CHAPTER 93
THIRD PERSON’S POV
“Fight to the death!!” Sebastian yelled loudly, and the rogue army joined in with loud cheers. Their energies had been really boosted within the week, after the successful siring of more hybrids. It was safe to say that more than half of the rogue wolves, had decided to turn into hybrids.
“Is it time?” Mark muttered beside Sebastian, and he nodded.
“It is time, my friend. Let’s go take over.”
They all began their march towards the boundary, chanting their war songs as they did.
2 hours in, and they were finally approaching the boundary. The rogue witches began to make their enchantments, fog filling the entire place. Sebastian knew that was the method of a cheat, but he didn’t mind. Anything to win the war.
“Now?” Annabelle asked him, and he nodded.
“Now, Annabelle.”
Just then, Annabelle slipped out of the show and walked a distance away from the army. Just as she opened the portal to transport herself, someone held her arm.
“Mother! Where are you going?”
“To make use of the hair of that bitch, that you gave to me.”
“How?”
“It’s all part of Sebastian’s strategy. In the beginning, strike at them with an expected but heartbreaking surprise. And then in the middle of it all, incapacitate them.”
“How do you mean?” Dianah squinted her eyes in confusion.
“I would go into the palace as Audrey, and retrieve the little boy. Their Beta’s son. It would destabilize a whole lot of their strongest soldiers, when they watch us slit his throat during the battle.”
“Hmmm…” Dianah found herself smiling. “That was actually part of my plans too, but mine are particularly to hurt Audrey. Well, Layla never really liked me anyway, so go on with it. But be careful. You need to remain alive, for us to enjoy the beautiful moments in the future. I love you.”
“I love you too.” Annabelle muttered, so much love in her eyes. She couldn’t wait for all of these to be over, and be reunited with her daughter. Turning to the waiting portal, she walked in and it closed shut behind her.
Appearing in the gardens of the palace, Annabelle looked around, before opening the vial of substance that had been made from Audrey’s stolen hair, and taking a sip out of it. Closing her eyes and chanting some spells, she felt herself transform into none other than Audrey.
“Ahhh, this is going to be so much fun.” She muttered.
Bringing out little Logan’s picture from her pocket, she placed her hand on it and chanted a locator spell. So quickly, she got a red vision, leading her through the entrance of the palace, and showing her the little boy seated alone inside a room.
“Her powers definitely feels better.” Annabelle muttered to herself gleefully, loving how Isla’s magic felt within. Closing her eyes and imagining the room where Logan had been sat, she muttered some spells and disappeared with a puff of smoke at her wake. Opening her eyes, she found herself in front of a door and undoubtedly, she knew the little boy was in there. Now, all she had to do was just get him to touch her, and that was it.
Turning the knob of the door open, she walked in, smiling to herself when she saw the little boy seated on the floor and flipping through pages of a book.
“Logan!” She called out, trying to smile as sweetly as possible.
“Auntie Audrey!!” He knew her voice, and had already gotten so excited even without turning to look at her. Standing from the floor where he sat, he turned to her and grinned. “You didn’t take long! The moon goddess let you go.” He clapped in excitement.
Annabelle held back a frown, at loss of what the little boy was saying.
“Wouldn’t you come give Auntie a hug?” She asked, and slowly, his smile disappeared.
A frown made its way to her face, wondering why his countenance had suddenly changed.
“Logan?” She called, taking slow steps towards him.
“You’re cold.” He muttered, shaking his head slowly. “She’s hot, but you’re cold.” He said, much audibly. What did he mean by that?
“Logan, come here. Now.” Annabelle forced a smile on her face, hating how much the little boy wasted her time. She was so sure that the war would have started already, and she needed to ensure the boy returned to the war front with her, as soon as possible.
“No.” He muttered, looking her in the eyes. “You’re not Auntie Audrey.”
