by Rasi K
Caroline, Daniel and Noah, fighting in the front, doubled up each time a howl split through the air. The thirst for victory increased with each strike on their side.
While all this happened in the war field, the vampire sat at his room and watched the war play on, through the eyes of his men. On the other hand, Richard and Orion stood at their positions, away from the war field, watching the war unfold and their men dying, but unable to do anything about it either.
The war didn’t cease no matter what, instead it kept growing intense. More and more blood was shed, making the dry sand turn red.
The moment all the light vanished from the sky, everything came to a stop. The nature took it in it to stop the ever growing bloodbath. The unspoken message that the war has come to a halt, spread through the crowd. Neither vampires nor the werewolves made a move against their opponents. It was a rule of war, that there shall be no fight after the sun sets.
The werewolves helped carrying themselves, while limping across the field. A few of those who had not been majorly injured helped carry the twenty warriors who had lost their lives that day.
On reaching the pack, things were rushed to hold a ritual for them. Once every one of them was buried under the ground, the injured ones were tended to.
While others were being taken care of at the pack hospital, Caroline slipped to her room to aid her injuries by herself. She had taken so many lives that day, apart from the injuries she had caused, but she didn’t feel the least bit guilty about it. As she was thinking all those, her eyes spotted the letter near her table. She stopped treating her injuries and fetched the letter from its spot.
She skimmed through the letter, reading it once again, searching for anything that could be of use. It wasn’t until she spotted one thing, that she was happy and beyond relief for the first time on that day.
Just like that she knew the fate had chosen their side from then on.
She ran to the alpha office where the others were at, to tell them what she had found. If it was any indication, then she was sure that the next day will give them a different result.
Day 2
The break of dawn couldn’t have seen a happier Caroline than it saw on that day. Preparing herself along with the pack members she led them to the war field. Richard and Orion had no problem in her leading their pack to the war, except for worrying about her safety. But they knew that it was her fight to fight and that they can’t prevent her no matter what. As for Daniel, he was satisfied with the fact that he could have her in his eyesight throughout the war. As for Noah, his dislike was not taken into consideration.
Once they resumed their positions in the field, the war began once again. The vampires, upon closer inspection, noticed that the arrangement weren’t the same as the first day. The first layer of protection stood in their wolf form unlike the other day. Without putting much thought into it the vampires moved forward. Instead, they thought of using the height difference to their advantage.
When the vamps lurched forward, Caroline along with other front warriors made sure to step aside from them, making it look like they were giving them an upper hand. What the vampires didn’t know was, they were falling into the werewolves’ trap.
When they reached the first layer, cries filled the air. The vampires fell down, burning into ashes. The thing about vampires was that, there was only two ways to end their lives, either snap out their heads or burn them to ashes. The werewolves snapped the heads of the vampires, making sure to leave a trail of their garlic dipped nails on the vampire bodies, burning them in the process. The werewolves made sure to burn as many vampires as they could, serving them as a tribute to all their brothers, fathers and sons who had lost their lives on the first day of the war.
The cries did not seem to suspend any time then. The vampires slowly began to be outnumbered by the wolves. Unlike the previous day, the vampires couldn’t surpass the first layer. Even if they did make it, they didn’t last long.
After making sure most of the vampires had gone past them, Caroline and others stepped into their positions. She snapped as many necks as possible. Her body reeked of blood, but she couldn’t care less. If having blood on her hands, was the only way she could put an end to this, then so be it.
As per Caroline’s instructions all the wolves had their body washed with garlic along with their teeth and nails which were dipped in garlic paste. All those who stood in their human forms had guns with them, filled with syringes containing garlic mixture.
That day came to an end with werewolves having to deal with at most a few serious injuries while the vampires lost most of them, forcing the vampire king out.
Chapter 36
Vampire King
Third person’s POV
The vampire king was not pleased at how the war had turned out. The second day was the day he had planned to demolish those mutts totally, on. Instead the vampires began to drop down rather faster than the previous day making it the opposite of how he visualized it.
When the vampire king had foreseen how the war would turn out, it was in their favor. Now even if he tried, his vision won’t show anything except pitch black. He didn’t know how to deal with the war anymore. He might have been a king but he did depend on his vision to boost his confidence and to think of his next steps. To add on to it, Asher refused to be a part of the war how much ever he was persuaded. For the first time, he wished he had had his own son who would have been compassionate towards him.
Now with his vision not aiding him, he feared that he might take a wrong step. He paced around his room waiting for the day to come to an end. If the war didn’t go well that day, he might have to go in it, the next day.
If there was one thing he was sure about, it was the fact that Caroline was the one who came up with the idea as to how to destroy his men, whatever it was.
That night the vampires returned in less than half the number who had gone into the war in the morning. This made the vampire king loose his cool.
