Chapter Four:

Alley POV:

Everything started moving in a flash. My brothers moved back to my side as my mate

stood protectively in front of me pushing me further behind him. Realization hit me and I jumped

into action barking orders at everyone close to me.

 "Get the women and children to the cellar and station the guards out front!" My

brothers already knew I was in protection mode for my pack members and didn't stand in my

way. 

 "Get guards to the west border where they are attacking but spread out to each in case

more show in different areas," my dad yelled out before jumping into his large gray wolf and

sprinting off.

My mother started herding all women and children to the cellar trying to calm

everyone’s nerves especially the children.

 "Alley, come with me to the cellar!" my mother yelled out.

 "You go ahead, Mom. I will follow shortly," I replied shooing her mother to go with a

group of women.  

 Why would they choose now to attack? Anger bubbled inside of me. Surely if they had

half a brain to see what was going on they would have thought twice. There was a huge number

of wolves present. They should know they don't stand a single chance.

My brothers also shifted into their large wolves but stayed beside me.

 "You two go help Dad and the others I will be safe here," I said through our mind link.

 My brothers looked at me for a minute before I pushed them away. I watched as they

bolted off silently praying to the moon goddess for their safe return. I finally turned to my mate

before I firmly stated, "You need to go help and I do not need a babysitter. I have my guards here

that will keep me safe, and I have others to protect." He stared at me confused at first before he

shifted into his enormous black and white wolf.

 His wolf licked my face before sprinting off. I felt sad the moment he left. Rose was

whining but was quickly replaced with a deathly rage. She started growling and snarling louder

than I've ever heard her and I couldn't blame her.

I looked to my guards, and they started rushing the rest of the women and children to

safety promising them we will protect them before I closed the cellar doors and headed to the

front to stand guard alongside my men. There are some other wolves I don't recognize.

 "Alley, what are you doing get in here!" my mother shouted through our mind link.

 "I’ll be alright," was all I said. I could feel her fear for me, but I knew she would

understand. I smelled them before she saw them; they reeked of death and dirt. My head snapped

to my right to see six rogues snarling and growling at me and my guards and that did not sit well

with me. I let out a menacing growl baring my fangs as a warning to not come closer, but like  any other rogue they ignored me.

I would be damned if any of them got past me or our guards. I knew I was risking my

life to save others and in my mind at that moment I did not care. All our members are important

no matter the rank, and I knew behind us were innocent women and children and even pregnant

women. I would do whatever it took. I let out a loud roar that seemed to have surprised the

rogues as a few paused briefly. I felt Rose close to surfacing, but I didn't want her to come out  just yet. They looked at each other before they turned their attention back to us. They crept

slowly towards us trying to figure out how they would attack.

Slowly they started to spread out but none of them took their eyes off me. The more

they spread the more we did. I stayed in my position scanning my eyes around trying to keep

them within my sight. They looked as bad as they smelled. All of them were brown with red

spots and their fur was clumped up from mud that had dried. Their eyes were a dull red like the  human under their wolf was gone. They each barred their teeth and foamed a little around the

edges of their mouth. For a moment time stood still and we all stared at each other. I felt like my

heart was going to burst out of my chest. 

 I’ve never been in an actual fight like this and part of me was a little scared, but this is

why we all train.

The rogue in the front bolted at me and I quickly gave Rose control as she was already

raging. I shifted in less than a second making a few of them pause because of how odd Rose

looked. One of my guards caught the rogue before he got too close to me, and the fight was on

even though it did not take long.

 "Alley, get your ass in the cellar. What are you thinking?!" my dad screamed through

our mind link as he raced towards me since I was the target of the rogues.

 But I couldn't reply as one rogue lunged for me and I charged at him. Our bodies

collided like thunder as we snapped and clawed each other. Neither of us let the other get the

upper hand.

Rose had aggression that took the rogue by surprise we may be big, but we are strong,

the rogue threw his head into mine, but it didn't really do much to us the way he thought it

would. Rose swiped her paw across his face cutting his cheek. He turned back at me growling

with as much force as he could before he lunged back at me. Rose dodged his attack spun around

and latched on to his back leg, he let out a yelp before kicking Rose off.

The rogue latched onto our back leg and bit down hard making Rose yelp out in pain. When we tried to kick him off, he clenched his jaws tighter causing us to tumble to the ground. I

could feel the blood pouring out of my left flank. We thrashed to get him off us. The rogue took

that as a chance to try to latch on to our throat, but Rose quickly rolled the opposite direction and

he bit into our right shoulder instead. I could feel his teeth puncture past my muscle pushing

closer to the bone. Using our front paw, we hit him straight in the nose leaving a gash in his

snout catching the rogue by surprise.

 As I got back up, pain shot throughout my entire body. Our vision started to blur. I took

my stance and growled, barring our teeth preparing as the rogue ran back at me. Before we had

the chance to lunge back at him, a large black and white wolf jumped in front of me colliding

with the rogue as my father and brothers surrounded me shielding and aiding me to be able to

stand. I pushed back the sharp pains that were shooting through me and leaned against my father

for support to keep standing. I watched in amazement as my mate fought with the rogue. He had

taken to the ground not giving the rogue a chance to fight back, latching his teeth around the

rogue’s neck and viciously ripping his throat out. We could hear bones breaking and his flesh

being torn from his body.

