2-Bruce's Decision

Listening to Elena’s vicious words, Mia is stunned for a moment.

Does she really hate me so much? But why? Actually, since when?!

Mia has always known that compared to Bruce’s friends and supporters, she is on the weak and ordinary side. Her family is not rich rich, and she doesn’t have any eye-catching talent either.

She became Luna only because, she is Bruce’s true mate. No other reason.

Mia knew Elena had a crush on Bruce, strong enough to drool after the Luna’s title. She just didn’t expect Elena to be obsessive enough to commit crimes for it. After all, Mia has always maintained a good terms with Elena. Or so she thought.

But Elena just pulled a plain massacre! Wiping out her entire family! How could she?!

Has she lost it?

The rain washes over Mia’s face, mixed with tears. Soaking wet, Mia looks pale and fragile.

Daisy glares at Elena fiercely. Her mild wolf, is now arching her back high with a threatenign grunt rolling in her throat: “That’s right, she is crazy! She wants to be Bruce’s mate but she can’t reach that high. So she lost it!”

However, Elena doesn’t get to hear Daisy. All she sees is the pale and weak Luna who she is now easily tramping on.

Having Mia under her feet satisfies Elena.

Raising Mia’s head up high by her chin, Elena lets out a content laugh: “Tsk, Bruce should see this. Look at you! How weak and pothetic! You don’t deserve that title. Pity you can’t last till he’s here, because you are better to me dead. Your family is waiting for you in hell, you want to be with them, don’t you?”

Tears burst out of Mia, but she opens her eyes wide to prevent them from falling. She doesn’t want to give Elena the satisfaction: “I’ll make you pay, whatever it takes! This is a curse from YOUR Luna!”

“Scary!” Eyes flashed with excitement and viciousness, Elena pinches Mia will full force, “Pity your time is up then! Remember, your family died because of you!”

“Don’t listen to her!” Daisy shouts in Mia’s mind, “She is the one who’s crazy, and SHE is responsible for all the blood shed today! We still have Bruce! He won’t take Elena’s side if he knows what happened! He will save us and he will avenge us!”

Right! Bruce! Mia’s eyes dart to her phone not far from her. The screen is on, showing Bruce’s number.

“Bruce, Bruce...” Mia murmurs his name. He is her husband, her Alpha. Her only hope.

“Bruce?” Elena taps Mia’s face mockingly, “You are not seriously counting on him saving you, are you? Hasn’t he been carrying your weight around enough? Claiming such a nothing Luna and your nothing family? What, do you think he doesn’t know that you are a burden? Do you really think I could pull this off, if I don’t have his approval?”

Spatting her words slowly one after another, Elena suddenly adds force on Mia’s chin, making her open her mouth.

The hard glass bottole’s mouth pushed into Mia’s mouth. Mixed with rain, cold slimy liquid rushed into Mia’s throat. Coughing, Mia swallowes.

Not galping fast enough, extra water rushed into her nose, a piercing pain rushes to her scalp as tears gush out. Can’t breath, Mia’s swallowing slows down.

Not sure how much liquid she gulped, Mia finally gets dropped to the ground from Elena’s iron grip. The spicy liquid make her cough her lungs out as Mia gasps for air.

“I made this especially for you, enjoy.” Elena backs away leisurely, watching Mia from a few steps away with obvious happiness on her face, “It will churn your stomach, seep into your blood and active every single one of your nerves, until your brain can’t handle the pain and shut down by itself. That’s when you will get peace, not a second earlier.”

“I...” Coughing, Mia could barely make out a word. She wants to say something, but blood rushes out of her throat instead of words.

“Bruce won’t come. He doesn’t want to see you,” Elena raises her head up high, announcing the fate she designed for Mia condescentdingly, “This is best for everyone.”

The posion is taking effect. Absolute, growing pain appears in Mia’s stomach.

Feeling something, Daisy whimpers in anxiety. Her grunts get interupted by the pain as she gasps, then more painful grunts. But she won’t give up.

“Hang on...We can’t give up, not until the last seconds...”

Despair seeps into Mia’s heart, unstoppablely. Her eyes nail on the phone lying on the ground, glitering as the dialing tone continues.

Then it stops glitering. And the screen turns off.

Mia feels her heart is gripped tight by the darkness that gulped her phone.

Guess this is it.

Elena said she came with Bruce’s approval. Mia doesn’t want to believe her, but maybe he does. Maybe he is tired of her, too. Otherwise why won’t he even pick up his phone?

She really is useless. She is not the smartest. She is mild, and her family is ordinary.

Maybe he is just...tired of her.

Feeling Mia’s grey desperation, Daisy roars anxiously: “That’s not true! Don’t let her get into your head! Don’t you remember all the time we spent together?! Don’t you remember how we fall for each other?! This can’t be him!”

“Whether it is or not, it doesn’t matter now,” Mia lets go and drops her heavy body on the ground completely, “We are dying anyway.”

But fate has a different plan.

Just the moment when Mia is about to give in, a ring tone ripped the rainy night. Mia’s eyes burst open, and everyone’s attention is now on the phone. Elena’s phone.

“Tsk,” Impatiently, Elena frowns at her glistering screen before she turns around as she put it to her ear.

“A chance!” Daisy reacts faster than Mia. They don’t have energy to shift, so Daisy could only nudge Mia with her nose, “We can’t die! We have to avenge our family!”

Daisy is right. This just might be her last chance.

Mia opens her eyes mildly, watching Elena step to the side. She counts everyone’s position as she try to gather strength that doesn’t exist in her dying body.

One, two, three!

The moment Elena turns her back fully to Mia, Mia jumps up with all she has and squeezes through the gap between the two killers behind her. She rolls through the bushes and dashes toward the pitch dark mountain.

Everyone freezes behind her. No one thought Mia has it in her.

“What the hell are you waiting for?! Go after her!” Elena sputters furiously, “I want her, dead or alive!”

At her urge, messy steps follows Mia. They are catching up quickly.

Dare not to stop for a second, Mia keeps on running. The pain has spread to her abdomen, and strength is leaving her, as is her consciousness. She can only pray the mountain’s night can help cover her whereabouts long enough.

"Run...Run!" Daisy’s urging in her ears overlapped with her father's voice in her memory, helping her find strength that she didnt’ know was in her.

The darkness in the mountain gulps Mia’s figure.