CHAPTER 11

The three of them jumped in surprise. Their eyes widened in shock as they watched a person being flung away, hitting the smaller barnyard. The smaller barnyard which has not been stable after years of deterioration started to crumble against the impact of a body hitting it.

Robert immediately jumped up and ordered Edward to quickly cover Sarah's eyes.

Soon after, there were sounds of bones cracking from the destroyed barnyard. There were also sounds of clothes ripping and tearing.

Sarah, who had her eyes covered by Edward's hands, was startled by the sounds. She suddenly felt fear at the unknown yet curious. "What was that?" she asked softly, her body unknowingly trembled.

Robert and Edward ignored her question as they watched Roel stand up from the debris. His body had changed from skin to fur. His teeth grew to fangs and his eyes filled with murder and rage.

Just then, Robert and Edward received a mind-link from Roel. "I will deal with you two later. Now, go back and bring that human girl with you."

Robert and Edward gulped in fear. It was because they had not fully shifted, they cannot mind-link a reply. Rather, they can only receive mind-link from other shifters, whether they want it or not.

Suddenly, Roel vanished and Robert and Edward could hear the sounds of howling and growling.

The two of them watched as Roel jumped onto the rogue who had flung him earlier. Roel dodged many of its attacks and managed to clawed the rogue's abdomen, making it bleed.

The rogue howled in agony as it attempts to claw back. But Roel was faster. Blood began to drip down from the wounds of the rogue, making it lose more blood. Grabbing his fallen knives, Roel grabbed them with his canine teeth and skilfully swung them towards the rogue. It smoothly hit the rogue straight in the heart as it tried to jump on Roel.

The rogue fell. And before it could catch its last breath, Roel had bit its neck before pulling its head off its body. The rogue died, headless.

Roel howled. Soon after, more of his teammates came out of their hiding place and immediately went inside the larger barnyard.

He turned to Robert and Edward. He then growled, mind-linking them, "Go, now!"

Edward immediately carried Sarah over his shoulder and ran off from where they came from. He ignored her pounding and screaming to let her down.

Before Robert could join Edward, Roel had gone inside the larger barnyard.

Apparently, curiosity was stronger than fear for Robert. Instead of joining Edward, he quietly went to the larger barnyard. He went to the side of the building and peeked inside through the small cracked window.

Inside, Roel's team was outnumbered. Some of the pack mates had to fight two against one.

Roel himself had to fight three. But unsurprisingly, he had the upper hand. It was no wonder that he was known as one of the best fighters in the pack.

Robert watched as Roel had one of the rogues in his jaw, while avoiding the other two's attacks. Roel dug deep into the rogue's stomach with his claws. He then swiped his claws up, ripping apart the rogue's stomach. Blood spluttered in the air, pelting Roel's mane in red. However, with a cold look in his eyes, Roel ignored the showering blood and turned to the other rogues.

Roel threw the dying rogue to the side and went to clawed the other rogues. With his large paw, he swiped the second rogue's head down, crushing its head. The bones of the skull crumbled into bits. The third rogue howled out his anger at the sight of its two dead rogue mates.

Before the third rogue could attack Roel, Roel had already jumped on the back of the rogue. With his bloodied claws, Roel tore the rogue apart by ripping its neck down to its spine. He had successfully ripped the rogue into half.

Robert shivered at the bloody sight. Before he could run away, one of the rogues had caught sight of him.

It broke away from its fight and ran over to him.

Seeing this, Robert felt terror taking over his body. But then he gritted his teeth with determination. 'I am the future Alpha,' he thought to himself proudly. 'This shouldn't frighten me!'

He ran towards the fallen baseball bat that was near the area where he, Edward and Sarah had hidden earlier.

As he raised the bat into the air, the rogue came crashing onto him. The two of them hit the ground, making Robert drop the bat once more. Robert had closed his eyes after the crash. But his eyes widened when he saw the rogue was about to bite his face off.

With a quick instinct, Robert kicked the rogue off him and straddled the rogue. Swiftly avoiding the rogue's attacks, he pummelled the rogue in the face. It felt like hitting a stone wall but this did not hinder him, even when his fists became bloody and painful.

Before he could land another hit, he felt his leg was bitten. He screamed in agony and saw one of the rogues had grabbed his leg. And before he could retaliate, the rogue had flung him against the barrels, which was in-between the smaller and larger barnyards. His body came crashing down, knocking all the barrels.

He tried to sit up but the rogue was already in front of him, growling. It was about to bite his neck but he managed to block the attack with his arm.

He gritted his teeth, trying to withstand the burn of his injury. He felt like he was about to lose an arm. And before the rogue could do further damage, Roel came barreling in. He torpedoed against the rogue's abdomen and flung it against the other rogue from before.

Roel mind-linked Robert in anger. 'What the feck are you still doing here?'

"I just want to help!" Robert shouted.

'You're just a hindrance to this mission.'

Robert's face fell as he realized the true situation. Roel was right. He was only bringing more trouble for Roel. Roel had to protect him while attacking the rogues.

He staggerily stood up, trying hard not to wince in discomfort. "I'm sorry," he mumbled as he cradled his bloodied arm.

Roel ignored his apology. He was focusing on the two rogues which were walking towards them, slowly. Their fangs dripping with spittle and blood as they came closer.

Roel pushed Robert behind him with his snout, trying to protect him from the two rogues.

Shortly after, a breeze swept past them, knocking against the two rogues. Howls of pain and agony echoed in the air. After howls, it changed to whimpers and slowly turned to silence.

Robert's eyes widened as he watched the shifter in front of him stand up in its glory on its hind legs. The aura that Robert could feel radiating from the shifter terrified him, almost bringing him to his knees.

'Roel.'

Roel immediately bowed his head. 'Yes, Alpha!'

'Get him out of here and return here once he's safely out of the danger zone,' Joseph ordered, not looking at his son.

'Yes, Alpha.'

Joseph's Beta, who was still in his human form, threw over some spare clothes to Roel.

Roel quickly changed into his human form and put on the clothes that Fergus threw over. He then carried Robert over his shoulder, careful not to touch his wounds and ran out of the area.

Shortly after, Robert, who was hanging over Roel's shoulder, received a mind-link from his father.

'You're in so much trouble once we're done here.'

Robert winced. 'Oh feck.'

Edward placed Sarah down once they were in front of the dinner where they had their meal earlier. He was tired after carrying her, running all the way to the dinner. He gasped, trying to catch his breath. He ignored her, who was visibly scowling at him, with her arms crossed.

"Exaggerate much?" She asked sarcastically, narrowing her blue eyes.

Edward looked at her for a second. He then studied her from bottom to top. "You need to lose more weight," he said as he took off his glasses and wiped them with his handkerchief. She was not really that heavy. But because he was running at quite a distance, at the same time, carrying her, it took a lot out of him.

Before he could finish his sentence, she had already hit him in the arm, nearly making him drop his glasses. "Screw you," she cursed out loud. 'Was I really that heavy?' she thought grumpily, pouting.

Edward winced and then turned to look at the direction of the abandoned barnyard.

"Where's Robert? Is he alright?" she asked, coming over to stand beside him, also looking over at the direction. She thought that Robert would have been behind them. So, she was quite surprised to see that he was not there. She knew how fit he was so he should have not lagged behind.