Kingdom of Wolves: Blackshadow - Page 70

Knight is bristling, and has our body so puffed out that we must look twice as large as normal.

Councilman Ward gives a nod of thanks as I push Knight back and shift. Walim is grinning broadly and slaps me on the back. “Nice move, Alpha, nice move.”

“Asshole was going for his back. Nothing worse than underhanded moves like that. But we need to either start fighting, or get the stand down that the sector council are trying to push for.”

Walim’s wolf, Trick, growls, taking Walim by surprise, but he recovers quickly, grinning at me. “Trick is ready to rip someone apart. We’ve had to fight to protect before, and he’s fast with his moves, taking people off guard. I think that’s why he’s called what he is, as he tricks people into thinking he’s doing one thing, but he does something else.”

Before the councilmen can decide Wolfsong surge forward, pushing into the warriors hard. Councilman Ward looks at Flint and nods.

Flint turns to us and bellows, “FIGHT!”

Everyone, including myself, pushes forward, crossing the borderline into the Northern Sector. Some shift to wolf form, others remain in human form. What has me tripping over my own feet, is seeing Luna Corintha head straight for Gabriel, but before she reaches her destination, Tatiana’s wolf Ebony runs into Corintha’s side, knocking her away from Gabriel.

My attention is snapped back when I grab the nearest enemy and twist his neck, hearing the snap before throwing him to the ground.

Chuckling to my left has my eyes flick, and Delta Gamzin is laughing as he slashes his claws across the chest of the warrior fighting him. “Good kill, Alpha, keep it up,” he laughs and continues the fight.

I’m trying to keep my eye on Ebony as I fight, but she’s more than holding her own against Corintha’s wolf. Running in, taking chunks out of its side, then dodging the snapping mouth. But the way she rolls over to come back onto her feet at the ready is amazing and if I wasn’t busy staying alive, I’d be happy to stand and watch this play out.

Knight again surges out of me and takes off to the left. ‘What are you doing?’ I ask, and the low growl that is thrown out takes me by surprise.

Kill enemy, now. Knight snarls, and looking through his eyes I see Alpha Soren in front of me, also in wolf form. He’s not as large as Knight and looks like he is not well. His coat has no shine. He isn’t as muscled as you would expect for an alpha, either.

‘Something is wrong with his wolf,’ I say to Knight, but before he replies he has us jump forward snarling, snapping and grabbing hold of the Soren’s back leg. Shaking it hard, we hear a snap and a scream of pain.

I can feel the satisfaction flow through Knight’s form. That’s when I know if he gets the opportunity, he will kill this alpha for daring to threaten our mate and Luna.

Snarling, the wolf takes a stand, eyeing Knight carefully, now knowing he has a formidable opponent. He isn’t sure who we are, but he knows we are an alpha.

Jumping forward, Knight goes for the wolf’s throat but it moves at the last moment, jumping to the side and snarling back. The wolf knows it cannot beat Knight. We can sense and smell its nervousness. But what we don’t expect is for him to shift back to his human form.

“Who are you?” Soren snarls, but he doesn’t faze us.

Shifting back, we take him by surprise at the speed that we do so. “I’m Alpha Connell Torrance and I’m here to kill you. You will never take my mate and Luna. You lost any chance of having your daughter when you threw away your fated mate and took the chosen mate, someone not destined for you. This is the Goddess’ way of retribution; you will live or die not knowing your daughter.”

“I don’t think so,” Soren smirks, and as he lifts his hand, I feel a pain so bad in the middle of my chest that I look down and see an arrow sticking out of my body.

Falling to my knees, I look up with shock on my face before falling to my side. The last thing I see before everything goes black is a male walk up behind Soren, grasp his head and twist hard, snapping his neck before throwing his head back and letting loose a victory howl.

I don’t know how long I have been unconscious, but when I come around, I’m in a tent with a healer looking at my chest. Seeing my eyes open, the male gives me a serious nod, “You will be alright, Alpha Connell. The arrow missed anything vital, but you need to shift into your wolf to speed up your recovery.”

Walim, William, Gamzin and Bladrick are all standing around where I’ve been laid on a table that has been used for seriously injured warriors.

I shift to Knight, ‘Are you alright?’ I ask.

Yes, I will heal you quickly. We need to go to the meeting.

‘What meeting?’

The one that will explain who that male was, and the fact he is now the Alpha of the Wolfsong Pack.

I shift back as soon as Knight feels he has healed me enough, and I thank the fact that shifters heal faster than humans. Looking at Walim and Gamzin, who are my official high-ranking officers, I wait for them to fill me in.

Beta Walim speaks, “You were shot with an arrow, but as yet, we don’t know who fired it. Hopefully, the meeting will inform us of what the hell is going on. As soon as Soren was dead every one of his warriors stopped fighting and stepped away, showing defeat, disgust to the body of Soren, and relief that the war was over.”

I walk rather steadily from the medical tent, which I realize is the Northern Sector, to another tent that has the alphas and councilmen all in attendance.

Stepping inside, Flint gains my attention. “Alpha Connell, it’s good to see you are on your feet again. Come, take a seat here.” Waving to a chair next to him. I walk over and sit, giving everyone a courtesy nod as I do so.