Page 70 of Rhaz's Redemption
“Who’s we?” I questioned. I wanted to know who my allies were here.
“Did I say we?” Favalor awkwardly ran his hand through his hair and corrected himself. “I meant me. I found you. Just me. No one else.”
“Right,” I sighed. “Keep your secrets, just tell whoever it is thank you for me alright?”
“Well there is no one else, but if there were, I would be sure to express your gratitude,” he assured me.
“You do that,” I rolled my eyes at the young hunter and made my way back to Beatrice.
“The ladder is safe. I’ll go first, to make sure it's safe. Then you’ll go, and then Favalor will be behind you.”
“Sounds good to me,” Beatrice squeezed the straps on her pack.
“Everything will be fine,” I promised. “I won’t let anything happen to you.”
“What about you? You’re not invincible. What if you get hurt.”
“Umm, about that.” I had meant to explain things to Beatrice. I wanted her to know the the truth about my abilities, but it just never seemed like a good time to bring it up.
“We have to go,” Favalor interrupted, and I growled at him.
“What? Do you want the hunters in your dekes to die?”
“He’s got a point. If we can help we should,” Beatrice suggested.
“Okay, let’s get out of here,” I agreed.
The three of us climbed out of the ravine and I was more than happy to finally be away from that place. Our lives were in our own hands again, just as it should be.
Favalor led the way to a field that was just outside the village. Blood soaked the snow all around us, and as we drew closer I saw the reason for the carnage.
The other dekes had picked a fight with the wrong sirrets, and without the giant shifter on their side, they were too weak to stand a chance against us.
“They fucked around, and now they’re finding out,” Beatrice commented beside me.
“I like that human phrase,” Favalor smiled. I had to bite back a growl. We were newly mated and had yet to be around any other males, but now was not the time for such meaningless bravado. My fight was elsewhere.
“Stay here,” I commanded. “I’ll be back soon.”
Beatrice looked to me then to the battle before us. “Be careful.”
“I will be,” I promised.
I really needed to tell her I couldn’t die. Maybe one day I’d be able to, but not yet. Not today.
Favalor and I ran toward my brother shifters and tried not to look at the blood splattered snow as I ran. The hunters from the other dekes were doing their best but without Gil they couldn’t keep up.
Brexl was taking on two people at a time, slashing at the hunters with his claws. They tried to stab him back, but everything bounced off his bone plating.
A screech sent my attention upward and Jax gave me a quick nod before flying down and ripping a hunter off Axon’s back. Axon quickly recovered and got back into the fight.
Zander had also taken to the sky. I hadn’t known that he was a shifter, but it looked natural as breathing for him to fly with wings made of fire and swoop down to pick off an attacker.
In the distance stood the females of our dekes. They watched the fight with baited breath. Talia stood at the front in a protective stance as well as a snake shifter with long white hair. I’d stopped running as I approached the battle, but Favalor had not. He ran up to the snake shifter and gave her a quick kiss before joining the fight.
I squinted to get a better look and realized that was Vianna, Zander’s sister. Today was full of surprises, but our victory would not be one of them. We would win this fight, once and for all. No more hiding. No more being ashamed of what we are. That would end today.
I stood before Scaron and slashed at him to invite him into the fight. He scowled, and rose to the challenge. I was not the strongest fighter, but my bravery more than made up for it. I could not die, so I had no fear of death when facing down a foe. I had no fear at all.
