Nothing Goes as Planned

Ryker POV

Two hours after I left my mom and Chris the bells rang of intruders, waking most the kingdom from a deep sleep. Everyone except me as I laid in my bed wide eyed in anticipation.

I slowly stood up, then went to the sink to wash my face. I took a moment looking at the man staring back at me. Inside I felt like that scared boy crying himself to sleep at night, begging for his father to return. There was no boy staring back at me though. I was now a man, an Alpha, given immense power to right the wrongs of our kind.

My fingers gripped the white sink basin nearly cracking the side while taking deep breaths. I needed to gather my strength to find my sister. Today she was coming home.

As I walked down the hallway people were scurrying left and right. I thought it was odd the Kingdom had no protocols for an attack, but at the same time I was expecting that since the King acted as if they were untouchable.

I entered the throne room, noticing an opening in the wall that guards were