Wolves Without Hearts

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Recap: The battle with the council commences. While Tyto faces his father, Calixa finds another entrance into the building with her small army of Wild Moon wolves.

**If you would like a refresher on who the characters are then go to Chapter 29 for the list**

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Once Tyto and Ryder led their armies to the council building, I took my warriors through a secret near the front of the building. I decided it would be best if I offer a distraction for Tyto and Ryder, at least for now, so we could secure the building and all those inside. 

More specifically, Alistair Aitan.

Once inside the building, we were greeted with silence. Well not total silence, battle cries echoed in the halls and it appeared that I led my army into an unguarded section of the building.  Without saying a word, I motioned for my wolves to follow me and we crept down the long hallways towards the sound of the battle. My groups wasn't the only army creeping in, however. Ryder should be leading his wolves towards the fight from the opposite side of the building if everything was going according to plan. 

Clwyde and his brother had informed us that this was the best plan of attack and it seems that they didn't betray us with this information. It would have been easy for them to give us up, but they did not. For that, they will be rewarded when we take over.

After approximately five minutes, my wolves and I emerged on to the bloody field of battle. I scanned the room for my mate to ease my wolf and saw him tearing the throat out of one of the councilmen. Remington, I think, was his name.

I gave the signal once I saw Ryder on the opposite side of the room and both sides converged into the blood bath.

I immediately pushed past the crowd of teeth and claws and made my way to my mate's side. I might not always want to be near him but I wanted to be sure to protect him and maybe even slay his father.

Ryder seemed to get the same picture and tore through the fighting wolves so we stood together to face Alistair.

Tyto was coated in blood and there were only splatters of blood on Ryder and I, which showed how many wolves my mate had already killed before we arrived.

We watched as he growled lowly at Alistair and I circled around and stood by his side, Ryder following and doing the same. It didn't take long for us to shift back and stand with only our knives strapped to our legs. I glared at my mate's so called father and took a step forward.

"Who brought you back Alistair?" I snapped, my anger already building by simply looking at the man.

He rolled his eyes and looked us over, "Wouldn't you like to know? I think I'll keep them anonymous for the time being. I'm sure they'll reveal themself soon enough and I will enjoy it all the while. Now I must ask you this, which of my sons did you enjoy being with more? I think Tyto is a bit lacking but maybe he can make up for it in bed."

Before I could reply, Tyto stepped forward, "How dare you! How dare you do that to my mate and then have the audacity to say such a thing to her! I can handle you abusing me, but I cannot stand for what you put Calixa through!"

Alistair simply laughed and everything after that was almost a blurr.

His haunting laughter filled the air and suddenly, his eyes fazed into a deep maroon and he lunged for Tyto, shifting in mid air. I couldn't help the scream that escaped me as he tore into my mate. I was frozen in horror.

Luckily, Ryder was ready and already sheathed his knife and jammed it into Alistair's side over and over again.

Both Tyto and Alistair collapsed as blood pooled around them on the marble floor of the Council building. 

I was horrified.

No matter how much bloodshed one as seen, nothing compares to seeing the life spill out of your other half. I quickly rushed to his side as all the fighting quieted in the background. Seeing that their leader was down, Alistair's remaining forces retreated.

Thankful for the silence, I shoved Alistair's body away and cradled Tyto in my arms.

My mate, who was seemingly unmoving, suddenly started to cough and open his eyes. I gasped and put my hand on his cheek, not caring about my will to be an independent Alpha female any longer.

All that mattered was Tyto's well being.

Ryder grabbed Alistair's body as I cradled Tyto and looked at me before saying, "Grab Tyto and let's go to the infirmary here at the Council. I'll throw Alistair in the prison with a few guards because it seems he still has a pulse.

I nodded and wordlessly carried my mate to the sterile white room in the infirmary. Two wolves entered the room in white coats after I put him down and one said, "Hello Alpha Dunamis, we are here to check out your mate and make sure he heals okay. If you could please leave the ro-"

"No, I will stay here," I growled, my eyes darkening as Teva emerged slightly.

The doctor's eyes widened a fraction in fear and nodded his head, "Y-yes, of course. But could you please take a seat in one of the chairs, we will need room to check your mate's health."

I nodded and begrudgingly took a seat and watched them work on my mate. They checked his vitals while also monitoring how he was healing.

"Well Miss Alpha," the female doctor said, turning to me, "It looks like the tearing of his flesh on his abdomen is healing nicely but Alistair's claws were laced with some wolfsbane so we are unsure as to when he will fully heal or even wake up. We are just lucky he is an Alpha or he would not be healing at all, even with such a small dosage of this strain of the drug. It appears that it is pure wolfsbane which has not been seen in quite a few centuries."

The male doctor nodded along with her words and added, "We will come back every few hours to check on his progress and change his bandages, but we'll leave you two alone now."

I nodded and watched as they both left and once the door was closed, I moved closer to Tyto's side and watched his steady, but shallow, breathing.

"I'm sorry my mate," I whispered, "I failed you."

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A/N: Sorry this is later than I promised and I mean way later.... But I have a good reason! I'm in a lot of advanced classes and I had to take the time to study and handle my extracurricular activities along with school work. It's been tough but I will try to update every once in awhile to finish up this book! Again, I'm really sorry and I hope you forgive me.

P.S. What did you think of this chapter? It's been awhile since I've written so it is a little rough