My mate’s wolf turned to see me lean against my father and growled at them to let him

through as he ran to me smelling and licking my wounds. Rose whimpered from the pain, and we

saw him tense and pin his ears behind his head. As everyone turned back to their human form, my brothers, dad and mate surrounded me so that I could shift back in privacy and slip on an

overly large shirt.

 "Oh, my goodness, Alley! My baby, where are you hurt?" My mother ran to me

checking all over me seeing my leg and shoulder injured. I flinched a little when she touched my

shoulder; there were visible deep cuts and a lot of bruises.

 “I'm fine, Mom, it'll heal soon enough. I just want to go inside and shower, but please

have Leia help me." I told my mother now seeing my father, brothers and mate. As they walked

towards me, we heard a low growl. I patted his arm. The last thing I needed was him and my  family to fight.

 I leaned my body against his to keep from falling over. He wrapped a protective arm

around being careful, so he didn't hit any of my wounds.

As I looked up to him, I gave him a warm smile.

 "That is my dad and my brothers. You have nothing to worry about. You and I will

speak after I get cleaned up, okay? I promise," I said to him. He stared back at me with

conflicted emotions in his eyes, worry, scared, pride maybe?

 "I will carry you to your room and leave your friend to help you. I just need to know

you are safe and don't hurt yourself more," he replied to me, his voice husky and strained as he

picked me up carefully to not put any pressure on my wounds. I leaned my head against his chest

and took in his scent. We didn't speak the entire walk back to my room. I wasn't sure what to say

and I felt like my energy left my body. Without the adrenaline I felt purely exhausted.

Alpha Quincy POV:

I couldn't believe these damn rogues; I had just met my mate and these bastards

attacked. My wolf and I weren't happy; she told us to go, but we also understood. We rushed off

to help her father seeing a small number of rogues which surprised us. I charged at the first rogue

I saw, and our bodies met in the middle. He tried with everything to go for our throat, but my

wolf wouldn't allow him. We easily latched on to his throat and ripped it out. Blood splattered on

the ground, we let out a growl before running to the next. It didn't take us long to kill every rogue that had attacked this side. Something didn't feel right. I snapped my head to see her father and

brothers running full speed to where Alley had been in the cellar. Fear shot through us, and we  bolted to our mate.

We had seen her guards fighting with rogues. These ones seemed stronger than the

others. Were they just a distraction? I rounded the corner and saw the most beautiful wolf I've

ever laid my eyes on. She stood nearly my height which was large for a female, and she was pure

white. Reality hit us when we saw it was our mate. Our Alley fighting that disgusting wolf. We

were filled with pride that she had fought with such force. When we got closer, we saw she was

covered in blood and saw her wounds. My wolf went into a frenzy at the sight of our mate being

hurt. It seemed like time had stood still. We were pushing our legs to the limit as we watched her

stand back up and take her stance letting out a shivering growl. We got there just in time to

collide with that bastard before he had the chance to reach her.

We wasted no time sinking our teeth in his throat, feeling the tissue, muscle and bone

tear and break when we ripped his throat out. My wolf and I weren't satisfied with his death. We

wanted to kill every rogue for what happened. I turned to run to Alley when I saw she was

leaning against her dad in support, and I growled. They moved away and we quickly looked over

at her. My wolf started pushing his nose against her, licking her wounds when we heard her

whimper. We immediately felt bad, backed off and shifted.

 When I turned to her, I noticed she was surrounded by her dad and brothers so she

could shift back privately putting on a large shirt but not before I saw the extent of her wounds.

Before I could say anything, her mother came barging out.

 "Oh, my goodness, Alley! My baby, where are you hurt?" I watched as her mother

looked over her entire body and noticed how Alley flinched when her mother touched her

wounds and anger sparked inside me.

My eyes were fixed on her watching every little detail.

 "I'm fine, Mom, it'll heal soon enough. I just want to go inside and shower, but please

have Leia help me," I heard her say. I stood next to her when I saw her dad and brothers start to

move and I couldn't help the growl that ripped through me. I felt her lean against me and I felt 

sparks everywhere. I wrapped my arm protectively around her waist pulling her close but

watching where I touched; the last thing I wanted was to hurt her more.

 She looked up at me and smiled, and I swear for an instant I stopped breathing. She is

beautiful. Her eyes are a chocolate brown, and her hair was a shade lighter than her eyes. Her

hair looked like the aftermath of a tornado even when she tried to straighten it out.

 "This is my dad and my brothers; you have nothing to worry about. You and I will

speak after I get cleaned up, okay? I promise."

The thought of her being away from me hurts. It's like the air gets sucked out of my

lungs but pride swelled in me with how she stood her ground and fought.

 "I will carry you to your room and leave your friend to help you, I just need to know

you're safe and don't hurt yourself more," I replied to her. Carefully I picked her up and walked

towards her room. She snuggled against me and laid her head on my chest, and in that moment, I

was the happiest man in the world. I had a beautiful, strong little mate. We didn't speak for a

while and that was fine by me. I knew she was exhausted and honestly, I had no idea what to say.  If I had her in my arms nothing else mattered.