Nadine Book 7

68. The Pirates

We go in the dining room and everyone stares at us for a second. Thora yells, "THE PIRATES ARE COMING." Everyone starts laughing. She nods.

Ronion sits up. "I really like your outfits."

Dipak yells, "RONION."

"I'M JUST BEING POLITE."

"Don't be that damn polite. I'll kick YOUR ass this time." Everyone is laughing.

I cross my arms and stare at them.

"Girls, sit down and eat."

Thora shrugs her shoulders.

"FINE. I'LL FIGHT THIS WAR BY MYSELF. BUT DON'T ASK FOR HELP ON THE NEXT 1." I pull my swords out.

"I'll help you. Boys are stupid." Thora pulls her swords.

"Baby, what are you doing?"

Thora looks at him and scratches her head.

I stare blankly at him. "THE PIRATES, TRE."

He jumps up. "THEY'RE NOT JOKING."

Every single person jumps up and runs for the door.

Dipak gets his arm around me and walks with me as we get out the front door. "What side are they coming from, sweetheart?"

I point to the mountain with the sword.

Everyone coming out either turns into a dragon and flies or turns into a wolf and runs.

In the end, it's me and Thora standing there.

"Should we go?"

"Might as well."

We don't rush. I see a lot of guards moving in that direction.

We get to the beach and it's a bloodbath. The wolves are ripping the pirates apart and the dragons went for the boat. I can see them killing people out there.

We walk through the bodies. "Standing on a beach looking up a mountain. It is so beautiful."

She nods. "It really is. I love this."

One of the wolf guards jumps between us and bites a man's head off that was sneaking up behind us.

"Thank you."

Thora smiles. "We'll pay more attention. Forgot we were in a war. The island is so perfect."

There are pirates everywhere. Wolves are kicking their asses, but there are a lot of pirates. I see a pirate trying to go up behind the alpha. I throw my sword and hit him between the eyes. He drops dead.

Thora smiles. "Nice one. That was a good aim."

I nod. Mason looks between the dead pirate and me a couple of times. Then goes back to ripping people apart.

I get my sword back. "These shoes really suck in the sand." Mason jumps up and rips a pirate's head off.

"Well, I'm sorry, but I didn't know we were going to war on the beach."

"We should have got our war outfits. Look at that big flower."

Mason barks at us. Thora rolls her eyes. "We are paying attention."

"AAAAHHHHH!" All 3 of us look at Sasha. She's transitioned back, and a pirate is holding her as a naked human.

I feel Mason's power boom.

I pat him on the head. "I got it."

I walk over dragging my swords. All eyes are on me and the war is paused. I drop the swords and go closer all sexy. "Trade you."

The pirate smirks. Then he shoves Sasha away and grabs me. He wraps his arms around my waist.

I feel Mason's power boom again.

I smile at the pirate, and then I draw my fangs. I rip his throat out with them. I am covered in blood instantly. Like always. It's all over my face and me. I can feel the warm blood running down my chest and stomach. It's quite a gross feeling.

I pick up my swords and twirl them. Then I look at Mason's guards. "Rip him apart and burn the body, or he will turn."

They jump on him, and he turns into shredded pieces.

Sasha is shaking and naked. But seems ok. "Take her back. Send her to the medical area. Do not let her be alone. Kodan, you should probably go with her."

Dipak lands on the beach with Marcus. "You good, sweetheart?"

"Yes. Finish this. I'm hungry."

"Ok."

Thora looks at Mason. "You think we could put her through the wolf wash like this?"

He starts coughing.

"Seriously. I'm hungry, boys. Let's go."

They all laugh or cough and then fight again.

Tre lands beside us and pulls something out of his shirt. "I found another treasure map."

A wolf jumps at him, and he knocks it out of the air. "NOT A PIRATE."

Dipak, Marcus, and Mason walk over to us. The boys look at the map. Mason sits there as a wolf.

"Conjure me a door please, love."

A door appears.

Then Tye lands. He's only got 1 arm again. I raise my eyebrows at him. "I was trying to go first."

I smile. "You want put out?"

"Yea, but not yet."

"Let me know when you're ready."

"AAAAHHHHHH!" A pirate runs by the water screaming. He's a big fireball.

Thora scratches her head. "He knows he can jump in the water, right?"

I shrug my shoulders. "I have no idea anymore. ANY INJURED WOLVES GO THROUGH THIS DOOR. IT'S GOING TO THE HOSPITAL." Wolves hobble at me. "I'm going to get him some pants. He's confused."

Thora looks at Mason. "Dipak give her a door to come back with."

Another door appears.

