Scarred Alphas by Norisha May
Chapter 68

"Attack!" Chen points his sword in our direction.

The men that remain with them hesitate but not for long. Soon they run in our direction.

They clash with us and the rest of the prisoners who fight on our side. It feels like a dance for me, I dodge as I slash, taking two down. But the enemies keep coming. Chen's men and Ezras combine. Together, they are overwhelming.

We continue to fight and as I take enemies down, it does seem to get easier. The fighting, the anticipating their movements; the dodging, parrying, and countering it all gets easier. Some paragraphs are incomplete if you are not reading this novel on Narugi.com. Visit Narugi.com to read the complete chapters for free."We are not going to make it!" Sheril shouts. "They are too many!"

"Throw me!" Maribel says to Kanda.

"What?"

"Just like you did Casseopea.

Throw me, I can take a few out."

"I know. Just get me as close as you can."

"Alright!" She doesn't even give me a moment to get ready. I feel her hands on my back and then I am flying through the air.

I see Ezra and his image gets closer but I know I won't be landing near him.

I close my eyes and connect with my wolf.

"You want him dead just as much as I do. So go get him."

I open my eyes as I am about to land. I shift and immediately my wolf takes control.

We fall on an enemy halfway towards Ezra, ripping his throat with our bare fangs.

We start running, trying to doge as many enemies and people who fight. My frustration peaks when it seems like we can't get to him fast enough.

When finally we have an opening, we zone in on him.

He is distracted looking in Chen's direction and doesn't see us coming. Excitement rises in me, itching to have his neck in my jaws. Just a few feet away, I can almost taste the victory.

"Over my dead body!" The witch Sienna steps in front of us.

She holds a sword up and if not for my wolf dodging just in time, we would have been impaled by it as we ran at the speed that we did.

We turn back to face her and start circling her.

The sword in her hand shakes just a little. She's scared.

My wolf takes a step towards her but she starts swinging the sword left and right.

There are no skills in her movements but as she does this, distracting us, she grabs a flask from her satchel and throws it at us. When the flasks break, a smoke-like substance scatters everywhere, engulfing me and those around us. Unwillingly, I suddenly shift back to my human form.

"What did you do?!" I shout.

"You can't shift, it only lasts for thirty minutes or so but it is enough time." She swings her sword. I slide back but I am unarmed. It is not hard to dodge her attacks, she doesn't know what she is doing.

"Get out of my way!" I warn her.

"No!" She shouts.

"He can fight me himself!"

"No, he can't! Despite him saying how much he wants to end you, deep down, he doesn't! He can't! Because he is in love with you!"

"Obsession is not love! He is a monster!" I shout.

"Shut up! He might not love me but I love him!"

"You fell in love with him that easily?" I laugh. "How stupid."

"It did not happen overnight.

We have known each other for many years. He had laid with me many times before all this started. Back when he was training." "Oh, I see. So you are the whore he hurt me with."

"It wasn't personal, dear. It was what it was."

I am furious when I look behind her.

"You are so loyal to this man...but look at that...he left you here to die!"

Ezra is nowhere to be seen.

She doesn't look surprised.

"He left me because I told him to."

"You would die for him?" "Yes!"

"Why?! What is wrong with you?!"

"You know, he told me of what he did. How he killed your sister. You deserved it after what you did." She says. "...what I did?...what I did?!

You hear half of the story and quickly believe what he tells you! Did he not tell you what He did!? What he had done to me all of our lives?!"

I am furious. "And you think that taking my sister's life is worth what you believe what I did to him?"

She swings her sword and I dodge again. "Shut up! You will not turn me against him!"

"If you believe what he told you, then you deserve to die with him!"

Without holding back anymore, I effortlessly move around her. I grab the back of her neck and push her down. She has no choice but to kneel. As she does, her sword falls to the ground and I pick it up. "You are prepared to die for him, then so be it!"

She starts thrashing but she only has human strength and as Honora had told us, a witch is not really that powerful in a fight.

You really are weak when you are not hiding behind someone else.

"I-I am with child!" She screams out.

She is...pregnant. Is this true?

"I don't believe you." I say.

"It is his...Ezra's."

"... And why tell me this? It makes no diferetnce."

"You do not have it in you to kill me. He told me you were too good. Don't let yourself be tainted by this!

I listen to her but I don't agree with anything she says.

I lift the sword up and she panics.

"Please! I am pregnant!

I lean into her ear. "And so was my sister when he cut her head clean from her body. But you just celebrated that, didn't you?"

I might regret this later but at this moment, I don't.

