Chapter 70. Fight Together

Piper

Things have been a little chaotic since we got here. After I put the protection around the pack lands, I have noticed that someone had been trying to enter. Every time we go to check it out, we will find a dead animal right inside the protection line. I am pretty sure they are throwing them onto our land as a message. Grayson has been on edge, but he doesn't take it out on me. I understand his love for his pack more now. He would do anything to protect everyone here. My feelings for him grow more every day. I feel the shudder against the protection spell, but I don't want to keep adding to Grayson's tension. I make my way to the front door and see a couple of Grayson's warriors.

"Could you guys follow me? Something is happening at the west of the border."

"Have you informed Grayson?" One of the warriors ask. I think his name is Logan.

"Logan right...." I say and wait for him to agree.

"Yes, Luna," I don't know if I will ever get used to being called that.

"Your Alpha has enough on his plate. we are probably just going to find another dead animal. "

I tell them before heading for the door. They don't question me further and follow me. It doesn't take us long to reach the west border. Just as I had suspected, a dead deer is lying inside the border. It is more mutilated than the last animals we found. I see this time that there is a black mist surrounding the dear. This one was killed by magic, not just mutilated. I get closer and gasp. It has Raine carved into its side. Why place it here? She is not on our lands. I decided it might be best to tell Grayson.

"I think you might want to see this." Is all I say through our link.

"I am on my way now." Is his reply. It is short, like he was already on his way. He must have been because it only took him a minute to come through the trees.

"More dead carcasses?" He says in a questioning tone.

"Yes, but this time, it has Raine engraved in it. Why would they send that here?" I ask, hoping he knows more than me.

"I don't know. I talked to Bastien a little while ago, but he didn't say anything about Raine that stands out." I'll give him a call." But before we can take off back to the packhouse, there is a bang against the protection wall. I can feel it. The force is so strong that I shake, almost losing my balance.

"What happened? Are you ok?" Grayson says, grabbing my arm to steady me.

"Someone is attacking the west. They are strong." Before I can say anything else, Grayson is calling orders out to the guys that came with me. He mind links the pack.

"Come on. We have to get you to the shelter."

"You will need my help. This is a magic attack as well. I can help."

"I need you, safe, Piper. I can't fight and be worried about you,"

"I can take care of myself. We don't have time for this. We need to get to the east border now." I say, but this time I don't wait for his reply. I take off in the direction of the border wall being attacked. I can feel the protection becoming weaker. I hear the pack headed in the same direction as us. by the time we make it to the east, I feel the protection wall drop.

"The protection wall has dropped. They can enter now." I tell Grayson as we get closer. Then Grayson shifts and takes off ahead of me. I can hear the growls and snarls as I get closer. I see multiple wolves fighting, but then I see warlocks sending firebombs toward the wolves. On instinct, I look for Grayson. I see him fighting another wolf, but he rips his throat out quickly. Then, I look to see the warlocks turning their attention to Grayson. I see them line up to shoot fire at him. I use my power to push the wind in their direction. The wind is strong. I guess my feelings were in it. The fireballs fly pack toward the warlocks. Several of them dodge their own fireballs, while two are not so lucky and are hit straight center with them. They hit the ground and scream as their bodies ignite. This gives the other three-time to come to their senses. They turn their attention to me instead of Grayson.

I glance in Grayson's direction to see he is still fighting. Wolf bodies are lying everywhere. It looks like a war zone. I snap my attention back to the warlocks and see they are all facing me. Then I hear as Grayson and the other pack members line up behind me. I push the wind knocking trees over in the direction of the warlocks. They seemed surprised, and they missed being hit by the trees as they vanished. The remaining wolves that are not pack members can be heard running away. I turn to see Grayson shifting from his wolf form. He has a few scratches, but nothing too bad. He takes me in his arms, and I can feel him inhaling my scent. I bury my head in his chest. I am thankful he is ok and not hurt.

"WATCH OUT...." I hear being screamed, and I think it is Brad that yelled. I push Grayson to look, but Brad propels Grayson and me out of the way before I can even turn. It happened so fast that I didn't even see where it came from. I see Brad lying on the ground with his side gashed open. I push myself up and start to crawl to Brad. I know he is Grayson's beta and best friend. I have gotten to look at him as a brother. This can't be happening. I make it to Brad, and My leg is Throbbing. I must have cut it on something when I hit the ground. The gash on Brad's side is deep and long. I don't even know what cut him. I hear a growl as Grayson gets beside Brad.

"We need to get him to the pack doctor now," I tell Grayson.

"We will. He is unconscious." He tells me before he starts telling the others what to do. I don't hear much as I follow him to the packhouse. The noises start to drift away as we make it back to the pack. There are right many pack members hurt and need medical attention. I show Grayson the empty stretcher as we enter the hospital area. When he lays Brad down, I cover him from the waist down and get a good look at the injury. I have to stop the bleeding. I got antiseptic to clean out the wound. Before I can start to clean it, the pack doctor James, walks up takes the antiseptic from my hand.

"I have this. It needs to be closed up. There are a few others with more minor injuries over there if you would like to help. I don't argue and go to attend to someone else cause I don't want to delay him helping Brad. Before I can make it to another person, I almost stumble from the pain in my leg. I look down and see that not only is it bleeding, but black lines are coming out around it. It seems like they are dancing around my skin. I look up to see Grayson staring at me. I guess he could feel my fear. Then everything started to go black. Just as my eyes closed, I felt strong arms grabbing me. I couldn't make out the words, but I knew Grayson was yelling.