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I couldn’t give any attention to Halley’s mournful plea, when the first gunshot rang out. Immediately, Knox, Kalani, and Maeve swiveled, their eyes widening as they took in the group behind us. Turning on my heel, I came face to face with dozens of Divines, their weapons trained on us and already attacking.
Letting out a howl, hatred consuming me, I rushed towards the attackers, my jaw wide as I readied myself to tear each of them to shreds.
“Kalani, Maeve, hide.” Knox shouted, his words loud and commanding.
Refusing to lose my focus, I let my instincts take over, ready to protect my pack no matter the cost. And I realized in that moment, that was exactly what the seven of us were. A pack, a fucking family. And no corrupt Divines were going to rip us apart. Not on my watch.
The weak human flesh was nothing beneath my strong jaw, ripping it apart as easy as slicing through butter. I smiled as their screams sounded, knowing that I was the cause of their destruction. As I ran towards another group of attackers, I watched as others began falling from their own bullet wounds and I knew Knox had found a gun and was turning their own weapons against them.
As I attacked, Knox shouted out directions, using his powers to inform me of when a bullet was coming my way, allowing me enough time to evade and take the shooter down instead.
With Knox at my back and instincts controlling my movements, the dozens of Divines were dead in minutes. No match for two of the strongest Divines to walk this realm.
When the last man fell, I snarled my grin, blood dripping from my mouth and excitement strumming in my veins. The victory felt sweeter knowing none of our pack had been killed.
Turning towards Knox, I saw Maeve and Kalani standing behind him, both gripping guns in their own hands, wide eyes filling their faces. As the dust settled around us, I refocused on Halley’s cry for help, and immediately let out a howl, running in their direction, knowing that my entire pack wasn’t safe yet. And I wouldn’t stop until they were.
Chapter Forty-Four
Halley
Chaos ensued before me. Wilder and Eli had done everything they could to stave off the attack, but we were outnumbered and they had weapons we didn’t. I had tried to disarm and weaken as many as I could, but I knew we were running out of time. I knew that defense couldn’t win this fight.
Wilder lay amongst a group of Divines, blood spilling from too many orifices to count. Eli was now on his knees, bullets embedding his skin as he tried to take down as many attackers as possible. Rage consumed me, Jay’s mocking smile at the forefront of my brain, his words echoing in my head. And yet, as much as I didn’t want to be anything like that man, I knew what I had to do. Allowing the anger and pain in my heart to control me, I grinned devilishly as the shadows encompassed my entire being. Because none of them had ever seen power like mine before and after this moment, none of them would again. Pushing my hands outwards, I focused on each soul daring to hurt the ones I loved, and I watched aptly as they all fell. Blood began spilling out of their eyes and ears and mouths, exploding from the inside out as I destroyed every part of them. There would be no chance of saving any of them.
Unlike the previous times I had used my powers, there was no waver in my energy afterwards. I had the strength to take on thousands more, ready to attack anyone who dared to get in our way. Once all had settled, I rushed to Wilder’s side, who had taken the worst of the attack, immediately dropping to my knees and pushing my power into his body.
“You can’t die on me. Not today, Wilder.” I whispered, fear in my words as I realized how badly injured he was.
And my statement was the truth. Because this man had been with us every step of the way, refusing to back down even in the face of death. And I wouldn’t allow him to die like this, not at the hands of monsters, when he had shown that he was made of all the good things in this world beneath his tough exterior.
Pushing my power harder against him, I watched as each mark healed, until the only evidence was the dried blood marring his alabaster skin. Once I knew he wasn’t going to die on me, I took a deep breath of relief, rushing over to Eli, healing him as my anger still burned, the thought of anything happening to the man I loved blinding me with rage. The fire inside me ebbed as Eli blinked open his eyes, the deep blue touching my soul.
“You did good, Halls.” Eli croaked and I felt tears stream down my face, the reality of what had just happened catching up to me.
Leaning down, I began pressing kisses to every part of his face, murmured I love yous escaping me with every breath I took, because I needed him to know. I couldn’t survive this world without his love and light.
After I was done healing them both, the three of us stood, looking at the destruction I had caused. Blood spilled across the once peaceful ground, the smell of death permeating the air. One body was decidedly missing, refusing to lay down his life amongst the people who stupidly followed his insanity. But I refused to give Jay any more of my attention, because he wasn’t right about one thing. I may have an anger that drove me to kill, but it would never be for greatness. I would never unabashedly murder innocent people for my own gain. But I would gladly massacre the world with a smile on my face for the ones I loved.
Chapter Forty-Five
Knox
The men and women who had ambushed us sat dead amongst our feet. The four of us breathing heavily, exerted from taking on triple our numbers. I hadn’tseenthem coming, but I could only hope this was the last of them. Before I could utter a word, Madden let out a howl before taking off in a sprint, dirt kicking up beneath his tread as he left the rest of us behind.
Immediately, I heard the spray of gunshots that had been muted by our own fight. It wasn’t close, but it was from the woods. And in the direction of the others. Cursing under my breath, I felt the shame at myself for missing this. For notseeingJay and his army when they were already here, attacking both sides at once.
Maeve looked to me with wide eyes and pushing the thoughts of how I failed them aside, I motioned for them to start running. We needed to get to the others and fast. Maeve and Kalani were on my heels as we raced through the woods, the gunshots getting louder and the howling of Madden’s wolf vibrating through the air.
Looking behind me every few seconds, I made sure Kalani and Maeve were still there, trying to ignore the visions flashing before my eyes as the future unfolded in hundreds of different ways. I pushed myself to the extent of my endurance as a vision of Eli dead on the grassy ground flashed before my eyes, before dispersing to a vision of Halley in the exact same spot. I refused to let that be the future before us.
Running faster and faster, my breath heaving with the exertion, I felt more than heard when the gunshots stopped. It was as if the woods had paused, waiting to see the aftermath of whatever had happened. Breaking through a grouping of trees, the three of us rushed into a small clearing, taking in the damage done.
Madden had already arrived, nudging up against the three blood spattered people standing before his wolf. Halley’s fingers ran through his fur, relief apparent at seeing him alive. And I couldn’t deny my own relief at seeing the three of them still breathing. I would have never been able to forgive myself if they had died, solely because I hadn’t been able toseearound Jay’s manipulation of the future.
Kalani and Maeve both ran past me, pulling Halley and Eli into their arms, whispering words of relief that they were okay. Letting them have their moment, I tuned back into my visions,seeingthe past. My heart pounded as I watched Wilder and Eli fall, too many attacking them at once. And then Halley was there, her hair an ember amongst the shadows as she took everyone down before healing the two men with her.
