The Alpha's Hybrid Luna

CHAPTER 5

*Zyaire's P.O.V.*

The two guards at the door bowed at me as I punched in the code. The door swung open, and I descended the stairs. The stench of blood, urine, feces, death, and rogue filled the air as I got closer to the bottom. I turned left and walked to the end where Zayne and Zaydon were standing with the cell door open, and the she-wolf chained up with her head hanging.

I grabbed a wolfsbane laced whip and approached her. “What’s your name?” I growled.

She didn’t even look up. I brought the whip across her injured side three times.

“I said, what is your name?” I commanded in my Alpha tone.

“C… Claire,” she stammered, whimpering in pain.

“Why did you attack my pack? And before you think about not answering, remember which Alpha you’re dealing with,” I warned.

“S… She told us to. She wanted us to get the two hybrids. Her family. We… we couldn’t disobey, s…she used magic on us to comply. I… we didn’t have a choice.”

“She who?”

“H… her name was Aurora. P… please, I don’t want to die. I want my family.”

I grabbed her left hand and looked between her pinkie and ring finger. There was no symbol. “Where’s the symbol? The death spell?”

“I… she didn’t put one on any of us. She thought we’d either succeed or die trying.”

“Why would she do it to the last set of rogues by not you?” I asked, wary.

“She… she has my family. She said if I was caught for any reason, I was to s***h my own throat if I wanted my younger brother to live. He’s going to die! Please, you have to let me go!”

“I’m sorry, Claire, I can’t do that.”

Bring Amanda down here, please Azrael. I need to know if she’s telling the truth.

Yes, Alpha.

A few minutes later, Azrael and Amanda appeared. Azrael gasped as he looked at Claire.

“Mate,” Claire whispered.

Azrael fought with everything he had not to run over to her. He didn’t even let his look of disgust fall.

“Amanda?” I asked. She held out a vial and I held Claire’s mouth open while pouring the contents down her throat. She swallowed it and gagged.

“Sorry, I know it’s not a pleasant taste. Now, tell me again, what is your name?”

“Claire.”

“Who forced you to attack my pack and what did she use?”

“Aurora and she used dark magic.”

“Why didn’t she put the death spell symbol on you?”

“She has my family, my brother. She said if I was caught and didn’t kill myself, she’d kill me. Please, let me go. I don’t want him to die!” she pled.

“I can’t do that, Claire. Where is she located?”

“She’s about 100 miles west of your territory. She took over abandoned pack grounds there. She has my pack there.”

I look at Amanda. “Can you undo the spell binding Claire to Aurora? So, she doesn’t die when Aurora does?”

“Yes, but it will take a day to prepare. Plus, I need to train the Luna in basic spells she can use.”

“Get on it, starting tomorrow. Zayne, get Claire medical attention. Azrael, you are not to come back down here,” I tell him, using my Alpha command.

He kneels down and bares his neck in submission, nodding. “Yes, Alpha.”

“Zayne, once Dr. Perez is down here, I want you and Zaydon in my office. We need to come up with a plan. She stays chained up for now. I have Cassius and Titus coming down to guard her.”

“Yes, Alpha,” they say. I nod and head ascend the dungeon stairs, passing Dr. Perez, Cassius, and Titus in the hallway. I head to my office and call Aphrodite, Freya, and Teagan down, too.

We wait a few minutes for Zaydon and Zayne to come in. Once they arrive, I begin.

“Aurora is about 100 miles west in the old New Moon pack territory. She has their pack and her mate with her. We have over 100 warriors and about another 100 that can fight as well. Aphrodite, Amanda, the witch, will begin training you tomorrow to use basic spells you’ll need. We will attack in five days.”

“What about the rogue in the dungeon?” Aphrodite asks.

“Her name is Claire, she's not a rogue. Amanda can break the spell connecting her to Aurora. She is Azrael’s mate.”

The girls gasp, but Zaydon and Zayne already knew this.

“Are we going to release her, then?”

“She’s receiving medical treatment now. She will be released once Aurora is dead. I will send out a mind link to those who will be fighting with us to begin training tomorrow morning. Aphrodite, you have to do your damnedest to learn these spells quickly.” She nods at me. “You are all dismissed. Get some rest, you’ll need it. Training starts at 4 AM.”

They nod and leave. I send out a mass mind link to our best fighters to let them know they are required to be at training at 4 AM, and then head up to bed with Aphrodite.

