SWNOVELS Chapter 82
Chapter 82
“C–Colt…Colt!”
I look for him but I don’t see
him among the people that
get up.
“Colt!”
“Over here!” Victor shouts. I
see him kneeling over Colt
who lies on the floor
motionless. I run, sliding my knees on the ground as I get to him, ignoring the pain of scraping them.
“Colt!” I shout but he does
not move.
He has burn marks on the
right side of the body.
“Colt! Wake up!” I put my ear to his chest and immediately start to panic. “Victor there is no pulse!” I scream.
He pushes me away and puts
his head on Colt’s chest.
I feel dread rising from the pit of my stomach.
“There is a pulse but it is
faint…it’s…it’s slowing down.”
“WHAT?! NO!”
I grab Colt by his shirt and
shake him. “WAKE UP!”
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He doesn’t move.
“WAKE UP! YOU HAVE TO
WAKE UP! DON’T LEAVE
ME! Don’t leave me…”
I can see his face growing pale. Suddenly, his eyes open just a bit and his lips shake.
“You can’t leave me, Colt.
You can’t. No one will ever
love me like you do and I won’t ever love again.”
His eyes start to close and desperation sets in.
“You can’t die!” I use my
fingers to open his eyes. “You
can’t die. Heal! HEAL
YOURSELF!” I command.
There is a sudden grunt. His face contorts and he opens his eyes wide. He takes in deep breaths as if he was
trying to find air.
“Colt?”
I am balling my eyes out.
“Colt?”
I don’t know what is
happening. Did my
command work?”
“Colt!?”
He suddenly blinks a few
times now staring at me and
starts to calm down.
“Is he…”
As I hold Colt, Victor leans down and puts his ear to
Colt’s chest.
“His heart has gone back to a steady beat.”
I immediately kiss Colt and
hug him tighter as I cry
harder now.
“You can’t leave me…you
can’t leave me…”
I feel a short shaky touch on my arm. Pulling myself from
Colt, I see him caressing my
arm but I can tell how weak
he is.
“He’s going to be okay, Cass.”
Victor says.
“He is?”
I see him better but I am so
scared. I think I am
traumatized now by this.
“He is. But now he needs to
rest.”
I slowly nod as I wipe my face of tears and snot.
“And look, he is starting to heal.” Victor points to Colt’s
arm.
His burns slowly heal but it is
working.
I wrap my arms around Colt.
It will still take time for him
to heal but I am so relieved
and yet still scared.
I lift my head up and look at the damage caused by
Oliver. Many are dead and many more are injured. The
f**ker Oliver is nowhere to
be found.
I am so angry. Look at what
he has done. A moment ago,
all these people were
laughing and talking, now…
I see Dad limp his way to us with Lotus and Peggy. They were far away from the explosion but he still got
some damage from it.
I am so relieved to see them.
“Are you okay?!” I ask.
“Yes, yes…where is Garret?!” He asks frantically.
I have never seen him so
worried and shows how
much he truly does care for
Garret and Victor.
At that moment, Garret
rushes out of the house also
limping. “They are attacking!”
I grind my teeth. Oliver has no honor. He plays dirty.
I look at Colt and give him a soft kiss and then I gently lie him on the ground.
“Have everyone that is able to move, go defend! And alert Rodrick!” I look at
Warrick and try to put on my bravest face, trying not to show how much I was broken just now. “Dad…take care of him for me, please.”
He gives me an assertive
nod. “I will. Come back
safe…the three of you.”
The three of us look at each
other and give him a nod before sprinting through the
side of the house.
“Are our men fighting already?”
“Yes and surprisingly, the
enemies are many.” Garret
says.
“Can they take us?” I ask.
“…they are prepared.”
“Can they take us?”
“We’ve never been attacked
like this. Not while Warrick
had been Alpha and his dad had decimated so many
packs. No one dared.”
Do I really have to repeat myself? “Garret-”
“It is always a possibility. We just have to be careful.” He finally says.
We all duck when a huge explosion comes from the
woods in front of the house.
“Shit! The f**ker is going to
bring this whole place
down.”
Beck runs to us with two of
the other Alphas that
survived.
“Beck! Take the east side!”
Garret urges.
Beck nods and runs to the
right side of the house.
“How can we help?” The
Alphas say.
“Do you have men close by?”
Victor asks them.
“Yes.”
“Call them to help. You both
can take the west.”
Kanda and Serge arrive. I am
glad they are okay.
“Where do you need us?” Serge quickly asks Garret.
I start walking. “You guys continue, I’m going to look
for Oliver.”
“Cass, that’s not a good idea.”
I turn to them but I don’t
stop. “If we get him, we stop this fight.”
“True but it’s still dangerous
and we need to help our
men.”
“Then go do that. I’ll be fine.” Without waiting for their
response, I sprint away.
Soon I am dodging people fighting left and right. I help a few of our own pack
members as I continue on
my way.
It doesn’t take me long to see Oliver at the edge of the
forest before the sea of trees
starts.
