Chapter 52
-Angic-
I moved Fae behind me as Johan stalked around his. There was a sharp cliff drop behind us and Johan
was blocking our only path of escape. We were cornered by the ghastly shell of a man that had once
been a respectable Beta.
Johan moved slowly, biding his time to strike. He knew we had nowhere to go. We had no choice but to
defend ourselves when he attacked. The tense anticipation must have been clear on my face because
he grinned. It was arge uncanny sneer of a smile. It was a little too wide on his face and sharp teeth
protruded from under his lips..
The monster before us was entirely n*ked, and frozen in a gruesome state between human and wolf. It
was a form that not many shifters could hold for long, but it never looked as unnatural as his b*dy did.
The talented shifters perferred that state, but Johan’s b*dy seemed to have gotten it wrong. It was as if
his bones were continuously bending and breaking, repairing and breaking again as he moved. The
continuous sickening snaps and cr cks were audible as he loomed over us.
I noted therge bleeding ga sh over his left eye-probably from his earlier fight with Geranium – The
skin of his brow down to his cheek was slit in a nasty gaping wound and the white of his eyeball had
turned red. He had suffered more wounds from the ck wolf. He had a slight limp when he walked
from a nasty bite on his call and there was bone visible through the tomt tendons. Dozens of other bites
and w marks were listered across his bare chest and back.
It didn’t seem to bother him very much though, and already the blood around the wounds was
evaporating Like steam on his b*dy and the g ashes were slowly stiching themsleves closed. It seemed
as if he coulnt feel the pain of his b*dy at all. He was removed from himself, some severance had been
sliced between b*dy and mind-b*dy and soul.
What was worse than the visible monstrosity of the man was his scent. Dorothy had once described
him smelling of cin namon and pine. Early scents that were soft andforting But this Johan reaked
of death. If I wasnt rooted to the spot in preparation for an attack I would have gagged and covered my
nose.
Johan bent forwards on the ground, crouching on all fours. 1 braced myself. If he attacked I could
tackling hin, Fae could. slip past and escape. I hoped that was what she would do. But I highly doubted
that she would be willing to leave me behind with the beast no matter how terrified she was,
Before I could whisper to her, Johanunched himself at me with a speed that was surprising for
someone thatrge. I pushed Far out of the way as Johan’s teeth sank into my thigh. Howling in anger I
shifted on the spot, ripping my leg from his jaws as my b*dy turned. I would be able to fight better in
woll form anyway. Johan snarled and attacked again. His jaws. snapped shut on empty air where my
head had been only seconds before,
I couldn’tprehend his speed. It was inhuman and incredibly concerning. Not only did I have to
protect myself from his thering jaws, 1 had to keep an eye on the edge of the cliff that waned
beneath us. I dodged his snapping maw and attacked his torso, tearing into flesh that tasted like meat
that had gone off in the sun.
I heard pebbles trickle down the edge of the cliff when my weight forced some of the sandstone to
crumble. I needed to get away from the edge. Far had shifted too, her small wolf was a speckled brown
and grey. She lunged at Johan and managed to sink her teeth into the back of his neck.
Both of us were thrown off of him at once as Johan rolled away from us. He got to his feet again like
the wounds were nothing to him. That bite of Fae’s should have been fatal bat Johan reacted like he
had felt the stall sting of a mosquito bite and nothing more..
We wrestled for a while but it was clear that Johan was gaining the upper hand. Even with the two of
us, both giving it our all and aiming to kill, Johan was inpenatrable. We were growing tired and our
attacks were slowing down, but Johan was not even panting with breathlessness, his b*dy was carrying
him like it would never tire. We were in danger and he knew it. He was toying with us, allowing us to
catch out breaths before attacking again. It was infuriating. He was taunting his prey, ying with us for
the sake of it. I wondered how long before he grew bored of this fight. Before he decided to finish us up
once and for all.
