Let's prepare for war!

Dimitri's Point Of View

There was something cold in the air that made me feel uneasy.

And it wasn't due to the fact that I was about to confront Valor or the fact that the blood moon was just days away. I felt uneasy because of the dream Isabelle said she had.

Something about the panic in her eyes when she told me to be careful made me concerned, not for my well-being but for hers.

I had always felt guilty for dragging her into my cursed world and placing on her shoulders the heavy burden of an entire pack. She didn't deserve to carry the weight of countless lives fate. My little witch always tried to fix everything, if it turns out we don't survive the eleventh Blood moon, she will never be able to forgive herself.

Isabella was strong, stronger than anyone I had ever met I'll admit that, but I'm worried she might break from the burden of holding everyone's fate. The fucking pressure seemed to be getting to her already. I was more worried that she would give up herself just to save us or blame herself if we fail to break the curse.

"Alpha, what's on your mind?" I heard Lance's relaxed voice calling me out from my train of thoughts, as we strolled. We had already arrived at Valor's pack territory, there was no one at the borders to let us in so we let ourselves into his pack. But something was eerily off. Everywhere was quiet. Too quiet.

"Something feels wrong." I alert them, my eyes gazing around. There was no one around, not a single soul, there was definitely something wrong going on.

I could see a black raven sitting on a tree watching us. That was an ominous sign, something definitely terrible is happening.

"Everywhere is strangely quiet, it's weird. A pack should never be this quiet." Gabe said, his eyes scanning our environment.

I sensed sudden silent movement spring into action. Out of nowhere, a silver tipped arrow flew aiming directly for my heart. I snarl, as I catch it, snapping it into two.

"It's a bloody trap!" I growl.

Children of Shanahara rushed out of wherever they hid, all of them ready to attack. Several fierce looking wolves surrounded us, stalking us with predatory eyes.

Seems like Valor was expecting our visit and made preparations to welcome us. They were tasked to kill me by Valor, but this was pathetic because it would take more than fancy bows and wolves to end me.

One of them launched a silver tipped spear at me, I caught it easily, sending it back and I didn't miss. My eyes glows it's usual crimson red color as I begin to shift into my huge lycan form, my wolf Luca was now sharing partial control with me. I let out a deadly growl which caused some of the Shanahara mercenaries to shift and caused the weaker wolves to die on the spot.

"Now this would be fun." I smirk, attacking and clawing through any werewolf standing in my way. This was going to be a very bloody night.

I continued the fight, biting a wolf, severing its head off its body. I needed to find Valor. Quick!

"Go Dimitri. We can handle these guys." Lance wolf said through our mind link. I looked over at Gabe who also urged that I go. I knew they would be okay. I ran towards the pack house, mutilating anyone who tried to stop me.

I follow the disgusting stench of betrayal into Valor's castle, it leads me to a dimly lit throne room.

There he was, Valor. He was seated on a throne, reserved only for the supreme Alpha. He had been waiting for me.

"You finally came to find me. I have been expecting you." Valor gruff voice echo.

"You bloody traitor and coward. You thought you could get rid of me so easily." I snarl, approaching him. He let out a sigh, staring at me deep in the eye.

"I didn't want to do this Dimitri, but you brought this upon yourself." Valor says. Unfortunately for him I didn't care anymore.

"That's crap and you know it." I growl.

"Is that why you never told me that you found the chosen one or that she was your mate?" I pause at his words. How did he know about Isabelle?

"Who told you?" I ask, my eyes narrowing on him as he stands up, pacing towards me.

"Rafael discovered about your treachery in time. He discovered your plans and he let me know immediately." Valor bellowed.

Of course. It was that swine Rafael.

They knew about Isabella's identity. They knew she had all the keys to the universe, she wasn't safe.

That greedy swine Rafael, what was he planning? If he knew all along that means he also wants to claim Isabella. I needed to get to her.

"You seem surprised. Did you think I wouldn't find out, you wanted to keep the powers of the chosen one for yourself because you wanted to have my place."

"I didn't say anything because you rather me kill my mate." I said, my blood boiling over. I remembered the day Valor tasked me with finding the chosen one and killing her.

"Which is for the best, Dimitri. She is the reincarnation of darkness and she is going to destroy us all. She wasn't gifted by the moon goddess, she was cursed. You just can't see it because she has bewitched you." Valor continued spewing his nonsensical words. I knew my mate and she wasn't dark. She had so much good in her that makes me want to be better.

"Shut your mouth, Valor!" I grit out, tired of his useless mumblings.

"I am your Supreme Alpha!" He growled, trying to get me to submit to him.

"No, I'm your Supreme Alpha!" I let out a terrifying growl, my eyes blazing red. "You are just a greedy old bastard. I should have realized that sooner. Now I'm going to kill you and put an end to this once and for all." I was about to proceed on my threat, but I sensed something else in the room.

Witches.

I noticed three women come into view as they began chanting some loud incantations in old celtic language.

I felt a heart wrenching pain in my chest. My heart began beating faster as it threatened to jump out of my chest. Blood began to form around my chest, as I stumbled back.

"I really wished I didn't have to kill you. Raising you up was my penance for the part I played in your parents death but you truly showed me what it felt like to have a son." Valor scowled regretfully.

My eyes widen in painful realization. The memories of that day flood me. I remember Ryker, my father's beta, telling my father that there was a traitor in the pack who sold us out to the Volkari coven.

"It was you. You were the one who betrayed them to the vampires. You were the reason why the vampires raided that night." I bit slowly as I clenched on my chest tightly, my breath running out.

