Chapter 51: Possessed

“We fight not for people in high places but for ourselves, but for our lands and for the great good of our generations to come. We are the chosen ones, we are fighters, we are Rosanne” Elaine said and they all cheered standing round the big fire.

“Today we fight this war and today this battle shall end” she said and they continued cheering.

“Let’s take back out lands” she said and they all cheered in their high pitched scream as the saw the hybrids approach.

The white pack citadel stood on the other side of the river and at the entrance was a bridge, fuel was poured into the waters surrounding the pack house and all it needed was a spark of fire to burst into a big flame.

The werewolves waited patiently for them to take the bait and step on the bridge.

The hybrids stopped in front of the bridge and with Skylar’s orders from behind, they charged towards the gate in their number confident to devour the werewolves effortlessly.

“Hold!! Hold!!! Hold!!!” Sapphire said with her palm curled up in a fist as she gave the archers a sign to not release till she commanded. She waited for the hybrids to pour themselves into the bridge like rabid dogs and right when they were at the middle.

“Fire!!!” She said on top of her voice and the archers obeyed her command immediately and shot their arrows into the water and the fire roared burning all the hybrids that were on the bridge and at the banks of the river.

“Reload!! set!! hold!!” She said standing at the watch tower like the commander that she was. She felt so powerful knowing that she was the one guiding her people into victory that was theirs.

“Fire!!!” She said and they fired again this time it was on strategic points where they kept barrels of fuel to burn the hybrids that were still running towards the gates.

Elaine stood and watched the fire she have caused light up the night sky, she wished that her beloved Edgar would be here by her side as she felt like this was one of the most important moment of her life.

But instead he was fighting his own battle within himself, between the part of him that wanted to be with her and the other that wanted to be with Rachael.

“My Lady!! They’ve breached the back gate, they are scaling through the walls” Brandon said as he panted having ran from the walls all the way to the front gate watchtower.

“Brandon, you stay here and make sure they don’t get through the front gates, I’ll go to the back gate and take care of it” Elaine said as she turned and walked away hastily.

“My Lady, let me come with you, Lewis can handle here” Brandon said worried that she would loose her cool and go rampage on everyone.

“There will be no need for that Brandon, I’ll take care of myself besides I need you here right now, you’re my most trusted” Elaine said with a small smile across her lips.

“Yes, My Lady as you wish” Brandon replied and she walked away hastily.

Elaine in her full speed ran towards the back gates, they were everywhere like ants over a lump of sugar, all the soldiers pushed the gates backward to make sure the hybrids do not get into the citadel.

“Step back!!!” Sapphire screamed as she made way closer to the gate.

When the soldiers where clear from the place, this was her time to use her powers and she wasn’t going to disappoint her people. She raised her hands and the earth shook with her power, she said to herself in her mind.

“I am Elaine Peregren, only surviving child of Hugo and Penelope Peregren, Alpha of the blue stone pack, guardian of the Sapphire gem. I am the greatest leader to ever be alive and the chosen one of the gods” she said in her head and with a mighty swoop, she trapped all of them in an ice ball that killed them in seconds. She smiled on the corner of her lips, she felt proud of what she had just done.

It wasn’t too long before the smile on her face disappeared when all of a sudden she saw the ice fall down into pieces, the hybrids were all dead and their bodies white as snow.

Meredith walked through the mess of the the bodies that scattered all over the place, she was wearing a black flowing gown that was torn in different parts, she looked like a ghost and Elaine wasn’t surprised to see her at all.

“You stand in my master’s way to domination of the lands of Rosanne, but I will put you out of the way” she said and Elaine laughed shortly.

“Domination is for Kings and not someone that sends his aunty to fight his battles. If Skylar wants a fight, he should come get it, I’m right here” Elaine said confidently and Meredith smirked evil.

“I advocate for him” she said and startes chanting some spells while Elaine readied herself for anything that was about to be done to her.

Elaine felt one of her bone crack and then another and another, she knew that Meredith was doing something to her body, she fell on her knees as she screamed in so much pain. This was much more worse than when she’s changing to her werewolf form.

Elaine fell on the ground as she felt her whole body throb in pain, her bones were broken as her body tried to heal itself, more bones broke.

“Arrghhhh” she screamed on top of her voice and Meredith stood there smiling.

“I take satisfaction in your pain and so will my master” Meredith said standing over her intending to do more harm than she had already done.

