The Broken Queen

Chapter 18; Victory Is Ours:

Kayla's POV:

"Bree" Dani says worriedly. "Dale" I growl protectively. I turn to him and all I see is red when the idiotic wolf latches onto Dales front leg, making him cry out in pain again. "K-Kayla..." he cries. That's it, I'm done with the fun and games. I tear my claws into the chest of the wolf in front of me, breaking open his ribcage to reach his heart. "KAYLA, watch out!" Andrea shouts. I turn around, only to be knocked off my feet and attacked by five of these fools at once. Okay, enough is enough. My blood starts pumping, as my front teeth enlarge, and I get bigger. My muscles begin to grow and ripple until I stand an extra 3 inches tall. Ah, the Royal Blood.

I crouch down and then jump up in a howl. "Ah ah ahwhooooo" throwing them all off of me in one go. Dale and Andrea gasp, briefly distracted by my sudden reshift. I storm towards one wolf and rip out his heart, before I run up at another and do a spin kick to his jaw, knocking him out cold. Three down, nine to go. Blood covers my face and I smile sadistically.

I trace my tongue along my teeth, getting an unfamiliar metallic taste in my mouth. "Blood..." I chuckle darkly. "NO ONE hurts my friends" I growl. Choosing my next victim, I stalk over to a third wolf, and bite deep into their side, making them flinch in pain before swiftly snapping their neck. I then turn to the other two, grab them both by the scruffs of their necks and smash their heads together, hearing a nasty crrrrack sound. Yeah, they won't be alive much longer.

I spin around and see Andrea standing over two more collapsed forms, panting with blood dripping from her lips. She looks very smug and proud of herself. I beeline for Dale as he limps around, the wolf circling him again. I notice how Dale's front paw keeps collapsing under his weight, clearly injured. I growl angrily in warning. The wolf pauses its tease to turn around. I let some of my power flow through my veins as I run in their direction and the wolf is immediately frozen in place as he feels in roll off me in waves and into the air around me.

I don't slow down as I approach, shifting into our human form at the last second, grabbing him by the throat as I fly past them and impale him straight through the skull on a sharp branch of a tree ahead of me. He gurgles for a moment as he automatically shifts into his human form and spasms before going still, eyes wide in fear. I reign back in our power and turn to Bree who is trembling, naturally fearful of my extreme violence for a moment before he relaxes once my furious expression softens. Pain takes over his features as he stumbles towards me.

Shifting again, I lick his wounds to help them heal as we run to Andrea. She's panting when we reach her, standing over a knocked out wolf. She is cautiously eyeing the few wolfs who are left and I can't help but mimic her behaviour. 'Circle back-to-back, let's GO' I order them through the link. The three of us stand back-to-back, as I give instructions. 'Eight down, seven to go. Dale, you distract them. If they get too close, go for the eyes or the stomach. Warn us of any danger we don't see.'

He nods, responding with his eyes straight ahead, bowing his head at my order. 'Of course, Alpha' I turn to Andrea. 'Andrea, you go for the face and sides, and stay with me. I will go for the chest and legs. Stay close Dale, and Andrea? We stick together. Got it?' I confirm. 'Got it' they reply together. Dale scurries off in search of a hiding place, as I address the remaining rogues. "My name is Kayla, and I am a very powerful wolf. You do not want to test me, and we do not want to fight you, but we will if we have to. The decision is yours" I speak loudly, sternness in my tone.

"You little bitch! I'll give you a fight" a voice shouts from the shadows. An angry wolf storms out from behind the bushes. He runs straight at me and swipes at my face, cutting me across the eye. Sss, ouch! That's gonna scar. I back up, pawing at my face, and shaking my head to get the blood out of my left eye. I'm then kicked hard in the ribs, and it winds me for a moment. Once I catch my breath, I gasp.

"What? Is that all you got pumpkin? C'mon now..." He taunts, with a smug smile. As he gets ready to strike me again, Bree clocks him hard in the head with a rock, and Andrea tackles him to the ground when I swipe out his legs from under him. From the blow to the head and from the fall, he's left totally out of it. 'Ha-ha, well done guys. Teamwork' I cheer through the link. They chuckle at my enthusiasm. I spin around. "ANYONE ELSE?!?" I roar. The final six cower away in refusal, and I grin. "That's what I thought. Now, anyone who is still alive, can come with us and join my new pack at sunrise. You won't be rogues anymore, or, you can go on your way, alone" I state with power in my tone. "Ugh" one of the injured wolves groans as comes back to consciousness and gets up off the ground. Seven of them trudge towards us and line up in front of me. One by one, they reluctantly shift into their human forms, kneel, and bow their heads. "We will follow you Kayla" they say quietly. Me and Sophia also shift back, deeming it safe now.

Dani's POV:

I feel Kayla hand over the reigns as I take full control again, internally groaning at the screaming pain in my muscles after all that exertion and Kayla blocking me out at one point for some reason. I glance at our new future pack members, scrutinizing them all from head to toe. We will give them a chance as one of them, Ethan, had attacked, though Andrea said it had seemed like he hadn't even tried. "What are your names?" I ask. "Let's start with you, I'm Dani" I point at the injured wolf who is cradling his sore head.

"Ethan" "Sam" "Fionn" "Hulu" "My name is Dominiqié but you can call me Nick if you like and my shy friend here's name is Quinn" I smile softly realizing they are both young female rogues, at least two years younger than me. I quickly get down to business. "Did your leader treat you right? If you become part of my pack at sunrise, I will fight for you and protect you with my life. Do you understand?" I ask.

Ethan looks at the others before speaking. "We understand Dani and so do our wolves. Our leader threatened to invade our old packs and hurt and then kill our families to gain our loyalty. Thank you for sparing us and saving us from him." Ethan glances over his shoulder at the grunting form on the ground, the group leader who we had all worked together to take down. "Fuck this, no one gets away with this shit" I say angrily before I storm over to his crumpled form, extending my claws in a half shift and tear out his eyes, causing him to scream, squirm, and bleed out, making them all gasp in horror at the brutal scene. "Okay, let's go get cleaned up, find shelter for the night and hunt for dinner in pairs. We all need rest after all this."