Alpha Nocturne"s Contracted Mate

Chapter 282 Two Choices

Greyson led the way through the shell of a building that he and his men had secured and had been using as a base to direct reconnaissance and shelter the people they had rescued.

Lexi followed behind him with Allen and Lord Brarthroroz at her side as they made their way past the curious looks of a mixture of men and civilians who had clearly been involved in some sort of fighting recently.

“We had to utilize some of the civilians that had combat experience.” Greyson explained as they descended a rusty spiral staircase into the basement area, “The men that we lost left gaps in the defense that we had to replace.”

Lord Brarthroroz hummed as Lexi and Allen shared a look between them, both of them having noticed just how beaten down the remaining members of Greyson’s original squadron were.

Greyson ushered them past civilians huddled together in various rooms, their faces etched in misery as the sound of children crying hung hauntingly in the air.

“There was no way to get all of them out safely,” Greyson said wearily as he sat on a chair, wincing as the partially healed burns pulled tightly across the surface of his skin, “This was the first break in their relentless assaults that we had, so I gathered the men that we had and set out. Hopefully, now that we have a line of communications established, we can begin ferrying them back to the capital until this f*uc*kery is cleaned up.”

“Narcissa headed the force here too?” Lexi asked as the rest of them found a place to sit.

“I don’t know for sure, but she certainly matches the description of the monstrosity that’s been harrying our men constantly.” Greyson answered as he ran his hand over his face tiredly.

“I still don’t understand how she got away,” Lexi fumed quietly, “With so many men…”

“She’s a wraith.” Lord Brarthroroz said simply, “It’s like trying to contain and kill smoke.”

snorted in disbelief

human? I

at one point, yes… but I’m assuming that Eromaug didn’t take kindly to her losing the magick he gifted her and after enacting his punishment, he chose

helpful to know before we threw our men at her.” Greyson growled

known.” Allen intoned flatly, sighing deeply as he looked to Lord Brarthroroz, “So how do we kill

two choices, we can either wait for them to attack again, or… we can take the fight to them.”

think we’re all sick of being holed up here like sitting ducks, waiting for

coven is located?” Lexi asked, leaning forward in

thought for a moment and reached forward, unfolding a detailed map of the area and pointing to an area just slightly northwest of the village, and close by to the smaller containment facility that had ceased communications

containment facility.” Greyson grimaced, “We found some of the former guards that had managed to get

fled in the initial assault from the coven, or were coerced into joining them. The ones that refused were executed and now hang from

scowled deeply at the map in

on. But he isn’t stupid. There is always a

watched Lord Brarthroroz scour the area around

have used Bartholomew’s input on this.”

be able to help?”

war, he has an incredibly astute memory for remembering all of the historical sites and specific pieces of information that the

you seem to forget that we have all this technology up here that means you