CHAPTER 78
When I woke up the next morning Dean was still fast asleep, facing me with his arm across my waist.
I got up without waking him and I went to the wardrobe to get some clothes on before I went downstairs to the kitchen to make a coffee.
As soon as I made it, I put a jacket on and I walked outside to have the coffee while I was watching the snow falling lightly around the pack.
It made everything look so much more beautiful but at the same time, I had this strange feeling that it wasn’t going to last. Like I should be enjoying it while I can. Because it wasn’t going to stay like this for too much longer.
I knew that things were getting close. Plans were being put into place and I was completely in the dark about everything.
I stood on the patio leaning against the railing while watching the snow with the front door open, when I was pulled out of my thoughts by a loud alarm going off on my computer.
I ran inside and I closed the door and ran over to the computer.
“What is it?” Dean asked, running downstairs.
“One of the cameras picked up movement.” I said.
I found the camera that was setting off the alarm and I tried to follow whatever it could be
using the other cameras near it.
“Wait. What’s that?” Dean asked, pointing out something in the corner of one of the cameras.
“It looks like a f*****g shadow on a tree.” I said, looking at him.
So he mind linked his father and Koda and Tyler.
It only took seconds for the three of them to run to my house and I had already printed out that one photo of the shadow on the tree and I was trying to find him on the other cameras
situated around the rest of the pack.
“When did you put these up?” Tyler asked.
“Last night. But I can’t f*****g find him again.” I said, searching all the cameras.
I even started hacking into cameras that the pack businesses had up on their shops and stuff
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And the camera that I had up around my house and the ones around the packhouse.
“He’s disappeared.” Koda said.
“Yeah. It’s what he does.” I said, looking out the window.
“Do you think he’s here?” Grayson asked.
“I don’t know. He could be in the woods still. Could be waiting to make his move. Or he could
already be in your house… Where’s your mother?” I asked. And they all looked at each other.
So I ran to the door and I stopped at the table next to the door and grabbed out a strange
looking gun that none of the guys recognised.
I ran out the door barefoot and ran to the packhouse.
I kicked open the door and I scanned the area carefully.
Koda tried to run in the house behind me but I put my hand up and without touching him, I
pushed him backwards and he landed on his back on the ground.
I managed to clear the whole first floor while the others stayed outside because I wouldn’t let
them in.
I made my way up the stairs to the second floor and I started clearing all the rooms there
when someone walked out of one of the rooms.
I pointed my gun at them when Sophia screamed and I got a bit of a shock so I put the gun
down.
I grabbed her by the hand and I pulled her down the stairs and out the front door to where the
guys were.
We ran back to my house and the guys insisted that they were watching the front of my house and no one walked inside. But that doesn’t mean that they didn’t use the back door.
I made them stay outside while I cleared my whole house and when it was clear, I let them in.
“What did you tell Rory?” Dean asked.
“Didn’t tell her anything. She doesn’t need to know.” I said, putting the gun back.
“What the hell sort of a gun is that?” Grayson asked.
“I made it. It holds special bullets.”
“Not silver?” Koda asked.
“No. Not silver. They hold shotgun shells that I fill with sulfuric acid and gun powder topped off with a flare that is activated when I fire it. So, whatever it hits will be instantly put down.” I
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explained.
“What the hell made you make something like that?” Tyler asked.
“Seeing the photos of what The Shadow does to his victims.” I said as I walked back to the table.
I started searching the cameras again and I still couldn’t find where this asshole was.
Grayson told his patrols that we’ve had a breach and they need to be on alert.
A lot of them answered back, but a couple of them didn’t.
Grayson looked worried and wanted to go and check, but I got up and stopped him.
“You’re not going into the woods.” I said.
“I’m the Alpha. You can’t tell me what to do. And they are my responsibility.” He yelled.
“They’re already dead.” I said. And he looked at me with a bit of desperation on his face.
“One of them is an orphan. I promised his parents that I would look out for him.” Grayson said.
“Did he want to be a warrior?”
“Yeah.”
“Then there was nothing that you could do. They all know that a war is coming and he still chose to go out there every day. I know that they weren’t counting on this attack. None of us were. But he died doing what he loved and making you proud.” I said.
Grayson looked resigned to the fact that the warrior was dead and that he did it to make Grayson proud.
He didn’t look too happy about it, but he sat on the couch and didn’t try to leave again.
If he went out there, he would definitely be killed if he is recognised as the Alpha.
“What do we do about the pack?” Sophia asked.
“Well, you’ve got the supernatural council in your basement. And you’ve got people in the dungeon. Do you even have a shelter for an attack?” I asked.
“Yeah. It’s under the meeting all. It’ll fit everyone that we have here at the pack in Alaska. When we bring the rest of the pack here we will need a larger one.” Sophia said.
“Great. We need to get them into the shelter. Are there enough supplies there?” I asked.
“Yeah. It’s fully stocked. We’ve never needed to use it before.” Sophia said.
“We’ll get the warriors to help.” Grayson said.
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So Grayson and Sophia left my house to start evacuating the pack and sending them down to
the shelter.
“Maybe you should head down there too.” Koda said.
“Like hell.” I said, without even looking at him.
“Do you think he’ll attack if we’re all together?” Dean asked.
“I don’t know. I really don’t know how this guy operates. I’ve never studied him because no one
knows how he operates.” I said.
“Alright. Well, do we just sit here like f*****g bait?” Tyler asked.
“No. We’re gonna go looking. But not while there are innocents out there.” I said.
“Can we see the contract?” Koda asked.
So I pulled up the contract and I printed it out for them to see it.
“Alright. This doesn’t say a kill order. It says a capture order.” Koda said.
“I know what it says.” I said.
“So, he’s not going to kill us.”
“No. But whoever gets in his way of taking what he wants will die. If he wants me and you get
in the way, he will kill you. The same if I get in the way and he really wants you.” I said.
My door then slammed open and Jacob ran inside looking really frantic.
“What is it?” I asked, standing up.
“It’s Lexie. I went to evacuate her house. Her mother’s dead and she’s not there.” He said.
I stood up and I looked at the guys.
“Why the hell would he want Lexie?” I asked.
“Let’s go.” Dean said.
So I grabbed the gun from the cupboard again and I put my boots on.
Jacob stayed at my house to watch Rory for me and I left with the triplets.
