Alpha Efren and Matthew shift to their human forms as Jess and Zane stay in wolf form. Jess sniffs the air without making it seem as if she is doing so. She wants to growl at the Alpha that they are meeting. He is the same one whom had been a pain in the ass for their group. Zane rubs against her to calm her so they do not give anything away.
Only the Alpha of that group changes shape. His name is Kaherdin Blackpaw. He says, “Why have you brought so many to this meeting. This was to be just you, your mate, and son.” Jess hears this and knows he has planned to take Alpha Efren and his family out. That the bastard was planning to take over Whitesnow. She growls softly at this male whom thinks so highly of himself. “I do met with anyone without some members of my pack present. This is the way I sent to you in the letter Kaherdin. If you are unhappy with the terms I do not care. Seeing as how I can smell at least 50 other wolves here that are not whom I brought.”
Sunny and Annoce both pull out their bows with silver and wolfsbane arrows. David and Latsol pull out silver short swords. Their group is ready if this turns into a fight. The sun is rising over the hills to the east of them. Though only 50 could be smelled there were 60 or more that the bastard had brought with him.
“Well it seems we will meet, however the dwarf and elves are not from your pack they will need to leave if we are to do this.” Sunny laughs at him hearing what he has said. “I will not be leaving you bastard. You are the same one whom tried to have me killed all those years ago. The only way we shall leave is if your head is on a pike.” Sunny growls. Efren looks to Sunny, “So he is the one and the same from then? Well this will be fun.” Alpha Efren changes back to his wolf and growls at the angered Kaherdin.
Seeing there will be no talk or drinks which he had poisoned with silver, Kaherdin shifts to his wolf. He had truly hoped to be able to kill them off with the drinks or even the poisoned food. He lets out a howl and the battle for Whitesnow is on. He tries to get past Alpha Efren but can not. His beta is having to deal with Jess and Zane.
Annoce and Sunny are shooting arrows toward the back of the fight where some of Alpha Kaherdin’s wolves are trying to flee. Their group along with the wolves from Whitesnow agreed if this ended in a battle none of his would be left alive. If they lived and went to his pack lands Jess has agreed to take them over and ensure a better life to those willing still there.
David laughs before jumping from his horse onto the back of a wolf trying to hurt his daughter. Though they rarely see him in a fight the group somewhat worries about how he is able to hold all his rage in. He moves as if he is the wind gutting and slicing through the wolves whom did not come with them. Latsol watches from the safety of the horse and cringes watching David.
“Please remind me later if we live not to anger him. I do not wish to be on the end of how he is now.” Latsol says to Sunny and Annoce. Sunny nods and chuckles at him while aiming at the head of grey with black tipped eared wolf. She lets the arrow fly and takes the wolf down with an arrow through the eye. She and Annoce have a bet going at this point in the battle to see whom takes the most down with arrows. Whomever wins may ask something of the other.
They each shot down 6 wolves whom had tried to run. The battle has become a bloody mess. As far as the eye can see there are wolf bodies littering the ground. Some are missing their heads. Others missing their throats or limbs. All that lay on the group are dead. Alpha Efren and Jess are fighting the bastard Kaherdin. They have done fatal damage to him. He is still trying to fight. It is only a matter of time before he and his group will be finished.
Jess jumps into his back and wraps her maw around his neck. She bites hard and shakes her head to tear his head from his body. This takes her a few moments but she finally does it. She holds the head high for those to see that she has won. There are howls after his death but only a few. Most whom had come with him lay dead.
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Jess drops the head and lets out a powerful growl. Those whom are alive know if they wish to live they must submit or fight her. Only two walk to her and show her their bellies. She sniffs them and knows they have had the first shift not too long ago. She nods to them to go to Zane. The other 4 are ready to battle her. Alpha Efren tilts his head asking her if she wishes for him to fight with her. She shakes her head no. She needs to show them that even though they are dealing with a female she will not tolerate their shit.
