Mirabelle's POV continues

“This.” Camilla says, finishing for Kingston. “But, we'd like to have a chat, well me to be precise.”

Jennifer stirs in her seat, opposite Lacey. Her gaze assessing us as she nods, “Takishini Beta and Members of Midnight saints covered in some blood? Mmm, what seems to be the problem and reason for interrupting our meeting?” she asks softly.

“There is no problem, the lovely lady would like to talk to you.” Kingston says sarcastically, his hand gesturing to a seat to which Lacey nods. He smiles, pulling out a chair and settling in it.

“We,” Everton says, his hand gesturing to everyone around the table. “We are discussing the fate of Freznic pack, we will get to you once we are done.”

“How long?” Kingston ask, his gaze on Merlina, the most quiet and freshest member of the central council. She's reddened at the way he stares at her.

Someone clears their throat, Fredrick. “Three hours,” he says.

Camilla chuckles, her hands tugging at her hair for a second and then she strolls to the table, her fist slamming into it. “Listen me, I don't have three hours to wait to have two minutes to say what I want.”

“Alright, go on Luna, how can we help you?” Zachary asks, the highest ranked council member. His word is the final one even though they're a team, his word matters most.

“First of all, I'm not anyone's luna so don't call me Luna, it pisses me off.” She explains firmly with a warning tone.

“I want you to give me my own territory.” she answers, the second she speaks everyone laughs.

No, I step back, Camilla looks pissed off and I don't want to see how it ends.

“Why do you want space?” Jenifer asks, making Camilla roll her eyes.

“That's really none of your business, honey.”

“Well, girl go fill in a form and write a letter to us and we'll take care of the matter.” Lacey utter, gesturing towards the door.

Camilla snorts, pushing past the empty chair as she strolls to her. I have noticed Camilla's quick irritation with Lacey, I don't know if she knows about her and Adrian's not so discreet affair. Camilla grabs Lacey by the throat, no one moves an inch. They are all watching in silence, waiting for Lacey to defend herself as she is strong as an Alpha.

“See, I don't like people who stop me from going forward in life and you Miss horny cougar are really, really pissing me.” Camilla snorts, I close my eyes. Crossing my fingers for good luck, Camilla calling her a cougar means she knows Lacey has fucked Adrian.

“Unhand her,” Zachary commands, seeing as how Lacey is unable to defend herself from Camilla.

Camilla obeys instantly, she's not trying to piss Zachary off, she needs him to give in to her demands. When her hand releases Lacey, her handprint is bright red on Lacey's throat.

“Fine, you want space? Okay, but why should I give it to you, to whom have you proved worthy? I can't just give any woman land and let her be in charge of people who might lose their lives because of poor management.” Zachary tells her, his fingers tapping at the table.

“Hmm, poor management?” Camilla echoes, “What the hell do you know about my management capabilities?”

“Exactly, so you have to undergo some tests and fight some Alpha's and then a Council member to prove you're worthy.”

“So, I just wiped out half of Takishini Pack for this ?” Counter snorts, her hand resting on her shoulder.

“You did what?” Merlina gasps, her eyes widening, her gaze shifting to Beta for clarification.

“Yeah, little Luna killed Alpha Hayden And his wife among so many unnamed others with her bare hands. As well as freed hundreds of people from his cavity and don't ask me questions you may not like answers to.” Beta Kingston counters.

“Okay, big deal but anyone could do it.” Lacey coughs, her hands massaging her throat.

“What the fuck do you mean anyone could do it?” I snap, snarling at Lacey. Camilla could have strangled her to death if not for the interference of lord Zachary and yet, here she is, trying to piss Camilla off more.

“Shh baby, it's fine.” Camilla says, her gaze drifting to me with a pout which switches to a grin when she turns to Zachary. “So then, lord Zachary, why don't you fight me? You and any other members you'd like to throw at me.”

“No, he's the strongest of -”

“No, I insist.” she lets out, cutting me off.

Beta Kingston grins, chuckling in his seat. “Interesting, I was actually keen for another show.”

“Lacey, Tate, Mike and Jackson, do help me teach the lady a lesson.” Lord Zachary orders, everyone called upon rises. The board table disappears into the ground when Merlina presses a button on the wall, clearing what I presume is the battle ground now.

Beta rises from his seat, standing beside me, at a safe distance. I frown at him, unable to discern the reason behind his motive. “I don't want to get more high rank people's blood on me.” he winks, earning a smile from me.

I like him, he's witty and yet serious. If any other man winked at me I would think they just want to fuck me but with Beta, it's purely platonic, he is naturally delightful.

“I will go first.” Lacey announces, cracking her neck from side to side as she steps forward. Camilla shrugs, walking up to her in a lazy manner.“I don't want you to go first cougar, I'll take you all at once but I am warning you, you won't like how this ends. I have a thing for death just as much as Lacey had a thing for barely legal teenage boys.” she sneers, disgust evident in her expression. So she does know about him and Adrian and she is not happy about it, she might hate him right now but a bigger part of her loves him, that part she's trying to bury deep down inside her but it kept resurfacing.

Exhibit A: right now.

“You're right, I hate watching people die.” Tate frowns, I'm shocked she had the balls to talk right now. She's the weakest of the lady's and lords but somehow, they keep her on the panel, presumably for her logical thinking.

