Episode 11

Claire and the brunette girl shifted into their wolf forms. The intense fight began. The spirit of the fight was encrusting the whole arena.

The unsolved mystery that everyone seemed to know was still encircling in my mind. If the other clans were fighting to have the position of the Luna in our pack, then there had to be a significance since it wasn’t allowed in our history.

The loud cheering was piercing through my ear drums, hitting my vestibules so hard, making me lose my equilibrium.

The ruthless, crude blows of claire were making lethal injuries on the other wolf's body. The brunette was retaliating not wasting a second. The crowds were cheering from both sides. My state of dizziness made me fall back on my knees. Ed tried to come to me panicked but he was impeded by the chains. On the other side Alex was standing beside me confounded.

"Are you okay?" he quickly sat beside me worrying. "What happened? Are you feeling unwell? I can take you to the Alpha's room till the fight ends, you can rest there, " he said. Panic was written all over his face.

"No, I'm fine. Don't worry. It's pretty normal in time like this?" I replied. I didn’t want Ed out of my sight anymore.

"You don't seem well. You need rest. Let me take you," Alex said.

He helped me to get up and carried me in a bridal style.

"Hey, put me down!" I shouted a bit.

Alex ignored my struggles and started walking while carrying me. The intensity of the heated fight through the arena almost hypnotised everyone. Like an invisible spirit he came to the exit. I could only see the the glimpses of Edward struggling under the guard.

"Where do you think you're taking her?" A cold voice came from behind.

Alex turned to come face to face with Zen.

"She needs rest," Alex replied. "Taking her to your room. You don't have to make any negative intuitions."

"She is needed here. She can't leave," Zen said with a serene yet very cold expression on his face.

"She can come back. Besides your mate is dying out there. Why don't you put more care on that?" Alex said. Without giving him a chance to reply Alex brought me back to a huge room.

He placed me carefully on the king sized bed. Softly touched my hands which were on my thighs, sat on his knees in front of me.

"You feel better? " he asked.

"I was perfectly fine in there. I need to go. I told you it's normal. You didn’t have to bring me here," I said with force but my weakness was clearly visible.

I tried to get up but fell on the bed again. Alex swiftly responded by placing his hands on my back making sure I didn’t get hurt.

"You are not well. What happened to you?" Alex asked worryingly.

I looked into his eyes and sighed. I needed to tell him. I needed his help. Only he could help me to run away from this pack. He still cared for me. I felt a bit of hope. I decided to take the chance.

"Pregnancy happened," I sighed and replied.

He was looking into my eyes. For a few seconds he was paused.

"What?" he hastily got up in disbelief taking away his hands from mine.

"I'm a married woman, Alex. Get the point. I can't stay here. I can't let them hurt Edward. It's too late for playing hide and seek over feelings," I tried to convince him. "Alex, look. I know I hurt a lot of people by running away. I hurt your feelings. But whatever has passed is gone. You need to help me. I know you care about me. You're not like," I couldn’t finish my sentence.

"Stop!" Alex said sharply. He placed his hand over his eyes and slowly raised it to his forehead, moving away the silky long hairs out of his forehead. He took a deep breathe and continued, "Not like what? Zen? Not selfish like Zen? You think I still like you? Still mourning over our bonds? And I will just simply help you to get out of this pack with your lover? Your baby's father? " He looked at my abdomen and said, "Not gonna happen. You have to serve for what you did," he said and left the room.

I was left there speechless. My only hope of escape was gone. I could never thought Alex would be genuine about what he did in that morning before I ran away.

A beauty like him who was desired by both men and women, creating charms greater than even women captivating the world, those careless and arrogance filled eyes that never fell for anything and anyone in the world, would ever be serious for me. It felt like some unbelievable fairytale that had no pretty end.

I came back to the gallery again. Claire had the brunette pinned down on the ground trying to rip off her throat. Countless fresh marks of cuts were visible on her back ripped open with blood coming out. The brunette's wolf was looking exhausted. It was trying to get out of the grasp of Claire.

The whole arena was silent. Everyone knew what was going to happen. The brunette was out of breath. She was losing her consciousness. Suddenly Claire did something unexpected. She let go of the wolf beneath her and shifted back into her original form.

Her external wounds were healing quickly. The brunette shifted back as well by looking at her confused.

Everyone for a moment thought Claire won't take the very step of killing. Claire was literally the winner of the fight. But she might have decided to show mercy. The brunette tried to get up slowly.

"It was a great fight,'' the brunette said. She was panting exhaustedly. Her wounds were more severe and deeper. It was taking time to heal. She continued, " You really are the deserved Luna and the mate of the War commander, Claire. Thank-" she didn't get to finish her sentence.

Everyone was shocked. So was the brunette. Her eyes were coming out of her orbits in shock, her parted mouth spurted blood.

Claire's left hand was shifted into a wolf's claw piercing right through the jugular of the brunette.

Everyone got up in their places. The brunette's dead body soon fell into the ground. Claire shifted back her hand and slightly licked the blood off from the participant locket of the brunette that she ripped from her neck.

"Win or Die. A loser doesn’t deserve to live," she said while looking at the corpse of the girl.

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