A MINUTE SILENCE FOR THE FALLEN WARRIOR

ADAIRA

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I dodged the other two and ran towards the third one. If Gavrael returned here, our chances of escaping would be less than five percent. Because she was distracted by the mind link, she didn’t notice me coming for her till it was too late, I snapped her neck just as one of the two males pounced on me. They had both shifted to their wolves. I had an advantage, I knew that their Alpha didn’t want me dead so they wouldn’t strike to kill but I will. I grabbed the wolf at my back and tossed him aside just as the other one prepared to jump on me. They were trying to pin me down, subdue me and recapture me… over my dead body.

I crouched as the second wolf dove for me, and swiped my claws on his soft underbelly. He howled in pain as he landed on the floor hard. I turned and faced the other one. Even after seeing what I did to his team mate, he still jumped to pounce on me. I crouched and did the same thing to him. They laid on the floor, bleeding from the deep cut to that sensitive part. That was the problem with rogues, they fought with strength but no tactic or patience to be careful. I delivered the killing blows before they could heal.They got some blood on me but it wasn’t important, we needed to leave, now.

I searched the guards till I found keys and then I ran back to Raed’s cage. It took several tries before I found the key that opened his own cage since all of the keys looked almost the same. When his cage was opened, he crawled out carefully to avoid touching the silver bars and as I helped him stand, he nearly collapsed. Being in the cage for so long had really weakened him. I held on to him and he wrapped his arms around me.

“We need to leave now. One of the guards started mind-linking their Alpha before I was able to kill her. I don’t know how close he is, he must be on his way back. We’re both not strong enough to take him on right now.”

“I just need a few minutes to…”

Raed was interrupted by a very angry growl and I gasped as I saw Gavrael appear at the north entrance to the clearing with a furious expression and completely red eyes. I don’t know how he moved so fast and so lightly that I didn’t even hear his footsteps approach. He growled again and before I could even blink, he was standing right in front of me. Raed tried to block me with his body but Gavrael wrapped a hand around his neck and lifted him off the ground like he weighed nothing.

“Raed!” I screamed as I tried to free him from Gavrael’s grip.

I realised my mistake when Gavrael turned to look at Raed who was struggling to free himself. Raed was one of the strongest males in the Grenshaw pack, yet his struggles seemed so helpless against Gavrael. Even if he was a bit weakened by the silver, he should have been able to free himself at least. I remember how helpless I was when Gavrael held me, but Raed is stronger than me. The only explanation was that Gavrael was just too strong.

“This is the male whose name you called while you were asleep.” Gavrael said and I shivered, this time out of fear.

His voice was deeper than usual and the look in his eyes was pure menace.

“Let him go! Put him down!” I said as I hit Gavrael’s arm but he ignored me like he didn’t even feel the pain from my blows.

“The only male whose name should be on your lips, is mine.” Gavrael growled.

It all happened in slow motion, I watched Gavrael’s free hand move towards Raed’s chest and my eyes widened. I opened my mouth to scream but before the sound even left me, he was already holding Raed’s beating heart in his hand.

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!”

Gavrael tossed Raed’s lifeless body aside like it was trash and I knelt beside his body just as his heart was tossed to the ground beside me.Tears flowed down my face as I covered his body with mine, not minding that his blood was soaking my dress and hair. My body heaved as I sobbed loudly, not caring that the members of the Brookstone pack were watching from their cells.

All this wouldn’t have happened if Raed hadn’t insisted on coming here. No, it wasn’t his fault, it was mine. He wouldn’t be dead right now if I wasn’t in his life. He only wanted to come here because he loved me and he wanted to help me reconcile with my past so we would build a future together.

Am I not worthy of happiness? Everytime it feels like I’ve got my life in order and I can finally have a good future, something bad happens. First with Tyler, now with Raed. What did I ever do to deserve such pain? What did Raed do to deserve such a fate? I didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye.

I tried to cradle Raed’s head on my lap but I was forcefully yanked upright by a hand in my hair.

“Don’t touch him!” Gavrael growled as he pulled me close to him

I was now standing with my back to his chest and his hand that still held my hair tilted my neck to the side so he could sniff my neck.

“You have his scent. How dare he touch what’s mine!” Gavrael bellowed.

As we were pressed so closely together, I could feel the anger making his body vibrate, or maybe it was my own body that was shaking with anger. I had only one thought in my head as I turned to face him with my claws unsheathed.

‘Gavrael must die by my hand today.’