The Alpha novel Chapter 57

Scarlet's POV

I come up behind Ethan as he stares out his wall of windows. With how high up we are, we can see over the large wall that now surrounds our borders. My eyes widen as I see the large numbers marching towards us. There are way more people than we were expecting. According to Cassia there are only about a hundred witches in her coven. But there are thousands marching towards us. I look over at Ethan and he looks just as surprised as me.

He instantly pulls me closer as he tries to calm himself before turning his attention back to the army that is heading in our direction. Scanning over them, his eyes flicker with recognition. "Look," he states as he points to one of the groups who has banner-men holding large posts with gray banners. I adjust my eyes as I bring my wolf to the surface while I strain to see the banners. There is a large blue circle on the gray background and a silver wolf howling in front of it.

"The Silver Shadow Pack," I breathe out in a tone that's barely audible if not for his enhanced hearing.

"Yes. We weren't expecting this," Ethan growls irritably. "They don't want the same thing. There is no reason for them to team up like this."

"Maybe the witches lied about their intentions? Especially since Andromeda had been working with Lucien," I reply, that being the only explanation I can think of.

He snarls before his eyes glaze over, clearly mind-linking the pack with the new developments. "Come on. We need to get into position," he states before taking my hand. He leads me down the elevator and out the front doors before we are helped into one of the black SUVs. We immediately begin zipping through the city streets as we make are way to the east wall where the main gates are.

"Will, the witches are here and they brought the Silver Shadow Pack army with them. Ethan and I are on our way to the wall now," I link, letting him know what is going on. I had let him know right away when we first heard news of the witches and their plans to absorb my powers. Ethan had also told me of his intention to let the packless join the packs belonging to him and his brothers. With everything going on, we haven't been able to start initiating the plans for that. However, many of the fighters were wanting to help when they heard that we would soon be facing a siege. They had immediately started training with the other packs' warriors and were included in the strategies for the attack. I was excited that my people were finally going to be able to be part of a pack again and no longer having to scrape by.

"Woah... okay. I'll gather the others and we'll be on our way shortly. Take care of yourself Scar," Will replies.

Soon, we are pulling up to our destination. A guard comes around to open my door before helping me out. He bows to Ethan and I while murmuring, "Alpha, Luna."

Ethan and I both nod to him before walking up the stone steps that lead to the walkway at the top of the wall. We pass multiple soldiers, all of who do the same thing as the first. After Cassia had shown up and informed us of her coven Ethan had called all of the packs together to let them know. Along with going over all of their plans and delegating tasks to make sure reserves were stocked and weapons made and everything else, he had introduced me. He wanted everyone to know that my protection was of the utmost importance. Plus, he knew that his pack would inherently want to protect their Luna.