Annabelle’s eyes widened in shock at his words. How could the little twat have known?! Did he possess abilities too? Deciding to do it the hard way, she rushed at him and he yelled out so loudly. Making a grab for him, Annabelle found it impossible to do feel his body. What was happening?! She tried to touch him, and watched her hand go through his body. She looked at him in shock as he ran towards the door and opened it, running out and wailing so loudly.
“Mama!!” He called
“Fuck fuck fuck!!” Annabelle muttered to herself.
It was then she realized that he had been under some kind of cloaking spell. She knew that soon enough, his mother would show up here, but she couldn’t leave without getting what she came for!
Just as she rushed out of the room, quickly making her way through the hallway, she came across a lady, who looked at her in recognition.
“Audrey!!” She grinned, rushing towards her. “I thought you were supposed to be at the battlefield by now?” She asked these questions, still running towards Annabelle.
Before Annabelle could stop her from touching her, the lady pulled her into a hug, disappearing together with her.
‘Great!! Just great!’ Annabelle thought to herself as they traveled through the portal. Finally appearing a little distance from the very intense battleground, the lady opened her eyes and released a gasp.
“W… wh.. what just happened? Audrey?” She asked, pulling away from their hug, and looking at Annabelle who smiled and transformed into her original self.
“No!!” She yelled out, turning around and seeing soldiers and swords. Wolves biting through the necks of themselves. Just then Dianah appeared with a whoosh. She completely adored her new form and speed.
“You’re back!” Dianah whispered behind them, and Annabelle turned to her. “With her…” A small smile spread through Dianah’s bloody lips.
“You know her?” Annabelle asked.
“Trust me, she’s perfect for the job.” Dianah flicked her tongue across her blood stained lips. “You took quite a while though. We’ve been at it for a while now.”
“Transporting through the portal, slows down time.” Annabelle explained.
Pulling the lady by the hair and dragging her towards the battle ground, Dianah smiled to herself. She had asked herself what precious thing she’d take in order to break Audrey. Now she had her answer.
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AUDREY’S POV
After waiting for a while, we could see the fog covering the outlands.
“They are here.” Logan whispered to me, and I nodded. “It’s time.” He said again, and I nodded, a lot of thoughts going through my mind. No, not now. I couldn’t afford to be scared now.
“I love you.” I found myself saying, and he turned to me with a sad smile.
“You know I love you even more. Please stay with me.” He muttered, and I nodded.
We both turned back to the boundary and slowly, the fog began to disperse towards us. Just then, Isobel and the other coven leaders stepped forward and began chanting their spells. The more they chanted, the more the fog came at us.
‘The Rainos’. Liam mindlinked us.
“Hmmm.” Logan hummed in agreement. But we didn’t worry, because Isobel and the witches had activated the cloaking spell against it, making the fog suddenly stop at a point, as if there was some kind of barricade blocking it off. Slowly, the fog turned into a very dark smoke, and disappeared towards the skies. Averting it was a success.
We could already make out the rogue soldiers at the other side, but waited patiently for the smoke to completely disappear.
Just when I thought everywhere had cleared up, we looked up to see Sebastian, a sly grin on his face, and a long rod in his hand. My eyes and certainly that of every other person, went up the rod, and the sight I beheld, made my heart palpitate roughly.
There on the top of the rod, was the head of Isla. I felt my knees giving up on me, as tears threatened to fall off my eyes. My eyes locked with her lifeless ones, and I could see the depth of her pain before she died.
“Isla.” Logan whispered beside me, his emotions hitting me so hard, through our bond. I looked at her chapped lips, and mine quivered in pain. Oh no, Isla. She didn’t deserve this. She didn’t deserve this!!!!
Rather than let this monster see my tears, I channeled my anger to something more productive. Sebastian, was going to die by my hands. Just then, he raised his hands so high, and pointed it towards us, signaling the rogue army to attack. The huge man who had been standing beside him, swiftly shifted, taking his hybrid form.
