Captive Of The Alpha
Chapter 96

-Pa, have they gone?” was the question of a trembling Noa, who was hugging his brother Nicolas.

Hades didn’t speak, he was deadly tense. He had his cubs behind him and he wouldn’t risk losing any of them, let alone any of them getting hurt….

His thoughts were interrupted when a flash of white flashed in front of him and the next thing he knew he was tangled tooth and nail with precisely one of the leopards.

A collective g***n of exclamation was heard at the fight, one that was not a pleasant one. The leopard might be smaller than the alpha but it made up for it with agility and violence and was using all its strength to bite and tear at Hades’ skin.

Leoxi was not worried about his brother. Despite the spectacle he was only getting minor scratches while the wolf was really biting the feline hard. But there was more to watch out for and that was that he knew there was one more leopard and with his paws full his brother couldn’t keep an eye out.

So Leoxi prepared himself for any surprise attack. He wasn’t the commander of the herd for fun. But a g***n from Hades when his shoulder was hit by one of the leopard’s paws.

A grave mistake.

It was at that moment that the other leopard attacked and went for the head of the youngest of the cubs. Noa. What they saw was a spotted reflex coming fast towards them. Towards Noa, towards Noa’s tender neck.

Then Rodrigo acted fast and stepped in to protect his brother no matter what the impact might be or if he might die from it. But it never came.

Rodrigo didn’t know when he had closed his eyes while hugging Noa, but when he opened them he found Leoxi rolling around like a wild beast next to the leopard and he had to swear he had never seen him like that…so out of control.

He felt Nicolas’ arm around them both and pulled them to him. He was shaking too. They were all terrified watching as the two wolves faced the intruders with force. And neither seemed to back down making the fight more violent.

But hades had no intention of letting his sons watch this scene any longer. He smelled fear in them so he used his power and moved extremely fast and caught his enemy’s throat between his teeth and squeezed. He received several scratches from the feline and yet he would not let go. It would not.

Only a long minute later the leopard fell limp on the ground leaving Hades’ mouth full of repulsive b***d. But it wasn’t over yet. His brother was still fighting with what looked like the strongest aggressor to keep him away from the cubs who had all retreated together.

Hades ran towards the feline and climbed on top of it, biting its neck. Leoxi took advantage of the animal’s distraction and also attacked the lower part of its neck to finally kill the beast, which gave quite a fight before falling.

Neither of them let go until they were sure it would not move again. And they gasped. Covered in minor wounds and b***d both their own and others. Loexi reached over and licked Hades’ wounded shoulder to help with the bleeding but the scratch had been deep and beastly.

-Let’s get back quickly, we need to get you patched up,” he said before raising his head and howling, announcing to the guard that he was on his way to the area of what had happened.

Hades thanked his brother and limped over to his four sons.

Noa was the first to fall before him and hug him gently, bursting into tears. He was shaking and pale like the others. Alan copied him only he was careful not to hurt the alpha’s injured shoulder. Nicholas dropped to his knees breathing heavily and paler than any of his brothers. Hades licked his hand to let him know he was looking out for him as well.

Rodrigo, for his part, didn’t know what to do until he felt Loexi’s muzzle against his hand and the wolf clinging to him. He reflexively knelt down and hugged the wolf. He was trembling too, only he didn’t let the tears come out and the wolf licked them away.

Hades looked at the scene and sighed with relief and contentment that all his children were well.

…

Nebraska ran out the door of the mansion when she smelled her family and the image almost made her stumble and fall. Yes her four children were intact, not a hair out of place as far as damage was concerned. But she couldn’t say the same for her husband and brother-in-law.

-Are they all right,” she began to check each of her children. First Noa, then Alan, Rodrigo and Nicolas, and finally she approached Hades in shock, “But how could they do that to you? And you?

-It’s just a few scratches,” Hades played it down, although when he raised his shoulder it made him g***n.

Nebraska looked extremely worried and sent for Caesar as she led the twins by the hand, almost pulling them into a room. Her children followed.

-They really are a mess. First the queen, then you. You never let me be happy to see you unharmed. What a curse you have on you,” Caesar complained as he finished bandaging his alpha’s arm.

Noa was crying against his thigh in a disconsolate cry that even Nebraska couldn’t calm. And that prompted Alan to follow suit a little later.

Nebraska wiped a cold cloth over Nicolas’ face and helped him drink some water and then checked on his son Rodrigo. She kissed his cheek and hugged him.

-Thank you for protecting your siblings,” she said after learning that he had been the one to protect Noa.

Rodrigo only smiled slightly after receiving such praise from his mother. Noa moved from crying against her father to hug Rodrigo and end up crying against him. A scene that was even funny to the others but the older ones knew it would be an important step in the puppies’ relationship.

-Brother, I’m going back to my room,” Leoxi announced after finishing his treatments, “I’m really exhausted and in spite of today we’ll go out again. That part was really good.

Hades nodded and leaned back against his wife next to him. Then he kissed her.

Leoxi left feeling that his body really hurt. He would need to rest all night for his wounds to heal quickly. He had too busy a schedule to take two days off.

-Leoxi,” the voice he heard made him turn around. He reflexively relaxed the hard expression on his face.

-What’s wrong, puppy?

-I’m not a puppy,” Rodrigo approached him, “I just wanted to thank you for helping us today, for protecting my siblings.

Leoxi was silent for a few moments and cut the distance between them by draping his arm over his youngest’s neck, causing it to crash against his chest. Rodrigo stayed still against him.

-I wouldn’t lie to you if I said that I was protecting them all, they are part of my family too, but there was something that got me out of control and that’s why I wanted to kill that leopard,” he said.

-What is it?” Rodrigo’s voice echoed against the wolf’s chest.

-Think for yourself puppy, think for yourself, and you will know.