Maya's Point of View.

Things were a little hectic around here.

Okay, a lot hectic around here. Pups are pouting because their parents won't allow them to go outside. Warriors are already training and women are preparing to take shelter in the safe room. Eric just called and he's roughly 30 minutes away. Josh is working with Kris at the moment and discussing how they want to divide Eric's warriors. Vanessa is preparing games and setting up an abundance of family friendly movies in the safe room, Smackle is assisting Maggie in meal prepping. There's a full blown out kitchen down there but it's easy to have things prepared so there is an abundance of sandwiches down there for the next day. Dinner is already made because Maggie is incredible and spent the entire evening yesterday cooking, it just needs reheating. Riley is helping women find their families little area, it consists of a cot or cots depending on the amount of kids, blankets and pillows as well as a backpack.

What's in the backpack you ask? Well, I'm about to explain that to them so this works out well. It's now 6 o'clock and since I just finished the headcount, it's time to make an announcement. "Twilight pack." I step up in front of the projector with a large smile. Women and pups stare up at me innocently, no matter how innocent if my father – I mean Kermit, were to get his hands on them it would mean nothing. "Good evening. I hope you're all settled in and finding everything you need. Bathrooms are to my right, there's shampoo, conditioners and soaps supplied in the showers. Respect privacy, respect the time you spend in the shower, and please don't make me get involved." There are some chuckles around the room, which was my goal. To ease the tension. "The kitchen is behind you, there are two doors the one on the right is the exit. Don't use it as an entrance it makes everything flow easier. There's chicken and rice for dinner tonight, thank you Maggie." I clap as she bows her head out of respect, "Thank you Vanessa and Smackle and Riley for setting up the movies and games. Behind all of you is the infirmary, we are in a confined space with roughly one hundred and fifty of us, illness will spread if not taken care of. If you are feeling ill, sneezing or coughing make your way back there and Dr. Packwood will take care of you. Got it?"

"Yes Luna."

Amber whips her tail back and forth, she is loving leading. "This is a safe room. Obviously it is meant to keep you safe, however if something were to happen and we needed to leave you will seek refuge in Power Pack land, there is a backpack underneath your cot." All eyes shift under their bed, some lift it up and others leave it where it is at. "In the backpack is food and water, enough for 2 people for 2 days. Though you should make it to the Power Pack within the day. Also in the backpack is a silver knife with a leather handle for defensive purposes, a flashlight and a map." Josh really invested into this safe room and it paid off. "Everyone look down at your cots. If one the floor you have red tape surrounding your space, you will follow me should we have to evacuate. If I'm not here, you'll follow Vanessa whose color is yellow. Green will be Smackle and Riley is orange. We will lead you to the Power Pack, though we tried to keep mothers with their grown children and grandchildren, that may not have always worked. Do NOT and I repeat, do not switch groups. We will do a head count so if one group doesn't have everyone, it will cause chaos in an already chaotic situation. Are there any questions?"

"Luna!" A middle aged woman stands up, two pups cling to her leg. It's pretty cute. "How long do you think we will be down here?"

That's a wonderful question, "We aren't expecting visitors for another day, maybe two. There's no exact time but I'm going to over estimate and say a week. This place has enough food and water to last 60 days. This room has a backup generator as well, so it will run even if the power is cut off. You'll be safe."

"Luna." An elderly woman stands up, shakily I might add. "Should we need to go to our rooms for any reason, could that be arranged?"

Nibbling at my lip, I ponder on that. "If you need to go to your rooms for any reason, come to one of the Gamma females and they'll inform me. From there, if I find it necessary then I will have myself or a warrior escort you."

She bows her head and smiles, "Oh and Luna welcome back. You were missed dearly."

I can feel the love they have for me through the pack link. It's overwhelming to say the least. "You have no idea how great it is to be back where I belong." I'm grinning from ear to ear and find myself rocking on my feet, "Your fathers, brothers and mates are going to come show their love before we lock you inside. From then on the Gammas will take over. Oh and lights out is at 10 o'clock."