I howled in agony as Johan shifted back to his half form and brought a knuckle down on my back leg,
cracking the bone in one sickening snap. Fae yelled as he grabbed hold of her fur and threw her close
to the edge of the cliff. She scrambled to regain her footing as sand and rocks began to copse
behind her. I shifted back to my human form, allowing the shift to repair my broken bone faster than it
would have on its own and dragged myself to reach her before she fell
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Once Fae was safe again she immediately blocked Johan was swiping a wed hand across my
chest. The ws grazed her b*dy instead, tearing ribons of blood into her flesh. I leapt over the injured
wolf, wing at Johan’s eyes in ast ditch attempt to throw him off of us long enough to esca
It seemed hopless. I wanted to tear him limb from limb. I wanted to end his life before he could get his
hands on Dorothy. But we were no match against the misshapen man and Fae was badly injured after
thatst swipe,
Johan threw me off of him like he was merely swatting a fly. He pinned me to the ground by the throat,
his ws digging into my neck as he crouched over me. Saliva from his long teeth dripped down onto
my face and his hot breath spoke of decay and death. I tried to kick him off of me but it felt like my nees
were connecting with a brick wall.
Fae was crumpled in a head behind him and unable to pick herself up. Blood was turning her speckled
coat red and she whined quietly, I howled and fought but it was no use. Johan took pleasure in
watching me squirm, his ghoulish grin dripping with the blood of my friend.
“You have her scent on you,” His voice sent chills up my spine as he leaned down into my neck and
inhaled deeply, “You must be a friend of hers.”
I knew he was talking about Dorothy but I refused to disclose any information about her, I spat into the
monsters deformed face, hissing and thrashing as much as I could manage under the crushing weight.
Johanughed at my efforts and clenched his fist a little tighter around my throat, his eyes narrowing
like a predator going for the kill as I began to choke.
“You know, Dorothy was my mate first. She is still my mate. She just doesnt understand that yet. And i
am here to cut down everyone who
in the way of that.” He spoke casually. As casually as one can with a voice that sounds like a thousand
nails dragging across a chalkboard.
“Maybe I should leave her a little gift? Let her find pieces of her friend sc attered around that big fancy
mansion that she misguidedly calls home.”
Johan’s mouth opened wide, his jaw unhinging entirely in a horrific disy. The skin of the corners of
his mouth began to tear as he unhooked his jaw and opened it wide enough to aodat my entire
head. I shut my eyes as the inside of his gullet epassed my vision.
Just when Johan was about to deal the final blow, and snap his jaws down around my head, he was
ripped away from me, dragged backwards by a bleeding speckled wolf. Fae had her teeth in his neck
once again and she was dragging his b*dy off of me with all of her strenght. She was trying to throw
him off of the cliff. By the way she was limping and the determination in her dark eyes I realised she
had resigned herself to going over the edge with him.
Johan tried to wrench himself away but Fae was determined, the two of them were grappeling right on
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the edge as I triedto get to my feet in a panic, “No, Stop!”
I couldn’t let her die for me. I wouldn’t allow it.
Before I could climb to my feet somethingrge and brown leaped over me. A familiar wolf closed its
jaws around Johan’s leg and ripped him from Fae’s jaws. Far leaped to the side and back from the
edge of the cliff as the brown wolf backed off of Johan.
“Gideon.” I spoke to him through our minds. “What are you doing here?”
Therge brown wolf came to stand next to me, coaxing Far behind the both of us with its snout.
“You took too long to get back. I thought something might have gone wrong.”
te both looked at johan who was getting to his feet.
“It looks like I was right.”
Another growl from behind us and I turned to see five more walves with their hackles raised, ring at
Johan. I recognized
all of them
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Each were strong young shifters who had trained beneath me, everyone one of them tercely loyal and
his id with the creature who had tried to kill their teacher
Johan flexed his knuckles and squared his rough shoulders but he made no move to attack. The tables
had turned and he was outnumbered.
My students closed in around him, forcing him closer to the cliff’s edge. He nced down at the water
around him and I realized seconds toote, just what he nned on doing.
