Chapter Hundred and Fourteen – Save the hostages.
Chris’s POV
Drama everywhere. I had been trailing Ray while he was chasing Logan but he lost him.
I didn’t blame him, he was emotionally involved and felt more fear than he could control.
It was the same way I felt after my first mate died, it was worse as I also felt I caused it.
Ray punched the trees angrily, releasing more curse words than I’ve heard him say all my life. I dragged him to me, in a hug.
It wasn’t a consoling hug, he wasn’t losing his mate. It was more of a ‘stop being a drama queen and chill’ kinda hug.
As he stopped screaming, I could hear the environment more clearly. Surrounded by trees, mountains and a vast sea? Quite new.
Since we’re around the sea, then we were at the north of Black Hills. Opposite direction to Red Moon and where I had seen Logan before.
He had shifted dens.
I wondered what he had in store for picking this destination. Maybe he was fleeing to another land soon. Hoping hard.
There was a shrill scream of torment! Ray’s head left my shoulders and became bloodshot. Even I recognized it. That was his mate!!
“Hell no!” I didn’t wait for him to react before sprinting towards the direction it came from.
We got there and saw only an empty space, below a mountain. There was no way the sound came from down there. Where were they?
“This palace echoes. We are around mountains! They could be anywhere!” Ray raved.
He was acting up again and threw his legs on a rock that flew down the mountain.
I stayed quiet, trying to catch where Logan was.
I just got back my partner and so far, it’s been fun, I wouldn’t want Ray losing his, especially if she’s a fated mate.
“There! Over there!” I pointed, running towards a small cave opening. Ray followed.
I slowed down looking inside the cave, but Ray stormed inside. An arrow shot at him, piercing through his arm.
“Ray!” I dragged him out of the cave as more came, shooting left and right inside. This was a Red Moon battle formation, I recognized it.
When Red Moon had been attacked by Logan , they reported their weapon store being burnt, much that nothing could be scavenged.
It seemed to me that it had been stolen by Logan then burnt to look like it disappeared.
“Logan! These cheap tricks you’re using, I bet you haven’t fully healed so want to weaken us, right?” I yelled into the cave.
It echoed, so my message will surely be sent to that smug Lycan.
Carefully, I drew the arrow from Ray’s arm, it wasn’t spiked with drugs or silver, thankfully.
“Look Ray, be calm, okay? I’m not letting Cara get hurt. And like Edwin did to your sister, when you get Cara, leave me behind with Logan.”
He smirked. “I’m not Edwin.”
That was sweet but I hoped he’d leave, I’d try to handle myself. “C’mon!” I pulled him up.
His arm would heal before we get to where Cara was. He was more careful walking into the cave, no other traps, for now.
Our steps were light and noiseless, we ventured deeper into the cave.
The cave got darker and darker as the moon light stayed behind us.
We were wolfs with night vision but my vision was already tired from sleeping and all the ‘working out’ I’ve been doing.
My ears first picked the whirring sounds of a flying knife before I dodged it, along side Ray.
We stayed down in case more were coming.
Our heads still down, we hurried behind a big boulder adjacent to an opening in the cave.
A figure, Logan, and two people were at that end. I could feel the warrior and Cara’s energy, they were still very alive.
I heaved a sigh of relief and Ray looked facially glad. “Ray, he needs me, you saw the letter, so let him come get me. You send them out!”
He nodded. That’s the plan.
Even if, as he said, he’d still come back for me, but it should be after he had taken his mate and the warriors far off.
I came to view, keeping my hands behind me though my claws were out. “Logan! We meet again.” I faked a smile.
He growled lowly, dropping the knife he had in his hands. “Yes, we do! And I need to hear your screams to repay what you did to me.”
He bent his face to the light and I saw the scar I gave the last time we met, turned out artistically well. “I think it looks great. Remember mine?”
When he’d poured silver on my face, It scarred but Beta Sam’s lotion lightened it. “I had help to hide it or I’d be looking as hideous as you.”
Ray asked in mind link. “Are you conversing with him? My mate and the warrior are in pain.”
“I’m aware but I won’t just charge at him. He has to make the first move.” I replied in mind link.
I brought my hands forward, revealing my elongated claws. “So want my claws to bless your face again?”
That was enough to send him over the edge as he charged at me.
My eyes glanced down to the knife on the ground, I stepped back.
His claws swiped at me but I used my legs to hit them back. He was in human form, as I was, so he was easier to deal with.
“You’d die!” he threw a huge rock at me but I jumped to the wall of the cave for support then came down again, in time to dodge a blow.
“Get them out now!” I mind linked Ray when the coast was clear. He sneakily crawled to where the hostages were.
“Logan, I’m still stunned on how you became my enemy!” I taunted, dodging another blow from him. “Was it cause I kept you in prison?”
He head-butted at my direction, but I missed it sending him crashing on the cave wall.
Everywhere was dark so it was easy to maneuver. Also, I think the scar I gave him affected his eyes.
“I wonder, it couldn’t be, right? After all, you’re a crazy wolf who has no family, you should be glad you had somewhere to stay.” I chatted.
His breathing became uneven, he was tiring out. “You think you held me there against my will? I wanted to be there!”
Wait, what? I turned to him, but met with his huge fist. My head blacked out for two seconds and I literally saw stars.
“Chris!” it was Ray.
I opened my eyes but saw nothing. I did hear the sound of metal scratching the ground. Ray sent a thing to me.
I reached for it and it was the knife Logan had dropped. “Leave with the hostages!” I screamed.
Logan growled, moving towards Ray. I used my hearing as my eyes were failing me.
He wasn’t facing my direction so I drove the knife through his neck, pushing it in.
A growl so frightening, that it stalled me, erupted from Logan.
He grabbed me and threw me all the way to the entrance of the cave. I still couldn’t see.
I heard his footsteps, slow, he was still hurt.
“C’mon!” it was Ray.
He held my arm and I think it was Cara who held the other. The other warrior was with us, though I feel he was behind Ray.
I felt us moving, running. Finally, that was over.