Academy Of Mates novel Chapter 112

Chapter 112

Chapter 112

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And so the planning began once more with Andrew adding notes to what Benedict wrote and it was odd to see them together. They spoke and worked, analyzing the area together. Benedict would ask Andrew something and Andrew would answer like there wasn’t any history… or maybe there was and that’s what made it easier for them.

Because as much as they were enemies, they were also the only two people that fully understood the wrath of this brother and sister pair.

“He will not try to escape. He has nowhere to go.” Andrew informs us. “The Alpha will barricade himself in his home and will use Vareesa’s friend to scare us away. Those are not empty threats. He’s desperate and will do anything he can to keep us away.”

“The garbage chutes are probably closed now?” Benedict guessed, hand to his chin.

Andrew shudders at the mention of the place we burned ourselves in. “Yes. He would have them all closed by now. Sealed and locked.”

“The vents?” Benedict offered with a frown.

Andrew shook his head. “Too small. Not even Vareesa can fit through.”

“Then we simply have to move fast.” Sebastian cuts in. “There’s not much he can do in a few seconds.”

“Where would Odette and my mother be?” Benedict asked, touching the map with his hands, slowly going through every street and every building.

Andrew stared down at the map. “Your mother will be down in the streets, leading the defensive. Odette will try to bunker herself on the rooftop.”

“Alpha,” Benedict’s blue eyes lock with Sebastian’s amber ones. “We have to split up. Smaller groups will be easier to move than big ones.”

Sebastian is quiet, his face deep in calculation. “We’ll need a distraction. A timely one.”

I listen to the plan, listen as he divides the groups. Benedict and Andrew in one. Sebastian in another. His Delta leading the frontal attack that would provide the distraction and as he listed names, I realized that he didn’t include me.

The group surrounding the map disperses, leaving only Sebastian and I on the table. “You can’t possibly think I’m going to wait here while everyone goes off to the city pack.”

“You are injured, still healing from your escape.” Sebastian says without meeting my eyes. “You are untrained and will—“

My eyes widened. “What? I’ll what?”

“You will only cause me more worry.” He finishes without remorse.

I’m breathing hard, unable to believe that every single person in the pack and even the ones that aren’t in the pack have something to do except for me. Their Luna. “You’re just proving to everyone that I’m your weakness.”

“You are my weakness, Vareesa.” Sebastian says loudly, shamelessly. “And they’ve made it perfectly clear that they use weaknesses. Do you want to go back there and be used against me?”

My lips parted. “No but,”

“Because that’s what will happen.” He presses, his jaw tight. “They will take you and I will be left with nothing again. You’re the one person I cannot lose and they will use that.”

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I gestured around us, to everyone moving and contributing. “I can’t just do nothing. Please, Sebastian. Let me come with you-”

“You’re not going near that Alpha.” He snapped impatiently. “Never.”

“Then with Andrew or Benedict,” I suggested, knowing their plans were different.

Sebastian merely shook his head. “Those two will only see you as a distraction. One is injured and the other still coping with the loss of your connection.”

“Sebastian, please. This is my fight too.” I see the tightness of his face and I know I’m losing. “They know you’ll leave me here. They know I’ll be in this camp.”

He nods like he already knows this. “That’s why you’re going back to our lands. To the mountains. You’re going in a plane and fly away from here.”

“Because leaving me with guards isn’t how we got separated in the first place?” It wasn’t meant to hurt him, but my words seemed to cut him deep as he flinched back. “I’ll be safer close to you. Why don’t we compromise? Please. Leave me with your Delta Shannon. She is leading the frontal attack, right? I can stay with her and you can have my father be with me too. I’ll be safe and I’ll be near wolves that can call you if there’s any danger near.”

Dark amber eyes regarded me. “You really won’t let this go, will you?”

I stood my ground. “No.”

He lets out a defeated breath. “You will stay with Shannon and you will stay away from the fighting as much as you can. Be in your wolf form the entire time and keep yourself safe or I swear I will burn the entire world down if something happens to you. Do you understand?”

One look and I knew he was serious.

If something happened to me, he would surely kill everyone. Enemy and friends alike. It wouldn’t matter.

“I understand.” I swore to him, giving him my silent oath. “Nothing will happen to me.”

“Shannon,” He calls without looking.

His Delta stands before him, strong and fierce. “Alpha,”

“You will be in charge of my mate’s safety. She will stay with you and fight along side you.” His jaw clenched. “Not a hair out of place.”

Shannon nods, bowing low. “Nothing will harm the Luna. You have my word.”

It takes less than an hour for Benedict’s group and Sebastian’s group to gather. No one spoke of their true plans just in case we had more traitors, but as I watched them go… I felt my heart sink. We weren’t just going against predictable enemies. We were against the worst of the worst. Right as Sebastian disappears from sight, he turns, walking back to me to place a kiss on my lips. Long and passionate, the kiss spoke of his worry, about his need to have me safe when he returned.

“Stay safe. Please.” He begged, his eyes swimming with emotion. “Run if there’s trouble. Swear to me, you’ll run. Swear to me that you will be okay.”

I can only nod because my chest is tight with nerves.

And then he was gone.

The rest of us waited in the camp, thousands and thousands of us just standing and staring in anticipation. I tried not to pace beside my father, who kept his eyes on the sky, waiting for the signal. Sebastian’s strongest warriors surround me and my father, staring up at the sky as well… waiting.

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Chapter 112

Time went on slowly.

And then it came.

At first I worried I wouldn’t be able to see it, but it was impossible to miss as everything was suddenly up in flames, burning brightly and lighting up the night sky. It was flames so high it consumed the woodlands and everything surrounding it. Explosions were happening everywhere, shaking the ground and rocking my balance and everything went up in smoke.

The screams came from everywhere and suddenly, I couldn’t breathe, my heart in my throat as I saw buildings in the distance start to crumble, breaking in two and falling to pieces. Waves upon waves of destruction came and I could only watch.

“That’s our signal!” Shannon bellows at the top of her lungs. “It’s time to act now! Do this for the family you’ve lost! Do this for the homes that were taken from us!”

Werewolves in every direction shift into their menacing wolves and my body follows, shifting into my own wolf as I promised Sebastian I would. Without even a second to breathe, without getting the chance to swallow the lump in my throat, we were all running to the borders where guards and patrols were charred and screaming, my feet feeling the ground continue to shake as more explosions went off, the heat from the flames making me wince.

The patrols that managed to stay alive from the explosions didn’t stay that way for much longer as the wolves that raced towards them swiped and bit and clawed and tore through what remained, leaving them in ribbons. Blood soaked the ground and the smell of destruction was everywhere. The world was shaking and it felt like the sky would fall on top of us.

I felt the terror and adrenaline course through my veins, filling my senses until it was all I could feel. I do my best to catch up, striking anything alive near me. So many bodies lay unmoving before me, drowning in their own blood.

We cross the borders not long after that, out of the cover of the trees and within the concrete streets of the city pack. Everything was so big, so daunting. And it was all burning to the ground. Shattered glass was falling from the sky, bloody bodies thrown out of buildings and shops.

Shannon was howling into the sky as she saw the first wave of city pack defenders up ahead. There were a lot of them and I realized with horror that they had made a shield for themselves… women and children and prisoners all lined up in front, tied to the ground.

Behind the wall of bodies was my mother, her eyes already on me.

“Hello, little Luna.” Her voice made me shiver.

She makes sure I’m looking as she takes the neck of the nearest shield in her hand and snaps its neck in two. Blood soaked her clothes but she didn’t care, only continued to smile as she held another in her arms.

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