What The Alpha Says...Goes (boyxboy) Bk 1

Chapter 28: It's simple, kill or be killed.

Chapter 28

~Laken’s POV~

As I stood just outside Carson’s door-less quarters I looked out into the courtyard. It showed the signs of the intense fighting which had taken place there before the enemy had been driven back into the trees.

I could hear the sounds of war, as loud as if it was right in front of me; the shouts of brave men and women, the howling and growling of wolves and of course the gunfire. It was when I reached up to drag my hand through my hair that I noticed I was trembling and I closed my fist to stop the shaking.

I was scared.

I had no idea how this night would end and I knew I was being selfish when I kept chanting to myself; “Anybody but my dad and Carson”. It wasn’t right that I would be willing to give up anyone’s life but theirs but I couldn’t help it. If they died out there then I’d die along with them.

I spotted movement to my left and gasped then let out a sigh of relief; it was only a guard. About thirty of them had been left here in camp to protect us and I bet they were just itching to join in the real fighting; that’s what they had been trained to do after all.

I looked down at my phone for about the hundredth time that night because I’d texted Lucas earlier as well as called him and he still had yet to respond. We needed his help out there and I was afraid he’d get here when it was too late.

“Laken I don’t think it’s wise to be outside at a time like this.” my mother called out to me.

“It’s okay mom.” I shouted back.

If I stayed in that place for much longer I’d go mad. I felt like I should be out there at least trying to help out, not stuck here worrying and wondering. I felt utterly helpless and I prayed this would all be over soon.

Five minutes later I found myself walking along the sidewalk pass the other houses in our camp and almost every one of them that I passed was crowded with either children, the injured or both.

I could hear crying, moaning and the cheerful laughter of oblivious children as I walked and my heart grew heavier. I never imagined that this could happen to us, it felt like one of those completely unrealistic nightmares that you woke up from thinking it would be a great scene for a movie but as far as real life went there was just no way it could happen.

I continued walking, lost in thought so that I hadn’t realized how far I’d gone until I was walking by Neil’s house. I stopped for a moment and looked over into his yard. The door was closed and no light shone through the windows to indicate life there. It looked just as cold and lonely as it had been before they had arrived.

I still felt guilty about what happened. When I’d come back, after the weeks away with Lucas, my mother had told me that they had left. Just got up one day, said their goodbyes and that was it. They had left before I had even had the chance to make it right between us and I figured I’d always regret that. I shook my head and continued on

. I was a bit surprised at the liveliness of this part of camp because usually when you passed during the day or otherwise it was always quiet and lonely. It was lively in the sense that many of the homes had their doors wide open and like with all the other houses I’d passed, they were filled with people.

One guard stood on this side of camp, a huge gun in hand,  which I instantly recognized from my dad’s collection and I wondered how difficult it had been for him to part with it along with all the others he’d distributed for the good of the pack.

“I think it would be safer for you inside sir.” He said to me and my eyes widened.

I had to literally prevent myself from looking around to see if he’d been addressing someone behind me because I honestly couldn’t remember a time in my life that someone had ever called me ‘sir’. It took me longer than it should have to realize however that he had called me that because he now knew that I was the Alpha’s mate, which meant he had to show me an equal level of respect as he showed him.