And the witches had thought Ryan was an imbalance of nature? That bastard there, was the actual imbalance of nature. As the rogues began running towards us, I heard Gamma Boyd yell at the top of his voice.
“Fight!!!!!”
That was it. Logan and I were running towards them, feeling equal amount of pain within. Midway before we got to them, Logan began shifting, attaining a height many feets above me. His supernatural form was a real sight to behold.
‘This is for Isla’. He mindlinked me, further pushing me off the cliff.
Bringing out my sword from my holster, I charged at them. The other rogues had all run forward, leaving Sebastian and the hybrid behind. That was exactly what weaklings did. Let the others take the lead.
All the while, the only person on my mind to strike against, was Sebastian. But I knew I would have to fight through a great number of rogues, before getting to him. I was ready.
Blinded with rage, I sliced through the necks of several rogue soldiers, dodging and avoiding hits as much as I could. Some unavoidabe ones, I received them with pride.
We remained at it for quite a while, fighting with all we had. The rogue hybrids had made it much difficult for us, killing through a lot of our soldiers so easily. Taking a quick glance around and watching our soldiers fall in defeat, my heart lurched. But I wasn’t willing to go down, not so easily.
‘I need to get to the rogue hybrid’. Ryan mindlinked us all. ‘If we kill him, every hybrid he sires, dies as well’. He explained, while I tried to focus on the rogue who came at me in it’s wolf form. I had planned on shifting when my body had become weak, and then, let my wolf take over from there.
Holding my sword towards it’s neck, I ran at it in full speed and pierced right through it’s neck, flinging its body to the other side.
I watched as Ryan made his way through the rogues with his vamp speed, and I looked at Logan who had just kicked off a rogue wolf with his giant legs. Not seeing the rogue Fae who waved his sword as he came at me, Logan screamed in terror. I looked up, and my eyes widened, my adrenaline pumping. Moving aside just in the nick of time, the Fae’s sword luckily missed my arm, cutting half of my ponytail in the process. I watched in disbelief as my hair fell to the ground and I growled in anger, turning to the bastard and aiming my sword at his neck. His blood splattered across my face, and I nodded in satisfaction. Did he know how much Logan loved my hair?!!
I looked further to see Ryan already in front of the rogue hybrid, and they went into a deadly fight. Just then, the fighting rogues parted to the side, as the familiar face of Isobel marched forth. Annabelle. Behind her, was the traitorous Heather, who was pulling along a…..
My world literally stopped when I spotted who Heather dragged by the hair. How….?
“Rosa.” I muttered in shock.
‘What is she doing here?!’ A good number of voices filtered through my mindlink.
“I don’t knooowww…” My voice quivered, as tears brimmed up in my eyes.
There, in the middle of an intense battle, Heather brought Rosa before her, forcing her down to her knees, and placing a knife on her neck.NôvelDrama.Org (C) content.
It was as if the battle had paused for a moment, and we all watched in a slow motion, as Heather playfully drew a line across Rosa’s neck with the tip of the knife.
“Please…” I found myself begging, and Heather smiled. She had heard me. She was a hybrid now. Slowly, she shook her head in disagreement, before placing the knife on Rosa’s neck again.
I saw the tears lodged in Rosa’s eyes, and my heart constricted painfully. Before I knew what was happening, the knife in Heather’s hand slithered across Rosa’s neck, and I watched in pure horror as Rosa held her hand to her bleeding throat, tears falling from her eyes as she fell to the ground. The great anguish I felt, couldn’t be compared to any other pain I had ever felt in my life.
“Rosa!!!” I yelled out in agony as I fell to my knees. “Nooo!!!” I cried out, not caring if any rogue soldiers came at me and killed me in that moment. I felt my heart giving up on me, as the pain in my heart spread through my body. I felt my entire skin burning so hotly, fire threatening to burst through the pores of my skin. In that moment, I lost awareness of anything else happening around me, because all I could see, was fire.