Chapter 257

257 I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN

Nikolai had his gun at the ready, precisely aimed at his target, the same action followed by his fellow members of the Hound and once Jasmine gave a clear sign for them to open fire, right at that moment around twenty shifters dropped dead to the ground.

This sudden attack, of course, drew attention and wrath from the other shifters. Those men immediately shifted into their beast form and those who were already in their beasts launched themselves at their attackers, with their jaws open wide, baring their teeth and razor sharp claws.

They looked ferocious and feral to say the least, but the members of the Hound were trained soldiers, especially the members of the Delta, who were led by Nikolai himself. He was the best among them all.

The members of the Delta were younger, moved faster and their aim was very precise. They moved in silence and at ease.

It was great that they could numb those shifters’ sense of smell with their new innovation. Those people only needed to carry a small pouch, which could hide their scent.

This was one of the reasons why the shifters didn’t know that they were coming closer to the border of their territory until it was too late.

Silver bullets hissed through the cold, night air and pierced the shifters’ bodies, as they fell down to the ground, whimpering in pain, or dead on the spot.

Nikolai avoided stepping on the dead shifters’ bodies, while the others would gladly follow him, because they didn’t want to disrespect them that way. This was indeed a battle, but he still believed that human and non-human beings could live together without trying to kill each other.

However, his idealistic beliefs did not suit their current situation. He lived under an order and must follow it for him to preserve his life...

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From afar, Nikolai saw Commander Jasmine coldly kill a shifter by blowing his head. It was important for them to aim their heads, since it was a quick and clean kill and also to prevent them from mind-linking each other.

“Proceed to the next step.”

Nikolai could hear Jasmine’s voice from his earpiece and then moved faster, as he led the rest of the team to the heart of this pack, the pack house, where the alpha and all the important people in the pack lived.

However before that, they needed to kill all of their warriors first.

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All of the centaurs raised their hooves threateningly, as they showed their aggressive side, indicating how mad they were at Chaos for killing their fellow friend.

Centaurs were sacred mythical creatures, they shouldn’t be treated this way, not even by someone like Chaos, especially by him.

“You just showed how malevolent you are,” the leader of the centaurs spoke in his deep voice, his eyes trained on Zuri, as he tilted his head.

On the other hand, Chaos said nothing against that accusation, it was almost like he admitted the same and didn’t even bother to correct him.

You could call him whatever names that you thought suited him, but Chaos would always be the epitome of something dark.

Meanwhile, Zuri was distraught. She looked restless because she didn’t know how to react in such a situation. She did not agree with what Chaos had done to the poor centaur, but she couldn’t openly criticize him in this situation either.

Zuri tilted her head and then stared at his bloodshot eyes. He looked more and more detached from reality, as if something so dark had consumed his conscience. Something that was hard for him to fight back because it was part of him.

“I don’t need your preaching,” Chaos said in a distant voice. “I want you to ‘see’ her before I burn another centaur.”

“You know that it’s an ill- fated act to kill us.”

“I don’t care about fate,” Chaos replied. He didn’t care about fate, the centaur was talking to a walking chaos in this realm. He was the embodiment of all the ill fated and disastrous things of this realm. The abomination.

Right at the same time all the centaurs shrieked in pain, their hooves rose high, as if they were about to rush away in the next moment, yet they couldn’t, as though there was an invisible rope that held them back, while they were in pain.

“Do it now.”

“Chaos...” Zuri tugged his arm, trying to get his attention, so he could stop whatever he was doing right now, because she was not comfortable watching this.

Those centaurs were not burned immediately, but it was obvious to notice their skin becoming redder than before.

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The explosion was so loud, but it didn’t stop at once, but happened a total of three times in sync with the bell that rang three times.

The first one was a warning, the second one was an announcement to get ready for a fight, but the third meant they were under attack.

This was so abrupt and no one could predict this. They expected a lavish dinner and a sacred ceremony for the new beta, not an attack or a blood bath like this.

“We are under attack! The members of the Hound are here!” one of the guards entered the dining hall to inform them all about what was happening out there.

It was not only those people inside the dining room, but the alpha was caught off guard as well upon suddenly receiving this news.

And at such a short notice, the alpha had relayed a quick order to keep everything in line and to follow the routine to evacuate all the women and children, who were not able to fight.

Everything happened in a haze, as everyone moved around pretty quickly and the two men who had taken Romeo away from the room to see the healer, left him with Ariana.

“Take your sister to the evacuation site and meet me in area twenty three,” Alpha Liam said firmly, he looked very stern and aggressive. His voice was so cold while his expression was very serious. It was rare to see him lose his cool like this.

“Got it,” Eros said and then took Emily’s hand to get away from there. He knew all the routines and where the evacuation site was. It wouldn’t take a long time for him to reach that place and rush back to area twenty three.

The issue here was; Eros was still recovering after what happened to him during the battle against the former beta. He was not sure how bad this attack would be and if he could stand it.

“I will see you later,” Eros said to Emily. He kissed her forehead before he let her go with the other women and children into the secret tunnel, where the evacuation place was.

This place was the safest place in this pack, hidden at the foot of the mountain and was protected by heavy, bullet proof metal doors.

Inside there was a lot of food and water for them to last for one to two weeks if the attack lasted for a long time.

But, one thing... this place could only be opened from outside, thus even though this was the safest place, this evacuation site could trap them forever, if no one came to rescue them.

Eros stayed behind for a while, watching as they closed the heavy metal doors, staring at Emily, who was standing right behind the door, along with the other members of this pack.

The worry and concern, also fear in her eyes, evoked mixed feelings in Eros. He didn’t like to show his emotions, but he wanted to make sure Emily knew that he would come back for her.

“I will see you later,” Eros said again in a whisper.

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“I can’t see anything about her,” the centaur said. He freed Zuri’s hand from his grip, staring at her intently, while Zuri walked back to Chaos. “I can’t see her future.”

The centaur then shifted his attention to the sky, while his thick brows furrowed deeply. This was the first time for him to not be able to see anything, or something.

It looked like there was a thick fog that obscured his sight and no matter what he did, there was nothing he could do to see it clearer than this.

“But, her past is very twisted,” the centaur added. He looked as if he was in a daze, like he was not talking to Chaos, but talking to himself instead. “She is an old soul.” The centaur then looked at Chaos again. “You lost her once... ‘will I lose her for a second time?’ that is the real question that you want to ask me, right?”

That was right. Chaos didn’t care about fate or prophecy or anything for that matter, but he wanted to know whether he would lose her again, because the thought of it alone made him lose his mind.

“Chaos, you should know better than messing up with fate. You should know that life and death are two different entities and you should know better than putting it in mayhem.”

Zuri tried to follow his words, but Chaos had put his hand on her shoulders, while the shrill screams from the other centaurs had died down, as silence returned to this forest.

“She has died countless times, but you are so stubborn to bring her back.” The centaur’s golden eyes shone brightly under the moonlight. “You should have let her die in the first place, in that case, you don’t need to shatter your soul or be devoured by your dark side.”

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