Sebastianâs POV~
I linked my dadâ¦meet in my office ASAPâ¦and rushed through the door, practically dragging Arabella. Sheâs laughing and trying to keep up, but I am just too excited! I sit down and pull her into my lap. The guys are all looking at me like I have lost my mind! They donât get it! I havenât lost itâ¦I have finally found it!
My dad comes skidding into the roomâ¦knocking into a side table and toppling a lamp to the floor. His hair is all over the place, his shirt buttoned up wrong and only one shoe..and he says âWhat? Whatâs wrong?â And I canât answer because I am laughing so hard I canât breathe. And Arabella says âOh itâs nothing to be upset about, Grandpaâ¦your son is just excitable.â And you could have heard a pin drop. Iâm not sure if theyâre figuring out weâre pregnant or if they are just shocked, thinking she just disrespected the former King. And nobody speaksâ¦and the room fills with tension. She throws her hands up in the air and says âOh for Goddess sake! Iâm pregnant!â
And my father yanks her off my lap and swings her in circles while she giggles. He has such a huge smile on his face and all the guys are congratulating us and then my mouse squeaks..grabbing Callista and says âOur babies will grow up together..and play togetherâ¦and be best friends forever! Just like usâ¦you and me and Sebastian and Kaidenâ¦â with a second squeak following it. Kaiden looks at me and saysâ¦âsheâs like one more bit of good news away from blastoffâ and we all laugh!
We had all settled down and working on various things. Arabella and Callista were working on provisions lists for the bunkers..and groceries for the pack. Kaiden was running video feed on Ezekiel and Brayden and Cory were running strategy for warrior placement. Meâ¦. Oh yeah..I had the fun job! Paperwork! Kaiden looks up and spins his tablet.. I looked at it..realizing it was the front of Ezekielâs packhouse. There was about 20 blacked out SUVs loading what look to be warriors. A mindlink came through âBreach! Breach! At the jail! Three guards down!â And we all hauled ass out of the packhouse!
I reached the jail and see not 3â¦but five of our men gone! A single bullet to each of their headsâ¦. Kaiden runs inside and backs video up to the moments before the breach. And we watched in disbeliefâ¦as three men dressed in black came through the rear door firing on the first two guardsâ¦then the third as he rounded the corner. The two guards at the front sounded the alarm and one man stepped forward and shot them both. Two of them ran to the cells and fired into the locking mechanism and released Byronâ¦.then Celia and they all ran out the rear door. Just that fast!
Cory is yelling at his tracker team to go! Paws on the ground and find where they went! Brayden is yelling for reports on how the breach was accomplished. Arabella is ordering every available warrior to pack central and we all take off to meet them. I mindlink Earlâ¦he responds immediatelyâ¦I ask his location and he says about 130 southwest of the kingdom. A battle is gearing up and they are waiting on the alphaâs troops to arrive. He said there are about 180 rogues and mercenaries in place. He was going to hang out long enough to get a headcount on how many we were facing, then he was heading to us..and bringing the men he served with in Afghanistan. They are all snipers and excellent marksman⦠he will alert me before they reach our border so they donât get shot coming in..then he chuckled. So, at least we will have some valuable intel!
I stood on the stage and readied to address our peopleâ¦.I opened the packwide link and said âSterling Moonâ¦a heinous attack occurred less than an hour ago. We have lost 5 of our own and two prisoners have escapedâ¦prisoners who are traitors to the crown! We are at war! All my people who cannot fightâ¦to the safe rooms! Every bunker is equipped to handle 200 wolves. Beta Callista will give you your assigned bunker number! Farmers!! Hunker down in your safe houses! Someone will let you know when it is safe.
Warriors! Those who will remain on two feetâ¦gear up! Full body armor and meet with your queen for position assignments. Archers and Gunnersâ¦be prepared to hit the trees! The rest of you are with your battalion leaders and will shift on my order! We have a few hours ao take this time to speak with your families and prepare yourselves. Border patrol, I am expecting six mercenaries at the southwest border within an hourâ¦allow them to passâ¦and escort them to me. We will prevail! We cannot fail! This ends today! Spare lives if you canâ¦but only if your opponent is incapacitated. If you canât spare them,,,then know.. the Goddess is on the side of right! And that is US! Now, disperse but be alert!â
It felt like I had no sooner sat down to scarf down a couple sandwiches that I got the link saying Earl and his men were hereâ¦as they were shown into the office..my beautiful mate handed them each a plate with sandwiches and chips and a bottle of water. As they ate , I said âI want to swear you all in as pack, so you have full advantage of the linkâ¦if after this is overâ¦and you choose to maintain your lone wolf status..you may do so,with my blessing and backing. Is this acceptable?â And they all nodded and we got that out of the way.
Earl spoke up immediatelyâ¦âAlphaâ¦we are facing about 500 men. Nearly 200 of them with nothing to lose. They will be coming in two directionsâ¦south and west. Both alphas are leading the troops. They only have six snipers and a dozen marksmen. With your permission, my men and I will take out the snipersâ¦the marksmen will then be a piece of cake. Arabella said she and her archers will handle the marksmen and as I nodded at her Earl said âIâm impressed,Luna!â She grinned that little grin that makes the devil shiver and saysâ I learned at a very early ageâ¦if you canât run with the big dogs, youâd best stay on the porch!â And we all laughedâ¦knowing my girl is one of the Big Dogs!