Becoming the Alpha Queen

Chapter 12

Everything seemed to be happening in slow motion. The moment my feet left the earth, i felt a rush of adrenaline. There was a sense of peacefulness here, despite all the chaos that was going on below. Once I left that i had enough altitude, i angled my body and aimed for the small path of grass i had seen between the pieces of jagged stone.

I hit the ground with an "oomph!", rolling to lessen the impact. It was followed by sharp yelps, the sound of breaking bones and of bodies slamming into the packed earth. I stood and took a fighting stance, ready to take on whatever came my way. Shifting would really come in handy right now I growled, irritated that I was at obvious disadvantage in this situation, though as an Alphas daughter, i was trained with already shifted wolves to strengthen my fighting skills against them. Looking around, i realized that several of the wolves that had jumped after me now lay impaled on the sharp stones, their life leaking out of them in streams and collecting in puddled that looked like thick red syrup. The ones that had managed to land on the ground were either unconscious from the impact or crying in pain from broken legs and arms. I saw two or three that had made it past the stones but who must've mistimed the roll and landed on their heads or necks, dying instantly.

Everything is taken care of with me guys. Time for a report. I mind linked my brother and my friends.

There was no immediate response.

I frowned.

Update guys.

Still no answer.

I left the groaning mass of wolves and dusted off my dress, that was now covered in dirt and grass. I started picking my way back to the stone table, hoping to find my friends along the way.

Kasei, Nyx, Steven! Tell me your positions!

Nothing.

My heart started pounding wildly and i automatically began to assume the worst. What if Night Star caught them? What if they didn't land right? What if they ended up impaled like some of the wolves back there. What if-? 

I ran around a large slab of stone and screeched to a halt. There was a mass of bodies scattered all over the ground and on the stone. Blood stained the earth giving it a dark red color. I I picked my way carefully among the dead, looking for the human forms of my best friends. From the edge of the forest, I could hear the sound of muffled screaming. I cautiously followed the sound into the dense forest, stopping when i rounded a tree and saw human figures. I immediately pulled back and hid behind the tree. The cries were coming from some figures that were tied to the base of a tree but the clouds that covered the moon didn't let me see clearly. 

I peeked around the tree i was hiding behind at the same moment that the clouds disappeared from the face of the moon. What I saw shook me to the core. Nyx and Steven were the figures that i and seen tied to the tree, their mouths covered with cloth that served as a gag. Steven was tied to the tree with his back facing his attackers, his shirt laying on the ground net to him. Nyx was tied next to him facing their attackers, sobbing. Her cries were muffled by the gag she had.

 A rustle in the bushes around me distracted me momentarily and I tensed. Nothing seemed out of place ,however, so i kept paying attention to the scene unfolding in front of me. I could see the outline of someone laying limply on the ground but the shadows from the tree blocked their face from my view. A larger shadow leaned over the smaller frame that i could make out. I squinted my eyes to try and make something out from the black mass. The larger of the two figures stood up and kicked the smaller one that lay unmoving on the ground, making it fly into a patch of grass lit by the moonlight.  The moment i saw the face on the limp body that lay on the ground, my blood ran cold and i let out a small shriek.

Kasei was the one that lay unconscious on the hard cold earth, his face bloodied and cut up in several places. His shirt had been removed like Stevens and i could just make out thin scars that criss-crossed his back in seemingly random partners. The shadow that had just kicked my brother so fiercely stepped out of the forest and walked over to where my brother now lay. I could tell that this wolf was from Night Star because of the black star tattoo that lay on the center of his chest. He leaned down towards my brother and grunted then turned toward where Steven and Nyx were tied up.

"Tell me where she is!" he growled to Steven, who shook his head and growled. "Suit yourself!"

He turned and stepped back a few feet. He reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a small whip that had thin silver strands of thread hanging off of it. I froze, terror taking control of my brain and not allowing me to move when i saw the weapon of his choice. It was a silver whip. The thin hairs were made of pure silver that inflicted the most damage to a where wolf, whether shifted or not. The Night Star wolf lifted his arm and brought down the whip with so much force i could hear the wind whistling as it stuck Steven's back. I flinched in pain though it was not me who was getting struck. Steven groaned in pain and Nyx screamed, tears running down her face. The wolf laughed and lifted his arm to strike once more. This time, when it struck, Steven screamed, his face twisted in the worst kind of pain. Nyx was screaming and sobbing twisting to get free of the tight ropes that wound around her body and pinned her against the tree.

The wolf raised his arm again and i could stand no more of this. I ran towards him and slammed my entire weight against him. We flew sideways and i landed on top of him. I immediately slammed my arm against his neck, trying to cut off his air supply. The wolf growled and easily flipped me under him, pinning me on the floor with his weight. 

"There you are you little wh*re." he snapped.

Steven and Nyx were screaming, their cries still muffled by the gags on their mouths. I growled and kneed the wolf between the legs. He howled in pain and in a second i had escaped from his grasp. I ran toward my friends but the wolf i was fighting grabbed my ankle and dragged me towards him. I screamed and kicked his face but  he was a lot stronger than i was. 

"You'll pay for that little trick b*tch." he growled.

The last thing i saw was his fist coming towards my own face, there was a sharp pain on the side of my head and blackness took me.

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Hey puppies! Im super sorry that it took me this long to update! I've been busy with school and now that finals are here i've been trying to study.Or well kinda. I got bored and decided to update instead. So here you guys go! lol I hope you like it c: well the good news is that i will be going home on Friday and i get to see my friends! I Get 5 weeks off for break! Then Christmas is coming soon and thats always good! And to make things even better we passed 550 reads! Thank you guys so much!!! You have no idea how special i feel c: i never expectedit to really get this far...but anyways Have an amazing rest of the week and Merry Christmas or whatever other holiday you guys celebrate! 

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~AngelOfTheStorm