The Rogues Who Went Rogue
Chapter 52

'Aunt Lucy?' It was Lucianne's favorite nephew. 'Liam, sweetheart. You can mind-link!'

Liam had just turned four. Wolves could only mind-link when they were six or seven, with a few exceptions like Liam. His voice shook a little when he said, 'I t-tried so many times. Um...Aunt Lucy, a-are you coming home soon?'

That was a very unusual question. The fact that Liam forced himself to mind-link her was another thing to be worried about. She tried to mask her anxiety when she continued speaking to him in a soft, assuring voice, 'Well, I'll have to ask Uncle Xandar. We'll discuss it and make the trip there with little Reida soon, okay?'

'NO! AUNT LUCY, DON'T BRING REIDA!'

'What? Why not?'

Liam sounded devastated and afraid when he linked like he was close to tears, 'Aunt Lucy, daddy s-said there was a f-fight at the border. Big Guy Albus and Big Sis K-Kiera are in the p-pack clinic."

Lucianne felt her heart sink. Kiera was the newly-appointed Gamma. Her skills were second only to Lucianne in Blue Crescent. Albus was normally very swift, too. What happened?

Liam's scared voice continued to ring through the link, 'Daddy and mommy asked us to stay in our rooms. I snuck out. Daddy's office door was open. I heard him tell mommy that someone wants to hurt you, Aunt Lucy...and-and they might come after daddy, and then mommy. Liam was sobbing now as he pleaded, 'Aunt Lucy, please come home and fight for us. Please."

Lucianne's protective instinct over her birth pack took over, and any fear and anxiety she felt was suppressed when she linked in assurance, 'I'll be home soon, Liam. Stay in your room until I get there, okay?' 'Okay. Thank you, Aunt Lucy. I love you.'

'I love you too, Liam.'

When the link ended, Lucianne found herself in Xandar's arms. Christian was holding Reida, looking at his queen in concern. It was when Xandar cupped her cheeks and started gently wiping away her tears did Lucianne realize she was tearing during the link. After Xandar planted a deep kiss on her forehead, she uttered, "We have to get to Blue Crescent. Now."

"What happened?" Tate asked, equally worried since White Blood and Blue Crescent had long been allies.

After wiping away her tears, she met Tate's brown orbs as she announced, "There was an attack at the border. Kiera and Albus are in the clinic, injured. Juan suspects that whoever ordered the attack is after me. I have to get there before any of my friends lose their lives." Xandar started muttering, "It's a little strange for Juan to tell you this, actually." Xandar knew his brother-in-law well enough to know that Juan wouldn't ask his own sister to come home when there was a threat against her.

Lucianne's eyes turned fierce when she said, "It wasn't Juan. LIAM told me. When we get to Blue Crescent, I'm going to kill my brother for not telling me this."

Christian muttered, "Now, that sounds more like Alpha Juan. You two go ahead first. I'll put Reida at my place with Mrs Clifford and Annie, and round up more lycan warriors. We should be able to catch up with you guys within an hour.”

"Thank you, Christian," Lucianne uttered gratefully, and kissed her daughter on her forehead before whispering, "Be safe, Reida."

Xandar did the same and murmured, "We'll be home soon, cupcake."

Margaret asked Stella to stay behind, too, much to the teenager's dismay. Margaret had a vision when she felt that sharp pain from earlier. In it, as she told Tate, Azalea and anyone else who was listening, she saw wolves, lycans and vampires fighting each other. Bodies were thrown and blood was splattered everywhere as the howls of anguish filled the air.

With Xandar and Lucianne's permission, Margaret got half of her followers to stay behind because they weren't trained enough to fight yet, while the trained ones stuck to their leader were following her to Blue Crescent without question. Greg linked thirty more creatures from the Cave, asking them to meet him at Blue Crescent.

They boarded Tate's jet, and Lucianne stared out of the window, her thoughts far away as she sat on her mate's lap. Xandar rubbed her shoulders, her forearms, pecked kisses in her hair, but nothing was working. Her worry was still strong. Tate came over with Margaret all of a sudden, and the Alpha cleared his throat to get Xandar and Lucianne's attention. Lucianne blinked herself out of her daze, smiled and asked, "Yeah, what is it?"

The two sat facing the king and queen before Tate casually began, "So...I linked Zeke and Zelena about this, and then Lovelace, too."

"Okay," Lucianne noted and waited for him to continue. Those were their strongest allies. There was no issue in telling them about the threat. Everyone had to be alert.

"As it turns out, they already knew and were on their way there," Tate uttered. Lucianne's eyebrows furrowed as Tate concluded, "Meaning to say only White Blood and you weren't invited to Blue Crescent's pack-defense party this evening." The lilac part of Lucianne's orbs turned onyx as she muttered simply, "I see."

"Juan probably just wanted you safe, Lucy," Tate suggested meekly.

Lucianne chose her next words carefully before speaking in a deathly, hushed tone, "Keeping something like this from me...while putting my friends' lives and his own at risk...does NOT keep me safe. Whoever it is will get to me eventually. I doubt they care how many creatures they' have to kill to get my attention."

A moment of silence passed before Lucianne asked, "You told Toby, too, right?"

"Yeah, he was pissed until he heard you didn't know either. Now, he's just waiting for a show when we reach Blue Crescent."

"He'll definitely be getting a show." Lucianne muttered.