He took onest look around, his eyes locking on mine and boring into me with a fiery passion. I could
read his expression. clearly. He wanted me dead, and someday soon he would finish the job,
Jn stepped backward off the cliff and I raced forwards to see where he wouldnd. His b*dy dropped
like a stone as he fell back down into the dark water below.
He broke the surface with a massive ssh. The other wolves howled their frustration and it echoed
around the quarry like
an unorthodox symphony.
I scanned the water waiting to see his head emerge. No average shifter could survive a fall that long,
let alone a human, but Johan was neither of those things A fall like that might not have killed him. Even
if he did hit the sharp rocks below, it was possible he would be able to heal himself.
Gideon came to stand beside me after making sure Fan was okay. By the looks of her inntries, she
would be alright in less. than a few hours. She shifted back and covered herself with what was left of
the hoodie that had been ripped off of me in the fight
I looked down at the dark water and the ripples that Joltan’s legem had left behind. After a few minutes
of waiting. Gidron spoke. “He could be dead”
“He’s not dead. No way is that monster dead I said, leaning against the brown well for support
“He’ll be back
-Dorothy
Ignatius and the others went about organizing their ns while I waited on the porch, scanning the
forest for any sign of Angie and Fac’s return. Gideon had taken live of their best fighters to search for
them not too long ago. I only hoped they made it there in time.
My mind was still ruminating on Johan. I wondered if it was still possible to reason with him. I kept my
mind tightly closel from Ignatius as I contemted the possibility of shipping away and searching for
the rogue myself
I could be walking straight into my own death sentence but I could also make some kind of useful
contribution. If I was what Johan really wanted and considering his lurking around the house, it was
very likely then surely if I handed myself over to him, he would leave the rest of the Bielke alone.
I leaned against the balcony railing. It was whitewashed wood and smelled of the sea, just like
everything else around my beautiful new home. I didn’t want to give it all up, I didn’t want to give up my
own life, And I dish want to break Ignatius“ heart.
I was brought back to the present when I heard w hoopinging from the crowd of sh itters around
me. I looked out again towards the forest to see the others returning
The reason for the cheering came from the two extra shifters, a small, curly-haired gul being carried on
Gideon’s back and the tall limber shifter next to him who, aside from her to clothing and messy hair,
seemed perfectly te
I pushed past the excited shifters and ran to meet Angie who copsed into my arms the moment I
reached her.
“Hello, runt. I met your ex-boyfriend”
“You f ucking idiot, what gave you the idea to go after him alone
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I put her arm over my shoulders and let her lean her long b*dy against me as we shuffled towards the
house.
“I wasn’t alone, I had Fae with ine.”
“Always gonna have your back, Fae mumbled from on top of Caleon, and she and Angie exchanged an
exhausted high five.
Gideon rolled his eyes but his face was still pale and drawn. As much of a jokester as Gideon way- or
the butt of every joke when Fae was involved – he cared deeply about his friends and the experience
had clearly scared him.
Ignatius too was relieved to have them back and grilled both girls for their recklessness. After he was
certain that both of them would be okay he took them aside to find out what exactly had happened.
“It was definitely Johan,” Angie confirmed. “I could vaguely recognize him from your description. But
he’s changed. There’s something very wrong with his b*dy just like the other Tally attackers. And he’s
strong very strong
Ignatius leaned his elbows on his knees and studied the floor. “So it’s true then. He’s after Dorothy. He
wants revenge.”
“He won’t get you.” Angie turned to face me. There was a dark bruise forming under her eye and her lip
was bleeding from a nasty cut. “I won’t let him.”
“How do we know he isn’t dead?” I asked. “You said he jumped into the quarry
“He wouldn’t go down that easily. Not with that altered b*dy of bis. He’s still out there, I can feel in”
I didn’t want to believe it but she was right. I could feel it 100, Johan loomed like an evil presence over
all of us.
The first thing we need to do is take back control. Ignatius sand solemnly. “We need to reform this
pack. Then we can focus our attention on the Tally. We won’t get anywhere with Johan until then.”
Angie nodded “So it happens tonight?”
“It happens right now.”
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