Chapter 123


    Chapter 123 – Rogue Attacks


    Sinir


    After E shared her story with me, we spent a long time just kissing and cuddling,


    talking through our feelings and reaffirming our love. Still, E wasn’t entirely soothed.


    I could tell she was still beating herself up about her panic attack, no matter how many


    times I promised her it was all right


    I just want to be able to give you what you need.


    E moans after a while, sounding as miserable ass ever.


    “I don’t need to tie you up, baby. I promise, wondering if I’ll ever be able to convince


    her that she’s enough for me exactly as she is. “There are plenty of other things we


    can do.”


    “But the idea of being tied up with you doesn’t frighten me.” E confesses, surprising


    me. “I think it was just the way you asked. Because it wasn’t about you and me, it was


    about what had been done to me in the past.


    I frown, unsure if she’s beingpletely forthright. “That’s possible.” I agree. “But the


    chances are that if the question was that upsetting, feeling it would be worse.”


    “Not if I know it’sing, and not if I’m handcuffed or something. The straps on a


    medical table are different.” E argues. “I’m not saying I want to try it right this


    second or when you’re really stressed. It would probably be better when things are


    calmer so that if I do panic it doesn’t ruin everything, but I think I would like to try


    sometime.”


    “You really don’t have to, E.” I assure her “Not for my sake. It should be fun for both


    of us, not something you have to endure.”


    “I’m not just saying it for you E insists. “I don’t like thinking that they still have so


    much power over me. Maybe if I can get over that fear by recing the bad memories


    with some good ones I can take my power back.”


    I narrow my eyes at the little minx, wondering if this is another tactic to convince me.


    E knows I’d do anything to help her, and it would certainly be clever to turn the


    tables on me this way.


    However when I look into her shining eyes, I see only sincerity. “Okay, one day when


    things are calmer, we can try” I decide, running my hands over her slick skin. “But if


    you give me reason to think you’re just humoring me, you’re going to be in big trouble,


    baby.”


    “I’m not” E insists indignantly, sitting up and giving me a delectable view of water


    dripping down her bare breasts. “I don’t know if it’s my wolfing out or what, but


    the more time that passes, the more I find myself craving your.. well, your dominance.”


    She flushes bright red as the words leave her mouth, and I’m relieved to see that all


    the heavy emotion of thest hour is starting to fade in favor of flirtation.


    “It might be your wolf.” I confirm with a grin, sliding my palms up to cup her sensitive


    mounds running my thumbs over the tight buds at their center. E shivers and arches


    into my hands, delightfully sensitive amidst her raging hormones.


    “Or maybe you’ve always been a secret sex friend, and you just needed time to tap


    into that part of yourself.”


    E blinks, dropping her gaze for a moment before looking back up at me in surprise,


    as if she’s just realized something. “Do you remember when we first found each other,


    and I was confused because I felt like a different person with you? You said I was


    bing the person I was always meant to be, and it just hadn’t been safe for me to


    “Mmm,”I rumble fondly, needing no help to recall our food fight. “As I recall you


    thought I was full of it.”


    “But you were right.” E muses, sliding her arms around my neck. “My wolf


    recognized you even before I knew she existed.”


    “Are you saying I’m right now too, and you are a sex friend?” I joke, beyond pleased


    when her beautifulugh meets my ears


    “only for you. E grins, making my inner wolf ?well with pride.


    “


    Well you never have to worry about getting my dominance, trouble.” I tease, dragging


    her forward for a kiss. “You know exactly how to bring it out”I nip her plump lower lip


    and im her mouth again, the passion always simmering for this incredible woman


    surging to a sudden boil. I’m already fantasizing about how I can create the most


    pleasure for us both without losing the stranglehold I’m keeping on my mating


    instincts.


    when the bedroom door crashes open in the distance


    I smell Hugo before I see him, which is the only reason I don’t react more forcefully.


