Chapter Sixty Two

Emily's POV 

“I'll leave it then to you.”

The warrior was about leaving when all of a sudden, Fayne leaned to the left and his leg hit a thistle on the ground causing a sound to be made. The warrior's ear tilted to the side and he looked towards where Fayne and I were hiding.

Fayne looked at me with guilt evidently written on his face.

“You stay here,” I said with a definite smile on my face. “I'll go face whatever needs to be faced.”

Fayne shook his head no but I ignored him and walked out of our hiding place and looked between the carriage rider and the warrior.

The carriage rider turned to the warrior and said, “Go, this is between me and the Luna Emily down. If she is to die, at least her honour must be preserved.”

“Yes sir,” the warrior said and left me alone with the carriage rider.

I looked at my nails and blew on it gently. “So you're not just a carriage rider, huh?”

The carriage smirked at me. “My name is Viper, I am a trained assassin for master Matteo.”

“I see. So he has you get rid of targets when he no longer needs them.”

“That sounds cruel, but it's a yes.” He responded.

“So how would you like to die?” He asked me. “Would you rather kill yourself as per the master's wish or would you prefer that I do so for you?” He asked me.

“Neither.” I responded. “I’m going to kill you with my own hands. Don't you fucking underestimate me.”

Viper laughed. “As a Luna, isn't it that you are naive and less informed when it comes to things such as killing?”

I scoffed. “I was a slave but before that, I was a monster and I will not hesitate to rip you to shreds to prove a point!”

He looked at me from the top to the bottom and laughed.

“Well, I'll still give you the honour to let you try. But eventually, just know that you will die. I, viper, have never once lost a target.”

“Then sorry to disappoint you because this will be your first time.” I told him and he chuckled.

My wolf nudged me within.

“You're going to shift into a beserker temporarily and it's going to give you immense power. Just follow your instincts and have him killed. But the con is that you'll shift back to your human form in fifteen minutes so you have to kill him quick.”

“But why don't you want to fight him?” I asked my wolf.

“We can't defeat him as a wolf. His current fighting style isn't child's play so you have to be a monster just like him to take him down.” 

“Okay.” I said within me and then I sighed and closed my eyes.

“Are you ready?” My wolf asked me.

“Woah, are you giving up and opting for a quick death, Luna Emily?” Viper asked me.

“Just focus.” My wolf told me, and then I felt her push herself to the back of my mind and then I transformed into a berserker.

The light disappeared from Viper's eyes as he stared at me.

“Monster. You're a fucking monster! I'm going to kill you today!”

Viper shifted into his black, broody sharp wolf. He bared his teeth at me and then attacked. I rushed forward and targeted Viper's neck, just the way he targeted my head but I dodged and took a step back. We were evenly matched.

Viper let out a loud growl and rushed towards me but then I hit him by the head and he flew backwards, hitting his head against a nearby tree. I didn't give him time to recover, I sped towards him and pinned him into the tree with a sharp stick. He ended up dying with blood gushing out of his forehead. I watched, feeling proud of what I had done. I had just escaped death, but that wasn't enough. Something within me that was primal ripped through me and I roared and ripped him to shreds until I was satisfied. But even then, I started to slam my feet into his cold face.

Fayne came out of his hiding place and yelled to me, “That's enough!”

It was then that I recovered home of my mind and humanity. I stopped and turned around to look at Fayne. Then I realized that my transformation was undoing itself.

Before I could tell what was going on, I was back in my human body, plain and naked.

Fayne's eyes widened as he stared at me, then he turned around.

“Please get into your dress Emily,”

I picked the ripped dress from the ground and fit into it inspite of the holes and dirt. Then I dusted myself off and said, “You can turn around, I'm dressed.”

Fayne turned back to face me and then he sighed, looking at Viper's body.

“I guess I can't really complain about what has happened here. Afterall, this man was really trying to kill you- us.”

“It’s okay now,” I responded. “What's really important right now is that I'm okay and you're okay.”

Fayne winced and I rushed over to his side. “Are you okay?”

He looked at me hesitantly and I already knew why.

“You already know that I'm a berserker, why do you look at me like what I've done is strange though?” I asked him.

“That’s because I helped you regain your wolf. If you're supposed to transform, it should be that of a wolf’s not a…” he trailed off.

“Are you scared of me?” I asked him and he averted his gaze to the ground which me let out a huge sigh.

“Get over it, Fayne. Just know that I protected us. I did that! The method doesn't matter, what matters is that we're both alive. And besides, we should get going now. Your arm is bleeding so much, it we don't get back to Galahad pack as soon as possible, you're going to die from blood loss.”