4. Flames of Destiny.

Aurelia’s POV

THREE DAYS. THREE FUCKING DAYS. That’s how long it had taken me to get here. After going through an excruciating last few days, I was greeted by destruction. My pack was in flames. It’s been how many years since Kael saved me from certain death? I couldn’t tell. But coming home and seeing my pack in the same situation left me enraged.

I shut my eyes trying to push away the screams and cries for help, but I couldn’t. I hated seeing my pack this way. My wolf stirred inside, seeking control. But I didn’t let her. Instead, I felt a strange power surge within me like I was bolstered with primordial strength.

The wave of sadness I felt on my way here was completely submerged by the rage my wolf and I felt.

“Someone help me!” I heard a lady scream.

My eyes searched for the direction from which the voice came. It was a burning house. I dashed towards it in a flash. The front door had been blown off by the heat of the flames. There were cries from a little girl coming from inside.

I rushed in but was greeted by a searing heat wave. I shielded my eyes with my arms, trying my best to look through the fire. The air was thick with smoke making it difficult to breathe. I scanned the fire tediously and found a little girl trying to pull out her mom whose body was buried under a pile of rubble.

My heart ached as I watched her struggle with tears in her eyes. I ran through the fire and got to the girl who was struggling to pull her mother.

“Let me help with that,” I said.

The little one turned to me in surprise, her cheeks glittering with tears. She moved away and I summoned my wolf’s strength pulling her mom out of the rubble. Her mother seemed unconscious as I held her on my shoulder. I turned to the little girl giving her my hand.

She stared at it in shock.

“Let’s get you out of here,” I urged.

She nodded and grabbed my hand. I pulled them out of the burning house just in time before it collapsed. When they were outside, her mother coughed and opened her eyes slowly. The little girl rushed to her mother and hugged her.

“Mommy!” She yelled as she held onto her mother. I smiled as I watched her hug her mother. Her mother hugged her warmly before looking up at me.

“Thank you,” she whispered.

I nodded and rushed away. They were shadows moving through the darkness causing havoc. It was hard to track them but I managed to capture one of them. I pinned him to the ground and grabbed his collar.

“Who sent you?” I ordered.

The man whimpered but didn’t speak. I clutched his throat, squeezing it gently and the man struggled to breathe.

“You are going to tell your men to back off,” I ordered.

The man scoffed.

“You think you can stop us?” He taunted. “It’s already done.”

I furrowed my brows in confusion before looking around me. The men in the shadows had fled, leaving the pack a total mess. I watched in horror as buildings crashed down in flames, leaving me in total shock.

In that moment, the man managed to wiggle from my grip, escaping into the shadows. I clenched my jaws and slammed the floor in fury.

I was too late. The damage had been done and my people were suffering. There was only one thing I could do, gather as many people to safety as I could.

“Everybody this way!” A voice yelled through the chaos.

I looked up and saw a man leading people towards a safe zone. There was still part of the pack that hadn’t been caught in flames. That was a relief.

At that same moment, I heard a scream a few seconds before a house crashed into the fire. I rushed towards the scene in a flash, but the fire was too great. My eyes felt like they were melting when I tried to stare into it. This was bigger than me.

“Why are you just standing there?” A voice asked behind me. “Let’s get these people to safety.”

I turned around to a man with silver hair and gorgeous icy blue eyes staring at me. His cheeks were smeared with dirt and ash from the fire and he looked exhausted. And yet, none of that took away how gorgeous he looked.

“Hello?” He asked, snapping his fingers at me.

I blinked hard returning to reality. I shook my head, brushing off my intrusive thoughts.

“So sorry,” I said, turning back to the fire. “The fire is too hot.”

The man shook his head in disappointment right before jumping into the fire himself. I watched in horror as he maneuvered through the smoke and heat while I stood frozen to the spot.

I was a primordial wolf and had been blessed with strength and power. But yet, I couldn’t do anything. It was frustrating to watch this stranger rush into the fire without a second thought while I stood here doing nothing.

I touched my stomach. This was one of the reasons I couldn’t rush in. I couldn't afford to lose the baby. I’d been reckless when saving that mother and her child. But now, someone else needed help, but fear wouldn’t let me move.

A few minutes passed and I was starting to get worried that he had been caught by the fire. But then, I saw him pull out of the fire with the little boy in his hands. He rushed out of the house successfully with the boy.

I rushed towards him as he laid the boy down on the ground. The boy looked unconscious as he lay still. There were third-degree burns on his knees and cheeks. He wouldn’t make it without immediate help.

The man also had burn degrees on his hands, but that didn’t faze him. His focus was on the boy.

“He’s not going to make it,” he said, touching the boy’s hair.

I clenched my jaws and hurried to the boy. I placed my hand on his forehead and shut my eyes. Immediately, I felt a surge of energy rushing through my veins and heading for my fingertips. I opened my eyes and watched the burns on his skin disappear slowly, covered by his flesh.

The man looked up at me in shock. Just then, he turned to the house.

“His mother is still in there!” He yelled.

I nodded. “I’ll get her, you stay.”

I rushed towards the house, summoning courage. Just as I reached the door, the house exploded and the fire consumed me.

“No!” I heard the man yell.

But then, I stepped out of the fire, my clothes torched by the flames. I stared at myself in shock. Not a single scar.

And then, I looked at the man who stared back at me, his icy blue eyes lit in shock.

“Who are you?”