Chapter 60


    Chapter 60


    I listened to the screaming and began directing people away to where they would be needed or safe.


    “Make sure you contain them. If they have breached our walls, make sure they do not pass through our


    warrior line!” I shouted at a guy. He bowed, nodded his head at me, and took off to pass down my


    orders with about forty other men. I watched them turn the corner and I continued my search for


    Candace.


    I reached the terraces and walked out, pushing open the double ss doors. The balcony stuck out


    and overlooked the gated entrance for visitors. I should have known they would being in that way.


    The question was, when would they have done what they are doing now, attacking us. I looked out at


    the crowd and spotted Avalynn first. She looked fierce in her tight clothing that seemed to contour


    around her curves. I then saw the brute behind her, like a protective wall that could move and shield


    her whenever she needed. Everest. I narrowed my eyes at him and my beast let out a deadly growl.


    The growl was barely able to escape my mouth when I spotted Candace. What the hell was she doing


    down there? Were they going to take her hostage? I noticed another Lycan who looked like Everest


    and realized it was his cousin, Jeremy. The one we were going to recruit. Why was he standing so


    close to Candace? She seemed to lean against him. I scanned over her and she wasn’t being


    restrained. What the hell was going on? What did I miss? I let out a deathly growl and all their eyes


    looked up at me.


    “Candace, did they hurt you?” I asked her between gritted teeth. She looked like she was about to


    explode orugh. It was a thin line, maybe both. Her emotions were hard to read.


    “Hurt me?” Sheughed at me. Actually it was more of a sarcasticugh before she continued “Like


    you did when you pped me?” She asked in a super angry tone, in a near yell. I raised my brows at


    her.


    “You know I.” Suddenly something was tossed in my direction, and someone yelled “Duck.” It was too


    late for me though. Another explosion happened around me and the entire balcony copsed under my


    feet. I shifted into my Lycan for protection and picked up arge concrete brick and hurled it at Everest


    and his stupid smug face. They all ducked and the siab barely missed their heads.


    I stepped out from the rubble when the rest who were still in their human form shifted to their Lycan


    forms and wolf forms. I looked around and let out a loud growl linking my men “It is time. Where are


    you? What happened to my first line of men?”


    “What? Where are you? We have an issue at the south gate! Your brother and that witch are here?!


    can’t find Ryder!” One of my head warriors responded.


    “Send whoever you can.” I told him. Where was Ryder?


    How is Miranda alive? I thought I killed her? How did she manage to survive? I growled out of


    annoyance.


    I only had a few men with me, but it would have to work for now. The cousin jumped at me and i


    stepped back out of his reach. I took another b of concrete and chucked it at him as hard as I could.


    It hit him and he flew back,nding on his back on the ground. Candace moved towards him like a


    ma. I watched her for a brief moment when she leaned down and lifted the b off of him. I heard


    her soft voice “Oh babe, here, let me help you.” I watched Candace bend down and help him.


    Babe? No damn way this is happening again. I seen red. I lunged at the nearest person. They were


    caught off guard. I heard my men were engaged in the battle along side of me. I wed at the smaller


    lycan’s neck, shing through his fur and skin as blood oozed out. Jeremy, Everest’s cousin, was now


    back


    standing and his growl caught my attention.


    “Give up.” Everest growled through the link that connected all of the royals.


    “Give over what is mine.” I countered and Everest and Jeremy both growled, putting themselves in front


    of Avalynn and Candace.


    “Over my dead body.” Everest stepped forward.


    More men formed around me and when they looked around, I used it as my opportunity to attack. With


    a growl, my men pushed forward to Everest and I stood back on the pile of rubble as they all fought.


    They went and fought the strongest first. Howls, growls, the sound of bodies colliding and the cracking


    of bones was all you could hear. The scent of blood being spewed tainted the air I was breathing in. I


    scanned the field as my men and Everest and his warriors fought Where is Ryder?


    I tried linking him. I could really use his help but it wasplete silence on his end. Maybe he is just


    busy handling Brennon and is having to block us out.


    I saw two of my Lycans approach Candace and Jeremy. They had strict orders to not hurt her but she


    was putting up a fight and aiding Jeremy. I shook my head and knew I would have to let her go. If she


    dies, she dies.


