My Omega Queen Chapter 35: Plan and Execution

POV: Emily

I take a deep breath and begin organizing my thoughts. The south has been breached, with probably more to come soon. If this would be a large-scale attack, the north might also be in danger of an invasion. Marco clearly needs some back-up, as quickly as possible. As I am closest to the North side, as are the barracks and a larger number of warriors, I can make a decision for the next step in our defense:

“Western patrols, move toward South-West and coordinate with Marco to assist in the ongoing fight. North-West, move toward West. East, move South-East. North-East, move East. North, split up and move either North-East or North-West. Finally, any remaining warriors in the barracks are to go fortify the North. Update me as soon as possible when spotting any rogue.”

-link Amanda to inform her of the situation and ask her to make sure there are no pack members close to the edge of the forest, as that is the most dangerous place to be at right now.

ng steps in order to minimize our casualties, what more can we do?

d. The patrols are stretched quite thin, but there is a proactive move we can pull off and prevent even more losses. I communicate the newly formed strategy to the warriors through yet another mind-link:

l, spread out to cover as much area as possible, form groups of two or three, then lie in wait at the border. You are to ambush anyone entering from there.”

o. On the way there, Marco updates me on reinforcements arriving and the situation looking more stable. There have been no losses from our side so far, but they managed to surprise and kill four of them. The rest ran off, so I suggested the same course of action as in the

are still on their way to the village. After only a few seconds, some rustling and the sound of something approaching attracts Accalia’

on! Listen closely, they’ll be here soo

as Accalia jumps at one of them and slashes his throat. The other, agitated, looks for an escape, but she takes advantage of his hesitation and pins him to a tree, snapping his neck against it. She’s clearly taking out her anger on them, but I let her deal with her grief, if this is what needs to be done. A few more rogues also get to the edge. However, the other warri

d to the hospital. Those who can still fight, keep an eye out and continue your patrols.”

concerning message comes through:

k them by surprise and killed one, but we are locked in place, fighting while outnumbered. Awaiting orders.”

o rush toward their position together with a couple more of our warriors while I try to manage the situation:

your backs to thick trees. Try to stall and focus on survival. We’re coming.”

es her faster and faster toward the East, going into the forest and using her sense of smell to its fullest extent. In two minutes, she manages to sniff an amalgamation of smells, and in two more she reaches the fight. Most of the warriors are outnumbered two to one and some of them are gravely injured. The situation is dire, so Accalia starts with the people most in ne

rs who can still fight manage to overpower them. Accalia still fights with the same ease as she did in the beginning, but I try to restrain her as the fight reaches an end: “Keep at least on

paw, she slashes one of his arms, tearing his muscles and making the arm go limp. The rogue howls in pain, but Accalia pays him no mind, instead addressing two warriors that seemed less injured:

o, take this one and throw him in the dungeon, then

nod and approach, while Accalia breaks the rogue’s other shoulder to ensure that he has no escape, then leaves the warriors to take him

eport successful ambushes, followed by retreats of other rogues. There are minor scuffles, but the fortified patrols are able to take care of everything with ease. Accalia makes her way through the forest to pic

cides to pull an all-nighter to roam the woods, in any case.

seems to be the high number of people which have come in, but other than that no one is at risk of dying from their wounds.

go to Amanda’s room, nudge her from her sleep and tell her:

ur territory.”

ed and complying with my request:

me. By the way, great job out there! I’m certa

say to Accalia: “Everything worked out as we wanted to. Thank you for your huge help”, but she seems to be too tired to reply.

ngeon and find out why this happened in the first place.