A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 47

Chapter Forty-Seven An intense fight ensued as we were quickly engaged by a group of wolves.

To my surprise, Aleric had already taken two down and was on to his third before even a few minutes had passed

But there were so many more to go.

The bottom line was that we weren’t going to win this, and we both knew it.

I had two wolves on me and I had so far been holding my own against them well. Neither of them had expected me to be able to fight so well underage and it showed. They moved as if assuming I wouldn’t be able to keep up, but they were wrong.

“Aria!” Aleric yelled. “I can hear there’s more coming. We need to go.” 

I knew he was right. We’d vastly underestimated how large this cave system was. With the number of wolves here, it seemed plausible that it expanded out more than what we could see here. Most likely, there were hidden tunnels somewhere which would explain how th appeared to be coming out of nowhere. Our best option was to run. Suddenly, Aleric screamed out in pain. I wanted to turn and check what had happened but the two on me weren’t letting me take my eyes off them for even a second. They were determined t o finally get a hit on me as their frustration had only been growing the entire time I’d been dodging them.

But I didn’t need to wait long in order to find out if Aleric was okay.

Because I soon heard the sound of someone shifting, followed by an encore of whimpers, howls, growls… and flesh tearing. A lot of flesh tearing. I quickly unsheathed my knife, waiting for the moment I knew would be coming, and was pleased he didn’t keep me waiting long.

The largest black wolf I ever saw then came bounding out of nowhere and tackled one of the two away from me, snapping towards his throat for a final blow. I’d only ever seen Aleric’s wolf a handful of times but it was always an impressive sight, as with any other Alpha wolf.

The second rogue naturally tried to turn his attention to Aleric in order to help his comrade, but that was a mistake. I moved lightning fast to kick him to the ground, pinning him in place with my legs... and instantly embedded the silver knife into his chest.

Finally exhausted, I leaned back and looked around me. It seemed like Aleric had killed off the entire room as the corpses around us began to shift back into their human bodies.

But it had been a complete massacre. I heard Aleric then whimper, drawing my attention back, and I knew what he was trying to say. He’d mentioned there were more coming and it was a reminder that we didn’t have long to leave. I nodded that I understood and looked down to retrieve my knife… only to find the wolf had reverted back to his human self underneath me.

Instantly, I felt my entire body freeze up at the sight of who laid there. But it was impossible, wasn’t it? Surely it was someone who just looked similar... 

mother one day. Aleric barked out loudly next to me but I was barely able to register him with what I was seeing. It literally didn’t make any sense. He couldn’t be a rogue because in two years he would

n his face.

in his mouth and started to drag me away from the body before I even had a chance to retrieve my dagger. “Okay, okay!” I finally said as I started to

the hard, stony ground cutting into my legs had been

still shaken, but managed to make the rest of the way outside and sprint back into

continued to run regardless. I followed Aleric the entire time, trusting him to know the way back even though it all looked the same to

it was still impressive given most people took at least a month to begin moving so fluidly in that form. But as I inspected him, I couldn‘t help but notice he was limping ever so slightly on one of his back legs. I assumed this was why he’d cried out earlier. It didn’t take us long to get back to the car and I immediately doubled over panting, now out o f breath from having ran the entire way. I looked up towards

had a spare change of clothes in there. ...And he didn‘t want to shift in front of me because it would mean I’d see him naked. Out of all the crazy shit I had just seen… Aleric’s naked body was by far the least of concerns… and it wasn’t even a new thing for me. It wasn’t like I hadn’t seen his entire body unclothed before in my past life. But I suppose he didn‘t know that. I

few moments to shift back but I could see his

me

Aleric sped the entire way until we made it to the closest patrol tower, but he had been right. B y the time they did manage to get back to the cave, all the rogues had left and managed to take most

the larger furniture items

it off. But this only told us that they must have had another shelter nearby. There was no other possible way they could have moved that many people and dead bodies over an extended distance, without leaving a single trace or track. The search continued for the rest of the day and ended up expanding out to the entire woods

they didn’t end up finding anyone. For now,

go in there alone,” my

as soon as Aleric and I had finished giving our report to the patrol team. This

forever, you know? I have a job and a responsibility to the pack now. If Aleric and I hadn’t gone in,

only said one rogue was sighted, not thirty. I didn’t even know rogues could band together in numbers

pack due to a job, doesn’t mean dying for them.” Her words hit hard considering I’d literally done that once already. Did she know? Had my father ended

to be

been different in the past. Would I have

sorry.” But as her words made me recount the past, it also reminded me of what I’d seen in the cave. “By the way...,” I said, thinking. “Do

mort la

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