The second I let the arrow go I realized it was to early. My arrow hits the king in the forearm and instantly he lets out a roar. My blood freezes, and i stare at my mistake.
I should have drawn up an other arrow but our eyes lock and I am frozen.
He sees me!
He knows I am up here. I turn and bolt for the stairs. My only chance now is getting out of the back door before his army of men can catch me. If I can get out the back door i can shift and have a better chance of escape.
"Get HER!"
- It was a demand that had the hair on the back of my neck standing up. I take the flight of stairs two at a time. I reach the back door as the warriors of the royal army crash through the front door. I shift in mid air, knowing that my wolf can fight or out run most wolves. At first I hear nothing, as we reach the creek, My solace, my self place. As a my wolf Nyra clears the creek i hear the howls. The howls of the hunt, I am being hunted. I sprint as fast as i can go, my wolf bounding, almost flying. The king's warriors are gaining on me, i can feel it in my bones. Their war cries have me afraid to look back. I can hear the wolves have shifted and are gaining on me. I dont slow down until i am side swiped by one of them. We both summer salt to a stop. Instantly i am ready to fight as wolf after wolf attacks me from all angles. I maybe surrounded but I am not going down without taking a few of these mutts with me. I fight with everything I have. Biting at the legs, sides, and shoulders of any wolf within distance. My wolf is fast and lands some pretty good bites, wounding the other wolves. I wait for my chance to get a throat bite, just one bite to the throat and I know i can take out an enemy. But as i am fighting for what I assume is my life, each army wolf steps back, forming a circle around me. I am trapped. None of them charge at me like they were before instead they bare their teeth and growl at me. I do the same. My wolf's hackles are up and she has tasted their blood. She is ready to fight until the end, theirs or mine. I snap at each of the wolves forming my death circle. Then 2 wolves part, making an opening and i see him. King Leander. His eyes look black as night, the seem to be an endless pit, and they lock on mine. My wolf growls out a warning to him to stay back. He smirks at her like we are children.
"Shift" his voice is deep and masculine.
I feel his aurora wash over me however I am able to fight through it and snarl at him. Yes, my wolf just challenged the Lycan King. I don't care, my life is over. My pack has been overthrown and killed. I know my death is unavoidable and I let my defiance show. His eye brows raise as if he is amused
" I will only ask 1 more time he says Shift "
My wolf replies with a snarl. He steps into the circle, his warriors doing their best to stand with the auroa he is letting off. They feel the effects but my wolf for some unknown reason is fighting it very well. I see the king turn to who I assume is his beta and whisper something in his ear. Never once taking his eyes off me. He never breaks eye contact and I do my damndest to make sure i don't either. I can see blood running down his arm from my arrow. But nothing else on his body seems to be injured. His body is a mountain of muscle. I may get one bite in before he kills me. I shake the thoughts of dying from my head, I can do this. I can escape. I have no choice, I either escape or i die trying. Being a captive to the Lycan army is not an option. With being lost in my thoughts and this on going staring contest going on, I missed the movement behind me. I missed the Beta sneaking around outdside the circle of angry wolves and coming behind me. But i felt the needle prick and turned. Snapping my jaws missing his arm by centimeters. I lunged at him again, not thinking of the other wolves around me I was to dialed in on the Beta who had just injected me with something. I could feel my wolf losing her strength.
NO! NO! this can not be happening.
I'm sorry Nyra says as she slips to the back of my mind.
I am now laying naked in human form in front of 25 royal army wolves, the Beta and the Lycan king himself
. I stand, Tall unashamed in front of them. King Leander prowls towards me. His eyes are deadlocked on mine. I want to step back as he approaches but my pride will not let me. Instead i stand my ground, my wolf maybe sedated but i handle the approach alone the best that i can.
You shot me, he says
I say Nothing
Cat got your tongue? The other wolves laugh. I roll my eyes.
"Its a good thing you missed, otherwise you would be dead along with your pack members"
. I see red. I charge him. That was stupid, the fight was over before it even begun but it was to late. He waits patiently as i run at him. Time seems to stand still as my fury takes over. my hands are in fist as i reach him. What did i plan to do, claw his eyes out maybe who knows. But before i can even come up with a way to attack him, he is on me. Im knocked flat on my back, the wind rushing out of my lungs. Im stunned for a minute but regain my strength and start fighting, clawing and biting at him. I am no match for him as he flips me on to my stomach, my bare ass in the air. He grabs both of my wrists, placing them on the small of my back. I kick at him has he places his knees on the back of mine. I am wiggling, struggling to get free. Nothing is working.
"Stop struggling" his voice is not even winded
. It took no energy from him to easily detain me. That realization infuriates me and I struggle with renewed determination
. "Mack, bring me the chains and collar. '
The beta moves, headed back towards the pack house. He is back within seconds. I see the silver handcuffs and collar and I know that I can not submit to this. I fight managing to get one hand loose. I push out from under the King and jump to my feet with cat like reflexes. . There is a moment of surprise in his eyes that is masked as fast as it came. I may have gotten out from under him and back on my feet, but i am not far enough away. I am hit with such force to the side of the face my head snaps back, I taste blood on my lip and i see stars, the next thing i know, the world goes dark and i fall into oblivion.