Jasmine Pov
I woke up with Xavier shaking me lightly and looking at the time. It was 11.30. Everyone else was already up. Samael was speaking with Harmon and Zoey was packing some stuff in her bag. I looked at Xavier, who was doing the same, but I could tell his eyes were on me when he thought I wasn't looking. I stood up fully and walked to him, putting my arms around him and kissed him. He wasted no time returning the kiss and pulling me to him. I wondered if he even remembered me. It's something I would ask him about later. Also, the fact he too has powers.
When I pulled back, I was breathing heavily. I felt eyes on us, and I turned around and saw everyone looking at us. Zoey with annoyance, Harmon with confusion, and Samael with.... actually, I can't tell what emotion it is he is looking at us with. It's difficult to read. I turned back to Xavier and smiled. I love him. I love him so much. He pulled me into a hug and buried his head in my neck.
" What was that for my queen?" He asked, inhaling me.
"It's just that I love you so much," I tell him, and he grins widely. Zoey dramatically clears her throat.
"This is all touching and shit, but if we're gonna get there by midnight, we need to go now," she said, which broke our moment. I was annoyed but she was right. We have a mission to complete.
"Harmon, you're with Jasmine", Samael commanded, which surprised me a bit.
"I thought we agreed on specific teams," Xavier said, annoyed.
"Harmon and Jasmine have a specific dynamic. They have been training together. It's better if they are together", Samael explained, and I admit he has a point.
"Xavier, he is right. Harmon and I do have our techniques. Stick with Samael and Zoey" I said, seething at Zoey's name. He looked in my eyes to see if it was what I wanted and I made sure I held determination there. Once he was satisfied, he nodded.
"You take care of my queen," he said to Harmon, who bowed respectfully.
"You know what to do," Samael said to Harmon, who nodded. Then he, Zoey, and Xavier took off running at full speed.
"Stay Safe Beauty" I heard Samael link me. I smiled a bit
"Ready?" Harmon asked me and I nodded. We put out the fire leaving no trace of us being there, and hopped into the trees, disappearing into the night.
Darnell Pov
"Wake up", I heard a command in the dark. I sat up and jumped out of bed, preparing to strike whoever had broken into my room when the tape was on my mouth and my hands were tied behind my back. I felt a pinch in my neck that felt like I was being injected with something. I felt my link to my wolf being cut off. It was still dark so I couldn't see my captors and now I had no link to Oliver.
The light was turned on and my eyes narrowed, adjusting to the sudden brightness. When I came to, my eyes land on her. My "sister". The whole reason my whole family was torn apart. I want to growl at her, but I can't. All I know is I feel weak. It must be whatever the hell I was injected with. I admit, she looks different. Tougher and yes, maybe I'm a little afraid, but I'm still a beta and she is still a bitch. Another girl is with her that I don't recognize, but I can tell she is powerful. The girl grabs my face and rips off the tape.
"Should I call you queen now" I spit at Jasmine who was sitting at the window they must have come through. She takes out a knife and starts playing with it. It makes her look a bit menacing, but given who she is, it doesn't shock me. She just stares at me with no expression while playing with the knife.
"Bitch, I know you hear me talking to you". I spit at her again, but she did nothing. The other girl who is with her punches me in my face hard and my face twists to the side. I can taste blood.
" Watch how you talk to the queen mutt", the girl commands. She reminds me of my ex-mate. My beautiful ex-mate.
"Still getting others to fight your battles now hunh" I taunt her though I'm pretty sure I'm about to die. I won't go out groveling though. It's not in my nature. That taunt receives another punch to the face from the other girl.
"That's enough" Jasmine commands. Her voice is strong and certain, but I can hear the pain in it. The other girl takes a step back and stands straight watching me.
"I didn't come here to listen to your pathetic rants. I think we both know how this is going to end. You're going to tell me everything I want to know', she demands.
"And if I don't," I asked her, challenging her. She doesn't have the heart to kill me.
She smiles and hops out of the window and walks towards me. She grips my face and looks me in the eye with a smirk still on her face.
" You can choose not to, but we both know you are about to die. Your words will determine whether to give you an unpleasant slow death or a very quick one”, She says, and I can see in her eyes she is telling the truth and I nod.
"So, what, you’re just a killer now," I asked her. I can see her eyes turn purple, meaning her wolf is merging with her.
"I'm what you all made me be the day you all killed Sabrina, now for my questions," she says and let’s go of my face. She sits back on the ledge.
"Where are all of the new wolves Oliver turned? " She asks. How the hell does she even know about that?
"He keeps them in an underground bunker behind the packhouse. He keeps them as slaves in the packhouse", I tell her. Her eyes flashed a darker purple. I know because she is our house slave as well.
"What was he planning on doing with them," she asks.
"He was gonna use them to infiltrate the castle to kidnap you and bring you back here, though I'm sure he will be pleased with you here on your own," I told her, smiling a little. Even if I die, Oliver will avenge me. I know he will feel my death even though I'm without my wolf.
" Thank you for your cooperation," she says and nods to the other girl. The other girl smiles and walks towards me. I closed my eyes, waiting for the quick death I was promised. She comes behind me and I feel a pinch in my neck. She goes back to her spot and Jasmine comes in front of me and runs her hands through my hair.
" Don't worry, the drug she just gave you will give you a quick death in about 30 seconds. Much faster than the fate I have planned for Oliver." She says and smiles. I can feel my heart speeding up and my vision has dots in it.
" Fucking bitch" I spit at her though my words are slurring.
"Rot in hell," she says, and before I can reply I feel a chill through my whole body, and I take my last breath.
