The Female Alpha’s Sanctuary novel Chapter 19

Chapter 19
To admit he was truly gone.
It was just so sudden.
Everything happened way too fast. So fast that I couldn’t comprehend it. I had to be stuck in some nightmare. A nightmare I desperately wanted to wake up from. So that when I open my eyes, I’ll find Bentley working on his truck, his hands all dir ty from oil. He’d be wearing his overalls paired with his work boots like he always did. He’d tell me to take a break, maybe spend some time with Lila over the fields and help her plant some seeds. To find little Jason running around with a stick he found chasing after other pups with their squeals sounding down the pack territory. Luna Thompson would be chatting away with other female wolves about the next feast we’d have. The pack warriors teaching the teens how to fight and train properly for the future.
Anna, Oscar, Remmy, Harden, Cindy, June, Brenda-
All those faces attached to the names I knew so well that I’d never see again. Their expressions of their last moments of life twisted in pure horror was forever engraved in my mind. Those soulless eyes staring right through me. Some had serene, unsuspecting faces. Those who were caught off guard, never truly knowing what fate had in store for them until it was too late.
I shuddered, forcing my eyelids to sh ut. I couldn’t let myself stray away from my objective. I couldn’t bring back the dead. My thoughts went to Lila. The best I could do was make sure another wouldn’t fall.
There was nothing but rubble left for us here. I couldn’t feel any of my bonds with the members connect. My wolf had gotten aquatinted to their wolves and formed a makeshift bond that allowed me to feel them albeit faintly. It didn’t give me much information about their whereabouts or thoughts but I could feel their presence on land if I searched hard for
it.
And searching for it, I did.
I just didn’t find any.
They were wiped out.
Lila stuck on like a leech; clinging onto me like a life preserver. She was definitely traumatized from her earlier incident. She was touched and she saw me ki ll a man all in the same minute. Maybe there was a small part of her that feared me now. I shook away the thought and frowned at her appearance. Her curly brown hair was a mess on-top her head. Mud, strands of grass and small sticks coated her locks along with her clothes. Her top was getting di rty from the mud on my shirt but she didn’t seem to mind. She held tighter despite the cold water saturating through the fabric and soaking into hers.
Lifting my head, I tried to scan around the area.
There were tons of rogues prowling around the territory. Loud howls singing into the night from every direction to state their position. From what I could hear, they almost had every perimeter secured. All except one. The secret exit near the bunker. About thirty of the rogues were roaming around the borders. Securing the exits to make sure no wolf could get
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out.
Or get in.
The only advantage I have is that I knew the land better, but who’s to say they didn’t already scout out the area before attacking? Confusion struck within me. How could they have possibly breached the heavily guarded barriers? Duskfall had barbed wires, twenty foot fences, motion detectors, outposts every few feet from each other… how in the world did they managed to weasel themselves in?
Lila whimpered as if sensing my inner turmoil. Tilting my head down, I loosened the hold I was unconsciously tightening around her. Her nails dug into my skin, but I ignored the slight pain. She was feeling antsy. Clearly frazzled from everything that happened thus far. I had to be strong for her. She had no one to depend on but me. If I lost my will now, there’d be no way we’d get out of this alive. Keeping that as my mindset, I hardened myself. I compelled my nerves to steel. Being afraid won’t solve anything.
I stood up. Backtracking from the garden before making a dash to the woods. My guard was up. I threw one last glance at Benltey to bid a silent goodbye before running as fast as I could down the narrow pathway.
The rogues were smart enough to cause the fires. Smoke collectively formed a smog around the territory, enwrapping the small houses in the thick swamp of harmful fumes. Not only did it mess with our sense of smell but also our sight. It was a disaster. Calamity’s kiss falling upon our pack.
Zooming by the after shadows of the trees, I narrowed my gaze down the course leading to the bunker. I believed some of the pack members managed to hide away before getting caught. We had protocols and practice situation to ensure everyone was quick enough to get there in time. Kind of like drills. No one but the pack members knew of the bunker. It was created for emergencies like this. A witch had cast a protective spell on the structure; hiding its appearance to those unwelcome. The rogues wouldn’t have been able to see the bunker or catch a scent on it.