Now I am taunting. If I am in this fight by myself then I am going to control it. This is my forte, I will not be bested here. Mike growls.
“You will be my Luna Queen and give me access to the full powers of the Alpha King when we mate. Tyler bring her to me and try to hurt her as little as possible.” Mike turns around, apparently my audience with him is over.
Tyler lunges, grabbing for my arm. I move out of the way. “Don’t make this harder than it already is.” He grumbles at me and reaches for me again.
“I’m not going anywhere with you or him, I won’t be his mate.” I keep dodging, trying to take in my surroundings as I spin us in a circle. Janice stopped me in a clearing of sorts. It’s not as big as the bonfire area, but could easily hold 30 or 40 people, in wolf form they would be cramped.
I can see some kind of shimmer along the ground weaving in and out of the trees surrounding us. It looks like a haze of frost on a really cold night, flashes of light reflecting off the facets of ice crystals. Some kind of spell is at work here. That’s how he is keeping me from my team. My brand should work through all of that, but maybe mine won’t since it is only a partial branding. Or maybe the casters he is using are just that powerful.
Tyler runs at me now. I’m not sure if he is going to try and fight me or what, but he is on a mission and it isn’t to help me. I let him get within an arm’s reach and push off of his shoulder, propelling myself upwards while trying to push him down. He stumbled a bit but righted pretty fast.
All the times we worked out, sparring and grappling is something we never did, he’s not bad, but I know I’m better. I just don’t want to have to kill him to survive this fight. He turns quickly and comes back at me. This time getting a good grip on my arm and trying to swing me around so my back is to his front. I let the pull happen and right before I impact with his chest I drop down and punch him in the thigh and rol back before he can fall on me.
He drops to one knee grunting. His head raises up looking into the forest. “Let’s go.”
Before my brain can process what that means. Several things happen at once. A bright light flashes as though the clearing itself is illuminating, a battle cry waves up and washes over me as at least twenty bodies charge towards us.
I am on my feet in an instant. I lose sight of Tyler as arms are flying at me in all directions and I am on the defensive, just trying to stop the worst of the blows. I am hit everywhere except for my face. My whole body is on fire from the pain and I can’t even shift. I have no contact with my wolf no matter how much I scream for her. I don’t know when I lost contact, maybe it was when I first got to this place with Janice and I lost my ability to mindlink.
“Enough! She needs to be able to bear my children.” The crowd stops and parts for Mike to enter, looking flawless. He was not a part of this fight either. How are they so blind to his lack of action? “Bring her along and make sure she’s unconscious until I am ready for her.”
