It was hard for Kyle to watch the scene that was unraveling in the middle of the field. Despite his instincts to go help his mate, he stayed where he was. He watched Emily's move and fight, and he felt proud of her. He was mad at her for not telling him her plans, but deep inside he understood her reasons to omit this. He knew that if she had told him, he would have done everything to protect her and the truth was that she needed to do this.
Emily knew Kyle was there watching her. She knew he wasn't going to interfere and that made her feel relieved. That made her realize that he respected her decision, even if he was against it.
She decided to mind-link him.
"Thanks for letting me do this. It's really important to me." She told him, while keeping her eyes on Vladimir.
"Don't get distracted. Finish him at the first opportunity that you see." Her mate replied. His voice was confident, but his heart was consumed by fear. Fear of loosing his mate, fear for being helpless in the process.
Emily looked at her opponent.
He has to have some weakness. She thought to herself.
Vladimir was bleeding badly, but he continued to show no signs of pain.
This man must be completely inhumane...
Emily decided to attack him, to show that she wasn't afraid. Vladimir dodged the attack and tried to catch Emily by her throat, but she was quicker. She turned her neck in time to avoid his sharp canines. When she managed to put some distance between herself and the enemy, Emily growled at him, trying to intimidate the man inside the wolf, but he continued unfazed by her strength and dominance. The only response she got, was when he bared his teeth to her. They were sharp and had some blood, probably hers, dripping from the pointed tips. That image could scare the most powerful wolf.
She was intimidated by him, hell, she was terrified, but miraculously, she didn't show it.
Remembering what Kyle had said about leaning the opponent moves, Emily took her time remembering Vladimir moves. She realized that he had two potential big problems when he fought. One he was too confident and too much confidence could make him do a mistake. Second, he was using the same moves. He could be powerful, yes, but he didn't know how to change tactics. He didn't seem to be old, but he was not as fast as a young wolf.
Emily had to smile to herself when she looked at him. She would have to be faster than him. Try to make him move in a way she was expecting and strike then.
Emily could feel her shoulder burning from the pain and her leg getting a bit numb from the blood loss. She would have to act fast, if she wanted to get out of that fight alive.
She decided to attack again, the same strategy she had used before, but with something different. When she jumped at the grey wolf, she saw him turn his head to bite her again on her neck. When she was just inches from him, she angled her mouth to catch him instead. The first thing she tasted was his skin being perforated by her canines. Blood filled her mouth and she felt triumph rise inside her. Emily could feel him kicking his legs desperately, trying to pushed her far away from him, but she hold on, her teeth going deeper. She had catch Vladimir by his neck and she could feel her carotid being ripped off when she pulled his flesh.
Soon enough, his body went limp, but Emily could not let him go, afraid that he would stand again like the devil he was.
She heard someone approach her from behind and she growled, the animal instinct in her more powerful than the human sense.
"Emily, he is dead. It's over." She heard Kyle said, his voice calm and steady. She could feel his relief and his happiness though their mate bond.
Slowly, Emily retreated her teeth from the dead wolf and turned to look at her mate. Kyle was in his wolf form and behind him, were the wolves from all three packs. She recognized the warriors from her pack, along with her friends and the members of her long lost pack. Many of the faces present were strangers, but they seemed harmless. Relief filled her when she saw no major injury on them.
Emily looked around the field. There, she could see the bodies of many dead wolves.
Decided to end this adventure and return back to her pack, Emily shifted to human form. Kyle stepped in front of her, shifting too, so he could cover her nakedness.
"I will send someone to pick up some clothes. I'm so proud of you, my Emily." He said to her, placing a light kiss on her lips. She smiled at him.
Soon enough, someone brought her some clothes and she hurried herself, stepping into them.
Emily turned to the members of the Dark Moon pack.
"Hi. My name is Emily." She began.
"We know who you are, you are our true Alpha." said a woman from the crowd.
Emily smiled at her.
"I want to ask you if you want to join the pack I grew up with. Their Alpha, Kyle is my mate and I wished we could start again in a different place. I understand if you don't want that, but I wanted to give you that choice." She explained. She was nervous since she wasn't use to have someone call her Alpha. Even when she felt it deep inside, she was more familiar with being just Emily, the daughter of Mathew and Carla.
All members of the Dark Moon pack were in human form now and they were talking with Frank about Emily's words. Emily saw Frank nod and turn to her.
"This land had given more grief and sorrow than we can count. We will go with you." He announced.
"Is everyone here?" Emily asked, scanning the small group.
"The children are inside, I will bring them here." The woman from before said, turning to one of the smallest houses of the pack.
Emily approached the group and started meeting them. They were a small group, with fifteen wolves, but they were friendly. She introduced them to Kyle and the others present. Robert, Kyle's friend, came to her and congratulated her for the fight. He offered her his help in the future, before excusing himself and leave.
Now, in the bloody field, just the members of the Dark Moon pack and the member's of the White Shadow pack remained.
Soon enough, little voices were heard, along with women voices. Emily looked at the children. Some were babies, some were around four or five, and some were around twelve. They were scared, she could sense that. She approached the group smiling at them.
"Hi! You don't need to be afraid. You are safe now and you will have a new home, a beautiful one." She said. Kyle stepped beside her, putting one arm around her waist.
"Hello. I'm Alpha Kyle and I'll promise you that nothing bad will happen." He said in his most soft voice.
Marc mind-linked Kyle, telling him it was time to go.
"Is everyone here?" Kyle asked the group.
"Yes. I know we are a small group, but we will work hard to help you in whatever you need." Frank replied.
"Doesn't matter if you are a small group. Now you have a big family waiting you in your new home." Marc said, picking up a boy.
"We will help you carry the children and who is injury." He said.
The warriors of Kyle's pack helped put the children in the cars. The others, would run to the White Shadow pack. During the long trip, Emily and her friends decided to take a swim in the river, a way to clean their bodies from the nasty smell of the bear.
When they arrived at the new home, some members of the Dark Moon pack had tears on their eyes. All pack was there to receive them, all were with open arms.
Frank stepped beside Emily.
"I knew you would be a great Alpha. Thank you so much for saving us." He said, trying to control the tears that were threatening to run down his old face.
Emily hugged him.
"I hope you will like living here."
"Everyplace is better than the hell we lived for the past years."
"I hate to ask this but now who is our Alpha?" A man around forty asked, looking between Kyle and Emily.
Kyle looked at Emily and then at the man.
"Emily is your Alpha. I think is better if we live together as one pack, but I think is important to you to feel that you still have the Alpha you are loyal to. That one is Emily, not me." He replied.
"Well, when they have pups, we will not have that problem anymore, he or she will be the Alpha of both packs." Frank exclaimed.
Emily could feel the nervousness in the group.
"For now, you will be assigned the free houses we have. More will be built, so everyone can have their home."
The wolves that were injured went to the clinic, the families were placed in the available houses. Some wolves went to the compound of the warriors. There they would have enough rooms to spend the next months.
Kyle took Emily to his mansion. Before she could explain and ask forgiveness for not telling him, he kissed her passionately.
"I love you so much. I was afraid I would lost you today, but you fought bravely and you won. Just promise me you will never do something so irrational again without telling me."
"I promise Kyle. I love you too much to let you get hurt. We have a lot of work to do. They need homes and to feel like they belong here." Emily whispered, concerned.
"We will built them a home, my Emily, you will give them a bright future. Now we need rest and we have more important things to do." Kyle said, crushing again his lips on hers.