The Howl of Claim | COMPLETED

XLVI | F r e y a R u t h

Táhirih ( T h e P u r e O n e )

Pain takes over my body as I am once again hurdled across the room, smashing into several objects.

Some were pretty pointy.

Kendrick growled at the stranger guy who he had protected earlier - probably Dr. Rays - who immediately scurry off to an unknown object.

Kendrick then turns towards me, I give him a taunting nod, which does the trick and he charges at me once again.

I quickly jump away from my spot and his beast slams into the place I had previously been.

Serves him right.

In a flash, he had recovered and claw me across my face causing my face to turn around.

Fuck, this guy needs to trim his sharp claws.

As I am trying to recover, I am pushed - kicked - from my front and I slam on some metal seat.

My large body immediately getting in the fixed place.

I roar loud but it is cut short when something slams on my head and covers my eyes.

The cold metal now covered my head.

What the fuck!?

I try to move, twist, and turn, trying to get the thing covering my head off but nothing worked.

I was trapped in this whatever metal death trap.

Even my strength was not enough to break it. Or maybe I wasn't strong enough.

"Do it now!" I hear Kendrick speak and immediately a switch is turned on causing a flash in front of my eyes.

What was going on?

Immediately the day I was titled Alpha flashed in front of me, reminding me of the beautiful day,

"Your new Alpha." I smile at everyone as I stood up. I was trying hard to not show that I had cried just a few hours before this ceremony.

I was now their leader, someone that my father was. Now I had taken his place and it was my responsibility to keep his pack safe.

I look at my Beta and Gamma who nod at me and I smile at them too. Smile! And show everyone that you are their new beacon of hope - someone who is not going to break that easily.

I was young and stupid but I knew what I had to do.

I move down the platform -

The vision in front of my eyes disappear all so suddenly when an impact fall on me full force - making me grunt - and the thing covering my beast's head come off in an instant.

The vision that had disappeared was now replaced with the previous scenery I was in.

"Keith! Are you out of your mind?!" A half-dressed Kendrick muttered.

I find Keith's beast on the ground getting up from the mess of the machine I was entrapped in just a while ago.

My beast stands up as well from the ground but this time, I am more aware than before. More vigilant I think.

Something changed in me but I cannot put a finger on it.

I twist my neck, getting ready to throw in an attack.

Keith launches on his brother while I turn around to face the Doctor, punching him once and knocking him out for the better.

Fucking trash.

A banging sound and I turn around quickly.

Keith is once again on the ground by his brother who had still had not shifted again.

He was still stronger.

"I will still be stronger than you if I am not shifted." The cocky man spoke, reading my mind. Growling lowly, I lunge myself on Kendrick's back, grabbing him by the back of his neck and pulling him from a battered Keith.

Keith immediately shifts to his naked human form, all bloody. I only caught a glimpse of his beaten body.

I growl at Kendrick and turn his human self in my arms.

Why is he not shifting?

"Go ahead Freya, kill me." What's the catch? I thought to myself. "Snap my neck in half but the part of your life that I just took away will never be yours again."

What was he talking about?

"And you are too late. The females you are trying to save so much are already on their way to their end. What will you do? Kill me and you will never be able to save them."

I growl and tighten my grip on his neck and he starts to cough.

Finally a proper reaction.

"One thing bad about using magic to turn was that I can only shift five hours after my first shift, so right now I am completely vulnerable to you so kill me." He croaks out.

He stares for some moments in my eyes as I assessed him. Then he did the unthinkable,

He laughed.

"But you won't. Trust me, Freya, we are going to have so much fun together."

I growl and hear a crunch from his neck, causing him to wince.

Think again.

"Also, why don't you ask Ace what he did, he was the one after all who gave me your directions."

Ace?

I slam Kendrick's head against the wall next to me, causing him to pass out. I growl in satisfaction.

He finally shut his tramp.

I dropped him on the ground, satisfied by the events.

I look over to Keith and just as I am about to walk over to him, the wall opposite me burst down, crumbling into pieces, and there stood Kamri with Darius and the others.

