Chap 114
Evangelina’s POV
As I walk to the clearing where we have begun piling the dead enemies I take note of the large pile that just
keeps being added to. There are at least 100 bodies piled.
“Come on man. Why can’t you just let me unstack and count them? I’ll do it myself. I don’t need help.” A man’s voice asks loudly, almost veering into the shouting range.
“Orders. You are one of them and haven’t been vetted. Maybe you’re looking for someone or something
spècial.” Another man says. I can hear the disgust in his voice.
“That’s appalling. Why can’t you seem to get it through your THICK SKULL that I am trying to help?!” The man, I am guessing is Mark, shouts and before things can escalate further I walk into view. There are four warriors standing between the man and the bodies. I can tell from the way Mark’s body is heaving that he is pi*sed.
Three of the four warriors in front of him are just standing quietly, while the one, I recognize as Alpha
Shelton, looks down his nose at Mark.
“Look boy I don’t..” Alpha Shleton starts, but I interrupt, clearing my throat.
“Alpha Shelton. What seems to be the problem here?” I ask, walking closer to the group. The three quiet
warriors and Mark bow their heads towards me as Shelton gives me a stink eye.
“This BOY is trying to search the enemies dead bodies for somethin. He hasn’t been vetted and I ain’t lettin him near the bodies.” Shelton answers with an accent and I scowl. Yeah, if I wasn’t a fan of Alpha Shelton
before, I most certainly am not now.
I look over towards Mark, his head still bowed, hair buzzed neatly at his sides while longer hair is on top. He
has been given clothes that are a bit too small for his body. He looks up at me and I am stricken by his light brown eyes and sharp features. Glancing down I see him clutching a paper and pen as his other hand balls
into a fist and releases.
“Clearly he is not a BOY.” I state, turning my head towards Shelton who just scowls at me.
“He..” Shelton starts, but I hold up my hand stopping him.
“Do you know how valuable it would be to tally the dead enemies AND have a person who knows them be able to inform us of how many escaped? The strength and powers of the ones who DID escape? Because I can guarantee you that some most certainly did.” I ask, pushing out my aura and smacking Shelton in the face with it. He visibly shrinks and his eyes widen as if he is seeing me for the first time.
“Your. Your highness. I. I didn’t. I didn’t.” He stutters.
“No. Obviously you didn’t think, Stanley. You may leave.” I order and his face turns red at the disregard of his title. He sputters, but when I narrow my eyes he all but runs away. The three guards move to leave when I
stop them.
“Is Stanley your Alpha?” I ask them and they turn their weary eyes on me.
“He is mine. Your highness.” One answers and I motion for him to leave.
“You two will help Mark here with the bodies. Lay them out so that he can see them clearly and take notes. I will ask others to join you in a few minutes.” I say and they nod their heads and move towards the pile. Once
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He says and I scoff
any differently here than any other pack member. Adria told me you were having trouble and I am ashamed to admit I didn’t think of tallying the bodies. I am glad you are helping and that you had the idea.” I answer and his head shoots up, eyes locking on mine.
“You really are Angel’s mom. I can see the resemblance, but it’s uncanny. Your personalities are alike in some ways as well.” He says smiling and I furrow my brows in confusion.
“Angel?” I ask Now his eyes hold confusion.
“Your daughter?” He asks and my eyes open wide in realization. Lettie and Adria were calling Ziana, Angel. I
thought it was just a nickname
“Sorry, I didn’t realize that she went by Angel. Ziana is what I named her.” I answer, awkwardly and he stares
at me silently.
“Ziana. She would like that. But don’t tell her I told you that the should choose.” He says and I smile.
“Your secret’s safe with me Mark. I’ll get you some more help over here. You’re in charge. I would stay to help,
but I need to see the damage done on the shopping square” I say and he nods his head in understanding.
“Thank you, Luna.” He says and bows. I pat his shoulder and mindink Linc
“Please find a group of people to help organize the enemy bodies so we can tally them. And have one bring
Mark a tablet or at least a full notebook, he is in charge here.” I say
“On it” the answers back.
As I make a turn and start wailing up the road to the town square I see buildings still smoldering from
catching fire. Trees and wines are all over the place, street lamps are sparkling, bricks and rocks are all over,
some flew into windows, others managed to break through doors,
I sigh. It looks hormble
I continue to walk, taking in all of the damage when I am joined by ins.
“This will take months to rebuild, and that is with another pack’s help.” She says and i nod my head in
agreement
“I have gotten the people from Frankin’s pack fed, cleaned, clothed, and bedrooms. Most are bunking
together until we can figure this out” She says and i nod.
“How many were there in total? i didn’t pay much attention when i realized Ziana wasn’t with them.” I ask.
There were 34, not including the twins Ziana brought us during the war 7 of the 34 are under the age of 10, 16 are under the age of 18 and the rest are all under 30” She explains and i sigh.
” can’t even fatto forcing children to fight in a war for my own gein. it’s sickening” I say and she nods
ath, but from what i heard he will get much worse Sh
Chapter 114
I heard some of the older ones talking. They said that Franklin sold his soul to Eris to gain his dark power. Eris will sow so much chaos into his soul he will be tortured for eternity.” She says and I give her a skeptical
look.
Really?” I ask and she holds up her hand in mock surrender.
“Hey. That’s just what I heard.” She says and I roll my eyes.
“How would he even reach out to Eris to strike a deal? It’s impossible to reach out to gods and goddesses, they have to want to speak with you and even then, they just show up. It’s not like you can just call them like a common dog.” I scoff and she eyes me.
“You would know.” She says and I roll my eyes again. “Seriously though. If it was an Eris deal, normally they are satiated after a deal for thousands of years before they do something else to cause chaos.” She says and
I look at her questioningly.
“Out of all of that information you were blessed with, they didn’t give you the history of gods and goddesses. What a crock.” Iris states, exasperatedly.
“I don’t understand.” I say and she sighs.
“Eris comes up about once every couple thousand years or so. They sow chaos and violence into the world then leave. Last time they came up they started the war between the dragons and the fae. The time before that they created Sirens. And so on and so forth.” She says motioning her hand around us.
“So we don’t have to worry about another thing like this happening for another couple thousand years?” I ask
and she nods.
“Well, yes and no. Eris will not come back for that long, probably, but Eris is not the cause for all wars. They weren’t for the witch war and that was a little over 100 years ago.” She says and I nod my head in
understanding.
“So there are still the normal wars and stuff, but then there are other times that Eris puts their hand in the mix and causes a bit more chaos for some.” I say and she nods her head.
“Now you get it.” She says patting me on the back.
Why didn’t I know about this before?
“Does it really matter?” Veena counters and I think about it. No I suppose not.
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