SWNOVELS Chapter LEXI: come at me!
"I'm coming baby. Auntie is coming." I run toward the tiny howl and find a room. Through a window I can see it's sterile like a hospital. As I burst in the door I see Clover in a cage, shifted. Curled up beside her lies an unconscious Silas and Sage.
I creep further into the room ,looking around. Making sure its empty. Clover growls, her heckles up. She quickly realizes its me and then she whines. "Hey Auntie's pretty girl. I'm going to get you out ok. Just hold on." I start to search for anything to pry the bars open.
I find a steel pole covered in blood and grimace. I don't want to think about what it was used for. Our poor babies. I place the pole between the bars and call Lilly forward. Together we break the lock and I grab the pups. I plaace a kiss on all of their heads as Silas and Sage come to. "Where is Elizabet." I ask a very shaken Clover. She shifts back, covered in bruises and dry blood. "They took her. They come every few hours and rotate us out. They'll be back soon." She frantically looks around.
I nod and start trying to find somewhere to keep them safe. We leave the room and turn the corner a few times. I find a room that seems to be untouched. Its set up like a study or small library. I move a carpet and know the Goddess is watching out for us. I hide the pups in a trap door in the floor. And make my way back to go hide in the room they were kept in. "Tonight they all die" Lilly growls in determination.
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I turn the corner and smell another wolf. Her eyes lock onto me and although she isn't small. I can definitely take her. My eyes land on the unconscious body of my daughter set against a wall behind this rogue. Oh bitch lets play. I draw my eyes back to the wolf and release my Alpha aura.
If this is Telth she was no longer Queen. Nor does she still carry the Alpha blood. "Stand Down" I yell. Her eyes flicker between black and green. Her wolf wanting to submit but Telth is fighting it. She starts to thrash about and I take that moment as my chance. I quickly run past her and scoop Liza into my arms.
I turn and begin running the way I'd come. Praying the Goddess protects me as I take my baby girl to safety. Not long after turning the last corner. A vicious growl sounds behind me. I need somewhere safe to set down my baby. I'll have to fight Telth. If this is a her or me situation, then I have to make sure its me. I see the room the pups are hiding in coming up and slip in through the door.
I place Elizabet on a chair in the corner and stand in front of her. "Don't come out no matter what you hear." I link the pups. As I turn towards the door, Telth walks in. Naked. She has sandy blonde hair that looks unkempt and soulless green eyes. She is slender but a fair height for a she wolf.
I square off my shoulders. "Give me the pup." She growls out. I growl in return and hunch over. Shifting quickly, I run at her. Tackling her to the ground. "Ahhhh. You're ruining everything." She screams. And tries to push me off but she's weak. I snap my jaws at her face and slash my claws across her chest.
She shrieks in rage and kicks me in my gut. I roll off her but gain my legging and shake out my fur. Teeth bared, I position myself again in front of Liza. Telth shifts and lunges like shes going for me but aims at Elizabet. I snap my teeth around her leg and drag her back.
As she rolls onto her back preparing an attack, I stomp my paws on her head. As she becomes disoriented, I rush to stand in front of my pup. My chest is heaving and I stare at Telth. Waiting for her to get up. Come at me bitch!