The Unknown Lycan Princess - Chapter 85: Chapter 85

Third Person POV
Outside the vampire castle in a small village a few miles away a band of rogue wolves, vampires, and witches travel through a tunnel that has long been forgotten. There were roughly fifteen of them trying to traverse the darkness to reach their goal. A hidden chamber in the castle was made long ago as an escape for the royals. Word had gotten out about the birth of Beth’s babies and the Rogue leader wanted his children. He was confident that once he had the children in his hands that he could bring Beth under his control.
Ethan and Alexi were sitting in the nursery shortly after Beth had taken her potion taking care of the kids. Ethan was feeding Ares, Alexi was feeding Dimitri, and Link was feeding Esmerelda with the help and guidance of his grandma Erica. As they were laying the children down a commotion was heard in the corridor. Alexi and Ethan looked at each other for just a moment before they both said at the same time, “Stay here with the kids and I will check it out.”
They both said, “No. You stay here. I will check.”
They were both about to argue again when Erica said, “Ethan you stay here with me and the kids. Alexi will go check what is going on outside. Now MOVE!”
It didn’t take long for both to fall in line and follow Erica’s orders. Ethan and Erica placed all three babies into one crib and Ethan grabbed Link and placed him in with them. He looked at his oldest son and said, “Link. I need you to be a brave big brother and stay right here with your siblings. You are in charge of keeping them safe. Can you do that for me son?”
Link nodded and said, “They awre safe with me. No one will huwrt them.” The determined little boy scooted the babies over very carefully so that they were behind him, while he faced towards the door. His little face was set with the scariest look the little boy could muster to try and scare anyone who comes through that door. He was taking his job as his siblings’ protectors very seriously. He wanted to show his new dads that he was a strong warrior and he could be trusted to keep his brothers and sister safe. He silently prayed that he did a good job so they would stay with him and not leave him like his other mommy did.
Ethan and Erica took up defensive positions prepared for anything that could come their way.
Alexi left the room after Erica gave him his orders. He closed the door behind him and walked swiftly but quietly to the main door to their suite. He listened for a moment to try and figure out what he would be walking into after he opened the door. He heard a scuffle and people shouting. They were under attack.
Alexi sent Ethan a mindlink through the matelink and said, ‘Ethan come out here. Leave Erica with the kids. The castle is under attack and they are near our corridor!’
‘On my way! Wait for me Alexi!’ Ethan replied.
“Erica, stay with the kids please. The castle is under attack. I am going to help Alexi keep them from coming in here.” Ethan barked out before he ran out the door and Erica closed it behind him.
Alexi waited impatiently for Ethan and as soon as he saw him exit the room he opened the suite door. Both men ran out into the hallway and ran towards where they could hear the fighting. In the next hall they saw a guard fighting off a group of five invaders. Three of his comrades in arms were on the floor with their throats ripped out. They both ran into the fray and started to help the tired guard out.
Meanwhile one of the rogue wolves sent out a mindlink and explained where the men had come from. Assuming their targets were down that hallway. Another group of five rogues that were close set off in the direction they were given. There were no guards in place on this side of the castle as they were busy with the two other decoy groups. In this group there were two witches, two vampires, and one wolf. The lead of the group, a vampire female, guided the group to their target. She quickly opened the door and the wolf pounced in expecting some type of attack. They were surprised when there wasn’t one.
They weren’t sure they were in the right place until they heard a baby cry followed by another. They made their way to the room and listened. They could hear the movement of one person and could hear two different voices trying to quieten the crying infants. There were cruel smiles on the faces outside the door and in one quick motion they opened the door and descended upon the room.
Erica was turned towards the crib trying to help Link keep the babies calm as she kept her senses open scanning for anything out of the ordinary. It was when she was trying to soothe Esmerelda who was doing a quiet whimper that she heard the door to the suite crash open. The crash of the door startled Dimitri and Ares who started to wail loudly. Link and Erica were trying to calm the babies when the bedroom door burst open.
Erica quickly turned around and intercepted an attack by a wolf. She used her new lycan strength and threw the wolf across the room and it crashed into the wall making a loud crack sound. His body laid still as his vacant eyes stared at the ceiling. His neck was broken by impact with the wall.
Immediately three more set to attack Erica while the last, one a witch, went towards the crib. She wasn’t expecting the small wolf pup to launch itself at her and it took her by surprise. When the wolf first attacked everyone was distracted as Link underwent his first shift. His wolf was at the ready to help protect his siblings. With a little push from Selene and Ares, Timber was able to make his debut.
Meanwhile in the other corridor Alexi and Ethan finished off the last of the invaders. While they were positive that there were no other attackers they relaxed against the wall to catch their breath. It was at that moment Ethan received a panicked link from Erica, ‘Ethan get back here quick! There are five attackers in the nursery! I can’t hold them all off!’
Ethan jumped and yelled out as he started running back to their suite and his precious pups, “Alexi they are attacking the nursery! We need to hurry, Erica can’t hold them all off!”
“s**t! Go get help! Alert the King!” Alexi shouted out to the guard as he ran for his life. Because that is what his children and Beth are. His life.
As Timber scratched at the woman’s face Erica was finishing up with her attackers. She had several scratches and cuts on her from the vampire’s claws and she had a few burns from the witches energy blasts. She was losing strength quickly and snapped the neck of the last attacker. The witch was finally able to pry the small wolf pup off of her and threw him on the ground. She sent a small energy blast towards the pup. She usually didn’t condone hurting young children, but she decided she could make an exception for this one. He destroyed her perfect face. She was angry and wanted to get revenge.
Erica tried to intercept the attack but she was too late. The energy ball went past her and straight towards Link’s motionless wolf’s body.