Betrayed from Birth – Alpha’s Unvalued Daughter
Chapter 184

Brandon's POV

The cameras alerted my tablet that they are coming over the wall now. Thankfully, everyone was safely in place and had been for an hour now. I was not going to wait until the last minute to protect my people. The children, elderly, and pregnant she-wolves had all been secured from the attack with Leander and his family. Graham had more people with him than we thought he would. I watched as they just kept pouring over the fence and he had to have well over 200 rogue wolves with him. I was not happy to see a larger number of vampires with him as well. It was easy to tell the difference, and the wolves were all tan and healthy looking and the vampires were not. I looked at Alexei who was standing next to me and I can see the disappointed look on his face. He hates just killing their kind, especially if he believed that they could be redeemed.

The vampire numbers are dwindling pretty badly, and I know that he hates just killing them for the sake of killing. I just don't know how they will be able to judge who is worth saving from this motley crew that Graham has assembled. I know that Alexei has told his people about the vampires. They are in a group now to discuss the problem, and how to solve it. None of us knew that Graham had so many. They were coming over the wall so quickly that it was really hard to count them all. There looked to be at least 7 of them in total, but Alexei said that it looked like 8 to him. I am very thankful that Raven asked for the cameras to be installed, and Reagan volunteered to pay for them, so that was a bonus too. The cameras have been a great help with this, as none of those men crossing over the wall hit any of the sensors. We would have been caught totally unaware by this attack if the Goddess hadn't let Raven, and Reagan, know it was coming tonight.

Yes, Blake had sent a text to let us know that they were attacking tonight. But by the time we received it, we would have only had about 2 hours to get ready. That would have been barely enough time to get the pack prepared, and the members who could not fight secured. I know he gave us the warning as soon as he got it, I do not blame him at all for the lack of time we received on it. I know that Graham would not fully trust him, so he probably only got notice when they were about to leave the pack. I just hope that Graham doesn't figure out that Blake is not with him before they get on our packland. I know Graham is a vicious wolf, I know that he will never stop coming for Raven until we stop him. I plan to make sure that Graham and all of his ranked wolves never leave my pack again. I plan on making sure that this attack will be the last action of their lives.

"That was an excellent decision on the cameras, Raven. We would not have had any alarms triggered by their arrival without them" I told Raven. She gave me a tight smile and Justin hugged her into his side to comfort her. They were about 2 miles away from us, and it was smart of them to use the SUVs to get high enough to come over the fences without hitting the pressure switches.

"They will be here in the next 5 minutes," I called out to the group to get their attention and get them to move in towards us. "This is not going to be easy, especially for you younger ones. I do not want any of you hurt. If you want to change your mind about fighting, please go to the secure area now. You can always help there. I will not judge you at all for it. Killing someone is a hard thing to do. You need to remember this fact, they were sent here to kill you, your friends, and your family. They will not hesitate to take your life, as they are willing to be paid to attack a pack that has done nothing to them. They are mercenaries, and they will not give you a pass because you are young. Just remember your training, we have trained you your whole lives for this moment. Please be cautious, and try to fight back-to-back with your fellow pack members. They like to attack from behind, so don't give them that opportunity."

I linked our boys to come to us so we could hug and kiss them all. My stomach is tense with the knowledge that I might lose one or more of my sons. I never wanted this to actually come to this point. I tried my best to make sure that we dealt with all other packs honorably. It did work to the point that instead of fighting against two packs, it is just one. I should have known that Graham would have found a way to make up the numbers against us. I would not put anything against him and I am sure that this is not the only trick up his sleeve tonight. I watched as Justin hugs the boys and gives them tips after he tells them how much he loves them. He is the reason that they are so well-trained. I have never given him the credit that he deserves in this. I have so much work to do for both the pack and our businesses, that I am lucky to get to help them train twice a week. I see the focus in their eyes, and I know that they are all strong fighters.

I hug each one of the boys and tell them that I love them. I let them know how proud I am of each and every one of them. They are standing almost exactly shoulder to shoulder with me, taller than their mother's 6' frame. They are good men, and I prayed to the Goddess that they will be safe and protected through this attack. I know it is greedy but I do not want to lose any of them. I don't want to lose any of my pack members in this fight. I stepped up to Justin and Raven as the boys head to line up again. I kissed Raven and hold her tightly against my chest. I have so many things that I want to say to her. I feel her hand on my face as she cups my cheek and she tells me, "I know Brandon. I love you too. We will be fine. We just need to follow the plan." I nod, as I have tears in my eyes at even the thought of losing her. Justin and I are keeping her between us when we fight, to try to protect her. But we both know that this is going to be a very difficult battle.

