Filed To Story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
I watched as the arrow soared away from me and toward the beast in the front. But, as it got closer to the target it swerved to the side, looped around and struck the back beast in the head, just like I planned.
I was grinning at the discovery of this new fighting technique. I quickly summoned more arrows and had them fly all at once. They rained down on the monsters outside, annihilating them all.
We were now clear of obstacles. We could enter the house and save the kids. There would only be about half of us entering as there would not be enough room for us all, but if we needed reinforcements then I could call for them easily.
Joaquin and I, all my guards, Dietrich, Gabriel, Crawford, Eldrige, and a handful of other trustworthy fighters entered the house slowly. We expected another ambush and attack to be waiting, but there wasn’t one.
The inside of the house looked exactly like I had seen it in my vision. Everything was exactly where it was before.
We made our way slowly to the basement stairs. Noah and Joaquin took the lead, with me being guarded in the middle. The reasoning was so that I would be protected, and they led because they said with Joaquin’s shields and Noah’s rock ability they could block an attack.
Step by step we all descended the stairs. We moved quietly so we would not be heard. But no matter how silently we moved, we couldn’t avoid the guards at the end of the hall. I knew we could handle things, or at least I hoped we could.
There was a gasp and a yell from the floor below. That was quickly followed by a snarl and a cry of pain. I couldn’t see the floor below, but I knew what the hallway would look like. I couldn’t stand not knowing. I needed to see the front of the fight. Blame it on my nosy nature and my need for control. I mean, come on I’m the queen I needed to know.
I thought of the hallway, and where I wanted to be. I imagined myself there as I tried to make my way down the stairs. With a quick stinging pain I was engulfed in a whirlwind. It was like a miniature tornado sprung up at my feet. I didn’t spin inside of it, but I felt myself being pulled along on a wind current. I didn’t move forward in a straight line. No it was more like I was swallowed by the wind and reappeared in another whirlwind right where I wanted to be almost instantly.
It was a disconcerting feeling, and quite frankly off putting, but it was also an exhilarating experience as well. It was also accompanied by a look of shock and anger from Joaquin and Noah. And the stunned looks of the warlocks in the hallway.
“Riviana, why are you up here?” Joaquin growled.
“I’m here to do my job.” I told him as I looked toward the door to the room the children were in. “You fight them, I will get the kids.”
“Dammit.” Joaquin snarled. “You should have stayed back there.”
“Yell about it later Chopper, we got work to do.”
“Even in a situation like this.” He laughed as he lunged for the warlock that was running toward him.
“Just do your job.” Noah yelled at him.
The battle ensued. Vincent, David, Rawlynn, Gabriel, Shane, Shawn, and Dietrich came with me. Everyone else went with Joaquin. The last thing I saw before running into the room was a massive flood of those beasts spilling out of the last two doors in the hall.
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Riviana
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The inside of the room looked like it was a large barracks mixed with a prison. There were a dozen bunk beds in the center of the room, each had two children chained to them. There were no tables or chairs the children could get to, they were confined to their bunks and nothing else.
There were six men and four women in the room with the children. Four of the men seemed to be standing guard. The other two men and all four women were wearing black collars and cuffs and seemed to be quite afraid.
The moment we entered the room, the six people wearing cuffs ran to the children to protect them, each of them hugging onto four children at a time.
“Stay calm children.” One man soothed his group.
“Please, don’t harm the children.” A woman begged as the children cried around her.
“We’re not here to hurt them.” I assured them all. “We’re here to save them.” I saw hope flood the eyes of the six people protecting the children.
“We will not let you.” The other four men sneer at the same time.
“You don’t belong here.” One of them added. All four men both had their heads shaved and were wearing identical black robes.
“Get ready.” I told my team as I readied my arrows. There was no need to worry about if they were going to be prepared, they were top notch.
At my signal the arrows flew and David appeared instantly next to the children on the far right.
“I’m here to take you home.” He soothed the children as the others rushed the room. Rawlynne went to the children on the other end. They were working on freeing them of their bindings.
“Queen Riviana, those wearing the cuffs are being forced to serve here.”
“He’s right Riviana, they have no connection to Edmond outside of those servitude cuffs.”
“Why are they being forced to serve them? Doesn’t he have his own lackeys?” Shane asked as he produced his lightning sword to cut down the rebounding attack from the warlocks. They were a little harder to deal with than the monsters outside. They had summoned shields to block my arrows, but they would not be able to stop us all on their own.
“Perhaps none of those crazy bastards were capable of taking care of children so they needed to outsource.” Dietrich offered his perspective.
“I think you’re right Dietrich.” I told him. “No matter the reason,they aren’t with him and are just as much victims as the children are, free them and take them with us.” I immediately saw the light of hope enter their eyes.
“Dietrich, I think your specialty will come in handy here.” Shawn told his mate.
“I think you’re right mein Schatz.” Dietrich smiled as he responded. Did Shawn know that Dietrich had just called him his darling?
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