The Kings Series #2 His Silver Hand
26. New Blood: Anna Marie

-Fuck!- There were too many of them. Wide-eyed, fear rolling in wavesall over her body, she trembled.

“Lucas.” She mumbled. Her throat was parched from the overwhelmingscene below her. Alexander's wolves were being eaten by the hideouscreatures. They were writhing and crying out in pain.

What could she do to help them?

Her sisters. The pups!

-Be brave, my queen. He needs you.-

Her dragon spirit. She was his heart and his strength. He needed her.Just like she needed him. And she was no longer an ordinary human.It was so freaking hard but she commanded herself to relax. Aherculean task. Taking deep and slow breaths, the beating of her heartbegan to slow.

Anna Marie felt her strength arising. Energy. The source came fromdeep within her. Channeling her power to her beast, her round thighstightened on his back, arching her torso, ramrod straight, her smallhands gripped the protruding ivory horns near his leathery flappingears

Heat permitted in between her legs. It was from him. In rhythm, herbody pliant and soft, as one, they dove. Swooping. Striking.

His sharp nails ripping through flesh. Severing bodies.

Gusts of hot air and fire were spitting from his massive maws. Burningthe enemies emerging from the black soil.

Flying up and gliding down, they continued to burn. From both theirsides, she saw two more dragons, one in black, the other in silver-gray,with warrior riders, joined the fight.

Her Dracon decided to up the ante on the battle by landing on theshaking ground. Roaring and roasting anyone coming for them

-We will fucking kill them all.-

Alexie

The Royal Beta

"Quickly. Hide the pups to our vaults! Anna, go!" Her task was to makesure the heirs and the Lycan Queen was secure. A sworn duty.

Her queen snarled in protest. Her wolf on the surface. Alexie tilted herhead in submission.

"If you ever think I will leave you to fight alone, think again, sister.”Anna's voice was guttural. Ready to shift. "Baxter, bring our strongestwarriors with you and guard our pups with your life. Now!" A differentside of her queen she had never seen before. Ferocious and tough."At once, mia regina.” Their ever-loyal butler bowed before them andwith urgency brought by the command, he guided their preciousbabies to the secret room. The nannies bringing enough supplies to lastfor days.

"Anna, I can't let you fight. Please.” Alexie pleaded. Shouts and screamscould be heard outside their walls. A constant banging on the steelenforced doors. Any moment, the lycan mansion will be breached."We will fight together, Lex, and protect what is ours. Just like ourmates. Are you with me?" She reached for her trembling hands andsqueezed them in reassurance.

"Always, sister. Always."

Descending the grand staircase, they reached the foyer lined withshifted and massive wolves, teeth bared, in attack formation.

From the corner of her gray eyes, she watched Anna transformed intoher snow-white wolf, growling, and snarling. Circling her territory.

The lycan king had taught her well.

Following her lead, Alexandria called forth her wolf and shifted,crouching, ready to leap at the enemies.

-Protect your home. Protect our kingdom.-

Those were Anna May's last words before they heard a loud explosion.Then mayhem began

Anna Marie

"Lucas?" Smoke filled the air and an eerie silence ensued. Deeming itsafe to go down, she jumped from his back and landed on the burntgrass.

"Rie," he growled his warning. Finally shifting into his human form, hestood behind her protectively, naked, chest heaving, he was a sight tobehold.

Not the time for eye-fucking. She shook her head. "Something is notright, Luc."

She could sense it. The royal packhouse. Her sisters. Her nephews andniece.

Moments later two massive lycans emerged from the trees, their furscovered in blood. She took a step back. Unsure.

"It's okay, sweetheart. It's Alexander and Michael." He wrapped his armaround her waist, pulling her closer.

The slightly smaller of the two creatures shifted. It was Michael. Hegrimaced at his nakedness, more for her sake than theirs.

Rie paid him no mind and pointedly looked at his face and nowhereelse.

"Thank you for the reinforcement, Your Majesties.” He bowed. "Xanderis still in a warrior zone. It will take a few minutes for him to be able toshift.” The beta gestured with his hand.

