Ella let out a humorless laugh “That’s your doom, River More demons are coming I am going to take you as my captive* “Before that I am going to **you, Ella” River spat
“If you will ***me, then these demons are going to ***you. And if you will let me live, you will stay alive till I negotiate with Alpha Hunter”
“And after that?”
“After that I will give you back to him, Ella pointed out.
“Why are you all into this mindless war with the Lycans? Why can’t you just live in peace?” River asked
“Because the ancestors of the Lycans have ***our ancestors for the wealth they are sitting on! We will keep fighting till we get that treasure back. The days of Lycans are numbered.”
“Do you think I believe every word that comes out of your ****?” River said, her breath ragged From what I see, the Lycans are unified and very hardworking. They have great business with the human world while the werewolves- they think they are superior to the humans and it is below their dignity to have business with them?”
“Oh shut up!” Ella squawked. “You don’t know anything, ****. You are soon going to go where your father is?
River was undergoing so much emotional turmoil. Revenge was foremost in her mind. She wanted to take revenge from Alpha Maxim for ***her family and then plunging her into the worst life possible.
“You don’t have a choice, River, Ella scoffed. “Hurry up and make a decision. The demons are nearing!”
“Even if I have a thousand choices, Ella, I am going to ***you first. Yes, that would be my choice!”
Ella seethed. She hissed, “You stupid girl! You are just like your father. Even he was so forthright that it was ***. Why can’t you Alphas just live like the others?”
“It is this difference that makes us the Alphas by blood!” River said. She tightened her grip on Ella’s neck. “Ahhh!” Ella gurgled. She brought both arms on River’s arm to remove her but she was surprised to find that River was just too strong to be moved. Maxim had said that they had weakened River’s wolf to the extent that she couldn’t fight and was a scraggy little gray wolf, but she had emerged stronger after being in the Veil for a few months. “Leave mel” she wheezed, getting asphyxiated.
The demon in front of them closed the gap between them slowly, cautiously. He growled, “Leave her, else I will slay you with my claws and jaws in a second.”
But River was least interested in the demon’s threats. She continued to suffocate Ella. The movement around them increased. She knew that the demons were just too close now.
‘Let me out, River!’ Layla demanded. ‘I am going to do away with all of them!”
“I will. Soon!”
In one last try, Ella elbowed River in her stomach while struggling for life. She threw her legs wildly at her in some way, but in doing so, she was only getting more suffocated. She looked at the demon and wheezed, “Attack her!”
The demon looked at River and the next moment he lunged at her. However, the moment he lunged at her, a strong force brought him down, River didn’t understand what it was. With a guttural roar, she snapped the neck of Ella. Her body stilled and then dropped to the ground over her belly, her head turned in a weird angle..
River had never ****anyone before. She slumped beside her body on her knees, shaking in pure fury
and shock. Ella’s eyes were staring in the blank space. River wanted to feel guilty but strangely she didn’t. She felt… hatred. All she wanted was to send Ella’s body to Alpha Maxim as a message that she was coming for him. That she was going to claim her pack very soon.
A loud scream made her snap her head up and she saw Hunter ripping apart the limbs of the demon in his beast form. His beast was snarling as he did that. River got up from her place, her mind still dizzy. She dragged her feet to his beast. She should have felt afraid of his beast, but she didn’t. Instead she felt protected. “Hunter…” she called him.
He looked at her with his fiery golden eyes and his chest vibrated with a rumble. River walked up to him slowly and placed her hand on his arm. “He is dead.” she murmured. She knew that he was ***the
demon only to protect her.
“De…ad…” he grumbled. “I will ***him…” he said in a raucous voice. When he was fighting with the demons, he sniffed River’s smell. He was so scared for her that he left his group and ran for her. While coming here, he saw a demon and attacked him instantly. Within minutes, he had taken him down. Next, he was coming to meet River but saw another demon attacking her. He shifted into his beast and with a bellow, he attacked that demon.
River’s lips lifted into a smile and she threw herself in the arms of his beast. Immediately, he curled her up in his embrace and buried his snout in her hair. “River…”
“Hunter, I love your
They returned to the Dark Moon pack along with all the warriors. The news that River ****Ella spread like wildfire amongst all the Lycans. Hunter’s chest swelled with pride at what his mate did. He was least expecting that from River because he thought that she was such a fragile girl.
He took her to his room and for the next one day, he didn’t meet anyone nor did he let River do anything other than rest. The demons had all fled and only two of his warriors were injured. With Ella dead, they didn’t have a leader or a plan to follow.
“But this war doesn’t get over now, Hunter,” she said. She was lying with her head on his chest. “I can’t believe that they ***my father because he wanted peace with you all. When Ella mentioned Alpha Lowell, I remembered that he was mentioned by one of the Lycans in the ball. And now that I connect the dots-” her throat choked once again. Fresh tears flooded her eyes.
“River!” he got up and pulled her in his lap. “Please don’t cry. I don’t like when you cry.”
“I don’t want to…” she sobbed. “But I can’t believe that they ***my entire family. Alpha Maxim let me live and as if I was a constant reminder of my father, he ensured that I got the worst treatment from everyone in the pack.”
Hunter wiped her tears. “I know what you are going through, River, but don’t cry. Let those emotions fuel your revenge. If you want to take your position back in your pack, I am going to help you. Do you?”
River looked at him with her wide eyes. “I will, but not like this. I will plan this out very carefully and-was going to make everyone count their sins. Slowly and painfully.
