Stay Down If You Wish To Live

As soon as the alpha hit the earthen floor, he shifted into his wolf form and wriggled out from Kace's grasp. Slipping in his own pool of blood, Kace found himself on the ground watching a ferocious werewolf charge him.

Determined to overcome his attacker, Kace wasted no time in charging the black wolf. The two met mid-air as Kace launched himself from his foot with the steady hold and tackled each other to the ground. The two werewolves rolled a few cycles until they came to a stop with Kace on top. The blue-eyed quickly wrapped his hand around the wolf's muzzle to keep those dangerous jaws closed while covering Ganz's eyes with his other hand.

Blinded and not able to bite, Ganz entered a great panic. The wolf whined and struggled against the man on top of him, clawing anywhere he could in an attempt to maim the blue-eyed. Kace did not loosen his hold although he sustained several wounds from the struggling wolf. Shifting yet again into his human form, Ganz found Kace's throat and wrapped his hand around his prey's neck while cruelly tangling his fingers into the blue-eyed male's hair.

Kace's vision swam when Ganz threw his head to the side and slammed him onto the ground. Kace shook his head to regain his vision and feel great pressure strike his gut. Ganz was standing over the blue-haired and ramming his boot into Kace's abdomen. Stars entered the blue-haired male's vision as Ganz dealt kick after kick causing his vision to blacken.

Running footsteps preluded a deep growl that emanated throughout the northern section of the garden. Ganz halted his kicks and turned to the opening of the small corner in time to see a furious true blood charging him. The alpha turned to flee the prince, but he was caught by the collar and slammed into the ground. The force of the true blood's assault crushed the bones in the alpha's back causing the alpha to release a cry of pain.

"Stay down if you wish to live," Den ordered through a growl as he turned to see the blue-haired unconscious on the ground. Blood surrounded the male causing Den's heart to break and rage to spark in his bones. Den's hands shook with worry as he cradled his mate in his lap. The true blood's sensitive ears detected his mate's faint heartbeat and straggled breathing, and eternal hatred for the alpha on the ground engulfed the crown prince of Eternal Dawn.

Den's eyes turned golden as he shifted his gaze of flames to the man on the ground. It took all his strength to not tear his mate's attacker to shreds then and there. The weak heartbeat of his mate brought Den's attention back to the man in his arms, and he carefully brought the blue-haired into his arms before standing to his feet.

The true blood released a threatening snarl as he passed the alpha and firmly commanded, "Do not move until I send people to collect you." A whine escaped the alpha as he had no choice but to comply with the fuming true blood.

Den held the blue-haired male close to his chest as he made his way through the moonlit garden and to the castle. A multitude of questions flew through the prince's mind as he hurried through the garden. 'Why did he attack you? Why didn't you shift into your wolf form to defend yourself? Why did he want to kill you?' Despite the questions, Den never once let them consume his mind and kept his focus on getting the blue-haired to safety.

The true blood burst through the castle doors and began demanding the nearest physician. As most of those in the castle were concentrated in the banquet hall, Den ended up carrying his bloodied mate into the lively hall which effectively put a halt to the joyful chatter.

All eyes turned to the true blood with an unconscious man in his arms as Den walked up to the gamma standing beside the future Beta of Crimson Night and pleaded for his help. Estan's eyes widened when he saw the male in Den's arms and immediately instructed Eternal Dawn's prince to follow him to his clinic.

"Den? What is going on?" A feminine voice inquired as the Luna of Eternal Dawn quickly made her way to her eldest son. A gasp escaped Leera as she stared in shock at the male in her son's arms. "Who is this?" The Luna quickly looked at her son when he rolled the man into his chest.

"My mate," Den stated before following Estan out of the hall, leaving the entirety of the guests speechless. Leera watched her son leave with worried eyes before returning to her mate. "Gen, what do we do?" The Luna inquired, the concern for her son and his mate showing through her scrunched brows.

"It is up to the gamma to save him. We shall have a discussion with Crimson Night once this is resolved. For now, we let Den be with his mate." The Alpha of Eternal Dawn gave his Luna a reassuring nod before wrapping his hand around her waist comfortingly as she gazed at the entry to the hall with worry.

Silence fell upon the hall for a moment before the doors to the hall were slammed open with a furious force and the eldest prince of Black Moon entered supporting a slumped figure against his side. Gasps filtered throughout the hall as spectators saw the blood-covered man leaning into Seth.

The prince of Black Moon made certain he had obtained every wolf's attention before loudly declaring, "Ganz was ruthlessly attacked by the crown prince of Eternal Dawn!"