I looked up from Raven to Justin and stepped over to hug him too. He was surprised, as we usually do not come in contact with each other. Raven is the bond that holds us together, and we both know that. I need to tell him something, and I want to say it now, as I don't honestly know if we will both make it through this fight. They will be gunning for me, as they want to take over my pack. I don't want them to stop fighting for even a minute if they do manage to kill me. I have already spoken to Truett, and Leander, about this. I just need to let Justin know, and then announce it to the pack in the pack link.

"Justin, if something happens to me during the fight. I want you to take care of Raven. I already know you will, as you love her too, but I want you to be the next Alpha. You have proven yourself over and over again to me, and the pack. There is no one more worthy of the position than you until Jax is ready to take it over from you. Please continue to love and take care of our family as you have for the last 18 years" I told him, and I can see the surprise on his face.

"I am fine staying where I am, Brandon. I do not want to take the spot away from Truett, or Leander. I don't want them to think I am here for a spot. I just want to be with Raven, and our children and I will be happy" Justin told me. I could tell that he was honest in what he said.

"I know that Justin, but Raven is the Luna, and the pack will need her to recover from this. They will need you, and our children will need you too. I have already spoken to them both about it. They would only promote if the pack were to lose both of us in the attack. But if something happens to me, I want you to take Raven, and our children, and go to the safe room. I know that Jax will do great things for the pack. I know his brothers will be a great support system for him. I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate all the time and effort you have put in for all of our children. I see how much you do here, and I haven't told you how much I appreciate all that you do for the benefit of the whole pack" I told him. I can see that he appreciates what I said. We had an understanding between us, but it always means more to hear the words being spoken in appreciation.

"I will take care of our family, but I believe that we will all come through this together, Brandon. We have each other's backs, and we are about to make sure that we cut down the attack by half, and soon. I have a feeling that Graham has sorely underestimated us in this, and it is to his own detriment" Justin replied to me before clapping me on the back and walking up to stand next to the boys.

I do plan on making sure that we all make it through the night. We do have a plan in place and as soon as Graham gets closer, I will be putting the first of it into action. I am watching as the warriors from Black Moon start to slip over the wall on the other side of our packlands. Everything is secure on that side as well, and most of our warriors are waiting inside the packhouse to come pouring out to help us as we wait for the guest of honor to arrive. I cannot stop the smirk when I see Graham and his men finally come over the wall, led by Blake. Anton has a tablet too, and he is watching the cameras that he installed as the first wave will be passing his home to get to the pack house. They are being stealthy right now as they wind their way toward the pack house. Slipping in by running from tree to tree as they watch to see if they come across anyone.

I know that Anton is nervous too, but his home is a fortress. We all know it, and that is why all the ranked children, except Leander's family, are there right now. Due to his security firm, and his other private companies, his home is more secure than our own packhouse. The new packhouse is almost on par with it, but it is much easier to get a smaller home secured like that than a 6-story packhouse. I was very thankful that he did that for not just his mate, but all of our younger children. I was glad that the older children would be able to help to defend the home if the worst happened and they were able to gain entry. I doubt that they will be able to get that to occur. I did not see anything other than a few weapons coming over the wall. It looks like he armed the warriors and the ranked wolves, the rogues look to be on their own in this. It seems as if Graham was willing to sacrifice the rogues to take out as many of us as they could, but he was not willing to sacrifice the ones that he considered valuable. I smiled knowing that they were all inside the wall now, and they were getting closer by the minute.

Both Anton and I were standing to where we could not be seen as the glow from the tablets would be visible. I had my warriors heading into place now that they had come in over the walls. The two gates were locked and in place, as well as the underground barriers were now up and in position. Even if they wanted to drive an SUV in, they were not going to get through. We were secure at this point, and Graham was an i***t for coming in as he did. Yes, they got in easily by using the parked SUVs, but they had no way of going back over the wall again. Only the vampires would be able to get that high of a jump, so he was really confident about catching us unaware, and off guard. He really thought that they would just go out the gate when they were done. But he was incorrect, and they were about to figure that out very soon for themselves.

"Hey, I think that we need to change our formation. It looks like we are ready for them just standing in a line like this. He is trying to catch us at dinner. Some of us need to stand with our backs to them like we are all out here just visiting. We need to talk like we would be if we were completely unaware of their approach" Reagan called out in a low tone. Raven nodded in agreement at her, the boys promptly got into a circle to speak. They were natural at it, as they started to c***k jokes and act normally. The line quickly changed into several small groups standing together talking and that did look a lot more natural than us all standing there and watching for them to exit the woods. We had plenty of time to get ready for them to approach. My men in the towers were ready, as were the men we had stationed on the ground. We were well prepared and I almost felt sorry for the sitting ducks they were going to be when they made their presence known to us.

