~Alex's POV~
I was talking to the warriors. They were all clear on their positions and the war we're about to enter.
They were all prepared to fight. No pack had succeeded in taking over or winning a battle against us.
Looking over the warriors and the omegas who were running to their stations, I was beginning to see why. This pack was a bunch of lazy-ass werewolves who would come up with some shitty excuses to be annoying. But when it came down to it, when it came down to protecting the pack, they were all fearless. Both women and men switched some sort of button when there was a battle or a war to be fought. They were all driven to succeed, to win, to fight, and to thrive. And most importantly, they were all driven to protect their pack.
I and Jackson were lining up the warriors when a howl was heard from the edge of the forest. It was loud and powerful.
Everybody's eyes darkened, turning black. Some of their wolves surfaced and growled.
I looked at Jackson and felt a smirk growing on my face.
'The letter'
Shit!
Cesar reminded me of Avery's letter.
I ran into the house and up the stairs. I threw my door open and went to pick out the letter Avery had written, only I couldn't find it. I threw out everything that lay in my drawers in search of the letter.
After nearly ripping apart my entire fucking bedroom, I saw the letter under one of the pillows that lay on the floor. Relief washed over me.
'Hurry the fuck up, Natasha is putting the spell up!'
Cesar yelled in my mind. I groaned in frustration and picked out the letter, lighting a match and holding it under the paper. The letter soon emerged in flames and turned to dust in my hands.
"See you soon, cupcake,"
I made my way downstairs and saw that the doors were closed. I pushed one of them open and stepped out, making eye contact with my brother. He looked at me suspiciously. Natasha was holding her hands up, activating the barrier.
I walked past them and made my way to the front line.
~James' POV~
I saw Natasha mumbling something and listened in to hear what she was saying.
"James, can you hear me?" She whispered while looking at me.
I nodded my head slowly, indicating I could hear her.
"There's something I forgot to tell you."
I furrowed my eyebrows and turned my body so that I was facing her.
"In Avery's dream about my mother," she said making sure I remembered what she had told me. She waited to see if I understood.
I gave her a slight nod and she continued.
"My mother had told her how to kill Crow," Natasha was speaking quietly so that the others wouldn't be suspicious and listen in. Her eyes were fixed on the forest line.
"But Avery wouldn't tell me how," she said, uncertainty laced in her words. My eyes grew wide at the realization that Avery knew something this vital, and wouldn't tell Natasha. It meant only one of two things. Either it was unsure, or, and I would go on a killing rampage if this was true, it's something that will cause Avery harm and she didn't want to be stopped.
I felt my blood start to boil, anger towards the information Natasha forgot to tell me about earlier.
This left the outcome in Avery's hands, and she would do anything to keep everyone else safe.
Noises were heard from the forest and I could see shadows emerging through the trees. There were several werewolves, along with the wizard and I believe vampires as well.
How the fuck could they have vampires during the day?
I saw Crow walking out first. Dressed in a black coat with a hood. He wore a smug smile and his eyes were empty. My mind went back to what Natasha had told me about Avery's dream. This was one severely fucked up man.
"Hello Alpha. It's nice to see you again," He said as he emerged from the forest. He was followed by hundreds of other people. Some in wolf form and others in their human bodies.
The man standing on Crow's left looked familiar. I tried to place him. He looked familiar and I knew I had met him before. And then it dawned on me, it was Alpha Nicholas, from the Half Moon Pack. The Half Moon pack was working with Crow. They may be a pathetic excuse of a pack, but they did have over four hundred pack members.
Nicholas smirked as he gave a small nod. I stared at him, my eyes blank.
"Aren't you going to greet your guest Alpha?" Crow asked me.
"You won't live long enough for my greetings to matter." I said as I took a few steps forward.
The warriors growled. Some had shifted and were baring their teeth.
"You're outnumbered, now give me the girl." He said.
"As I told you before, she is no longer a part of this pack." I stated. A smile on my face grew when I saw the one on Crow fall. His eyes were getting darker and his hands were itching to hurt someone.
My eyes went between Crow and some werewolves who were making their way towards my pack. If those wolves attacked, they would have initiated war.
Some of my own were moving towards the intruders. They gave away warning growls, but that didn't stop them. I looked between them and Crow, waiting for their next move.
I saw something change in Nicholas's eyes. He lowered his head, his smile going into a menacing one. In the blink of an eye, he had shifted and let out a howl. And so the war began.
Nicholas ran towards me, as he pushed off from the front and lunged at me, I rolled my eyes and grabbed his wolf by the throat.
"I thought I told you to show me respect," I said and flung him towards Crow.
Crow's jaw tensed and he lifted his hands. He was moving them around in circles in front of him and flames were starting to surround him. He gave me cynical smile and pushed the flames at me.
A strong wind came and twirled around the fire, suffocating it. I looked over to my left and saw Natasha's hands lifted in the air and her eyes were piercing Crow.
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Chapter 102
~Avery's POV~
I was sitting outside on the porch, looking at the burned-down and forgotten garden. Not a single plant or flower was alive. Which in hindsight wasn't that weird considering nobody had lived here since Natasha was a little girl. Not that anything would ever grow in this soil again.
Natasha told me before she left that I should get ready. The war was about to start.
Before she left, Natasha also asked me again about how to kill Crow. I simply shook my head and she sighed, taking her leave. I couldn't tell her how my own and Crow's lifelines were entwined. How after he used dark magic to get inside my head, he also locked himself inside my soul. Kind of disgusting when I think about it.
But it also gave me exactly what I needed to kill him. I would try every other possible way to end his life. But if nothing else worked, then I had do what I could to end this. This wasn't about me or him, or even James. It was about every werewolf out there.
I stared at the depressing scenery before me. Thinking about all of the horrific things that had happened in this house. Then all of a sudden a small flame appeared before my eyes.
"See you soon, cupcake." I heard Alex's voice. As the flame grew to the size of my hand, before slowly dying down.
It's time.
I stood up quickly and grabbed the keys that were lying beside me and ran down to the car.
It was a fifty-minute drive to the pack, and I had to hurry. I entered the key and started the engine, pressing down on the gas pedal and the car flew forward in a hurry.
I knew I had probably broken several traffic rules but all I could think about was my family right now.
I drove up the road that led to the gate and saw that they were closed.
I stopped the car and ran out, deciding to go through the woods. I heard growls, screams, and snarls. I used the sounds to lead me to the packhouse. I ran over branches and zigzagged through the trees. Jumping over rocks and doing everything I could to reach them.
After I had run for I don't know how long, I started to see movement and knew that I was closing in on them. I emerged from the woods, only to freeze by my nightmares flashing before my eyes. Only this wasn't a dream, I wasn't going to wake up from this. There were wolves jumping at each other, biting down, ripping the flesh of the other. Those in their human form were fighting each other until one ended up dead. There was blood, body parts and corpses lying scattered on the ground. I felt my stomach turning and looked around. And the view my eyes landed on caused the air in my lungs to vanish.
My throat was tightening and I tried so hard to keep my heart rate steady.
I watched as Crow held vines around Jameses neck, strangling him. With one hand he was holding Natasha in the air and the other he used to control the vines. I saw blood trickling down James's neck. They had thorns on them. The thorns were digging into his flesh.
I gasped at the sight and ran out of the woods and into the masses.