His Blue Moon Princess
His Sunshine Baby Chapter 68

A long silence follows Liam Black's words, but it's obvious Nate and his brothers are mind linking between themselves. Damn, if our theory is right, I hope that Liam kid can get the last word...

"If you want, Liam, you take care of it," suddenly says Nate. "We have our hands full as it is with this mess anyway... Just ask if you need help. Don't take on a witch by yourself."

I guess the kid won, then. The Alphas start talking about what to do with the corpses, and I understand there has been a lot of damages in both camps. f**k, I didn't even think of checking in with them! With all that mind-linking, I kind of shut them out. Once again, I ignore my uncle's voice, trying to replace a friendlier tone. I guess Daniel is doing the same, because I can feel his wolf too.

Elena?

Levi. How are things there...?

There are bad news. You should come back, quickly.

What? What happened? Is everyone...?

No, Elena. It's... better if you come, honestly. We are not even done checking on everyone.

I feel my throat tightening. Moon Goddess, our friends... Daniel's ears get low, too, his brother probably told him too. f**k, f**k!

Is your friend ok?

I almost jump at Nora's voice in my head. I nod mindlessly.

Yeah, he injured his leg but it's going to heal quickly. I'm more worried about the rest of my pack... We lost some people, I want to go there soon.

Why don't you go now?

Good question... But I need to justify my presence here before I go back to have Xavier kill me... I can't tell that to Nora, though.

My Alpha wants me to represent him here, seeing what the other packs will do. It's only the White Moon and Opale Moon wolves to clean the mess up there now, we gotta make sure we will get some help.

It's half the truth, honestly. I take a look at Nate, but once again, he was looking at me too. He asks if I'm okay again, but honestly, I'm not... Nathaniel will definitely help you.

Crap, did Nora catch that? I can feel she has many questions, but I'm not in the mood, I'm done for today. Thank Moon Goddess, there isn't much left to say.

The Alphas get back to the usual bickering, before parting each their ways. I signal Daniel it's time for us to go, too. Before Nathaniel really insists on talking with me...

It's a slow walk back, with Daniel's injury and both of us exhausted. We don't even try to run while we get out of the Sea Moon territory, we're done running for today. Danny's a bit white, though I can't tell if he's sick or worried. Levi hasn't told us what happened on his side yet, and I'm worried to replace the truth...

"Elena!"

I turn back, but before I see anything, Nate's arms are suddenly around me, hugging me tight. Oh, Moon Goddess... I give in and hug him back too. Why is it that just one embrace from that man makes me feel so much better? He's half-naked, and I can smell the sweat on his skin... His smell.

His hands on my neck, he steps back to look at me.

"Nate, what about your pack? And Nora..."

"My brothers are with them. I wanted to check on you, make sure you were fine."

"I'm fine," I sigh with a nod. "But there's been losses in my pack..."

"I know. I was up there earlier."

What? Nate helped the White Moon Clan too? I only saw the King running there... I check up on him, but despite all the blood on his jeans, he looks completely unharmed.

"Are you okay?" I ask, still checking.

He chuckles.

"Of course I'm fine. Tired but fine. Elena..."

He suddenly looks at me again, very serious. His eyes are so close... I can see the fire behind shining in them.

"Elena, I get you need time. But I'm not giving up on you, okay?"

Oh, Moon Goddess. He has no idea how badly I want to lay in his arms and cry at that moment. My heart feels heavier than ever, and the man I love is just in front of me, waiting for me. Ready for me. I put my hands on his face and kiss him, a short but heartfelt one. "I know. I promise, we'll talk. I'm not leaving you, Nate."

He smiles, looking relieved by my words. We hug once more, with his lips close to my neck. I think about my baby, trying to tell her it's her dad, her father holding us both...

"Babe..."

"I know, Danny."

Reluctantly, Nate and I part, with a last, short kiss. He smiles softly.

"Talk later, Sunshine."

I chuckle and nod. I haven't heard my nickname for a while...

He watches us go, staying there with that lonely expression of his while Danny and I get away. I keep thinking while we are almost back on our territory and exchange a look with Daniel as we cross the border. He sighs.

"I know what you're thinking."

"No, Danny, I want to tell him."

"That's what I was gonna say, Babe, but today, every wolf in Silver City was possibly around. Don't worry, there'll be a better time. Let's deal with this s**t at home first, okay?" "...Yeah."

We get to see the "s**t at home" a few minutes later.

I feel like crying.

It's those streets I've known all my life, those same houses, but they are stained with blood. Lots and lots of blood. Thank Moon Goddess, the few bodies are vampires, already burning with that hideous smell of rotten flesh. How many are there... "Elena? Daniel?"

It's Ben, who walks up to us. He doesn't look too good. His left ear is covered in blood, and he's limping a bit. Plus, he's got a lot of cuts and scratches. "Moon Goddess, Ben, you..."

"I'm fine, I'm fine. Trust me, there is much worse there... Bonnie is helping mom tend the wounded, I was checking if we haven't forgotten anyone... Come."

He guides us back to the scene of the fight. People from both the Opale Moon Clan and White Moon Clan are gathered. I feel my heart drop when I hear it. People crying, screaming. What...

We suddenly see the first wolf's body. Moon Goddess, it's a guy from the White Moon... someone covered his head with a white sheet, but I can recognize his fur's white and grey pattern. Oh, no...

We keep walking, and I recognize two others. Moon Goddess, this one had just begun training, she was so young... And this guy was at the club the other day. Daniel's face drops, I bet he knew him... "Elena, Danny, I better tell you now... Eric is dead."