Males flood the room and search for their females. Speaking of finding their females, a pair of arms snake around my waist. "Hello mate."

I giggle and lean my head back to rest on his shoulder. "Hey baby. How're things?"

"Great. Eric is 10 minutes out. How'd things go in here?" Josh asks while peppering kisses on my neck.

I nod and sigh in content. "Great. Everyone already knows who to follow and leadership knows the evacuation procedures. Dinner is prepared. Movies and games are ready. I am hoping this goes as smoothly as it seems." I laugh and turn around in his arms.

His lips press gently against mine, his hand tenderly caresses my face while his thumb brushes against my cheekbone. We wait 5 more minutes before ushering everyone out and locking the door behind us. All 3 of them. Josh really spent a lot of money on this room, I'm so proud of him. Warriors go back to their previous work. William; Lucas, Farkle, Zay, Allen, Kris, Xander and Xavier follow us to the front of the pack house where 10 SUV's are pulling up. Eric is already hopping out of the lead car with a huge grin on his face. "Brother." He jogs up the pack steps and embraces him in a hug. "Maya, you look well."

Liar. "Thank you Eric. It's lovely to see you again."

"Yes brother, thank you for coming on such short notice."

He shakes his head and gestures to the cars behind him. Apparently since they are all getting out, he's calling for them to line up. "Don't mention it. No one messes with my family, and even though this isn't my pack anymore, I grew up here. Let's kill this bastard." Sounds like a plan. "I've briefed my warriors on the situation. 70 wolves are at your disposal brother. SHADOW PACK LISTEN UP!"

Each one all dressed in black army pants, boots and a tee shirt are at full attention. "Good evening, most of you know me. For those who don't my name is Alpha Josh, and my mate Luna Maya. You were called here to help defend my pack and for that I thank you. The Power Pack, led by Alpha William is also here to render aid." My grandfather waves and gives a small smile, "You have all been divided into 3 different groups, Xander, Xavier and Kris," they all 3 step forward in that order, "are your group leaders. Once they call your name you'll disperse to their group. He'll show you where you'll be staying and introduce you to their group. Once you're settled in we'll gather for dinner and we'll give you your patrol times."

"Understand?" Eric questions, his voice is so scary when he's not in his usual happy mood. But as of right now there's no reason to have that kind of mood. I'm grateful for their aid, but the loss of life is going to guilt me for longer than I care to mention. And it hasn't even happened yet.

"Yes Alpha." Their voices boom from the heartiness. I dare say that Eric is stricter than Josh.

Josh jolts his head behind him. We all follow aimlessly, I'm assuming to Josh's office. Once inside everyone takes a seat and process all the information we have. And after 10 minutes in silence, Lucas is the first one to speak. "We have eyes on them Alpha."

"Thank you Lucas. How long?"

"Based on their travel and rest pattern, they'll be here in 26 hours. If they attack when they get here, is unknown but they'll be close to our territory then, Alpha."

Eric rubs his face and glances at me, I meet his stare. I can practically feel his eyes trail over every scar. Does he realize I can see him staring at me, is he that zoned out? "Brother, that's enough." Josh growls and tightens his grip on my hip.

"Sorry Josh. Sorry Maya. I didn't –

I wave him off and gulp, "It's fine. I should get used to it. They aren't going away anytime soon." I try to make a joke but that falls through rather quickly because their smiles – no matter how small – fade and are replaced with eyes of pity. That's worse.

'You're beautiful Maya. Please don't think otherwise.'

'Are you trying to convince yourself or me?'

Okay so that was harsh, but I'm not freaking beautiful. I was always self-conscious and with the stares I'm constantly receiving, it only makes everything worse. 'Don't. Do not start an argument now. You're the most beautiful, gorgeous and sexiest she-wolf I've ever seen. I don't care about your scars, and you shouldn't either.'

