Chapter 124

Dylan POV.

What was my plan exactly? Maybe I hadn't thought it through enough.

"I think..." Again I was cut off... by a young woman who burst into the office, panic sweeping over her feature as she looked from one person to another, before settling her eyes on me...

"Your grace, Beta Oliver has just entered the sectors borders... Alpha, my brother said that he has picked up queen Dylan's scent."

That could only mean one thing...

King Josh knows where I am, and with that notion my eyes widened in fear. My hands began trembling, however I couldn't show any sort of weakness right now, the king was far from me yet, right now our biggest issue was Oliver. The kings lap dog.

"Alpha, what should we do?" The girl looked panicked, and judging by the commotion that was coming from outside the office door, I'd say the rest of the pack was panicking too. "Alpha!?" He didn't have any idea about what to do, neither did Lewis.

As for me, in the time that it had taken everyone to suddenly become extremely silent my brain had conjured up a single plan, a plan that I had already thought about in advance I just didn't expect it to come into fruition completely.

"We close the sectors border!" I stated causing every single head to turn to me in shock. We didn't have time for shock though. If we weren't quick then the king would send word to every single Lycan telling them that there was a sick reward for my return.

"Are you insane? There are packs within the border that have no idea about what we're doing." I shook my head at the lunas voice, fear laced in it slightly. "If we close the border then we've trapped ourselves with the enemy."

"And if we don't , then we've left ourselves wide open, the king will slaughter everyone in his path just to get to me... Im sorry, but we can deal with the other packs once the border is compromised." The silence I was met with was the only answer I needed as I quickly grabbed the cell phone from behind the desk and threw it to Lewis. "Call your dad now! We need all the fighters we can get, and he won't hear you through mind link, tell him to go to the southern border." He quickly dialed his fathers number and walked off to the side to try and get some form of privacy.

Honestly, I don't know why I was suddenly barking orders at people, and I had no idea how to react when people performed what I asked them too, no grumble or questioning about it, I didn't even know if this would work, but I was the only one with an idea and we were wasting time by standing there. "You..." I turned to the girl who had bought us the initial news. No emotion rested on my face except urgency. "Tell everyone to gather all the weapons, you've collected and get the head warrior to come see me." She nodded and quickly left to go and deliver the news.

Was I being a coward? Making people fight just so that I would stay out trouble. Was closing the border the right thing to do? Why did Oliver have to come, now? I was just actually starting to enjoy life here, and now that's all up in the air. There were so many questions swirling inside my head that I couldn't even accurately focus on one specific one.

"Your grace, you need to stay here, if the king shows up then..." I cut the alpha off with my hard eyes, and I looked at him, my expression never changing as I knew exactly what would happen.

"Then he'll kill everyone in sight. The only option we have for that is for me to go willingly with him." Lewis was already finished on the phone and caught my arm at my words, he made me look at him, a calm and demanding stare meeting my own orbs.

"You are not going back to him. No matter what happens… Do you understand me?" I nodded with a gulp and watched as his eyes grew darker with every breath he took.

"I may not have a choice, but I do intend to fight first, going back to him is a very last resort, so please don't worry." He nodded and rested his forehead on mine, both affection and concern pouring from his gesture.

"You aren't in the best physical condition for a fight anyway, how could I not worry." I chuckled hollowly because I knew he wasn't wrong, once the border was closed completely I had to build my physical strength up, and I had to do it fast.

"I can’t let other people suffer anymore than I already have. If things progress and the king attacks, then too many people will be seen as collateral damage, I’ll be fine either way, because I have you to keep me going.” I stated watching his eyes widen at my heart felt confession, Lewis was my rock, he was the one person who I could actually lean on when the weights of everyone else got too much for me.


“Goddess, I really do love you, Dylan.” I smiled slightly at him feeling a bit awkward due to our small audience, but I was grateful to have him, and my feelings were strong too. I nodded my head playing it off so that I wouldn’t say it back to him, I wasn’t ready for that yet, not after everything that had happened while I was in the palace, and I wasn’t sure whether my feelings were a hundred percent there yet.

