Soulless

Everything around me moves into a blur as I run. I have to get to him. I have to stop all of this and he’s the key.
The girls begin to mind linking me asking me what I’m doing and where I’m going, I do my best to block them out but it’s hard their power is just as strong as my own.

I head right towards Salvi, I can see her glow through the tree line. I know he will be with her, I slow my pace and hide my scent. Once I have a clear view I hide behind a tree and wait, I can see Salvi she is surrounded by wolves and in the centre of them, all is the man who has caused all of this destruction.

**Sekreta, he’s right there why are we not attacking him** Savea is ready for a fight. I can feel that from her, but I cannot just run into a pack of wolves and strike down the one who they are so clearly trying to protect.

“It's too dangerous “ I can still feel the anger bubbling inside me and I try my hardest to suppress my glow, the moment he sees it he will strike.

“I want to hear first, I want to know what his plans are. Almost as if the moon goddess heard me speak. I hear the harsh voice of Marel.

**” Will someone picks her up, the transfer was incomplete, it was interrupted”**
I peer through the gaps in the tree line. I spot him again this time he is crouched down digging his hands into the soil the same way I did, I can see him trying to focus and then he snaps his arm away and growls in frustration.

**” It didn’t work. Whatever happened to her during the transfer it did not work”** It is unclear who exactly he is talking to it is as though he is commanding the attention of the wolves around him, they all keep their heads low and make no sound.

*” Father, I'm sorry, I'll try it again. You know I want to give you this gift”* I’m taken aback. It is unusual for me to see Salvi in such a state, she is broken and she is begging like a captive, it is as though she is possessed.

**” Shut your mouth and just give me what you were born for. I did not sleep with a witch to have this plan fail so far in”**

He raises his hand high and the air and slaps her, the sound of his hand hitting her face is enough to bring back floods of memories.

*” I’m sorry I didn’t mean to. I promise I’ll do better “* She brings her hand to her cheek a visible red mark now showing.

In the next instant, her eyes are lit up and she grips onto his hands, I can see her focusing on him. Gripping onto him as though her life depends on it. Something inside me breaks, she seems too weak now.
I am in front of Marel before I can register that I have moved, the faint blue glow surrounding me.
Gripping the hold of Salvi’s arm I break the bond between them, his eyes pierce into me like swirling pools of darkness.

“Enough of this. This ends today”
The sound of tearing clothes and growling fills every gap in the space around us.

**” You foolish girl, you thought you could just walk into the middle of this and save the day”**

He pulls his arm from my grip and steps closer into me, out of instinct I make sure I’m being stood between him and Salvi.

**” You are just as foolish as your mother, you walk up to me like your powers will keep you safe. But you know nothing of the power I possess “**

The mentions of my mother send chills rippling down my spine. He is the reason she is no longer here, he is the reason she suffered every day. I raise my hand to the wolves to the side of me, letting my glow reach out and connect to them, feeling as my power encapsulates.

“Attack him” The wolves do as I command, I know the attempt may be futile but I wanted to show him what I’m capable of. The familiar feeling of power begins to rise in me like before, this time I do not stop it I let it build and build until it is at risk of spilling over.

The waves around me shatter when I feel a sharp pain in my back, wet warmth trickles down my side.
*” You are not so powerful now Sekreta, you are not so special with a silver blade sticking out of your back”*

I can feel her heat leaving me as she pulls herself away from my ear, the pain is unbearable, it is as though someone has set fire to my insides. She backs away from me and Marel wraps a hand around my throat lifting me from the ground.

I try to fight but I feel weak, I need to find a way to get the silver out of me. I try to raise my hands, to draw the wolves to me, to force them to help me.

**” No-No. You silly girl, I will not let you use my precious power again”**
I try to call Savea desperately to Savea, maybe I can shift and get out of this but she is muted, it is as though she is just within my grasp. I cannot reach her.

**” There is no point calling your inner wolf. The blade was laced with Caladium, soon you will start to feel dizzy, you’ll struggle for breath and you will lose your balance”**

My eyes widen at his statement, he’s poisoned me to keep me docile. **” It does not matter though, you will not make to that point I will take everything from you, and then I will kill you where you stand”**

I can feel my senses starting to scramble as he drops me to the floor and links arms with Salvi again.
*” For you father, I give you everything “*
No, I am closer to them. I can see she is so willing to do this, she is so willing to give her power to him. To sacrifice everything she is to please her father.

