His Blue Moon Princess
His Sunshine Baby Chapter 82

My cousin goes red with anger, probably the first time I ever see her lose control. Her eyes are glaring at me, yet staring at my silver pole with defiance.

Yes, I can touch silver. It injures me like any metal if I'm hit, of course, but unlike most werewolves, I am not that affected by it. I've known since the times Reagan trained me, but it had become something irrelevant in a City own half by werewolves and half by humans, both kinds living together in peace. I never thought it would come in handy at a time like this...

"You... Enough, Elena! Stand back and...!"

"I won't, Iris," I answer calmly. "Clark gave me one mission, making sure the Opale Moon stays out of the Gathering."

"The Alpha said that...?" Whispers someone behind Iris.

My cousin immediately turns to him.

"Don't listen to her! Why would Clark trust her! Didn't you hear? She is bearing one of the Black brother's children? He kicked her out for that! I forbid you to listen to her! I am the Alpha and..."

"Chris is the Alpha, Iris! You have nothing!"

She turns to me, going so red I feel like she will explode.

"I have anything I want! I planned all this, Elena, I worked so hard and you are nothing! You're just an Orphan, a little bastard picked up in the streets! I am the oldest child of my father, his heir! How dare you name Chris and tell me what I can do or not!" "You are smart but you are not fit for the Alpha position, Iris."

"Why? I have power, don't I?" She says with a confident smirk. "I have all the Pack's funds under my control. I'm in charge of most of our medical facilities, I rule our economy from one border to another. They can disobey me if they want to go penniless!" Behind her, people exchange looks, between shock and fear. The White Moon Clan's main income comes from the Clinics, Hospital and Labs we have and indeed, Iris spearheads them all. The is one thing she can't control, however... "Iris, we are werewolves, not humans. We don't just need money. We need hierarchy, relationships, trusted individuals. We need people strong enough to protect the pack, and some to rule it. We are a pack, a group. But you?" I chuckle.

"You're just a selfish, self-centered little bitch."

"You swine! You..."

I slap her before she can finish her sentence.

I didn't hold back, and she stumbles a couple of steps back, astonished.

"How dare you.."

"You think you are an Alpha? Have your way. Try to walk past me, or touch me. I'll show you how wrong you are!"

She growls furiously, and without thinking, runs at me. It's funny how conscious I am of your difference in strength now. Iris never was a fighter. I only need to take a step on the left to avoid getting hit. She is so mad and keeps coming at me, trying to throw punches. Too bad for her she didn't pay better attention during training. I have no difficulties to dodge anything she throws at me. For a few minutes, I keep dodging and she keeps attacking. She is using so much strength for nothing, it's pathetic. Having the brains is of no use now. I am the stronger wolf. I keep going, but I make sure to fight back too. Making her trip, hitting her back and using my silver pole as a barrier, I am playing with her.

Iris is getting more and more exhausting while I flawlessly lead this fight where I want it. I don't even break a sweat, but Iris is out of breath in minutes. Behind her, people watch her with nothing left but pity and embarrassment. Such a weak one cannot be an Alpha. No way.

I can tell what they are thinking, but my mind is somewhere else. Where the rest of the pack is, as well and Nora, the King and... Nate.

The gathering should have started by now. I don't even dare to mindlink them, closing my mind to focus on Iris. If anything happens, I don't want them distracted by my mind-link. I'll wait for the good news.

I hope. "Iris!"

I stop fighting and turn to Chris. My cousin, completely lost, is watching the scene of me humiliating his sister until someone runs to explains things to him. His glare is already directed to his sister.

"What the f**k is wrong with you, Iris? Step back!"

"I won't! You are..."

"I am the Alpha of this pack!" Roars her brother.

Elena.

I turn my head to Clark's mind linking. Shouldn't he be at the gathering by now...?

You were right. The Gold Moon expects the Opal Moon to follow them and betray us. Do whatever you want, but make sure those traitors don't come here...

I glance in Chris's way, but judging by his dark expression, my cousin got the info too. He growls even louder at his sister. Iris looks scared for the first time, stepping back. Did she not expect Chris would take my side and interfere? She looks around, but the Opal Moon people don't really look willing to follow her anymore.

I swing my silver bar in my hand, adding a threat.

"I can do this all day, Iris. You stay here or I'll really get mean and mad, cousin."

"Out of my way!"

Her anger isn't much to handle. She keeps struggling, trying to fight me off, but it's useless. I give every of her attempts to kick or hit me back, except that I don't miss my target. I am a f*****g fighter, no kidding. She may be smart and manipulate people, but she is no match to face me. I keep fighting her off, and Chris doesn't intervene. He knows his sister can use a good lesson...

