141. The Monster Is Here

Catherine's POV I can still feel the power sitting deep inside me.It hasn't disappeared after what happened on the battlefield. It's there beneath my skin, alive and restless, moving quietly through my chest every time I breathe too hard. Sometimes it feels warm. Other times it feels dangerous. And every now and then that voice returns again, soft and tempting somewhere inside my head.Let go completely.Burn this place down.Turn everything into dust.The scary part is that I know I probably can.I close my eyes and lean my head back against the cold stone wall of the shrine. The ropes around my wrists bite deeper into my skin when I move, tied so tightly behind me that my shoulders ache from the strain.Funny.These people spent years feeding off my existence and still decided to tie me up as if I'm the monster here.Tears slide quietly down my cheeks again and I try to wipe them away before remembering my hands are tied behind me. A bitter laugh leaves my mouth at the realizatio

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142. The Monster and the Witch

Catherine's POV My stomach turns the second we pass the first body.A woman.She can't be older than thirty.She's lying face down in the dirt with one arm stretched forward as though she was trying to crawl toward someone before she died. Blood soaks through her dress. A few feet away from her, a little boy stares at nothing with wide empty eyes, his tiny hand still clutching a broken wooden toymI force my eyes away before I throw up.“Move.”The guard behind me shoves me hard between my shoulders.I stumble forward and barely catch myself before falling.Nobody even looks ashamed anymore.Not the guards dragging me through corpses.Not Valeria walking ahead pretending she's still in control of this nightmare.Not the pack members crying quietly from corners while trying to hide from whatever is destroying this place.The whole pack smells wrong now.Smoke.Blood.Burned flesh.Fear.Especially fear.I can practically taste it in the air.The deeper we move into the pack, the quiet

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143. The end

Clinton POVThe entire square feels frozen for a second after Catherine speaks.Black flames dance around her hands while bodies burn across the battlefield.The Dark Lord's soldiers are gone.The men who came here threatening to slaughter the entire pack are nothing more than broken bodies scattered across the ground now.Some are still burning.Others are nothing but ash.The pack members stare at Catherine the same way people stare at storms."You better listen to her if you want to live."My voice cuts through the silence.Hundreds of eyes swing toward me."Run back to your houses. Lock your doors and don't come out until it's over."Nobody argues.Nobody questions it.The fear written across their faces tells me they know exactly how dangerous this situation still is.The Dark Lord is still standing.And somehow, that's worse than the entire army he brought with him.The crowd breaks immediately.Parents grab children.Elders lean on each other.People stumble over bodies while r

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144. Finally Home

Catherine POVThe war room door bursts open hard enough to rattle the walls.Two warriors drag Danny inside and throw him onto the floor.The room feels strangely quiet despite how many people are here. Elders sit around the long table. Guards stand along the walls. Clinton occupies the Alpha's seat at the head of the room, broad shoulders stiff, jaw locked tight.Three days.Only three days since the ceremony.Three days since the pack placed the Alpha title on Clinton's shoulders.Three days since people who once wanted him dead knelt before him and pledged loyalty.Apparently that was too much for Danny to accept.Yesterday he gathered a handful of warriors and tried to take the position for himself.The attempt lasted less than an hour before they were caught.Now he's here.His hands are bound.His face is pale.For the first time since I've known him, he looks small.Elder Matt rises slowly."You know why you're here."Danny lowers his eyes.Tears slide down his face and fall on

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Lahat ng Kabanata ng My Ex's Brother Is the Hockey Alpha : Kabanata 141 - Kabanata 144

141. The Monster Is Here

142. The Monster and the Witch

143. The end

144. Finally Home