With wide eyes-sensing her demise and how much she screwed up trying to plea to my kind side-she stares up at me as the sword comes down. With no friction whatsoever, her head easily separates from her body.

I hold the head by the hair while the body falls to the ground. I look back, unable to spot Ezra but I see some of his men running out of the gates. I follow, leaving the fight behind and once out, I see Ezra in a car. He gives orders to one of his men through the opened window.

I stride in his direction, hoping he doesn't see me but he does and stops talking when he sees me. I stop and dangle the head in front of me.

"If you think that I won't kill you or that I am playing games, here is your proof that I am not. I will kill you! I will end you, Ezra!"

I throw the head in his direction, trying to aim for the window. The severed head hits the edge of the window but doesn't go in. It falls to the floor in front of him.

He looks at the head and then at me as now I continue to run in his direction. I swear I can see a bit of fear in him or maybe is just my wishful thinking.

His window closes and the car speeds away.

I take a leap and jump on the two men who stand in my way, falling on top of one of them. I sink my teeth into his neck and then I turn to the other as he tries to grab me, twisting his arm and wrapping myself behind him. I hold on to his neck and snap it. As I stand there, I watch the car speed in the distance. It is too far and too fast for me to catch up to it but I do not lose hope. I will kill him.

"You are min, Ezra. Mine to kill. It takes a monster to kill another and that is what I am slowly becoming in order to kill you." I look at the men I just killed and the witch's head. "I have become a killer."

Kanda, in her feline form, stands next to me and shifts.

"It is done. The pack is ours."

"It is?"

"Yes. Marina killed Chen and the men put down their arms. It is done. That pack is ours."

I nod. "Good but ours whos?"

I ask. "Watch how they all turn on each other now.

Some of them are going to try and take control."

"Not while I am around.

Come. Assert your dominance."

"Me?!"

"Yes! You told me you are to be Alpha of your pack! Start here! These people will be lost and many are without a home...as I am. Come!"

She takes my hand and pulls me back inside where they all cheer.

"Kill all these sons of a bitches!" A man shouts pointing at Chen's men."

"No!" I shout. "These men are mine now!"

I can't let this go to waste. There are too many of them to just kill. I am taking a page out of my father's book here. They are more useful alive. "They worked for Zao! They deserve to die!"

Kanda suddenly puts a draped fabric over my n*ked body, to cover me and I am grateful.

"I said they are my men now!"

"And who the f**k are you?!"

Another man stands defiantly.

"I am Casseopea! I am the daughter of Warrick, Alpha of the Dark Fang Pack!"

The whispers start and the defiant men look at each other.

I continue. "And I am next in line to be Alpha, unless he is already dead...that would make me Alpha already then."

"You all saw what she did!"

Kanda chimes in. "She tells the truth! That makes her the most powerful among us. Do you really wish to have a taste of her power?"

I hope not cause I don't have it now.

I touch the cold pendant on my chest. It has no power.

The man-to my surprise-suddenly looks down and steps back.

Kanda looks at me and gives me a nod. "Go ahead. Time to shine and wind them over."

Easier said than done. Public speaking is not my forte.

I put on a brave and strong face.

"Excluding Zao and Chen's men, I will not force you to join me.

"Those of you who don't have a home, then I welcome you to mine. You will have a place in my pack as long as your loyalties lie with me.

Those of you who wish to leave and go back to your families-if you have any-then you are welcome to. But this place will not exist anymore. Never again!"

Behind, the small arena burns as the fire that we started eats it all up.

"So many lives lost for mere entertainment of those who coveted power. Let it burn and take down what remains!"

Kanda raises her fist and cheers along with everyone else who copies her.

I turn to Maribel and Sheril. "What about you two?"

"I have some business to take care of. Someone is going to pay for selling me." Sheril says.

"I am going back to my city and replace a nice bed to sleep on comfortably. No more floors for me."

I almost laugh. All she ever does is sleep.

"Well, my pack is always open to you both."

Sheril smiles and hugs me. "Thank you. I might come to visit sometime. Now order one of these men to give me a car. I am itching to get these hands on someone's neck." She looks at Maribel. "Want a ride?"

"Yes."

Kanda and I see them off. I wish they had stayed. They were strong women and I could use more like them with me.

"I wish to stay by your side." says. "I have nowhere

Kanda says. else to call a home."

Watching Sheril drive away, I smile and nod. "My home is your home now.

My eyes zone into the distance where we can see the brightness of the sun make its way out of the darkness.

Colt. I am coming home soon.