I don't respond, and Josh takes that time to discuss his battle strategy to William and Eric. Allen, Lucas, Zay and Farkle are all listening intently again. Practically burning this plan into their brains. It's pretty full proof, it doesn't ease the guilt I feel. But in numbers we're even, if we don't have a few more. I just want to eat and then get some sleep after convincing Josh to let me in on this war. 'No.'

'Ass. Stay out of my head.'

'No can do baby girl. We'll discuss this later.'

I roll my eyes and tell the person knocking on the door to, "Come in."

All 3 lead warriors enter, no smile on their faces as serious as ever. It's weird to see Kris like that, he's usually the one lightening up the mood. "Eric, William if you don't know this is Head Warriors Xander and Xavier. Kris is also Head Warrior as well as Luna Maya's guardian."

His orbs fall to me, seeking permission and I nod in affirmation. He loves to show off his tattoo. Flipping his forearm over, William especially inspects it. "I haven't seen a guardian tattoo in ages boy. Congratulations. And for a Luna no less."

I can feel the pride exuding off of him, no matter how much he tries to reign it in. "Thank you Alpha. I'm honored." Kris puts his hands behind his back again, "Alpha, everyone is downstairs ready for dinner."

"Thank you Kris, go ahead and begin eating. We will be down momentarily."

Once they bow and the door shuts Josh finishes up the battle plan rather quickly. For which I'm grateful because I'm starving. 'Riley, how're things down there?'

'HI MAYA!'

I don't even respond to her hyper response, 'Vanessa, don't let Riley have anything else sweet. And how're things going?'

I can hear her laugh before she responds. 'I sent Smackle on Riley duty. Things are going fine, I've got Frozen playing down here and that pretty much hypnotizes the kids. They're mindlessly eating, while the teenagers are playing some games led by Riley.'

'Thanks. Keep me updated.'

"Any questions?"

Everyone seems pretty content and responds with a 'no'. After that we take off towards the dining hall.

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Dinner went very well, our packs mingled well together and had become pretty close friends. Which is great for us, a group that works well together fights well together. I actually don't know if that's true, I made it up. It makes sense though, right? Everyone was dismissed to either patrol, or their rooms or the movie room. Alpha William and Alpha Eric took their leave to their rooms since they were leading later patrols while Josh took the early shift.

I wanted to stay up for him I really did but once eleven o'clock hit, I was out like a light. I had eaten as much as I possibly could to the point where I could have thrown up. But I wanted some energy, I need to regain my strength. Since I've spent a better part of today moving around, I feel better physically. I'm not a hundred percent but after everything I had been through, I'm not quite sure if I'll ever be a hundred percent again. I woke up to the sound of the door opening and clothes dropping to the floor. I felt the bed dip and a pair of warm hands pulling me into a strong chest. "Hi baby girl."

A smile approaches my lips, my eyes remain firmly closed. "Hi. How was patrol?"

"Boring. I passed off the alarm to William, I'm worried about him."

I chuckle and blink the sleepy haze out of my eyes. "Because of his age?" When he nods, I can't help but snort. "Good luck telling him to sit out of the fight."

"I was more worried about telling you that."

"You should be." I whisper before my lips find his strong jawline. "I want to fight."

"This isn't up for discussion." My lips trail down towards his neck, nibbling and sucking in my wake. "That won't work Maya. This is your safety baby girl, I won't sway my decision from your teasing."

Arching my brow, I lean back to stare into his eyes. "I'm not teasing baby."

"My answer is no baby girl." His breath fans my face and I want more than anything to kiss his lips but I know he won't let me. He'll think I'm using it to manipulate, which wouldn't be entirely false. "I'm willing to compromise but you won't fight. You are not at your full strength, and if you think I don't notice that limp in your walk you are sorely mistaken."

