"Ahh!" Lia's agonizing scream resonated through the room, while the watchers winced at the scene; their alpha didn't even spare his mate.

Lia cried out in pain, she had overestimated herself on this one.

"God damn you, Daniel," she punched him on the face but the feral man refused to let go of her hand - wrist to be precise.

Using his dangerous sharp teeth, Daniel continued to chomp down on her wrist as if it were a bone.

"Give me the damn injection!" Lia hissed, stretching out her other hand to receive the shot while struggling to retrieve her other hand from Daniel's serrated canines.

Seeing the situation, the doctor hurried up and handed the medicine to Lia which she slammed into Daniel's neck eliciting a wild growl from him.

The doctor hastily took a step back upon noticing the agitated Alpha. Thankfully, the distraction made Lia successfully withdraw her hand.

Eyes burning with rage, Daniel pulled out the injection from his neck and turned to Lia.

Daniel roared at her while lifting his hand to strike her to which Lia grabbed the hand and growled back at him with outrage.

"It's Lia, asshole!" She yelled at him in animal language.

For a second, nothing happened until a spasm went through Daniel and he returned to normal.

"Hey," Lia clasped his face when she saw his yellow teeth reverse to their normal blue ones.

Daniel didn't reply, he looked rather disoriented with his body covered in sweat.

"L-lia?" He finally returned to the present world. Daniel was shivering but she couldn't tell whether it was from cold or the trauma.

"W-where are …?"

"It's okay now, you're safe," She kissed him on the lips to assure him the nightmare was over. Who knew what he had been hallucinating about?

"I feel faint," he complained, pulling away from the kiss.

"Don't worry, it's the drug. They're going to treat you so you could feel better, don't fight it, alright?" She informed and hugged him, resting her head on his shoulder while her non-injured arm wrapped around his neck.

They remained that way until she felt his muscles relax and faint snoring, he was asleep.

"It's safe now," she gestured to them to come and take him.

Lia watched as Ryan went ahead to throw the heavy Daniel over his shoulder as if he weighed nothing.

"You should get that treated," Judith grimaced, staring at her exposed bone through the lacerated flesh. Daniel had almost turned into a cannibal.

Lia glanced down at the messy sight; some flesh was dangling off with blood gushing out, it was quite uncomfortable to look at.

"Come, let me get you treated," The doctor informed her.

Lia frowned, "Aren't you supposed to be treating Daniel?"

"There are doctors around for that, now come with me unless you want flies buzzing after you thanks to that open wound," She said to her.

Lia followed after her without complaining. She trusted they would keep Daniel safe, he was their alpha.

A pack without an alpha - a strong, capable Alpha to be exact - would become the prey and laughing stock to larger werewolf packs. Hence Moonlight pack would do everything possible to ensure her mate survives.

"You know this is the second time of me treating you" Cynthia, one of the pack doctors commented while disinfecting her injury.

Lia wanted to respond but winced in pain instead causing the doctor to glance up in concern.

"If it's unbearable, tell me and I'll take half of the pain," she volunteered.

"I've been through the worst, this is nothing new. Thanks for your offer by the way," Lia politely turned her down.

The hybrid moistened her lower lip, "Taking away pains, is that something all werewolves can do?"

"No, only alphas and gifted werewolves like me." She answered, beginning to stitch the flesh that was stitchable.

Cynthia went on, "Our powers are not lethal nor broadly versatile like vampires, we just get slight variations of the same ability," she explained.

"Oh," Lia nodded, grimacing a bit as Cynthia bandaged the wound. Her wrist would heal up in a few hours more but they had to prevent it from getting infected.

"So," Cynthia stared at her inquisitive," Why doesn't the alpha want to introduce you to the rest of the pack as his mate?"

Lia stared up at her and their eyes connected.

Cynthia cleared her throat, "I'm not trying to sound like a gossip but I'm just trying to say, in a time like this the pack needs its Luna in the absence of the Alpha,"

"Is that so?" Lia gave her a knowing look.

