You Broke Me First Phoenix Mountain Series Book 3

We're given daggers and harpoon guns. Zander went to the truck and came back with his sword and a few guns we keep in the transport vehicles.

Titus' army of badass women ran through the city to the outskirts on the volcano side at lightning speed.

I’m huffing as we run. These ladies haven't even broken a sweat.

Once we reached the border of the city, I saw them. Thousands of them. Titus had thousands too.

Sterling’s army is all dressed in black and all looking extremely pissed off.

Titus' army stopped at a distance, waiting for orders.

The city loomed behind us as we stood at the edge of the palm tree forest. Behind the Ravens towered the volcano mountain.

Titus stood at the front of his army.

“YOU MUST HAVE THE BALLS OF NEPTUNE TO SHOW YOURSELF HERE, BLACK!” He growls loud.

Sterling steps forward a few steps in front of his army. “RETURN MY WITCH, TITUS, AND I MAY LET YOU LIVE!!” Sterling shouts back.

Zander pushes through to Titus. “SHE NO LONGER HAS HER POWERS! SHE’S OF NO USE TO YOU!”

Sterling looks at Zander. “SHE'S STILL RAVEN AND MY PROMISED LUNA! GIVE HER BACK!” He growls.

That really pissed me off. “SHE'S NOT YOURS, STERLING! SHE'S MINE! I'LL KILL YOU BEFORE YOU EVEN GET CLOSE!” My eyes flashed blue.

“ALPHA, YOU DON’T STAND A CHANCE!” He smirked and raised his hand. He snapped his fingers and his entire army smoked out. Reappearing in droves in front of us.

We all clashed immediately with daggers, swords and tridents.

Most of both armies shifted immediately. Wolves tore at each other.

The air filled with growls and anger.

I spotted Sam and Brody. Running to them, I got hit in the side. As I flew, the wolf that hit smoked out and reappeared, hitting me again the other way. I felt like a fucking tennis ball.

I landed on the ground, my wolf trying to catch his breath. He got to his paws and ran at the raven. He shifted and delivered a solid punch to the top of my head, sending me to the ground. My wolf grabbed his leg and tossed him into the air. He flew, but his leg stand behind in my teeth.

I spit it out and ran for Sam.

Titus' women were practically dancing with their tridents. Blocking, hitting and stabbing at their attackers. They drove their tridents deep into the chests of Ravens.

Titus and Zander both were fighting Sterling who kept smoking out and landing blows.

Shots started to fire as Sterling’s second wave came out with guns.

The women started to fall.

Sam stood tall. She threw her magic at the gunners as Zander, Brody, Peter and I fired on them. Clearly, this isn’t enough.

The area was becoming thick in smoke as Sterling’s men avoided bullets and tridents.

“We can’t touch them!” I yell to Zander.

Zander looks around at the battle were losing fast.

Sterling swung his daggers in both hands at Titus who blocked them with his trident. Sterling broke the block and jumped into the air over Titus and landed behind him, stabbing him in the back.

Titus screams and falls to his knees.

“TITUS!” Sam yells. She smokes out and reappears in front of with a ball of magic in her hand. She throws it at Sterling and he flies backwards into the fight.

She grabs Titus and smokes out with him.

Brody runs up panting. “Zander. What do we do?”

“We fight like hell.” He says.

We nod and shift. Running back into the fight.

“Take out the gunners!” Zander orders.

Now were on the hunt.

We grab some of Titus ladies and search the fight for anyone firing a gun.

With all the smoke, we used it to our advantage.

Growling, we lunge on the gunners. Ripping their throats out.

Some of Titus' army pick up lost guns and fire back until the clips are spent. Then jump into the air in a wave and bring tridents down on the Ravens.

Sterling is on the ground with Zander over him. Zanders landing punch after punch.

Sterling smokes out. He reappears with a trident in his hand at his side. He drops it and aims it at Zander. He growls as he runs at him.

I see Zanders sword just a few feet off me. I run to it and pick it up. “Zander!”

I throw it at him. He catches it and jumps into the air.

With a Zeta growl, he brings it down. Right into the top of Sterling’s shoulder.

I watch as Sterling drops the trident and explodes in a cloud of smoke.

I look around for him and then run to Zander.

“You ok?” I ask. He’s bloody and dirty.

“Yeah. I’m fine.” He says.

I clap his shoulder. “Lets finish this.” I smirk.

He gets a menacing look on his face and we both run back into the battle.

I shift and Zander wields his sword with the power of a King.

I try to grab the throats of the Raven wolves before they try to escape.

From the back toward the city, I see Ravens fly from being hit with magic.

“That’s my girl.” I preen in my head.

Sam is throwing lightning and spells at any raven that moves.

Then I see Titus jam his trident in the stomach of a guy and lift him up with a loud growl. Throwing him off into the distance.

He spins and hits wolves in the side, knocking them off their feet then driving his forks into their heads.

I spit out a throat and Zander meets up with Titus. “Lets show these assholes what it means to piss off a Zeta.”

An evil grin spreads across titus' face. They clasps each others hands in a brother at arms handshake and run to the fight.

I run to Sam and shift. She throws her hands to the ground and they send a small earthquake into the battles in front of us. Fighters fall. I shift and jump on the closest raven I can. He snaps his jaws viciously. I slam my paw on his muzzle and rip his throat out. I barely waste a second before I jump another one.