"Elena, what about our money!" Suddenly yells the guy from earlier. "We will never get it back from the Gold Moon Clan!"

"Trust the new Luna. She won't agree to their terms, and the Blood Moon Clan and the King will cut this off."

I believe in Nora. Her idea will work...

Suddenly, we hear a huge explosion from afar. Everyone turns heads towards... There's smoke where the gathering was supposed to happen! What the heck is going on?! I turn to Chris, but he looks as worried and clueless as me. Holy crap! Clark! Clark are you okay!

Elena, stay where you are! The Gold Moon is attacking the Blood Moon! Make sure to... s**t!

I lose him, and I'm freaking out. What the heck is going on other there? I don't dare to mind-link anyone else, what if they are disturbed and take a hit because of me? I'm so powerless and furious! I turn to Iris, grabbing her collar. "What do you know? Iris, what do you know about this!"

But she just laughs at me, despite her mouth covered in blood from my punches.

"How is it, Elena? Frustrating? Annoying? Well, you should get a taste too!"

I slap her, too pissed to control myself. Chris walks between us, though, raising his arm to take his sister back by the throat.

"Iris, enough! Someone lock her away!"

Two of our men grab Iris and drag her away, Moon Goddess knows where.

"Chris! Chris, you can't do that to me! I'm your older sister! I did this for us! I...

"And have her shut the f**k up..." He growls while turning his back on her to walk up to me.

I'm too worried to mind his sister anymore. I keep watching in the distance at the Silver Stadium, scared. Chris puts a hand on my shoulder.

"He said to stay here."

"Yeah, but..."

Damn, fifty people from our pack are there, Nora is there, Nate is there! Reagan comes next to me, too, frowning.

"The Gold Moon had a trap prepared... Losing the Opal Moon will probably not help. Don't worry, kid, the Clans are better than that."

That's the problem? What if they didn't manage to have everyone ally? What if every pack is on their own? I take a deep breath and try to feel them. I can feel Clark's wolf, fighting. I check on our pack, but they are all fighting or fleeing the scene... Then, Nora. She is panicked, but she is fine... For now. Moon Goddess, please protect her... I already lost my father today, I can't lose her too!

Suddenly, I realize. I don't feel Nathaniel's wolf. It's like a blank space. He can't be sleeping at such a time. Holy s**t, why would he be unconscious? Now?

Elena, the fight's over! We are going to help evacuate people from her, a lot are injured! The Gold Moon Clan's dead. Shit... There are bodies. The King is injured too.

What about his Luna? And his brother? Clark!

I'm busy! Meet me at General Hospital!

I swear and turn to Chris, but he's already nodding. He was mind linked and informed too.

"Go, Elena. I'll stay here and make sure everything's alright, okay? Don't worry about the Opal Moon anymore. But judging from the number of victims, they will probably send people to our clinics too, we'll be busy. Don't worry, go."

I nod and start running without second thoughts.

Moon Goddess, please let them be alright! Suddenly, as I'm close to the border, a bike's loud engine catches my attention. Reagan is waiting for me, handing me a helmet.

"Get on, Kid, you'll be there faster."

Reagan rides as fast as possible to the General Hospital in the Blood Moon territory.

When we arrive, it's hell there. Dozens of people are running in and out, bringing more and more injured people. I jump off the bike and try to get a grasp of what's going on. Some people visibly fought other werewolves, others were most likely injured in the explosion... Moon Goddess, how many people died? I run inside, trying to look for a clue, something, someone in this crowd who could tell me how are Nora and Nate doing. Even Boyan! He was there too, I just realize now.

I try to replace Clark, but I don't know this place, I get so confused with all those corridors, and they are packed with medical staff or victims! Suddenly, I recognize a familiar silhouette across the crowd.

"Sylviana!"

The Witch turns to me, surprised, while I do my best to get to her.

"Elena! What are you doing here! Are you ok?" She asks.

Who cares if I'm okay, I wasn't even on the scene! I want to ask her about Nathaniel when I recognize the guy right behind her. It's the King's younger brother, isn't it? He looks exhausted and a bit of a mess, but I unconsciously address him. "Liam... Where is Nate?" I ask, my voice shaking.

"He's in surgery."

Oh, Moon Goddess. In surgery? Why? What happened to him! I can't hold my tears, I start sobbing loudly, panicked. Why is he in surgery! Sylviana tries to calm me down, patting my hand.

"He's fine, Elena, he will make it."

"Oh, Moon Goddess, Nate..." I sob. "...What happened?"