Oh, Moon Goddess, no. No, no, no... I start to cry, and walk faster to the pack. The atmosphere around us is so horrible. It's all dust and smoke flying around, and the streets I once knew are no longer the same. A house has collapsed on one side. There are pieces of wood, metal, and bricks all around. Mud and blood mixed together, as the ground was completely turned over by the wrestling tracks. It smells like rust, ashes and rotten flesh...

We finally reach a crowd, and that's when I see it.

Several bodies, aligned on the ground. Someone closed their eyes.

I recognize each one of them. Maria, the girl who helped her mother with the shop on the second street. Krystal, the pretty waitress from the Latino bar. Camden, Adrian, Javier, all kids who trained or used to train with me... Hugo and David, those two were a couple, they used to go dancing at Pepe's... The young Ava, a friend of Bonnie... and Eric.

Daniel is already crying loudly next to me, and I hear my own sobs among everyone. I can't believe what I'm seeing. It's like I'm a step away from the scene. There's no screen, but I'm just not able to look properly. All those lives I knew, and they are gone... just like that...

Someone hugs my shoulders, but I have no idea who, I don't care. I feel my breath, my heart, choking desperately. My wolf is crying loudly. I can't look away, I can't accept it. I can't believe Eric got killed. Not like that, not so easily, Moon Goddess! "Elena!"

I turn to face my furious uncle. I can't take him now. I just want to be able to cry and mourn my friends' death.

But he walks up to me, in a storm.

Before I can say a thing, he suddenly slaps me.

"What the f**k, Xavier!"

I hear people screaming my name and his, and several people walk to us. But he pushes them away.

"Where were you, you little wench! Your brothers and sisters died in battle because you weren't you! How dare you betray your pack and run away from the fight! Look at what you've..."

"You shut the hell up or I swear I'll kill you, Xavier!"

To everyone's surprise, that voice was Isabella's. Eric's mother looks furious, but no one can ignore the tears on her cheeks, far from dry. She runs up between my uncle and me, and pushes him away in a rage, completely out of control.

"Don't you dare accuse anyone of my son's death, you bastard! Elena was better wherever she was instead of under your shitty command! You're the worst alpha! Any of those children would be alive if you had been able to lead them properly! But the only thing you led them to is their death!"

"Elena was gone! She should have been where she..."

"You can't rely on a single wolf just because they are stronger, you useless, damn i***t!" Yells Isabella. "You would have gotten her killed just like you did with my son! Now shut your goddamn mouth before I kill you! You should be silent and ashamed of yourself!" "Isa, calm down."

Orpheus takes her away from Xavier, glaring at my uncle in the meantime. What the hell did he do during the fight...? I knew Xavier was a poor leader, but... Now that I look at him, he's barely dirty, and looks almost unharmed too. How the hell can he be so fine when people died! He should have been in the frontlines!

"What the hell did you do..." I whisper, in shock.

"I want to ask that too, Xavier."

Clark. My godfather's furious voice clears a path between him and Xavier, who just literally turned white.

"Clark, I..."

But before he can say a word, Clark slaps him. Not a sharp slap like the one I got, but a violent, powerful one that sends Xavier to the ground with a nasty sound of bone breaking. Everyone holds their breath. "That one was for laying your hand on Elena, you bastard."

Before Xavier even realizes, Clark kicks him violently in his stomach, getting him to lose his breath in a ridiculous grimace.

"And this one was for f*****g abandoning your pack to hide Moon Goddess knows where during the fight, you scum!"

Now that I look around, people from our Opale Clan are glaring at Xavier. I can tell they're happy about Clark's words... Did he really run away? I can't believe him!

"Enough! What about Elena?"

I turn around, and see Iris, still half-crying, standing among the pack, glaring at Clark. My cousin looks like a mess, her dress torn apart and covered in blood and dirt. Clark frowns and turns to her.

"Didn't she abandon the fight, too? We all saw it. Why are you only going after my father! This is so unfair!"

I can't believe her... She knows! She f*****g knows why I couldn't come! Why I couldn't shapeshift and fight, Iris knows I'm pregnant! Why the hell is she going after me now! Is she just trying to protect her father, using me to distract Clark away from him? "You little..." growls Daniel, looking at her like he's about to vomit.

"Elena was fighting, further in the East. Can't you see my brother's state?" Suddenly says Levi, emerging from the crowd. "She's covered in blood and ashes as well. She was on the Sea Moon wolves territory to fight!"

But Iris just growls at him and goes to her Father. I can't recognize my cousin... Is she just angry because she lost her boyfriend? For a second, I had forgotten about the two of them... She helps Xavier up, and they leave the scene without adding a word. I shake my head. Moon Goddess, all of this is too much...

"What about Chris?" I silently ask Levi.

"Actually... He was taken to the hospital earlier. He... they say he might lose his arm."

"What but he was fine when he mind-linked me earlier!"

"He probably acted like he was fine, Elena, you know how Chris is..." He sighs. "How are you two?"

"I'm fine, but Danny needs..."

Before I finish my sentence, Clark walks up to me, looking very annoyed too. He sighs.

"Elena, we need to talk. What were you doing on the Sea Moon territory?"

"We were pushed that way during the fight," Explains Danny. "We just... Holly s**t, Elena!"

His face suddenly goes white in horror, but I don't know what's... That's when I feel it. A sudden, sharp pain, in my lower abdomen. I look down.

My pants are covered in blood, my blood.

Oh, Moon Goddess, no, no.....