His Sweet Little Mate

Along with Dax and Deion, Alan led about a hundred royal warriors toward the grand square which was to the south of the capital. Fifty more soldiers were on standby, to rush over either to the palace or the scene of the attack, if need be.

But he didn't feel at ease at all. This stinked like a trap from a hundred miles away, but he couldn't ignore his duty to protect the civilians. Only everytime he closed his eyes, he would recall how dearly Micah cherished Abby, and this left him feeling torn. Dax could understand his inner turmoil, because as much as he respected his king, he also loved him like a brother and his best friend, that was also why he had been so down after letting Calpin kill him.

He would have spiraled out of control if not for his responsibility to protect Abby and her baby with Micah, because Micah wouldn't have wanted anything more than for his mate to avoid getting hurt. So while he still beat himself up for his screw-up day and night, he gave his all to support Abby in the court.

That was also why he didn't say anything when Abby sent not only both of him, even Deion to solve this matter.

"Let's get done with this soon, so we can go back to the palace and protect the queen and the prince."

But it was not as simple as he said, because the attackers weren't really at a disadvantage where the numbers were concerned, but Alan and Dax were more than capable of dealing with them.

The only factor that made things harder was this unforgiving storm, as they fought the attackers while saving the innocents.

It took them nearly four hours to grasp any barely possible control over the situation, as both sides braved the wind and rain while fighting to their full potential.

Their fur stuck to their bodies, because of the incessant rain and of course the blood of the attackers, but Alan and Dax didn't even stop for a second when their attackers pounced on them together.

With Deion's help, when the sun was about to hit the horizon, they finally managed to capture the beasts that fought like they had lost their minds, but they didn't get to take a breather when one of the soldiers rushed over to relay a piece of news. "Royal Beta Alan, some of them managed to escape," the soldier panted, dread written all over his features. "We don't know where they ran off to."

"Why are these stupid warriors even more annoying than those mindless rogues?" Dax seethed openly. He really couldn't fathom what drugs Arthur fed them until they were behaving like rogues.

Deion didn't say anything, but he couldn't help but agree with the royal gamma silently, the claw wound closing on his thigh made him grit his teeth hard, though. This was nothing compared to the wounds he sustained on the battlefield, or the night of Abby's attack.

Being the sole survivor out of all the warriors and guards placed around Abby's sleeping quarters, Deion sustained some serious injuries that night, but nothing life threatening. Only before he could push it to the back of his mind, another attack happened. Just then, another warrior rushed over. "The Queen gave birth to a baby boy."

Alan felt the timing was really awful, a few attackers were still out there, going to God knows where. They might have retreated, tucked their tails and ran off to save their lives, or else they had thrown caution to the wind and went to court death in the palace. Neither possibility settled well with the man. "Let's return to the palace."

Abby almost fainted when the baby finally managed to come out of her womb, just when she was about to slip into slumber, her baby's cries ringing in her ears gave her enough incentive to stay awake, as she reached for her baby.

"Gi- giv- give him to me." Abby almost pleaded when Nadia was still busy cleaning the baby after cutting the umbilical cord.

Hearing her plea, the royal healer rushed the baby's business, and placed the tiny mess of tears into Abby's waiting hands, somehow managing to complete the process of checking on the baby in between.

Once clutched in his mother's arms, the baby surely but slowly stopped crying before finally falling asleep.

It seemed he had also expended every speckle of his teensy- weensy energy to come into this world, but then his mother started crying like a baby.

It was not clear if her tears were out of happiness or sadness, but the woman was an emotional mess, while Nadia and the others took care of her postnatal well being.

The four women silently cleaned her up, giving her what little privacy with her child they could under the current circumstances, before Nadia and Efrem busied themselves in preparing the new course of medicines for Abby. The girl lost so much blood during the delivery, so it would be quite a challenge to nurse her back to health.

On the other hand, Abby couldn't avert her eyes from the wrinkly face of her adorable son, who sighed in his sleep. Out of instinct, Abby circled her thumb on his cheek in a soothing motion to calm him.

"My baby," Abby choked as she looked at her son, feeling sadness clog her throat at the thought Micah wasn't there by her side right now, but this awful feeling was at war with the happiness that surrounded her looking at him. If only Micah was there with them now, how wonderful would it have been?

'Your father would have been over the moon, just to hold you right now?

Abby kissed the child on his temple, as she promised him. "I'll not give up on your father, baby. For you, I'll go to the ends of the world if I have to and bring him back into our lives."

But her serene moment was shattered as she felt this sudden shift in air as a muffled scream reached their ears, tensing up the four women around her.

Abby's eyes turned cold when she realized the voice was very near, in fact right outside of her door.

And she didn't have to wait too long to mull over the strangeness of the situation when two attackers burst through the door with wild eyes.

Nadia and the other three women immediately felt their hearts drop as the two beasts prowled across the bedroom with measure yet crazed steps.

"My Queen!" Alyssa and Reyna rushed to Abby's side immediately, where Nadia and Efrem were already flanking the girl and her baby.

"Don't be rash!" Reyna shouted at the beasts as she extended her claws while Alyssa did the same. They didn't want to startle the beasts, which might make them act in haste.

However, Nadia couldn't contain her fear as she screamed for the guards at the top of her lungs. "Guards!!"

However, no matter how hard she shouted, there was no response from the outside, while their only way out was blocked by these two beasts that looked like they would attack any moment now.

The dread they felt was indescribable as they stood frozen with their hearts in their throats, scared shitless for Abby and her baby.

Nadia and Efrem couldn't contribute in any form if a fight broke out, as their expertise was limited to herbs and healing, while Alyssa and Reyna never had any combat training. Abby was in no position to fight them off. The five of them were no match to these two battle hardened soldiers.

With no guards coming to their aid, it left the five in this bedroom to watch each other's backs and Abby was enraged at the helplessness she felt.

She expected something like this to happen when she sent the royal beta and the others to stop the attack at the grand square, but there was this little hope in her heart that she was just being paranoid.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

However, the two beasts that sneaked into her bedroom right when she was in no position to defend herself was enough proof, she couldn't harbor such hopes anymore. Someone like Arthur would never change for the better. "You will regret it!" Abby gritted through her teeth as she regarded the two beasts, as if she could picture the person who wanted to kill her before her.

On the other hand, the two beasts were momentarily stunned by the hostility emanated from Abby, but they didn't take her seriously.

She was a woman with a witch mother and shifter father, which resulted in her becoming a half witch, with no real power to back up her own threats. The last time, she only managed to escape death because of that stupid witch from the Red River pack. Also Alan and Dax rushed over in time to rescue her, otherwise she would have been long dead, but they made sure their plan was impeccable this time around.

There was no one to protect her this morning, and they wouldn't stop until they saw the last drop of blood was drained from her body.

They just needed to take care of five weak women, which was nothing but a walk in the park. With that thought deeply engraved in their minds, the two beasts exchanged a look.