Page 5 of Claimed By Her Monsters

“What?” Atticus gasped before more footsteps arrived from our right.

We looked to see Arthur, Sawyer, and Cornelius skid to a stop and quickly glance around at the human bodies.

“There have been multiple blackouts throughout the city,” Arthur declared. “Humans are targeting places with the most shifters and trying to arrest them on fake charges. Everyone is evacuating and moving to protective shelters on neutral territories, but some shifters are fighting back.”

“We took out the fleet of humans in the front who tried to shoot at us in the bar,” Sawyer explained. “What should we do with these men?”

“Collect them and bring them to the dungeons back at the Pack House,” Atticus instructed. “Erebus already gave orders that if we find anyone who tries to hurt Nerissa, they should be captured for questioning and torture.”

“We’ll get to it,” Cornelius stressed. “But there seem to be bigger problems.”

“What?” Atticus pressed.

“There’s been a sighting of a Ghoul Terror nearby,” Cornelius confessed. “There are reports of a few of them throughout the town and in the forests. Koa and Ciel went to back up Alpha Erebrus as they make sure the woman and the children in the area are all moved to shelters, but he needs you to stay with Nerissa.”

“Fine by me,” Atticus pressed. “All three of you stay together. If you by chance cross paths with a Ghoul Terror, disengage and retreat. We don’t have the healing capabilities to deal with any injuries.”

“Yes, Alpha Atticus,” they declared and began to gather the humans with ease while Atticus looked at me.

“Athena is dead?” he whispered, and watched as I slowly nodded.

“Danica killed her. With a sword. I don’t know what happened for them to end up in such a predicament, but…Danica wouldn’t heal her.”

“Of course, that bitch wouldn’t heal her,” Atticus snapped. “She needs to be revoked of her power and punished!”

“That’s the thing,” I voiced as I sensed Fenriz behind me. He gently pressed his hand to my back to try to soothe me in some way. His touch helped a bit, just like Atticus’s hold on me, aiding in calming my revolting dark and light magic. “She couldn’t heal Danica.”

“What do you mean exactly?” Fenriz questioned. “You’re speaking of the Goddess of Light, are you not?”

“I am,” I emphasized. “But she couldn’t heal Athena. We begged her to heal her and she literally couldn’t. Her powers were being stripped from her as we watched in horror…and they were bestowed upon the next Goddess of Light.”

“So Danica has a disciple,” Atticus acknowledged in astonishment. “Can’t we reach her and bring her to Athena?”

“That’s the problem,” I voiced and fought hard to cry all over again as I looked into his eyes. “The Goddess of Light….” I took a deep breath and let it out, “is me.”

Atticus was speechless, along with the remaining Horsemen, who all paused what they were doing to look my way.

“But…that’s not possible,” Fenriz stressed as his brows furrowed. “You can’t be both.”

“And yet I am,” I stressed. “Which means shit is going to go haywire if I don’t reunite with the other goddesses and inform the Elders of what has happened.”

“Do you know where the rest are?” Atticus urged.

“I think the best place would be Athena’s place. We were all pulled to a spiritual place, so that means we all returned to where we were before being summoned.”

“Then, let’s not delay,” Atticus pressed, but I stopped him from moving.

“There’s another problem.”

“Aside from Athena being dead,” he pressed.

“Yes,” I voiced urgently as I glanced around. “I’m Athena’s daughter.”

The way they all gasped and stared at me only made it easier to hear the scream that came from the side of the patio closest to the parking lot.

I exchanged looks with Atticus and Fenriz before the three of us were racing toward the hysterical mother who pointed to a white van.

“MY CHILD! They took my child!” the woman screamed. I knew right away she was a wolf shifter, and her appearance gave me Crescent Rose vibes, which confirmed it had to be one of Natalia’s pack members.

---