Fuking arrogant bastard is not even trying to hide.
Another explosion goes off
inside the forest that is
behind the packhouse
grabbing my attention. This
helps me spot Dash and I am
so grateful he is okay.
“Curls!”
“You are safe!”
He smiles. “Always! I was inside when it happened. I
went to the bathroom to take
a piss and almost ended up shitting myself instead when I heard the explosion go off.”
Even now I want to laugh.
I shake my head knowing
that this is not the time for
this. “Are Miles and Bryn okay?”
“Miles is fine. Bryn was hurt
but she will be fine too.”
“Good. Dash, I need you to
make sure the children in
the pack house are safe. That
last explosion was pretty
close to them.”
“Are you sure?” He asks.
“Yes. We can handle things
here.”
“Okay. Be safe.”
“You too.”
I leave him, trusting that he will get to the children and
also that he will be safe. I
care about that man so he
better be okay.
I start to run in Oliver’s
direction. When he notices
me, I can see a smile on his
face. He turns around and
walks away into the forest
while a group of fifteen to
twenty men block my way. Most are already shifted and
those that are not, are starting to shift.
“Out of my way!”
They scatter and surround
me, menacingly baring their
teeth at me.
They are too many for me to
take. I start backing up but they continue to surround
me and won’t let me leave.
“HUA!” Suddenly Victor
jumps over some of the
enemy and stands behind
- me.
“I told you it was dangerous to go on your own!”
“Yeah yeah!”
Victor suddenly shifts and
most of the enemy
surrounding us zone in on
him. I turn to try and help
but I am tackled. I fall on my
back with a shifted enemy
trying to take a bite out of my face.
I curl my fists around his main, pulling him back, and look into his eyes. “Fight for
me.”
The wolf immediately backs away and attacks one of his
comrades.
As I get up, two others rush me and at the same time, I
can see Victor fighting about ten of them and even though he is an excellent fighter,
they are too many for him.
Spinning around, I dodge both wolves. They slide through the ground trying to stop. I immediately shift and jump on a wolf that is
attacking Victor on his back however it is not enough. Victor falls to the ground while the wolves swarm him.
I desperately start clawing at their backs to try to get them
off of Victor but to no avail.
They are going to kill him!
I am desperate. Suddenly my wolf takes control and does the same thing she did
a while back. She gives a
resonating growl that echoes
through the field. For a
moment, everyone stops fighting. This gives Victor time to get up. He is
scratched up good and a bit hurt but he is okay. This also gets the attention of many of our own pack members. They start running in our direction and swarming
around the enemy. The men
attacking us turn their
attention to them and we
take this moment to slip
away. Victor limps to a
nearby tree where he shifts
and I do the same.
“Cass, you are Alpha, that
means that you are the most
important person in the
pack, if you die-”
“They’ll have you.” I interrupt him. “You are a good Alpha too. This pack is set and will not have any problems if I am gone.”
“But we care about you. It’s not just about the pack and most importantly, you are carrying our future.” He looks at my stomach. “You shifted. It is dangerous to shift when pregnant.”
“The baby is still small
enough that my body morphing does not affect it.”
“Don’t do it again. What would Colt say?” He asks.
I sigh. “I will do my best not to. But I need to get to Oliver
now before I lose him.”
“Don’t, wait for-”
“He’ll be gone if I don’t. Stay
here.”
I rush away, leaving him complaining.
I smell the air. I am not a
good tracker at all, in fact, I
have never tried to track
before. I can smell the forest
and the natural smells. These
smells I know very well and because of this, I can
differentiate the cologne
scent in the air.
“This way.”
I run following the sharp, crisp scent that Oliver always has. I am very surprised
when I find him leaning on a tree as if he was waiting for
- me.
I slow to a stop and my guard goes up. He smiles and lifts up from the tree,
walking towards me.
“Took you a bit of time to get
here, and unscathed I see.”
“Oliver…what is your plan!”
“Plan? Who said I had any?”
“We’ve underestimated you. I will not do that any longer.
You are a man with a
mission. Always have been. What is your plan?”
He smiles completely
amused.
-Unknown POV-
(A few minutes after the first explosion)
I feel my face and shoulder
are burnt.
How dare he! HOW DARE
HE! I am going to kill this
man! Look at what he has
done to me!
It hurts beyond belief.
“Where is she?! Where is
she?!” I see and hear Colt
thrashing, asking for Cass while the others try to hold
him down but to no avail. He
gets up and frantically starts looking for her.
Ignoring it, I walk in the
darkness of the side of the
house, making my way after
Oliver but I can’t see him
anywhere. All I see is fighting.
I am a vengeful person and I won’t stop until I see him
pay.
I suddenly spot Casseopea leaving Victor and rushing
inside the forest.
My target immediately changes.
I mustn’t let her get hurt. She
is too valuable to me. But
this woman insists on getting
herself into the worst
predicaments.
I sigh and follow after her.