Lion and his mate

Attack

So after Aelin's agreement to free witch,at least with minimal freedom,we made our way to the Manon's cabin and I prayed and as it seems Aedion,for young queen and witch not to take down the ship.

When we step in the cabin,Manon sat up straight,looking warily at Fenrys. Some feeling tickled me,again that voice spoke to me.
She asked "Who is that?"
"You already met him.",Dorian said "He is blood-sworn fae warrior in service of queen Maeve."
Manon just sniffed and I tensed as she said "No he isn't". And her iron nail were our before Fenrys attacked.

Rowan sent him back across the cabin with his power,slamming him into the wall. "What the fuck?!",Aelin and I both yelled and Aelin quickly made wall of fire between us and that male.

"How do you mean,this is not Fenrys?",Aelin asked Manon. Then suddenly,he stood up,despite Rowan's magic and looked at that wall of fire. And then Fenrys's skin started to glow and to melt down and as I started growling at the sight of all of that,some creature stood there.
Aelin gived Aedion sign and he ran to the witch taking off her chains.

But witch didn't even make the smallest movement and as Aelin asked creature "What are you?" Manon answers instead of him "Erawan's pawn."
"Where is Fenrys?",Aelin demanded and pawn answered,still smiling " Somewhere on the ship. He was not aware just like you weren't that no one is really with you..."

"Blah blah blah,another one",Aelin stopped her "So let me guess,you killed one of the crew,taking his place,learning what you needed and planing to take Manon from our ship and than what? You planed to take her into the night."
Creature just blinked at queen and hissed as Aelin continued "Really? You could just sneak in and to spare yourself thousand stupid steps..."
But creature stopped her,hissing at Lysandra, "Shape shifter"

I gulped,having some feeling of what Erawan might captured and corrupted in that mountains. And Aelin as it seems but she didn't let anyone to see her worry so she continued "As I said you really could just.."
"I came for the heir of Blackbeak"creature breathed "But looking at all of you,you all are worthy of gold"
Her gaze fell,like she wasn't there anymore and Aelin attacked with her flames but her flames just vanished.

Rowan was immediately there,pushing Aelin aside and drawing his sword from his back and I took my sword to,preparing to attack. Creature laughed "You should give me the witch. Now he knows with who you travel."
Creature trow herself to the hole in ship that she made but one black arrow stabed into knee of creature,then another one.

Snarling at that damned creature,Fenrys entered in cabin,releasing another arrow into shoulder of Erawan's pawn. He shot Rowan with icy glare,silently demanding how the fuck we didn't notice that creature isn't him.

Creature just stood up,and we all tensed,but she just trow some black material at the floor. Manon froze in her spot. "Your cousin was screaming when  Erawan broke her. He send you this to have something to remember her."
Holy gods,then I was not sure that witch even breathe.
"Gift from Lord of Valg",creature continued "to the last Crochan queen."

Manon just stood there for few moments and then roared,trowing herself at creature,ready to rip her apart with her iron teeth and nails. But Dorian came few steps forward,with face unyielding,saying to the witch,as he some invisible hands rip creature's hands from shoulder, "Be finished with that."

We all waiting,with ready weapons,waiting for what will happend next. Creature breathed at Manon "Don't you wonder for what your cousin said before she died? For what she begged.?!"
Mother above,Manon stumbled back.
"Really terrible on her belly-unclean. Have you done that,with your own hands,heir?"
Manon froze again when creature trow herself at witch's neck. But again those invisible hands broke creature's neck. Not flame,not wind.
Manon,faster than wind,turned around snarling at Dorian "How you dare to kill my.."

Then some people screamed up there and her wywern,Abraxos roared.
Manon then spun around again and ran upstairs,breaking wall of warriors who stood at doorstep.
They all just stood there and I snarled at all of them "Now,you shits." So they came back from shock and I didn't wait for them.
When I ran upstairs,some unfamiliar scent,but terrible nonetheless,hit me.
Some creatures,about 8 foots tall,with look like humans,hissed at all of us. There was six of them.

Ilkens,they hissed,one one of them actually and killed one man who stood near,We are ilkens and we came to feast."
"Oh shut up,you bastards. ",I yelled at them trowing myself at fight with them as immortal fae warriors behind me joined the fight.

Flame,ice and wind flew across ship,destroying that creatures that called themselves "ilkens". I beheaded one and trow dagger at another,running across deck toward others. I saw Fenrys from shadows in his wolf form,trowing himself at that one ilkens who was about to attack Aelin,but she neither Fenrys were fast enough to defend him from attack of another.

So ilken's claws cut white fur,then Fenrys's pained roar cross water. He slammed at the wood,changing from back into his fae form. Aelin flew to him,cursing loudly.
When I turned around,I saw Aedion fighting with two ilkens but Gavriel jumped between them,tearing them apart with such hatred and force. But in proces of that,one of the ilkens hurted him so he roared of pain,but continued to fight along side with his son. And as they finally finished others,again that voice told me "Watch",and I sensed another ilken,bigger,preparing himself to attack Aedion and Gavriel.

Anger took over my body and I roared,nearly fleeing to them,and they didn't even have chance to raise their weapons again,as I jumped to that damned ilken,fire aura flowing around me,snarling at him,then cut him deep with my knife and ilken stepped back hissing and I allowed myself to look at Aedion and Gavriel.

When I saw them hurt,when I saw Gavriel hurt,anger took me again and I trow myself at unprepared ilken,snarling and then biting him with my cannies as I broke my hand trough ilken's chest,ripping his heart from body.

I saw shocked look at ilken's face and I smiled him poisonous sweet,overheating and burning his body in proces. When there was nothing left of ilken,I said with voice still trembling of anger, "Nemesis send her regards to that dark bitch in Morath. "

I turned around,only to see more shocked faces,Gavriel and Aedion standing there with their jaws slightly opened. I knew how looked. With again fire instead of eyes,ilken's blood around my mouth and flames in my purple shiny hair,I for sure looked like savager.

But I didn't give a damn fuck about it at the moment,so I rolled my eyes "Come one we have bigger things to than be shocked of how I killed that ilken. "

And when we came where the others were,Aelin turned around,seeing first Aedion and Gavriel and when her gaze fell on my,I grinned again lifting my hand where ilken's heart was still there and I burned it with purple flames,trowing ash like it was nothing. Like I just didn't allow myself to others to see how monster can I be. But Aelin just grinned back and then returned her gaze at Fenrys.