    Instead I Simply pull my mouth lips from E’s, my wolf going into high alert. If Hugo is


    barging in this way it must be an emergency. E yelps when my Beta stalks in a


    momentter, E is hiding her face in my neck, almost as though she thinks Hugo


    might not be able to see her if she can’t see him. I offer her a soft purr, but I look up at


    my second-inmand with instant anxiety, “What’s wrong?


    He nces nervously at E, but I nod for him to continue. “One of our spies in the


    border territories just called in an urgent warning. Apparently a coalition of rogue


    wolves is nning a assault on Moon Valley. Their numbers are in the hundreds and


    they’reing at us from all sides. This isn’t just some raid it’s a highly coordinated


    attack and you can bet they didn’t organize it on their own.


    “When?” I demand sharply, already reaching for a towel. I slide E’s body off of mine,


    concealing her beneath the bubbles of the deep bath and rising out of the water.


    “Tonight.” Hugo sighs in exasperation. “We have maybe two hours to get


    reinforcements to our scouts.”


    I swear viciously, the borders of Moon Valley extend for hundreds of miles, we don’t


    have enough time to re ach our most remote outposts, and those are probably the


    ones the rogues will be targeting first. “Call in everyone you can and immediately


    deploy those already on duty. Send them to the most vulnerable outposts first, and


    make sure everyone is fully briefed. Deploy the warning sirens and release a bulletin


    to all the media outlets in the city, order an immediate lockdown and roll out the


    emergency helpline for anyone who sights or encounters rogue aggressors. Tell them


    to issue reminders on shelter locations, and set closing times for two hours from now


    Have the hospitals initiate their own emergency protocols and put out a call to any


    willing and able wolves who want to help defend the city, but make the dangers damn


    clear. No one under 18.


    The words flow from my lips out of pure reflex, and Hugo immediately turns on his


    heel to carry out my instructions. When he’s gone, I turn back to E, who is looking


    up at me with wide eyes. I pluck her out of the bath and wrap her in a towel. “


    Listen to me, E. Your guards are going to take you to a safe house and it’s critical


    that you stay there until the danger has passed. I’lle for you as soon as I can, but


    listen to the guards and don’t set a single foot outside until the all clear orders have


    been given. Don’t open the door for anyone, and don’t even think about doing


    anything heroic.


    If you see an injured child lying in the street, leave them for the guards to help. Do you


    understand me?”


    E furrows her brow, unease flowing off her in waves “But where will you be? What


    are you going to be doing?”


    “I have to stand with my men.” I exin. “We’re going to need all the help we can get.”


    “Fighting, you mean.” E rifies. “You’re going into battle?”


    Yes.” I answer simply, knowing I can’t shield her from the truth. “I wish I didn’t have to


    leave you, but I can’t let other wolves defend my city without me.”


    E’s lower lip, still swollen from my kisses, is trembling. “Do you promise that you’ll


    “Im not going to let some dirty rogue get the better of me, baby.” Taking her face in my


    hands, I continue, “Now give me your word that you’ll do as I’ve asked”Imand.


    “Go to the safe house, listen to the guards, and wait for me.”


    E nods shakily, and I pull her into my arms. Our lips collide with sudden desperation as if we’re both


    thinking the same thing. Just in case it’s for thest time. Suddenly I realize I never walked E through


    the contingency ns she requested, like what to do if I’m killed. Unfortunately there’s no time for that


    now. Her guards know what to do if the worst happens, and that will have to be enough for the time


    being.


    “I love you.” I profess, stealing onest kiss. “No matter what.”


    “I love you too. E answers, tears spilling down her cheeks. “Please be safe, Dominic.”


    “Don’t worry, trouble. We’ll be together again before you know it. I answer, but we both know that s not


    a promise I can make. Every time I go into battle, I do so knowing it might be the end, but I’ve neverN?velDrama.Org copyrighted ? content.


    had more of a reason to survive than I do now, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to let this be myst


    moment with E. I’m going to make it – I have to.