She steps forward and growls at the four try to jump her as one. Three of them hit their heads together since they did not plan for where they were going to jump onto her and knock themselves silly. She sidesteps the last one before turning to the brown with a white bib and breaking one of his back legs. He yelps and growls, turning to try and bite her side. He just misses getting nothing but fur.
Jess chuckles in her head at this pup. She knows she can not toy with him. She moves in and rips out his throat before he knows what happened. As she finishes him the other three have finally cleared their heads enough to fight. The first one to charge her is a brown with black patches. He will not submit to a woman. He tries to get one of her front legs but misses cause Jess can tell how they were trained.
She could run circles around them if she wanted but he gave her an opening to end him quickly. She takes this chance and uses it to bite the back of his throat. She thrashes her head back and forth to break his neck. This leaves her with the two whom waited to see how she fights. Seeing this will not be as easy as they thought the one with black tipped ears looks to the other grey white one before trying to run away. Seeing the black tipped ears run Jess gives a growl and Sunny shots him right through the back of the head. Dropping him not fifty yards from where he started. The grey white wolf sees his friend fall, lets out a growl and charges Jess.
She thinks they have all trained the same. Though this is her mistake. This wolf had trained with the best and could see where she would move. He was the first of the day to truly land a hit on her. He hit her shoulder with his claws making her bleed. Feeling the pain of the hit makes her angry. She watches him for but a moment. Seeing how he acts as if he will go one way but goes the other. She notes this and uses the same on him. Before she gets her maw around his throat and rips it from him. As he lays there bleeding out she howls and those who had come with her answer. He dies seeing a very strong female Alpha take what she wants.
The war is over, everyone sighs with relief. Only a few were hurt on their side. They would heal within a day's time. Sunny brings out a wash rag and her bottle of water before climbing down from her horse. She walks over to Jess and she nods to the wound on her shoulder. Jess sits down and smiles in wolf form at Sunny. Seeing this she gets to work cleaning the wound.
Once the wound has been cleaned. Everyone whom was hurt was taken care of. Alpha Efren and Alpha Jess shifted to human form to talk. “My pack and I will be heading to our lands. The two whom came to your side will be able to take you to your new lands. They are not far from here. When you have settled them, Luna and myself will come for a visit to form an alliance with your pack.” Alpha Efren says to Jess. She nods and smiles before saying, “ I agree an alliance will do both our packs some good. I look forward to seeing you both. Our group will head for those lands shortly. I need to speak with those pups before we head on our way.”
They shake hands before he shifts to his wolf. He then howls to his pack members and leads them toward home. Sunny has a feeling they will be seeing his pack sooner than anyone thinks. She has learned to trust when she has a feeling like this. Jess looks at the two whom had given up and come over to her before the last fight. “Shift, we need to speak. I wish to know what we will be walking into when we walk onto those lands.” Only one of them shifts to their human form.
He bows his head to Jess before speaking, “Forgive her Alpha she is not comfortable being in human form. I will answer any questions you have. Some of the pack are unhappy with the old Alpha. He was cruel to all. Most will be happy to have a new Alpha. Most of whom you would have to worry about where here today and lay dead now.” She looks at the one still in wolf form wondering why she would feel the need to stay as she was.
Looking at the male, “What are your names then? How many warriors were left to guard the lands? You say most of the wolves whom are the problem were here today. Does that mean there will still be some whom do not wish to see a new Alpha?” He says, “My name is Archibald. Her name is Gisela. We both had our birthday but a fortnight ago. He left maybe ten warriors to guard the lands this day. We have not had trouble with anyone in a few years now. He did not think we would lose today. He was bragging to his Beta on how when we ended the Alpha whom left here that he would hand him the Luna of the pack. The ones whom remained on the lands most are women and pups. We do not have any elders left. When the two elders we did have disagreed with him, he killed them in front of the pack. There are maybe two left on the lands whom do not wish for a new Alpha.”