Amaya’s War

Everyone

Tate’s POV

We’re moving at a pace that I can’t even describe. When Alpha Kris came to me and told me I was going to help him start a war, I couldn’t say no. I’ve never been the vengeful type, but after what they did to my parents let’s just say I’m turning into that type.

It feels strange running with a pack again, I’ve been on my own for so long I don’t really know how to anymore. I keep bumping into the healers on either side of me, stepping on the warriors leg in front of me. Not one time has anyone been anything but kind to me, “you’ll get back in the groove,” Miss Jilly keeps telling me. She has taken such good care of me as secondary healer, she’s been so kind that when they said I could pick a healer to accompany us it had to be her.

I’ve missed the order of things, belonging somewhere and I truly belong here amongst this pack. Certainly with Amaya.

As I’m lost in my thoughts, I don’t realize the group has stopped and I collide into Amos.

“Umph” I hear him grunt.

“Sorry Amos, I didn’t-“

“It’s okay kid just check the air,” I stick my snout in the air and take a good whiff, smelling what I know the others did causing them to stop.

“There’s a wolf and it’s close-“ Amos says quietly.

“There’s blood on its scent too, it’s wounded Alpha” Miss Jilly mutters just loud enough for Alpha Kris to hear.

I take another big inhale to see if I recognize the scent, when it hits me. The smell of cedar sap fills my nose and I know this is Kit.

I take few steps ahead of the others, even past Alpha Kris, and let out my low howl nearly humming. I know if he’s alive, he’ll come out. We suddenly hear a lot of crumbling foliage from the west, the others on alert but I move towards it. His scent is getting stronger,

“KIT!” I nearly shout as I spot his grey coat covered in bl**d, “Miss Jilly, come! It’s my beta’s son!” As fast as I spoke we were surrounded by my new pack members, Miss Jilly held her paws against his chest just as she had done with me in the field.

“Is he going to be okay?”

“I don’t know, Tate. His injuries are pretty severe.”

“Kit, what happened? Who did this to you?”

He tries to lift his head a little to meet my eyes, but it’s just too much for him.

“Cole, Cole did it. My parents, he slaughtered them right in front of us after they surrendered. After they obeyed, he slaughtered them. Mack, Josiah and I turned on him, we were winning, he was down and we were tearing chunks out of him when Xander grabbed me. I told Mack and Josiah to run, to find the others, the last thing I saw was their feet fleeing. I woke outside of the gate, on skeletons. They thought I was dead.”

“Kit, the pack is miles from here, you made it this far you’re going to make it. Where were you going?” He moved his snout against the ground where I could see tracks.

“They’re Josiah and Mack’s, I was trying to catch up to them-“ he pulled his head up to grab my chest to make sure I was looking at him, “they know where the others are! There’s a group of us, maybe twenty, Mack had been meeting with them in secret. You have to follow their tracks, you have to find them,” he started to get quieter so I leaned my ear down to him, “you’re their alpha now.” He said those words at barely a whisper, but I knew that Alpha Kris heard him. Kit looked like he wasn’t breathing, I nudged him with my snout trying to get him to move.

“Miss Jilly, is he—?”

“No, sweet boy. He’s alive, he’s just very bad off.” She turned from me to look at Alpha Kris, “James and I must stay here Alpha, if he has any chance he needs to rest.”

Alpha Kris looked around for a moment before responding, he looked to his beta.

“Levi, you and Amos stay with them, if we can follow their tracks so can they. Jilly, James you stay close to them and as soon as he is able you follow our tracks. Tate, Liam, Roman and I will continue following these kids tracks. With twenty more to accompany our cause, we’ll be that much stronger and maybe they have come across others. We have to continue.” I noticed he was staring very intently at Jilly, as if he was speaking to only her. I was curious as to why, but I’d never ask.

“Be careful, my Alpha! We will keep them safe, I swear to you!” Beta Levi said as he put his paw on Alpha Kris’.

With that we took our leave, moving slower than before making sure we didn’t lose their tracks.

My pack is still out there, but I don’t want to be alpha. What do I do?

Amaya’s POV

Luca and I are racing with Belle closely behind. Trion and Berk remain just behind her, keeping each other close in case we have to protect one another. I pick up Arrow’s scent again right where I left him, he left a trail of bl**d behind him which caused Belle to push ahead of us. Her sandy coat flying past Luca and I, we push harder so we are still close to keep her safe when suddenly she freezes.

We all stop, trying to look around her when I spot a wolf’s tail ahead of us. I grab Belle’s and pull her behind the massive boulder to the side of us. We’re communicating amongst each other trying to decide how to proceed when I hear a yell come from the direction of the wolf,

“Please! You don’t have to kill me! I’m a rogue now, I just want to-AHHHHHH!” It’s Arrow, pleading for his life.

Belle jumps from behind the rock, I hear her jaws lock on the wolf and throw it. The four of us come around as well in a fighting stance, pacing between this wolf and Arrow. Belle’s never looked so terrifying, Trion breaks stance to start healing Arrow. The three of us now circling this wolf, but he’s not backing down. Luca and I exchange looks and we pounce me at his neck and Luca grabbing his back leg. Belle jumps in tearing at his sides. The wolf’s deep grey coat is flying in each direction with bl**d splattering all around. He quickly collapses with no fight left in him,

“What is your name wolf?!” I snarl at him.

“Axel, your majesty” he whimpers in response.

“You know who I am?”

“Of course I do, you look just like your mother before Xander ki**ed her!” he lashed back, causing him to whimper in the process.

“Then you know why I’m ending you here?”

“Yes because my pack will ALWAYS destroy yours!” He tried to lunge at me, but Luca was faster. He grabbed Axel by the throat and tore it open before he could even touch me.

“Are you okay May?”

I can’t respond I’m processing Axel’s words. His pack wants to destroy mine.

“AMAYA!” He shouts at me, “are you okay?”

“Yes, yes I’m fine. Thank you Luca!” I nuzzle against him rubbing my body down his as I walk towards Arrow, Belle and Trion.

Belle is sobbing uncontrollably at the sight of her mate laying lifeless at her feet.

“We were too late, Amaya. He’d lost too much bl**d.”

I lean onto Belle, Luca does the same on the other side.

“I’m so sorry, Belle. I’m so sorry.”