Rie's brown eyes went to Xander. Fuck! This was the first time she wasseeing him in his lycan form. He was as big as her dragon king. And hismaw had long sharp teeth, swordlike and gleaming too. His eyes bloodred like the liquid dripping from his fur.

"Xander, we need to call the council. Esmeralda and Lucifer should bealerted. And where is Xavier?" Lucas's voice was grave.

Rie scowled. What happened to Mish and the Vampire King? Somecaring sister she was forgetting Anna Michelle.

"Where is Mish?" Though the question was directed to Alexander, shecouldn't look him in the eye. He was too intimidating.

"Sweetheart," her own mate hesitated.

She was about to ask again when a deafening blast broke the silencearound them.

"The Royal Mansion,” Michael uttered. Disbelief in his eyes. "This was afucking diversion!"

Within a few seconds, she was back on her dragon with the lycansrunning like the wind below them. A foreboding in the pit of herstomach.

-Please, moon goddess. Let them be safe.-

Anna May

-Alexie, watch your back!-

Her sister-in-law dodged the attack of the ugly green grotesque animalin time, swerving her body, she bit the creature on its neck and shookher head ferociously. The fucker went limp and stopped moving.Doing the same damage to her enemies, Anna attacked and bit.Chopping off limbs and biting huge chunks of their necks. Her white furwas no longer visible from the blood spilling on her. The scent wasgagging but she persevered.

These were her people. Her territory. They were willing to die for them.She was only willing to reciprocate and do her duty.

Outside, she could hear gunshots and more fighting. -Goddess, whereis my mate? Keep him safe.-

She kept reaching for him but his walls were up. He must be facing thesame threat at the border.

Some of their personal guards and warriors left to protect them weregroaning in pain on the floor.

The fighting had become more intense. And despite her strength, shewas a newly turned lycan of only two years of training and experience.And she was pregnant. Doing all she can to avoid getting hit on herbelly, she quickly evaded hits and bites but one went to her shoulderand it hurt like hell.

"Stop!" A dark disembodied voice screamed.

Startled, all fighting had ceased, she looked at the staircase. A womanin all black flowing dress, red long hair, black gleaming eyes, andhourglass figure was staring directly at Anna May with a cruel smirk onher red painted lips.

"Lycan Queen, it's an honor to meet you." Ruby.

-Alexander!-

"What do you want?" Anna growled and stood her ground.

-Anna. I'm coming, baby.-

"The four kings in exchange for..." The black which gestured to herright. Three pups were crying and screaming in fright.

Anna Marie sobbed. "No! Take me instead.”

Alexie was ready to attack but her beta heir was dangled by a familiarface.

"Tsk. Tsk. Pace yourself, princess. You wouldn't want to be the cause ofyour son's death, no?” Ruby cackled. "I don't need you right now, LycanQueen nor your sisters. All I want for now are the kings in exchange forthese brats. Don't worry, I will make sure they will have a good time.You will hear from me tomorrow."

With another cruel laugh, the evil witch waved her hand, a dark portalappeared and they were gone.

Her pups!

Falling on her knees, she wailed her anguish.

Annalisa. Mikhail.

Anna Marie

Stumbling down as soon as Lucas touched the ground and she wasrunning towards the mansion, her heart in her throat.

"Anna!"

"Alexie!"

"Mish!"

Goddess. Injured and dead bodies everywhere. Chaos everywhere."Alexander!" She could hear her sister calling for her mate. Her voicewas full of pain.

Rie knew for sure her brother-in-law was not hurt. She fretted. Ahorrible thought invaded and she prayed she was wrong

Reaching the foyer, she saw Anna and Alexie embraced each other indesperation.

And Baxter. He was lying lifeless at the foot of the stairs and thenannies... -No!-

Crying now. Rie approached her sisters. "Anna?" Her voice trembled.Raising her face, gaze blurred by tears, full of misery, she whispered,"The witch took our pups. My twins."

"My son," Alexie uttered just as broken.

Rie dropped on the floor and sobbed her heart out.

Why, moon goddess?

I'm sorry, babies.

Promise the next chapter will be posted soon.