"Thank you. Use that one to come back. I'll help them get in."

"Thank you." I step into their hospital. "YOU HAVE INJURED WOLVES COMING IN NOW. AND I NEED BOY SHORTS."

The 4 people at the desk jump up and run all over. 1 brings me like 5 pairs of shorts. I go back to the beach.

I throw a pair at Mason and a wolf standing beside him. The war seems to be over. I sit the other shorts on the ground.

Dipak smiles. "It seems like this might be an easy treasure to find. The map has excellent detail."

Thora and I jump up and down.

Johen lands beside us. "Why we happy?"

"TREASURE MAP."

"Nice."

Mason comes back with shorts on. Dipak looks at him. "What do you do with the boats?"

"We light them on fire from here and let them sink."

I blink at him. "You don't go out there?"

He shakes his head. "We would lose more wolves like that. We shoot fire arrows at it and watch it until it sinks. Kill any survivors who make it to land."

Me, Tye, Thora, and Johen run like hell for the water.

"STOP." We're all shaking. "It's too late now. Let's eat. Then you can search the bottom of the ocean for treasure tomorrow. It's going to be dark in a few hours, and you can't be roaming around down there now."

"BUT TRE."

Marcus shakes his head. "No."

"BUT."

Dipak shakes his head. "Whatever is down there isn't going anywhere. It can wait until tomorrow. It'll be safer."

"FINE." We go back to them.

"Don't sink this boat. We want it."

"Alright."

"And, you need to grow your damn arm back."

"It's fine."

Marcus rubs his eyes. "No. It's not. You can take the sleepy tea, or you can get put out, but you are going to be in pain all night if you stay up."

"Last time I was knocked out the whole next day. I want to stay up."

"I can try to give you less of the sleepy tea. Maybe 8 hours worth if I can figure that out."

Thora nods. "Don't take a whole 12-hour dose. You should be good in the morning."

"Fine. I'll try that. No searching for ocean treasure without me."

"I won't. I promise. We'll wait for you."

He smiles and gives me a hug. "I love you, babydoll."

"I love you too, Tye."

Then he motions for Elek. "Take Mason to my resort and pick up like 10 or so breather masks. Tell them I said it's ok. He can borrow them. He might like to do that tomorrow too."

Elek nods. "I can do that."

"Then send him through the river."

"He deserves it."

I shake my head. "We'll take him through Tye. Let's go get you fixed."

Dipak looks at Elek. "After dinner. They do need to eat. Get him set, then go to the dining room."

I help Tye into the medical area.

I give him sleepy tea for 6 hours. Then I get cleaned up and pull my hair back. Me and Thora both get in bikini's and go to dinner.

We are last here again.

Marcus stands up. "NO. You can not come to dinner in underwear."

"IT'S NOT UNDERWEAR. IT'S MY SWIMSUIT AND WE ARE GOING TO TYE'S RESORT."

"IT LOOKS LIKE UNDERWEAR. PUT SOMETHING ELSE ON."

"IT'S NOT UNDERWEAR."

Nik jumps up. "STOP." Everyone looks at him. "Let's come up with something you can both agree on. Nadine, how about at Tye's resort, on a beach, or on a boat. You can wear a swimsuit. But anywhere else, you need to have it covered up. We are not swimming right now. This is dinner at Alpha Mason's house. You can cover up for now and wear that swimming later."

"Ok."

"Will you agree with that, Marcus?"

"Yes, that will be better."

Nik sits down. "Go put a cover-up on for dinner."

Thora smiles. "I have them in my bag."

Marcus rolls his eyes. We get our cover-up dresses on and sit down. My boys are here, minus Tye. Mason's here with a couple of guys I don't know. Omar and Ronion are at Ronion's end. Kane and Samson are here. Tobias and Elek are here. That's all. "Where's Coral?"

"Sent her back to the boat when the war broke out."

Thora nods. "She's not good at war like we are."

Mason cracks up laughing.

We give him a dirty look.

Dipak smiles. "I'm surprised you 2 could do anything without the right outfits on."

"The shoes were tricky."

Thora smiles. "Yea, those were not good war shoes."

"How many times did you have to tell them to pay attention?"

"Just once. They were sight seeing." The boys laugh.

"It's not our fault the island is pretty."

Mason nods at me and signals for the food. "I have a meeting with another alpha tomorrow. We are working out some trade stuff. I'll be stuck in the pack house after lunch for at least a couple of hours. Don't expect much out of us during that time."

"I'll try not to let any of the kids burn down the island then."

Marcus smirks. "They should still be treasure hunting. It'll be fine."