Chapter 12 Faith
“I still have to get something to do, and you girls, don’t get too far away, because I’ll come after you, then we can visit the property together.” Arden kissed Emma on the forehead before moving into the office, with Derek.
The day was beautiful and sunny, and Emma was happier than ever, still feeling Arden’s touches and kisses on her, so anything that Hope asked her, she answered with a smile, not noticing, that they had moved quite away from home, but they were nowhere near the forest or borders.
Still, a strong feeling, to be on alert, fulfilled all her senses, when, like an angry herd, a terrible noise broke through the valley, carrying fear, and the smell of blood and death.
The scream from the pack house sounded like Anna’s, when Emma crashed Hope, and ran toward the house, where Arden was, with Derek.
The smoke and fire affected the part of the buildings, where the members of the pack and the children were, and the thick cloud of completely black smoke, threatened her path, wrapping it like a mantle, which she could not get rid of.
She heard Arden’s voice in her head, saying to him to hurry, feeling that this time magic was involved, and she was not fooled. Hope clung to her, but Emma had to free her, knowing that it was the only way.
“Hope, honey, you have to listen to me, you have to let me go and run to your dad, faster as you can, and don’t turn, you understand?” She quickly spoke to her daughters, tearful eyes.
“But Mom, I don’t want to leave you,” she said.
“Honey, you won’t, you’ll just get faster to your dad, and now we need him, can you promise me, that you will listen to me?”
“I promise, Mommy,” she replied, once again turning to Emma, and then she started running.
Emma’s tears shaped her face, when she stretched out on cold earth in her spasm, feeling that she had no rotten strength in her until she saw the smoke parted, and a woman with black eyes, and black hair, approached her, and Emma knew, she’s a witch.
But nothing scared her so much, but the eyes she saw again, after that day by the river when Hope almost lost her life, and now they looked at her again, the same malice, as always.
She knew he did not come without reinforcement, especially since the nasty screams and breaks of bones, and bodies, were heard, but she was never happier than seeing a huge and shiny, black wolf, with bright gray eyes, who threw himself at Khan, crashing him to the ground, momentarily.
He didn’t even bother to transform, his eyes were filled with blood, which meant only one, he was a beast, not a werewolf, but more vampires, whose canines were twice as long, from the wolf, and vampire, which he drank into Arden’s chest, tinging it to the bone, in a moment.
Emma couldn’t watch that horror, how much blood he was losing, it was impossible unless he was poisoned, but he managed to hack his teeth, to Khan’s neck, when the witch interfered with him, lifting her hand, and rejecting him toward a nearby tree.
It was a huge blow that the tree broke in half, and struck the blood in his mouth, leaving him unconscious.
Emma screamed with pain and horror, feeling the fire pervading her body when Khan jumped.
“You must not allow her to transform, or you are the next, witch!” He told to women, who looked at him in fear.
He licked his blood, not yet picking up the claws, his eyes red, like the darkest blood.
“My lord, I must not hurt her, she is ...“, but she failed to end, because her head, with one move of Khan’s claws, was far from her body.
He lifted his head, toward the forest, where the young girl’s silhouette appeared from, the same eye color, but light hair, like snow, which stood quietly in front of him.
“Don’t repeat her mistake,” he warned, when she just nodded, waving her hand, and Emma felt something tightening her, like the strongest chain, and her thoughts stopped, impossible to say the word.
Fighters approached from afar, in wolf form, a lot of them, and Khan only grabbed her, like a bag, and at a speed, she couldn’t imagine, disappeared into the woods.
She was repeated in a cage, in a cell on the cold, concrete floor, as Once upon a time, but it wasn’t bound because there was no need.
She was so tied to the magic that her wolf would not wake up it killed her, and the thought of Arden, and Hope, killed her in her, the will to live, because she did not have one without them, regretting that she didn’t kill that beast, which did it all.
The steps were approaching, but not only heavy, but much easier, softer, when the door of the room was opened, and Khan entered with a witch of white hair inside.
“Hmm, like a real feast...
“Before I kill you, I’ll use you, better than the last time”, his cold voice, made her vomit.
Just as he approached the cell, the young witch raised both hands, starting to say something quickly, and Emma felt that she was slowly returning her sensation, and her strength to her body, as Khan was staggered, but only for a moment.
Turning quickly, he stuck his claws into her belly, and the girl failed to scream, collapsing, right next to the cell door.
Khan continued to approach her, looking at her with her bloody gaze, when he calmed down at all as if to communicate with someone, wickedly muttered.
“It looks like my dear brother is not dead, and I have to take care of your bastard too but don’t worry, I’ll come back quickly, to finish what I started, who knows, every beast needs a beast,” he looked at her lustfully, disappearing it from the room.
She was choking on tears, at the very thought of what would happen, not having time to be happy, because Arden and Hope were alive, and then she heard breathing.
She approached, slightly crawling, the girl, who opened her eyes, from which the blood flowed, which scared Emma.
“Don’t be afraid, she spoke quietly.”
“My mother was wrong, but I won’t, “she breathed, with pain.”
“Give me a hand, we don’t have much time, trust me, I’ll help you,” she whispered, losing her strength.
One look into her eyes, was a sign to Emma, that she was telling the truth, because when she grabbed her hand, Emma had a feeling before Khan appeared, that overwhelmed her again.
“I called my sisters, they would help to destroy him, once and for all, this is my redemption to you ..., be strong... “were the last words of the girl before she exhaled.