The Alpha novel Chapter 58

Scarlet's POV

"Scar!" A familiar voice suddenly calls out. I turn and see Will reaching the top of the wall before coming over to me and giving me a brief hug before turning to Ethan and shaking his hand. "Alpha," he greets as the rest of his group catches up to him. "So, nothing's happening until dusk now?"

"So it would seem," Ethan replies grimly. "Cassia will continue walking the perimeter and reinforcing her spells for as long as she can. Other than that, looks like we will just be playing the waiting game for a couple more hours."

Will nods and then approaches the side of the wall to look out at our opponents. "Is there anyway to sneak up on them? Take them out before then?" Will asks as he turns his gaze back to Ethan.

"Unfortunately no. Cassia said they would have set up their own protection spells. There's no way we'd be able to get anyone near them undetected," he answers.

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As soon as dusk falls the army begins marching towards us once more. The witches then spread out across the front of the lines and begin throwing spells at us. Cassia's own enchantments hold as we can see orange sparks striking against an invisible barrier that is domed around the entire city. They sizzle out as they hit the protective magic that veils Crescent City. When their charms don't manage to break through silver-tipped arrows are shot from a row of Silver Shadow archers. Those bounce off the barrier as well.

I continue to watch as they try different spells and different weapons, none of which can bypass Cassia's own magic. Then I spot Lucien. He is in the front center of one of the companies standing in the open moon roof of a black hummer. The wretched Alpha is staring at me and when he notices that I've spotted him he smiles evilly. He thinks he has won. I'm sure he has no idea that the witches don't plan on handing me over to him.

The assault soon becomes more aggressive and it is obvious that some of our attackers are beginning to get annoyed. They thought this would be easier. Did they not notice that Cassia had left them? "Ethan!" Xander's voice suddenly calls out as he runs up to us with Cassia trailing behind him.

Ethan and I quickly come together to hear what Xander has to say but Cassia is the one that speaks up. "The barrier won't hold much longer. They'll be able to get through soon. We need to get our archers ready and as soon as a spell breaks through we need to take aim."

"Won't they have their own barriers up still?" I question.