Page 289 of His Sunshine Baby

I pour my rage into my fists and my will to fight. Our line of Alphas is merciless. Damian, Nate, William, Arthur, Lysandra, and I are not leaving them one second to rest. Around us, all the wolves are running around, catching any vampire they can and tearing them apart. The fight is getting so intense, all the soil is ploughed everywhere, leaving the mud to meld with the stench of the blood.

All this time, I’m trying to focus on the fight, but the deaths are crushing my heart, making it harder to breathe and to focus. I am a warrior, I need to get through this. I’ll mourn the dead later! I take a deep breath and send two more vampires flying Liam’s way with one blow. He’s only too happy to jump and tear their throats open. I didn’t think the Alphas would work so well together. Each one of us is holding their ground; we have barely moved a few steps since the beginning of the fight. Our line is doing a good job of thinning out their troops while acting as a barrier. We picked positions within a few feet of each other, so that only a few vampires can go past us, enough for the betas to deal with if they are not killed by the other wolves before that.

After a while, it becomes clear our plan is working, but I’m also aware this is only the beginning. The vampires just don’tstop coming at us, as if there are an infinite number of them just waiting.

Also, the main players of this game haven’t appeared yet, and I’m well aware everything will change then. What the heck is taking so long? Truth is, I’ve lost track of time. It’s night time, that’s all I can say. With the moon’s shine and my wolf vision, I have no trouble seeing, but there is just too much going on all around. It’s a blurry mess everywhere. I hear growling, screeches, and screams. Some wolves are wailing, crying for their lost loved ones. I’m lucky none of my loved ones are in difficulty yet, but I’m not prepared for it.

Suddenly, I can sense something’s wrong on our west flank. Too many wolves are in pain at the same time!

“William! What’s going on there!”

“The water! She’s here! The witch is–!”

He’s gone. I lose my breath. William’s wolf is gone, completely gone, leaving a big void where I felt him just a second ago.

Oh Moon Goddess, I can’t believe it, but I can’t be wrong either. I know this feeling all too well. Just like Reagan… I keep mind-linking anyone I can in that area, trying to figure out what the fuck is going on. Their voices die one after the other. The witch is there. The water’s attacking.

It’s a fucking nightmare. I want to cry, but I can’t. William died and now, there’s nothing I can do about it. I need to settle this.

“Damian!”

“Stay where you are!”

“But–!”

“Stay where you are, Selena!”

I growl, pissed. I know it’s our plan, but our people are dying on the west side! Suddenly, the earth starts shaking under our feet, and roots erupt from the ground, impaling nearbyvampires before diving back into the soil. Sylviana! It was fucking high time!

I take a second to catch my breath as most vampires around us are being wiped out by the Earth Witch. Thank Moon Goddess. I didn’t realize I was so exhausted, out of breath, and dirty. I’m covered in blood, vampire blood, and it stinks. Next to me, Liam shakes his head, catching his breath too.

Sylviana appears at my side. Instead of her usual flowery dresses, she is in jeans, barefoot in the mud with a simple top, quite a difference from her usual look. She looks exhausted already, a pearl of sweat on her neck. Is she draining so much energy already?

“Tell me you still got some fuel left?” I growl.

“I’ll be fine,” she nods. “I just… I’m not ready for this to happen.”

While I’m lost trying to understand what she means by that, she agitates her hand, killing a nearby vampire.

“What now?” I ask.

“I need to confront her. She’s probably controlling the Vampire King or Queen somehow. If I can stop her, we can stop them.”

For the first time, I realize Sylviana looks really afraid. She’s fearing that confrontation, it’s obvious. She’s looking towards the west with that worried look in her eyes.

“You can do it,” I tell her, trying to share some of my inner strength with her.

She chuckles shyly.

“I hope you won’t judge me too badly when you hear the truth.”

“What? What truth?”

But before she can answer, new vampires attack us, and we both have to fight a new wave of vampires. Sylviana startsprogressing toward the west, her butterfly, five times its usual size, following behind her.

I have to dodge a new attack, then riposte with a kick, and I slowly realize, the vampires are coming in larger numbers. Did they increase because the Water Witch is there? Or in response to Sylviana’s powers? No matter which it is, the fight resumes, more savage than before. They are now coming at us by the dozen, and we all struggle to keep up the rhythm. It’s one wave after another, and I have no idea what’s going on elsewhere. I can’t stop to focus on everyone. I try to push my wolf to its limit, spreading my mind-link like a web around me, catching as many wolves as I can and making sure to hold on.

I pour my aura and strength into our link, galvanizing our troops. I feel Damian Black, like a black monster scaring all the vampires and making a bloody slaughter around him. Liam is toying with them, tearing them to shreds and making a mess out of it. Nate is also being one scary Alpha, but with an unusual elegance to it. He takes them down, one by one, not showing one ounce of fatigue, and I’m proud of my man.

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