The Howling Moon

Chapter Twenty

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Nick...

My father looked at me with sorrow filled eyes, I said I didn't blame him, I'm sure I didn't, but in this moment all of my anger was directed towards him.

"He can't turn her, dad. She doesn't want to become a wolf. Not like this." I yelled.

I looked back at the television and punched it with an angry fist. Everyone in the room grew silent, and watched me with concern.

"We - we need to get her back." I stammered, turning to face the rest of my pack members. "Be prepared to fight, we're going now." I stood in the middle of the room so that everyone could see me.

"The elders, the children, the pregnant women, have to go to the safe house. They'll be escorted by twelve omegas." I ordered, everyone nodded as I continued. "Make more room in the infirmary, we need to be prepared for the worst." I saw a few of the doctors and nurses already scurrying away.

"Alright, Dad, you take thirty of your best fighters and trackers. You start from the south of the woods, Rick and the rest of us will start from the North. I know where the son of a bitch is." My dad turned to give me a look of disbelief.

"How do you know?"

"That same room is where you killed his mate." I grabbed a duffel bag and headed towards the door. "We take the cars until we're five miles from the building, then we shift. Let's move."

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Ashley....

"Why. Haven't. You. Done. It. Yet?" I was having a hard time breathing, my chest felt like it was being forced down, like I couldn't get any air into my lungs, it was very hard for me to get a breath, and talking was becoming very difficult.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" His voice was harsh and he started stalking toward my limp body. "Do you honestly believe in stupid enough to turn you now? I know Nick is going to get here, he's going to try to take you." His face was now a few inches from mine. "I'm going to kill him."

My eyes grew wider than saucers, he's going to kill Nick? He-he can't kill Nick. No, he can't just kill him.

"You-you can't! Your offer, you gave us the decision." My voice was raspy and hoarse, it hurt to talk, but I had to say something. "You turn me, Nick stays out of it."

"Now why would I let Nick live?" He stood straight and lifted me up with him, by grabbing my neck. "If he lives, he won't stop coming after me until I'm dead and frankly, I'm not in the mood to deal with that." He sounded happy at the thought of killing Nick and it made me sick to my stomach.

"On your feet, don't make me drag you." He demanded, I was standing, but as much as it disgusted me, I had most of my weight leaning on Care. My legs couldn't hold me, if he let go, I would for sure fall to the ground and hurt myself further.

"Where are you taking me?"

"We have to be ready for the show. Nick will be here soon, he's already on my territory." The malevolent smirk on his face disappeared and he continued pulling me along with him.

"How-how did he know where I am?" Is Nick really close by? He's going to be here and Cade is going to try to kill him.

"I knew it would click in his head, that this is where his father, killed my mate, Meredith."

With the very little strength I had left in me, I pulled myself back, trying to get away from Cade. I put a shaking hand on his torso and with whatever strength I had, I pushed. I pushed him away, struggling to get free from him, but it was pointless. He grabbed me by the hair, yanking me closer to him. Pain exploded in my scalp and I surrendered, I gave into him and continued walking with him.

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Nick...

"Alpha, we need to shift now, we're at the targeted area, some trackers spotted a few rogues guarding the building." All of our cars came to a silent stop a few feet from the forest. I stepped out of the car, everyone following suit and stood facing everyone.

"Before we proceed with what is planned, I need to just say a few things, I know I don't have much time, but I need to say this, incase I don't make it out." I took a deep breath an faced my dad who gave me an encouraging nod.

"I wanted to thank you all, for volunteering to fight to get our luna back. I don't think there could ever be a way to thank you all, but just know how much I appreciate this. Also,if in this fight you find yourself in a tight situation, that you can't get out of, you either call for help or you run, run until it's safe. Lastly, I'm honored to be your alpha, to have such an amazing and loyal pack, but now is the time we fight, shift and follow." I turned around and shifted, tearing my clothes, as my bones contorted.

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Ashley...

"Strip." Cade's demanding voice echoed throughout the room. My eyes widened as I continued to stare at him in shock.

"What?" I asked.

"Take your clothes off Ashley." He roared. I took a few steps back, terrified of him, but still holding myself.

"No." I said sternly, the look on his face said he wasn't having any of this, he didn't want me to retaliate. He took a few steps towards me, and I took several steps away from him.

"You will take your clothes off or I will take them off for you." I started to tremble, why would he want me to take my clothes off?

"Why?" My voice was shaking and I sounded like I was about to break down in tears, but I wouldn't, not for him.

"I don't have time for this." His hand had a firm grip on both my shirt and pants, he yanked it leaving me bare, in my underwear and my bra. I instinctively covered myself with my hand and shrunk myself back, covering my face with my hair.

"Sit down." He said, pointing to the metal chair a few feet from me. I was terrified of what he would do next, so I decided it would be best to obey him.

The metal was cold against my skin and made me shiver slightly. I watched as Cade walked over to the black box that was covered in various carvings.

I felt a little light headed and my body started to shake, I get these sometimes, out of nowhere my blood sugar will drop, it happens a lot when I don't eat much. I tried not to think about it, I tried focusing on Cade and what he was doing.

"This will surely get Nick to do as I asked." He dropped a leather sheath onto the table in front of me. It was rolled like a script and when it was unrolled, it revealed a variety of different sharp knives.

He picked one particularly sharp knife, it was six inches long and had some carved out holes in the center, the teeth of the knife smiled at me, it was curved from the very tip, I'll bet it could easily cut through bone.

He brought it close to my face and lightly slid it down my cheek until it rested on my neck.

"One slip up from either you or Nick, and I will make you bleed out on this floor."He threatened. I slightly moved my head from the blade but he held me down.

"He's almost here, I can smell him."

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IM SO SORRY! I hate that it was a terribly long wait, I have a really bad case of writers block, I'm sorry that it took this long, although it's not the best, I hope you liked it, I'm sorry, again. I promise this wait won't be as long.

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