**” Yes. I can feel it. Finally, after all this time I will be the most powerful one, I will be the one people tell stories off. I will wipe the old magic off this earth and stake claim to it”**

I have never witnessed a full-grown man speak in this way, it is like he is in conversation with himself, it is as though his soul has split into two and he now only hears himself. He is truly mad and incredibly dangerous, he has to be stopped.

**” This is what we were born for, those powers were never meant for them but me. For me to rule, for me to wield. I will be king of all wolves. It is my destiny I know it”**

While he is caught up in himself I reach around and pull the blade from my side trying to stifle my cries of pain. I need help to heal this or I’m going to bleed out.

I could call for Cynthia but it would put her in harm’s way, I can feel the stickiness of my blood underneath my hands mixing with the soil. Digging my fingers into I, I call to the trees around me with everything I have willing them to surround me and to protect me.

As they pull towards me I hear the sound of bones breaking as their roots pass through the wolves in the way. I can still see Salvi and Marel locked into one another, the two of them oblivious to what I’m doing. Their trance seems too deep to be broken by the world around them.

Once I am surrounded by the roots of the trees I can hear the wolves trying to get in, scratching and clawing trying to get to me.

**You have to stay alive Sekreta, this is not your destiny**
“Savea, I’m glad you could join me”

I say it with much sarcasm but I am glad she is back. I can only guess it is because I pulled out the blade from my side.

**I was never gone, it just took me a while to fight. But you have to listen to me, you have to call the sister to come and get you or you will die here. And to die here is not your destiny**

“I am too weak to call them, I am too weak to fight .”

**Listen to me, you are not weak. You are more powerful than you think now heal yourself**

“What are you talking about? You know as well as I do I cannot”

**You can. You need to focus on the wound, place your palms to it and focus on healing it** I can feel myself drifting in and out of the light as she speaks to me.

I know what she is saying is right but I don’t know-how. I realise now I ran before I could walk, when they could for me I should have listened, when Ildi called me and told me to go back I should have.

**God damn it will you heal yourself** My heavy eyes drift open, it sounds as though Savea is right in front of me, it is as though I can feel her hot breath on skin.
When I opened the full, there she stood proudly in front of my face. My wolf, My friend.
“How are you doing this ?” I reach to touch her with my now blood and dirt soaked hand.

**This is not me Sekreta, you are falling between the worlds and you need to pull yourself out of it**
I absorb her words like a song, taking in every note. I do as she instructs and places my hand on my side and focus.

“Moon Goddess if you can hear me. Please help me now, give me the strength to heal, give me the strength to end this for the sake of my bloodline, for the sake of Frode. For my mate, give me this strength to fight”

The blue light extends to my palms and I feel my body growing stronger once more. And then I called them.

“Selene, Artemis, Cynthia if you can hear me I need you now”
Their voices penetrate my mind, asking me where I am, let me know they are coming for me.

In an instant I hear the sounds of fighting around me, signalling that they have found where I am. Through the breaks in the roots, I can see the glow of yellow, the flashes of purple and the bright green of their eyes.

I will stand urging the roots to pull away from me, to let me out and join them in this fight. I can see Marel watching on from the sides Salvi laying at his feet barely breathing, watching the scene unfold. Clutching my side that’s still throbbing with the pain I stumble towards Marel ready to face him once more, only this time something in me tells me I can win.

I get meters away from him when a growl erupts from my left side, loud enough to cover the sounds of whimpering and howling wolves locked in fights with Selene’s pack.

The large wolf stares me down, he is bigger than any I’ve seen and I know right away that it is Ivar. His eyes are glowing red and I know he is still under Salvi spell. I look to her to see her eyes closed, how is she doing this when she is unconscious.

As the wind blows through the battle I hear his words. **” It is not her you need to kill little girl, Ivar answers to me”**

I do not have time to turn and face Marel as Ivar begins to run towards me, snarling and snapping at the air, desperate to rip me apart.


*A/N
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