Chapter 6

Amelia’s Pov

“I hope….I hope all that nonsense he said isn't true” I murmured as I stumbled through the woods, my feet dragging through ash and broken branches. My mind was racing really fast and I couldn't even tell how fast my heart was beating.

The sight of what was right in front of me made me pause….” Oh my Moon goddess. No…..no……no. This isn't happening” I ran further, “Aunt Abigael!!” I screamed so loud and into the midst of the burning fire.

The smell of smoke was thick in the air, choking me as I ran toward the place where my aunt had been.

The sound of battle had long since faded, replaced by an eerie silence. But then I saw her.

I couldn't believe my eyes.

Aunt Abigael was lying in the middle of a clearing, her body sprawled on the ground in a pool of her own blood. My heart stopped. “No!” I screamed, rushing to her side. My knees hit the ground as I grabbed her shoulders, shaking her gently.

“Aunt Abigael, please! It’s me, Amelia! Stay with me! Aunt Abigael, please.”

Her eyes fluttered open, and I saw the pain in them. She tried to speak, her lips trembling as she struggled for air. I leaned closer, tears streaming down my face.

“Amelia,” she whispered, her voice weak but urgent. “ You're here .. You... you have to be careful.”

“Careful of what? Just shush, I'll save you, I promise. Just save your energy please. You can tell me whatever you want to when I get you out of here.”

She looked at me with pity, I should be the one giving that look.

“ Listen to me Amelia, there's no time for me anymore but there is so much time for you. Please be careful and stay away from them as much as possible.” She said with a shaky voice, a faint one I could barely hear.

“Who are they? What are you talking about?” I asked, my voice breaking. “What happend”

She coughed, blood staining her lips. “The one... who killed your mother... is close to you.” Her words sent a chill through me.

“What do you mean? Talk to me, Aunt Abigael.” I asked, panic rising in my chest.

Her eyes locked on mine, filled with sorrow. “ The Luna... Damien’s mother... she had a hand in your mother’s death. And now... the Redmoon massacre.”

I froze, her words echoing in my mind. Damien’s mother? The Luna? I couldn’t believe it.

“No,” I whispered, shaking my head. “That can’t be true.”

Aunt Abigael’s hand reached up, weakly brushing against my cheek. “It is true. Promise me... you’ll be careful.”

Tears blurred my vision as I nodded, clutching her hand tightly. “I promise,” I said, my voice trembling. “But you have to stay with me. Don’t leave me!”

A faint smile crossed her lips, but it quickly faded. Her hand went limp in mine, and her eyes closed.

“No!” I screamed, shaking her gently. “Aunt Abigael! Wake up! Please!”

I collapsed onto her body, sobbing uncontrollably. It felt like losing my mother all over again.

The pain was unbearable, like a hole had been ripped through my chest. Aunt Abigael was my last connection to my family, and now she was gone too.

After what felt like hours, I finally forced myself to stand. My legs were shaky, my body heavy with grief, but I couldn’t stay there. I had to search the pack for survivors, for anyone who might still be alive.

I walked through the ruins of the Redmoon pack, my heart breaking with every step. The once-thriving village was now nothing but ashes and charred remains.

The houses were burned to the ground, their structures barely recognizable. Bodies lay scattered across the ground, their faces frozen in terror.

“Hello?” I called out, my voice hoarse. “Is anyone there?”

There was no answer. Only silence.

I searched every corner of the pack, but there was no one left. The Redmoon pack was gone, wiped out completely.

Tears streamed down my face as I stood in the center of the destruction, watching the last embers of the fire flicker in the wind.

This wasn’t just a massacre. It was a betrayal. Damien’s family had been involved, and now I was left to pick up the pieces of a life I didn’t even understand anymore.

***

By the time I arrived at the BloodMoon pack, my whole body felt numb. The grief and exhaustion weighed on me like a heavy blanket, but what I saw when I arrived made my blood boil.

“Great news!! The Red Moon pack is under attack!!” A short-legged man runs through the pack shouting at the top of his voice.

It had been less than a day since the attack on the Red Moon pack, but the news of the witch hunt led by Alpha Donovan had spread through the werewolf pack, as if it sprouted wings.

The pack was celebrating.

Laughter and cheers filled in the air as people gathered around in the courtyard, toasting to what they saw as victory.

“The Red Moon pack? Who could have thought? One man said still in disbelief.

“Who could have thought? The Red Moon pack has never been one of us! The Alpha had allowed them to live for so long! If I were him I would have killed them all years ago. Every single one of them.”

“They finally got what they deserved,” Another man said before raising his glass. “Those Redmoon hybrids were nothing but trouble.

“Hybrids my foot! To hell with them! They should all be cursed” A man spat bitterly.

“Evil witches,” a woman added with a sneer. “They would have destroyed us if we hadn’t acted first.”

I clenched my fist, anger rising in my chest. How could they rejoice over something so horrific. I wanted to scream, to tell them that they were wrong, that they had killed the innocents for no reason. But I didn't, I couldn't.

Instead, I turned away grief and rage filled my insides. 

I walked through the pack still in disbelief at the sight I had seen. Different body parts laid on the floor, heads without bodies, and bodies missing different parts. It was a horrible scene I had seen. I felt sick to my stomach as bile ran up my mouth leaving a bitter taste making me want to puke.

The Bloodmoon pack was behind this!! They had stormed my mother’s pack, attacked the members and killed them in the most gruesome way ever.

What was their crime? What have we done to deserve this inhumane act? Even the beasts and monsters that lurked around in the shadows wouldn’t do this.

They killed children too!! Innocent childrens!

The Blood Moon pack are monsters, everyone of them!