He called out for one of them and asked him to explain what happened at the battle field, although he had seen it. He believed that there must have been something that he might have not noticed. When he heard him tell the same as what he had witnessed, he lost it.
Even though he didn’t discuss anymore with the others, he thought all night in his room. No matter what happened he could not turn back anymore. It was either his victory or their survival. Only the next day would tell them.
~Day 3~
Caroline instructed all the members to follow the same routine as the previous day. The tables had turned the second day and she was sure that they wouldn’t change today. If it transpired the same way longer, the vampires taking part in the war shall be cleared off of their existence.
Carol stood in the front along with the others like the previous days. She was the only she wolf taking part in the war. All the female warriors stood behind as backups. But she could not stand there and watch, when she knew that it was because of her the war was happening in the first place.
The war started for the third day and the werewolves couldn’t have been any happier. As expected it was merely the same as what happened on the previous day.
The vampire king who stood at his border lost his temper. He pushed through the vampires who were fighting while piercing through the throats of the werewolves who jumped at him. His canines dripped of blood and his mouth filled with the metallic taste.
He didn’t stop to kill the werewolves. He just bit and threw them like leftovers for his minions to finish off. He was approaching the center where he knew she was at. His suspicions regarding her grew stronger with each step he took. He was yet to find the reason behind the deaths of his men. He reached the place where she stood fighting off two vampires. She, similar to him, had blood dripping of her canines, except, she was in her wolf form. She was covered in blood. It was indeed a bloodbath in the field that day.
When Caroline stepped away after throwing off the vampires from her, she tu
rned around to face the only person she had wanted to see since the war started.
You have to kill the vampire king. Only then will you be able to escape him.
The witch’s words echoed through her mind.
“So this is what you have been against my men, is it?”, he asked in a sinister tone.
“That is a brilliant little brain you have got there. But you did a mistake by using it. Now you shall die to compensate it.”, he said jumping forward.
You have to kill the vampire king. Only then will you be able to escape him.
Caroline bared her teeth and jumped forward at the same time. They struck each other in the air before they landed on the ground. They circled around one another watching keenly for the other to show their weakness. When Caroline took a moment to look behind him, he ceased his chance and leaped at her. Having dropped her guard for a moment landing herself at a disadvantage, she mentally cursed her for the blemish she had done.
The vampire pinned her body to the ground making her unable to move.
“Now, won’t you like to have peaceful bliss in heaven?”, he taunted her smirking.
“Don’t worry I will make it as slow as possible so that you can enjoy each moment of it for all the good deed you have done.”, he said sarcasm dripping.
You have to kill the vampire king. Only then will you be able to escape him.
The voice kept chanting in her head.
“You shall have to deal with me before you do all those things.”, a voice said from behind him.
The vampire turned around to look who had gotten the guts to have talked to him like that. His hold loosened on her. Caroline took her chance and shifted their positions, with her on the top.
You have to kill the vampire king. Only then will you be able to escape him.
The vampire seemed shocked for a moment before he masked it.
“So what are you going to do now? Kill me with garlic? Do you think that can be used on me? I’m the king for a reason. These won’t hurt me in any ways.”, he said smirking.
You have to kill the vampire king. Only then will you be able to escape him.
“I am not a stupid to believe that it will. If I had known so much as you say, you should have known better than to think low of me.”, Caroline said reaching out behind her.
Daniel gave her the stake dipped in holy water. Once the vampire saw the stake, he couldn’t hide his fear anymore. He tried wriggling from her grip, failing miserably. He cursed giving her his powers. She had become strong, not to tell she had her werewolf genes in her too.
You have to kill the vampire king. Only then will you be able to escape him.
The voice repeated in her mind.
“You- you can’t kill me. If- if you kill me, you will die. Yes. You will die. You can’t kill me.”, he said frantically at first then with conviction.
“Goodbye, Vampire King. We win the war.”, she said.
You have to kill the vampire king. Only then will you be able to escape him.
She raised the stake and plunged it through his heart.
His eyes widened at the force and he lay there as the stake slowly burnt through his body turning him into ashes.
The whole field fell silent.
Within minutes after his death the world turned black for Caroline.
Pitch black just like the vampire king had seen.
Chapter 37
Coma
Third person’s POV
The war had ended a success for the werewolves. The vampires who were still alive and in the battle field, tried to avenge their leader’s death but they were merely puppets with no one pull their strings.
The vampires were snapped out of their lives and burnt to their death.
The day next to when the war ended, alpha Orion held funeral services for all the brave warriors who had lost their lives in the war along with a few from the Serene and Stalwart packs. They were buried in the pack grounds, along with the past alphas and betas who lay there.
After two months from then, the pack had a minor tussle with black moon pack and ended up winning over the pack.
