I took the knife from my belt in my left hand and the gun in my right. I crouched down slightly in wait as my alphas surged forward to meet the challengers in battle.
Lothgar fought like a beast. He maneuvered swiftly, like a feral cat, light on his toes and lethal. He crouched and leapt into the air, bringing his swords down dangerously close to one of the alpha twins who had confronted us. The alpha crouched and rolled to the side, just missing the bite from one of Lothgar’s curved swords.
Garret fought more slowly, but also more methodically. The sword he carried was large and required both of his hands to wield, but he did so with minimal effort. It was as though the sword was an extension of his arm. Then unexpectedly, he twisted and used one arm to swing the heavy sword down, catching the twin he’d met in battle across his bare arm, just beneath the black cloth of his t-shirt.
Ravick fought the most like these alpha men, but it didn’t take very long for me to realize his technique was far superior. He fought as though he was the teacher and these men were his students, which made sense considering his former position as the head of security of the entire city of Tharia. He used to command these men and he’d designed the emergency system the city was currently operating under. If he hadn’t been singled out by the Omegaborn, he’d have been at the head of the beta army, leading them to take down us all.
But now, he was mine.
These were my alphas, and no one was going to take them from me.
My blood boiled as my protective omega instincts surged forth. I yearned to jump onto their backs and scratch their eyes out, to defend my alphas from attack and take down anything that challenged our lives together. But I had to play this smart. I couldn’t beat these gigantic alphas in hand to hand combat. They’d too easily subdue me, but I had other tricks up my sleeve.
I looked down at the knife in my hand and then at the gun in the other. I temporarily holstered the gun and took the knife in my dominant hand. I narrowed my eyes at Ravick’s challenger, focusing as he moved back and forth in a fairly easily predictive pattern. I swung my arm backwards and then let it fly forward, letting the knife go in the direction of the alpha with the cropped hair.
The knife flew through the air and the sickening sound it made as it thudded directly between the man’s eyes echoed loudly in the dark alley.
All the men paused and looked back at me in disbelief.
“What? I had expensive hobbies growing up,” I answered with a smirk.
The man I’d hit groaned and wavered back and forth before he fell to the ground with a loud thump. Blood ran down his face from the wound and a dead glassy look slowly came over his eyes.
I grabbed the gun next and quickly aimed in the direction of one alpha twin who had tried to advantage of the brief pause in the fight. He rushed at Lothgar and I quickly squeezed the trigger. A single bullet tore through the center of his forehead and the man dropped a moment later, his look of surprise plastered onto his features.
Just as I turned the gun in Garret’s direction, he swung his sword, catching the last alpha twin off guard and decapitating him with a single smooth motion.
The smell of split blood grew strong as it pooled beneath the dead alphas and I curled my nose in disgust.
“Just when you think you have an omega figured out, she singlehandedly kills two alphas in a fight before the three of us can even kill one,” Garret said softly, the pride in his tone abundantly clear.
I smiled in return, warmth from our bond closing around me like a gentle embrace.
The city horn blasted again, this time four short blares, and Ravick’s face fell.
“That signal means that the city has taken back control from the enemy. The main omega force must have been subdued. Now they’ll likely spread out and take down the alphas and omegas that have been paired off. The city roads will soon be inundated with beta soldiers. The wall isn’t far. Let’s go,” Ravick said and Garret and Lothgar quickly agreed.
I looked back, saddened that I’d been unable to free the Omegaborn, but the time for regrets was not now. Turning back, I looked up to see the city wall less than a mile from our current location. My alphas met my eyes and I nodded.
“Let’s go,” I said and the three of them grinned.
Behind us, the screams and moans of omegas getting fucked good and hard by their alphas echoed beneath the dome. It was both chilling and arousing at the same time.
* * *
We left the dead alphasbehind and dashed out of the alley without hiding the bodies. It didn’t matter at this point anyway and would have just been a waste of time. Within about fifteen minutes, we made it to the wall, Ravick leading the way. We had cut through buildings and dove through a few small alleyways, but we had reached the wall without any more delays. We followed the stone wall for a short while until Ravick ducked down into a sewer drainage pipe carved into the stone.
It was narrow for my alphas, but I fit within the carved rock fairly easily.
“What is this?” I asked.
“It’s a little-known escape route out of the city. When the dome was built, classified paths out of the city were designed in the case of a siege or disaster. Very few people know of them,” Ravick answered quietly.
I looked on in wonder.
“Good to know,” I answered. Once we regrouped out into the wilds and came up with a plan, it could be a stealthy way to get back into the city undetected.
Behind us, feminine screams reverberated off the walls and I shivered, but I didn’t stop. Even if I had wanted to, my alphas had ensured I couldn’t. Sandwiched with Ravick in front of me and both Lothgar and Garret behind me preventing my retreat, I was leaving the city whether I liked it or not.
We reached the end of the tunnel, where there was a thick stone door blocking our exit. Ravick maneuvered his hands over two innocuous-looking metal plates to either side of the passageway and a gentle hum initiated in front of us. The rock door slowly slid to the side, the grating sound of rock scraping against rock rumbling around us. Outside, the brightness of the daylight temporarily blinded me, and I blinked.
Slowly, the brilliant colors of the wilds came into focus and I let out a sigh of relief. We made it. Quickly, we rushed into the bushes at the other side of the clearing and waited to see if we were pursued.
We weren’t. We had made it to freedom. We were back in the wilds and now, we were here to stay.