I scan the Wright Pack, but lose sight of the man. I do a second pass over thinking I'll find Kyran and that too doesn't work out. My gut's telling me this isn't right. I connect with Tucker and Kit through the pack bond. "That man isn't the alpha."
"To coward to face you himself?" Tucker asks.
"That doesn't sound right. No alpha could stand to hide in the shadows while a lesser ranking wolf leads his people."
"Then why?" Kit asks.
Tucker and I turn to each other as we answer the question at the same time. "Decoy!"
I open up the connection to the rest of the pack and fire off my orders. "Kit, take a group and protect the back and sides. Tucker, get up stairs now! I'll join you as soon as we finish off this group. Killian, get the girls out of there and to a safe place! Everyone else. ATTACK!"
Chaos breaks out as the other pack shifts and attacks, just as we're doing the same. Tucker is caught in battle with a large grey wolf and can't get away. I try to fight my way through to get to Bloom and Bonnie, and end up going head to head with the phony alpha. I bite and claw at every piece of flesh I can make contact with, but it's taking too long. The need to get our mate is pushing my wolf to new strengths. I just hope it's enough to get us there before it's too late.
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Killian
"Killian, get the girls out of there and to a safe place!" Pike's message bursts into my subconscious. I take in Bloom still passed out on a lounge chair and cuss. Fuck! I guess it's better she doesn't see what's coming if this all goes to hell. But on the other hand it would be easier to protect her if she could protect herself even a tad bit.
"Try to wake her up. We need to get out of here." I order the mouthy brunette my brother mated.
She nods from her seat at her friend’s side. A spot she hasn't moved from since she let me into the suite. While she's trying to wake Bloom I move to the door, partially shifting in hopes of catching any unwanted visitors scents. I’m overwhelmed with the smell of unknown shifters, yet intertwined with theirs is one so similar to mine that it could be my own. “Kyran!” I growl.
“Did I just hear you right?” Bonnie asks.
I nod and place my finger to my lips, indicating she needs to stay quiet. Her eyes widen, but lucky for me instead of freaking out she goes back to the task of rousing Bloom. It’s not going to successful. My traitorous brother and his new pack are bearing down on our location, and I know I have to get these two hidden. I pick-up Bloom and carry her to the master bathroom with her Guardian in tow. I lay her on the tiled floor. Standing up I direct Bonnie. “Lock the door.” I look around and seeing the large armoire against the nearby wall I add. “Barricade it with that.” I cross to the door, and I’m getting ready to slam it behind me when she calls.
“Where are you going?”
“To hold them off until your mates can get here.” She starts to protest, but I cut her off. “We don’t have time for this. Lock this damn door, and make sure your guns are ready. Don’t hesitate to shoot. Do you understand?”
“Gotcha.”
I don’t say another word as I shut the door. I stand there and wait for the click, letting me know she locked it, and the scrape of the armoire moving across the floor. Once I’m satisfied she’s following my directions I walk back into the living room to greet my fate.
Chapter 27 – Killian
Standing in the middle of the living room in my shifted form, I wait. They burst through the entrance, spilling out of the hall and into the room with me. There’s three men who are already shifted, as well. Kyran and another man are behind the wolves. Kyran takes me in with a sardonic smile and a shake of his head. “I see you’ve chosen the wrong side, Brother.”
He steps aside, making room for the man behind him to step forward. The man looks me over, and then with a wave of his hand orders. “Dispose of this one. Quickly.”
The three wolves start to circle me, but Kyran steps forward stopping them. As he starts to strip out of his clothes he says. “I’ll handle him.” Within seconds he’s changed, and is standing before me as his wolf. Where his fur is a pale blonde, mine is a rich brown. Where my eyes match our mother’s emerald ones, his are vibrant amber like our father’s. For being twins we look nothing alike, and more so we act nothing alike. I would never think to betray my family or pack. The fact that he’s done so should blow my mind, but in honesty Kyran has always been a psychotic mess. He once stalked a human girl who rejected him for weeks. He never took it as far as harming her, but he sure as hell scared the shit out of her. I shouldn’t have brushed that kind of behavior off. Maybe if I had stepped up long ago, and told our parents the sick shit he was doing we wouldn’t be going through this now. But it’s too late to change that, and now I need to do my part to put a stop to him.