HAS COME OUT TO PLAY.” I snorted, “So, I take it Blue Moon’s attack is under control.” Dylan crunched on popcorn.
Eventually the man answered, “Of course it is. Your Water Fairy cousins could’ve handled it all on their lonesome. That my valent self was there to help made it all go faster helped, of course. It could’ve been our copious number of Warriors as well.”
Dylan waved his arms saying, “I’m going with it was all me. Not that Yellow River and Yellow Hills showed up to help. It’s been a momentous day for us. Yellow River came. People were twitterpated.” I rolled my eyes and popped to Melanie.
My wife wanted a new scope. I wanted her out of the damn line of fire, but I would get what I wanted faster if she had the scope.
Once the threat was taken care of, I lifted up her shirt noting she was healed.
Oden linked, “I would’ve told you if she wasn’t as would your healing light. ” I knew that.
Oden took over and I popped us down to my Guard. I used my pushing power again. Furious at the entire situation. I watched my Guard surround Melanie. I could feel her annoyance, she even tried to get by me several times.
Oden linked, “Our Guard has this.” True. I shifted and let my wolf have his moment since he was upset too. I heard Gordon stop Melanie and felt her extreme irritation with me for keeping her out of the fight. I was past caring because my mate kept getting hurt!
Regardless of how fast Melanie healed, I was tired of seeing my wife get hurt while I was powerless to stop it. I realized it said more about me than her because it was about how powerless I felt at seeing my mate get hurt, but she could deal with it.