    “Do what you must to subdue her. If she dies, so be it” Ilinked the men.


    When she lunged at one of them that was about to attack Jeremy, who was dealing with two already on


    his back, one of my warriors caught her in midair. His ws were around her throat as she gasped for


    air, growling and struggling to free herself. She used her ws to dig into his skin. He slung her against


    a nearby wall. A crack was heard as her body connected with the wall, breaking a few bones.


    That is when Jeremy waspletely livid and began topletely rage out with everyone around him.


    I could tell his Lycan was in full control over him. He was killing men and easily, snapping their necks if


    they were in reach. Stepping over bodies and moving to his next victim as he made his way to


    Candace i intercepted him as he snapped a wolf’s neck and I growled at him. We went head to head


    with one another, our bodies shing together as our jaws snapped at one another’s necks. I slung him


    off of me a few momentster. I heard the sound of a familiar voice behind me and I froze in my ce. I


    could tell by his voice the only emotion left for me was hatred. I went to mover and realized I couldn’t.


    I didn’t freeze on purpose, but I froze because I literally couldn’t move on my own. Something had


    come over my body and restricted all of my muscles from moving.


    “Hello, little brother. Can’t move? Good. You should really thank my mate, Miranda.” My brother, Brent,


    said behind me with Miranda at his side. Her hand was outstretched and I knew now why I could not


    make a single move.


    His mate? He was mated to a dumb witch? How is this even possible? Royal Lycans do not mate with


    witches. It is impossible. I could see her out of the corner of my eye. It was her alright and she seemed


    different and not in a good way. I tried to move but couldn’t, she had a hold on me and this was going


    toplicate things on my end. Damn her.


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    She twisted her wrist and said “Batokne.” It was a word that brought me down to my knees in pure pain


    as I screamed. She had a sadistic smile on her face as my pain was bringing her great pleasure.


    Avalynn was by her side in her Lycan form and I swear she looked psychotic. She took a few steps


    forward when Ryder broke through the window above. ss falling around, causing everyone to duck


    from the shards.


    Hnded next to me with a growl. When I looked at him, his wrists had silver hand cuffs and chains


    were around his body. He was being held captive somewhere but broke free. I knew he was loyal. He


    had blood covering him and I found myself wondering whose blood it was.


    “Wolfsbane!” My brother yelled back at someone, bringing me back to reality. I broke free as everyone


    was distracted and lunged at Everest. It was time for him to meet his maker. He wouldn’t live to see


    another day. I was going to make sure of that one.


    He saw meing though and darted left of me. Ryder charged my brother and the fight was back on.


    One of my men went after Miranda but Avalynn easily snapped his neck.


    I focused on Everest and chomped down on his shoulder. He let out a growl as his paw went into my


    face. It connected and shed through my cheek. Our beasts fought one another. I saw a piece of


    rubble when he had me down against the ground. I picked it up and slung my arm around as fast and


    hard as I could, connecting with the side of his face. He stumbled back and I held him down on the


    ground, hitting him again. I was so focused on Everest and him being close to death. The next part


    surprised not only me, but others around me too. Avalynnpletely lost it and did something that


    shocked everyone here.


    Chapter 1


    Avalynn POV


    I stood by Miranda’s side, protecting her from everything that came her way. She had the bastard right


    where we needed him. He was frozen, unable to move and when I heard her say the word “Batokne”


    watched as Dexter was brought to his knees in pain. I couldn’t help but to enjoy the pain that radiated


    from him. I slipped into his mind at that moment to relish the pain he was feeling. It was amazing to feel


    the pain he was feeling, to see how afraid he was, to know how much he was freaking out because his


    men were failing him. It felt like I was rallying his pain into my own strength. Just as I released his


    thoughts, another wasing at Miranda and me. I rolled him away and snapped his neck and


    watched his body fall to the ground and go limp.


    My attention was diverted back above when crashing sounded and my ex-mate came through a


    window andnded on the ground. We all ducked as shards of ss fell from above, protecting our


    eyes and faces from injury. I heard King Brent yell for Wolfsbane and I looked at Ryder. He truly looked


    like a monster. His body was a mixture of wolf and Lycan. He was covered in silver chains and had


    broken silver cuffs around his wrists.


