Chapter 185 Soren’s Sacrifice
For the next two days, Madalynn and Behar pulled Ethan out several times, every few hours, beat, whipped, or otherwise tortured him, and then put him back in the cage and went off to have their fun.
In that time, Ethan didn‘t get a single bite to eat or a drop of water to drink, though his flesh was burned time and time again with the boiling water, and he was doused with freezing water as well, but nev er allowed to drink it.
By the end of the second night, most of Behar and Madalynn‘s wolves were practically passed out with happiness–and maybe some liquor I had snuck in.
Once I felt the coast was clear, I went over to the cage with a small cup of water. “Hey, here,” I said. “Drink this.”
I managed to pour a few drops of water into his mouth before he gestured for me to go away.
“Jack*ss, you‘re going to die,” I whispered through my gritted teeth. I was somewhat angry at him.
If he wanted to do something for Rosalie, he should stay by her bed in case she woke up. At least that way he could spend some time with her knowing how much he weighed in her heart!
Instead, he was here.
No one asked him to do all of this! He came up with this insane plan and made it seem that he was do ing some huge sacrifice for everyone.
But who the heck really needed him as a sacrifice?
Was he really that arrogant to think he was the only one capable of winning the war? Or did he have to act like a hero so that everyone could admire him?
I just didn‘t get it.
Nodding his head slightly and smearing a streak of blood across the bottom of the cage, he said, “No, l‘ m not going to die. I‘ve got more important things to do than dying.”
“Listen, I can get you out of here right now…” However, even I knew that wouldn‘t be a good idea.
“No… just… get them to attack as soon as possible, okay?” Ethan asked me.
I nodded. It was time. By now, Talon could‘ve built a trench the size of the ocean….
I realized, though, in order to get Behar to attack the next day, I needed to make him think it was his idea.
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Early the next morning, Behar and Madalynn came out of their tent, still kissing and groping one anoth
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Now was the time to make my move. “Behar,” I said, “do what you want, but I just wanted to let you know that Ethan won‘t last long.”
He scowled at me. “Go away, little b*tch.”
“All right.” I shrugged and walked away.
A moment later, Behar‘s voice rang behind me. “Get back here! Where are you going?”
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I grunted. “I was just about to tell King Kal what‘s going on. No offense, you have fun playing with Ethan‘s dead body all you want now, but I‘ll need to figure something else out that could actually help win the war.”
His mate growled at me, but I ignored her. Behar was staring at me, either contemplating my words or completely ignoring me.
So… I tried some reverse psychology on him. “Also, if your troops aren‘t ready to face the Winter Forest pack and need some more time, maybe you should rest up and try it some time later.“.
“Tomorrow?” Behar burst out laughing, “That‘s why you are a little b*tch! My warriors will be ready in just under an hour and we can get this all over with!”
“Really?” I subtly challenged him.
“Little bitch, you just watch!”
I almost rolled my eyes.
Behar now finally remembered that he needed to attack before word got to Kal. He knew if he really killed Ethan like this, Kal would not be pleased with him wasting such a good pawn.
Timing was working well for us, so I didn‘t argue.
“Get ready! We will attack in an hour!” Behar sent an order to his men and glared at me. “Are you plan ning on moving in with us?”
“Hey, I brought you this prize! I‘m going to stay with him to see the results of my hard work!”
He and his mate both shook their heads at me but gave a signal for the guards to move the cage out of the camp.
Within an hour, Behar‘s troops were gathered, and Madalynn and Behar had shifted into their wolf forms. They put Ethan‘s cage at the front of the line.
As their forces moved out, I stayed in my human form, as did Thomas, so that we could better manage the situation with Ethan.
Wolves do not have thumbs, after all.
With Ethan captured, Behar and Madalynn rushed all of their troops in with boosted confidence.
Howls, growls, grunts, and barks erupted all around as thousands and thousands of wolves, from rogues to professional soldiers, took off running at full speed towards the palace.
On the other side, however, Winter Forest pack‘s wolves were standing there, motionless, their eyes wide.
Ethan‘s cage was pushed ahead of the running wolves, and I did my best to keep up in my human form. When the cage reached the top of the ridge, I yelled to Behar‘s men, “Leave him there, on the high ground, for all to see!”
They exchanged glances but did as I suggested, keeping the cage poised on the top of the ridge just on the outside of the forest.
Thank the Moon Goddess they didn‘t keep pushing the cage or else, Ethan might‘ve fallen into his own trap
I braced myself, waiting, watching.
Behar‘s vanguard moved around the left of Commander Landon‘s line, skirting over the trap we had set as they poured in from the east. Landon‘s wolves ran out to meet them, none of them hesitating to follow the orders given by their leader.
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The clash was loud as growls and howls met in an explosion of fury, Fur flew, blood spurted, and howls turned to yelps as the two sides tangled, the line swaying one way and then the other
No one seemed to be getting the upperhand, and Behar had not sent the rest of his troops in yet. Many of them were still running over the ground behind me because they had always hesitated to get too close to the palace.
Behar gave a howl, gaining the attention of all of his wolves. The howl was so loud, so angry, even most of Rosalie‘s troops turned to look.
“Ethan Gray is here! There‘s no way for you to win!” Behar roared in his human form.
When they saw Ethan in the cage, the morale shifted, and within seconds, Behar‘s warriors were surg ing ahead while ours stood there, shocked in disbelief.
Landon and Vandough‘s wolves finally snapped out of their shock at the capture of Ethan and started to fight again, but this time, they were no longer an equal match to Behar‘s.
Below me, I saw thousands of wolves buried up to their necks in black goo. Their eyes were wide with panic as they fought to get out of the trap, but there was no way that they could. Even those who could manage to shift into their human forms couldn‘t reach the sides to pull their ways out. Howls turned to
The second half of the wave suffered the same fate. The wolves running downhill were going so fast, they had no way of pulling up, even when they saw what lay ahead of them. They fell in on top of their com rades, pushing them further into the oily mess.
My job wasn‘t over yet.
Two of the wolves were still there, guarding the cage.
I pulled a knife from my waistband.
- ed. “I will kill you!”
Behar was headed our direction in his naked human form, but he would shift momentarily, no doubt, and rip Ethan and me both to shreds.
Thomas shifted and took down the wolf that he was fighting. Once he was available to help, he took on the wolf I was fighting while I unlocked the cage to let Ethan out.
“Come on, Soren!” Ethan shouted as I put him on Thomas‘ back. I shifted to my wolf, and we started running back towards the palace.
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Really oh fn....off another weak heroine roll, her pack hated her, she was abused, why would she do this .... pfghhj off at another cliche novel. .... Nope...