Elaine looked up at her and she saw a hand go into Meredith’s body and rip her heart out. She fell to the ground and revealed Edgar’s tall body in view with his eyes black from corruption.

“Edgar?” she said looking straight in his eyes while he helped her get on her feet.

“Edgar is lost, he is going to be for a while until the spell is broken” he replied.

“And you are?” She said looking confused.

“I’m Edgar’s corruption” he replied and Elaine was surprised to find out that one can let his corruption take full control of his body and mind.

“Thanks for helping” she said not wanting to ask any further questions that would make her seem too desperate, she was the victim of the circumstance and not the other way around.

“That’s what Edgar would’ve done if he were here” he replied.

Brandon tried his best to keep the fire burning but the hybrids were too many to hold off for a long time they were not backing down. They approached the gates and were able to break through but there was another fire there waiting to stop them.

“We’re going down to fight one on one” Brandon said on top of his voice and they changed to their wolf form and descended from the wall. Few moments later the fire died down and the hybrids came through the gates, they fought them off with all their forces but they were just too many.

“Eddy, aid the soldiers, I’ll go find Skylar” Elaine said immediately she arrived the scene.

“Alright, I will come after you when I’m done here” he said and she went off.

***

“Skylar Knight… alpha of the red stone pack and king of the lands of Rosanne, how the mighty have fallen. You now wear chains around your neck, hands and feet like a slave that you are?” Elaine said standing in front of Skylar who was almost beaten half to death. He was covered in blood and was about to die by her hands before Edgar’s corruption reminded her that she needed him alive rather than dead.

“I will never bow to you, I’ll rather die” Skylar said as he spat on the ground.

“You see, there’s a difference between us? You think being king is all about having power and making the people scared of your presence.

Well I see being in power as something to be attained by loyalty and respect” Elaine said realizing that what she just said was something she learned from Edgar.

“You’re just weak” Skylar replied.

“I prefer to be weak than to be foolish like you” she replied.

“You don’t know anything, the battle is not over yet” Skylar said.

“Ohh it is, you’re in here, I’m out here that’s enough proof that’s its definitely over” she replied and walked out of the cell.

“It’s not over yet” Skylar said with a loud voice.

She walked through the halls with Edgar’s corruption following her behind, she think for now she preferred him to remain this way and just be his corruption, the real Edgar makes everything difficult for her.

“Eddy!!” Rachael screamed from a distance as she ran towards him and hugged him tightly.

“I really missed you” she said as she disengaged from the hug and she looked into his eyes only to find a pair of eyes staring at her without emotions.

“Who are you?” he said and she froze at the spot, feeling completely embarrassed.

“I’m the one, it’s me Rachael, the woman you love” she said furrowing her brows as she couldn’t believe what was happening.

“I think you’ve mistaken me for someone else” he said with the same expression on his face.

“No, it’s me” she said trying to touch his face and he took few steps backward to create a space between them.

“I believe you heard him clearly, now get back to whatever hole you crawled out from and stop being a nuisance in these halls” Elaine said with a calm, cold and icy tone that made Rachael swallow on her own saliva with fear.

“Eddy, are you going to stand there and let this woman insult me?” Rachael said looking very angered.

“Don’t speak to my mate in that manner or the next time you won’t have a tongue at all” he replied with a calm tone.

“I believe we’re done here” Elaine spoke up after few moments as she allowed what Edgar’s corruption said sink into the witch girl’s sense of understanding.

“Yes My Lady, we are done here” he said and they both walked away leaving Rachael back there with confusion all over her face.

“Why did you do that?” Elaine said.

“Do what?” He said with a smirk on his face.

“You know what I’m talking about” she said with a smile.

“I put her in her place, she should learn to give you respect” Edgar’s corruption said and Elaine was really happy that even if she didn’t have the real Edgar by her side, she had him.

He walked few steps closer to her and stared deeply in her eyes, like he searched for something.

“What is it?” She said looking concerned.

“I see some of me inside of you, looking for a way to be released” he said as he continued staring in her eyes.

“Mountain ash?” She said.

“Yes” he replied.

***

Rachael sat in her quarters thinking long and hard about how Edgar didn’t recognize her anymore, the spell she used on him was supposed to make him completely obsessed with her, she didn’t expect it to have worn out so fast.

She thought long and hard and remembered that Edgar’s pupils were black and not dark res like she knew them to be, was it really another person?

“Leste est reperatu neme” she said as she chanted the spell again to renew it and make sure Edgar is hers.