I land right in front of Taylor Locke. We locked eyes for a brief moment and then I run the opposite direction. He shifted into his wolf and followed.
Max was too busy fighting off some wolves to notice and I made sure not to release my power. I ran past the pack border and stopped when I saw my mother, nana and Josey standing in an open field.
Josey looked excited but the other two weren’t so pleased with me. I shifted back to human form and made my way to my family as we wait for Taylor Locke.
He didn’t waste any time and he brought company. The entire Locke family except for Reginald. Taylor shifted first into his human form and the rest followed.
Releasing their Witchey powers for intimidation. Intimidating? Not at all.
Were they strong? Most definitely.
Stronger than us? Hardly.
“Hello little white wolf and the others” Taylor says to us.
He’s in for a surprise if he thinks I’m the only white wolf here.
“Stop right their young man. Let’s maintain a distance.” My nana says to him. He comes to a stop and so do the others.
“I’m just here for the white wolf. I don’t want to hurt your pretty faces old lady.” Taylor says and we all laugh and he looks at us incredulously.
“That’s going to be a problem.” I say to him.
He steps closer and I have tree roots emerge from the ground and wrap around his ankles.
“I said to stop where you are. Are we going to have a problem?” My nana says again to Taylor. At first, he looked annoyed to be held down but he closed his eyes and when opened, he was back to a mischievous glint.
He raises his arms up in surrender.
“I had no idea we had an elemental witch in our midst. This won’t be a fair fight.” He speaks.
“It was never a fair fight with you and your magically enhanced powers.” I say to him and he looked surprised.
“I just want the white wolf. Just give me the damn wolf and I’ll be on my merry way.” He speaks.
My mother shifts into her white wolf and so does my nana. Josey follows after and then I do too.
“Well, here we are. Come take your wolf Taylor.” My mother says to him in her wolf form. He seems surprised by this as normal wolf aren’t able to converse as wolves except through mind link.
And because we all shifted into white wolves.
“Oh, fuck this. Attack these wolves but keep them alive. If we have to take them all in, then we will and if we can’t, just make sure to keep at least two alive at all costs.” He says and he shifts into his wolf, snapping the branches off his ankles during his shift.
He charges at us but a big black wolf knocks him out of the way. I immediately recognize the wolf as CJ.
This kid.
Always the hero. I love him but come on!
I will never understand why he thinks we need saving.
We are the super wolves.
If anyone needs saving, it’s him. What the actual fuck!?
“Cj! What are you doing here?” I say to him through the link.
“You can’t touch him. They put something on his fur. It’s a paralyzing agent and it lasts for about an hour.” He says to me and then he collapses to the ground.
I immediately shift back and run to him. I touch him to try and heal him.
I turn to look at Taylor who gets up and starts running to me. A huge gust of wind throws him to the other side of the field and I go back to trying to heal Cj.
Cj opens his eyes.
“Getting there?” I ask him and he nods.
“Ok. You’ll be fine in a couple of minutes. I need to deal with Taylor” I say to him.
I get up and start walking to where Taylor was laying. He got up and shifted back.
“Oh, fuck this elemental witch! Somebody gets Vera and tell her to forget about stupid Reggie. I need her here!” He shouts out.
His sisters are lying on the ground, knocked out. This makes him roar in anger and he starts walking towards me and I walk back.
I stop in front of my family and he stops five feet from us.
“I don’t know how you were able to do this to my sisters but I will find out. And I will kill the witch that is playing games with me.” He says to us.
Vera comes running towards us. She stops a few feet away from all of us and Taylor as she takes in the sight before her. Taylor turns to his side and raises his eyebrows at Vera.
“.. And? Reginald?” He asks her.
“Nothing yet. I was getting to him and then you interrupted me.” Vera said to him.
Taylor walks up to Vera and slaps her.
“You’re supposed to be the all-powerful! The big bad witch! What is wrong with you today?” He asks her.
She rubs the cheek Taylor just slapped and I feel a little bad for her.
“They have witches fighting my power. I can’t be protecting you with the paralyzing agent and then heal Reggie. I don’t have the strength to fight off so many witches with all that you want me to do.” She says.
“Do I need to remind you what could happen if you fail to deliver Vera?” Taylor said to her and she stiffened.
As they were arguing, The A sister witches encircled all of us and started chanting in some language that sounded a bit like Latin.
We all stopped to look at them.
All of a sudden, a circle line formed at their feet made of fire. Taylor tried to walk past it but he was forced back and landed on his buttocks.
“Oooh that must hurt!” Josey says out loud.
Vera tries to chant as well but her efforts are useless against the sisters. Vera’s nose starts to bleed and she was starting to look very faint.
Who are these A sisters and where were they all my life?
She falls to the ground seeming unconscious. It all happened so fast as soon as Vera’s head touched the ground. My wolf took over as she pushed me all the way to the back and released my power.
“I’m so sick of this! Why are we all standing here waiting for this fake king to make a move?” I say to my family.
“Are we waiting for someone? Is the moon goddess going to be paying us a visit?” I say to my mother and grandmother.
They look at me sheepishly as if they’re hiding something.
“What was the point of all that training? Did I really put myself through all that training to sit back and watch as my pack dies when we can do something about it?” I start to raise my voice.
I was getting angry. My mother was not telling me something.
“This guy over here wants to be a king. A fake king! He uses magic for strength.” I say to everyone around us.
“What kind of Alpha uses magic to enhance his strength? There is no dignity in that. We wolves take pride in our strength and abilities. Why are we still allowing this mutt and his pack to continue killing our own?” I say to them but I’m staring into my mother’s eyes.
“What are you not telling us? Why can’t we fight him? I can end him right here, right now!” I say to her.
“He is not the one we want” my mother says to me.
“What is that supposed to mean? He is not what? So, I must sit back and watch more wolves die for me? You think I’m ok with that?” I say to her. I look at my nana who just shrugs.
“We don’t meddle in their affairs until we really have to. Save your energy for what’s to come.” Mother says to me.
I let out a loud laugh.
“You can’t be serious!!! My pack is losing warriors and I must save my energy?? For what?” I say to her.
“I believe your mother is talking about me.” A man that looks so much like Taylor says.
He releases his power and we all turn to give him a proper look.