The Beast And The Blessed

The Beast And The Blessed Chapter 95

Ninety-Five: Natalie

Natalie’s P.O.V.

Killian was already standing in his Lycan form. His back was to me as he scanned the area.

A few of our pack members screamed and yelped in pain as they tossed their bodies into the dirt, trying their hardest to extinguish the fire. It was short lasting, but I knew they would have some serious injuries for a while.

I couldn’t feel Killian in our bond. He had shut himself off but stayed close to me as I jumped to my feet and waited. The heat from the flames warmed my chilled fur, and I shuddered.

I had trained to fight but had no idea what to do when we couldn’t see our enemies.

‘They are still in the mountains. That was a warning shot.’ A gravelly, deep unfamiliar voice stated, and I turned to look as Tobias stepped closer.

Thomas and George were on my other side, and I knew the sound of their voices. It hadn’t been either of them.

It was Tobias.

The smell of burnt fur made my nose wrinkle, and I glanced around Killian as the last of the injured hobbled their way back toward the healers. Only one body remained limp on the dirt with smoke coming from them, and a group of humans sprinted through the crowd with a stretcher to grab him.

The pack was alert, all on their feet, shifting every few seconds as they waited for their orders. But they remained silent.

I examined the area for the first time since waking and found that the sun had barely started rising. The glow of light on the treetops would work to our advantage. Vampires were fine in the sunlight as long as they had fed. Even if they didn’t, they could still be in the sun. They would just burn quickly from the vitamin deficiency their diet caused.

From a distance, yelling could be heard, sending a shiver down my spine.

of bodies was something I would hear when I closed

everyone to sprint through the trees to find our enemy. Instead, we marched together at a steady pace forward. I stayed just behind Killian as he stalked toward our

feet as their hulking beasts pressed in to surround their king. The animalistic sounds coming

them that they would

voice called out as the man from last night sprinted toward me. “Are you

a warning growl, and the man dropped his head in submission before moving

me glances. It wasn’t lost on me that several other werewolves moved

with the same color hair and eyes as me knew my mother. He knew

we reached a large clearing at the base of the mountain. It wouldn’t be able to house both armies. There would

been hundreds that had been hiding all these years, breeding and turning more into their kind until they had created the thousands

in his voice when not one but two

breath away. They had to have dug up Killian’s father to get the crown, and seeing it sitting on Lillian’s head made me

yet paunchy woman with pin-straight blonde hair and a glare that could kill on its own. She had to be

as she stared at the women. She had yet to shift and held a long sword that

reign is over!” Lillian called out, and the vampires and witches hollered excitedly behind her. The sound sent the last few brave birds up into the sky to hide from the bloodshed that was about to be unleashed. ’ You Lycans have poisoned our world! You think you are a gift from the Goddess,

or

behind her. The sound of chains rattling reached me

but Agatha and my mother hung limply as they were dragged to the front and forced to their knees next to Lillian.

a large patch of blood oozing from her stomach, staining her clothes. While half of my mother’s face

to you,” Lillian called out as Agatha slumped forward, only

of the morning sun glinted off the metal of a blade. Talia moved around Lillian

my mother’s life. I wasn’t even sure if Agatha was still alive with how she hung limply, only held up by the bloodsuckers holding her

famous Descendant. It is a great joy that she gets to die first.” Lillian laughed, but I couldn’t tear my eyes away from Talia as she lifted the dagger in a dramatic show, wanting everyone to witness the moment she sent the

dodging Tobias and ducking under Killian’s arm as