Fallen Moon

Chapter 45: Death Repellent

Claire rushed back to the Nightshade campsite. The moment she arrived. The entire pack's gaze shifted over to her. By now, they must have known about Raven's escape. If she was lucky, they wouldn't know the part she played in helping her sister escape. She took a step forward. The second she did, Alexis rose to her feet. Claire gasped. Surely, Alexis wasn't going to be the one to approach her. Jay grabbed Alexis' arm. Claire let out a sigh of relief. It's Jay, she can handle Jay.

"Please go easy on her," Jay spoke. Claire's jaw dropped. Alexis jerked her arm free and walked toward her. Her lips formed a devilish grin. She was cracking her knuckles while she walked.

"Look, I've done nothing wrong." Claire glared at her.

"Oh really," Alexis crossed her arms. "Well," She tilted her hip slightly. "As far as I can tell that's yet to be determined. But very soon it will be." She grabbed Claire by the arm. Squeezing tightly. "Let's go, Leader Lycan is waiting." She began dragging Claire by the arm.

"I can walk there myself. Stop yanking my arm." Claire tried to pull herself free but Alexis' grip was too tight. "You're hurting me." She shouted, Alexis turned to her.

"I know," Alexis' lips formed a wicked smirk. "That's kind of the point." She pulled on Claire's arm forcing her up the steps and to the front of Lycan's cabin door. She kicked Claire in the butt forcing her to bust through the door and fall flat on her face. "She's all yours Leader Lycan," She grabbed the door knob and slammed the door shut. The noise echoed loud in Claire's ears.

"Ou." Claire rubbed her ear trying to get rid of the loud ringing. "Did she have to be so rough?" She rose to her feet. Once she did she saw Lycan sitting in a chair across from her. His lip was busted, he had bruises all over his body, a bandage on his nose, a white bandage on his shoulder that was stained in blood. Angel really did a number on him. On top of that, didn't Angel say he broke his spine? Of course all of these damages would heal over time right? Werewolves are known for their high healing factors so surely this wouldn't take too long for him to heal, Right? Regardless, She needs to act surprised. She's not supposed to know Angel attacked him.

"Leader Lycan," Claire gasped. "What happened?" She rushed over to his side. "You look awful. Um, just give me a sec, I'll see if I can Alexis to get me some supplies from town. As your medic I will see to it that you're back on your feet. I promise, I will also find out who did this and I will start planning an ambush as soon as we find this fucker. This will not go unpunished."

"Indeed it won't," Lycan spoke. "It appears your sister has escaped. Tell me, Claire," He paused. "Did you have anything to do with this? I was informed by Alexis that you left the campsite and disobeyed my direct orders to stay put. I find it hard to believe that it's a mere coincidence that you left our camp and soon after," He smirked. "We receive information that your sister has escaped from her confinement."

"Hold up, you think I helped her escape." Claire busted out laughing. "Leader Lycan, I'm your medic, you honestly think. Me, a medic, could break into Lord Grimm's castle by myself. Knowing it'd be swarming with guards. I would never do that, I couldn't pull that off even if I tried. A half breed breaking into a castle of armed werewolves. That'd be impossible. It's absurd to even think about it, look at me." She gestured. "I'm not a fighter. That's more my sister's thing. I'm telling you I had nothing to do with her escaping. I mean, I love my sister and I don't agree with her choices but rescuing her. That's way above my rank, I couldn't do it, I'd be dead if I tried." She shrugged.

"Yes, you would be dead." Lycan agreed. "That much is a fact, but it's as you said. " He stared into eyes as he spoke. "You're not a fighter." His lips formed a slight smirk. "You're a thinker, you find ways around fighting. Because of this," Claire's looking him right into his eyes. She's not showing any signs of lying even though she is. So how is Lycan-. Perhaps, he's a lot smarter than she gave him credit for. Her mistake, leave it to her to underestimate the Werewolf Prince. "Now, I don't think it's irrational of me to think that you took advantage of what was going on. You saw it as a means to hide yourself and break into the castle undetected. That much, I can see you pulling off, you're smart Claire. But so am I, which is why." He glared into her eyes. "You can't fool me so easily." He grinned.