Chapter 249
#Chapter 39 A fire and misery
William POV
The smell became more and more intense as he rushed down the halls. Everything was dark, but he
saw an orange glow out the window that he knew shouldn’t have been there. Enzo was on his heel
barking questions at him that he didn’t have time to answer—or even know the answer to. Soon, Enzo
seemed to catch on himself and followed him quietly.
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All of the guards were already out of the pce as if they were about to storm the viges to help. They
surrounded William as soon as they saw him as if they remembered who they were supposed to be
protecting.
“What’s happening?” William demanded. “ Where are the soldiers?”
“They were training on the battlefields overnight. We’ve sent for them already—they’re on their way and
should be here soon—“
“Hunter wolves are attacking the vige! They say that they’vee on behalf of the pce!” One of
the other guards shouted as he raced up to them. He stopped and put his hands on his knees to catch
his breath.
“The pce of Eldon?” William growled. He was already heading towards the vige with his guards on
his heels. “They’re attacking one of my viges?”
Would theye for the pce next? William didn’t want to consider that. He would tear them all apart
before they could get anywhere near his family. He should have been that way from the start instead of
ying a political game that led to this.
“No.” The guard said and stopped short. He gave William an odd look. “They said that you sent them to
the vige.”
“T assure you that your king would never do such a thing.” Enzo snapped at the guard. He flinched and
took a small step back.
William didn’t have time to dwell on that lie the hunters told. He could hear screams from where he
stood and he knew that they were dying. Thest thing he wanted to think about was his people dying
and believing he was the reason why. William shifted into his wolf and raced down the pce steps
with Enzo behind him. They moved down the path like lightening, it was hard to tell when his feet hit the
ground with how fast he moved across the surface.
The mes lit up the dark sky. Normally he wouldn’t have been able to see his vige at this time of
night. But he could have seen it from miles away with how many mes lit up the sky. This was all
wrong—he had to stop this.
The moment they entered the vige, it was pure chaos as the guards told him. Survivors were in the
dirt on the edge of the vige looking on helplessly. Screams came from every angle and across the
vige, a building exploded.
What the hell was happening? How has it gotten so bad so fast?
William and Enzo broke off into different directions towards the closest screams. William could only
hope his friend would be fine, they didn’t have enough help but he knew it was on the way.
William ran in through the first mes and ignored the burns as he pulled out a woman that was
trapped in the corner. He dragged her out with the rest before helping a man on the second floor.
As he was about to go to the next house, a strange, dark wolf stood in his path. He growled as he kept
his stance in front of William as if it was scare him. William didn’t hesitate in the slightest.
He tackled the wolf to the floor and ripped out his throat before taking down the one that tried to sneak
up on him. His rage burned through him. He felt as if he could have lit them all on fire with just his
anger he felt burning through him.
The rulers that he had tried to treat with respect sent wolves to harm his vigers. He invited them to
stay at him pce and all they did was sent death and misery in return. Perhaps they learned that
William had a spy in their pce. Maybe they found out his own ns and tried to act first to win.
They didn’t realize the wrath they caused with this. They wouldn’t be ready to handle what William
would do to them after this. He would take everything from them andugh as they begged for mercy.
Doris was in the back of his mind. He knew she never listened and he loved her for it, but this time he
hoped she stayed put. It was hard to see between all of the fire and what could be hiding in the
shadows.
William moved as fast as he could. He moved through the fire even as it tired to burn his fur off and
tried to find as many of his vigers as he could. This vige was one of thergest in the kingdom and
it seemed like there was only pain all around him.
He couldn’t focus on the ones that were dead. He had to shove down the feelings that tried to arise at
the sight of them. This was his fault. He yed a dangerous game and his people suffered because of
him.
They were dead because of him. If he had rejected their invitation and minded his own kingdom, this
wouldn’t have happened. He felt selfish and the selfishness only drove him to move faster and take
down anything that tried to stop him.
Enzo was tackled across the fiery clearing. William brought down two of the wolves before Enzo caught
his footing and was able to take down the rest. They worked like a force together back and forth. They
both knew that the other had their backs without having to check.
A roof ona nearby home caved in and brought the entire thing crumbling to the ground. The sound of
helpless cries broke his chest and made him want to run straight to their kingdom and do worse than
what they did here. He knew that if there was anyone inside, he wouldn’t be able to help them.
Enzo cried out and brought William back to the moment. He knocked a wolf off his back and skid
across the clearing. He almost went straight into a pile of mes but something big came straight at
him and knocked him back.
William didn’t hesitate, he pushed back and snapped at therge wolf who tries to best him. He already
had enough blood on him to fill a wolf, but he didn’t mind taking more.
The wolf’srge teeth mped on William’s leg the exact moment something grabbed William by his
neck and tried to rip him apart. William thrashed as hard as he could the get it off him. They stumbled
back and he tackled them to the ground to silence forever.
With his back turned, he didn’t have a moment to notice the wolves that hanged up on him. He was
distracted by the feeling of someone he knew well nearby. Someone he knew shouldn’t have been
there.