Chapter 890: The broken mate bond
Chapter 890: The broken mate bond
"You shouldn't be here, Alpha… my refusal to join you in the other realm is only a distraction to lure you to come here. The same things happened to your other brothers." Reynold looked Torak straight in the eyes.
Torak squinted his eyes as he stared back at Reynold. For some reason he felt unease when he heard his words.
He was telling the truth. He could see it in his eyes that the dragon lord was telling him the truth about Torak being lured to come here.
"What are you planning?" Torak asked, as he stood up and walked closer toward Reynold.
"It was not me," Reynold said, he stood his ground when Torak walked over to him. "You know that I am not the one who planned all of this."
Torak growled. "So, you want to say that you lured me here?"
"It is a mistake on your part to come here," Reynold replied in a roundabout manner, but his words still held the same meaning. He knew that Torak would come personally to look for him, since the war was at their door. It was only right for him to find as many people as they could to join forces with them.
Or, destroy as many people as possible, who would be a threat for them, as it was more or less clear that they chose to be on the devils side.
It was easy to see, as they had used the same method during the first war.
Unfortunately, the dragon lord didn't have any interest to spare for the upcoming war when their kind was almost extinct with the uncertainty of their last living female's survival.
"Send someone to follow up the condition in the castle with Raphael," Torak commanded, and one of his people left the house to carry out his order. "If something happened to them, your head will be on my table," he said in a low, dangerous tone.
"Alpha," Reynold smirked. "If something happened to them, it's all your fault, don't put the blame on me. You do realize that this is a war, right? Then you should think two or three steps ahead," he said tauntingly.
"Brother…" Stephan grimaced when he heard the way his brother talked to Torak.
"I'm not taking any sides, but I will do whatever it takes to get what I deserve," Reynold emphasized every single word he said.
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While Calleb was busy defending the north entrance gates along with thousands of their men and Eaton was at the east gates to lead another few thousands, Raphael went to the south gates, which were the gates that directly faced the city.
Therefore, the battle there was akin to a hellish nightmare.
Blood covered the ground and smell of death vividly spread in the air, more so as their men' lives were hanging by a thread when those crazy beasts managed to break down the gates and wreaked havoc inside the castle.
Though those beasts were the citizens, who didn't receive any training for a proper fight, but their number alone was enough to overwhelm them.
The devils must be behind all of this!
The same and exact thing had happened to the guards in the castle, on the day when Lilac had been kidnapped.
Those filthy devils controlled those people!
How could they do that?
And the worst part was; no one saw this coming.
[THEY WERE THROUGH! THEY WERE THROUGH! THE GATES FELL DOWN!]
Those words rang inside their heads when the south gates collapsed and many beasts went berserk, fighting, clawing, biting off anyone that they met.
[HOLD TIGHT! DON'T LET THEM GO ANY FURTHER!] Raphael commanded, his voice laced with urgency when he bit off the head of one of the beast that attacked him and then readied himself for another two who sneaked behind him.
Under the moonless sky and dark clouds that rumbled, the castle was in total chaos.
[Raph!] Calleb reached him through mind-link.
[What?!] Raphael roared, as he concentrated on fighting the beast before his eyes.
[You have to leave there!] Calleb said with urgency as he too, had to concentrate on his own battle. [Bring Lana and Rossie and get out from there!]
[I am not leaving them!] how could he leave those men, who fought alongside with him when he was the one, who gave them an order?
[Don't be stubborn Raph!] Calleb reprimanded him. [This is a fight we can't win!] the Gamma knew, from the anxiety that he could feel from the warriors on the south gates that they were in a deep trouble. [GET OUT FROM THERE!]
However, Raphael cut off the mind-link and Calleb got nothing in reply.
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"Everything will be all right, my dear…" Sophie grabbed Lana's hand, as she tried to make her feel a little bit more relaxed. "Everything will be settled down in no time and he will come to you."
Lana grimaced. She wanted to give her a smile, but she couldn't lie to herself that she was very nervous.
It had been an hour since Raphael cut off the mind link between them and the last news that she heard from him was; the south entrance gates have collapsed.
Since Lana was not connected with the other warriors, the only way she was able to know about the progress of the battle outside, was through Raphael.
Lana was sitting with Sophie, Rossie and Bree, also Keira, who couldn't stop fidgeting for a second; just like most of the women here, their mates were out there, fighting in the fierce battle against the whole city.
This bunker was very big that it could accommodate a large number of people, but it was very quiet, as everyone inside was deep in their own thoughts.
However, all of a sudden, there was a shrill scream that echoed through the wall. Followed by another woman's scream.
"What happened?" Bree asked, as she crept closer to Rossie. "Why are they screaming?"
Sophie didn't answer that, but Lana did with an emotionless expression.
"They were feeling the pain of the broken mate bond," Lana said darkly. "They lost their mates."