Chapter 47 - Blessed with Two Mates

(Kiera)

I growl as I make my way towards my sister, but quickly come to a top when my mates’ scent reaches my nose. My head snaps to the right to see my mates, beaten and battered. I see Gamma Guillermo taking care of them and I know they are in good hands. I turned the opposite way and headed towards my sister and I saw her trying to sneak up on our mother.

‘No while I’m alive’ Ari growls in my head and we stalk forward towards our mother, but we don’t stop there. The minutes… the hours… the days… the weeks... the months of all the shit this sister of mine has put me through… I swear she will pay for it now. The weeks and months she has put my family through hell. For killing our aunt Katrina. For standing there and watching as our father and grandma got killed. All the innocents they have hurt and killed. She will pay for it tonight! I twirl my sword once before it collides with Helen’s sword. The same sword she was about to use to kill our mother from behind.

“Oh, look, my perfect sister finally decided to bless us with her presence” my sister smiled coldly. She moved her sword away from mine and attacked again. My sister and I know each other very well. We used to train together, but I’m sure she has picked up a few tricks here and there. I pushed back and attacked her this time. We attack, block, and dodge each others attacks. Suddenly, her sword sweeps down and she flings dirt into my eyes, temporarily blinding me. I growl, jumping back with a hiss when I feel a cut on my left arm. I blinked a few times, when I felt another cut, but this time on my right thigh. This is going to leave a scar now that I have a Lycan. I blink again, able to see just in time another sword coming towards my chest. I use my sword to block the sword nearing my chest while twirling to the opposite side. I hear a frustrated growl and I look to see a dirty blonde female. Amanda. Her hair used to be bleached blond, but now it looks dirty. She used to have a nice body, but now she just looks skinny and malnourished.

“Two for the price of one. I like it. Show me what you got” I growled. I move back and forth, side to side, blocking and dodging their moves and throwing some of my own. I saw an opening and I lunged at Amanda as her sword came up. I slid on my knees and cut her left thigh. She growls, placing her hand on her thigh, then looks at it.

“You’re going to pay for that” she roars. Suddenly, I felt pain. Pain like I have never felt before. Pain that leaves you paralyzed. Black vines grab my ankles and wrists. That’s when I see both swords coming at me, but another bloodied sword stops those two.

“Yashira” I heard mom call. I heard a screech and in less than a second I was freed. I let my wings out and grabbed my sword. My mother and I fought Amanda and Helen for a few more minutes. Then my mother and I locked eyes and she nodded before ducking down and rolling away from us. I ducked, bringing my wings close to me and using them as weapons. I cut deep into Hellen’s stomach. I then jumped up, cutting Amanda’s head off. I looked at mom to see her looking at Helen. She was coughing up blood while holding her stomach. I looked back at mom to see her face expressionless. Then my eyes snapped behind mom to see John with his sword raised.

“Mom, behind you” I shouted, making her turn. I knew she had to handle this for us to be able to leave and give dad a proper burial. I walked towards my sister.

“Helen Russi, for the crimes of kidnapping humans, werewolves, dragons, for attacking different packs, clans, and the werewolf kingdom and for kidnapping the werewolf Lycan King and Royal Gamma, I sentence you to death. Do you have any last words?” I asked.

“It’s… not… over” she coughed.

I brought up my sword and said, “It is for you.” I brought my sword down, cutting off her head. I saw a witch coming behind my mom. I know this witch. I had seen her when Duke was showing us inside the building. Matilda. I grabbed my sword and, without thinking about it twice, I threw my sword at her, catching her in the chest. I heard two roars and I sighed, turning around. Two bear shifters started to approach me. I watched their steps, their faces, their movements. They get close enough and one throws a punch and I block it and side step. The other reaches to grab me, but I duck and punch him in the gut. He’s knocked off balance and I take that as my opportunity to roundhouse kick him in the head. He goes flying back twisting in the air and landing on his face. The other tackles me and punches me in the ribs, making Ari growl. I can feel each blow causing a serious damage, so I’m very thankful that Mrs. Yashira had made those potions for me to keep my pups safe. If he keeps up the blows I’m sure a rib or two will break.

