Wolf-less Omega Luna novel Chapter 25

Axel's POV

I watched silently as Alana’s heartbeat picked up, her pupils enlarged and the color drained from her face. 

Which hurt more? The wolfsbane burning my throat down to my stomach or the horrified look on Alana’s face? 

It was her expression. —Outright downcast and dejected.

“Fuck! It burns”
“Arghh!”
“Wolfsbane in fucking champagne?”
“Are you trying to kill us all?!”

Werewolves in pain screamed from the left, right, and center.

Fuck! Peace party in the mud.

How could anybody have gotten their hands on enough wolfsbane to poison the whole pack including visitors?

Only a handful of high-ranked soldiers in the pack knew of our wolfsbane supply. We kept them intact for rogue wolves and their kind, not for our pack members.

Shrill cries of she-wolves pulled me from my well of thought and I looked around to glimpse males rubbing their females’ backs to somehow soothe the effects of the toxin.

“It won’t stop!”
“It fucking burns!”

Almost everyone was affected. 

Shit! Mom.

An annoyed growl took over.

“Are you okay?” I shook Alana by her shoulders.

“How… wha… how did… this…”

“Come with me,” I growled, putting my hand in front of her protectively as I made my way to my Mom who was coughing and choking on wolfsbane, practically pulling a subconscious Alana with me.

“Son, how did this happen? How did Wolfsbane get into the drinks?” My father asked brewing with anger, his neck reddened with the effects.

“I don’t know, Dad.” Four clattered against my skin, wanting to tear forward and rip whoever did this to pieces.

“Mom, are you okay?”

“I’ll be fine,” she said in between coughs. “Go help the rest.”

“Alana, stay here,” I commanded. “I’ll be back shortly.” 

As soon as I let go of her, she sank to the floor knee first, cradled her head in her arms, and hurled her knees up, curling herself into a ball.

All I wanted to do was hold her, squeeze her, kiss her senseless, and tell her that I was going to fix this. All of it.

I crouched low to her and pulled her head into my palms. I couldn’t leave her.

“Axel,” Mom grated. “Now!”

I shot a glance around the field to people crying, tearing their necks, cursing. 

With our healing abilities, everyone should recover within hours. I mulled over allowing them to heal on their own while I stayed beside Alana. She was mine, and my place was by her side.

“Son!” Father barked. 

A growl rose to my throat.

It took all of my willpower, and every other quality in me to drag myself from Alana to my feet and zoom off.

Tyler. I opened the mind link.

Yes, Alpha.

Arrange for fresh water to be brought down to the party. Come with as many charcoal pills as possible. Now!

A brief pause indicated his confusion before he responded. Right away.
 
I moved with my wolf speed to my office, violently tore a cabinet open, and retrieved multiple bottles of activated charcoal and a few bottles of uncontaminated water.

I swiftly passed pills to the people around me while cursing under my breath.

Alana still looked almost lifeless. Her skin had turned pale, her eyes white and distant, everything in ruin.

“It’ll be okay, Princess. Everybody is fine now.” I made my way to where she was still dropped on the ground.

She looked around slowly and shook her head, a habit I picked up from her whenever she was tensed. I pulled her in a tight hug, her skin cold to touch.

“My most sincere apologies, Alpha Elias. This was a far cry from what we planned the evening to be.” I walked around checking up on my pack mates and the visiting Alphas since the party was now cut short.

“Consider the supplies for the next month on the pack as a sign to extend our apologies.” And that was enough to shut him up.

“Very well then.”

“Return to Hyde Pack safely.”