148. Kaya
Kaya
The ground shook. Howi had crossed over. I knew because mind links bombarded me. I had a to-go bag ready for Robert, who would take Sol to safety. I had told Becky she would be going with Robert, and though she was reluctant, she did not argue. I grabbed Sol from her bedside sleeper and rushed out of our den. Robert was already in the hallway. I handed her to him. "Get Becky and go now. Find a way out and get far away; I will let you know when it is safe to come back, and if you feel Cade and I die, run." I mind-linked. He nodded as I handed him my daughter, kissing her head one more time.
I couldn't believe I was leaving her. This could be the last time I saw her until she crossed into the garden herself. But I hoped that it would be a long time from now. I gave a look at Robert, telling him I appreciated him. He then took off, and so did I. He had mapped out the best way to get out of the pack lands, and I just hoped he could make it.
I shifted as I reached the last step to the first floor, tearing out my clothes. My small white wolf ripped out through the front door. Charging to where I knew Howi's pack broke through our lines. The ground shook. The mines were going off all around. We had laid as many as we could, and I knew it gave us the advantage at least, I thought it would. But with the number of wolves I saw filling in around me, I knew we were in a world of trouble.
This was much more than I thought we would be facing. If and when Cade got here, I didn't know if it would be enough. We would be outnumbered no matter the situation. Even with the land mines and traps going off, the number was still overwhelming. I struggled to keep up with the number of wolves fighting me. After fighting for who knows how long I felt Cade mind linked me. But I had to tell him I couldn't talk, and even then, the distraction had caused me to get a sharp bite to my ear.
I couldn't focus on the pain I felt there. Whoever had bitten me had to have torn a chunk from it. I had no idea who had done it, though. There were too many daybreak wolves around me. I wanted to go after Howi but couldn't even move with how many wolves there were. I tried to focus on smells to decipher where Howi was based on smells, but my nostrils were filled with blood, and all I could smell was iron. I was being bitten and scratched all over, no matter how much I fought.
The bodies were not just surrounding me. They were colliding with me. I knew it was the same for everyone else. No one could take a second to communicate. Time seemed to lose all meaning. All I could do was fight. I could no longer feel my body as I bit and ripped. I didn't know how I was still standing. I was bleeding all over my white fur coat was, soaking wet. I knew it had to be from blood. Then the ground shook, and huge cracks started to break through beneath me. This got some of the wolves away from me.
It gave me a slight advantage to get free from the fray. I knew I should stay and fight, but I needed to find Howi. I needed to kill him. I jumped over the cracks. I knew I should be fighting, but I needed to end this. I tried to duck, and it must have looked like I was running from the fight, but I was running to finish it. I tried to sniff again, and I got nothing. Fuck, I told myself. A shooting pain shot up my leg. I looked back and saw that it had been bitten into badly. I looked up from my leg to see a snarling brown wolf. He was bigger than me but not alpha big; this was not Howi.
I went to run, but the wolf jumped in front of me, snapping its teeth. I looked around for an exit. Then I saw a space I recognized. There was a land mine there. I could get him exploded if I got him on the pressure trigger. I figured most had already gone off, but there was one, and not only that, but close by.
I scratched at the wolf and moved some. He pursed, we began to engage, and I moved him into position inch by inch. When there was a moment to do so, I ran. He followed me, and just as I approached the mine, I leaped into the air, flying over it, and then I felt the air change. He had hit the trigger. I hit the floor, and the explosion got some of me, and I fell to the ground. My body reeling.
I so much wanted to lay in the dirt and not move, but I couldn't. I just kept thinking about Sol. She needed me. I limply got up only to be surrounded again. I didn't know how I would make it out of this. I had to just fight on and not lay down. I thrashed and fought and fought. Everything was a blur, nothing changed. I knew nothing but killing. I was a machine and would not stop. The pain in my body vanished. All I had was rage. That was all I was. I killed and killed.
I didn't know how I was still alive. I didn't care. I was going to kill everyone who came to me. Every bite and rip made me more enraged. I don't know how many I killed; I didn't care. I just wanted to end it. I stayed my ground and let them come to me. I no longer tried to seek Howi out. He would come eventually. I just had to kill enough of his wolves, so I did that. I killed and killed and killed.
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