Page 101 of The Librarian and Her Alphas

I can’t have my babies now.Not here!I start to cry as another contraction rolls through me.

My babies are coming, and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.

CHAPTER33

Damon

Our omega is in distress.

I can feel her every emotion through our bond, specifically from the mating mark I gave her.

The moment we pull up to the library, I feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. I don’t know what it is, but I do know that we need to get to Lena as soon as possible. Max and Gunnar feel it, too, and the two of them tense up, anticipation rippling between us.

“Something is off,” Gunnar murmurs, his eyes starting to glow as he surveys the surroundings out the car window. “I don’t like it.”

“Agreed,” Max says and opens his car door. “Let’s get Lena and get the fuck out of here.”

Exiting the car, I close the door, and at that moment, I hear a gunshot ring out.

“Was that from the library?” I bark, panicking and shifting into my wolf form without thinking.

Adrenaline surges through my veins, and I nod my head in the direction of one of the library windows, angling my body toward it. We need to take whoever is in the library by surprise, and the best way to do that is with an unexpected entrance.

Max and Gunnar pick up on my meaning, and we launch forward, crashing through the building’s window.

Glass explodes around us, shards falling like rain, and whatever controlled calm there had been before evaporates in a second. People are screaming and running toward the back of the building, desperate to get away from us.

I only care about Lena.

My eyes immediately lock onto a strange alpha holding Lena by the arm. There are two strange alphas I’ve never seen before. They must be Aleks and Raul. Suddenly, they looked familiar to me from the pictures Lena had shown me of them.

Aleks grips a silver dagger, his stance menacing.

Lena is struggling against his hold on her hair, her expression terrified.

I growl lowly.No one hurts my mate. Behind him, Raul raises a gun, his expression cold and calculating. I notice the empty shell casing on the floor. I snarl, baring my teeth.

Max and Gunnar spring toward Raul, who starts firing the gun aimlessly at them. The shots echo in the library, and more screams can be heard from behind the bookshelves.

Max and Gunnar dodge the bullets that whistle past them, and Gunnar positions himself between Raul and the terrified bystanders, shielding them with his massive frame while Max charges Raul head-on.

I surge towards Aleks, launching myself at him with explosive force. My body slams into his, knocking him off balance.

He hits the floor hard, the breath rushing from his lungs, and the dagger skittering away across the tiled floor.

Lena takes the opportunity to duck onto the floor, crawling on her hands and knees towards Paige and Annabelle, who are watching the scene unfold with wide, fearful eyes.

Aleks stirs, and shock at being attacked momentarily registers on his face before it transforms into pure rage. He stands, and I watch as he shifts into his wolf form, eyes blazing red with hatred. He growls furiously at me, and I bare my teeth, showing him that I’m not afraid.

“You fucks think you’re slick, huh?” Raul shouts, his eyes gleaming wildly. He waves the gun in the air frantically.

He starts to fire relentlessly but inaccurately, bullets embedding into the walls, books, and splintering furniture.

Max, Gunnar, and I dodge every bullet, keeping low to the floor and rolling out of the way. I keep one eye on Lena, watching as she curls into herself, Paige and Annabelle surrounding her protectively. When the gun finally clicks empty, he lets out a growl of frustration and tosses it aside.

Raul shifts into his wolf form, muscles bulging and thick, dark brown fur shooting out from his skin as he joins the battle on equal footing. His hackles are raised, and he lets out a bark that sounds almost like a rough laugh.

He glances to the left, toward where Lena and her friends are cowering, and grins wolfishly at me.

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