Chapter Forty-Seven #2
“GO!” He bellowed at me as I grabbed another wolf and shook it. Sequan dodged in next to me, and together we started tag teaming the wolves from the back. “I said leave me!” Rowan screamed again after he had swiped the face off a wolf trying to sneak in from behind.
I refused to answer him or even look at him. He wasn’t going to convince me to leave him here, ready to die at the edge of the fight. “Stupid man.” I growled lowly as I raked my claws down another’s flank.
It took a few deaths before the crowd realized we were attacking from the back.
Some turned to face us, but they were no match for Sequan or me.
The wolves surrounding Rowan were trained.
These weren’t typical rogues. “These are trained guards.” Sequan jumped over my back as he said it, tackling another wolf.
“I was just thinking that.” I bit off a paw, earning a screech of pain from the she-wolf in front of me.
I spat it out and dove for the kill. I watched the light fade from her eyes, and I felt nothing.
“I’m going to need you to keep attacking back here.
” I shout over the snarls from the wolf in front of me.
Sequan quickly glanced at me. “What do you mean?” He tackled a wolf trying to sneak up on me. He snapped the male’s neck and dropped him to the ground right as I ran back a few steps. He turned to look at me, giving me the perfect angle I needed.
“Just keep attacking.” I yelled as I sprinted at him. He braced himself for an attack that wasn’t coming, but it gave me the opportunity to launch myself up into the air.
“Amy!” Sequan yelled after me, but I was already airborne. I flew over the wolves circling and attacking Rowan.
I was nearly to him when a wolf tried to jump at me, his teeth snapping near my paw, but I slashed my claws at him just in time and opened up four deep claw marks across his face. I felt his eye give way under my hit, and once again I gagged.
Nix chortled at my reaction. This is war, and you are squeamish.
Rowan turned and did a double take right as I landed on the wolf about to attack him.
My teeth found the back of its neck and I bit right through it, the head dropping from the weight.
His mouth dropped open as I dropped the chunk of flesh near his feet.
“Did you just jump over everyone, land on a wolf’s back, and almost bite completely through its neck? ”
I tilted my head. “It was about to bite you.” I just shook my head as I turned away, positioning myself on his back.
He choked for a second. “You said that as if it were an explanation.”
I lunged for another wolf, biting and scratching as it tried to run. My claws sunk into his flank, and I ripped off a leg, flinging it off to the right. “Because it was.”
I lost track of how many wolves I went through, but eventually the fighting slowed. Sequan broke through and joined us in the center. He had a few bite marks, but most looked superficial.
Realizing that Rowan was no longer alone and an easy target, the remaining wolves grew cautious.
They all turned and fled, leaving the three of us alone to catch our breath.
I looked over the field that we were in, and the only fighting that was still going on was in front of the pack house.
I could see a ton of wolves still trying to fight their way into the pack house, and another group of wolves still defending it.
“Should we head over to the pack house?” Sequan was catching his breath, and I quickly looked him over. His wounds were already healed, and he was ready to go.
I turned to my mate, and I could see the wounds slowly healing on his body. “Why are you healing so slowly?”
“Silver…” He panted as another wound closed over.
“Not enough to kill, just enough to inhibit my healing. Like wolfsbane for wolves.” He panted as the pain rolled through him.
“It makes me slower…and weaker. Brings me down to wolf strength.” He grunted as he fell forward, catching himself on his fist.
His words hit me like a bat. “That’s how they killed so many Lycans…they made them weaker, like a wolf, and then ganged up on them.”
Rowan nodded weakly once. “Yeah…I just figured it out myself.” His laugh was pained. “It fucking hurts.”
I rushed to his side. The pain must have been unbearable if it forced a shift.
I shifted from Nix wolf’s form to my human body so I could check him over with my hands.
I wrapped my arms around him and helped him to his feet.
“Are you okay?” He nodded once, but I could see how tired he was.
“Is the power I am feeding you enough to get through this?” I looked towards the pack house. “We still have to finish this.”
He grunted once. “I can get through it.” He winced as he turned to me. “It just hurts to breathe…and move…and be alive.” He snorted and then grimaced.
Kiss him. Nix trotted to the clearing. Megan is pulling power and feeding it to Erubus. If you do the same and push power into his human body, we might be able to get him through the silver poisoning faster.
“Here goes nothing.” I murmured as I pulled his face down to my lips.
“Amy…” He whispered before I kissed him.
I heard Sequan cough before he turned away. “I’ll watch your back.” He sounded confused, but he was smart enough not to interrupt.
I opened myself to the power, pulled it to my lips and breathed it into Rowan. I heard him groan in relief. I heard another awkward cough from Sequan, and I wanted to laugh but I was too busy taking care of my mate.
Rowan. I called to the man in my arms. You have to tell me when you are close to being healed. I can’t afford to leave you burned out.
He nodded against my lips, not sparing a second to speak to me, even in our minds. He was breathing in my power, basking in the healing rush, while also kissing me so hard that my eyes rolled back into my head.
Calm yourself. Nix snorted as she listened to my inner thoughts. You don’t have time to rut right now. The lust that hit me was a rush of heat and curling toes. I wanted the man in my arms, but she was right. We didn’t have time to think of that.
Rowan’s hands pushed back against my shoulders. The kiss ended with both of us panting, but for slightly different reasons. “Are you okay?” My question was thick with need.
His answering smirk had me biting my lip. “Yes. Who knew your kisses could heal and get me hard?” His answer was murmured against my lips, but from the choking noise from Sequan, I figured he wasn’t as quiet as he thought. He adjusted himself through his pants, and poor Sequan coughed again.
“Can I turn around yet?” Sequan asked awkwardly.
“Yes.” I stepped back, and I felt the heat that pooled between my thighs cool, while my face burned. “Sorry. I just didn’t know another way to heal you faster.”
Rowan smiled. “Never apologize for kissing me. I don’t care who is around.” He stood up on his own and took a few testing steps. “That…actually helped. Like a lot.” He smiled.
I nodded once before shifting back into Nix. “We need to move.” I looked around and found another tree I could climb. This one was a little harder than the last. The angle was not as steep as the first. I used my claws to dig in, and I ran up the side.
“What are you doing?” Both men yelled as I reached the first branch.
“I’m looking at what we are running into.
” I realized I needed to be a little higher, so I leapt to the next branch and walked as far out as I could safely.
The tree branch bounced with each step, and I heard Rowan swear under his breath.
I grinned as I looked down. “I’m not going to die from climbing a tree. ”
“You might from falling out of the fucking thing though.” He shot back.
“I’m not weak.”
“No, but all it takes is landing wrong. Snapping your neck doesn’t care how fucking strong you are, Amy.” He growled as he paced under me.
I ignored him as I turned back to the pack house.
I couldn’t make out much, but there were at least fifty more wolves fighting there.
I didn’t know how many of our wolves were left.
Or how many fighters we even started with.
I was about to jump down when I noticed something.
Some wolves were moving slower. They were barely holding on.
I jumped to the ground and turned on Rowan. “How did you get silver poisoning?”
“What?” He turned away from the pack house and looked at me.
“How did you get silver into your system after you left the cell?” I paced around him as I tried to figure it out.
“You didn’t touch any of the weapons. Nor did you touch Theo as face as I can remember.
” I stopped, my leg dangling in the air.
“You all ran out, leaving me with the Goddesses, and somehow you got silver into your system.” I turned to face him.
“So how did it get there…and are you the only one that was poisoned?”