Everyone lines up, ready to teach Camilla what big of a mistake she made by coming in here which I doubt will happen but the chances of them defeating her are high compared to those of her being victorious. I think she can take them one by one but together? Let's see.

Lacey is the first to attack, she goes straight for a drop kick that Camilla catches mid air, her arm karate chopping it. Lacey growls in annoyance, Camilla uses her feet to swipe Lacey's one good balancing foot off the ground.

Lacey drops to the ground with Camilla looking down at her with a smile. Tate sees the opportunity to rank herself up in the eyes of her co-workers and takes it, swinging her fist at Camilla. It lands clean, punching Camilla right on the nose, Camilla's hand reaches out to her surely broken nose and inhales, her eyes closing for two whole seconds before she opens them again, darkness filling the purple color of her eyes.

Mike launches himself at Camilla, I close my eyes, counting to thirty in my head until it's over. I don't wish to see the impact of what she does or what happens to her. The only thing I hear are several grunts and the sound of something hitting a hard surface, now I'm up to twenty-two in my head.

I feel something or someone nudge me, “I think you'll want to see this, I enjoyed the show.” Beta whispers in my ear, I don't know if I should take his word for it or not, hence I continue to count until I reach thirty, letting out a stifled breath.

My eyes slowly blink open to Mike grunting on the floor with Tate on top of him, caressing her mid section while blood spatters and Jackson across the room, bleeding from every opening on his face, with major cuts in his neck which I assume are Camilla's sharp claws markings on him and every member fighting her. Camilla's foot is stomped onto Tate, her hands strongly fastened into Lacey's hair, Camilla is bleeding from her nose but Lacey doesn't seem that good. She's worse than Camilla, the beautiful lashes I had seen on her earlier are nowhere in sight, she's breathing heavily, her legs lifting to shove Camilla in her midriff. After a few thrusts, Camilla lets go of Lacey's hair, her fist going straight for her face.

I grin, watching them battle it out. Lacey doesn't stand a chance and judging by the way Camilla manhandles her, she would lose a one on one with her. Camilla grunts, her hands somehow finding their way to Lacey's hair once again. She begins to twirl, dragging Lacey with her in the process, spine chilling maniacal laughter exuding from Camilla. I watch as Lacey's feet leave the ground, she begins to scream, her screams making Camilla giggle even more.

Camilla releases both hands from Lacey's hair, sending her flying into the same wall Jackson is crushed against. I flinch from the impact of Lacey colliding with Jackson's body. Camilla sucks her teeth, her gaze shifting to lord Zachary. She blinks, her eyes beating back to their regular ultraviolet color. “ Oops,” Camilla shrugs, feigning dismay. “With all due respect lord Zachary, give me my goddamn space. Or perhaps you have someone else I can throw around and actually kill?”

Lord Zachary points to a small shelf across the room, “Pick whatever.” he tells her.

Camilla seems pleased with this information, she claps her hands, her mood giddy as she strides to the shelf. Seeming nothing like the menace that has left the central council members in a state of nothingness, on the brink of death. Lord Zachary nods at some people and they rise, instantly tending to their coworkers, one leaving the room to look for doctors I presume.

Camilla whips her gaze over her shoulder, settling on lord Zachary. “Anything?” she asks sweetly, confusing everyone that watched her manhandle four central council members. Lord Zachary nods, Camilla turns back around, her focus fixed on the documents on the shelves. She grabs a few random files, settling them on the table next to the shelf.

“Your friend is pushy and she does that adorable thing with her eyes that makes you forget the devil inside her.” Beta Kingston lets out from beside me.

I nod in response, wetting my lips as we both watch her intensely. I know for a fact she can hear him because he isn't lowering his voice when he talks about her, he wants her to hear what impression she gives off. “But she's not pushy.”

“She is,” he argues. “-And stronger than she looks too, that's the thing about hybrids, folk miscalculate them easily but believe me you, they are what satan himself fears.”

Camilla grins at lord Zachary over her shoulder, “I like this one.” she beams, her focus instantly shifting back to the territory she plans on claiming. Her hand reaches for the pen clasped into the holder on the wall, bending over to write something down. Kingston tenses beside me, even in her drenched in blood state, she is undeniably stunning.

After a good five minutes, silent five minutes if you look past the whining injured council members. Camilla straightens, clasping the pen back where she found it and turns to meet us.“Um, thank you for the pack.” she says, folding some pieces of paper in her hand. “We could have done this the easy way but y'all stubborn and I'm sorry for not killing then, I just figured they're essential.” she shrugs, her gaze drifting to Lacey. “Some more than others.” she snarls, walking back to where lord Zachary still sits. She places a piece of paper in his lap and he nods looking at it.

“Luna,” he begins, earning himself a glare from Camilla, it doesn't phase him but it unsettless the woman next to him. “I trust that you're going to lead well, you will make a great Alpha.” he says, stretching his hand out to her. Camilla takes a look at it, pondering for a second before she meets his hand with her own, both of them shaking on it.“Congratulations, Alpha Camilla.” he grins.

Camilla nods, vigorously shaking his hand now. “Thank you. Alpha Camilla, I like the sound of that.”