My eyes widen after looking at the battered beasts of everyone - it was as if they had come from war - but Darius' stood out.

I could only stare.

He growled and ran towards me - for a moment I thought he was going to hit me, but then again, it's Darius we are talking about - he pushed my beast on the ground and licking me all over.

My face, arms, chest, and every other place that he could reach.

He didn't even care if someone saw that - he was busy exclaiming his adoration and claim on me.

Unknowingly I shifted back, I was tired and worn out from the fighting that it made me want to pass out.

The adrenaline finally died down.

Darius growl and immediately cover my body with his.

"I am tired, Darius. I want to sleep." And I close my eyes even after Darius picked me up in his arms.

...

I open my eyes, my body aching as I sit up.

"Shit," I murmur to myself.

I looked around, realizing I was back in the lycan pack and in my room, dressed in a plain black t-shirt and nothing else, covered with comforters.

I sigh. It feels like I have been sleeping in the same position for hours and that my body is still sleeping.

The door of the room opens and Darius walks in with only a small bruise formed on his jaw.

I stare at him, unable to express any other emotions.

"How are you feeling?"

"I have been better."

Darius comes closer and sits in front of me.

"What happened to you?" I ask and Darius sigh.

"I woke up in the lounge with everyone else, you were missing. I went barbaric and spent the next hours trying to locate you, that was until Kamri came. I was ready to kill her but then she said that she will lead us to you, we had no other way than to trust her. On the way, we faced several other Lycans who were also turned by magic with rogues."

"Kamri really helped you?" He nodded.

"She did." I look at my hands.

"We just got stuck between the lycans for awhile. We came as soon as we got rid of them and when we did reach you, it was like you had taken care of everything." His voice held a sense of proudness.

He was proud of me.

I smile slightly.

"It's not over yet."

"Kendrick is in the dungeons and Keith has set out to find the female that was taken from other pack and your pack when you were the Alpha."

"When I was an Alpha?" When was I an Alpha? What is he babbling about?

"Yeah, Alpha Asher and Beta will be joining him."

"No, wait," I let out a nervous laugh, all the sleepiness seeping away, "When was I an Alpha, I mean, I would know if I were, right?" Darius knit his brows and I raise one of mine. What did I say?

He let out a nervous chuckle.

"What the fuck Freya?" Even though he had laughed while saying it, there was an edge to his tone.

"No, seriously, I am not joking. It's you who must have been mistaken." Darius immediately stands up and my eyes widen.

"I will not allow him to breath another day."

Darius rushes out of the room and I immediately climb out of the bed, pulling on a pair of shorts and following him.

I called him multiple times but he did not listen and I ran faster.

"What the hell Darius!? Slow down!" He paid no heed.

He walked into the dungeons and I followed, finally finding us in front of Kendrick. He had a smug look as if he knew we were coming for him.

"What did you do to her!? Why does she not remember!?" Darius roared, walking into his cell and grabbing him by the scruff of his neck.

"I took her memory away." What!? When did that happen?

"I will kill you!"

"Go on!"

"No Darius! If you kill him, we will not be able to find the females. Please don't kill him." Darius glared at Kendrick.

I cared about the females more than myself or anyone else.

"Oh Freya, our fun is going to begin soon," Kendrick said and Darius punched him straight but he just laughed it off.

"My waiting time is over." And he shifted suddenly, pushing Darius from him and coming straight towards me, going for my neck.

His five hours of vulnerability had ended.

I step back as Darius breaks his run, slamming him on the ground and punching him again and again.

"She is mine!" Darius roared but that didn't stop Kendrick because he head-butted Darius and had a stronger impact since he was shifted.

Darius rolled to the side with a bleeding forehead and Kendrick charged towards me, I wanted to shift but my bones were too tired to do that and I feared passing out again.

Kendrick came straight for my neck - my mark specifically - and sunk his claws in my skin, making me scream as I tried to push him away.

He was trying to rip my mark out but Darius has now shifted as well and jumped on Kendrick, ripping his arm out.

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This chapter was messy- and I am sorry for that.

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