CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO
ASTRID’S POV
Everything the witch said back there was too much to take in, but now is not the time for me to complain or get confused.
The most important thing is that I have understood what I have to do.
I have been waiting for this day.
I can’t wait for the moment when I will drive this dagger into the heart of that tyrant and end his miserable life.
He has oppressed me and the members of my pack for far too long and it was about time someone put an end to this tyranny.
“I so badly want to be you right now!” Aryra cries as we all walk in the woods. “I would so love to be the one to kiil that monster”
“Don’t you worry, I will do it properly. He won’t even see…” My words are cut off by a loud scream and when I turn to look, I almost faint when I see an arrow pierced into Asher’s heart.
He staggers backwards in pain as he struggles to pull it out, but another arrow hits him on his chest again.
I watch in horror as blood oozes from his mouth and he drops on the grass.
I get mortified when the same thing happens to both Arya and Rowan. I stand there frightened and confused on what to do.
I stoop by Asher’s side and try to hold him upright but he’s to heavy for me do so.
Suddenly, I hear footsteps approaching me from behind and before I know it, someone pulls my hair and starts dragging me from behind.
I try to fight back but I feel a heavy object hit me from behind on my neck and everything goes black.
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I open my eyes and notice that have been chained to a chair in the living room and I can see Adolph seated on his throne.
My entire body hurts and my head is spinning like a roller coaster.
Pain courses through my heart when I remember the state in which I left Asher, Arya and Rowan. I wonder if they took them as well.
Oh Moon goddess, why dies everything have to be so difficult for us?
“Look who we have here” Adolph’s hoarse voice speaks as he rises from his throne and walks towards me. His rogue guards are standing around me and they all smell so aweful.
I feel like throwing up.
“What do you want from me?” I ask in rage and he smiles as he stoops before me.
“Did the witch call you so she could tell you how to have me killed?”
“Wouldn’t that be great?”
“It would if there was actually a way. She started all this, but she’s forgetting to know that she cannot end it. The dagger of purity is the only thing that can have me killed and right now, it has been destroyed. There’s no way you or your darling Asher can get rid of me, darling.” He mocks and I laugh at him in my heart.
He believes the dagger has been destroyed, little did he know that I have it with me and all I need is just for my right hand to be free so I take it out of the hem of my dress and pierce in through his heart so I can end his miserable life!
They did a great job chaining me to this chair, I can’t even move a muscle!
“Just you watch and see”
“No, just you watch and see, Astrid. I brought you here for a reason and I’m only going to do what I want to do with you when Asher arrives. Prepare yourself because it’s going to be worst torture. Today , you will see what I am truely capable of doing!” Then he walks out of the living room.
Right now I’m scared.
What does get want to do to me?
Oh my God!
My baby!
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ASHER’S POV
“Arya, are you sure you are alright?” I inquire as we a walk back to the witch’s house.
Her wounds are still bleeding and she’s staggering as she moves.
When we woke up, Astrid was nowhere to be found and I immediately knew Adolph’s men have taken her away.
Right now, we are going to see the witch so she can help us out because I don’t think barging into that pack unarmed will be such a great idea.
“I said I’m fine. I can feel myself already healing right now.”
My wounds healed the moment I pulled the arrows from my chest because of my Alpha powers, followed by Rowan. Arya still has a bleeding wound, but I know in less than no time, she will be completely healed.
When we arrive at the witch’s house, we call and check around, but no response comes .
“What if they took her?” Arya wonders aloud.
“Arya, she is a witch, they can’t just take her easily”
“Where then is she?”
She asks worried and I stand still on the spot for a while, thinking of what to do.
If the witch is not here, then I’m going to take matters into my own hands.
“You both head back to the Pack and make sure the subjects are safe. I’m going over to the Black Wood Pack to get Astrid”
“We want to come with you”
“No! The Gamma and Beta need your assistance over there.”
“You need us more. You can’t just go there alone!”
“I said go to the pack, both you. Right now!” I order with my Alpha voice and immediately, they both leave the house.
I head out of the living room as well and look at the long road before me.
What I’m about to do is very risky.
Going to that pack alone and defenseless is not the wisest thing to do, but I have to do it. I don’t have time to go and rally soldiers before going to get Astrid.
Adolph might do the worst to her before before I arrive.
I have to go and get her myself.
I believe the moon goddess is with me!
I take on my heels and start running down the hill at stop speed. I would have loved to go in wolf form, but that would be too dangerous.
I need to go there and have the last heart to heart talk with Adolph before he dies.