High Moon High School

Toby

The door creaks open slowly, my heart thumping against my chest as my fight or flight instinct kicks in. Why would someone be creeping in? in the hopes that I’d be asleep? My head starts to pound as I wait nervously, my heart in my mouth as the door opens painfully slowly.

A head soon pops around the door as I lay still, the silhouette peers over to my bed as they quietly close the door behind them. I can hear my own heartbeat at this point as I lay there in the darkness of the night unmoving with only the TV casting a glow right at me, I keep my eyes squinted, practically closed hoping I’m fooling the perpetrator into thinking I’m asleep, though I know deep down I am not fooling anyone, the neighbouring packs could probably hear my heartbeat right now. As the person gets closer to my bed I close my eyes tight and let memories of my hunky twins swirl around my mind. If these are my last seconds then thinking of them is how I will go.

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We have finally come across a huge building that when the IT team back at the pack ran checks, reported back it was listed as abandoned a few years ago, it would appear so too from the eerie appearance of the outside at first glance.

Greenery covers the building, and the plants climb up its high walls as though the earth is trying to claim it for itself. The overgrowth surrounding, reaches around halfway to the lower windows, though a clear trampled path leads to what we believe may be a back door, the newly trampled grass giving away that the building is not so abandoned after all.

The teams have spent the best part of 24 hours scoping out the building, running the perimeter and planning around our findings.

Our team in the North alerted us to the abandoned building early this morning after they had stumbled upon it on their search and noticed it was being guarded. After a couple of hours of surveillance, they got eyes on the Luna in one of the windows. The team leader said they couldn’t be one hundred percent sure it was her, because the dirt covered windows didn’t really allow them to see in, but they saw her outline and they’re pretty sure their Luna is inside and the warriors are ready to risk their lives for her. I trust my guys, especially the trackers they have been training under me for years now. We have some of the best trackers and warriors of our species in High Moon.

Rach, my daughter went back to the pack today to ensure the smooth running and safety of the pack. To be honest, I never wanted my daughter to become a Beta, the job is too dangerous. I already lost my mate, my heart, all those years ago, I don’t want to loose Rach too. It’s easier for me to concentrate knowing she is home and safe with her mate than running into what is sure to be a bloodbath when we enter this place. The Alpha’s and their father, my best friend and former Alpha have been pacing and growling for the best part of the day and I don’t blame them. The former Alpha is agitated and angry because his sons are angry because their Luna has been taken. I can’t wait to have this fixed, get the bloodshed out of the way and get back to the packlands.

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OK we move as soon as the night allows us to hide in its shadows, men we are here for our Luna. We are here for the strength of our pack. We will not take mercy on any wolf that has participated in the capture and imprisonment of our Luna. We wait for the signal of the Alpha’s for team A&B team C will go on my mark.

I tell my men over the mind link, we have come this far, we do not want to be discovered this close to getting Luna Cierra back.

Thank you beta, it’s nearly time. Alpha Aries says in my head, I just turn to him and nod.

The sun begins to set and the dark sky now allows us to move under the shadows undetected, we move closer to our target and crouch ready to make our move, just ten minutes maybe until the shift change of the guards where they all meet up in the south corner and leave this door unguarded as they hand over and change their shifts, from there we have a five to ten minute window to get our men on the inside before we all make our move.

The guards start to gather up their water bottles and phones and whatever other crap they bring with them. I snicker inwardly, my men would get their butt’s kicked for standing round on phones!

The guards start to walk to the south corner as predicted making the start of our opening.

OK let’s advance, I hear Ajax in my head as he prepares to head forward with the first teams.

Shit, get back..... get back the door is opening... fuck this has ruined our opening, stay down let’s see what happens here if its just one or two we may be able to take them out silently.

Myself and the warriors are on edge but ready to charge at any point, the door opens and a man looks side to side, steps out a couple steps, looks around and goes back in, seconds later he comes back out with someone following him.

I hear both twins’ chests rumble with a low growl as they catch her scent, the same as I had.

Who the fuck is that with our mate?

Calm down Aries, looks like he’s helping her escape

Or he’s kidnapping her for himself, I’ll kill him.

Aries don’t make me leave you here, let’s go and cut them off in the tall grass a bit away from here.

The Alpha’s tell us the plan, to retreat into the grass and go around the building under the shadows of the night as quietly as possible so we can retrieve the Luna from whoever this wolf may be, for sure it isn’t Argon, the Luna, i’m quite certain, would not leave with him that easily