the back as I sprinted past him, tossing one last look at my brawling pack over my shoulder and saying a silent goodbye. My mate was waiting for me. And my whole life was too. I was going to see my family, meet my nieces and nephews, exert my Alpha status over my brother-in-laws and become the most infamous male Werewolf in Alestria.
I slammed into a solid body and crashed to the floor on top of Officer Nichols. His eyes were wide as he snatched the baton from his hip and I didn't hesitate, grabbing his wrist and breaking his arm with a furious twist of my hand. He roared in pain as I leapt up and kicked him in the jaw before I raced away. Sorry bro.
Sin flew through the doors ahead of me with something yellow bundled in his arms, but I couldn't tell what it was as he disappeared into the fray. Roary released a Lion's roar close to me and I glanced over to see him and his Shades ripping through a group of Medusas.
Gustard was standing back as his bastard unFae fuckers cut down Fae ten on one. Plunger was gone already, though as I passed my unconscious tattoo artist Alvin with a turd on his face, I had the feeling he was responsible. Only Plunger was that gross.
I made it beyond the doors, turning into the stairwell, avoiding heavy punches thrown my way as I ducked and dived and weaved my way through the riot. I was knocked left and right and took elbows to the gut, but never slowed, forging a path to the stairs and suddenly I broke free of the crowd and was sprinting down the steps, taking them three at a time as I raced toward level six.
I was panting and full of adrenaline as I made it to the frosted doors and pushed my way inside.
Esme, Sonny and Brett were there, patting each other on the back as they rounded into the aisle heading in the direction of the tunnel. I jogged on, brushing past them and taking in the group standing there. Rosalie was counting heads, her eyes flitting from one person to the next and relief filled her eyes as she spotted me. Plunger stood beside her, peeling off his jumpsuit readying to go into the tunnel. I was among the first here and I hoped to shit everyone else would hurry up.
I turned as footsteps sounded behind me and Gustard arrived with three of his men in tow who were all huge and built of pure muscle. One had a tattoo over his lips that looked like stitches and another had his eyebrows tattooed together like they were one, for who knew what reason.
"Who the fuck are they?" Rosalie snapped and Gustard smiled, smoothing out a crease in his jumpsuit.
"I am hardly going to leave here alone, pup. I have handpicked my strongest men to assist us in getting out of here. And I will need a ride once we are at the surface, so I have chosen Orders who can carry me."
Rosalie bared her teeth in fury then shook her head. "Fine, do whatever the fuck you want," she hissed.
As angry as it made me seeing him here with his little pals, it was too late to do anything about it now; we had to just stick to the plan and take this opportunity because another one wouldn't be coming if we fucked this up.
Roary jogged in with Claud behind him and Rosalie sighed in relief, smiling at him. That just left Pudding and Sin to arrive.
"Are we leaving or what?" Gustard demanded, stepping toward the tunnel and Rosa straightened her back, blocking his way.
"We need Sin or we're not leaving," she growled.
"He was ahead of me." I frowned. "He should be here by now."
Worry rippled through the group and Sonny whined as he looked to Rosalie for direction. Her eyes locked with Roary’s as they communicated some silent fear and I felt that terror in her as sharply as if it was my own.
"I'll go find him," I announced as worried chatter broke out and everyone looked to me.
Rosalie's eyebrows lifted as she turned her gaze on me, moving forward with hope in her eyes. "You'd do that?"
"You need to get down to maintenance and Plunger needs to get digging the rest of the tunnel," I said firmly. "I'll make sure Sin is here by the time you get back from neutralising the Order