Chapter 193 – Fall
-WARNER’S POV-
My back hit the broken stone wall of the west courtyard. My claws were out, but they were shaking. My shoulder was already bleeding from a blade that’d grazed bone. The Order’s soldiers moved in—three of them, circling like vultures. I could hear Sheila fighting somewhere behind me. Ajax was down. Aaron was busy protecting the flank. And me? I was alone.
“You should surrender,” one of them said. His helmet muffled
his voice, but I still heard the smirk.
I spat blood, growling.
They moved as one.
I lunged left, caught one in the ribs with a swipe, but it wasn’t deep. Another slammed into my side, knocking the breath out of me. The third raised a blade—silver–coated. Aiming right for my
heart.
I braced myself.
Something blue tore through the smoke.
She moved like lightning. A streak of cobalt hair and blade. flashes. Her knife slammed into the one closest to me, twisting, clean through his armor. He dropped before he could scream.
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The other two turned, startled.
“Back off,” she smiled.
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I hadn’t seen her since that day in her house. When she left that golden shimmer on my chest.
I thought I had finally scared her off.
And yet here she was, standing between me and death like she’d never left.
“You don’t belong here,” the second soldier snapped. “This fight’s not yours.”
“You made it mine when you came for him,” she said, waving a
hand.
The soldiers froze, then looked around, then smiled like they were in heaven.
They sauntered off, expressions full of awe.
I blinked, surprised.
She turned towards me.
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“You okay?” she asked, like we were just passing in the hallway.
I changed back, my body covered in dirt and blood.
“I’ve had worse,” I muttered, wiping blood from my mouth. “But I thought you were done with me.”
“I was.”
“And now?”
She looked over her shoulder towards the courtyard. More screams. Another explosion.
“I saw them coming,” she said quietly. “Couldn’t ignore it.”
I nodded, still catching my breath. “Remind me to send you at thank–you card later.”
Her mouth twitched. Almost a smile. “That might require more effort than you could muster. Can you stand?”
“I can try.”
She grabbed my arm, helped me up. Her grip was firm, steady.
She was still beautiful, even in the middle of all that chaos.
Tingles shot through my arm where she touched me.
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This time, I ignored it like it didn’t happen.
There was no time to dwell on that right now.
We moved together, heading towards the rest of the pack. My side burned with every step, but I wasn’t about to fall again. Not with her watching.
“You’re not gonna leave me alone now, are you? I owe you my life
now.”
She chuckled, the sound velvety,
“Don’t ever make such claims to witches, darling. We come to
collect.”
Fair enough.
We walked into the fire, side by side.
She with her mind–boggling magic.
Me with my teeth and claws.
“Can’t you do what you did to them to everyone at once?”
She laughed. “I’m a witch. Not a goddess like your Luna. My powers have limits.”
Lucky Draw
-LIA’S POV-
I didn’t see the shooter.
I just felt it—a sharp, brutal punch to the side of my leg. Hot pain tore through my thigh. I screamed, stumbling as my knee buckled. Blood soaked through my pants in seconds. The world tilted. I hit the ground hard.
Everything blurred. Smoke, screams, fire. My heart thundered in my ears. I couldn’t tell where the bullet had come from. Couldn’t even tell if anyone saw me fall.
Then footsteps. Heavy, Steady, Coming closer.
A figure stepped through the fog. tall and broad–shouldered, gun still smoking in his hand. He looked important. Maybe their commander. His armour was darker than the rest: shiny, marked with jagged lines like cracks in obsidian. His face wasn’t covered. Just pale and angry. Eyes like stone.
He was walking straight towards me.
I tried to move, but pain shot through me like lightning. My leg wouldn’t obey. My fingers twitched, but I didn’t have the strength to grow my claws. My power still hadn’t come back. My body was refusing to cooperate.
Completely useless. Like a weak little human.
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The commander didn’t rush. He didn’t need to.
He pointed the gun at my chest.
Zane tore out of the smoke like a nightmare.
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He came growling, hitting the man full–force, claws slamming into his ribs. The commander didn’t even get a chance to react. Zane ripped into him, teeth finding his throat. Blood sprayed in a wide are as the gun flew from his hands. He barely made a sound—just a choking gasp—before Zane crushed him into the dirt.
It was over
in seconds.
Zane shifted back before the body hit the ground.
“Lia!” he shouted, reaching for me. His hands were warm. Shaking. He pressed them to my leg, trying to stop the bleeding.
“You’re okay,” he said, more to himself than to me. “You’re okay, you’re okay–”
I grabbed his wrist. “I’m fine,” I lied, even though I was dizzy and everything hurt. “You got him.”
His jaw clenched. He wrapped an arm around me, lifting me like I weighed nothing.
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“I’ve got you.”
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The heat of him calmed me a little. My head fell against his chest. His heartbeat was wild, like mine.
And then I heard it.
The click.
Zane spun around, just in time to face the new soldier. Not a commander. Just another one of the dozens swarming the ruins of our home. But his weapon was different—sleeker, glowing red at the barrel.
The first shot hit Zane in the side.
He dropped me to the ground, diving to the side.
But the sound the bullet made was unreal. Not just a gunshot—a deep, ugly boom that made my ears ring again. The round exploded the second it struck, blasting into his ribs. Blood sprayed over my shoulder.
“Zane!” I screamed.
He didn’t fall. Not yet.
Another shot hit him in the chest. A third slammed into his shoulder. Exploding rounds—specially made to take down werewolves. I knew they were laced with poison and crafted
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from silver.
The perfect weapon to kill, not just wound.
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Zane tried to shield me with his body, snarling like he could still fight. But I could feel it—the way he shook. The way his steps slowed.
“Run,” he choked out, stumbling back.
“No!”
“I said run!”
I couldn’t. Not like this. My leg was useless. And I wasn’t leaving
him.
Zane lunged at the shooter, but his strength was failing. The soldier fired again, and this time the blast caught him in the side. of the neck. Zane dropped.
His body hit the ground with a heavy thud.
My breath stopped.
He wasn’t moving.
He wasn’t moving.
“No—Zane!” I crawled towards him, dragging myself over
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from silver.
The perfect weapon to kill, not just wound.
Lucky deser
Zane tried to shield me with his body, snarling like he could still fight. But I could feel it—the way he shook. The way his stepe slowed.
“Run,” he choked out, stumbling back.
“No!”
“I said run!”
I couldn’t. Not like this. My leg was useless. And I wasn’t leaving
him.
Zane lunged at the shooter, but his strength was failing. The soldier fired again, and this time the blast caught him in the side of the neck. Zane dropped.
His body hit the ground with a heavy thud.
My breath stopped.
He wasn’t moving.
He wasn’t moving.
“No—Zane!” I crawled towards him, dragging myself over
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broken stone and blood–soaked dirt. “Zane, get up!”
The soldier raised the gun again, aiming right at me now.
I didn’t care.
It didn’t matter.
Nothing mattered, if Zane wasn’t responding.
“Zane!” I shouted.
He didn’t answer.
He didn’t move.
My throat burned with sobs, vision blurring with tears.
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My hands shook uncontrollably as I pressed my ear to his chest.
Silence.
He wasn’t breathing.
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