Blaze POV:
I hate this feeling, but I need to be rational for Ray. Roy is thinking about something, but he doesn’t elaborate on whatever it is. I want to push. But before I can say something, he continues.
“Blaze, you are right. I will get a medical bag ready. We would leave Oliver and Ritz towards the edge of the packground; they would be ready for Ray. While you go find Ray. I would watch your back.”
“I just hope she is safe. It has been hard not killing people when we looked after her all these years. Some of them were assholes and deserved to die.” I blurt out through clenched teeth. There is so much venom in my words that Roy goes still for a second.
“Well, you have almost killed your fair share of people, Blaze. But I understand none of us were any different.” He says softly.
“Yeah, let’s get some sleep and make a move early in the morning. I will leave you behind if any of you are not ready by the crack of dawn. I can’t wait any longer.”
We went to bed after that. I could see Roy putting all the medical supplies in a backpack. I had this unfortunate feeling in my chest. Something is very wrong, and I know I only get this kind of feeling when something happens to her. The last time it happened, I almost saw Ray die. I don’t want to think about this, so I send another prayer to Artemis to protect Ray.
By early morning, we divide and move out. Connor takes the Jeep with Luke, Stacey, Eric, and Ria. We took another Jeep; Roy was driving as I was too paranoid to focus. The feeling in my stomach has gotten much worse. Ritz and Blake are in the back. Ritz is trying to send me all the calm she can muster with her magic, but it’s not helping at all. Something bad is happening to her, and I am not there to protect her again.
As soon as we reach the pack border. Oliver and Ritz hide in the Jeep while we shift. Before we reached the pack house, I heard loud battle cries and howls. My heartbeat quickens thinking something is wrong with her. We ran with everything we had. Blake and Roy are having a hard time keeping up with me. I heard the most terrifying scream, and it made me halt in fear for a second.
We ran towards the scream with the utmost urgency. The scene in front of us is terrifying, to say the least. Ray is half-shifted, with deep red, angry, terrifying eyes. And she is fighting 15 wolves, including a dark gray one with a black muzzle. I can recognize that wolf anywhere. It’s Nicholas, he finally did something to get himself killed. I don’t waste any time and jump in. It’s killing me that I am killing my pack members, but they deserve to die, they are ruthless monsters. They froze seeing me fight among them. Which gives Blake and Roy the opportunity needed to kill them. Nicholas's Wolf, Theo, tries to flee as soon as he sees me. But Thor is way too angry to remember him as his stepbrother.
Thor ripped his shoulder muscles and almost tore off his front claw. Theo attacks Thor again, but Thor gets under him and slices his belly open. My gray fur is mated with blood and dirt. While I keep attacking Nicholas, he is trying to flee. Finally, when I bit a chunk of his right hind leg, he fell on the floor, shifting back to his human form. I shift back, and he looks up at me terrified.
“I told you to leave her alone. This is not leaving her alone. What is wrong with you? Fifteen wolves attacking an injured woman.” Only now I look at her, she looks bad. She just stands there staring at me. Still holding her half-shifted form. Nicholas sneers at me, which breaks my eye contact with my bluey. She looks so angry, determined, and hurt but not broken. She has enormous strength for such a fragile tiny girl. Her olive skin looks pale. She is barely above five feet five inches in height, which is considerably small in front of my massive frame. She looks like a bag of bones. My heart hurts for her even more. This is the first time in a decade I am this close to her. Her long black hair are matted in blood. Her tiny body is covered in scars from top to bottom.
“Why are you attacking me for this slave? I was just having some fun. But asking her to be in my bed was just too much for her apparently. She hit me; I am an Alpha too. I won’t let it go. I will kill her.” He sneers with so much hatred that it makes me recoil. I feel like my head will explode with anger. He propositioned her. I will kill him.
I smack him right across his face, breaking his jaw as soon as he finishes his vile words. How could my own brother be this cruel? I would never understand. I bend down and remove his canines; he is a sadist and a disgrace to wolves. So, I do the only thing that shows true disrespect. He wails in pain but can’t do anything. I am way stronger than him. He is bleeding heavily from his mouth and from all the injuries I gave him. I walked away from him, leaving him lying in his own blood.
I stepped closer to Ray. She doesn’t move, she just stands there looking at me. Her beautiful fragrance of gardenia and lilac invades my senses. Her eyes are back to being the most beautiful, deepest blue I have known for years. She just stares at me as if she can’t believe this is real.
“Baby, it's ok. I am here. You don’t have to fight. I will protect you.” I touched her chick, and she leaned in slightly as if seeking comfort. I think she will finally relax. But I can see her taking a protective stance. Before I could respond. Nicholas attacks us from behind. She throws me on the ground, taking the brunt of his hit. He tore off a chunk from her right arm. I jump on him, shifting into Thor midair. Without a second’s delay, I bit him, tearing his head off from his body. I was so mad looking at her blood that I kept tearing him limb from limb.
Nothing registers in my mind except the current bloodlust and the need to kill. After a while, I heard the faintest whisper from her. She keeps her hand in front of me and whispers it’s OK. I am covered in blood and gore, but she isn’t terrified or grossed out. I walked towards her slowly trying to reach her, looking at her beautiful blue eyes for any sign of fear. But there is none. She rubs my fur and pets my head lovingly. Thor purrs in response. I see her face showing emotion too fast to clearly comprehend what she is currently feeling. When her body starts to sway, I shift back. She faints, but I catch her before she hits the ground.
Blake and Roy have killed everyone involved in the current situation. They walk towards me while I cradle her beaten brushed body in my arms, and lift her in my arms like a new bride.
Roy is first to talk, “We need to move Blaze before the alpha realizes what you just did.”
I know the situation just got worse. The fact is, I just killed my stepbrother, and my father must have felt him dying. Our current predicament is troublesome, to say the least. We are in trouble if we get caught, they will kill Ray for sure.
“He is no alpha of mine.” I broke my bond with the pack to let my father know that I was no longer part of this pack. He will know I killed his favorite son. I know he will want revenge, but right now I don't care.
With that, I clutched Ray closer to my chest harder, thinking she might disappear from my hands if I didn’t make sure she was there. We started walking back towards Jeep with the other survivors. I didn’t even see them, but a few omegas are here, and they are badly hurt. We don’t have to worry if someone will find out that we killed everyone. Our scents are hidden. They would have assumed rogues got to them, but my breaking the pack link foiled our plans. Let’s just hope they don’t think about the worst as Ray and others will go missing. Even if they try searching for her. We will find them first. Warriors know about us, at least those we trust. We have helped a lot of people during the last eight years. Allen or Jack will inform us if they come for us.