Behind Enemy Lines | 2

Chapter Twenty Five

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It had only been two hours since Buchannan Blood's attempt murder of Princess Celeste and Elliot still hadn't calmed down. He was pacing, his lips slightly stained red after killing the two guards that had been stationed outside the door and Heath Stevenson out of anger. He couldn't think straight – the only thing that was going through his mind was that his pup was almost killed because Jackson O'Hara's temporarily replacement had messed up.

The King and Queen of the Wolves were in the council room, Elliot himself pacing the room and Lady Seraphina was sitting on one of the chairs to the side, holding a now sleeping Celeste in her arms. Her face was blank but her eyes were alive.

Alpha Bella knelt in the centre of the circle, surrounded by the frustrated King. Her blonde hair was pinned back in a ponytail and her green eyes were blazing as she heard the news. She was worried about the fact it was just the three of them, and the guard against the wall. Even her mate Carter had been sent outside.

"King Elliot, you requested my presence?" Bella worded carefully, reigning in the sass. Elliot halted his steps, his fists clenched as he tried to calm down enough to speak coherent words.

"I-We... We need another mind to piece together what happened." He spat out each word as though they were coated with vinegar.

The female Alpha frowned and her wolf perked. Bella herself had lived among humans for over six years after running from her pack when she was younger. She hadn't been raised with the standards and regulations of wolves, but with humans. Her mind worked differently to everyone else.

Bella stood from her kneeling position and walked around, pretending that the floor was their chambers. Her peculiar mind ran around the scenarios.

"Okay... Buchannan came around the corner and knocked out the two guards... Did they hear anything?" Bella questioned as she tried to wrap her mind around the situation. King Elliot seemed to still with a slight frown on his face. "King Elliot?"

"I didn't ask." He merely stated, giving the young Alpha a look which told her that he wouldn't be able to ask them now. Bella carefully nodded and copied out Buchannan's steps on the floor.

"Um... He then entered the chamber and was there for a few seconds before he tried to kill Princess Celeste..." A thought came across her mind but she pushed it aside; it could wait for now. Elliot's vicious snarl echoed around the room and the guard by the door stood straighter. Bella frowned.

"Buchannan then jumped through the window and sprinted away... no one caught him."

"No." King Elliot spat.

"No wonder, he's the Master of the Vampires, Buchannan can outrun them." Bella retorted before sealing a lid on her attitude. Not now. "But how did he get in here?"

"That," Elliot snarled and threw her a shadowed look. "Is what you're here to find out."

"What did you smell when you woke up?" Bella asked.

"Wolf." Lady Seraphina suddenly spoke and looked up at her bond-sister. "I smelt wolf but froze when I saw my tormentor's figure standing over... over..."

Elliot went over to his mate and gently cupped her face, and stroked the head of little Celeste. The pup stirred at the contact with her father, but she went still as sleep came over her again. The Royal family, no matter how much they were trying to hide beneath their anger and shock, were rattled. Their mortal enemy had managed to get so close to killing them in their sleep – that fear wasn't going to wash away easily.