The Alpha: Claiming His Enemy's Daughter
Chapter 479: A HORRENDOUS NIGHT

Chapter 479: A HORRENDOUS NIGHT

"Damn it! Damn it!" Jace growled when he heard the howling in the distance. He gritted his teeth and stared at the sky. It was a new moon. He was worried about Cane too and what was happening on his end, but right now, he couldn’t think about anything else, aside from ways to survive this battle.

Those warriors were almost immortal! How could they not die? Unless they cut their heads off in one clean move or ripped their hearts out, they would heal so fast, even for a shifter, the speed of their healing was insane.

In the distance, a warrior shifted back into his human form and approached Jace and Redmond hastily. His expression was one of sheer panic and mortification. "Beta Jace!" He called with a shaking voice. "The enemy has managed to break into the pack and now they are marching toward the pack house!"

"What about the pack members, have they all been evacuated?"

"Yes," he replied, but then he looked hesitant.

"What is it? Do you still have time to be hesitant about saying something at a time like this?!" Redmond snapped, he was extremely agitated. He was so hurt by the betrayal, but to kill those people, who had fought beside him for decades still didn’t settle well with him either.

However, the situation forced him to do so and he knew he was doing the right thing. He knew where he stood and he made it clear.

The warrior glanced at Redmond and spoke with a little bit of hesitation. "I think your warriors know where the safe place is. It doesn’t matter even if we relocate the others. If they manage to kill us all, it will only be a matter of time before they find the rest of the pack members and slaughter them too."

That was true. If their intention was to execute them, they wouldn’t spare a single soul and now with the Alpha away and the steady deaths on their part, their morale decreased significantly, though Jace tried to keep it up, it was clear to see how the Beta was also under a lot of distress.

"The frontline warriors will not be able to hold them back if they are already inside the pack!" Redmond stated the obvious, and all of them could hear the loud sounds of battle moving closer rapidly.

The air was filled with a thick metallic scent and the ground was covered with their decapitated bodies. They were going to be defeated if they couldn’t stop them soon, but then, there was nothing they could do to fight warriors who were hard to kill.

"Pull back and strengthen the defense around the valley, we will defend the safe place!" Jace growled the order. There was no guarantee they would be able to save their pack members, nor did they have a chance to fight them off for long, since their numbers had decreased significantly.

But at the very least, they had to try until the reinforcements came, if there was any, or until their last breath.

"Yes, Beta!" The warriors immediately shifted back and rushed away to relay the order to the frontline warriors.

After that, Jace sighed deeply. "Thank you for standing with us." He patted Redmond’s shoulder, but the warrior immediately swatted his hand away.

"Don’t talk in that tone with me, you are jinxing me," he grumbled. "The battle is not over yet. There is still hope, let’s go!"

The difference between Redmond and Jace was probably their alphas.

While Cane would always be present for his pack members and lead them into whatever murky waters they were going through, boosting their morale with just his presence, Gerald was nothing like that to his warriors. He would prefer to hide and let himself be protected.

Therefore, at times like this, Jace was a little bit down without Cane, so did the rest of the pack, especially with their constant loss, but it was not the same with Redmond. He was used to having a coward as an alpha, who would hide in the safe place and couldn’t care less about his people, so with or without the Alpha in the picture, he could keep his morale, even when the situation was not in their favor.

Jace followed Redmond and shifted into his beast, as he led the warriors to rush back to the valley. This was their last chance and he prayed Will would arrive soon with the reinforcements.

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"Gamma Ethan... I can’t feel my legs..." Joel whimpered, tears pooled in his eyes and his bloody face looked panicked, but there was nothing he could do, except lie down on the hard ground.

"It’s okay, Joel, it’s okay boy. You will be fine, you only need to rest and let your body heal, okay?" Ethan caressed his head.

This young warrior had come between Ethan and a hard blow that their enemy launched. It was a sneak attack and Ethan didn’t realize it, being occupied by three other beasts.

"Rest for a while, okay?" Ethan said in a comforting tone, he tried to focus on Joel and not look around, because he knew the sight would devastate him.

"I am sleepy..."

"It’s okay, you need to rest."

Joel closed his eyes and Ethan clenched his jaw tightly, he glanced at Joel’s legs. Both of his legs were destroyed and he was afraid of the worst. Even if he survived, there was no way to save his legs and in that case, he would no longer be part of the warriors from the Howling Wolf pack, something he took so much pride in.

"Rest well, boy, rest well... everything will be fine," Ethan chanted, as he took his hand and patted it.

Of the eight young warriors Ethan brought with him, six died during the fight, but not before they killed at least one of their enemies.

It would be seven if Joel didn’t survive this, while the other one was sitting at Joel’s side silently with his head hung low, while holding Joel’s other hand as tears fell from his eyes, but he didn’t make any noise.

This young warrior was also covered in blood and wounds.

It was a horrendous night...

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Eron and Dyne followed behind Iris, as they couldn’t let her go alone toward the horde of monsters, while Dean and Oliver walked ahead of them.

They left Chrystal, the mistress of Alpha Dristan alone in the cave, because she was too afraid to step out of that place and probably it was for the best. All the monsters had gathered at one place, so there was no imminent danger she had to face if she stayed there.

"What are you planning to do, Luna?" Dyne asked, he couldn’t stop frowning when he saw the black wisp. The holler of the monsters in the distance only added to the mess.

Iris didn’t say anything, she kept walking with an expressionless face. She was deep in thought, as she recalled all the memories that were shown to her a few moments ago. Her dream was so real to be called a dream.

It felt so long, she almost thought, she lived in a different era and had a completely different life there, where she watched how the first Serafim made one mistake after the other because she lost Lu.