The good witch holds my hand a bit tighter, while Liam Black grabs his phone out.

Moon Goddess...

"The Gold Moon Clan attacked despite Nora's attempts to calm them down. She had won most of the Clans into an alliance when they attacked."

"We saw an explosion..."

"They planted a bomb ahead of the gathering, it took everyone by surprise. The Clans fought the Gold Moon and Rising Moon Clans, as well as a few others, and I intervened too. We won, but... sadly there are a lot of casualties. The King is greatly injured as well, and... Nora's gone."

What the hell, Nora is gone...? Before I can even ask, Liam Black is back, a furious expression that is scarily similar to his brother's on.

"It's bad, really bad. The psycho who was after Nora, it's him. He took her and shot my brothers."

What...?

"You've got to be kidding me?" I yell.

Some sicko took Nora? And Nate and the King were shot? What the f**k happened there! And I couldn't even help!

"I'm not," he replies, annoyed. "We have to replace Nora, fast!"

I focus on my wolf, trying to feel my cousin. s**t, it's usually so easy, but now...

"I can't! She must be unconscious, I can't reach her at all!"

"...Maybe I can help."

Some shady guy just appeared behind Liam. He looks like some junkie... And about to collapse at any time. Liam and he start talking with low voices, and Sylviana turns to me again.

"Elena, look at me. Liam and I will replace Nora. Go replace Nathaniel. He's injured, and I believe he needs you by his side. His surgery is almost over, but you should stay with him while Liam and I are gone, alright? Don't worry, we'll replace Nora, okay?"

I nod, unable to say anything to that. I can't believe it... I tried to calm down, but I keep crying mindlessly. Sylviana and Liam get busy about replaceing Nora, while I rush to the nurse's office I saw earlier.

"Excuse me! I'm looking for Nathaniel Black?" I ask the first nurse I see.

"Black? He's still in surgery..."

But another woman behind her, a werewolf actually, shakes her head.

"Not that one. The King is still in surgery, honey, but Nathaniel Black just came out. He's in room 238, second floor, blondie. But you can't go in like that!"

Hell if I can't! I'm already gone, running to the second floor. I front of his room, among a little group of people, I only recognize Isaac, his best friend, frowning. "You... What are you doing here?"

"How's he?" I ask, ignoring his question.

He nods.

"He's doing fine, for someone who took two bullets. One in the arm and the other in the stomach, but his healing ability is doing fine. He's still unconscious, though."

"Can I... go in?"

He seems to hesitate, then nods.

Of course, they gave him one of the best rooms. It's spacious, but not too much. Just enough for him to be alone and have room for visitors. Well, it's just me actually. I choke up when I see him, lying in the bed. Moon Goddess... He has a lot of bandages, and a scar on the left side of his head, they had to shave his head to stitch him. I want to cry again when I see him like that. I stumble to the stool next to him and grabs his hand, mine shaking.

"Moon Goddess, Nate..."

What happened to him? Who did this? f**k, I can't believe I wasn't there. I start crying without thinking, though I try not to make much noise. My father died, the man I love is lying in a hospital bed and Nora is missing! What else could go wrong! I keep crying silently, tears have been holding back since earlier, and holding his hand.

If something had happened to him...

I wake up a bit later, completely confused. Oh, right the Hospital... Where is Nate? The bed is empty, but as I turn, I realize Daniel's with me.

"Danny?"

"Hey, Babe. Are you okay? Damn your eyes are so..."

"Where's he? Nate? Where did he..."

"He's fine. He woke up an hour ago, but he asked me not to wake you. He went to check on his brother... The King is in really bad shape, Elena. We don't know if he's going to make it." Oh, Moon Goddess, no, no...

"What about Nora?" I ask him, suddenly stressed out. "She was missing! They said..."

"She's back. Liam Black and Sylviana found her, but she had surgery. She was shot in the leg, but apparently, she's okay. She's... changed a bit, but..."

She changed? I get up and leave the room, Daniel behind me. We ask for the King's room, I know Nora will be there. On my way there, I almost run into some guy who is leaving the room.

"Ex..."

He looks strangely at me, before shaking his head and leaving. I turn to Daniel.

"What was that?"

"Elena, I think that was William Blue, your... other cousin."

I didn't even realize. Now that I think about it, he did have dark hair and blue eyes like her! I can't stop to think about that, though. I almost run into the room, only to replace Nora, alone with her mate. She's there, lying on the bed next to him. Something feels different about her. Her hair is... white?

It's so silent in this room, I can barely breathe. They are both unconscious. Nora and the King, the fated pair next to each other. I feel myself choking up.

Moon Goddess...