*THE NEXT DAY*

*Aphrodite’s P.O.V.*

We begin with a full on run around the territory, and then I begin with training in human form against Cassius, the head warrior, while Amanda breaks the spell linking Claire to Aurora.

I’m able to keep up pretty well. He gets a few punches in, but I punch him in his gut, sending him to the ground gasping for breath. I jump on top of him and we grapple for a few minutes before I have him pinned.

He taps the ground in surrender, and I jump off of him. Then we go again. And again. And again. Each time ending with him tapping out. I’m a hot, sweaty mess, but glad to know I can handle my own. Zyaire seems relieved, too.

Then he and I fight in wolf form. He makes the first move, and I dodge it, turning agilely and nipping his left shoulder. We continue to fight for several hours. He pins me by my neck once, but I manage to pin him the rest of the times. He gives a wolfish grin as we finish and Amanda comes out, handing me my clothes.

I shift back and dress quickly and eat breakfast with everyone else. And then the real training begins. She teaches me the chants for a binding spell, protection spell, and more. I practice each one and manage to bind her for up to ten minutes after an hour of practice but continue practicing for several more hours until I can hold it for an hour.

Then I practice the protection spell, sending an invisible wall around Zyaire and myself as she tries to attack. I hold it for five minutes before it falls. We practice this for several hours.

We break for lunch and then she teaches me spells to summon weapons and I practice for several more hours to summon different weapons.

While practicing, many pack members that aren’t still training were watching me. I manage to summon a silver dagger repetitively and silver throwing knives, which I throw at trees in the distance without even touching them.

“Okay, that’s enough for today,” Zyaire announces, and everyone stops and leaves the training ground. He turns to Amanda. “Is the spell broken?”

“Yes, Alpha. She should be fine once that witch dies. Though, it seems that finding her mate helped weaken the spell.”

“Thank you, Amanda.”

“Alpha?”

“Yes?”

“I’d like to come with you to the battle to assist and try to break the spell on the rogues.”

“That sounds like a good plan,” Zyaire says, and she nods before walking off.

The next three days pass by in a blur. Between physical training, fighting, and training with spells, I’m exhausted every night and fall asleep immediately. All the junior Deltas are included in the intense training, and Zyaire feels like we are prepared for tomorrow.

I wake at my 5 AM alarm and groan.

“Rest, my Angel. No training today. I’ll get you up at breakfast time. We leave after breakfast.” I sigh and fall back asleep in Zyaire’s arms.

He wakes me up a couple hours later and I shower and dress quickly. Everyone eats a hearty breakfast, and we meet in the courtyard afterwards.

“We are traveling in wolf form to the old New Moon pack lands. Amanda will be riding on my back. She is going to assist in trying to break the spell the rogues are under. Our goal is to kill the witch and her mate, Khonsu. They are after your Luna and her brother. Let’s go!” Zyaire shouts, and everyone gives rallying cries of agreement before shifting to wolf form.

Amanda climbs onto Blaze’s back and we take off. It takes just over and hour to reach the grounds. We stop outside the territory border.

You all know your teams. Team A goes in from here. Team B from the east, Team C from the North, and Team D from the south.

Yes, Alpha! Everyone cries and we split into our teams, walking silently through the forest to their respective positions.

Everyone in position?

Yes, Alpha!

Let’s go!

And with that, we breach the border and run towards the rogues. Amanda stays hidden in the trees and begins chanting, trying to break the loyalty spell.

One by one, the rogues suddenly stop fighting and submit, rolling onto their backs and whining. I smile and continue straight for the packhouse where we know Aurora and Khonsu are hiding. Choas continues around us as rogues fight our wolves but each stops and submits.

Zyaire, Cassius, Axel, Zion, Eros, and I stop as Aurora emerges with Khonsu. I know she recognizes Eros and I immediately, because we are grey-silver wolves and I have purple throughout my fur, while Eros has blue.

A grin spreads across her face as she begins chanting. I shift quickly, and quickly chant the binding spell, stopping her. The rest of them surround her while Zyaire shifts and stands by my side, taking my hand.

The wolves rip her apart and I run over to her, releasing her from the spell. I reach to her hip where the magic dagger is.

“This is for mom and dad. It’s for Eros and me. It’s for my unborn child. It’s for all the rogues you turned into your minions to do your bidding. They were innocent!” I declare and stab her. It disintegrates immediately and her cries of pain turn to gurgles as blood pours from her mouth and nose as Zyaire gasps. Khonsu gasps and falls to the ground in pain as his mate dies, screaming.

