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"I saved myself."

This is a longer chapter. Enjoy 

Monica POV

The coldness, fear, and pain drew me back to my consciousness. The darkness was still there, but I knew that I was back where Mitch kept me. Tears rolled down my face as I tried to hold in the sobs that tried to escape my body.

My emotions felt like a whirlwind inside my body, all over the place. Still, something felt different, Alea gave me something, something I haven't felt in a long time while being here.

Hope.

"Let's go, William won't be able to stop all of us," Mitch's voice echoed outside the cell, interrupting my thoughts. "She is dead, one more then he'll crumble. Just leave the body there. We can dispose of her when we get back."

Ha, think again you idiot!

I tried to think of what I should do, Ella said to tap into my emotions, to control the fire. Since that idiot injected me, nothing has worked. I tried, many times. So, here I am, alone.

The silence was all I heard as my mind raced with ideas that in the end really won't work.

"Alexander." A female voice unexpectedly echoed in my head. The soft, delicate voice sounded somewhat familiar to me. Comfort spread through my body and I could feel myself slowly relax.

"Remember me?" The familiar voice asked. "Think, my child."

Reminders of that day, which now seem so long ago played in my head. She seemed so sure that I would be able to handle all of this.

"You told me that it's going to be hard work, that I need to embrace it," I said more to myself than to her.

"Correct. Now embrace it." She whispered.

The silence was loud, like a thief in the night it stayed with me.

"If you can't feed the good wolf, feed the evil one." She whispered, "-that or she will be raped, just like you!" Her taunting voice was like venom, shooting at me in waves of torment.

"No! I won't allow that, I won't become like them, I won't allow her to hurt." I shouted back at her. Anger pulsed through my body, how could she suggest that, how could she even think that?

That was the breaking point for me, as much as I tried to hold it in, my frustration and anger fueled the scream that left my throat.

My eyes started to tingle, like a foot that has been sat on for too long. I focused every cell in my body on Alexander, my love for him, on the love I felt not only for the pack, but my friends, my beautiful Alea and Lily.

I shook my head, the scratching feeling of the blindfold was starting to suffocate me even more, meanwhile, all I could see was Mitch, touching Lily, him touching me, cries and screams echoed in my head, making me feel even more anxious. The overwhelming feeling of anxiety course through my veins, tearing through me like a piece of glass. I could feel my pulse quicken as my heart rattled like kettle corn, waiting to pop.

I closed my eyes and then I felt like I was being pulled back and forth into consciousness, like falling and being pulled back up. My stomach felt like a black hole was being opened inside, clenching my guts as I went in and out of the consciousness. The cold feeling of the table underneath me made me feel like a dead wolf, but then I felt my eyes scratch.

The darkness was replaced by little dancing waves of flickering light. I opened my eyes only to find it still there, roaring within the darkness.

I could feel the hot, lone tear travel down my face, the burning feeling in my head was starting to throb, my entire body was hot and shaking in pain.

"Focus." Her voice echoed in my head again.

The heat shot through my body, in constant rhythms, the consuming feeling of heat made my veins feel like they were swelling, ready to explode. A scream from within my soul forces its way out of my mouth, it's as if I unleashed a demon from within myself and then the pain, the fear, the overwhelming heat, and throbbing of my veins all stopped.

It's only when I open my eyes and stood up when I saw what was left around me.

Nothing.

Everything was up in flames, the blazing flames dance as it burns everything to ashes. Leaving nothing behind.

"What the hell am I?" I whispered.

"To answer your question, a firestarter wolf," she said, appearing in front of me. Her appearance as mesmerizing as her voice.

Once again, I had no words, the flames were still surrounding me, hugging my body in the darkness. Never burning me, not even a little.

When I didn't speak, she once again invaded my mind. "Dale was one too, only he chose to feed his evil side. You on the other hand-" She placed her hand on my shoulder and a shiver went through my body.

"You are destined for much bigger things. A firestarter is rare and only a few stay on the good path, that's why I tested you, with Lily, moments ago. I can say, I am proud of my choice, and Xerxes could not be in better hands." She said smiling. "Now, go save your daughter."

In a blink of an eye, she was gone, like that day, poof.

I took a few steps forward, my mind racing, spinning like a whirlwind of a thousand colors. I needed a way to get there, but how?

Think, Monica.

Think.

I can't shift, that's obvious. I can't sense Ella at all. So, that option is non-existent. The only advantage I had left was the fire. I watched the flames dance in the air as it burned, a bat-stir-crazy idea formed in my mind.

I smirked to myself, clearly, I have lost all sense of sanity, if I even think I can pull this off. Goddess knows.

Mental Note: Have your brained scanned, clearly something is wrong with it.

I closed my eyes, imagining this crazy idea that I have formed in my mind. Me, up in flames, I felt it, the heat, the flames sparking even more intensely around me. It quickly turned into snarls of raging fire, fierce and powerful.

I was still naked, so, I decided to dress myself in flames, can't show up naked, now can I?

The next step was what scared me, but I tried to push past the knotted feeling in my stomach. I lifted my arms, eyes still closed I envisioned it. The fire slowly leaped and twirled around my arms, spreading, and slowly I felt the intense heat that threatened to burn everything to ashes.

It's now or never.

I quickly opened my eyes and a powerful wave traveled through my body as a burst of flames exploded from me, like a bomb going off, the sound traveled through the trees in the fields outside.