Instead I swallowed my reply and turned abruptly to Gilliard and his mate. “Alpha, Luna, You need to go out and speak to your warriors, they are about to close the border to the entire sector, we don't even know how difficult that is going to be. They will need some reassurance. Go and speak with them." I turned to Lewis and took a deep breath, not looking him directly in the eye this time. “You need to take me to where all the weaponry is being stored."

"What for?" I swallowed thickly and began to make my hasty exit.

"I'm going to need a gun..." I was halted in my actions immediately by alpha Gilliard who ran behind his desk again and pulled out a hand gun.

"Will this do, the bullets are forged from silver.” It was perfect, and it was the type of gun that I actually had experience with.

"It's perfect." I grabbed it and stared at it in my hand, the last time I held a weapon like this was when I’d shot and killed the kings warrior, before I entered the safe camp. I swallowed thickly, ensuring the safety catch was on before holstering it in the band of the shorts I was wearing, before I turned to Lewis again, I had no intention of leaving his side, having the alpha give me this gun shaved some time off of our deadline. "Lewis, you're with me." I quickly opened the door and ran out, everyone was running around trying to determine where they were being sent to, and what exactly was going on. Lewis followed my movements, his body was ridged as he walked through the unfamiliar pack house and out into the front entrance to the tree which which he had used to switch back to his human form an hour ago.

"And where is it we are going?" He asked me as I ran down the steps of the pack house.

"We are going to cut Oliver off in his tracks." Lewis's mouth hung open at that notion and he quickly halted me. He moved my hair out of my face and a single kiss was placed on my head.

"Are you sure you want to do this? I know you and Oliver didn't exactly see eye to eye. Maybe you should stay here." He wasn't quite right with that one however, because I actually think Oliver is quite honorable. There were clearly times when he too, didn't agree with my treatment, and after Lewis had to leave, Oliver would silently make sure I was ok. He wasn't kind to me in the same way Lewis was, but he helped when it truly mattered.

"Oliver's issue is that he is extremely loyal, however if we capture him, and explain our world view, then he may just chose sides. It's a long shot, I know but even so, we need him." I didn't have a plan I was acting purely on instant as I stopped in the entrance foyer, waiting for the head worrier to come. "Lewis, how do feel about fighting Oliver?" He stopped too, looking at me for a long time with hurt evident in his usually vibrant eyes.

"I don't particularly like the idea, but what other choice do we have. You are right either way we need to get him, and keep him from doing anything that hinders our progress. I am with you no matter what, I know that may seem disloyal to some people and seem brave to others, but we may be able to get him on bored."

Finally the head warrior came directly up to me, He looked confused but still addressed me with a low respectful bow, before waiting to hear what I had to say.

"Is everyone ready for departure?" He nodded and began talk shouting down my ears like a general would to be heard over his platoon.

"Yes, your grace, 25 of them are going to the southern border and the Northern border will have 22. What are your plans." I had no idea, I was still somewhat formulating one as we were running around like headless chickens.

"Send your men off to the sectors borders, and prepare them for a fight. Tell them the border is to close no matter what, nothing, I mean nothing is to come in or go out. If possible, try and stop any form of mind link between the opposing wolves, the last thing we need is for the sectors alphas to be notified ahead of time.” He nodded and placed his fist on his chest before bowing quickly and then walking away. No questions were asked.

"I knew you'd be good at this." Lewis stated absentmindedly. While I just looked on bewildered by the instant action everyone seemed to take at my word. "I always did say that you were a born leader."

"How come no one is questioning it?" I showed more than shock on my face as I asked the query that was at the forefront of my mind. "Surely everyone must be wondering why we are suddenly attacking the borders."

"I'm sure they are, but, although they might not know why you're ordering it, they know that you have everybody's best interest at heart, you wouldn't ask anything that wasn't beneficial or important." I shook my head and sighed, there was no way of them knowing that at all. As much as I felt honored by their actions, I couldn't help but find them slightly foolish, they were taking my orders out of complete blind faith, nothing more.

"Come on, we need to go too.” We began running across the district and closer to where the border was, we were half way there, I was panting, not being able to catch my breath properly when a large man slammed into Lewis sending them both flying to the floor.

My hand instantly shot to where the gun lay in my waist band and pulled it out pointing it directly at Oliver who had quickly locked lewis into a firm hold, the new betas claws grew and pressed roughly to his old friends throat before glaring at me.

“I underestimated you!”