The Last Royal Luna
(Book 3) – Chapter 22

‘This isn’t a pack, it’s a killing squad.’ Blue hissed as she started to pace. I could feel her need to take over and rip out a few throats. I agreed.

As we walked up I noticed all the different smells for the so called pack. They included witch, vampire, wolf, rogue, and some mixed. They all looked roughed up with a s**t ton of scars covering the parts of their bodies we could see. There was about twenty of them there. They all looked so tense with one another and no one stood close to each other. I don’t think they normally traveled or fought together.

‘There is no way this is all of them. We have a mix of warriors covering all of the boundaries?’ I linked Sandra.

The three in front smelled like they had been around their mates recently but I couldn’t replace their scent anywhere. The scent was strong so they must have just been there. The one on the left was a bit shifty and seemed to want to look to check on them but was fighting it.

‘The left one is shifty and I know they have mates somewhere so they must have others hidden close by.’ I link all the wolves around me. They started to spread out more to cover more ground should they attack from somewhere else.

“Hello there. I heard someone here challenged me,” I stopped a few feet from the open gate with my remaining mates covering my sides and back.

“You? You’re the princess?” The guy on the right puzzled looking me up and down long enough the guys were getting antsy. “I call bullshit. You look weak. The only use anyone would have for you would be how submissive you would be in bed.”

“Id watch what you said to my mate!” Knox strongly suggested as his wolf pushed some Alpha power toward the three.

“Our mate, dear twin. And I second what he said,” Kane said. “Id hate to spill b***d before the actual challenge even happened.” Yea, that made my heart swoon just a bit.

“I am Princess Ryder. I wouldn’t judge a girl by their size. That just makes you an a*****e.” I winked when his face got red. “Now who laid down the challenge so that I may accept and kick your a*s.”

They started laughing like I had said the funniest joke around. Blue was getting super agitated and showed it by growling at them. Their laughs stopped instantly and looked at me with a bit more weariness. I almost told them good doggies but didn’t want to waste my breath.

“I challenged you,” The middle one said. “I, Alpha Douglas, challenge Princess Ryder to in a fight to the death for her claim on the crown.” His following cheered.

‘I have seen vampires and wolves hiding in the woods on the north side. I have only counted about eight of them.’ One of the warriors linked me.

‘I knew it. Keep a close eye on them especially if they start moving.’ Ugh, these guys think they are so smooth.

I linked warriors on all the sections and they responded with the same thing. So there was about 60 of them. We were gonna have a fight on our hands even if I win this thing.

‘Get ready. I am done playing victim to these asshats.’ I sent to everyone before smiling at the challenging alpha.

“I accept your challenge. Make your pack move back and into a half circle. Mine will follow.” I stated pushing forward without a response. There was no way I would willing let these guys onto our lands.

The pack instantly does what I said but looks confused on why I decided to have the fight here. I knew they wanted to ask but I figured they already knew the answer. I wasn’t stupid. When we walked to the training grounds one of them could sneak off and do some damage to the pack.

“You able to use your wolf or she too small to do any damage like a sheep dog?” The one on the right had jokes, lame ones.

The guy on the left was trying to fade into their pack. ‘Koda, Edgar follow shifty. He is trying to escape. Figure out where he is going and take care of them along with him. No prisoners this time.’

“You are going to regret trying to hurt my wolfs feelings,” I stated calmly. Blue on the other hand was foaming at the mouth to rip this guy to pieces.

Sandra stepped up and had us face each other. She reminded everyone about the rules and to follow them so only one wolf would die tonight. Shifting was legal and we had to kill the opponent no matter what in order to win.

I nodded and waiting for Sandra to get to the edge of the circle. She howled and stepped back. Douglas ran at me full speed. I waited until he got too close to change direction and just stepped to the side. He ended up running the circle. They just shoved him back in with him landing on his a*s. He looked livid.

“You will die tonight and I will be King. Packs like yours were be taken over.” He growled. He was trying to get to my spirit. “I have the perfect women for your mates. They will know what it is like to have a real woman in their beds.”

That’s when I lost it and Blue pushed forward. It was a wrong move on his part but I felt no sympathy when we transformed and ripped his hand off. B***d covered our fur as he screeched in pain.

‘Your death will mean NOTHING. You mean NOTHING to anyone. That stupid fake queen sent you to your death to cover her a*s. Remember that as you take your last breath.’ Blue linked him before biting into his thigh cutting through the femoral artery.

Then she started playing with him. A nip there, a nip here while circling him. A few of his pack members tried to rush forward but were stopped by mine. Blue wanted..no..needed this. Everyone kept coming after who we loved and us so now we finally got to take them down for it.

‘You were right about the mates, but they weren’t hiding them to attack. One is in labor and two others are helping her.’ Koda linked back.

‘f**k. And this guy still challenged me… Which is this guys mate? Can you tell?’ I linked before shifting back.

“Are you fighting me to the death while your mate is in LABOR!” I screamed. I remembered my babies’ birth and it f*****g sucked. If my mates hadn’t been there, they would be dead by my hand.

“Not mine…mate with…hh…er….” He swallowed before his eyes lost their luster. He was dead and I was the winner.

I looked around and found the guy who stood to the right of my challenger. “Is your mate in labor? Or is she mated to the one who ran to her?”

He snarled and shifted. His wolf was pissed so he must be the daddy. My pack snarled at him but it didn’t stop him from rushing toward me in rage.

‘Don’t kill him, Blue, unless we have too.’ She nodded just in time before shifting back into our wolf.

Stupid f*****g wolf. He wasn’t just playing around or trying to prove a point. He wanted me dead even after I just killed their leader. I wanted to save him. Every child deserves their parents and I really had hoped he could be reformed or at least quit being loyal to the fake queen.

He tried to take a chunk out of my throat but we moved just in time. I bit his back leg breaking it but he just kept coming. It must have been pure adrenaline at this point. I broke another leg and swiped my claws down his side. He bit my ear ripping it in half.

Blue was done and took the next chance to rip his throat out. We shifted back panting and covered in two wolves b***d. I was feeling a bit sick and all I wanted was to shower before napping with my kids.

I nodded at my pack and they attacked. I ordered the mates of the three dead taken to the cells. A clean one for the one in labor and the doctor would be going to help her give birth. No one else was to remain alive. The warriors around the border were instructed the same. War was upon us and I would be winning.