I summon a silver dagger and walk to him and shove it directly into his heart. His screams fill the air before it too turns to gurgles before he dies.

I let out a howl, signaling the end of the battle. Rallying howls follow, and I turn to see some rogues dead on the ground, but most alive and still submitting.

“Shift back!” Zyaire commands the rogues, and they do.

We quickly realize they aren’t true rogues, but pack wolves based on their condition.

“Where are the prisoners?!” I yell.

“Dungeon!” a blonde hair, green eyed man responds.

Zyaire and Eros run quickly into the run down packhouse. I hear gasping coming from some of our wolves.

“Come over here!” I command, and they do. “What pack are you from?”

“New Moon. She took over our pack in our new pack location and brought most of us back here. She… she said she put us under a spell and that if she died, we’d die. How…?”

“Amanda?” I called out and there was rustling in the trees at the edge of the clearing as she made her presence known.

Our wolves shift back, and I hear ‘mate’ whispered by several.

“Amanda is a witch. She was working on breaking the spell you all were under so that you could live. Unfortunately, some wolves were not so lucky. I’m sorry.”

“Alpha Troy! Luna Nat!” they cry as Zyaire reappears with over a dozen people, including a boy about 8 who was terrified.

“Thank you, Alpha Zyaire, Luna Aphrodite. I don’t know what would have happened if it weren’t for you.”

“Amanda did most of the work to break the spell,” I mention.

Alpha Troy turns his attention to Amanda, who is standing further behind our pack. “Thank you, Amanda.”

She bows.

“It seems that several of your pack members have found their mates among my warriors,” Zyaire says as he notices some of our members standing next to Alpha Troy’s. “Why don’t we head to our pack, and you can stay while we hash out the details of the new mates?”

Alpha Troy nods. “Let’s go!”

“Wait!” the little boy exclaims. “My sister, where’s my sister?”

“What’s your name, son?” Zyaire asks.

“Caleb.”

“Is your sister Claire?”

“Yes.”

“She is safe back at our packhouse.”

Caleb sighs in relief before he turns and hugs Zyaire. “Thank you!”

“Let’s get going, Caleb can ride on my back,” Alpha Troy says.

Everyone shifts back and Amanda climbs back on Zyaire, and we take off running, leading the way back. When we arrive, Claire is standing outside so I know Zyaire mind linked the guards to let her out.

As soon as we come to a stop, Caleb climbs off his Alpha and runs to Claire. Azrael shifts and runs to Claire, too. Everyone shifts back.

“Thank you! Thank you so much, Alpha Zyaire!” Claire exclaims, hugging her little brother tightly.

The rest of the pack members come out and several more of the unmated wolves exclaim ‘mate!’ and run up to different wolves.

“Well, the tradition is that the female goes to the male’s pack, but because of what you did today, I say we let them decide for themselves,” Alpha Troy states.

“We can follow tradition. Unfortunately, it seems as though most of the males that found mates are from my pack. But it’s lunch time, and I’m sure everyone is hungry, so let’s eat!”

The kitchen staff begin preparing an extra-large feast while everyone mingles.

“Alpha Zyaire, I can’t leave my brother. I’m the only family he has,” Claire says.

“If it’s alright with your Alpha, he can join, too,” Zyaire says, smiling.

“Of course, it’s fine with me,” Alpha Troy says as he walks up to us.

“Thank you!” Claire exclaims as she hugs Alpha Troy. He embraces her back.

“You two were always good kids. I know you’ll both reach great heights here. A new start could be just what you two need.”

Lunch is served and everyone piles their plates high and stand around talking to each other.

“Alpha Troy, we have a hotel here in our territory you and your pack are welcome to stay in for the night to rest before making the journey back home,” Zyaire offers.

“That sounds like something we could definitely use,” he chuckles.

I begin talking to Luna Nat and find that her and I have quite a bit in common. She’s impressed that I’m half wolf and half witch and can use spells but still shift into a wolf. It turns out she’s the same mix, but only has the wolf side.

After everyone finishes eating, Zyaire shows the New Moon pack to the hotel and lets them get settled in, providing clothes for them as well.

“Well, I think you’ve made an ally out of us yet,” Alpha Troy says, and him and Zyaire shake hands. Then he reaches his hand out to me, and I shake it as well.

They leave for the hotel, and Zyaire orders two days off from training for everyone.