I was Kidnapped for Revenge by a Ruthless Alpha-Chapter 206: Spending Days Before The War

~Odette~

Ambrose was struggling. Every time he opened his eyes, he saw those eyes haunting his dreams. He saw his mother’s hand hit the floor in front of him. The smell of copper assaulted his nostrils.

He was constantly being thrown back into that night. I was doing what I could to bring him back, soothe his broken heart and heal his fractured mind.

But even with her feeding from his pain, I couldn’t seem to take it all way. And that cracked something in me. That there was some pain I couldn’t help.

All this power, and I was utterly useless for the one person in this world whose feeling matter this much to me.

Over the next few days, the cleanup had begun instantly after our arrival.

Witches moving lumber and stone with their magic.

Vampires were reinforcing and rebuilding the boundary wall.

Shifters digging a mote around the wall. Filling it with magic thorned vines and brush.

Together the vampires, shifters and witches set traps in the forest. Meant to not only kill, but to slow them down and disarm.

We would be as prepared as we could be. We weren’t taking any risks and doing whatever we can to fortify the pack house and the pack grounds. Medics zones were being established and prepped for use. Things were moving quickly. We had no way of knowing when they’d break through the seal on the gate and make his move.

The war council was running over different battle strategies and previous combat stories.

I was training ceaselessly, day in and day out struggling to have full control over my Divine Fyre. I was trying really hard to remain optimistic, but it was looking futile and failing was something I wasn’t used too.

Artemasia was running drills after drills, switching them up, forcing me to challenge myself.

Every day after training I felt the ache in my bones and the cries in my muscles. But she never lost faith in me and I needed that, now more than ever.

Raven was training hard, trying her best to hide from her pain, pretend the memories don’t scare her. Didn’t break her. But I could see it. I didn’t need my powers or a bond to tell me. Her movements and distracted focus told me everything.

This land, it felt like walking on poison to her. Fighting in air that smells like poison, fighting fears that felt like reality. But she felt like she was failing miserably.

She’d been avoiding me since we arrived. I noticed and after training one day, I searched for her, knowing she was hiding and could probably use a friend.

I had been making myself more familiar with the territory. The pack grounds were larger than they looked.

When I found Raven, she was beating a dummy senseless with daggers. Her hair was stringy and frazzled, beads of sweat formed on her forehead, she swiped her hand across it. She didn’t even noticed me approach.

"You look like you could use an ass beating and I could use a challenge; someone I don’t have to hold back on or use crazy magic with."

Raven jumped.

"What? You beat my ass?" A sinister grin tugged at her cheeks. She needed this. The familiar taunting banter, the rivalry, the dance. By now that’s what fighting was between them.

A dance competition. More than a duel of vengeance.

Raven lurched forward, wasting no time after receiving the invitation.

But I moved faster than Raven could blink. One second, I was in front of her, the next I was gone. Raven whipped her head around frantically; she wasn’t panicking, but she was trying to locate me quickly.

I grinned.

And without warning I collided with Raven sending her flying backward. Before Raven could move again, I was in front of her and hit her in the stomach hard. I wasn’t holding back but I wasn’t aiming to damage, just hurt a little. I knew all too well that sometimes physical pain was the only freedom from mental agony. That unless you bled you couldn’t let the walls down.

Raven grabbed wrapped her arms around my head and slamming her forehead into mine with incredible force.

I sure as hell didn’t expect that move.

I stumbled back, and Raven did a round house kick sending me skidding back.

I needed time to get my bearings. Using air magic, I sent dust particles flying in the air, drastically reducing the clarity in Raven’s view, I shook my head reorienting myself before the dust settled and Raven found me again.

This time, I was smoother, I stopped thinking and just followed my bodies lead and it was the right move. I dodged every attempt Raven tried, tiring Raven out before striking her in the cheek. Raven launched herself, she tried to wrestle me to the ground, but I flipped Raven over my shoulder and on to the dusty floor.

"Ow, I yield, I yield. That hurt like a mother fucker." Raven whined out. A single tear formed in the corner of her left eye. She wiped it away quickly.

"Sorry, I actually didn’t mean so slam you so hard, but that’s your own fault, I used your kinetic force and redirected it, so it made my flip easier and well, you came at me hard, so you hit the ground harder than I meant." I rubbed the back of my head and halfhearted chuckled. Slightly embarrassed I hadn’t controlled my strength the way I wanted too.

"That was fun, I guess I did need an ass beating."

"We can do this anytime you want, as long as it doesn’t interfere with Artemasia’s training. She’s got me working like a slave. I’m dying." I complained. Dramatically.

"I bet, whatever she’s been doing, it’s working. Your sharper, faster, stronger, it’s impressive and inspiring." Raven’s jaw dropped as fast as mine when she realized what she said. "If you tell anyone I said that I’ll deny it and who do you think they’ll believe?" 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

I laughed hard, bending over, holding my stomach. "You, because you’d never say nice things like that."

"Ya damn right." Raven laughed alongside me.

This was something we both needed more than we realized. Something normal. Everything was about to change, and this would be one of our last days of just living like normal people without impending doom breathing down our necks.