Octavia

Everything happened so quickly, I didn't even have time to react. One minute I was standing next to Damion, the next I'm shoved to the ground.

The crowd gasps.

"You stupid bitch" Jessica screams out at me, while trying to claw my face.

Her attack came on suddenly, I was taken by surprise. Quickly, I scramble to my feet, pushing her off me.

"I should have killed you when I had the chance, you are pathetic" she spits at me.

Anger rushes over me in waves, her words don't don't even bother me anymore, only the shitty fact she caught me off guard.

"You fight dirty, Jessica, like always" I reply

"Kill the bitch, Luna" someone shouts from the crowd

"Luna, Luna, Luna" they begin chanting.

Energy flows through me, I can feel all of their emotions pouring over me. Damion stands nearby, his brows furrowed slightly, watching with anticipation.

You've got this beautiful

He says in the mind link

Without wasting another minute, Jessica shifts into her wolf and lunges at me. Atia takes over and collides into her, meeting her halfway in the air.

Jessica's wolf tries to bite down on Atias leg, but she's not fast enough.

Let's end this quickly, we need to save energy for the real fight. I tell Atia.

Atia bites down hard on Jessica's front leg, making her lose balance. She stumbles down, for a moment, allowing Atia to go for her throat. Atia latches on, applying more pressure. Jessica's wolf falls to the ground, thrashing around. Atia growls at her, ordering her to submit, but she doesn't. Jessica would never submit to me. We both know this. Atia doesn't wait any longer before she finishes the job and rips her throat out.

Goddess forgive me for sending your child back to you so soon

Howls roar from the crowd as Atia drops the chunk of flesh from her mouth.

Perfect

I can hear Damion say in our link

Pride swells in our chest, knowing we've made our Mate and Pack proud.

Juda stands up, screaming as his bond with Jessica is shattered. I know that pain well.

Bastard deserves all the pain I can give him.

He drops to his knees gripping his chest. Standing back up slowly, he locks his eyes onto me. Smiling.

"Thank you for that, Octavia. I knew you'd be able to take care of the problem standing in my way to you" he yells out to me.

What

Atia looks over to Damion and his face shows no expression. If that comment bothered him, he doesn't show it.

"Now, I'm finally going to have you. Exactly where you belong and you will finally be mine. I should have never let you go" he says, walking towards us.

Atia growls, warning him to back away.

"Come on girl, don't be like that. I'll make it up to you I swear. Once we go home, everything will be like it's meant to"

Atia growls again, baring her fangs at him

This idiot has gone completely crazy

I tell her

We will kill him now

She replies

Atia lunges at him, sending the crowd into a cheering frenzy.

Juda shifts into his wolf, Midnight, he's big, much bigger than us, but nothing compared to Damion. How I ever was fated to this wolf, is absurd.

He slashes down Atias leg with his claws. Pain erupts all over and I feel the blood pooling out.

Oh shit. Damion is going to lose his mind now.

A loud howl thunders across the training grounds, sending chills over me. We both turn to look and see Gray standing there, all his glorious power radiating out.

Midnight turns back to me, snapping, trying to bite Atias neck. She growls at him again, slashing across his face, hard. Pieces of fur fall to the ground, as blood starts to pour out from his gash. He throws his head back and let's out a loud howl, his pack follows quickly with their own howls. He lunges at us again, trying to snap down on anything he can. Atia jumps onto his back, latching down hard on his neck. He throws her off and she lands on her side. Charging at full speed, he's pounces on top of her. Moving quickly, she avoids his attempt to bite down on her neck, rolling just enough to miss it but he gets her shoulder instead. Pain radiating across us again, this fight is hard and we're both running low on energy. Even though we're exhausted, Atia jumps back up on all fours, standing ready to attack again. Midnight charges at Atia again, snapping towards her legs, trying to make her fall to the ground. She doesn't allow him to take her down, growling and biting back, she manages to bite his ear off. He howls loudly at the pain, she spits his chunk of ear to the ground.

Roars and cheer break out around us. Giving a last boost to finish this.

Atia doesn't hesitate and grips his throat cutting off his howl. Midnight's eyes widen in surprise. Apparently he thought he was getting us back, too.

