The Beast And The Blessed

Ninety-Five: Natalie

Natalie's P.O.V.

Killian was already standing in his Lycan form. His back was to me as he scanned the area.

A few of our pack members screamed and yelped in pain as they tossed their bodies into the dirt, trying their hardest to extinguish the fire. It was short lasting, but I knew they would have some serious injuries for a while.

I couldn’t feel Killian in our bond. He had shut himself off but stayed close to me as I jumped to my feet and waited. The heat from the flames warmed my chilled fur, and I shuddered.

I had trained to fight but had no idea what to do when we couldn't see our enemies.

'They are still in the mountains. That was a warning shot.' A gravelly, deep unfamiliar voice stated, and I turned to look as Tobias stepped closer.

Thomas and George were on my other side, and I knew the sound of their voices. It hadn't been either of them.

It was Tobias.

The smell of burnt fur made my nose wrinkle, and I glanced around Killian as the last of the injured hobbled their way back toward the healers. Only one body remained limp on the dirt with smoke coming from them, and a group of humans sprinted through the crowd with a stretcher to grab him.

The pack was alert, all on their feet, shifting every few seconds as they waited for their orders. But they remained silent.

I examined the area for the first time since waking and found that the sun had barely started rising. The glow of light on the treetops would work to our advantage. Vampires were fine in the sunlight as long as they had fed. Even if they didn't, they could still be in the sun. They would just burn quickly from the vitamin deficiency their diet caused.

From a distance, yelling could be heard, sending a shiver down my spine.

The echoing war cry coming from several hundreds of bodies was something I would hear when I closed my eyes years from now.

everyone to sprint through the trees to find our enemy. Instead, we marched together at a steady pace forward. I stayed just behind Killian as he stalked toward our enemies, looking

beasts pressed in to surround their king. The animalistic sounds coming from them were lower than before. Still, for the

were demanding blood. It excited them that they would spill it

A voice called out as the man from last

the man dropped his head in submission before moving to stand on the other side of

me glances. It wasn't lost on me that several other

knew my mother. He knew her white fur and cared for

important task at hand as we reached a large clearing at the base of the mountain. It wouldn't be able to house both armies.

breeding and turning more into their kind until they had created the thousands that now stood before

slightest falter in his voice when not one but

with blood -red rubies took my breath away. They had to have dug up Killian's father

tall yet paunchy woman with pin-straight blonde hair and a glare that could kill

Charlie's voice cracked as she stared at the women. She had yet to shift and held a long

You Lycans have poisoned our world! You think you are a gift from the Goddess, but you are just a group of cursed dogs! You steal and pillage, raping breeders, trapping them as prisoners to sire your lines. Only for them to produce more of your evil, disgusting kind. You think you have the right to decide who lives

rule, or blood will be

behind her. The sound of chains rattling reached me before I could see

dragged to the front and forced to their

blood oozing from her stomach, staining her clothes. While half of my mother's face had been smashed. The crimson liquid matted her hair

to you," Lillian called out

off the metal of a blade. Talia moved around Lillian to stand behind my mother as she held her head up

life. I wasn't even sure if Agatha was still alive with how she hung limply, only held up by the bloodsuckers holding

to die first." Lillian laughed, but I couldn't tear my eyes away from Talia as she lifted the dagger in a dramatic show, wanting everyone to witness the moment she sent the Descendant back

and ducking under Killian's