This is not going to be the battle that Graham thought it was going to be. I had told my men to spare Blake, but he was the only one that was going to be spared. Everyone else would be killed, unless they surrendered, and gave up their weapons. We will not be sparing them for any other reason. Stepping onto our packland to attack us, made that very clear that their intent was to kill us all, or at least the ranked wolves. We would be offering them all a chance to surrender. There will be a broadcast going out as soon as they reached the edge of the forest. I have my cameras in place and I could see that the first wave was here, and watching us. It was time to show our first card. I am so glad that I could see Graham's face as I watched him approach the men at the tree line in a camera that I was controlling from the packhouse. I know that the fact that he would not be catching us off guard was going to really piss him off.

"This is Blake Adams, I am the Alpha of the Black Adder pack. You are trespassing on our land, and this will be the only warning you get. You can surrender your weapons and I will allow you to leave the pack, or if you are a trustworthy rogue, we will accept you into ours. This goes for the vampires too. I watched you on camera enter my pack. This will be your only opportunity to lay down your weapons, otherwise, I will have to assume that you are here to harm us. I have to tell you that it will not end well for any of you if you decide to attack. The choice is now in your hands. Just put your hands up and come out if you want to give up now. Please, make a wise choice" I could hear my voice come through the loudspeaker that I had installed to put out the alarm at the time of the attack. Justin and I had thought of this idea earlier, and we wanted any nonviolent rogues to be able to live a better life. This was going to be their only warning, if they decided to approach and continue the attack, that was their choice as well.

I had mindlinked my shooters to train their weapons on Graham and his men standing on the closer side to us. I know if the men did decide to give up, Graham, or one of his minions, would definitely be shooting them. I didn't want to make the offer, only for the rogues to be shot in the back like that. I knew that it was not going to be a lot of them to take advantage of the offer anyway. But we as wolves liked to be with other wolves, it was in our nature. As long as they could be trusted, I would interview each one, and then decide when they would be introduced to the pack. I can tell that they are thinking about it, and I can see from the look on Graham's face that he is really angry that he is not as stealthy as he thought that he was coming in like he did.

It was almost comical in his fury and I can tell that he is telling the men not to listen to me. He cannot afford to lose them, as I know that he was just using them as expendables. They have to know that too, that he doesn't care at all about any of them. They are a means to an end for him, and if they all died helping him out, he wouldn't care at all. Graham cares about Graham, and no one else. The line has turned to see if anyone is going to come forward to us. I see a few on the opposite side of Graham coming out of the woods. They were further away from Graham, and his yelling. I think that they know exactly how this is going to end for them if they don't surrender. That makes them smart, and probably a new rogue, as the longer you are rogue the less cognizant of what is going on you are. I see the moment Graham sees them and starts to send his ranked wolves over to end them.

We all knew what he was about to do, so we have to take it out of their hands. It is 5 wolves, and one vampire, and I pray that none of them have any malicious thoughts toward us, as this is a big show of trust on our part for them. I see that two more wolves ran up to the group to come to safety as the two ranked wolves hurried over to their area to deal with their traitors. I see Alexei nod and the next moment the group that had stepped out is picked up and moved quickly to between me and Alexei, out of the line of fire. I heard the gasp from the wolves left behind, as they all believed that the ones who surrendered would immediately be killed by Graham before they could get to safety. The second they saw that the first group made it safely, a lot more poured out into the clearings. Nadia had her hands full moving the other 20-plus wolves and a second vampire who wanted sanctuary here in our packs.

I heard Graham's voice ring out into the night, "That won't save you, Brandon. You cannot beat us all. I will have my revenge against you all, no matter what you think you are prepared for."

"Graham, I look forward to dealing with you and your men" I yelled back to him. I turned to look at the thirty men who stood there waiting to see what we would be doing with them.

"I am going to escort you down to the cells, that is for your protection, as well as ours. Both Alexei and I will be speaking with each of you, but until I can ascertain what your intentions truly are, I will need you to bear with us, until we can get Graham dealt with. After that you can either stay here, as we have both Vampires and wolfs here in my pack, or if you wanted to go into the coven next door, there may be a spot for you there too" I told them. They nodded, and I had two warriors lead them into the side entrance and straight to the dining room for them to grab a bagged sandwich, and drink before going to the cells. I did not know how long this was going to take and I wanted to show them that we were serious about taking them into our pack. There were all secured in the cells and we came back upstairs to get back into formation. I heard the sound of gunfire, and I knew that the battle had just begun.