Chapter 12

‘Lucy!’ Luna Hale’s mind-link woke Lucianne from deep sleep.

‘What? What happened, Luna? What?’ Lucianne mind-linked back in a daze as she reached for her phone to check the time.

2:32 a.m. ‘You’ve got to be kidding me. What the he*l is happening at this hour?!’, Lucianne thought to herself.

‘Lucy, sorry to wake you but we need you to come over now!

‘What happened? Where’s Juan? Is he okay?’ Lucianne bolted out of bed before putting a tank

top over the sports bra she was sleeping in. Her shorts will have to do. Hale’s mind-links

‘He’s fine. He’s speaking to Alpha Frederick from the Jewel Pack. Please come quick. You need to hear them out.’

‘I’m coming!

Lucianne didn’t even bother checking her appearance or tying up her hair as she dashed out o f the room with her phone and took the emergency stairs to the floor above and ran down corridor before she reached her leaders’ room and knocked on it three times.

Juan opened the door and said, “Come.”

He was worried. That, in itself, was not a good sign. Apart from Juan and Hale, Lucianne recognized Alpha Frederick, Luna Felicity and Gamma Brighton from the Jewel Pack, all of whom she just met hours ago at dinner. Luna Felicity looked like she was holding back her tears but the puffiness under her glistening eyes showed that she had already cried a lot before Lucianne’s arrival.

“What happened?” Lucianne asked, dropping all formalities despite being in the presence of the leaders from another pack.

Juan explained in a serious tone, “Lucy, there’s been an attack. The Jewel Pack lost eleven out of fifteen warriors.”

eyes widened. Then, she calmed herself before asking in an equally

The Beta?

who survived, and the one who delivered the news

Juan explained

“How many rogues?”

ten,

the attack

“A little after midnight.”

said, “Then we need to leave now. They’ll

time he left the discretion of choosing warriors for battle to Lucianne.

invisible list of names as she spoke, “Gamma Tobias, Alpha Tate, Alpha Zeke, Luna Zelena, Gamma Raden, Luna Lovelace and Gamma Sylvia. Most of

Gamma Lucianne.” Alpha

and said, “No, Alpha. Don’t apologize. You did the right thing

on their Gamma, and her confident voice rang in the room, “Gamma Brighton, you’re coming along. There’s no better practice than one to save your pack. Don’t worry, we won’t let anything

letting me come along, Gamma Lucianne.” He gladly accepted even before asking for his Alpha’s permission. There was something in Lucianne’s voice that no

SUTan

it was her

With so many warriors dead, it was no doubt that there was a risk of the

further worry

and said in a muffled voice, “Go, Fred. You must. It’s a

stay with Luna Felicity until you’ve all returned.” Luna

Hale.” He

bathroom at last, he looked at

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