The Lunar Elites

Chapter Two

A/N. I just want to thank everyone who had read my fanfiction so far :) It makes me really happy to see that people are actually reading it and wanting to see more. Well, onto chapter 2!
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Cinder's POV

"Cinder, you have to do better than this," Wolf growled.

Once again Cinder tried to keep off Wolf with her glamour, but failed miserably when Iko tackled her to the ground. Before she stormed the Emperor's palace she had made some improvements with her glamour, which especially payed off in the battle against Sybil. But now, she seemed to have lost a lot of her abilities. No one was sure why this had happened, but most likely Cinder had felt too much stress and anxiety these past few weeks that she just snapped after her encounter with the Thaumaturge. She growled in frustration.

"Let's try again." Cinder grumbled.

​Cinder spread her feet shoulder width apart and bent her knees, balancing on the balls of her feet. She put her fists up and got ready to protect herself. Wolf nodded, signaling that he was ready. She threw all of her mind at him. She felt him shudder under her grip on his thoughts, trying to break free. His mind was like a fish caught between her hands, flailing around and slipping through her fingers until she clamps down hard enough to still it, to gain control. She felt his struggling diminish little by little until he was completely under her powers.

Now came the hard part. She had to make sure to keep Wolf from attacking her while fighting off Iko. She felt another burst of anger. She should be able to do this. She used to be able to do this. She should- She saw Iko lunge at her out of the corner of her eye and stopped her depressing train of thoughts. Cinder lifted her cyborg hand between them just as Iko was about to jump her. She used her metal fist to punch Iko in the jaw, hard enough to knock her onto the floor. Since Iko herself was made of metal Cinder knew she wouldn't get damaged too much. Then Cinder felt a spark of victory as she saw that she overpowered Iko. Cinder was strong enough, she could beat Levana, she could do this- Just then she remembered about Wolf. She spun around and noticed that she had lost her hold on his mind completely. She was about to launch her powers at him in a last effort to protect herself but she was too late. He was already on top of her, his hand wrapped around her neck, not tight enough to choke her, but tight enough to show her that she had lost.

​Cinder pushed herself up and off the cold unforgiving floor into a sitting position once Wolf let her go. Though her muscles ached and her battered body protested she slowly stood up on wobbly legs.

"What are we going to do?!" She heard Wolf shout from behind her.

Cinder turned around and flinched at the anger in his voice. Wolf was standing on the opposite side of the room, facing the wall, his fingers threaded through his hair, threatening to pull it all out with one sharp tug.

"I-I just don't understand!" He continued. "You used to have so much more control over your glamour, I thought we stood a chance against Levana! But now you can't even fight off me and Iko!"

Then he flung his arms up in desperation. 

"What are we going to do? How do you expect to overpower Levana like this?" Wolf demanded.

"I'm trying my best, Wolf!" Cinder yelled back. "And I'm sorry that Levana had more practice using glamour than me by, I don't know, like several decades."

​"It doesn't matter." Wolf growled, visibly shaking from anger. Suddenly the fire in his eyes dimmed and his shoulders slumped. He continued, voice instantly devoid of emotion. "How will we get Scar-Scarlet back like this."

​Whatever Cinder was about to shout back at Wolf suddenly got caught in her throat. She instantly felt remorse for screaming at Wolf, knowing what he was going through. Scarlet was his Alpha, his everything. If Kai was being held prisoner on that godforsaken rock, Cinder would be even moodier than Wolf.