Wrong

She bites down harder, giving the last ounce of energy we both have, ripping it completely out. He releases a gurgling sound as he collapses to the ground.

Fuck you, Juda

We are both completely spent at this point, neither having the strength to keep standing. Atia falls down as I'm shifting back.

Shit, I'm naked

Feeling two strong arms wrap around me, I know Damion has me.

"You did so great, O. I'm proud of Atia, that was amazing but what did I say about getting hurt. I almost let Gray intervene to kill him. I told you that I'd never allow you to get hurt again" he says, handing me clothes.

"I know Damion, I'm sorry for getting hurt but I would have told you if I didn't think I could do it. Thank you for trusting me" I reply, slipping the clothes on.

Howls and cheers almost drown out our conversation, the training grounds are about to be chaotic now that I just killed Novilunium Packs Alpha.

Damion helps me to my feet, I don't have enough energy to heal properly yet, my leg is burning like fire and I can't move my shoulder. That fight with Juda was extremely painful, but I feel more at peace knowing at least two of my tormentors are dead.

"Novilunium Pack, your Alpha is dead. Swear your allegiance to me, my mate and Dark Moon Pack and you shall be spared. Fight against us, then you will never leave these lands alive" Damion booms out, our pack yells out in agreement.

The Novilunium Pack members, still in a state of shock, look around at each other and the massive crowd that contains our pack. Confusion written on their faces, many of whom I don't know. I didn't have a chance to meet all of the pack over the years, but I'm sure plenty of them heard the stories about me though. They'll all be held accountable unless they take this one chance Damion is offering them.

Before they get a chance to decide, Jeremiah stands up unleashing his beast. He charges towards us, almost feral. His wolf is out for blood, my blood specifically. Damion barely moves, as I'm watching this scenes unfold before my eyes. Just as he's getting ready to leap into the air, Damion snatches him back down, slicing his head completely off with his claws.

My mouth is hanging open, like I'm a fish gaping for water.

I'm completely shocked, I wasn't expecting him to kill him without even fully shifting. I knew he was powerful, I didn't realize he was that powerful.

Judas mom, Esmarle, screams from the stands. She starts rushing at us, partially shifting as she runs.

Two wolves collide with her before she has a chance to reach us, both ripping her apart before she fully shifted. The two wolves shift, Derrick and Justin stand before us completely nude.

Omg put some clothes on

"Where have you two been the whole time" I ask them

Derrick just laughs and Justin answers me

"Alpha asked us to keep out of sight so we could monitor the situation in case anything got out of hand. Although Alpha Damion can clearly handle himself and you , we were watching to make sure Gray didn't lose control during your fight" he says

"Clearly you had no trouble, but we couldn't miss all the fun so you're welcome for taking care of her" he says, nodding to where Esmarles body was laying.

"This is your only chance to choose if you live or die Novilunium Pack" Damion yells out

"I will not offer anything after this moment, pick your fate" he booms

The crowd begins to murmur and several are already dropping to their knees to submit themselves to Damion.

"Those who do not wish to join, step out into the ring, honor yourselves and your wolves by fighting your way to freedom. If you can survive against my pack members, you'll be free to leave" he says, with a wicked smirk on his face.

What do you mean they can leave?

I ask in our mind link

Don't worry, O. No one will be leaving here alive. Our pack came to prove themselves to me and to you, we will honor their wishes and let them fight. You aren't the only one who gets to fight today, little mate.

He tells me

Several of Novilunium's larger pack members start making their way into the fighting ring, around 15 or so men and 2 females.

"Dark Moon Pack, 17 people have volunteered to help you train, who will bring pride to our pack and take on these challengers" Damion asks out into the crowd

Nik was the first to stand and make his way down, followed by several other guys I haven't seen before and then 2 of our females.

Damion reaches down and picks me up in his arms, we head towards the seating area and he pats Nik on the shoulder as we walk by. He carefully places me down to sit, turning back around to address the crowd.

"Novilunium Pack, you may not be accustomed to our ways of fighting, but we don't allow submissions in battle" he tells them as our pack members are shifting into their wolves

The two females the joined in from their pack look terrified at this point. It's far too late for them to turn back now, so they all begin their shift.