I bring my knee up and drove it hard into his package. He rolls off of me and grunts in pain. I stand up and the other one comes up and wraps his arms around my neck. I felt him squeezing me so, I leaned back and threw my entire body weight forward, taking him with me. Flipping him over, so I had him in a submission hold. He can either pass out from loss of oxygen or I can break his fucking neck. My thighs wrapped around his neck and squeezed tightly. He’s thrashing around and the other one comes up to me and punches me in the jaw. I don’t loosen my hold though. Finally, his body goes slack from loss of oxygen. One less to worry about. Me and the other shifter circled each other. He’s wadding like he’s got a stick up his ass. Serves him right. We go punch for punch, kick for kick. I managed to steal a glance at the other pack members and allies. I see them holding their own.

“Come on asshole. Let’s get this over with” I snarled. These bear shifters are strong and I could tell that at one point in time he was trained. He charges at me and I spin out of the way. He grabs me by my hair and throws me and my back lands on a tree stump and I’m positive that now I have a broken rib.

‘Ari, the pups’ I said, still worried.

‘Pups are fine. The potion is strong’, Ari replies. I shook the stars and cloudiness from my eyes to see him pointing a gun at me. I can’t move. Everything hurts. I struggled to get to my feet and fight. I finally get to my hands and knees and he laughs.

“Well, isn’t this a beautiful sight? His voice sounded evil and dark. Before I could stand up fully, I heard the gun go off. I squeezed my eyes shut, and let out a loud whimper. I feel no pain though. I opened my eyes and saw that Benny had taken the bullet. Blood was pouring from the wound on his side.

“NOOO!” I scream. I crawled to him and grabbed on to him. I stood over him protectively and let out a loud roar as the bear aimed his gun at me again.

“Stupid mutt!” he spits at Benny. I caressed his cheek and looked down at him. He’s whimpering and trying to move. Before the bear could fire again, he was taken down by a large ball of fur.

“XAVIER!” I screamed. I turned to Benny and grabbed his face.

“Stay with me, please. Don’t leave us” I said, and gave him a quick kiss. I placed my hands on his wound to try and stop the bleeding.

“I NEED A MEDIC NOW!” I screamed hysterically. Kesha and Manny ran towards Benny and me.

“He just jumped in front of the bullet. Please, we need to help him! He saved me. He saved us!” I said, keeping my hands on his wounds. He sacrificed himself to protect me. He has no idea what he has done. I need to tell him. He needs to fight for his pups… for us.

“Benny” I called when I saw his eyes closing. He’s fighting to keep his eyes open.

“Benny, baby, I need you to stay with me. I need you to stay with me because you’re going to be a dad” I said, moving one of my hands to grab one of his and place it on my belly. I feel wetness on my chest and someone wraps their arms around me trying to pull me away.

“NO, WE HAVE TO HELP HIM. I CAN’T LEAVE HIM” I scream, but someone pry me away from him. I take in the scent and I realize it’s Mr. Tristan. He’s holding me tight, rubbing his hand over my hand and then down my back, trying to calm me.

“Shh, it’s okay. They have to work on him. They couldn’t do that with you going all protective warrior queen on them” he cups my cheeks and uses his thumbs to wipe away my tears like a father would.

“You fought well, my queen,” he said.

“Wait, WHERE IS XAVIER” I screamed. Why can’t I stop screaming?

“Shh, it’s okay, he’s with medics as well. He’s injured as well”, Mr. Tristan admits. I was glad he wasn’t lying to me.

“W-why can’t Mrs. Yashira or Mrs. River heal them?” I asked.

“Because they have been injected with something and we don’t know what. We don’t know if they heal them, if they will be doing more harm than good” Mr. Tristan said. I looked around, still trying to see who else was hurt, and I realized I didn’t see my mom.

“MOM? MOM! Where is my mom?” I asked, fear gripping me in a tight hold.

“Your mom is fine. She… she's helping someone" Mr. Koslov said, walking towards me. I hear people shouting and I look towards the people to see Benny convulsing.

“Benny? BENNY?!!!” I screamed and tried to run towards him. Mrs. Yashira appears in front of me and places two fingers on my forehead.

“Sleep” she says. The last thing I hear is a roar before I fall into darkness.

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