“Don’t worry about me, Princess, I’m pretty sure I can escape just fine on my own. I’ll catch up with you guys later. Just let me know when Damian’s done with the yelling.”
“You really shouldn’t be so relaxed, Liam. And stop eating whatever they give you!”
“Yeah, yeah...”
Sometimes he is so childish, I can’t believe him. I’m pretty sure he is staying here on purpose just to avoid Damian’s scolding. It’s not like I can do anything about it for now, anyway. Moreover, if Liam says he can get out of here on his own, I trust he can. After all, he already is an expert at avoiding his brothers and sneaking into other packs’ territories.
Bobo and I run back to where we left the car, and no one stops us on the way, though a lot of eyes are following us. Did William order them to leave us alone? Thanks to that, we reach the border without any issues a few minutes later.
Once we get there, however, there is an unusual assembly of wolves. A lot of them I don’t recognize, but two groups face each other, and Damian is leading one of them. Nathaniel is in his wolf form right beside him. Oh, Moon Goddess, I can hear people yelling from here, and that doesn’t sound good. Furious growling and insults are flying from both sides, both Clans’ wolves are on edge.
I try to sneak in, and thankfully, the Sapphire Moon Clan wolves let Bobo and me through as soon as they notice me. When he finally sees me, Damian runs to me without consideration for the border or the bunch of wolves furiously growling at him. His large hands catch my waist first, and my feet leave the ground right away.
“Nora!”
As soon as they hear him, a few of the wolves stop growling to stare at me with curious eyes. Some of them still in their human forms whisper among themselves, but I can’t hear what they say.
“Nora! What the hell are you doing here? You—”
He stops and turns his head around. A young werewolf that was still growling at him a bit too closely is suddenly faced with my annoyed mate. Damian growls at him twice as loud and without holding his Alpha power back. There is no way to compare. The Black Alpha’s anger can be felt all around, and every wolf steps back in fear, including a few of the Blood Moon Clan. And he is not even in his wolf form.
“Truly impressive.”
All heads turn. To my surprise, William is standing there, among the Sapphire Moon wolves, hands in his pocket, looking very calm. Did he follow us all the way here? Damian frowns and puts me down, but his hand is still around me, keeping me close.
The two Alphas stare at each other, and all eyes are on them. I notice some wolves are going back and forth between William and me, noticing our physical resemblance. Damian doesn’t seem to care, though; he is just glaring at William.
“William Blue...”
“Mr. Black. I believe this is our first time meeting.”
Is it, really? It seems unreal those two Alphas would have never met before. They exude the very same kind of aura, powerful and fearsome. It’s like seeing a confrontation between fire and ice, or a tiger and a snake. Everyone around us is feeling the tension, too.
“I see you really did come to retrieve Nora. How surprising.”
“I don’t see my brother, however,” growls Damian.
“Right. He’s staying with us for now.”
Despite William’s calm, Damian and the rest of the pack immediately start growling furiously at him. The Sapphire Moon Alpha doesn’t flinch.
“You better hand him over right away.” Damian’s eyes have turned ice-cold, and he is speaking with that terrifying,low voice of his. I see a couple of Sapphire Moon wolves’ step back a little, frightened.
William shakes his head and points his finger to me. “No. As long as you have her, I’m keeping him here. Safe and unharmed, but on my territory.”
Damian frowns, and addresses me, still glaring at William. “Nora, what is going on?”
“Damian, the Sapphire Moon Clan is—”
“Her rightful pack.”
William cut me off in the middle of my sentence, and I look at him with shocked eyes. What does he mean now? My rightful pack? I don’t have any rightful pack as of now!
Damian glares at William. “What does that mean?”
“I don’t have the time or patience to explain this to you. Anyway, I would advise you to retreat back from our territory and take the time to discuss this with her if she wishes to. I promised her I would think things over, but while doing so, I need to guarantee nothing will happen to her. As such, I took your brother.”
“Wait! When will you release Liam?” I ask, worried for him.