Sam knocks down another and I kill him. We’re a killing machine at this point.

She’s feeding Ravens to me.

I was about to kill another when Sterling smokes in, grabbing my neck. He grins and my eyes widen.

We both smoke out and when we reappear, we’re in the air about twenty feet off the ground.

He lets me go and puffs out before he falls too.

“FUCK!” I scream, flailing my arms.

The ground comes fast as I cover my face like it’s going help with the impact.

I scream then stop when I realize I’m a couple of feet off the ground.

I look and Sam has her hand out. It’s glowing red. “I got you.” She smiles.

“Thanks.” I grin.

She lets go and I fall the last bit with a thud. “Thanks a lot.” I groan.

I look at her and she gets a smart ass look on her face.

I shake my head and get to my feet.

“SAMANTHA!” Sterling yells. He strides toward her.

She whips her head to him and throws ball after ball. Sterling just turns to smoke and reappears.

“Sam!” I yell.

I run to her, but I’m jumped by a couple of Sterling’s guys.

I fight them off as Sam continues to fight Sterling off. She’s spinning in a circle, throwing magic and trying to stay ahead of him.

I fight off the Ravens and run. Just as Sterling reappears, I shift and jump him. Sinking my teeth into his shoulder. He screams and disappears.

I shift and run to Sam. “You alright?”

“THIS ENDS NOW!”

I turn and Sterling has a gun. He shoots and hits my shoulder.

“ARRGGHH!” I’m thrown back and land on the ground.

“Darcy!” Sam yells.

She kneels at my side as I hold my bleeding shoulder.

Zander and Titus burst out of the battle. Sterling fires on them.

They go to jump him, but are tossed backward by Sam’s magic.

Sam stands slowly. Her eyes start glowing bright gold.

“You’re right, Sterling. This ends now.”

The wind blows hard and fast over the clearing. Some stop to shield their faces from it.

Sterling raises his gun to her.

“Sam!” I scream.

Her hair is blowing wildly around her. Her eyes never leave Sterlings. She raises her arm and a massive bolt of lightning hits him and explodes the ground.

Holy shit! Shit just pulled an Eternity!

Those in a decent sized area all get thrown back in all directions.

The shockwave causes the battle to pause.

When the dust settles, Sterling’s gone.

Sam steps forward. Her hands sparking and sizzling with red, electric bolts. She eyes the Ravens.

Shivers ran up my spine.

“LEAVE NOW OR SUFFER THE SAME FATE!” She yells in a voice very similar to when she was a witch.

One by one, Ravens smoke out. The fighters stand slowly, processing the situation.

I stand and walk beside Sam. I grab her hand with my shot arm. Her magic fades. She closes her eyes and pushes her wolf down.

She whips around to my shoulder. Checking it out with concern.

“Ow!” I wince.

“Sorry.” She says. “It looks bad.”

“I’ll be fine. Getting the bullet out will be a bitch.” I cringe.

She cups my cheek. “Thank you for protecting me.”

“Thank you.” I lean to her and smile. I give her a kiss.

Zander walks to Sam. “Is that it? Is Black dead?”

“I can't be sure. He may have escaped before my strike.” Sam informs.

Titus joins us, clapping a hand on zanders shoulder. “We’ll keep watch. If he shows again, we’ll get him.”

Zander turns to him. “You need way better weaponry. Sign the Alliance.”

“Don’t tell me what to do!” Titus growls.

“I’m not. It’s clear your weapons lack superiority.” Zander holds his hands out.

“Who the hell are you to determine that?” Titus glares at Zander.

“I’m older! I’ve been King a hell of a lot longer than you!” Zander yells.

Titus throws up his hands, shaking his head and walks away.

“Titus!” Zander yells and jogs up beside him. The two Kings argue back to the city.

Sam and I chuckle.

Peter and Brody approach. “Come on. Let’s get that bullet out before you get silver poisoning.”

I rub my head and whine because this is going to hurt like a bitch. I can take a punch or a bite. I can even take a stabbing or two, but I’m a huge baby when it comes to getting bullets pulled out.

Sam grabs my hand. “I’ll be with you the whole time.” She smiles.

“Can I borrow your smoke powers?” I sulk.

She giggles and taps my chest as we all walk back to Atlas.

****

“In light of your contributions in the fight against the Ravens and the fact that you saved Titus, this council has no choice, but to drop all charges and grant you your freedom.” Echo states as we stand before the council a few days later.

“YES!” I smack the table and grab Sam. Hugging and kissing her over and over.

She giggles on my lips.

“On one condition!” Titus stands.

We turn to him.

“The Circle and the High Council reports your movements on a regular basis until we are satisfied you’re not a threat.” He arches a brow.

“I can agree to that.” Sam says.

“We'll keep an eye on her.” Zander smiles.

Titus leans on the table. “You better. I may be King of the Sea, but I have no problems going to the desert to destroy you.”

Zander leans on the table were at. “And I have no problem kicking your ass.” He smirks.

Titus huffs a laugh and grabs his trident. He walks to the floor and heads for the door with two of his guard behind him.

I turn to Sam. “Ready to go home?”

“God, yes.” She breathes.

I sling my arm around her neck and we leave the council room, kissing on the way out.