"Yeah, sort of " Cynthia answered, feeling unsettled by her scrutinizing gaze.

"Daniel and I have our reasons and regarding the state of the pack, I'll take care of it," Lia dismissed the doctor, knowing she just wanted the juicy story.

"You're done, right?" Lia raised her bandaged hand.

"Huh, ah, right?" Cynthia was stunned by Luna's strict tone.

"Thank you," Lia flashed her a warm smile just to show Cynthia that she wasn't an authoritative person. But a cool, laid-back girl who was fierce in protecting what matters to her - that is to say, her secrets, family, and mates were not to be toyed with.

"Where is Judith?" Lia looked around the less crowded ward in the hospital Cynthia had taken her.

"She has a lot on her plate right now but if you want to see her, I can take you," she offered.

"Sure," this one was a favor she couldn't reject.

Lia found Judith giving instructions to some teenage wolves outside of the ruined packhouse.

"Judith," Lia called.

The werewolf in question glanced over her shoulder and spotted her, "Give me some minutes," she told them and went over to the hybrid.

"If it's about Daniel, then I'll assure you that he's undergoing treatment and in safe hands to dismiss your fears," she informed her.

"No, that's not it. It's about the pack, what's the situation? How's everyone faring "

Judith blinked, surprised at her question, "We are more concerned about the children and mothers. We need supplies; food, water, blankets, tents, etc before going into reconstruction. Then the digging of the grave to get rid of the bodies finally,"

"That's a lot of work to do before the sun goes down," Lia looked at the sky. The sun was already high up in the sky, "How're the supplies going?"

"We've ordered for that and on their way coming but I don't know how long that's going to take, plus the feeling those are not going to be sufficient for the masses and the alpha's not yet on his feet" Judith sighed, threading her hand through her hair. The tired look on her face told Lia she was overwhelmed and stressed up.

"You don't have to worry, I've got you covered," Lia patted her on the shoulder to her amazement.

Lia took out her phone and called Ben at once. The boy surprisingly picked instantly as if he had been awaiting her call.

"Hello, Ben?"

"Hey, Lia, how are you doing?"

"I'm good and my family over there?"

"Everyone's still asleep, guess yesterday was very stressful"

"And Trevor?"

"Still not yet back," Ben answered, "Perhaps, they got the news and went to investigate the war at the Raven clan,"

"Quite likely but hey, that's not why I called,"

"Why did you call my goddess?"

" I need a favor from you,"

"You have been asking a lot of favor from me lately and truthfully, it makes me feel special and useful as if I'm one of -"

"You're not my mate, Ben!" Lia screamed into the phone, feeling the urge to strangle that boy. When was he ever serious?

"Now concentrate!" She ordered.

Lia looked around her environment to ensure people were not giving her odd looks, thinking she had lost it.

"Fine, whatever. Go ahead," was his less enthusiastic reply

"How's the state of your storehouse?" She asked him.

Lia had gone to his house once where she stumbled upon a room where they stored their food- perishable and imperishable- plus their large vegetable garden.

Ben owned one portion which he uses to run his crazy experiment, breeding and crossbreeding different species of whatever he plants in there.

"One hundred percent full. What's the situation?" He asked, mentally reviewing the stocks at hand.

"Daniel down. Numerous injured werewolves. Hungry, hormonal were-mothers with the ability to swallow a cow - as of now- and their crying pups," She summarized.

"Alright, would be there. Oh, and I'm so excited to see -"

"See you when you arrive, Ben," Lia ended the call at once. She was not in the mood for one of his endless yakking.

Lia walked over to Judith," One of my friends is coming over, he's trustworthy," she informed Judith since she was in charge of the security at the pack boundaries.

Werewolves were not exactly welcoming to human trespassing on their territory.

"Alright," She said, sending the info through the mind link to the few warriors still standing.

"Thank you," Judith said to her.

"No, don't. That's the least I can do for Daniel and my responsibility as the Luna,"

Judith was taken aback by her statement," By chance, are you going to announce yourself as his mate?"