Nico refused to let go of the rogue's leg. He was still feeling weak. With all his residual power in him, he grabbed on tightly to his thigh.
The man gritted his teeth. He gestured for the other guy to go up and he swiftly punched him in the nose. "You..."
"Nico!!!" Dylan's distant scream was heard.
Laying on the doorway, he glanced at his beloved tearing into the rogue's body. Blood splattered everywhere.
He was ruthless.
Nico crawled up and leaned against the door. One of his hands still held the man's leg, refusing to let go.
"Shit you are just asking for it now…" The rogue cussed under his breath and was about to hit him again.
But Nico grabbed his collar and pulled him down. His brown eyes glowed a bright shade of bloody red. "you listen to me….." he coughed.
His blood lust could keep the rogue in a trance if he was in his prime condition, but now he was poisoned his powers had also been reduced.
The rogue broke free of the trance in just a second and tried to run up.
Nico immediately pulled him down and bit into his jugular. His sharp vampire teeth tore into his jugular veins.
"ahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!"
The said rogue wolf gave him a disgruntled look. "we did what you told us to...…. you bastard.....I will tear you to shreds."
His warm blood pooled on the ground coating all his hands.
Nico let go and watched the man convulse to death.
"Nico are you okay…." Dylan shouted again.
Through his dazed eyes, he watched his beloved fight the rogues. Fear gripped his heart. He could not even breathe properly.
It might be the residual poison in his blood, but he felt wiped. His eyes refused to stay open for a long time.
"ahhh!" a scream woke him up. he stumbled up the stairwell remembering that another rogue wolf was still in the pack house. The other kids might be in their rooms upstairs.
'gods… please.. please let them be okay,'
On the way, he noticed a small glass of water. He hurriedly poured it on his face, trying to keep himself sober. It wasn't enough. he needed something more. He smashed the glass on the ground. He grabbed the piece of glass letting the sharp edges sink into his skin.
The pain sharpened his mind.
With the sharp glass piece in hand, he hurriedly rushed up the stairwell.
He staggered up. He heard a sobbing sound coming from up there.
Kiran was by the stairwell wailing loudly.
A man stood there grabbing his shirt. The rogue werewolf had unkempt hair, and he was buck naked.
Sensing his arrival, the man glanced back.
"Let go of him," he said, gritting his teeth.
The man nodded slightly, bowing to him.
Nico was confused for a second. 'what the heck.' he watched the man rush to the nearby window. He jumped out and escaped into the forest.
"Nico….." Kiran wailed loudly.
"Oh Kiran!" he rushed to him and hugged him tight. "Where are the others? Did anyone hurt you?"
Sobbing the young kid pointed to one of the rooms. It was Raven's room to be precise. inside he saw Raven was tied up to the bed unconscious with blood flowing down his chest.
He hurried in.
"Raven! What is going on! Someone! Help!...."
His trembling hand gently probed his skin for a wound, but to his surprise, there was none. 'Where is the blood from?'
"Fuck… what…."
he sniffed the blood on his hand. It did not have a distinct smell of Raven he knew of. It was definitely human blood though.
"mmmnn…"
"Raven!" he hurriedly untied him. "What happened here?"
"Matt…. Where is he? …" he mumbled in a dazed state. His pupils were blown out, and he looked like he was drugged.
"He must be here. I'll find him."
Shaking his head Raven tried to sit up. "Matt….. Matt…..he…."
"I'll find him. don't worry, just calm down okay. You are sick…" Nico held his shoulders down. "He will be alright. I will find him and make sure he is alright got it…"
Only after that did Raven calm down.
He gently pulled him up and placed a pillow under his neck. With a soft towel, he gently wiped the blood off of him. 'What made him like this? He obviously did not eat the meat but… was the blood tampered with. Did someone drug the blood as well…..'
He was unconscious again.
Nico's heart started to thud loudly in his ears. 'we need a doctor…...,"
Kiran who was witnessing this from out of the room started to sob even more loudly.
"oh, dear don't cry…. Where are the others? Can you tell me where Eli and brother Avery are? I need their help really bad,"
The little kid was so vexed that he continued crying for a long time. Bott a word escaped his mouth. His small eyes were already puffed up and red.
A few soulful howls and whimpers were heard. Nico hurriedly hugged Kiran close and closed his small ears.
"it's okay.. it's okay,"
Followed by the loud sounds of bones crunching.
Nico glanced out the window. The five rogues fighting Dylan had been killed. They were completely in pieces. It was disgusting to look at.
