Their forced luna novel Chapter 67
The object of my nightmares appeared in the middle of us, but all I could focus on was Javier's still form. My bond was still there so he wasn't dead, but he'd suffered. There was so much pain coming from him.
"Monster," I spat.
Aren turned to scan me. His lip curled in a sneer. "Come now, Alessa. I warned you plenty of times what would happen if you tried to fight against me." He held Javier up and then tossed him down into the middle of the hell hounds. "Transform and devour him, boys." He turned his attention back to me and held out his hand. "Come," he ordered.
Zale snarled. When Ares and him merged together it was a sight to be seen. He was a massive wolf and his muscles quivered with his rage beneath his sleek coat. He took a protective stance in front of me almost shielding me from view. "Enough," he glanced back at the hounds behind him. "Shift," he ordered.
Without looking at Aren the three hellhounds on our side transformed one after the other with their respective flames covering their entire bodies and leaving muscular beasts in their wake.
Aren dropped his hand back to his side. His eyes narrowed. "What do you think you are doing?" he growled at them. He spied Mitsi and his face darkened even more. "Mitsi!" he snapped. "Get over here now."
Mitsi whimpered and looked from me to her master. Hugging herself tight she cried and shook her head viciously. "No! I'm staying with Amanda."
Aren's nostrils flared. "Then this is your fault you stupid, bitch. You dared to let her out of the mansion? You think you can defy me? You saw what I am capable of and what I will do to you." He pointed to her and clenched his fist.
Grass and dirt were uprooted as blades of wind sprouted from the ground around Mitsi and surrounded her in one of those wind bubbles the maid had been captured in earlier. Her screams were swallowed by the wind.
"No!" I screamed and tried to push my way past the hounds but Raul grabbed me by the back of what remained of my dress and set me down between Tyler and Jesse.
"Watch her," he ordered them.
I opened my mouth to argue but the hound glared at me until I shut up. He opened his mouth and red flames flickered to life.
Was he going to incinerate Mitsi? Tears welled in my eyes. I hadn't known her for long but that was no reason for her to be roasted alive, though maybe that death would be better than the one that had taken the life of the other maid.
But instead of his fire being added to the wind, his flame sucked the air in and the bubble around her popped. Mitsi fell to her knees before crawling over to me and hugging me tight. "Amanda," she whimpered.
I hugged her back fiercely. "Raul," I whispered his name. The dark beast turned at his name and ducked his head with a smirk before he launched himself at Aren.
Aren threw up a shield of wind just in time to stop the impact and stared at all of us. "You filthy mutts dare betray me?"
"I didn't betray you," Luka corrected. He bowed his head. "I'll tear their throats out."
"I've got a better idea," Aren mused. He held Zale and Raul at bay with his wind shield and his eyes roamed the battle field before they fell once more on me. He smirked. "Alessa," he called. "If you're going to be mine, I need to do something about that parasite inside of you."
I froze.
Zale's attack stopped and he fell to the ground. His head whipped around to find my eyes. "What?" he whispered.
Aren cackled. "It's not like it's going to matter too much longer anyway. I'll take it away from you." His manical smile widened. "Unless," he purred, looking in my direction. "Stop them, Alessa and I'll allow that creature to live."
I put a hand to my still flat stomach. The hell hounds growled at me in warning but they didn't understand. I'd been told this child's fate was to destroy the Primes, but could I really believe that? All that mattered was that it belonged to my mates. A child I actually wanted. I glared up at Aren.
Zale was still on the ground in a daze. Luke took the opportunity to throw himself at the Prime's exposed throat. Raul grabbed his former leader by the back of his neck and tossed him into the air before he jumped after him. His red flame was back and the bigger hell hound yelped as the others' flames lapped at his body.
"Raul!" Luke snapped at the smaller body, his fangs sinking in several times but the flames never stopped. If anything the red fire increased in intensity until Luke's yelps drowned out any other sound he made. He stopped fighting against Raul and hung limply in the air.
Luke crashed to the ground and Raul put a paw on top of his throat and growled down at him. His red flames surged and now that they were closer I could see them sucking up the black flames from Luke. "Submit," Raul demanded.
"Pathetic," Aren snapped. Another wind barrier enclosed the two and Raul snarled at being caught inside before his cries were swallowed. "You'll find it's not so easy to absorb power when you're stuck inside it, fool."
Jesse and Tyler got to their feet. Tyler nudged me closer to Javier. "Stay here," he demanded.
Mitsi snuggled against me and I found myself pinned to the ground beneath her weight and the heat of Javier. His pain had lessened and he growled into my ear. "Mate, when this is over, you're going to owe me so many rounds with whatever I want to use on you. I feel like a fucking bus hit me, backed up, then hit me again." He groaned and with narrowed eyes focused on the battle before us as Tyler and Jesse launched themselves at Aren and Zale was stuck staring stunned into the distance. "Hey, fucking Prime, unless you want me to get first dibs on Amanda, snap out of it. We've got a battle to win," Javier demanded.
Zale snorted and shook his head before his eyes cleared. He coughed. "She's mine," he reminded Javier. "No matter how many dibs you claim, that won't change. Now, stay there with her while I finish this."
Ares howled into the sky before he threw himself into the forming melee.
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