Queen Of The Alpha
Chapter 73

Nebraska stood in front of one of the windows looking out at the horizon. Her fingers clenched her arms so tightly that her fingernails dug into the skin. A hand suddenly stopped her.

-Mother, you’re hurting yourself,” the she-wolf looked to the side at her eldest son.

-Rodrigo,” she exhaled the air held in her lungs, but it did nothing to relax her shoulders.

-You’re worried,” it was an affirmation. She nodded.

-Your father’s gone and I still don’t know anything about what’s happened. I’m nervous. I’m sure something has happened to Priscila.

Rodrigo squeezed her hand in an attempt to comfort her.

-Pris will be fine. She’s strong.

-That’s why I’m worried. She has too much power inside her and she can’t control it. Her body is too young and she woke up too soon. She has not matured enough to be able to use them to her advantage. I fear that these will only make her life more complicated. If there is one thing I regret, it is taking the alphas’ b***d while she was in my womb. I only made life more difficult for her.

-Mother, don’t say that.” Rodrigo pulled her to him and rubbed her head. He wasn’t so used to that kind of contact with her but at that moment he felt that the she-wolf needed comfort, that was something that Leoxi had taught him well -You have always done what was best for everyone. Who knows, maybe the reason Priscilla was born with those powers is because of something special. Don’t think like that. You’re not that negative.

Nebraska breathed against her son’s chest and tried to soothe herself with his scent.

-If you had five puppies running around you’d be just as worried as I am,” he said.

Rodrigo stroked her head.

-I don’t think I can know,” he smiled slightly, “I’m in a relationship with a male wolf, mother. I can’t have children.

Nebraska broke away from him and remembered that her son was Leoxi’s current mate even if they hadn’t bonded. A strange thing, but at least the two of them were doing well. Rodrigo had had a lot of emotional breakthrough. And he had seen the passion in the commander’s eyes. Leoxi really loved him and was protective of him like a fierce beast when someone only glanced sideways at him. He was definitely more possessive than Hades even if he didn’t show it.

-There are several ways. You may be surprised, but he was still too young for that and Leoxi has more to do as commander of this pack than have children, so if he won’t sleep,” she kissed his cheek, “I guess I’d better get to work or I won’t be able to think of anything else.

But as she was about to leave, her world went black.

No. I won’t leave you. I won’t leave you. Ma. Pa. Layan, it hurts, it hurts so much. I don’t want, I don’t want this. I can’t give up it hurts, it hurts. I won’t let you take control. F**k you. This body is mine. Help me, it hurts. I can’t give up, I must be strong. I want to die.

Various scattered and meaningless thoughts came into her head but they were not hers. Her world quickly became clear as she found her son grabbing her shoulders. Beside her stood Leoxi with a worried face.

-Queen, is he alright? She’s been unresponsive for at least five minutes,” the older wolf helped Rodrigo steady her.

Nebraska shook her head. That voice in her thoughts, those words. It was none other than her daughter. Her pup was in trouble.

-Leoxi, you’re taking command of the pack,” she said suddenly, startling them both.

The Commander looked at his mate and then at the she-wolf.

-What’s going on?

-What a mother must do. I’m going to save my daughter.

And she turned with impressive speed, tearing at the clothes she was wearing regardless. And leaping over the window she ran off in the direction of Layan’s pack.

Layan felt Priscilla’s fangs tearing into his skin and digging deeper and deeper with the intention of reaching his jugular vein and tearing it apart. He had to raise his hand to stop both Hades and the wolves that jumped in to protect them. It was his own she-wolf that was biting him, if he made one false move or it was he or she that would end up dead and that had to be avoided at all costs.

Hades was totally unsettled and unsure how to react. It was his puppy that was attacking. He had no choice but to trust Layan. He was not the leader of the council by choice. Behind him Victore even though he wanted to go help the alpha he couldn’t, he was protecting his wolf’s body in case something happened, Kei was still under suspicion, but….

