Hunter-
His words hit me hard. I knew what the Champion bond entailed, but I hadn’t even considered Brett in any of this. I had even made it a point to keep him busy with other things in the weeks leading up to the battle because I saw how protective he was getting over Kyra and it had irritated me.
As much as I would like to admit that it had been for other reasons, I had just never liked the guy. From day one he has been like a thorn in my side. He had always been hovering around Kyra and everywhere I turned around he had been there. I was still annoyed that the bond had even been created in the first place.
Brett should have never been the one to be Kyra’s protector. It was my job to do that, no one else’s. So I had kept him running errands for me and keeping him as busy as possible. Was it my fault Kyra was like this? Had I been the one to cause Brett’s death if it was supposed to be me all along?
How many times had I heard Kyr
Hunter- Back at the house, I stood in the doorway of Kyra’s art studio, where Zac had placed her. As much as I wanted to stay to watch over her, I needed to handle the mess around the pack. When we arrived, we were alerted that those that remained from George’s army had pulled back. We had fewer casualties than I had thought, though more than I had wanted. Altogether we had lost thirty. A couple had been from our allies, but that didn’t lessen the blow at all. Pulling the door closed, I stepped back and faced Caleb and Zac. Alec was with Rex and Tristan trying to find Brett’s body so we can preserve it as long as possible so Kyra could have the chance to say goodbye. It didn’t feel right to bury his body with the rest of the fallen. “We need to get things in order and clean things up before we can deal with what is going on with Kyra. If what Zeke said is true, there isn’t much we can do.” “I am going to stay here.” Caleb stated. As the Beta,
Hunter-Returning in less than twenty four hours had been difficult, although I managed. I found Caleb was still outside of Kyra’s art studio, I wasn’t even sure if he had moved since I left. Kyra was now awake, except she wasn’t happy. She was thrashing against the ward repeatedly. There were blood splatters all over the small area from her ramming her head.I just hoped that Zeke was right and she wasn’t feeling anything from it. The thought of her being hurt because the creature that had taken was hurting itself worried me. I tried to step into the room, but Caleb’s hand reached out and grabbed the back of my pant leg.“Don’t get close, it will only get worse.” Caleb spoke.“How long has she been awake?”“Four hours. It has been like this since waking up. I tried talking to it, but it was like it didn’t even hear me. I thought maybe I could get it to calm down and find a way
Hunter- It was closing in on the sixth-month mark and we were still no closer to finding anything. Zeke had shown up a couple of times a week, but he stayed as far away from me as possible. Everyone’s spirits were down and I was trying to hold it together but it was becoming more and more difficult. I still couldn’t feel the bond, but I know it hasn’t been severed yet. The closer it gets to Kyra being transferred to Purgatory, the crosser I become. I was going out of my mind. I didn’t know what to do and we had gone through every book we had around the pack. We had even found books we didn’t even know we had, but they were useless. Zeke refused to help us, he kept saying there was nothing we can do. Still, we weren’t giving up. We were running out of time and it was just a matter of time before the blood ward faltered. Caleb and I have been taking shifts watching over her and occasionally her brothers would help, but they were in and out of here a lot.
Hunter-Still having a grip on Caleb, I pulled him back and shut the door. It wouldn’t be much of a barrier, but maybe it could buy us time. I tried to get Caleb to run, but he wouldn’t budge. I kept pulling at him and after a few more seconds finally, his feet moved. We had just made it to the stairs when I heard the sound of the creature breaking through the door.“We have to shift!” I yelled, just before forcing Ace forward.Both Caleb and I flung ourselves off the top stairs and shifted midair. We both slid across the foyer once we landed. The front door was flung open just as we got back on our paws. Not stopping to question the door opening on its own, I waited until Caleb got out and then ran after him. Zac was standing in the middle of the yard holding his hands out.Once we reached him, we stopped to look back at the house. I shifted back so I could speak to Zac.“Is everyone out of the house?”&l
Hunter-Zeke turned towards me and he no longer had his firmly planted scowl in place when he looked at me. Now he just looked tired and drained. He didn’t need to say anything for me to see the regret of his actions. I tilted my head towards him in understanding and just like that it was like the past six months between us was water under the bridge, for now.It wasn’t that I hated him, well I did at one point, but we reached an understanding. Plus I knew he was just venting his anger because of his daughter. I understood him more than he realized. I still blamed myself, but that was my burden to carry. Turning back towards the creature, I let the rest go and gave my attention where it needed to be.After another twenty minutes of waiting, Alec showed up with a man. The guy's attention fell on the creature and I saw sadness fall over him. He took a few steps forward, which got the attention of the creature. It became silent and I swear I thought I s
Hunter-Tristan was the first to move, he threw his hand out and the creature was thrown back. Rex followed it up with a lightning bolt, but the creature absorbed it much like Kyra was able to. This wasn’t good. If it can access her powers, how effective would their attempts to deal with it be? She was trained to work with their powers, how much of her knowledge did the creature have?Before it could shake off the attacks, Zeke and Alec simultaneously blasted it with energy. It once again absorbed it but wasn’t fazed by the attack. Instead of an attack, by throwing the power it absorbed, it ran straight towards us.“Everything we throw at it, it is absorbing. We need to think of something quick.” Zeke hollered, throwing a burst of fire at it.“Tristan, it can’t absorb your attacks, throw everything you got at it!” Alec yelled, just before shifting into his wolf and going on the defense.Tristan once again t
Kyra- Where was I? It was too dark to see anything. Blinking my eyes, I thought maybe I just had them closed, but still, I could see nothing. My body felt numb, heck even my mind did. Was I dead? The last thing I remembered was seeing George and Hunter fighting. Had he killed me? Just as well I suppose, I hadn’t expected to come out of all of this alive. If I was dead, then Caleb must be dead also. Why didn’t the thought bother me though? I remember being torn up about it earlier. Perhaps in death, there is no pain. I could get used to that. I suffered for way too long, now I can finally know what peace is. I always thought that peace was supposed to feel good though, happy even, but I felt nothing. Should I feel something? Something was wrong, I could sense it. I knew I should feel worried or even concerned about it, yet I didn’t. My mind shifted to Hunter, still, I felt nothing. I didn’t know if I liked that, I remembered how I used to feel with him and I w
Kyra-Was I seriously just going to sit back and let everyone I have ever cared about die? Why wasn’t any of this affecting me hardly? I know I loved them all, but to just watch and not do something was wrong. This isn’t how death should be. I tried to speak, but nothing came out. What was I supposed to do?I watched as Caleb’s wolf and I slammed together in slow motion, we rolled across the grass, both nipping and clawing at each other. Why was my fur black? I saw myself move towards Caleb’s wolf's neck, which was completely exposed. This was just like what happened in Maine, except I was seeing it all from a first person point of view.That was when I felt it, fear, it simmered at first, then grew just as time started to speed back up. It was so raw and authoritative. So much so that I felt my heart start to race. I let out a blood-curdling scream so loud that the attack on Caleb seized. As if every emotion I had ever experienced came f