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"Ready your bow," he yelled as they closed in on thean to fan out, searching for those they ht devour "Release!" The arrows appeared to ets The elves didn’t hesitate Each whipped another arrow onto the string, readying for another shot It wasn’t necessary Thalion’s breaths stopped as he watched all three of the original arrows find their houts, which both looked and se, rained down upon the forest
"YEAH!" All three elves shot their hands up in victory
"That was a close one," Revionto catch his breath and wiping a bit of ichor froet back" He told theround her teeth, drawing in her power, ready to ain, she realized that she had been defeated
"OH, NO YOU DON’T," Peri yelled and she pushed even harder, atte to wrap her power around the witch to hold her in place
Just then, Vasile burst through the trees, his power nearly knocking everyone to the ground He never paused as he took one step and leapt across the thirty or so feet to where Mona fought the Fae He landed on her chest as his massive jarapped around her throat He sunk his teeth until he felt the his head violently until he ripped her head fro storm immediately stopped and the silence froze everyone in place Vasile’s body heaved as he victoriously held the witch’s head in his , deep bellow into the still, dark sky
No sooner had the howl ceased than they all heard a loud slow clapping Their heads turned towards a very tall, very large, unfah a billow of black s out of the forest His eyes were a brilliant yellow and his face was pale His jaas sharp and his lips thin and tight across his face He strode casually into the opening where they had battled Mona
"Well done," he drew out in a deep voice, as he continued to clap Vasile’s eyes narrowed on the new coathered and followed the Alpha’s lead
"You have done what no one else could have, and honestly, I have to say thank you" The htly at Vasile, but they weren’t fooled by the false sincerity "With that witch out of the way, my plans can proceed However, since you have defeated such a powerful foe, youme as well Therefore, I feel it necessary to demonstrate that I shall not be so easily thwarted So, you should think twice before getting in istered when his hand fleards and a black bolt shot forth and slammed into Vasile’s chest He was thrown back into a heap and Alina, who had already, began to run for her mate, dropped in mid-stride One by one the members of Vasile’s pack felt the pain of their Alpha’s death, even those ere no longer in his pack sensed the loss and agony
Peri screa her oer at the one
"Alston, get the healers," Peri yelled as she ran to Vasile’s still fornored the howls of the wolves and focused on the fallen Alpha
Alston ran over to Rachel and Sally who lay exhausted on the ground, theirover the males "If you want your Alpha to live then move"
Costin and Gavril phased back into human forued mates They carried them over to where Peri crouched over Vasile Peri handed Alston a stone and he took it and pressed it to Sally’s head Peri did the saive your healer strength"
Decebel ran over, still in his wolf form He laid his head on Sally’s lap and drew on his power as an Alpha One by one the Alpha’s all walked over and laid a hand on the healers, using the power bestowed on the life back into the Alpha who had united them as one and defeated an evil that none of them, on their own, could have beaten
Jacque, Jen, Crina, Elle, and Cynthia for, and hoping to see her chest , she tried to open her eyes, but stopped as soon as she felt the faint trail of a spirit she knew very well, a spirit she had brought back once before at a ti in the balance due to a deadly poison
"Vasile?" She called out "Have you fallen? Vasile answerinto her and her gypsy blood knew instinctively what to do She sought out the source of the injury, what had brought down so great an Alpha It wasn’t a spell it was dae Vasile’s heart looked charred, almost like it had been cooked Her heart fell, she didn’t know if she could heal this She felt Rachel and could tell that the healer was s to take in air She was keeping hiardless, she pushed forward, determined to save the Alpha whoiven her a faht, and as she felt tears on her face, she called out "Please, you said if we called on you, you would answer, you would help Don’t take him from us just yet He is still needed Surely you are aware of this" Sally continued to try and heal the dae done to his heart, but knew that she could not do it alone
"Sally, chosen of your blood line," she heard the Great Luna’s melodic voice in her mind, "mate of Costin, and healer to the Serbian pack I have heard you, you who are pure of heart, and give of yourself so freely without regard to your own safety I will grant you this Do not give up Sally the battle is not over You have been tested and found faithful; oodness can prevail So take heart now, your Alpha, my beloved, will live, and you may rest for a short time But, where one foe falls, another arises You must continue to stand firm, you must continue to be what I have called you to be, to follow the path set before you and if you stu"