Royals

Chapter Twenty-Seven

The bloodbath that surrounded Alyssa was one like no other. The fresh snow was painted red with hot blood and parts of the dying grass could be seen.

Wolves bodies covered the field and much to her own surprise, she had no bloodlust. Except for one that wished for her father's blood to be spilled. He killed Tyler and Crystal and countless others. He had Alyssa capture to make her his personal monster. He was ruthless and Alyssa wanted him to die for it.

Alyssa dodged the next attack that came at her and with a swift punch to his throat, his airway collapsed. She kicked the rogue that tried to sneak up on her and stabbed him with one of her daggers.

As he died, Alyssa felt a throbbing ache in her leg and instantly looked for Jordan. Her heart sank as she saw that he was fighting her father.

She shoved through the rogues, killing those who stood between her and Jordan. She got there in time to catch a dagger that her father had just thrown at Jordan. It was inches from his face and Alyssa had caught it by it's handle.

Alyssa turned the dagger and threw it back at the man she once called dad. He knocked it out of the way, not caring about the cut on his forearm it caused.

"It has been too long Alyssa." Spencer sneered.

"Not long enough." She shot back, taking up her fighting stance and instantly putting her walls back up.

"If you give up now, I will make both of your deaths painless." Spencer offered.

"You've never been one for painless...or mercy." Alyssa said with no tone.

Spencer shrugged and pulled out another dagger and after balancing it in his hand threw it at Alyssa. She caught it with ease and dropped it to the ground but Alyssa was not Spencer's target.

He had another dagger in his other hand and after throwing one at Alyssa, he threw the other at Jordan. Alyssa hadn't even noticed it until it was too late.

She couldn't intercept the dagger...but someone else did.

Kayleb stood in front of Jordan, a dagger protruding from his heart. His hands shook as he stared down at the dagger.

"Kayleb!" Alyssa screamed in agony. She rushed to his side and so did Jordan. Alyssa tentatively touched the dagger and nearly hissed at the contact of wolfsbane and silver.

The shocking truth washed over Alyssa as she knew that her only friend, other than family, was going to die.

Kayleb had blood running out of his mouth and Alyssa was crying as she helped him lay down in the snow.

"A-Alyssa." Kayleb coughed.

"I'm here." Alyssa said softly.

"I-I have a daughter, Kate. The daughter of my mate who died young. I'm all my daughter has left." He coughed up blood and Alyssa let out a quiet sob. "Take care of her please. Care for her. Both of you. She's in a cottage on the edge of Alpha Green's territory."

"Of course we will." Jordan said for Alyssa who could hardly speak.

"You have been an amazing f-friend Alyssa. I love you, as a brother of course." Kayleb added after Jordan tensed a little.

Kayleb's eyes fluttered closed and his body loosened. Alyssa laid her head onto Kayleb's chest not caring about the war going on around her.

Finally, a feeling of resolve overcame her and she ripped the dagger out of Kayleb's chest and threw it at Spencer who was enjoying Alyssa's pain.

It hit him in the right thigh and he let out a yelp of pain. Alyssa's eyes darkened in rage and said loudly enough for everyone to hear,

"He's mine!"

Alyssa charged first, not caring about waiting for Spencer to strike first. She didn't land a hit though but Spencer did. Heside stepped and threw his elbow into her chest.

They both heard a painful crack but Alyssa didn't care. What she did care about, winning, revenge. So she took a painful yet calm breath and remembered what she was taught to do, what to be.

This time she had patience. She imagined that she was back to fighting Blake in the courtyard, that she just had to wait for him to make the slightest error.

Spencer circled in closer to Alyssa before extending his leg and attempting to kick her. Alyssa dodged left, stepping closer and sending a quick blow to his face with her left hand.

Spencer staggered back, not expecting that. He regained his composure and then quickly ducked under Alyssa's roundhouse kick.

Alyssa stepped closer to Spencer and sent two punches to his face that he dodged. He punched Alyssa in the gut and when she doubled over he sent his knee into her nose with such force that she flew back several feet.

He stood over her as she lay on the ground and stepped on her throat, cutting off her airway. She writhed and wiggled until finally she had a shot. Alyssa kicked his right leg out from under him and fell on top of Alyssa who quickly shoved him off and stood up again.

He shot back up off the ground and began a series of punches that left Alyssa dodging and avoiding his attacks with no room for her own.

As if by fate or some sort of sign, Alyssa realized Spencer's mistake. When Alyssa shot the dagger at his leg earlier, she cut his femoral artery. He was bleeding out and he didn't even notice the pain. Granted neither would Alyssa but she just had to keep him fighting for what she guessed to be 30 more seconds. Unless she could make him bleed more.

Alyssa finally managed to land a punch on Spencer and as he backed up she drew one of her many daggers. She moved forward towards him and at the last moment jumped so that she could land the knife anywhere.

Spencer guessed that it would be in his right side, since that was the hand the knife was in but Alyssa went for a left sided shot and stabbed her father right above his elbow, rendering it useless.

She jumped in the air with what would have been an aerial roundabout kick but since Spencer dodged at the last possible moment and came back up, Alyssa also shot out her other leg which whacked him right on his temple.

Alyssa landed on the ground with a thud and could see stars and taste the blood pooling in her mouth. She quickly got up though so that Spencer had no advantage over her but he laid still in the snow.

Still having her guard up, she slowly moved over to where her father lay. His leg was bleeding profusely and so was his arm. He was slowly dying but he wasn't dead yet.

Alyssa then took out one of her many, many daggers and put it through King Spencer's left lung saying,

"That was for Tyler. And this..." Alyssa said using another dagger and stabbed him in his right lung, "This is for Kayleb."

After several painfully slow breaths, King Spencer stopped breathing and the blood stopped pouring rhythmically.

She did it. King Spencer Wilder was dead.

She heard Josh let out a victoriously howl as though he also knew of his father's death. Alyssa followed suit and soon did most of the other werewolves, even some rogues.

Alyssa limped over to Jordan and wrapped him in a hug.

"You amaze me Alyssa Wilder." He whispered to her again.

"I know." She whispered as she hugged him tighter.

After she finished her hug with Jordan she looked for her brothers. Josh had a few bruises but nothing major. Xavier had a deep cut on his stomach but the pack doctor was sure she could fix it.

"Caden is still alive. He escaped after I killed Mason." Josh told me.

"Mason's dead?" Alyssa asked. She never much cared for her brother Mason but he was still her brother.

"Yes....Alyssa?"

"Hmmm?" She asked.

"As the new King of the Rogues, I would like to informally ask for a treaty with the new Queen." Josh said in his professional tone.

"It is granted. We can talk more of it later. For now, I am in dire need of some sleep."