Chapter 16.

Chapter 16


“Is that you Valerie?” Evans voice comes through mind link and I can hear he’s tired.
“Yes sir.” I answer happily fuelling my fire as it begins to move around circling the attacking pack, I watch the wolves jump back and forth trying to get away running around the fire trying to find away out.
“Thank god you’re back, we were having a hard time holding it off.” He says softly making me smile.
“Well I’m here now so what do you want me to do.” I ask while still controlling my magic around them.

“Alison’s father is in the mix I’d like to speak with him.” He answers.
“Ok I’ll be right there.” I say standing up as I walk towards him I allow my fire to die down a bit.
“Where is he? I ask while Evan shifts standing beside me.
“He’s the black wolf I was fighting when you started.” He answers and I close my eyes, I picture the wolf I seen bringing him up in my mind as I force his body towards us through my fire ring and drop him on the ground in front of me.

“Who the hell are you!” The angry man demands upon shifting.
“I’m a witch and you’ve chosen to attack my Alpha.” I say smiling in his face watching his turn with horror.
“You’ve attacked my pack and I don’t appreciate it.” I say in a snarky tone as he somehow gains the courage to lunge at me. I quickly react dropping my body with a hard swift kick to the leg, I hear the bone snap on impact making me chuckle as his body collapses to the ground and his shriek fills the night air.
“I know why you’re here, and you won’t be getting them. Your choices are to leave my pack and never return, or die at the hand of my witch.” Evan says angrily leaning down to the man’s face.

“They don’t belong to you! Those babies belong in our pack with our family, they need to be raised by their own.” He yells back as Evan laughs.
“Raised by their own? Is that why you discarded your first daughter?” Evan spits kicking the man in the face as he try’s to fight back. I mumble under my breath and the mans body goes limp.
“What’s happening! What did you do?” He yells un able to move as I smile sickly at him, enjoying the pain I’m causing him for all the pain he must have caused Alison.

“I pearlized you, you really think you have the upper hand.” I laugh as Evan leans down closer.
“Actually I changed my mind. I’m taking your pack.” He claims before standing up bringing his foot back while he kicks hard, kicking the mans head clean off.
“I am Alpha Evans and I have killed your leader. You can either join my pack and pledge your loyalty or die alongside your leader.” He demands using his Alpha voice, I see our pack move in surrounding them and I slowly drop my fire wall, wolves heads begin to bow in front of us as they submit to their new Alpha.

Evan demands our pack to get the wounded in to the medic centre and get the power back up and running, I mind link Preston letting him know what has happened and telling him to bring the girls back up stairs. Alisons family’s pack all lay on the ground with their heads down waiting for Evan to approach them, I walk over to a small wolf sitting on the edge of the group she is dark grey with bright green eyes, I place my hand on her head as I feel her body stiffen beneath my touch.
“Shift.” I demand and she obeys shifting beneath my hands.

This small girl lays on the ground bellow me shaking as her eyes never leave the ground, I watch her for a few moments while she doesn’t move a muscle not talking, I don’t even think she’s breathing.
“How old are you?” I ask softly and she sniffles.
“I’m 8.” She says softly her voice shaking as she speaks.
“8! And they brought you here tonight?” I ask, she nods not saying anything else.
“Please don’t hurt me.” She cry’s while her little body continues to tremble.
“I’m not going to hurt you, you’re going to come back to our pack with us.” I answer, she continues crying and I scoop her up in my arms making her break down in to a bucket of tears.

Under her clothes I can feel small raises in her skin, scars? I make a mental note to check it later. Walking over to Evan he continues ordering everyone around.
“I’m bringing her to the medic centre to be checked, she’s only 8 and they brought her here for the fight, I also think she may have been abused.” I say and Evans face turns in anger.

“Ok check on Alison and make sure everything’s ok, I’m going to finish up here and get everyone in to a temporary pack house until we can expand. I nod and start walking back alone, the darkness consumes me and I feel Anna rise, warning me of something. I stop, waiting for a moment as everything gets quiet, after a few moments of silence I continue walking when all of a sudden I’m thrown to the ground as the small girl goes flying from my arms.

I smell the sweet floral scent and know it’s Sloan, I close my eyes letting my mind see her as it’s still to dark from my human eyes. My heart pounds and I see her crouched, I launch myself in the air allowing my body to land on hers as I force my magic through my skin. Digging my claws in to her flesh her wolf screams loudly in to the night, I force my magic in to her picturing her organs melting her body heating up so hot her skin melts, her screams fill the air as I continue, not taking any chances this time I want her dead.


After Sloan is dead I mind link Evan to let him know that she’s no longer an issue, he answers approvingly as I pick up the small child still crying and continue my walk.
“You killed her.” She claims in a soft scared voice.
“She attacked us, and she tried to kill my friend.” I answer as she nods and her tears soften, her head rests on my chest while we continue.
“Sloan was my cousin.” She says finally as we enter the medic centre.

I walk in seeing doctor Blair.
“No ones here yet?” I ask looking around seeing the room pretty empty.
“Not yet they are still trying to triage at the boarder I sent medics there once the lights came back on.” He answers and I nod.
“Who’s this little lady?” He asks coming over as the small girl pushes her head in to me further
“She was with the attacking pack, I think she may have been abused, I just wanted to get her checked out quick.” I say as he nods.
“Follow me.” He claims before turning on his heals heading to a exam room.

I set the small girl on the table while she clings to me.
“It’s ok he won’t hurt you, he just needs to make sure you’re ok.” I say in a soothing voice as she nods sitting down, I see her little body shake in fear and my heart breaks.
“Ok can you tell my your name?” Doctor Blair asks softly and the girls eyes never meet his.
“Iris.” She answers softly.
“Like the flower? That’s beautiful.” He says as he gently pulls her face up making her look at him while tears brim in her eyes.
“I just need to look at your eyes.” He says pulling out his flashlight and she flinches.
“You’re ok I won’t hurt you.” He assures her before shinning the light in her eyes. When he’s done he gets his stethoscope to listen to her chest.
“Inhale deeply.” He asks and she obeys. “Ok and exhale.” He asks and she does it, he repeats this a few more times before he stops sitting down beside her.

“Can you take off your shirt please.” He asks her softly, she shakes her head while tears rush down her face and she begins hyperventilating.
“It’s ok you don’t need to, I just wanted to see if there are any marks.” He says softly as she cries harder.
“Is there anything you want to tell me? or show me? Have you been hurt before?” He asks as she sniffles hard and her breath hitches while she nods.
“I’m sorry that happened to you, a child should never be treated like that.” He says touching her shoulder while she continues to cry.

“Can you show me where you were hurt?” He asks and she takes a deep breath standing up. She gently pulls the back of her shirt bringing it over her head as her back faces doctor Blair. My mouth drops and I turn around when I see the huge pink scars across the small girls body, thick long scars that look like lash marks she cries harder while Blair examines each one, she turns around slowly and we begin to see fresh ones on her chest and stomach. I heart aches for this small girl, she’s helpless, she’s a child and should be protected and loved.

“Can you tell me how you got these?” Doctor Blair asks her softly as he goes to his cupboard grabbing cloths, saline and antibiotic gauze.
“Our Alpha made us train.” She says softly while still crying.
“You didn’t get these from trining.” Blair says softly while he begins to clean the wounds.
“If we don’t do good enough we get punished.” She finishes just above a whisper.

“Ok Iris, I want you to know that’s not right, you won’t be treated like that here I promise.” He says while continuing to clean it, we get Iris to tell us as much as she can about her leader and old pack while he finishes cleaning up her wounds, bandaging them up before she pulls her shirt back on.