The Two Alphas

[7]

Cloud

"Alpha Cloud! Alpha Theo!" One of our warriors came running in, his shirt ripped and bloodied which scared the pups as they went running to their parents and siblings.

"The pack house has been breeched! The thing is passing through our guards like water, and it's not alone! There's three of 'em!" He was panting, the blood on him dripping down to the floor, "We need to evacuate the women and children Alpha, now!"

"They're inside?!" Theo screamed, "I-I can't shift, much less fight vampires!"

"Which is why you will be helping evacuating with the women and their pups," I said, "then going with them." Everyone including Theo himself looked at me, shocked and frozen. Theo's face went beat red, and he exploded with anger, "What?! I'm not going with them! I wanna stay here, with you! Why would you say that?!"

Theo was in an angry frenzy, and I wrapped my arms around him and he soon calmed down, "It's dangerous here Theo, and I don't want you getting hurt because I let you stay here. You have to go with the pups and their mothers, please, I am begging you..."

"Then I suggest you stop begging and start dealing with it because there is no way in hell I am leaving you here to die. And if worse comes to worse and you do die, I am coming with you." He pushed out of my grasp, and cross his arms at me, "Just because I am bound to a chair with wheels and can't shift doesn't make me useless. Give me a gun or something, who says I have bad aim?"

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"Why did I agree to this?" I asked Blake quietly, "He'll get himself killed!"

The two of us hid behind the book shelves of the living room, careful not to make a sound as those vampires' hearing was tripled to ours. We had to hold our breathes until we knew they weren't within their hearing range.

"It was your call sir. You said it yourself, "If you can handle a gun then fine, but if you get injured you are going with the women and pups."" Blake replied truthfully, patting me on the back, "Theo is a tough one, he will live to see another day."

"That's not what I'm worried about Blake." I sighed, "The real question is if I will live to see another day."

"Don't speak like that, Alpha! You and Theo both will survive this sudden attack from vampires." Blake assured me, "Theo is safely with the best of our remaining warriors, he is fine."

"I hope so," I said, "but what I don't understand is why vampires? We and those bloodsuckers have been at peace for thousands of years. If these guys attack me or our Luna it's an automatic war against the two species. The vampires are smart enough not to do that so why are they here??"

"Well, why not ask us yourselves?"

Blake and I jumped out of our skins, growling at the vampire in front of us. Blake snarled, his front teeth revealed like sharp talons, "What on Earth are you bloodsuckers doing here?" Our anger was only featured even more when two more of those vamps came out from behind the one I front of us. The vampire who caught us chuckled, his eyes glowing bright red with his fangs out, "I thought I'd come by to visit. I mean, his majesty knew your pack for a while and wanted to see how you were all doing. I'm surprised Cloud, you don't remember me?"

"Who are you supposed to be, then?" His smile faded, "Are you serious right now? It hasn't been a million years, it was only ten you doofus. It's me! You know, your friend Marcus?"

My eyes widened at the mention of his name. Could he really be him? But, then who was it that killed my pack members? "How can you call yourself my friend if you slaughtered half my warriors? I had to evacuate half of my pack because you fuckers got in."