His beloved was covered completely head to toe in blood.
As if sensing his eyes, he glanced up at the window. He hurriedly turned away.
"Hey you there are three rogues down here at the back of the pack house." he warned but Dylan refused to look at him.
'Is he shy…. or is he insecure as I did…'
"You can show me your stupid face. I don't hate the look of blood on you." He shouted out the window.
Dylan glanced up at him with a small smile. "hmm…."
Nico first wrapped Raven in a clean towel and rushed to the other rooms. Avery was on the floor of one all curled up like a shrimp.
There were a few footprints on him like someone had kicked him down repeatedly.
Nico checked on him. He was unconscious but unharmed to say the least. While he checking his pulse, the young vampire woke up in a hurry. "danger… we.. we are in danger.... We have to leave the pack house….." he mumbled in a dazed state.
"Hey it's okay kid. We are good.…"
Avery's tear-filled eyes looked at him while he shook his head violently. "No… the rogues are not the enemy… they were the distraction."
"What?"
A loud horn sound echoed just a distance from the pack house. Thudding footsteps was heard shaking the very building they were on. That is to say, the whole pack house was made like a bomb bunker yet it was trembling so much.
He cast a worried look at Dylan. His beloved was focused on looking at the forest. the trees were rustling.
"Nico leave." He shouted glancing at him.
"Why?" he shouted back.
"Just leave. I have no time! Just leave now!"
Nico just frowned. it made him wonder. what in the world could make alpha king tremble to his boots? As far as he could remember there was no force stronger than the arctic tribe. Yet they were easily taken down by a poison.
And Dylan here was looking vigilantly at the force that was coming their way.
Avery grabbed his hand. "let's leave. We have to leave. They are coming"
"Who is coming now?"
Avert dragged him always whilst limping. A sobbing Kiran ran after them.
Nico hurried into Raven's room and carried him in his arm.
the whole pack house trembled so much. Nico started to fear the enemy that was coming their way.
"Kiran go and hide downstairs in the basement, okay? Avery, come with me," he sneakily glanced out at the porch. Dylan was standing right in front of the pack house facing away towards the forest. His whole back was sweating and stiff.
'What is making him so fearful….'
The thundering footsteps were so uniform… he was not able to discern how many men were heading their way. 'Shit maybe there is a huge ass arm coming our way. Is that what is making him so stressed. God… that's bad. I hope he would be able to deal with it. I think he will be able to deal with it.'
As he was thinking this, he noticed the unconscious pack members on the ground.
'They will definitely get hurt…'
He tugged at Avery's hand. "let's drag everyone in. we have to do it fast and swiftly got it. When you see anyone, just run in."
Nico ran out with Avery.
Dylan looked at him, shocked. "Nico!!!"
"I know I know I have to run but just let me do this," he hurriedly dragged three of the pack members into the porch and into the house.
"Nicolai! The enemy is not to be trifled with! Go and leave this place as soon as you can!!" he shouted pushing him away.
"Yeah, I will. After ii bring them all in! I'm am elder Dylan! Do not order me around!"
He rushed out of the house and lifted two of the men onto his shoulders and one in his arms and ran in while dragging another man. Totally he was carrying five people at once and dragging them into the house.
Avery on the other hand was struggling to lift even one of them.
"where's Killian?" Nico whispered. The spot where Killian was laying down was empty. Only his blood was left behind. Upon closer look, he noticed bloody trails leading back to the tree house. A small, vague figure was seen from below here.
Nico was definite that it was Darius. As he was about to rush over to help him.
Dylan suddenly grabbed his hand and pulled him back. "im serious. Please go."
the thundering footsteps came to a pause at the same time. The ground also stopped trembling.
Nico glanced at him.
"Go!" Dylan pushed him in.
"Fine. Avery, come on," he helped him drag a fat old man into the house.
Dylan immediately shut the Doro from the outside and locked it. "Stay in and do not go anywhere…. Just this once please listen to me, okay?"
"Okay… what about the others huh? I can't just let them die."
"Just…. Just stay safe. I'll take care of everything," Dylan whispered with a small smile.
Nico's heart thudded fast. "let me fight with you….. Dylan… let me be with you…."
"be safe here," Dylan said and stood on the front of the porch like a guard.
Avery pulled on him. "Hunter and Issac...."
"shit, we separated while we were on the hunt….. How are we going to get to them? I hope they both hid very well… these people who are coming at us right now do not feel very welcoming,"