Spellbound Mate

Roman stood in the middle of the compound. Supervising all the preparations. He made sure his archers and snipers were geared up. Althea and Dee were finishing up their potions and tonics. Everyone will drink them twenty miles from the borders of GoldenMoon. Our warriors will be coming from all four sides. Dillon and Brent will stay behind…keeping the home fires burning. They are taking half their fighting force with them…leaving enough at home to defend, in case of anything… Roman refuses to take any chances. These are rogues. They have no morals..no loyalty..only a driving desire to destroy. Sioux River is hallowed ground and anyone who dare desecrate it..will perish! But, he doubts an attack will happen from these pathetic rogues! Roman has three medical buses..and three RVs. They planned to offer to find placements for all the women, if they have no where to return to. Althea wants to bring them home..but that discussion was tabled until after the battle. Deidre had checked and rechecked the medical buses for bandages and suture kits…antiseptics and antibiotics. Roman installed an X-ray machine so she doesn’t have to use magic on everyone. That much always wears the girls out. He admires both witches so much. They are powerful but they don’t exploit it. Only using it when necessary. But they never hesitate to help someone in need. Althea wears her magic proudly and it sure looks good on her! He loves how she is proud, but not prideful. She never boasts about what she can do…she just does it. She doesn’t threaten. She just does it. Like when she beat Sydney’s ass! That was great! He chuckles. He watches the preparations with pride. His pack never ceases to amaze him. He links everyone and told them meeting in the back in fifteen minutes. He turns and his breath catches. There she is! Wearing an adorable mint green sundress..with the morning sun framing her mad red hair like a halo. She smiles at him and he winks. All is right in their world once more. He walks to her and takes her hand leading her to the backyard. They mount the stage and he steps to the podium. Roman clears his throat and speaks “Sioux River! I stand before you a proud man! The reason for my pride stands before me! And right beside me (with a wink) My pack! My family! My heart! Tomorrow we ride into battle! Tomorrow I ask my family to put their lives on the line to right a wrong! To mete out justice for not one but two heinous murders! Our Luna lost both her parents to the now wannabe Alpha and Beta of GoldenMoon! And everyone of you has declared your devotion to her and to one of our own! (He dropped to his knee…placing his fist over his heart) and I declare my devotion to you!” And the crowd went wild! Althea stood with tears flowing down her face…linking I said it once and I’ll say it again the Goddess got this one right! I love you! He turned his head and winked..standing up he walked over to her and took her hand. Walked her to the very front of the stage and putting his hands on her shoulders yelled Our Luna…just to get the crowd going again. Back in the war room..they were going over plans and making sure everyone knew their positions. Any changes this late in the game could spell disaster. Roman and his circle, now including John and Neil, were to be in two armored SUVs and crash through the north gates and drive to the pack house. There was to be 90 wolves on paws running with them. At the same time all three borders would be breached, with 100 warriors each. Roman wasn’t taking any chances with his beauty! This ends tomorrow night so their life could begin. Deidre would stay with the vehicles and 25 men to catch anyone who escapes. Our plan is to secure and detain…but killing isn’t off the table. Especially if it’s us or them. Althea is focusing on Michael and Sydney…each with their own offenses in her mind…so isn’t sharing how she plans on apprehending them. She just says she has something special planned. Especially the traitor. Roman just smiles at her… He wasn’t crazy about her going after two people alone…but he has faith in her ability. She has even sparred with him! Caleb would be hacking into the cameras around the pack house to monitor where people were running…mostly because Althea asked him too. She knows Michael will run and Sydney will hide! She wants Caleb to tell her what room they run to. She knows everything about that place so Roman has absolute faith in her!!! They called it a night because 4 am comes early. Althea and Roman had finally gotten laid down and she whispered “don’t worry. We will be fine” and she fell asleep. He laid there wide awake. “We will be fine? WE wll be fine? Is she a we?? Oh hell no! She’s not going into battle! No fucking way! And then he sighs. He can’t stop her and he knows it. He will just keep a closer eye on her. That means kill Nathan Hawthorne in under 5 minutes. It’s doable. No problem. It’s 3:45 and that fucking beeping pissed her off. She slapped her hand down on top of the alarm clock and rolled over the top pf Roman to get out of his side of the bed. He laughed at her and said what was that? She just shrugged and ran to the bathroom giving him a glimpse of her perfect ass. He jumped up and followed her in. They had to rush to get dressed because..well…naked shower together.. and he stood stockstill. She was dressed in black cargo pants, combat boots with a long sleeved turtleneck and a black leather jacket. Her katana on her back. He walked straight to her and said “That is the hottest outfit you own! Only ever dress like this” and kissed her hard enough to curl her toes. And she giggled. They went to load up in their vehicles and Martha handed Althea a go cup filled with coffee. She thanked her and got in the SUV and buckled up. Roman got in the driver’s seat and they settled in for a 12 hour drive.