While all this happened on one side, a young girl rested on a king size bed in the centre of the room. Her face pale, from not been exposed to the sunlight for two months. Her weight had also reduced from the minimum food intake for the two months. Tubes were connected from different parts of her body to keep her functioning.
That girl happened to be Caroline. She had been in coma for more than two months with no improvement whatsoever. The last time she had been seen moving was, when she killed the vampire king. Since then breathing is the only movement she makes, which also was forced. Her body seemed to have shut off completely with no wish to survive any longer. No one in her family wanted to let go of her that easily. The moment she fainted Daniel had rushed her to the pack hospital. Knowing that they had the war in their control, Richard and Orion didn’t hesitate to follow. Tahliya and Melaine who had been guarding the children and the female, hurried to the hospital once they knew about it.
Noah who had no idea about any of this returned from the war happy that they had won. On his way to the pack house, he decided to make a run for the hospital, to have his wounds cleaned up. When he went there though, he didn’t expect to see his family along with Richard and Daniel in there. When he approached them no one minded him except for his mother. He wasn’t bothered by their actions anymore, if anything, he was more than used to it by then. It was how things had been going on for a long time.
He asked his mom as to what happened. She told him about how she had fainted and had been taken to the hospital. At that moment the doctor came out. Upon continuous requests, he told that Caroline had gone into coma and that her body seemed to have ceased trying. After knowing Carol’s condition, he couldn’t help but feel a little nagging at the corner of his heart. He blamed his non-existent mate bond for his actions. He ordered for the doctor to do whatsoever it takes to revive her. That was the last time he was allowed anywhere near her surroundings. Soon she was shifted to the largest room in the pack house with tubes connected to her body to keep her alive. Her organs functioned properly, that was only thing that had everyone believe that she was still alive.
Daniel and Richard remained at her side almost all day watching her unconscious body, hoping for her to wake up and shout at them for being so gloomy. They left only when Melaine forced them out of there asking them to freshen up before coming back, saying they were polluting the air she was breathing. One could only say. If only things were like that. She was being forced to continue breathing through the oxygen mask that had been attached to her.
Most of the time, Tahliya would accompany the father-son pair. She was the only person who actually talked with her. She told her about how things were around the pack. Sometimes she would cry out her feelings on how she missed her. Those were the times when Caroline’s hands would twitch but no one would believe her when she says so. After trying a few times, she gave up on making them believe her. She relished the fact that she was being listened to. She waited for her best friend to wake up with hope in her heart.
Noah got updates on how Caroline was, only through his mother. He was highly restricted from entering the house she was in, by Richard and Daniel. Tahliya and Orion didn’t bother saying otherwise. Melaine’s words did not weigh significance in the making of the decision.
By now, everyone had lost their hopes on her waking up, except for, of course Tahliya, who had been witnessing her survival. Doctors fled in and out of the house throughout the day. Many volunteered to assist her, while there were some who believed that she deserved what was happening to her. As usual, there was a group of people who couldn’t be bothered with what was happening to others and remained in their own worlds.
Chapter 38
Resurrection
I lay on a bed in the center of nowhere. I haven’t seen a place as blissful and enchanting as where I was right now. Whiteness surrounded the place makin
g it even more pure than it was. I stepped out of the bed and wandered around. I kept exploring the place when suddenly a glob of light appeared in front of me. I tried catching it but it kept slipping past my fingers. I chased behind it until it vanished inside the falls it had brought us to.
I sat down at the bank of the downstream river with my legs swinging in the water. I played with the water splashing it around. The water rippled on the stones looking as clear as a glass. Suddenly the water clouded under me and showed me my reflection.
I looked old in the reflection. It was like, it was me but at the same time not me. I blinked but the reflection didn’t.
“It’s time for you to leave.”, a voice spoke behind me.
“But I like it here. I am not leaving here.”, I whined like a child, continuing to assess the perpetual reflection.
“You have been fighting the death for two months now. It’s time to face the reality.”
I turned around to see a silver wolf, awfully resembling Liza, with glowing red eyes.
I could hear the sound of splashing of water but I didn’t bother turning around. I was mesmerized by the wolf.
“But I came here just now.”, I said finally finding my voice.
“It might be what you feel, but you have been unconscious for more than two months in actual”, a voice said from little behind me.
I turned around and stumbled on my back from what I was seeing. There she stood, a woman who looked similar to me but older in looks. Water structured her body. She looked like a living human up until her neck, from down there water shaped her body.
“Who-who are you?”
“I am your mother Hana.”
“How do I believe you?”, I asked, even though I knew I was being groundless, but I couldn’t help but be shocked at what she was saying.
“If our similar looks doesn’t prove anything, you can ask your wolf Liza whether or not Ava is her mother.”, she said.