When the dust finally settled around them, Helena found herself in Roo’s arms as he carried her out of the building turned battlefield.
She’d been holding on to him so tightly that she didn’t get to see the carnage that they left in their wake.
Helena could hear the paradics in the background asking Roo to put her down so that they could check on her. She also heard his refusal to put his mate down.
Looking up at Roo, she cupped his cheek, drawing Roo’s attention.
"Ro, they need to check on ," Helena told him in a weak voice. It was only now that she was feeling the effects of the past day.
"Helena," Roo managed to say as he buried his head in her neck.
"Can he stay with ?" Helena asked the dic.
She knew that Roo was already holding himself back. He’d probably heard and felt her sudden exhaustion and was just worried about her.
"Of course, Luna," the dic quickly replied.
Helena looked Roo in the eyes and gave him a nod.
"You’ll be by my side the entire ti, then after they’ve checked and cleared , we can go see our son," Helena promised Roo as she tried to calm the raging wolf that threatened to break free.
Roo loosened his grip on Helena, making her smile.
"Let’s get you checked out so we can go ho," Roo said with a nod as he placed her down gently on the stretcher.
He didn’t let go of her hand, and dics made no such move to anger the already agitated Alpha.
They drew so blood and checked Helena’s vitals. It was then that she started to feel a little lightheaded.
"Lie down please, Luna," the dic said, gesturing toward the pillow they’d placed on the stretcher. "You seem a bit pale."
Helena nodded, doing as the dic suggested while Roo assisted her.
"Roo, Helena, are you here?" Victor’s familiar voice ca echoing across the street.
"Right here," Helena heard Roo say through gritted teeth.
"He’s just worried," Helena said as she gave Roo’s hand a squeeze. "He’s family."
"He wasn’t till a few weeks ago," Roo grumbled as Victor appeared by Roo’s side.
"Hi, cousin!" Victor said with a wink.
He then turned his attention to the dic and gave him a more serious look.
"How is she?" he asked.
"Her vitals are stable, Alphas, as far as we can tell she just needs to hydrate and rest—"
"Doc, doc!" soone called out as a path cleared toward Helena.
"What’s going on?" the dic asked as the man approached.
He panted as he handed her a piece of paper while taking tentative glances at Helena.
Roo growled, making the man flinch.
Helena quickly reached up to hold Roo down and to keep him calm. Whatever was happening sent the man into a panic, and based on the doctor’s expression, Helena could already tell that sothing was wrong.
"What is it, doc?" Helena asked in a weak voice.
"I don’t know how to say this, Luna, but you should be dead," the doctor’s proclamation sent Roo off the handle as Victor tried to hold him down.
He tried to reach for the doctor, but luckily, the doctor managed to back away quickly enough.
"I’m sorry, he’s been through a lot today, and he’s only trying to protect ," Helena told the doctor before turning her attention back to her mate.
She placed her hand on his chest and let out a breath.
"Ro, please," Helena pleaded. "I’m fine, I’m alive. You need to calm down."
Helena watched as Roo closed his eyes and visibly relaxed to the point that Victor didn’t have to hold the other Alpha back.
When Roo opened his eyes again, it was clearer, and it was evident that his anger had faded.
"I’m sorry about that doc," Roo said as he held Helena’s hand.
To their surprise, the doctor laughed and shook his head.
"My brother is an Alpha, so I’m quite used to their possessive streak," the doctor explained. "I’m Tom Firefang, my brother is one of the Sunfire Alphas."
"He’s also the best doctor we’ve got," Victor chuckled. "So I’d appreciate it if you didn’t kill him, Roo."
With all the heaviness aside, Helena rembered the doctor’s comnts.
"What did you an that I should be dead?" Helena asked, making Roo growl, but it was cut short as Victor elbowed him.
"Sorry, I just reacted," Roo said as he squeezed Helena’s hand.
Tom gave Roo an understanding nod as he handed Helena the piece of paper he’d been given.
