Chapter 33 ~ Your Luna is tired
Anna’s POV~
We had stopped the trucks several miles from the cabin, and Falcon ordered our troops in.. he told them to take out the guards.. and stragglers around the camp. Then destroy their munitions dump! Upon hearing the explosion we had been waiting on.. we roared into the camp.
Utter chaos.. our warriors were dropping their fighters, right and left. We jumped from the trucks, and Falcon let Othello come forth “CULVER CLAN! Emmett - Robert - Cyrus… TIME TO PAY THE PIPER! I am Alpha Falcon Rivera! I am the enforcer for the Werewolf Council..appointed by the Monarchy. In my hand, I hold warrants for the arrests of each of you. For murder. Extortion. Conspiracy. And Treason. Show yourselves!”
Andddd… nothing. There were fewer than 20 of their fighters left, and they had surrendered. We waited. After ten minutes, Falcon walked to the door.. knocked. Waited five minutes..and knocked again. He looked at me “Maybe they’re naked?” I laughed and replied “Maybe they’re preparing a celebratory dinner?” Axel said “Maybe they’re hiding under the bed? And Brady laughed “I’m going with.. in the closet!” Xavier steps up beside Falcon and said “No.. they’re destroying evidence! They plan on surrender!” Then he yelled “Not today, Satan” and kicked the door in. Falcon laughed and said “Much more effective than knocking. And here I thought I was being polite!”
We marched inside.. I could hear the guys calling ‘come out..come out..wherever you are’ Axel was singing “here pussy cat… come on little kitty” And still the fuckers stayed hidden. Bethany perks up and says she hears there heartbeats through the floorboards. I catch Falcon’s eye and point to the floor. He nods and yanks the basement door open.
He jumps to the floor of the basement.. not even bothering with the stairs. He grabbed Cyrus and threw him up to Brady.. Turning to Robert he grins “Hello Pussy!” And hurls him up the stairs. Emmett had put a table between him and Falcon. Falcon sneers “I will let you walk up the stairs like a man, if you’d like. If you have one ounce of pride.. you would take that offer! You need not fear me.. there’s someone waiting out that door who has been waiting a long time to have a chat!”
He sneers at me “You just want to kill me! Why should I walk to my own execution? Do I look stupid to you?” And Falcon laughs “Well…yeah..you do! But just because I want to kill you.. doesn’t mean I will kill you! I didn’t call dibs!”
I pop down into the basement. Bethany is building up an anger I am struggling to contain and I want to get this over with! And Bethany is pushing through.. giving me a headache! “Walk your ridiculous little DIVA ass up those stairs and try to act like a fucking man! You always have to act like you matter to some fucking body and what you have to say is important! You DON’T and it ISN’T! For the love of our Goddess! I bit your fingers off.. not your fucking BALLS! Now! Move! Or I will drag you!”
Falcon is looking at me with eyes the size of saucers and all I can do is mouth I’m sorry! It’s like I have no control of her mouth anymore! But it seemed to do the trick and Emmett headed to the stairs. Falcon asks me if Beth is okay and I whisper “She’s on a short fuse and I was struggling to control her” He laughs.. “She’s hilarious when she’s pissed.. as long as it’s not aimed at me.. “ and it was my turn to laugh.
We follow behind Emmett and see Cyrus trying to get to Xavier.. with Xavier smirking “Careful, old man! I’m not a beaten half to death 17 year old anymore trying to keep a paycho from killing his mother! I failed.. and I will have to live with that for the rest of my life! But.. do tell me.. how is your wolf?! Has he left you? Is that why you work with the human hunters!? Because you killed your wolf when you killed his mate? That’s it.. isn’t it!? He left you because he wouldn’t live without her! How the fuck do you sleep at night?! How do any of you three sleep at night with what you’ve done?”
Cyrus yelled “You shut up! Your mother died because of you! You and that ungrateful whore of a sister you have! As soon as my time is served at the capital I will find you and you WILL die!” Xavier started laughing.. “You don’t get it.. You won’t live to serve a sentence! You don’t get that option!” Cyrus sneered “What? You will kill me? Not one of my sons are man enough to kill anybody! They pay people to do their dirty work! And you are no different!” And again, Xavier laughed.. “Good thing I’m no longer your son!” And he lengthened his claws and sliced through Cyrus’s jugular..then looked at me and smiled. Shrugging he said “I called dibs!” And we both laughed.
Robert screamed at Falcon “You are supposed to be the enforcer of the law for the council! He just killed my dad in cold blood and you stand there laughing!” And Falcon smiles “There was nothing I could do. My hands are tied. He called dibs!” And every single member of our pack cracked up.
Falcon yelled “Make a fight ring, warriors! Our Luna has unfinished business.” Then he dragged Emmett to the middle of the circle. He says “Emmett here has been challenged! He claims to be an Alpha! Therefore, his title has been challenged!” And Emmett yells “You can’t challenge me! By council rules, because of your affiliation to that council.. you can only accept challenges to your title! And there’s no other Alpha here!” Falcon started really laughing then “ You really are an idiot!! You remember your home pack? The little girl you tried to sexually assault? The massacre you orchestrated and carried out? How careless of you to not realize the survivor was none other that the Alpha’s daughter! So.. by right of title…” He stops talking.. looking into my eyes smiling and I remove my boots and weapons belt.. stepping into the circle.. I say “I, Annalise Berlin Rivera, Alpha of Silver Blade Pack..challenge You.. Emmett Culver.. Alpha of Nothing!
Emmett lunged at me.. and I spun out, snapping my heel down on the outside of his knee. I heard a crunch. He grabbed my forearm and yanked me to him. I bent my body forward ..pulling him with me, the impetus causing him to flip over me and land flat on his back. I stomped on his chest and dropped with my knee bent against his throat. He flailed and beat against my thigh but I just held firm. His struggles lessened..his face turned blue and I stared into his face as petechiae filled his eyes.. then he stopped breathing… And I stood. Falcon grabbed me and said “I love you so much, my AnnaBella!” And I turned.. burying my face in his chest. I whispered “I want to go home now”
He yelled “Load the prisoners, warriors! Your Luna is tired!