Jasmine Pov
I link the location of the new wolves to Xavier. Watching my brother get killed was not an easy thing to do. Even though he wasn't my brother, I couldn't help but feel sadness for what had to be done though I knew I had to do it. Sabrina needs justice, and I plan on giving that to her. Darnell was just step one. Those bitch twins are step two. I will grieve what I have done to Darnell later. Now isn't the time.
"It's never easy, but it needed to be done," Harmon says, putting her hand on my shoulder. I nod.
"The twins are next," I told her. We hop out the window back into the trees and use the trees to travel to the packed village. I looked through the window and saw both twins there. They usually always sleep together at night. Harmon jumps down and opens the window, and we jump in. We walk up stealthily to each of them and inject them with a poison that will paralyze their bodies and cut off their wolves. They both wake up at the same time but are unable to move as the drug kicks in almost instantly. Harmon stands beside me.
Their eyes land on Harmon confused, then me, and they widen. I can see the fear in them, and I smile.
" Welcome to your reckoning ladies," I tell them both and tears start coming out of their eyes as they realize what's happening.
"You didn't think I would just let you go after the shit you both pulled, did you?" I questioned and more tears come out of them. I don't feel sorry for them one bit. This mission for me is personal. It's not just a rescue mission. This mission is a revengeful one. Every step on this site brings me back to the day Sabrina was killed. My fierce best friend. Harmon knows it. It was discussed between us before we even left the palace. They will all pay.
I can feel their life forces fading as the drug reaches their hearts.
"Say hello to my brother for me," I tell them, and Harmon and I leave. I knew they were dead by the time we hopped back out the window.
"Who's next?" I questioned.
"His parents" I replied, and we hopped back into the trees, going back to the packhouse. By now, Xavier, Zoe, and Samael should have captured Oliver and have released the kidnapped wolves. That leaves his parents to us. As we travel through the trees, I see Oliver being held at knifepoint by them as he leads them to the bunker. My blood boils seeing Oliver, but I have a special surprise in store for him.
As soon as we get to the packhouse, we climb the trees that are closest to the top window and open it, going through it. This time, though, we aren't as lucky, as both Oliver's parents are awake with weapons in hand. How the hell did they know we were here?
Harmon and I got into a fighting stance.
"Did you think it was gonna be this easy to come in and kill us" John sneered, also getting in a fighting stance?
"A girl could wish", Harmon replied, sizing up Leena. I know that Leena isn't a fighter and Harmon will kill her.
" Enough talk" I replied and charged at John. He runs to me, but I slide under his legs and kick him in his back. His eyes flashback, letting me know his wolf was coming forward. Nope, we can't have that. He charges me and slams me on the ground. I roll over before his fist connects to me and I take one of my poisoned throwing knives laced with wolfsbane and throw it at him. It catches him in the shoulder as he tries to dodge it, but since it caught his shoulder, the poison will already be working its way inside of him. Just as he tries to charge at me, he stumbles, letting me know it's kicking in. He is weakening.
"JOHN" Leena screamed as she was defending herself against Harmon.
"YOU BITCH" She screamed and ducked. Harmon then charged me. Before she reached me, Harmon was already behind her, slitting her throat. She dropped on the floor gripping her neck as she was dying.
"Samael just asked me to come to him, do you have this?" Harmon asked. I looked at a now-dead Leena and a severely weakened John.
"Yes go, I will be with you soon," I told her. She nodded and ran off to them. John is still looking at his dead mate, most likely reeling from his dead mate's loss.
"How could you," he said, breathing heavily.
"You all caused this. Your whole family. Each of you had a plan of killing Sabina. She swore you would all pay. This is the cost, but don't worry, your son will be joining you very soon", I promised him. He looks up at me.
"All of this for revenge. You think we're the enemy. You have no idea what you have done. He said, causing me to wonder what he meant.
"Explain" I demanded, crossing my arms.
"You think it was a coincidence your mother and you ended up in my packhouse the day your pack was murdered?" He asked, leaving me silent. He continued.
"Pieces were placed to put you exactly where you are now by things way more powerful than you," he said, and my mind went back to the vision of the dark presence. The one who wants me for my other mate. His son.
" I knew who you were the day you turned 13. Many people didn't see it, but I saw your eyes flash purple, indicating who you were, but then they went back to their normal color. I knew he would be coming for you shortly so I had a witch to put a spell on you and Oliver, so you would both think you were mates to confuse him. Your children would have been magnificent." He said, still smiling at me while I processed the words.
"Confuse who? Who is this thing that wants me" I asked him, but he giggled a little?
"He is closer than you think. Do you remember the day your parents were killed?" He asks me and I narrow my eyes.
"He is the one who organized their death, so you would end up alone," he told me. I could feel my heart beating faster.
" My soldiers caught the stupid wolf who escaped that day". He said, and my eyes widened. The memory of that day comes back to my mind.
"Where is he?" I asked.
"Dead, of course, but before he was killed, he gave us the name of who was behind the attack, and you will never guess who it was," he said, smiling at me. I leaned down and gripped his face.
"Who. Who was behind the attack on my parents" I demand to know, but he only smirks? I punched him in the face. Lunar was merging with me, so I know my eyes are purple now.
"Who is it" we commanded. No wolf can resist our command when we are merged.
"He even coordinated the death of your beloved best friend" He taunted me, and I could feel my rage.
"WHO IS IT" Lunar and I command
"The person behind the attack was" .........
Before he could finish his answer, an arrow was lodged between his head, and he fell over dead. The arrow came through the window. I looked out the window, but I saw no movement. Not anything. It was silent.