Weres

61. Last Chance

Theo, standing on the staircase, watched in trepidation wolves running in and out of the main gate of pack house. He was no new to the panic, yet spending months with Odis had still failed to prepare him for the grand finale. It was finally happening.

"What are you doing here?!" Jared said. Between the chaos, lycan's eyes had found the terrified human. "You should be in the basement with Sanjay and Marley."

"I'm not hiding in the basement this time," Theo replied.

Jared glared. "What the fuck are you going to do then?!" He yelled.

"Why will Marley be in the basement?" Theo asked, ignoring the lycan's temper. "Wasn't she—"

"The plan was for her to meet Dimitri, but that bloodsucker instead decided to attack us to get her. How could she possibly step outside?" Jared said, his voice trembling. "Dimitri fooled Iosif. Of course he did that. He is his big brother." Lycan shook his head. "Fighting the knights is now the only option we got."

"No, we don't."

"Wha—"

Before he could finish, Theo stormed in opposite direction toward Marley's room. Jared didn't stop or go after him, expecting wolves that were guarding Marley to lump him in too. He had other matters to take care of.

Theo nearly fell back as he stopped near Marley's room. She was outside with Sanjay, with two werewolves towering over them. She looked confused, angry, agitated, and probably on the verge of crying.

"Marley!" Theo called out when he saw them walking away. They stopped, all turning to look at him. He immediately rushed to them. "Are you really going to hide?" He huffed out.

"I—I don't—"

"That's probably for the best. Her fighting that leach was a daydream anyway." One of the guards interrupted her. The werewolf by his well built physique looked to be in his mid-fifties with a hint of greying beard and hair.

"Joseph, we get it you don't like us," Sanjay said, glaring at the old man, "just keep your mouth fucking shut."

"Maybe seeing how I'm stuck with protecting you humans instead of fighting along side my pack, it should be you who should keep your mouth shut," Joseph retorted.

The old guy had it for him and Marley since the very first day because they were humans. Sanjay despised how their mates trusted this old hag to protect them.

"We should keep going." Another guard, Sarah—who was a lot younger than her counterpart—said, ending the glaring competition between the human and the old wolf. She turned to Theo. "It's good you're already here. We were coming to get you too. Now let's go."

"No. This isn't how it was supposed to happen." He looked at Marley. "Dimitri's here. When he comes he doesn't bring with him his 40-50 minions. For every one of us out there, he has at least 20 knights to put down a wolf." His breath came out in gasps. "It's a death mission Marley."

"Don't underestimate us boy," Joseph said. "The packs were training to fight those knights long before they were expecting a human girl to save them. We can hold ourselves."

"It's not just about strength. You don't know Dimitri. He's good with tricks."

"Nobody needs to know him when he's dead." Joseph narrowed his eyes. "Now shut up and move."

"No!" Theo yelled. "We still have the chance." He again turned to the human girl. "You still have the chance Marley."

"What do you mean?" She asked confused.