    I heard amotion and looked over as Dexter was now fighting with Everest. I looked over and saw


    Ryder fighting with King Brent. Alycan came charging at Miranda and I fought against him and snapped


    his neck. Miranda and I were surrounded by a mix of two lycans and a wolf. i fought them off as she


    tried to gather her concentration. But the need to help save Brent pulled at her. I understood that it was


    her mate and seeing him fighting and outnumbered was a major distraction. I would do the same. I feel


    the same. I couldn’t look over at Everest and not want to help. It was clear that after everything was


    said and done she would choose to be one of us.


    I fought off the next two when a sudden pain snapped through my entire body. My head ached and I


    looked over at Everest out of instinct. I knew that I shouldn’t of done it because it was a distraction but


    what I saw was an absolute horror show. It made me sick to my stomach to watch. I felt the contents of


    my stomach try to push its way up as blood spued around Everest and Dexter. My heart dropped then


    raised into my throat. It felt like it was so hard to breathe, gasped for air. The sight of Dexter on top of


    Everest, concrete bs mming into his nearly limp body was horrid. Men were fighting all around,


    some were struggling against Dexters warriors. Ryder was fighting Brent and two others and winning. I


    searched around quickly assessing the situatuion and realized someone was not with us.


    Where was Brennon though? I searched through the thoughts quickly and pinpointed exactly what


    happened. Ryder. Ryder murdered him in cold blood with the help of his witch, who was waiting just


    inside for everything to be finished. Seems to be that he was helping the witch settle a score of some


    kind, but not my problem. In a way, Ryder did us a favor. Brennon’s blood wouldn’t be on our hands


    and would just result in a tragic death by cing his trust in the enemy. A loud growi brought me back


    and out of Ryders’ mind.


    I couldn’t exin it but I felt everyone’s panic, rage, and anger just radiating suddenly inside of me. It


    was like a light being turned on and a soft glow at first. As the glow began to brighten, I felt warmth


    radiate all throughout my entire body. It felt like fire was spreading through every inch of my body. I


    heard a gasp from Miranda as I felt the urge to let out a scream. My body shifted back into my human


    form on its own and it was like I was not in control of my actions. I let go and gave into this unusal


    feeling. The feeling of power, warmth, and anger.


    I let out a shrieking scream as light and heat eluded my body. It was blinding and caused a pause in


    the fighting as everyone watched wha was happening. I looked at my hands as if something, light or


    was it


    fire, escaped from my body. My skin had turned into a golden color as power escaped me. I felt strong,


    powerful, and deadly. I felt the lycan inside of me smile as my power pushed out of me. It was as if she


    knew this secret and kept it hidden away the entire time. It seemed that this mysterious forceing


    who the enemy was. The power was hitting with such force, knocking them back away from who they


    were fighting. It gave my people enough time to regroup and get back on top of things. I could hardly


    believe what was happening to me


    King Brent was able to give arger dose of wolfsbane to Ryder and subdue him. I will be dealing with


    him soon.


    I looked around and saw Everest lying on the ground barely breathing. I felt rage inside of me. I


    nced over to Miranda and gave her a nod Dexter was beginning to stand up when Iunched myself


    at him, shifting back into my lycan I felt our bodies collide as I gave over full control to my Lycan She


    was a powerful force to be reckoned with, especially with all of this pent up rage Miranda joined me and


    together we went up against Dexter He fought against us Miranda summoned up her chant and froze


    him. I took his head in my hands and banged his face off of a concrete block a few times before looking


    at him, dropping him to the ground, and standing over him


    I circled around him and growled He was frozen and felt his fearing off and crashing into me like


    waves. I couldn’t however smell the blood from him, odd I wanted this to be painful for him I wanted


    him to suffer more than anything else in this entire world would it be best if we waited for a trail or to


    end him right here and now? I looked over to the men designated as our medical team, attending to


    Everest looked down at Dexter and thought back to Trevor and how he ripped an arm away from him


    How he took away his parents and his pack, leaving him and his brothers orphaned. He left him with


    nothing, left him to die. I thought of all of the men and women whose lives have been affected and


    destroyed because of him and his actions. All the peoples he has murdered or helped with the murder I


    thought of my mates father, King Randolph who died because of this man below me I thought of


    Miranda and her family who he murdered. Right then and there I decided that a quick death would not


    serve as justice for everyones life he has hurt and caused pain to.