Great, would love to see how you're going to pull this off, Monica.

I shut my eyes tightly, calling the fire within me, a few seconds later (which felt like forever), my body began feeling light, relaxing into the feeling I felt myself lift from the ground. The gravity that once kept me grounded disappeared as the flames followed the movement of my arms.

I slowly opened my eyes and found myself a few inches from the ground, barely even five centimeters.

I squealed like a little girl and clapped my hands together, the wings of fire followed, and to be honest, I almost peed myself.

This is going to take some getting used to.

Taking a deep breath, I focused on the bond, my mate bond with Alexander, hoping that it would guide me back to the pack, back home.

It felt like forever before I felt it, like a whisper in the night the electric feeling traveled through me as my senses kicked in. I could smell home, we were after all not that far from the pack.

***

Quite honestly, I don't know how I managed it, but moments later I was headed to the pack, flying with wings of fire. The light feeling of being free was more than amazing and made the blood rush through my body. To my surprise, I was over the pack territory within a few minutes.

I decided to land when I started to feel lightheaded, the fire started to suffocate itself, just before I landed right next to the packhouse. I held onto a small tree, catching a glimpse of stray clothing.

"Finally. This was starting to annoy the shit out of me" Ella's voice echoed in my head.

"Can you shift?" I asked her, getting to the point.

"Wow. Rude much! Just give me a breather. I'm tapped out. Your no better, just so you know." she said in a matter of fact tone.

I pulled the shirt over my head and pulled the pants up to my waist. There was no one here, the silence was scary, even scarier than the darkness of the night. The full moon the only light that made the night brighter than normal.

"I'm ready," before I could object, Ella shifted. My own, human body was drained I just couldn't take another step, guess she felt that.

"Next time, think before you use all your firepower on one stupid act!" She scolded me.

"Wow, Ella, thank you for your great support!" I snapped at her.

"I'm just saying, in your condi-"

"Stop, just stop it! I tried my best to get us out of there, to help Lily! You have been zoned out for a week, you have no idea what I have been through! So, don't you dare!"

She started running full force towards an unknown location, I've never been to this part of the pack.

"I have an idea what you went through! I lost her too," she snapped.

"That is not all, Ella." I whispered, "Now, hand me over control, please. This is my fight, I will be the one ending it."  I said to her, and with no protest from her, she handed me control over to our wolf form.

"No one came to save me, Ella. So, I saved myself." I linked her, and with that said I pushed towards the scent of William. Thank the moon goddess for his brains.

***

Stepping over a large, fallen tree, I got closer to the intense sounds of growls, whimpers, and screams. The tension in the night sky was quite nerve-wracking. My paws slowly walked forward, like a lion stalking its prey, I moved closer to the battle scene.

A loud murderous growl filled the forest as I finally reached the dreaded scene. Cole was trying to get to Bella as a big brown wolf hovered over her. He was cut off by two others who blocked his path.

The rest of the pack fought with all their strength against the enemy, bones crushing, cries of pain, and growls once again hit me in the gut.

Before I could comprehend or even think what I was doing I stormed forward, with speed I never knew I had. I just can't lose her or allow them to hurt her, or her pup.

My body clashed with the wolf with a loud thud as his body slammed against a tree, a whine escaped his throat as I gave him a warning growl. I turned to look at Bella and saw that she was trying to get up.

I slowly walked to her, nudging her with my nose to get on my back. At first, she was frozen, at that moment our eyes met and the sound of the battle behind us faded. She smiled and rubbed my head, the only words spoken were that of her telling me she is glad I'm back.

She stepped on my back and I gave a long low howl, the sound desperate but also a warning to all who dare invade our pack. I will be back, I hope you know that, Mitch.

I ran with Bella, trying to think of where she would be safe, but nowhere now, is safe. So, I stopped by the small cottage a few miles from the battle and dropped her off. I signaled for her to get off and she stepped off. She slowly stepped onto the porch.

I contemplated this for so long but I decided to try, using fire in my wolf form. I stepped forward, imagining the fire burning underneath my paws.

With the luck of the goddess it worked. the fire spread around the house like wildfire until the flames collided. A large circle was formed around the house and Bella stoor there, in the middle of the roaring flames. Whether this hocus, pocus stuff worked I don't know but with that I pushed all the love I had for her into that flames, begging the fire to keep her safe. I felt the lightheadedness overtaking my body again, but I pushed it aside. I don't have time for this, for being weak.

Speeding back to the battle scene I needed to find the one person I came to protect, Lily.

I searched everywhere for her until I saw her, right beside William as he fought off a vampire. I ran towards him, but then someone slammed into me, pushing my body to the ground.

My head slammed against the hard floor as I felt my body beginning to tremble as the wolf started digging into my legs. My eyes landed on Alexander, he was on top of Mitch, who was in his human form, while Alexander was in his wolf form.

Alexander snarled and growled in Mitch's face as he growled and snapped him, Mitch tried to get up but Alexander slammed him back to the ground, his teeth were inched away from his neck.

Mitch tried to move again but a loud growl filled the forest as Alexander arched his neck, slamming his teeth into Mitch's neck. He threw his neck to the side and the blood dripped from his teeth. Stepping over his body, his eyes landed on me.

It's then I knew, it's over. I could feel the blood oozing from my legs as the warm liquid reached my tail.

I gave a low whine, allowing the creeping darkness to consume me once again.

She is safe now.

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