Rebirth of the Broken Luna A Second Chance at Luna's Heart novel Chapter 492

Chapter 492

SHAWN

Thank god. Xenois would bring reinforcements, proper warriors, maybe even other allied alphas.

‘How long?” I asked.

“Minutes, Lake said. “Maybe five? He’s moving fast.”

‘We hold for five minutes,” I told everyone. “Whatever’s coming, we hold.”

The attack hit like a tsunami.

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Creatures poured toward our position from every direction. Nightwalkers, fae, rogue werewolves, things I didn’t have names for. All of them coordinated, all of them determined to break through our defense.

I fired plasma blasts as fast as I could generate them. Vaporizing attackers, creating barriers of superheated air that made approach difficult, trying to thin their numbers before they reached our perimeter.

But there were too many.

Nathan and Izzy were fighting hand-to-hand now, their enhanced abilities letting them take on multiple opponents. But they were getting overwhelmed.

Kamsi and Daniela were using everything they had-water shields, sonic disruption, magical barriers. But magic had limits, and they were reaching theirs.

Alex was moving between positions with fae grace, healing minor injuries, redistributing defensive resources. But we were losing ground.

‘Fall back! Riley commanded. “Tighter perimeter! Protect the children!”

We contracted our defensive line, giving up the outer courtyard to focus on defending the immediate area around Lake’s evacuation portals.

I was firing continuously now, my plasma abilities a constant stream of destructive energy. Attackers were getting through, forcing our close combat fighters to engage.

I saw one of the chemistry class students go down-not dead, but Injured, bleeding from a slash across their arm. Professor Morrison pulled them back to safety while continuing to fight with her free hand.

This was bad. Really bad. We were minutes from being overrun.

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“Thirty seconds, Lake gasped. I can feel Dad. Thirty seconds.”

Longest thirty seconds of my life.

I channeled everything I had left into a final massive plasma blast. Creating a wall of superheated energy that formed a temporary barrier around our position.

It wouldn’t hold long. But it might hold long enough.

Fifteen seconds. Ten. Five.

A portal opened behind us-but not Lake’s portal. This one was massive, large enough for an entire strike force.

Xenois came through first, alpha power radiating from him like physical pressure. Behind him-Thorne, Marcus, Klaus, dozens of pack

warriors.

And through the permanent connection to Zade’s territory-Alpha Zade himself, bringing his own warriors.

The reinforcements hit Jerome’s forces like a hammer.

Xenois was a blur of motion, his alpha strength making him a devastating close combat fighter. Zade was coordinating his warriors

with practiced efficiency. Thorne and Marcus were eliminating threats with the kind of brutal effectiveness that came from decades of

combat experience.

The tide turned immediately.

Jerome’s forces had been overwhelming us. Now they were caught between our desperate defense and the fresh warriors who’d just.

arrived.

It became a rout.

Creatures that had been pressing our position were falling back, trying to escape. But Lake had apparently decided evacuation portals

could work both ways-he was opening gateways that dropped retreating enemies into containment cells.

“Cease fire!” Xenois commanded once it became clear Jerome’s forces were either dead, captured, or fled. “Secure the perimeter!

Medical teams, assess casualties! Lake, stop with the portals before you pass out!”

Lake immediately stopped and promptly sat down hard on the ground, exhausted.

I let my plasma abilities deactivate and realized I was shaking. Adrenaline crash hitting hard now that the immediate danger had

passed.

“Shawn. Xenois was in front of me suddenly. “Are you hurt?’

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“I’m fine, I said. “Just tired.”

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He pulled me into a hug, and I let him. Let myself be seventeen and scared and exhausted instead of the weapon I’d been for the past -how long? Twenty minutes? An hour? Time had become meaningless during the fight.

“You protected them, Xenois said quietly. “My boys. Your classmates. You held this position against impossible odds.”

“Riley did most of the tactical coordination,” I said. “And Lake evacuated everyone. I just shot things.”

“You did more than that, Xenois corrected. “You led. You organized civilians into an effective defensive unit. You made command

decisions that saved lives.”

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