Chapter 270: Maizie
It didn’t take long at all for our plan to go to shit. It wasn’t unknown that I had lived here. They had trained me. They had made me into the monster that they wanted me to be. But I wasn’t her. I channeled my panic into something useful. I was powerful as hell, and they would not control me again.
Sawyer and I were surrounded, but that would work to our advantage. If there was anything that I had learned from this godforsaken place it was to be creative. They might have messed with my ability to shift, but they made sure I knew how to use my powers. I was an energy manipulator. And they taught me how to destroy.
“Stay close to me." I mindlinked Sawyer, who was in the process of shifting.
I could feel my Lycan closer than I had felt it in a long time. I knew it was a part of me, but it hadn’t been easy to feel it since we had left Red Blood Pack on our mission. They had changed us in ways that I couldn’t even begin to explain. But feeling my Lycan so close to the surface gave me a little hope. If I could shift, we might actually have a chance. But even if I can’t still, my power would be enough. I had a plan, and I just needed my Lycan’s power, not its form.
“Do you have a plan?” Sawyer asked.
“Yes.” I responded, my heart pounded, but I was fully in control.
“Then I trust you,” He answered, and I could hear that trust in his voice.
We both knew no matter what the plan was, it could fail. Our original plan had already gone to shit. But to know he trusted me enough to not question me, was something else entirely, giving me feelings that I didn’t know what to do with.
I closed my eyes and reached for my power. They were closing in on us. But I kept my calm. I was trained as warrior. I knew how they would react. I knew their general plan, and I was banking on it.
“Get closer,” I thought to myself.
But they were looking at us curiously. We were surrounded, but they had stopped closing in. They were just staring at us curiously. I didn’t know what they were thinking, but I did know that they were throwing off my plan by not acting.
“Maizie?” A voice called out from among the soldiers.
I felt myself stiffen. I didn’t know who was calling my name, but I wasn’t expecting friends here. My plan rode on no friends.
The man stepped out. Captain Winters. My heart pounded. He had been in charge of my training. He had made sure that I was prepared. I didn’t have anything against him, necessarily. Of all the people here, he wasn’t the worst. I knew he cared about the kids. It was hard in a place like this. There wasn’t room for care. He had covered for kids in small ways, but in the end, he was still a captain, and he was still responsible.
“Maizie, you don’t have to do this,” He said.
His hands were in the air as an attempt to tell me that we didn’t have to have problems. That I could come back. But he was wrong. There was no other choice. I did have to do this.
“Let us in then.” I tried. I knew that they wouldn’t. But it was worth a try. Maybe these people were all under Captain Winters.
“Maizie...” He tried, and there was a tiredness in his voice.
I knew I really couldn’t ask him to do what I was. It wasn’t fair to him. It wasn’t fair to anyone really. But I had to try.
“Enough of this.” Another guard snapped, stepping out of the formation. He was young. Barely older than me, but his eyes had that same cold look that so many people in this pack had. Cruelty ran through his blood. I hated him. We had grown up together. Of course I knew him.
“Grey.” Captain Winter’s snarled. “Be patient.”
“No!” Grey shouted. “No. She doesn’t get to waltz back here and make demands like she’s some big fucking hotshot. She’s not one. She might be working for the Alpha King, but she ranks the same as the rest of them. She’s scum.” He spit at my shoes, and Sawyer growled, but I didn’t flinch.
If I had stayed, if I had chosen to keep fighting for them, I would be like him. But I had Grace who gave me more than that. Who kept her softness, even in darkness. She would cry today when it was all said and done, but I would stand tall. There were some things in this life worth getting your hands dirty for. There were things that were worth fighting for, and I was proud of the part I would get to play, no matter the outcome, they would know my name.
The other soldiers and guards seemed to agree with Grey and inched forward.
“Any time now, dear,” Sawyer whispered in my ear.
I smirked, letting them get closer. I needed them closer.
“Come on,” I said to myself. “A little bit more.”
The timing had to be perfect. I held out my hands. They might think we were ready to fight, but we weren’t going to. They were walking right into my trap.
“You are going to regret ever coming back here.” Grey sneered.
He was only a few steps away from us. We were surrounded. And I smiled, kneeling to the ground, Sawyer at my side, embracing the side of me that he had never seen before.
“And you’re going to regret getting too close to me.” I retorted.
And I struck. I pulled energy from all around us, specifically from them themselves, and threw it back at them in a fierce strike. Their eyes widened for a split second before they were thrown backwards. Bodies hit the ground with a chorus of thuds.
And once again, silence filled the air. There wasn’t time to appreciate it. There wasn’t time to even think about what was going to come next. We had to move. We had kids to save.
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