The Unwanted Luna
Chapter 57

Amelia.

I am woken up by the snapping of a twig and Cerberus' low rumbling growl. Fuck! It was too early to deal with attacks.

I look up to replace that we are surrounded. This time not by the undead, but by the forsaken. The red eyes looked really menacing. All hint of human empathy completely gone from them.

"Guys, wake up! We've got company" I yelled while shaking Nolan, who was the closest to me.

All of them jumped up. Now fully alert. Staring at the monsters watching us.

"Why aren't they attacking?" Nolan asked, just as Xavier asked,

"How long have they been like this?"

I shake the last residual remnants of sleep. Because I needed to focus.

"I don't know...I just woke up a few minutes ago" I replied.

Bianca stood next to me and you could tell that she was afraid and probably on the verge of panicking. It was written all over her face.

One of the forsaken steps forward and opens his mouth. His eyes were shinning black like obsidian. His claws and teeth out.

"Aah, I see you have my pathetic excuse of a mate with you" the thing says in a deep and gravelly voice.

It took a minute for me to understand that Agron was talking through it. That he was in control and this was just his puppet.

I hear Bianca whimper but I ignore her. The fact that Agron can now speak through his minions means he has upped his game. That just pisses me off because the power boost he now has is because the bastard stole mine. "So how was hell?" he asked.

"Quite nice actually, your father said hello" I replied with a fake smile.

He releases a growl and the forsaken's hand fists. "That man is not my fucking father. Not when he left me to rot with the other bastards."

"It's not like he had a choice... In case you have forgotten, he was imprisoned. That's not his fault."

"So now you're an expert on family affairs...Please, give me a fucking break Amelia... Your family is as messed up as mine or have you also forgotten your slut of a sister slept with your mate? I don't understand why you haven't already slaughtered her for her betrayal" he spits.

I know what he was trying to do. He's trying to get me angry. Make me lose my composure and I am not letting him do that.

I shrug. "True, but I am not going to go on a rampage, killing everyone just to get revenge on them. What Bianca and Xavier did is on them and them alone. There is no need to go around killing innocent people because they were idiots."

Xavier growls at the insult, but at the end of the day it's true. They both behaved stupidly and that's on them.

"I honestly don't get you...you're fighting to save this world, but what has it offered you except for pain and heartache? All these packs knew what Xavier and Bianca were doing, you were even named the scorned mate yet you're fighting for them. Since it seems I can't make you see the path of revenge is much better, I'll just have to kill you. I can't let you destroy our plans."

With that, he releases his hold on the forsaken. He attacks and the rest soon follow.

"I fucking swear Bianca, if you try to flee and hide, I will personally give you over to them so they can rip you into pieces." Nolan warned when he saw Bianca about to turn around in the opposite direction.

She must have heard the warning in his voice and concluded that he wasn't messing around because she picked an iron rod and wielded it as a weapon.

I immediately shift into Onyx and I give her full control. Our first victim is the guy Agron used. He looked like he was the leader, but then again, I doubt that they're coordinated enough to follow a leader.

He is fast. I give him that I am faster. Within seconds, I had him on the ground dead. I shifted to the next one. Nolan's growl of pain distracts me and the forsaken ends up clawing me. I grit my teeth in pain and then slice his head off with my claws.

I rush to Nolan, where he is being pinned down by two of the forsaken. I barrel through one, crashing his head on the ground, I ignore the splatter of brains and focus on the next one.

By the time we are done, we are all breathing hard but at least all the forsaken are dead. I change back and Cerberus licks me, probably trying to get me clean. Nolan was right. After all, Hades said that Cerberus would change when I was in trouble. "Is everyone okay?" I asked.

They all nodded their heads and I proceeded to go to the small pond nearby to wash the blood off. The others joined me. Once I am done, I change into clean clothes and we pack everything up.

"So where are we going first?" Xavier asked.

"The cleansing river. Mozart indicated that I had to cleanse myself first before seeking the elixir", I responded.

"Then that's where we will start first", Nolan said and then grabbed my hand.

We began to walk. For some reason, I felt like Cerberus knew where we were going because he was ahead of us, almost like he was leading us. We agreed to follow him after a third attempt to go in a different direction failed when he jumped in front of the path and growled at us. "Do you hate me, Amelia?" Bianca's soft voice interrupted my conversation with Nolan.

I sigh because I don't get why they keep insisting on this shit.

"You really don't want to know the answer to that question" I responded, being truthful.

Do I hate her, probably...I mean I don't know, but assessing how I am feeling at the moment, I would go with a yes, I did hate her. But then again, if I truly hated her, would I have helped her?

She doesn't say anything else and neither do I. Truth be told though, I needed to figure out my feelings sooner rather than later, not just concerning Bianca, but also Nolan and Xavier.

"We'll, I think you're about to figure them out right this moment, we've reached the cleansing river. Mozart said he sensed a darkness in you and I think it's the bitterness and anger you still carry. It's time to cleanse yourself of all that Amelia. It's time to free yourself from your past" Onyx whispers in my mind.

I look up and she's right. Cerberus had stopped near a flowing river. One that I am sure is the one that cleanses.