I Forgot I Loved You Alpha (Ellie and Nolan) novel Chapter 313

Chapter 313

Rogues poured in from the tree line like shadows brought to life-dozens of them, maybe more, spilling forward with terrifying speed. They’d appeared almost out of nowhere, slipping past the outermost sensors while everyone’s attention was fixed on the border.

The distraction had worked.

Silver Fang warriors met them head-on, the clash immediate and violent. Steel rang against claws. Wolves slammed into one another with bone-jarring force. Magic flared bright and blinding as ward-touched weapons struck home.

And then I saw her.

Felicity stood just beyond the main line of rogues, untouched by the chaos around her.

Her long blonde hair was loose, whipping wildly around her face in the lashing wind. She wore no armor, no protection-just dark clothing that clung to her frame, utterly unbothered by the rain beginning to fall.

Her presence was a void.

Where the goddess’s energy burned warm and steady within me, Felicity’s power was cold, sharp, and hungry. It scraped against my senses like broken glass, sending a jolt of instinctive revulsion through my body.

Then she looked up.

Our eyes met across the battlefield.

The world seemed to narrow to that single moment.

Her lips curved into a slow, feral smile.

Hatred rolled off her in waves so thick I could taste it. Not just hatred-recognition. Satisfaction. This was what she’d wanted all along.

Me.

I felt the goddess stir in response, power surging harder, faster, wrapping around my spine like a living thing. The wards around the packhouse pulsed in time with my heartbeat, reacting to the spike in energy.

“No,” I whispered, though I wasn’t sure who I was speaking to.

Felicity’s smile widened.

She threw her head back and let out a growl that cut through the noise of battle-low, vicious, and unmistakably inhuman.

Then she shifted.

Her body snapped and twisted with violent grace, bones reforming in a blur of motion. Where she stood moments before, a massive brown wolf landed heavily on the stone, fur bristling, eyes glowing an unnatural, icy blue.

The storm answered her.

Lightning cracked overhead, close enough that the thunder felt like a physical blow. Rain began to fall in earnest, icy needles driven sideways by the wind.

The rogues surged forward with renewed frenzy.

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“She’s here,” Isla breathed behind me.

“Yes,” I said, my voice steady despite the fear clawing at my ribs. “She is.”

The goddess’s presence flared hot and bright, almost painful now, as if urging me to act. The pressure in my chest intensified, energy begging for release.

This was it.

This was the moment.

I planted my feet and closed my eyes, drawing inward the way Alaric had taught me. I reached not for the storm, but for the space beneath it-the still core where power gathered and waited.

The world hushed around me, the noise of battle fading to a distant roar.

I felt the wards respond immediately, strengthening, thickening as my focus locked in. Magic flowed through me and into the stone beneath my feet, weaving tighter patterns of protection around the packhouse.

The ground shuddered as Felicity slammed into the defensive line, her dark form a blur of motion and violence. Warriors went flying beneath the force of her charge, bodies skidding across wet stone.

A scream tore free from my throat.

Not fear.

Defiance.

I thrust my hands forward, releasing the power I’d been holding.

The wards flared blindingly bright.

A shockwave rippled outward from the packhouse, slamming into the rogues with concussive force. Several were thrown backward, crashing hard into one another. Even Felicity staggered, claws scrapin urrows into the stone as she fought to regain her footing.

Her head snapped toward me.

Our eyes locked again.

This time, her snarl was pure rage.

Good.

Let her see me.

Let her know I wasn’t running.

Behind me, Isla gasped softly. I felt her presence at my back like an anchor, solid and real.

“You can do this,” she whispered.

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