The Alpha's Guardian

"No way in hell I'm calling you Uncle." I quip, accepting his help.

He puts his arm around my back and lifts me to help me walk. Pain paralyzes me for a minute as I grimace. The gash across my abdomen seems to be my biggest injury as I'm losing the most blood from it. Ali steps in front of me looking me over, head to toe. She gently runs her hands along my cheeks and nose looking for injury and broken bones.

She tenderly presses around the almost healed gaping head wound I received earlier tonight, courtesy of Samuel. She then runs along my arms, the tingles replacing the pain temporarily with little dancing sparks of joy. But the joy is short-lived as they die out and find a new place to alleviate my ailments. Her hands find my chest as she frantically searches.

I can feel her hesitation when she gets to the spot where my shirt is bloodied and dripping. She reaches out tentatively looking up to me for a moment and I quirk a brow at her. I feel like absolute shit. Everything aches and I'm pretty sure I'm seconds from going into shock, but her being afraid of how injured I am is adorable. I've not seen worried Ali since we first met.

"Are you sure you want to see?" I ask her.

"No, but I need to know if you can fight." She says lifting the edge of my shirt up

"I can" I assure her.

She gapes up at me and looks back down at my abdomen. When she looks back up her eyes are filled with unshed tears.

"Wade..." she says, her voice quivering.

"What?" Corbin asks, leaning over to look. "Fvcking Sh!t"

"It'll be fine," I say, growing annoyed. There is still fighting going on and here we are fawning over my injuries.

"Dude, I can see your inside!" Corbin says looking a little pale.

"Well, it's a lot better than it was!" I defend myself.

"What do you mean it's a lot better than it was?"

"Well, they may have been poking out a little before you got here. I think."

"Fvck. You can't fight." Ali says with determination.

"Ali, I just need to be patched up."

"Wade, we don't have time to patch you up! The fighting is happening now! We need to be there now!"

"Then go! Why are you still waiting around with me?" I say growing anxious.

"I..." Ali stutters.

I reach out with my free arm and stroke her cheek smiling at her.

"Ali, you are my luna. Which means, right now, since I am incapacitated. You are the acting Alpha."

"What?"

"I will get fixed up by someone and then I will come to find you. But for now, you are the Alpha of the Moon Shadow pack."

Her eyes search mine for any hint of my joking. I'm not though and she knows it. I trust her completely with our pack and if that means putting her in charge then so be it. My masculinity isn't so frail that the bada-ss woman I love can't lead in my stead. Hell, I hope she outshines me. She already does so in so many other ways.

Finally, it's as if she wakes up and a fire lights in her eyes.

"There's my Bada-ss mate," I smirk.

She grabs my cheeks roughly and slams her lips on mine in a fierce k!ss then pulls away.

"I love you." She says

"Weird. I never knew" I jest and she rolls her eyes chuckling. "Now go! They need their Alpha."

Ali smiles brightly as she takes two steps back, watching me, then quickly spins on her heels sprinting towards the center of the city where all the commotion is happening. I turn to Corbin who is staring at me with a strange look of affection. "What, you want a kiss too?" I ask pulling my body away from him.

I slump forward slightly without his aide.

"You had no issues giving her control of your pack."

"Why would I?"

"Most alphas would be too proud."

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"You aren't normal," He says happily.

"I never claimed to be. Now, will you please go make sure no one hurts our girl?" I ask lowering myself to the ground.

Corbin nods and takes off after Ali. After a moment his silhouette disappears into the smoke and I'm sitting in the dark, my only company the dead wolves around me and the still groaning Liam. who I really hope doesn't find the inner strength to come kill me. My mind wanders to the fight and I start to panic about all the warriors I might potentially be losing.

I look down at my bloody shirt and sigh. If I can get it stitched up it will double the healing time. I look around and find myself surrounded by dead bodies. I have sent any pack members who aren't warriors to my sister's pack across the ocean, which means we don't have anyone to fix up injured wolves right now.

"Alpha!" I hear behind me and I turn my head to see Robin rushing over with Isaac.

"What the hell are you still doing here?" I demand from her. I specifically demanded that she and Mason be on the plane out of here.

"It wasn't an Alpha order so I thought it was more of a suggestion," she smirks as she walks over to me.

"Were you fighting?" I ask her

"No! I swear! I've been hiding in the woods fixing injured warriors up. Isaac would sneak out and grab the injured person and I would help them." "How many?"

"Not as many as you would think." Isaac Answers

"What?"

"An Alpha showed up with warriors from other packs. He started helping us." He explains

"Which Alpha?"

"No idea. Short and beefy guy" Robin finishes for him with a shrug.

I smirk. "Alpha Nick."

Isaac puts his arm around Robin and squeezes her tightly.

"She has been an amazing asset, Alpha Wade." he beams proudly.

"Well, she is an amazing girl." I agree.

A growl erupts from behind them and I reach out grabbing Robin and throwing her behind me with a pained grunt. Isaac spins on the ready for the attack. The wolf stalks closer his lips back in a snarl until it sees Robin cowering in fear behind me. Its fur is pure white, all except a rusty red streak on its left side. Suddenly the wolf shifts into a man. He puts his hands up in a nonthreatening manner.

"Robin," He says.

Isaac growls in jealousy, as Robin stands behind me tilting her head trying to place his face. I have to admit he looks familiar to me as well. Though it's not until she calls out his name that I realize who he is.

"Jacob!" She calls, running and throwing herself into his arms.

Isaac growls in jealousy and I reach up and grab his arm.

"It's her brother" I inform him. He looks at me as if I had grown two heads.

"But their whole family is born omegas. How does he have a wolf?"

I turn back to the two siblings embracing. Huh. Isaac is right. Jacob was also born omega. how DOES he have a wolf?

"Who is he?" Jacob asks pointing to Isaac.

Robin blushes as she walks over to Isaac and entwines their hands. She looks into his eyes lovingly and then back at her brother.

"This is Isaac. he is my mate."

"But how is that possible? you're only sixteen right?"

"We can talk about that when we talk about how you got a wolf, Jacob," I say from perch on the ground.

"Alpha Wade." He says as if just seeing me for the first time. "Ali asked me to come to stitch you up," he says.

"Perfect, you can help your sister. But hurry it up, I have to get back in the fight."

"I was told to not let you get back in the fight," he smirks at me. "Alphas orders"