I Forgot I Loved You Alpha (Ellie and Nolan) novel Chapter 329

Chapter 329

The sound that followed nearly stopped my heart.

August.

Ian.

Their cries pierced the chaos like knives, sharp and terrified and impossibly small against the roar of battle.

“No-!” I sobbed, scrambling to my hands and knees.

The panic room door-reinforced stone, layered wards, every safeguard we’d built-shuddered violently as something slammed into it from the outside.

Felicity.

She’d run right past me as I lay there.

I could see her there now, her madness burning so hot it made my skin prickle. She tore at the door with relentless fury, claws shrieking against enchanted stone.

The boys screamed louder.

I tried to stand.

My legs gave out beneath me.

Another impact rocked the door. Hairline fractures appeared along its surface, magic flaring desperately as it struggled to hold.

Inside, I could feel Rae.

Focused. Terrified. Unyielding.

She didn’t scream.

She didn’t hesitate.

She stood between my children and death.

I forced myself to stand and move toward the door, stumbling as I went, but not stopping.

A snarl ripped through the air-this one human, furious, and unmistakably Moonstone.

“Rae-!”

Cassian.

He burst through the press of bodies like a force of nature, cutting down anything in his path with reckless, desperate speed. His eyes were wild as he reached the shattered threshold, taking in the scene in a single, horrified glance.

The door gave way with a thunderous crack.

Stone split.

Magic collapsed.

The panic room was breached.

Time slowed.

I threw myself at Felicity in blind panic. My arms locked around her neck, and I dragged her to the floor with me, holding on with everything I had to keep her away from my babies.

A rogue lunged through the opening, bloodied and snarling, eyes locked on the crib where my boys screamed in

terror.

Rae moved.

She didn’t shout. Didn’t hesitate. She stepped forward and drove the dagger Cassian had given her straight into the rogue’s throat with a scream that was pure rage and fear and love all tangled together.

The body hit the floor at her feet.

Silence fell for half a heartbeat.

Cassian stood frozen in the doorway, chest heaving, staring at the scene like he couldn’t quite make sense of it.

Rae-blood splattered across her hands, long red hair coming loose from its tie-stood rigidly between the crib and the fallen rogue. The dagger trembled in her grip, its blade slick and red.

August and Ian wailed from the crib, their cries raw and panicked.

Cassian made a broken sound in his throat and crossed the room in three long strides, pulling Rae into his arms without a word.

She shattered.

The dagger clattered to the floor as she clutched at him, sobbing violently, her strength finally giving way now that she wasn’t alone anymore.

“I-I didn’t know what else to do,” she gasped. “I couldn’t-I couldn’t let them-”

“You did perfect,” Cassian said fiercely, his voice breaking as he held her. “You did exactly right. Exactly what I needed you to. They’re safe. You kept them safe.”

I dragged myself upright, every movement agony, and staggered into the doorway.

The moment Cassian saw me, his face crumpled.

“Ellie,” he breathed.

I didn’t answer. I couldn’t.

All I could see were my children-red-faced and sobbing, tiny hands clenched tight as they screamed themselves hoarse.

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I reached toward them, wanting nothing more than to gather them into my arms.

Then I was yanked back violently. My back collided with the wall and the air was forced out of my lungs.

The second rogue sprinted through the open doorway and the sound of struggle filled my ears as Cassian engaged to protect Rae and the boys.

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