The True Alpha {2}

Chapter 17

this chapter will be quite a bit graphic so if you do not do well with blood and violence please do not read this.

Third person point of view

Skye stood side by side with the alphas and betas of all of the packs, Laura on her right and Kelly standing steadily to the left. She felt the reassuring presence of River standing silently just behind her. Skye tilted her chin up in defiance as Gregory and Alpha stepped forward side by side.

"Surrender now!" Gregory howled. "Or be slaughtered!" All of the rogues behind him began shouting their agreement.

Skye trembled slightly. This is it, this is the final battle... Laura and Skye glanced at each other and nodded. They stepped forward as one, and they spoke as one voice.

"We will never surrender to rogues like you." The two said together.

"The packs of the forest are honorable, and loyal to one another. As long as we stand together you can never defeat us." Skye glared at them fiercely.

Alpha growled low, the sound rumbling from the very depths of his belly. A warning growl. "So be it then." He snarled.

"Attack!" Gregory howled before shifting and running forward.

"Packs! Attack!" Laura snapped the order before dropping into a crouch and shifting.

Skye quickly followed her lead, sensing the pack members behind them doing the same, each one ready to fight to the death to defend their friends and families.

Skye launched herself at a rogue werewolf who was aiming to catch an unsuspecting member of the Bear Claw Pack by surprise. Aiming low, she was able to catch his paws and trip him up so that he stumbled and fell, slamming his nose into the ground.

The werewolf turned on her, snarling furiously. Skye hissed back and fluffed out her fur, baring her fangs at him, lips drawn back in a ferocious snarl. The wolf launched himself at Skye but before he reached her she slipped nimbly to the right so that he slid past her harmlessly.

Before he could react she spun on her hind legs and slashed her paw with claws unsheathed across his side. The wolf howled with pain and anger and spun to face Skye once again.

He lunged at her again, but this time when she moved to slip away he was ready, catching her left forepaw between strong jaws and clamping down. Skye yowled as pain lanced up her leg. She fought to free her paw but the wolf's grip was too strong.

Suddenly the wolf let go of Skye's paw but before she could react he grabbed her by the scruff of the neck and flung her across the clearing. Skye gasped with pain as she slammed into the trunk of a tree and stars danced across her eyes.

The wolf bounded over and raked his claws across Skye's soft underbelly. She screamed at the pain and feebly clawed at his ears.

Fight back! Buttercup's voice screamed in her head. Skye forced herself to ignore the fire blazing in her belly and flashed a paw across the rogue wolf's throat. The wolf's eyes widened in shock and he slumped to the ground, blood flowing from the wound in his throat.

Skye fought to regain her breath as she surveyed the battle raging on in the clearing ahead of her. At the far side of the clearing she watched proudly as Dark and Pebble fought side by side with Lilac and Nyroc. They had refused to be left behind while everyone else fought against the rogues.

Nearby to them Gwen and Daisy fought against two rogues twice their size. As Skye watched with horror, two other rogues snuck up behind them aiming to kill. Skye braced herself to leap in and save her friends but before she could move the new rogues were intercepted by Sunshine and Lucy.