Tooth and claws
Tooth and claws
Hira died, her soul as a rogue which taken by the goddess she served. Her body shriveled before their eyes, a grotesque and terrifying scene that silenced everyone around her. Only dry skin covering bones remained.
The Luna's third form receded, the sweet and young Nadja in human form taking her place. Exhausted from all the energy spent transforming into her beast for the first time, and for everything else she had experienced in the last few days, she fainted. Adanir, who was fighting one of the elder alpha's bodyguards, threw him towards a tree, hanging by a branch that pierced his abdomen.
He was Nadja's closest gamma and ran to meet her, however, he stopped furiously when he saw that Lord Demon, prince of demons, got there before him.
The demon held the Luna's head with both hands and smiled cruelly at Adanir.
— You lost, demon, give up and surrender!
— Why would I do that? — Lord Demon asked with a raised eyebrow.
A creature almost three meters tall, with sharp, pointed teeth, skin covered in fur and scales, and fire-colored eyes lifted the Luna's body into a sitting position and supported her back with its enormous hand.
— I might consider sparing your life if you're smart and stay away from my Luna.
— I must say, with some regret, that I will have to decline your very generous offer, Gamma. This female smells too good for me to leave her here on this cold ground. She will be much more comfortable as one of my concubines on my bed.
Slowly, Nadja's gammas took strategic positions around the demon, who seemed not to care.
— Not in your wildest dreams, demon. You won't leave here alive today!
— I will, yes, and with my newest concubine in my arms and there's nothing you can do, gamma, your nature won't allow you to put your Luna's life at risk!
— You clearly covet her, you wouldn't harm her! — Adanir was furious and took a few steps towards the demon, eager to kill him.
— Ah, that's where you're wrong, my dear gamma. I would do her a lot of harm, yes, I can rip off her arms, I don't need them. In fact, I can cut off her legs, it will give me more access to that lupine pussy. All I need is the vagina and the uterus. Oh, the mouth and the ass too, but they're just for fun!
— Help me, Lord Demon, order them to release me, order them to release all of us right now! Shouted the traitor Alpha, to which the demon simply laughed.
— Why would I help you? Despicable beings, capable of betraying your own kind! If you betray the Alpha who protected you until today, how easily would you betray me?
— Bastard, coward, you'll regret it!
— Shut up, old and impotent Alpha! Besides, Gamma, why are they still alive? I perfectly heard your Luna order to kill everyone!
Adanir signaled to his men, who changed positions incognito, preparing for the attack.
The demon bent down to pick up Nadja in his arms, and as the gammas prepared to jump on him, a horde of demons flew over the courtyard.
— I warned you, Gamma, that you couldn't stop me. I always have aces up my sleeve!
He spread his long wings and looked at the sky. In a blink of an eye, he took flight.
The roar that echoed through the courtyard was deafening, making the ground tremble. The Alpha's beast jumped from the bedroom window onto the demon's wings, causing him to drop the Luna.
Adanir ran and caught her in his arms, protecting her from the fall. The gammas surrounded Adanir and made it impossible for any living being to cross the wall of Hecate's chosen ones.
If the traitors had already been shocked to see Nadja transform into the Beast, what would they say when they saw that Derik was not only alive, but furious, to the point that his Beast's eyes were red instead of black.
Lord Demon flapped his wings rapidly, ascending as high as he could with the Alpha clinging to his back. Derik wrapped one arm around the demon's neck and used the claws of his free hand to tear one of the wings. The dark membrane yielded to the sharp claw, like fabric to scissors.
He bit Derik's arm, shaking to dislodge him, but more than half of his right wing detached with the cut. They lost altitude even as the demon insisted on flapping his stump of a wing.
The fall was violent, and they rolled on the ground. Both quickly stood up, facing each other, on guard.
— Someone told me you were dead, wolf!— He grumbled, quickly inspecting the damage to his wing.
— Is that what gave you the courage to bring your flying monkeys into my territory? — The beast's voice was hoarse and his speech slurred.
— Hm... That, and the chance to meet your Luna... I admit she exceeded my expectations!— The Demon smiled mockingly, displaying teeth that looked like knife points in his mouth.
"Mine!"
The beast roared, a loud and vigorous cry.
The demons flying over the territory attacked Derik's wolves, initiating an infernal battle. Large and strong, they descended with full fury upon the wolves, secure in the advantage their wings gave them.
However, the black wolf army was trained and competent, not surrendering to the differences, but adapting to them. They worked together, attacking the demons with ferocity and determination.
— You touched what belongs to me! — The beast growled, leaping and knocking Lord Demon down.
The demon was strong and agile, but he was no match for the enraged Beast. Derik could not use the beast's potent jaws in the fight, as the blood of this species is venomous.
Derik howled in pain from the bite he received on his shoulder. The demon's sharp, serrated teeth tore his flesh, and the venomous creature began to suck the Alpha's blood, feeding on him.
Amidst the nauseating pain he felt, Derik grabbed one of the demon's elbows and twisted, then pulled with all his might. The beast's roar echoed in the air as the flesh of the demon's shoulder tore little by little, forcing him to release Derik's shoulder. With the Alpha's blood dripping from his mouth, the demon watched helplessly as his arm was separated from his body.
— I heard you thought about doing that to my female!
The demon took a few steps back, his left hand trying to staunch the bleeding from his right shoulder.