"With the amount of wolfsbane running in your system, you should be dead," Tom said.
"Goddess," Victor gasped as he took the docunt from Helena’s hands.
"So you’re telling I could have just used my blood to poison everyone?" Helena asked, tilting her head to the side.
"Helena, love, out of all the things the doctor told you, that’s what you pick up?" Roo asked. He looked unsure if he should be worried or amused, instead he had the sa expression as a child that needed to take a shit.
"I an, I knew how much Wolfsbane they were injecting with," Helena shrugged. "I’m immune, or at least I built an immunity to it while I was captured."
"I’m gonna kill those bastards," Roo growled.
"Too late, Ro, Helena already killed Markan," Victor said.
"Markan?" Helena asked.
"Alphonse, Markan, that’s his real na, Markan Darkridge," Roo explained to her. "He managed to escape and used you to get to ."
"Roo, he wasn’t alone," Helena said. "It wasn’t all wolves that were behind this."
"What do you an?" Roo asked Helena.
"There are witches and warlocks involved, people who hate the fact that I’m my grandfather’s heir and I’m a hybrid," Helena explained. "There was a witch, her na was Falon, she wanted to kill , but Alph— Markan stopped her."
Roo nodded as he pressed a kiss to the top of Helena’s head.
"He will never hurt you again," Roo swore. "You dealt with him, Helena. Like you’ve slayed every deamon you’ve had to face."
Helena nodded.
"And the wolfsbane poisoning?" Victor asked, pointing at the docunt in his hand. "I’ve never seen these levels in anyone, dead or alive. How much were they pumping into you cuz?"
Helena rolled her eyes.
Ever since learning that they were step-cousins in a long confusing way, Victor had made it a point to tell everyone they were related.
According to him, it made the Sunstrike Alphas part of the most powerful dynasty of Alphas ever to exist.
"I think being a hybrid made immune," Helena told them. "At first, I really felt the effects, the first dose knocked out, I’m not sure for how long, but it was long enough for them to get to the building."
"How many tis did they inject you with Wolfsbane?" Tom asked Helena.
"Based on my count," Helena humd as she thought back to the ti’s she felt that she was being injected. "Five, six tis?"
"Damn," Tom hissed.
"Did we get everyone?" Roo asked Victor, who responded with a frown.
"How many?" Roo demanded.
Victor didn’t answer.
Roo slamd his fists on the stretcher, making everyone jump.
"How many did we miss, Victor?" Roo asked again. "Every single one of those that escaped is a threat to my family."
"I’m not sure," Victor eventually managed to answer. "We got everyone that was registered as a resident of this building and so from the surrounding areas, but Helena is saying there were witches involved, Roo. I don’t keep track of witches, as a matter of fact, most of them just arrived today."
"Roo, it’s not Victor’s fault," Helena reminded her mate. "You didn’t know what you were going up against, and the best thing we can do is to regroup and maybe speak to grandpa. He should be able to help."
Helena waited for Roo to react or at least to demand an imdiate search for those who had escaped, but to her surprise, Roo nodded, agreeing with her proposal.
"It’s been a long day," Roo admitted. "We need our rest, but at the sa ti, you need to make sure that everyone who cos and goes should be tracked and recorded."
"You won’t ask for a hunt now?" Victor asked as he gave Roo a confused look.
To everyone’s surprise, Roo shook his head.
"We’re dealing with witches and possibly warlocks too this ti, we don’t know much about them," Roo said. "We need to gather what intel we can which ans speaking to Theodore and Theodora."
Roo then looked at Helena and kissed the top of her head.
"My people and yours have been through a lot tonight," Roo told Victor. "So who’d just found their mates lost them on the sa night. Also, my Mate and I have just been reunited, I’ve also just learned that I’m a dad. We can rest for a night."
"And tomorrow, we’ll co for them," Helena said, looking back into Roo’s eyes knowing she’d never leave him again.
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