The Alpha's Surprised Mate (Book #1 of Silver Moon Series) novel Chapter 23

Twenty-Three: Aftermath

Dustin

I was very sceptical about letting Mykayla and Natalya go and have their normal girls' day out. Mykayla was starting to show; she was even more captivating now that her belly was rounded with my pup. We were unsure of how long she would carry. A normal wolf pregnancy was five months, but humans carried for nine months. I figured it would be somewhere in between. I was also worried about the entire pregnancy. Human women were not made to carry pups. Mykayla asked about me changing her, but Chris had stepped in and said that would be deadly. When I asked why he said he wanted to check into a few things and would get back to me. He had also said that if his hunch were right, Mykayla would have no problems carrying and birthing this pup or any future pups. For some reason, I completely believed him. We (all twelve of us guys) were sitting in the rec room when Kaleb all of a sudden jumped up and grabbed his right side as if someone had hurt him. We all looked at him because there was no one else besides us down there. That’s when we all felt an enormous burst of power surging through the ground. The five of us looked at each other because we had no idea what the fuck was happening. We had no idea what could create a surge of power that great. I looked over at Donte, and just as I was going to ask him what the fuck was happening, Natalya came busting in, followed by the rest of the girls. Mykayla ran into the room and straight into my arms. She looked on the verge of breaking down and was shaking terribly. I was getting mad because something had happened to my pregnant mate, but I was also just as confused. I was just going to ask her when the rest of them came walking through the door. They had obviously been in a fight. Alexis was not using one of her feet, and her ankle was three times the size it should be. Bryn had a long cut down her right upper arm, and her wrist was starting to turn black and getting larger. Jailynn and Leah were both holding their arms, and I could see blood seeping through. Daniylla was limping and had an ankle that was way bigger than it should be. She was also holding her side. I saw Nate run to Daniylla and Ashton run to Jailynn. Then walking in last were Mykenzie and Kylani. Mykenzie was holding her hand over a spot on her right leg that was going to turn into a huge bruise. Plus, starting at her shoulder and disappearing under her shirt was another area that was going to turn into a huge bruise. Kylani was holding her right side as I saw blood oozing through her fingers. She also had a scrape on her right arm that would probably also bruise. I looked at Kaleb. He looked like he was going to lose his shit when he saw her. What was really frightening about the whole picture was that both Mykenzi e and Kylani had a dark red glow around them and their eyes were glowing green. I almost pulled Kaleb away from her, but when he touched her, she started to calm down as all the red began to disappear. Her eyes started not to glow anymore. I mind-linked mom and dad and asked them to come help take care of these girls. I explained what I knew so far, and mom said she would bring Aunt Mandy (Nate’s mom). I knew between the two of them that they could get the girls patched up. I did see Chris get up and look at his sister's backs. He let out a sigh of relief, and I am not sure what that is about. Mom, Dad, and Aunt Mandy got there quickly, and when they saw the girls, they were shocked. I knew my dad was pissed. He hated when men put their hands on women. However, something tells me that whoever attacked them was in far worse shape than these women. As mom and Aunt Mandy started patching up the girls, the rest of us asked Natalya what had happened. Mykayla was sitting in between Mykenzie and Kylani. I had a weird feeling like I could almost see a family resemblance in the three of them. I know that is not possible, but it is a feeling I can’t shake. Natalya tells us the entire story from beginning to end. She even says that Mykenzie and Kylani took out four of them on their own. She describes how three of the guys were practically flayed open. This also means that a few of their attackers probably didn't make it out alive.

“Natalya, could you take us back to where they trapped you?” Tarlek asks.

“Yeah, no problem. Fucking bastard trying to hurt my girls. They deserved everything they got.” She angrily replies.

The next day Natalya takes all of us to where it happened. Even our fathers come down. Apparently, even though we haven’t known the girls that long they have apparently grown on all of us. Nate and Ashton’s fathers absolutely love Daniylla and Jailynn. Kaleb’s dad has taken to Kylani and Mykenzie like they are the daughters he never got. Alexis, Bryn, and Leah have been adopted by mine, Brighton’s, and Natalya’s fathers. I think they have even worked out some kind of weird joint custody thing. When we get to the side street, we all start looking around. We could both smell and see lots of blood on the ground confirming that some of the guys didn’t survive the fight. Natalya shows us how they separated her and Mykayla. She shows us how they had Mykayla backed up into a corner when the girls appeared.

“These guys have to the dumbest fucking idiots to corner my sisters.” Chris states.

We all look at him; he begins to explain that it is a death wish to corner them.

“Cornering Mykenzie and Kylani is like cornering a wild animal. They go into defensive mode. Not to mention that they were protecting Mykayla. I am surprised any of those fuckers survived. The last group of people to corner them, well, that just says none are alive to tell the tale.” Rye explains.

“They were growling, and it didn’t sound like any wolf. It sounded like a fucking lion or tiger. It was fucking badass and sexy as hell.” Natalya chimes in.

We look around a little longer when all of a sudden we all fucking jump, and I thought I was going to have a fucking heart attack.