Torn Between Enemy Alphas

Chapter 8- Pregnant?

"I have been betrayed. And not just me. Our entire pack has been betrayed! That so-called Alpha claimed to come here in peace but as you can clearly see he is now attempting to kidnap our Luna." Alpha Cadman stood on the tailgate of his truck, which he had parked just outside of the block of the apartments that had been built specifically to house the pack's guests, as he raged to the crowd.

Alice felt a shiver of fear shoot up her spine the moment she saw him, although his back was turned to her at that moment. She could tell, even without him turning to face her, that while he hadn't quite shifted, he was nearly in a Half-Shift, that state that some werewolves could hold themselves in, where they managed to keep themselves in a dangerous, deranged place between wolf and man, and where some men had been known to lose themselves entirely.

Those men finally completed the shift and then became the worst kinds of rogues, slaughtering whatever was in their path, whether it was animal, human, or werewolves.

They were the stuff of human legend, at least that's what the stories that Alice had grown up with said, and she shivered at the thought, pulling Fin's sweatshirt more tightly around her body.

"I won't let anything happen to you." She felt Fin's hand settle on the small of her back, and was amazed yet again at the thrill of electricity his touch sent through her body, even while the stress of the situation was still overwhelming. She nodded to let him know that she had heard him as they stepped out onto the road in front of the visitor's apartments.

Somewhere nearby Alice could hear the rumble of engine's and she guessed that that was their ride, but it wasn't as if they would be able to get through these crowds, or off of Amber Moon's pack lands unless they reached some sort of consensus, at least with some of the members of the pack. If all of the guards and sentries between where they were and the border, along with all the pack members that were standing in front of them wanted to stop them, they didn't stand a chance of getting out of here alive.

Especially not as a group in vehicles. Their best chance of making it out was probably taking off in wolf form as individuals. Then maybe a few of them might make it. But most of them would probably still end up being slaughtered. And so diplomacy was their best option. Alice needed to make them realize that this morning it had been extremely important to Amber Moon that they strengthen their alliance with Fin's pack and that twelve hours later it was still extremely important that they do the exact same thing. And now that would be easier than ever because she would be there to help build the alliance. At least she was hoping she could convince them of that.

Taking a deep breath she stepped forward, away from Fin's reassuring touch, but not too far away.

"My friends." The crowd fell silent the moment that she spoke and every eye, including Alpha Cadman's turned to her. Alice made a point not to look at him as she searched the crowd for a friendly face. She was both relieved that Kate wasn't there, because Kate shouldn't be in a crowd like this at the moment, and saddened.

If her friend had been there she would have focused on her at the moment. Finally she found Cole, and while his bruised and swollen face caused her to draw in a sharp breath, she managed to steal herself against what she was feeling, balling her hands into fists, as she forced herself to continue. "Today, in the most unexpected of places I found my mate. As I'm sure everyone here knows, before today I was unmarked because I had not found my true mate."

A gasp went through the crowd and she realized that based on the way she had phrased it she had implied something else that she had not quite meant to say, which was that she was already marked. She had only meant to say that she wasn't marked my Alpha Cadman and that he wasn't her true mate, but she heard the growl that was ripped from his lips as he took an entirely different meaning from what she had said, one that she really hadn't meant at all. She wasn't about to clarify though, when that was really none of his business now, and beside the entire point. He wasn't her mate, after all.