Chapter Ten

LUCY

I stood at the gate waiting for them to return from battle and after a long wait, I retired to my hut. I lay on the bed tossing and turning, I imagined how fierce the battle would be but I could only imagine since I have been restricted from going with them. My only concern was with Nathen, he wasn't much of a fighter and could get himself harmed, as for the rest especially Maverick, I wished that he got hurt or rather end up dead in battle.

I became sleepy eventually and dozed right off but my sleep was cut short when I heard someone scream from outside the gate. I rushed out with my sword in hand and to the gates.

"Open the gates!" the male voice kept screaming.

I immediately recognized the voice, it was Nathan's. I opened the gate and saw my best friend covered in blood, others too rushed in. Some were injured while others were unharmed like Cade.

"What the hell happened there? Are you hurt?" I asked him.

"Close the gates, they are coming after us. They mustn't find us here," Cade instructed me.

I went out to check but I found no trace of them nearby. I had the feeling that they knew where we were, I could feel it in my guts. I quickly shut the gates and returned to help Nathan tender his wounds.

"What happened out there?" I asked.

"Their new Alpha is tougher than I thought, I watched as he slew our men with ease, I was terrified."

"What about Maverick? I haven't seen him yet."

"He's wounded as well. I'm glad they didn't follow us down here," he said. "Ouch, easy," he whimpered as I continued to dress his wounds.

"They'll come back for us, we have to be ready," I told Nathan but he wasn't paying attention to what I was saying. He was still overwhelmed by the shock he must have experienced out there which made me wonder.

“What exactly happened out there tonight?” I asked again.

“He was like a mini-god, the way he swayed his sword with ease like born ready for battle. What if he comes here to attack us?” Nathan said, his voice was shaky and I could tell he was scared.

“They will definitely come here to attack us, I need to speak to your father.”

I stormed into Cade’s chamber where he was tending to Maverick’s wounds. “What do you want, child? you should be tendering to the injured,” he said.

“They will come back for us and I mean soon, we have to be ready for them,” I said.

“There you go again running your mouth, they don't have the guts to come here. if they did, they would be here by now but they aren’t,” Maverick snapped at me.

“Says the man who the alpha chopped his ear off,” I snapped back at him. “Since the both of you won’t listen to me, then watch and see how this place burns to the ground.”

I left them and returned to my hut to take my mother to a safe place before the alpha arrived with soldiers.

“I heard there was a bloodbath there, I'm glad you were exempted from the attack,” my mother said immediately;y I walked in.

“I know but we have to leave here. they would be back to have their revenge for attacking their pack. I know that for sure, I need you to be somewhere safe when they come. we’ll leave as early as possible in the morning,” I explained.

“Are you sure of what you just said?” she asked.

“Yes, but others think otherwise,” I said.

“We need to tell Cade about what you just said. If they are coming for us, we have to be ready,” she said and rose to meet Cade herself but I stopped her.

“And you think I haven’t done that, he and Maverick think I’m exaggerating so I’m going to leave them to face the wrath that is coming,” I said. "You should rest, we'll leave before sunrise so that no one sees us."

My mother tutted her head in approval and laid back to sleep while I went out back to meet Nathan in his hut.

"I'm leaving with my mother before sunrise, you should come too before they decide to attack," I said.

"It's unlike you to run away from a battle,"

I clicked my teeth. "I'm not running away, I want my mother to be somewhere safe from the chaos and you too. You're injured and would barely be able to defend yourself," I said convincingly.

"Go with your mother, make sure the both of you are safe. As for me, I can take care of myself, you don't have to worry about me."

After much convincing, Nathan still insisted on staying so I left his hut and returned to mine. I packed enough food and clothing that would last enough till everything returned to normalcy. I had no intention of staying away from the pack with my mother, the plan was to keep her safe and return to defend the pack and also get my chance of killing the alpha as I had always dreamt of.

Before sunrise, my mother and I set out to where I had made available for her to stay. It was a hut my father had built a long time ago for our safety. We would stay there to rest whenever we went hunting in the woods, it was a bit far from the rogue's pack and was hard for anyone to locate.

"What is this place?" my mother asked, staring at me suspiciously.

"Don't look at me like that, it's ours," I said.

"Ours? How come I do not know anything about it?"

"Father built this place for us, for our safety. Unfortunately, he didn't get to show you before he died but I was the lucky one," I said.

My mother huffed a sigh, she had a sad look on her face. "Your father always puts the family first before anything else. I wish he was here with us now."

"I know, that's why we have to do what he would have done, to keep protecting ourselves. I have to get back before anyone notices that we are gone, I'll be back to check on you, don't open the door for anyone else," I said to her.

As I turned to leave she grabbed my hand. "You don't have to go back there, if truly they are coming back to invade the pack what can you possibly do? We can stay here and be happy, you don't have to go on with this crazy quest for revenge," she said.

I pulled my hand away from her in anger and stormed out without saying a word to her. How could she say it was crazy? After everything they had done to her and father, this was another opportunity to get my revenge at least for my father as he had always wanted.

By the time I returned to the pack, Nathan was already at my hut waiting for me. I wasn't surprised to see him, I knew he would be waiting for return.

“I thought you wouldn’t return,” he said.

“Did you miss me already? I knew you couldn't live without me, you love me too much,” I teased.

Nathan rolled his eyes at me. “Wishful thinking, Lucy. Maverick has been looking for you though, he wishes to speak to you,” he said.

He finally believes me, I thought as I rushed out to meet him.

“He's at the field waiting for you,” Nathan shouted.

He was waiting at the field as Nathan said with his arms akimbo. He had a stern look on his face when I approached him.

“You believe me now, don’t you?”

“I don’t. I called you here for something more important,” he said.

“What can be more important than this? I’m telling you that their alpha would storm in here soon to slaughter everyone if we don’t take action,” i yelled at him.

He shuddered. “You need to be careful around here, your life and that of your mother is in danger,” he said.

“What are you talking about?”

“I’m not telling you this because I care about you; I don't, I hate your guts,” he said, brushing my shoulder as he walked away.

“What do you mean? Who’s after me?” I asked as I followed him behind. I continued pestering him for answers until he stopped and glared at me.

“You’ll find out soon enough,”