-Alpha, try to replace Priscilla through your link. Kei bit her, but she is still bonded to you. Neither of you have finished the mating cycle- even though Hades growled at her for talking about s*x including his pup Victore didn’t back down. It wasn’t the time. And Kei is no longer being controlled, I can feel it.

And despite the pain Layan nodded and tried to concentrate on the link between them. And the theory he’d been thinking about for a few minutes came true. She felt Priscilla struggling inside her to regain control. There was another presence inside her that was moving her body at that moment. And that feeling Liam. Liam was inside her. Victore hadn’t been wrong.

Bastard. Bastard and every adjective that could describe that a*****e ran through her mind.

He squeezed the she-wolf tighter against him. If she was struggling, he would have to help her. He let her fangs linger on his neck, the b***d on the ground was surely hers so she must be weak.

-Pris, love, it’s me, I’m here, fight. Come with me. I will help you. I will protect you. Don’t give up sweetheart,” he whispered softly against her ear as he pushed harder into her consciousness seeking hers and trying to strengthen it. With her b***d now in his system it was much easier for the bond to strengthen.

But he felt her, so weak, barely struggling to come back, to respond to him but not seeming to be able to. Her body in his arms was stiff and cold despite the teeth biting into his neck.

-Priscilla, don’t give up,” he hugged her tightly and tried to reach out to her.

Suddenly the teeth stopped clenching her neck and slowly the fangs were coming out of her skin. The process was not pleasant at all and Layan winced at the sensation of pain when…

-You think… I’m… going to… let you go… after everything? …. What I’ve done to… be by your side… Layan a*****e- the words interrupted by gasps caressed his ear.

Layan couldn’t help but smile as he hugged her tighter. That was his Priscilla, she was back.

-It hurts, ah, it hurts,” he heard her m**n followed by a sob.

He thought it was because he was holding her so tightly so he began to let go only to be pushed hard. His body fell several inches away from the she-wolf.

-Prisci…” He lifted his hand to move closer again puzzled by her reaction when she let out a high-pitched, piercing scream again.

Those present froze, their faces grimacing at the loudness of the sound. Hades tried to approach her, worried about her reaction, when the heat that began to envelop the cave made him stop.

Priscilla screamed again as more of her veins turned black from the poison in her b***d as she struggled to take control, for Liam overpowering her mind also trying to take control and if that wasn’t enough her powers weren’t under control either.

So holding her head in a curled up position on the floor, she dug her nails into the back of her neck trying to destroy the marks that were there desperate for the pain to subside. She gritted her teeth so hard to keep from screaming that she thought she would break them, but she could not prevent, despite her best efforts, her powers from coming out with a life of their own.

Waves of fire began to invade the cave in thick burning flames.

The wolves looked from side to side as everything turned red hot. Hades tried to approach his daughter again, but was pushed back by a strong wave of ice that nearly froze his chest. He fell to his knees, rubbing his chest and gasping.

The situation was worse than they had imagined. Layan copied hades trying to come to his senses with Priscilla, his wolf was on the ground shaking with pain, fear, madness, and he felt so helpless. But the result was the same, and each time the flames were getting thicker and the smoke was starting to make it hard to breathe. They had to do something fast.

-Get everyone out of here,” Layan ordered in a tone of voice that could not be replicated, “Victore, I’ll take care of my sister, my beta and the cub.

-Yes alpha,” Victore had already turned and easily carried Kei’s large body over his shoulder, as if it weighed nothing. On his other shoulder he put Leila and another wolf carried the puppy. Everyone quickly filed out until only the two alphas and Priscilla were left.

Pris- Pris- hades called out to her, but it was no use, now a circle of flames and frost all at once danced around her. The wounds on her body behaved as they had the first time. They closed and opened painfully on all parts of her body and as she covered her ears she must have been hearing voices again.

And there were the two of them. Two great alphas of their packs, unable to get close, unable to do anything, unable to save the cub, unable to do anything.

Move,” the female voice was heard above the roar of the flames and from between the two passed the smaller body of a dark-haired she-wolf walking in Priscilla’s direction.

The two males were stunned by her arrival and hades could only open his mouth.

-Nebraska?