I limp when I walk? "What do you mean compromise?" I'll worry about my supposed limp later.

He chuckles and brushes his lips against mine. "I know you don't want to go to the safe room. I know you want to help as much as you can. So I talked with my brother after dinner to see what ideas he had to put you to use." I chuckle at the way he phrased everything. "Aside from tying you up and keeping you in the safe room we agreed that you can stay up here with a gun and silver bullets." I perk up immediately, a large smile gracing my lips. "You will shoot enemy wolves when you see one of us struggling, only if you have a clean shot and you shoot as little as possible. I don't want a wolf noticing you're up here."

It isn't exactly what I wanted, but I'll take what I can get. At least I'll be of help, I'll prevent loss of life more than I could with my teeth in my current state. No offense Amber. 'None taken'.

"How does that sound?" My mate questions while his fingers glide through my hair effortlessly. A soft purr rumbles in my chest I love it when he does this. His fingers expertly massage my scalp before brushing them through my hair, slightly pulling, not enough to hurt. In fact it feels amazing. My alpha laughs, at me. "Sounds like you agree."

"I'll take what I can get."

His lips press gently against mine, his hand is still tangled within my hair. "Do you remember what I told you I wanted to do to you the night before the battle?"

A smirk quirks my lip upwards. "You wanted to make love to me over and over again until you had to go?"

Josh hovers over me, his forearms flex from the way he braces his weight so he won't hurt me. The heat off of his body is exuding on to me. Whenever I inhale, I can smell his arousal in the confined space of our bedroom. I can practically taste the minty flavor that is on his breath. "Exactly." Warm lips press against my mark, I feel sparks trail down my lower back from his touch. I'm being pulled closer to him, without realizing it I'm craning my neck to give him better access.

"Is that your intention with me, alpha?"

In 2 seconds flat, my panties are torn and tossed to the other side of the room and he is plunging deep inside of me. "That is exactly what I plan to do." He growls before taking care of me, over and over again.

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When I woke up this morning, Josh was already awake staring at me. Love glistening in his orbs. According to him he had been watching me for some time now, and though that should probably creep me out it did the exact opposite. As if it were a normal day we continued with our usual morning routine together. Unfortunately though, the moment we had stepped out of our bedroom the air throughout the pack house was tense.

I didn't have to ask to know why there was so much tension. Obviously war was at our doorstep, we might as well bring out the welcoming mat. Maggie so kindly prepared breakfast, and was prepping lunch and dinner. That she-wolf was absolutely incredible. I made it very clear to her that she had to be back in the safe room by 5, whether the food was done or not. Though the impending war lingered on everyone's mind, the breakfast was spent in a humorous conversation.

While Josh, Eric and William were once again, explaining strategy to the warrior wolves after lunch, I meandered to the armory. Basically it consisted of targets, guns of several varieties and silver bullets that I had to manage with thick gloves, almost like the ones welders wore. I've handled guns before, it's been quite a while I'm hoping it is like riding a bike. I managed to steal one off of a rogue who tried to kill me, obviously I managed to get out alive. I hate to say that I was fairly good at it, more than fairly if I'm being honest. I don't know names or any fancy terminology, I know what's important. The safety, hammer, trigger and magazine were what's important.

I had no idea how long I had spent down in the armory. I just continued to shoot, and to my luck after I went through the first mag, I had regained a good portion of my accuracy. I didn't hear the alarm, I didn't hear the door opening, I did however hear my mate screaming my name. I did hear him say the words, I wished had to never be uttered. "Baby girl, they're here."

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Filler Chapter. I just wanted to introduce Eric and his warriors and the plan for the safe room should anything happen. I'm detail oriented, so when I read other stories and it isn't in there, I'm like what happens if…

Anyways, I'm sorry that I didn't upload yesterday I'm having a really hard time with my meds and I've been going to bed pretty much around the same time as my daughter and waking up for a few minutes here and there.

Love you guys.