Chapter 2

Luna Queens POV It had been a long day; I had gone back to my room to settle Angel as the festivities had worn her out and she was beginning to become fussy. There was a sudden knock on the door before it burst open startling me. William had ordered Nick to get me and our daughter to safety so he could lead the road to victory against the rogues that had entered our territory slaughtering a few of the guards that were on patrol. "Follow me Luna and keep close" Nick shouts as we run down the corridors of the palace heading towards our safe room. I had Angel in my arms as she was somehow able to sleep through all of what was happening. Pack warriors rushed past us as they went outside shifting into their wolves heading towards the western borders. We had always treated our pack with respect, wishing for nothing but the same in return. I wished that William was coming with us, but I knew that being alpha and king to the royal pack meant he needed to be by his fighter's sides, giving them strength and courage as he stands with them. "Luna wait here" Nick whispers in a soft tone, my eyes widened as the smell of rotten eggs came from the staircase leading from the basement. "Rogues" I replied hugging Angel closer to my chest, I would die for any member of my pack that's what a true Luna does. I wished I too could fight beside my pack; I was a skilled warrior before I became a mother, something even to this day I would never regret. The day Angel was born was the best day of my life. William didn't like the fact I would fight when needed, but he knew he couldn't stop me for I had gifts that outweighed his own power. Myself and my wolf Diamond enjoyed the hunt. Diamond was an ivory colour wolf with green eyes that resembled emeralds. I too am the daughter of a pure-blooded alpha just like my William; however, I am also a direct descendant of the moon goddess, meaning I'm stronger than most Alphas as well as Lunas. My wolfs colour was rare confirming to everyone we were of special blood. As I held Angel closer to my chest Nick rounded the corner my heartbeat thumping away as I hoped that he wouldn't be overpowered. Had I needed to shift it would have left Angel vulnerable and I wouldn't be able to focus. Growls and whines came from the staircase before all of a sudden Everything went quiet, until finally Nick emerged. "Right let's go" his voice strained as he led me down the corridor. There on the ground were the bodies of two rogues, one had fully shifted and by the looks of it the second died while shifting. Nick had been quick to deal with them before they could harm us. Once me and Angel were inside the door was locked. I had asked Nick to go and aid the others knowing no one would be able to get in here. He reluctantly agreed after mind linking his mate, the gamma female Marie asking her to join us as she too was a trained warrior. It didn't take long for Marie to arrive; she wasn't as slim a build as most she-wolves Marie was muscular in build with her red hair styled in a bob due to all the training she went through to join the packs warriors. She didn't wish to be a mother as she enjoyed the thrill of the fight and feared if she had a pup, she wouldn't be able to train. Time seemed to pass slowly as we waited to be told it was over. It was then that Myself and Marie got a mind link from Jason our beta that things were ok, and he was coming to escort us back upstairs. "Do you not think it's strange that it's Jason informing us and not our William?" Diamond was concerned but I reminded her we had no reason not to trust Jason. He was after all the beta and Williams best friend. Just as I opened the door to the safe room, we caught the smell of blood and rogues. We immediately knew something wasn't right but before we could shut the door Jason had forced it wider open. My eyes widened with shock as I took in the sight before me. Laying on the floor were the two warriors Nick had ordered to stand guard both torn apart, their blood covering the floor and walls. "Why" was all I could say before I felt the burning sensation of something sharp enter my abdomen. Jason had stabbed me with a silver knife that felt like it had been dipped in wolfsbane as the pain was like nothing I had ever felt before. Diamond whimpered as she too felt the pain as I did. I fell to the floor and looked straight to where Marie was comforting Angel. "Take Angel and run. Run like you have never run before, please save her" I begged through the mind link. I could see the tears burning in her eyes knowing she didn't want to leave me to die her Luna and best friend, but she respected my wish and within seconds had sped from the room my daughter in her arms. Alpha Kings POV I raced down to the safe room using my enhanced speed to check that Nick had gotten my family to safety before he had confronted Jason, I had tried to mind-link Vanessa but was unable to connect with her. We had an argument earlier on during the festivities and she had since blocked me out, I was worried she hadn't heard me spread the news of Jason's betrayal. As I entered the staircase that led to the safe room my nose was hit with the coppery smell of fresh blood. Fear and anger flooded my senses, and my wolf Maximus was growling in my head. He was just as pissed as I was promising to make Jason and everyone else involved pay dearly. As I rounded the corner the corridor walls were splattered with blood and the lifeless bodies of two guards were torn apart on the ground. Maximus spoke in my head telling me what I already knew. The scent from down here wasn't that of the rogues but of my lifetime friend and beta Jason. I flung the safe room door open and there on the floor was my beautiful mate and queen. Vanessa was alive but her injuries were bad, she wasn't healing, and I could smell wolfsbane in her blood. "That bastard laced the knife in poison" Maximus confirm what I was thinking, Vanessa had lost way to much blood and with the war continuing outside I wouldn't get her to the pack hospital in time. I pulled the sliver knife from her abdomen, the smell of burning flesh entered my nose as it seared the skin in my hand. My face began to feel wet from the tears that fell from my eyes at the sight of Vanessa, my mate, the love of my life and the woman that made me who I was. I knew she wouldn't survive this the blood loss was too much and the wolfsbane with silver prevented the healing process from working. Through our mate bond I could feel her pain, her fear and her anger. She opened her beautiful blue eyes that once looked like the sparkling reflection of the ocean noticing how they had now darkened, tears falling from them onto her beautiful flawless face. She looked at me and with her soft voice she said one thing that made me feel as though my world had ended. "Angel". Had Angel been taken had someone saved her I didn't know but I promised Vanessa, I would find her. Maximus was using all of his strength to try and come to the surface knowing that our pup was missing, it took every ounce of power I had to hold him back. And with that I felt my heart tear into pieces. My Vanessa slipped away. I felt our bond fade leaving nothing but emptiness and the feeling that half of me had died. I couldn't hold Maximus back any longer and with a deafening howl I gave him control.