The Alpha

Ethan's POV

My men and I gather at the front gate. Xander and Alex each took their own men to the other exits so that we would be able to attack our opponents from the sides as well. Their only escape would be to retreat. Caleb stayed on the wall to lead the archers and our back-up forces. We are all ready to go and I look around, realizing that I don't see Scarlet anywhere. I have a moment of panic when I see her descending the stone steps with Cassia. They are leaning towards each other having a quiet, and seemingly heated conversation. My eyebrows furrow. Something is wrong.

A large boulder comes flying overhead and crashes into a tower, sending brick and glass shards cascading down. My attention instantly goes back to the task at hand. "Scarlet! Cassia! Time to go!"

They both shut their mouths and hurry up to me. I quickly mind-link a few of the guards and the gates open. Cassia immediately throws up a shield as we march onto the battlefield. She stands on one side of me while Scarlet is on the other, her hand tightly gripped in mine. I focus in front of me as we near the enemy lines. Spells and arrows continue to bombard us but Cassia's barricade holds. I can see Xander and his warriors to the left and Alex and his men to the right. She is protecting them as well.

"Cassia, on the count of three drop the barrier. When the fighting begins I want you to stay out of the fray and focus on protecting everyone from any spells or death blows. Scarlet, when that happens take out their catapults so they can't do anymore damage to the city. And no matter what you stay by me," I state to both of them before mind-linking all of our warriors on the field. A few of them are assigned to protect Cassia while others are to protect Scarlet. The rest will take care of the witches and Silver Shadow Pack.

knows what to do I yell out, "One...

the shield as Scarlet sends a giant blast towards the catapult. It immediately splinters and bursts into rubble. The warriors of our opposing pack instantly rush towards us with growls and snarls as half of them shift into their wolf forms. Our soldiers then do the same as we all clash in the middle. The sounds of multiple fights fill the air along with the coppery scent of blood

to work our way through his forces and get to him, but I know it is unlikely. Even if we manage to kill all of his pack members that stand between us, we will still have the witches to contend with. I've seen enough of Scarlet's and Cassia's powers to know that it will be near impossible to get passed their defenses. All I know is that I want to murder that son of a bitch for everything he has put my mate through, everything he has put me and

teeth into its jugular as the other jumps on my back. I spin, throwing him off before swiping my claws out at him. We snap and growl at each

towards me. It stops midway and crackles out of existence. Turning my head, I see Cassia dropping her hand to her side as she releases the shield. Our eyes meet in a silent thank you before I notice one of my warriors knocked down by a Silver Shadow wolf. He was one of the ones meant to be protecting Cassia. The enemy wolf has his

my jugular and I squirm underneath him. Before I have the chance to fight him off a burst of light hits him and he freezes, falling over to his side. I look up and see Scarlet, still shooting spells around her. Will's wolf is next to her as he fights off one of the Silver Shadow wolves.

I'm not sure how much longer Scarlet and Cassia will last. Scarlet would save energy turning into a wolf, but her powers have been a big help. Sweat

she responds

going to pass out if