    I decided that I wanted him to suffer. I wanted him to feel the pain that he had given for years toe.


    Death would be a gift and I was not about to hand those out today. Today I came here with every


    intention of ending his life. However, we would be leaving with him under a frozen spell, unable to


    move. I would give him his trial, but every single day of that trial I would torture him. I would leave him


    wishing for death. I would allow time for his Lycan to heal him and I would bring him right back to the


    brink of death. looked out at the field of men and women warriors from both sides. Now that they had


    seen the fall of their leaders, I spoke to them, in ce of Everest.


    “Your leaders have fallen. You are now to be transported back to the kingdom and charged with the


    crime of treason. I will see you all on your judgement day. Remember you can not hide your thoughts


    and actions from me.” I smiled and looked over at Miranda, “Would you mind piacing a freezing spell


    over them all? I wouldn’t want any trouble from them on our long journey back.” She nodded her head


    and with the flick of her wrist everyone who was against us had their hands pulled behind them.


    “Wolfs bane them. Give them a strong enough dose to subdue them until we reach the Kingdom in the


    morning. We will be traveling straight there.” I looked over to Ted and Jameson and they bowed,


    running off quickly. I watched one by one as the warriors began falling to the ground.


    I sighed and looked over at Ryder and walked over to him. The wolfsbane only weakened him. The


    smell of his flesh burning from the silver was awful smelling.


    “Get away from him!” I heard a woman shouting and I looked up at her. I sniffed the air and raised my


    brow


    “Ahhh, yes. The witch who has been helping him, shielding him, making him into the monster that he is


    now.” I red.


    “I said to get away from him.” She said between gritted teeth. She raised her hand but Miranda


    countered and cast a spell or something in her direction, knocking her off of the second level.


    We all stood and watched as she fell to the ground andnded on a piece of metal that pierced through


    her, killing her. I looked down at Ryder as tears formed in his eyes.


    I stood over him with a frown and shook my head. I looked around me, seeing everyone watching me. I


    didn’t know if I would have any sort of repercussions, but many people were dead because of who was


    standing under me. In fact, if he hadn’t sought out Dexter, some of this could have been avoided.


    “1, Queen Avalynn of the Northern Territory, charge you with treason, holding you responsible for the


    death of King Randolph. Because of these charges, I am sentencing you to death.” I looked around and


    my eyesnded on King Brent and he nodded his head in approval. I looked over to Miranda and she


    also sent a nod in my way. I turned back to Ryder and I felt nothing but rage for all of the pain he had


    caused me over my lifetime. I took a deep breath as memories of being tortured gued me. I took it


    and channeled it inside as I put my hands on either side of Ryders head and snapped his neck.


    I took a step back and took in a long breath of air. A single tear ran down my cheek at the loss of my


    ex-mate, the bond nowpletely severed from him. He could have aplished so much, but he


    wasted and threw his life away. I turned and walked off silently without a word.


    I sent King Brent a link “Please, if you wouldn’t mind, have your brother transported back to the


    Northern Kingdom dungeons immediately. He will stand trial in our Kingdom, as he will be our prisoner


    and be held ountable for his crimes. You may also carry out any sentence and invite any of the


    members of your kingdom to witness his sentencing.”


    “Of course. Do you know when sentencing will be, by chance?” He linked me.


    “A few weeks from now. Allow some time for Everest to regain his strength to carry it out himself.”


    “Of course, Queen Avalynn.”


    “Oh and Brent, thank you for all the help from you, Miranda, and your warriors. Without you, this would


    have been difficult.”


    I saw a small smilee from him and I walked out of the yard, leaving things to Brent and Miranda.


    looked around as I walked along the destroyed path. I assumed that Jeremy was also in the doctors’


    quarters with Candace. I let out a small sigh and made my way to my mate. I could feel his pain, which


    let me know that he was still alive.