"Yes Dimitri. I was the one who told the vampires where your parents would be. I let the vampires in that night." Valor confessed bitterly.

"Why?!" I growl, still feeling my beating heart about to burst.

"Your father and I were close friends but he was weak. He was afraid of going to war with those dirty blood suckers. He even began establishing a coalition with some of them. He wanted us and those dirty parasites to become allies. I warned him that would never happen, but he wouldn't listen. He didn't have what it took to go head to head with the vampires. He was weak." Valor spit out shamelessly, trying to justify his actions.

"I'm going to kill you! I'm going to rip you apart." I promise him, vowing to myself to keep that promise.

I locked eyes with the witches chanting, one of them was channeling the others to have enough power to kill me. This means I just needed to kill the one channeling all the power. I had one shot, I needed to get the right witch or it would be the end of me.

I moved with super speed, ripping one of the witches' throat out. I was right, immediately the other two witches linked fell down.

I look at Valor who stares at me with shock and fear in his eyes. He tried running but I quickly appeared before him, my eyes glowing red as I drove my claws into his chest, feeling his beating heart in my palm.

"Any last words?" I snarl.

"Yes--- Dimitri… I..." Valor choked out in his own blood but I cut his words short by ripping out his heart. He didn't deserve any last words.

His body fell limp on the floor, I tossed away his bloody organ. Staring out at the night sky through the window, I could see a flock of ravens fly around the sky in a circular motion.

Something terrible was happening, I could feel it in my blood. Death was creeping in the air line a dangerous predator, stalking its prey. Something deadly was going on.

Isabella wasn't safe, Rafael already knew she was the chosen one, he was going to come after her. I tried reaching out to Kael through the pack's mindlinked and there was no reply. There was something really wrong happening.

Lance and Gabe arrived at the throne room, covered in blood that wasn't theirs. They stared at me and the dead bodies around.

I groaned at the sudden sharp pain in my chest. I saw a vision, it was about my mate. She was screaming in pain sending a powerful wave of magic. There was chaos everywhere in the pack, dead bodies all around.

It was Isabella's memory, she was in danger, I could feel it through the mate bond we shared

"Dimitri what is going on?" Gabe asked, but there was no time to explain anything. I needed to get to her.

"Isabella!" I just say, vanishing into smoke.

I teleported to the pack. Everywhere was in chaos, just like in my visions. Dead bodies lay scattered everywhere but none of them belonged to my pack. They belonged to the Blackblood pack and red circle witches.

'Find mate!' Luca growled, he didn't care about anything else right now but our mate's safety.

I rush to the ruins of the pack house. I could see several pack warriors wounded and getting treated by our pack healers.

I saw Iris, she was badly wounded but she was getting treated by one of the twins, Alexa. I quickly rush to them.

"Alpha?" Both of them called weakly.

"What happened?" I questioned. "Where is my mate?" I asked Iris and she had a sad look in her eyes.

"We were attacked by Rafael's army and the red circle, they wanted Isabelle. We were outnumbered and I think I died." Iris groaned, placing her hand on her neck, there was a deep scar wound. It looked fatal but it was healed.

"You need to rest Iris, you died." Alexa said. "Isabelle somehow managed to bring everyone who had died in the pack back to life. She healed the entire pack with her scream, killing tons of Rafael's army in the process. When I woke up she was gone. Celeste and the other witches are at the cemetery trying to locate her."

She was gone! Taken by Rafael.

They took her, that bastard dared to take my mate. I needed to find out where they took her.

I went to the cemetery, joining Celeste and some witches that were in a circle whispering some incantations around a map that held Isabella's blood.

As they continued chanting, Isabella's blood began tracing around the map, spreading to every corner, eventually turning the map crimson red before it caught up in flames.

"No!" Celeste said disappointedly.

"Tell me what's happening?" I ask her.

"It's as if she is everywhere and at the same time she is nowhere." Celeste responded.

"She has been heavily cloaked." Dixie added.

"No this isn't any elementary cloaking spell. She has been warded off." Celeste said.

It was her, Isabella's aunt, Delilah.

She spelled Isabella, what did she want from her?

I lost it, I couldn't hear anything else anymore. I let out a loud growl, causing the earth to vibrate in outright fear. It sent everyone to their knees, submissively, the vibrations were so massive it tore through the earth.

I wasn't myself anymore, I let my wolf have complete control.

"Keep searching for her Celeste." I growl and she nods submissively.

"So they came to our pack and took my mate, your Luna! And they expect to get away with it?" I grit through my teeth, as I addressed the countless pack wolves gathered.

"Rafael wanted a fight!" I seethe in anger, my claws were out and I wanted to slash someone's throat, preferably Rafael's.

"But the Blood moon pack don't fight, no-- we start wars. We will scour this earth, searching through every rock until we find wherever they are hiding our luna." I growl, hearing my pack roar in unison.

"The blood moon is close," I say. "We have less than 72 hours. Are you ready to go to war with me?" I ask.

"Just like old times?" I add.

"We will always follow you, Blood Alpha. For the strength of the pack is the Alpha and the strength of the Alpha is the pack." They all chant in unison.

I smile, missing this feeling. I was going to destroy everything they held dear.

"Let's prepare for war!" I growled.

Hang in there my little witch, I'm going to find you.

***Author's note***

I know this chapter is a little late but the drama is just starting and it's getting HOT, (where's my caramel popcorn?) And I can't wait to see it all unfold, how do you guys feel?

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