Secrets of Heat to Innocence

Chapter 30

Carmen

I had remained as still as possible. I did not want to take the chance that Stephen or one of the werewolf hunters would know that I had awakened. I had heard them talking about me and the plans that they had for me. I heard them clearly say that they were going to take me back to the human world. That was something that I would never allow again. After years of being abused by humans, I would never allow them to get their slimy hands on my children. It made me sick to the stomach to hear how evil these people truly were. There was no reason for them to hate us. Yet, they did. They hated us for simply being werewolves. To them we were substandard beings.

Although we possessed more strength than they did. It did not matter. I wondered if they took the time to see how much we were alike, would they feel so negatively. "If we aborted the babies, how long would it be before her blood would be beneficial to us?" I heard one of the hunters ask Stephen. I heard a pleased laugh erupt from Stephen. "Damit Cory, you are a f*****g genius! I never thought about getting rid of the little beasts. That is what we will do. We will be able to have her blood in a couple of weeks." Stephen said excitedly. My breath caught, I felt a low angry growl coming from me. How dare he speak of my babies like that?

He was my brother, but he talked about his nieces or nephews like they were no more than garbage to be thrown away. I knew I had to escape. When I did, I would make certain that I killed Stephen and the werewolf hunters. I refused to allow those monsters to hurt me or my children.

I slowly opened my eyes. I was fortunate that they were paying no attention to me. Their attention was on a huge piece of machinery that they were putting together. I glanced around me to see if there was a way to escape. It appeared that in every direction that I looked , there were werewolf hunters. I closed my eyes and sighed. I could not believe this. How was I going to get out of this?

Tears threatened to fall as my mate's face came across my mind. For the first time in my life I was happy. I was married to the man of my dreams. I had a loving family. I was pregnant with my mate's children. In less than six months, I was to be crowned queen. After years of longing and wondering about my biological family, I had finally reunited with them. All the beautiful things that my life had become. I could not believe that my life would end when it was so perfect. I took a deep breath, no, I would not let my life end this way. My life was fighting for.

I suddenly heard a loud click to the left of me. I strained my eyes to see what they were doing. My blood froze. I had seen that before. I know that this was not what I thought that it was. My heart began to race. I did not know exactly how it worked, but I had overheard the hunters talking about what it was. It had the power to wipe out an entire werewolf village. I started to search my brain for a way out of this situation. I inwardly groaned as I caught the scent of Paul, Andre and Fenris. Both of my families were here. Not only were they here, but they were in extreme danger. I had to do something. No sooner than I thought of the words, the explosion from the human weapon shook the earth, knocking me from the back of the wagon. I think that it was more power than they expected because they were all sprawled across the ground. This was my chance while they were distracted, my chance to escape.

Cheryl

I ran as fast as I could. My wolf was tired, but I could not stop now. This was one of those times that I wished that I had the training that other werewolves had. I would be stronger and faster than I am now. I knew that my wolf was one of the weakest. I knew that I was stronger than Stephen. He was not prepared for a wolf attack. He had been living as a human for too long. He had denied his heritage. He may have been strong as a human, but he could not match the force of the weakest of werewolves.

After a few more minutes, I had to stop and catch my breath. This was ridiculous. Any other wolf would have no problem running this distance. My wolf was near collapse. She laid down breathing heavily. I was anxious to continue. I had to kill Stephen to insure that no member of my family ended up hurt. I was so angry at myself. I should have run back home as quickly as I could when Stephen attempted to sell me to werewolf hunters. As soon as I crossed into werewolf territory, I could have linked with my family. They would have protected me. I could have warned them of Stephen's evil plans. The war in the North Forest may never have happened.

My wolf finally stood after a few minutes of catching her breath. She continued to run to the area that we knew that Stephen was at. I was not looking forward to this. I loved my brother, but being with humans had turned him into a monster that did not deserve to live.

I knew that I was getting close. I could scent the hunters and what I believed to be Paul and maybe Carmen. I could not be sure. Suddenly, a loud blast knocked me off my feet. "Oh no!" I thought. Stephen was trying to help humans kill our family. My blood boiled. If I ever doubted killing him, I was certain that I would not have any problem killing him now.

As I reached the area, I spotted Stephen standing with a few hunters with a pleased smile on his face. Bastard, I was ready to rip his head off. Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of Carmen's hair at the same time that Stephen did. I held my breath as he lifted the automatic weapon, filled with silver bullets to fire at Carmen. My wolf began to run toward Carmen at speeds that I did not know she could. She jumped through the air as the bullets began to pierce my skin. Pain shot over my body. I felt myself shifting back to my human form as I heard my father roar out a thundering, "No!!"