Alpha Enzo (and Alaria) novel Chapter 83

Alaria:

“Mama…”

“Shh, baby.” I said, wanting to assure my son.

Hell, who was I kidding right now, even I needed assurance of what was going to happen.

“Alaria, go,” Enzo said, taking me off guard.

“Enzo…”

“Go and save yourself and Ashton. I’ll know how to…

“No,” I said, stopping him as my eyes met Damon’s. “I’m neither dumb nor foolish. I doubt that he is going to let us leave without a price,”

“Alaria…”

“Well, I must admit, she is smart.” Damon said, his tone calm as he spoke. “But not too smart. Any other woman in her shoes would have saved herself and her son. It seems to me that you have left a bigger impression on her than you think, don’t you agree, Enzo?”

“You are going to…”

“Enough.” Enzo said, stopping the man. He knew that he was doing something that was against all morals. To press on parents using their child is an all time low, and that wasn’t something that I would have expected from him. “Alaria, you are going to take Ashton and you are going to go.”

“He is not going to let us leave, Enzo.” I said, glaring at the man.

“I am impressed by the fact that the two of you, despite being on gun point, are arguing as lovers would. Now, I know that you too claim not to be, but are you really honest about it? Please do tell, I am into listening.” Damon said, making me growl. Ashton tightened his arms around me, and I ran my fingers over my son’s back, gently purring, wanting to calm him down. “Wouldn’t you leave without risking your son’s life, Alaria? You know, you can still save him. You might be worried, but I am not going to harm you, that is something that I can, most likely, guarantee to you.”

“You are a liar, and I doubt that believing one word that you say is something that you are going to expect out of me,” I said, and he shrugged.

“The option that you can have is try,”

“Or fight,” I said.

“I swear you are going to drive me crazy.” Enzo said, and I tightened my arms around my son. I didn’t know how I was going to do this, but I wasn’t dumb, I knew that the first thing that could happen if I left was another attack that could cost me and my son’s life. The only thing that was going to be harmed was the pack in the end.

“I am not going to leave you in a tough situation, Enzo. Not when you know for fact that there are things that you are going to…”

“Well, then, it seems that the two of you are going to die.” He said, making my heart race as my wolf grew alert. I put Ashton down behind me, shielding him with my body. The last thing that I was going to allow was the man to put my son in a front line, even if I knew that Enzo would be willing to protect him. “I see, nothing is going to work to stop you?”

“You are going to regret thinking of doing what you are,” I said, looking him in the eye. Enzo let out a low, warning growl, giving his wolf the final warning to back out of the ambush. His wolf growled back, and Enzo nodded, understanding that there was no way out of this. It was something that they chose at this point.

“I believe that the choice was made by you, Damon.” Enzo said, looking at the man. His stance told me that this wasn’t going to end without one of these Alphas dying, and though I knew that this was a war of Alphas, I couldn’t help butt find myself worrying about how things were going to go and where they were going to lead us.

“I made the right choice in choosing my pack against you.” He said, and I shook my head. The man was being foolish, I knew that trusting is bastard of a brother was going to end him. He just didn’t understand that.

“You know, we wanted to give you a chance, one to live and survive. But it seems to me that you chose to go against everything that we gave you.” Enzo said, looking at the man that he considered a partner for a while. I knew that Yaroslav has been a long partner to the family. It was a shame that his son came out as an enemy.

“You are going to end up dying, and you are going to see how things turn out for those that I consider enemies. And trust me, Damon, neither Jacob, nor those who you think are friends are going to support you.” Enzo said, taking a step forward. I didn’t know whether he wanted to actually give him a chance or not. However, I knew that this was distracting Damon. At least, I believe that it was.

“You are a fool if you think that we are going to believe in one word that you say, Enzo. It is me who is holding the gun, and if you think that protecting the woman against me is going to save her, then you can think again. I tried to give her a chance; she was too dumb not to take it.” He said, and I took a deep breath, knowing that this conversation was not going to go anywhere. At least, not until one of the men ended up making the first move.

“However, it is a shame that you would be the one to take his last breath tonight, Damon Petrov.” Ezio’s voice came from behind Damon, taking him off guard. “Put the gun down, and you can still walk out of here alive. I am willing to have a spec of mercy.”

I smiled as I took sight of my brother. However, the smile didn’t last for long as Damon, despite hearing my brother’s trigger, chose to do the one thing that I knew would be the end game of tonight.

“Not until I’ve broken all of you in one small shot.” He said, aiming the gun at me. He pressed the trigger just as my brother did. My eyes widened in surprise, but just as I expected the bullet to hit me, my eyes widened in surprise when Enzo’s eyes met mine before they widened as he took the bullet.

“Enzo…?”

“Run…”

“You are lucky that the Alpha is a strong as he is,” the doctor said, he was a wolf. It was the reason why Ezio chose for us to come here to begin with. “He lost a lot of blood, but he was recovering even through his surgery. He might take a little longer than usual as the bullet hit his spleen. But other than that, if he is okay tonight, then he would be fine.”

“What do you mean IF he’s okay tonight?” I asked, shaking my head at the doctor.

“He is going to be under surveillance. The surgery was somewhat complicated, and as I told you, he lost a lot of blood through it, and the bullet hit an organ. While as a wolf, he did not require us the same difficulty a human body would have, he is still going to be under close watch for the night.” He said, and I nodded, taking a seat.

“Can we see him?” I asked, sounding a little more hopeful than I wanted to.

“Are you his wife?”

“His son’s mother,” I said, and he nodded.

“Only for a few minutes. And only you. When he is awake and is taken to another room, we can start allowing a few visiting hours for his family members.” He said, and I nodded. I looked at Ezio for a while, worrying about Ashton, but he nodded in assurance, letting me know that he was going to be with him.

I took a deep breath and followed the doctor, my heart racing with each step that I took as they got me ready to see him, not wanting me to have any germs that could end up harming him.

My eyes caught sight of him, and I took a deep breath, stopping myself from crying as I saw him laying there. The picture of him standing in front of me, our eyes meeting for a moment, as he took that shot for me played in my head. And I couldn’t help but tear up.

“You are only allowed two minutes, ma’am,” the doctor said, and I nodded.

I stood by his bed, his eyes were screwed shut, but he was breathing, my one consolation.

“I am going to need you to wake up, Enzo.” I said, whispering my words for his ears to hear. “Your son is going to need you by his side. And at this point, I don’t think that I can do this without you in his life. He is going to need you to be there. I am going to need you here by our side.”

I sniffed as I extended my hand before pulling it back, knowing not to touch him. “We have our enemies to face, and they are going to be more than a little happy seeing you die. Fight and do not give up, do it for us, do it for the family that I know that you want to build.”

“Fight, Enzo. I will never forgive you if you don’t. You are the Alpha, a sole Alpha of the pack D’Angelo, and I will be furious with you, forever, if you allow yourself to give up.” I said, touching his hand, running my finger over his own gently. “And knowing you, I know for fact that you won’t give up. You are just going to need a little push. And I promise you, I am going to be that push for you. I am not going to allow you to give up.”

“I give you my word, I won’t..”