His Blue Moon Princess
Chapter 43

I don't really have time to focus on anything else, as, despite our arguing, Liam jumps into the fight right away. I can actually catch some rest while he fights off my opponents, but I'm too worried about my friend. I look for her on my left side. For some reason, the Purple Moon Alpha is protecting Tonia fiercely, not letting anyone approach her, though my friend is trying to push her off. Bobo, too, is busy defending Elena and her friend. Actually, I notice the tawny wolf got hurt, too. He is limping a bit, though I can't see any external wound.

Around us, the fight is slowly dying down. The arrival of the Purple Moon warriors totally shifted the power balance to our side. Liam, too, is exceptionally efficient. it's my first time seeing the youngest Black brother fighting, but he is really good, taking vampires on one-to-one, one after another without stopping. He even scares off a few of them.

Elena, how is the...?

The North is okay, they are almost done! The water stopped attacking them, and the wolves that were hurt are getting back on their feet, too. I don't know what it is, but whatever it was is gone.

We both start mind-linking our sides to check, but it's the same everywhere. Vincent is busy taking care of his injured pack members, and the Sea Moon Wolves are dispersing to chase the remaining vampires on the harbor and hunt them down. Elena starts to check her friend's leg, frowning. "You're hurt... I told you to not shield me! i***t!"

Though she sounds angry, she seems genuinely worried for her friend. Moreover, I'm observing Bobo, who is walking in circles around them, not coming too close or leaving them, visibly anxious. What is this, Bobo? I wish he would go back to his human form to talk to me, but he just walks up to me once he sees me. He whines a bit, bowing his head, putting his ears down.

Gosh, don't apologize Bobo. I'm okay, aren't I? I wish I could communicate with him, too, but instead, I just push him off gently with my muzzle. Once she's done tending her friend, Elena starts setting the vampire's corpses on fire, the usual thing to do. To my surprise, the Purple Moon Alpha then shifts back to her human form.

She's a tall, dark-skinned woman with long purple hair and lots of tribal tattoos. She obviously doesn't mind walking around n***d, as she helps Elena with the fires. Once she goes back to Tonia, my friend growls furiously, obviously trying to fend her off. Didn't she spend the whole fight protecting her? What's with Tonia not wanting her close? I remember Bobo saying they have a connection, though he didn't get into the details. Well, it's probably not of my business anyway.

Liam walks back to my side. My brother is nagging me about you. They are coming here.

Are they okay?

Are you kidding? Nora, it's my brothers. Of course, they are fine.

Though his arrogant tone is a bit annoying, I'm finally relieved. I look around, and sadly, there are a few dead werewolves. Three from the Sea Moon Clan and one from the Purple Moon. Vincent said two of the Jade Moon Clan died, as well as one of the Pearl Moon warriors. I bet it's worse in the North. The Sea Moon Alpha joins us, and he shifted back to his human form, though he is clothed. He is an old man, rather short, with a sailor look.

"Jones, you little rascal," he says to the Purple Moon Alpha.

She waves back at him. "Hi, Old Man Seaver. How's your side?"

"It's not pretty, we lost a few good people. How's yours?" "We're okay."

She won't say more. It must be hard on the Alphas whenever they lose people in a battle like this... And because of vampires, too. The Sea Moon Alpha turns to me. I can't really shapeshift now, I would be too embarrassed to stand n***d, but it doesn't matter since I can communicate, anyway.

"Thank you for your help, young lady. I almost lost my daughter today, but you saved her. You helped a lot of my boys and girls. The Sea Moon Wolves have a debt to you, I won't forget it."

It's nothing. I did what I had to.

"No, no, a Sea Wolf pays his debts. Sooner or later. Anyway, which pack are you from? I haven't heard of a pack with a white Alpha."

Oops. How am I supposed to answer that? I can mind-link other Alphas because of my genetics, not because I'm a pack leader... I exchange a look with Elena, but she just shakes her head, telling me not to disclose my origins. I know. But I can't think of a good answer. I'm not the Jade Moon Alpha, and I don't belong to Damian's pack either.

But before I can answer, other wolves come running to us. "Nora!"

In a split second, Damian runs up to me. He and Nathaniel took the time to shapeshift and put on pairs of dark jeans, though they are still bare-footed and their n***d torsos are full of blood. It's quite a gruesome sight, making them both beautiful and scary, like angels of death. And to say I saw him in a perfect tuxedo not two hours ago... A dozen other wolves come following them, all looking a wreck.

My mate comes to me, putting his hands in my fur, checking for injuries underneath all the vampire blood. He soon sees my arm injury and growls in anger. The two other Alphas tense up immediately. Stop it, I'm fine...

"I told you to stay right where you were!"

Yes, and if I did, I would have been alone fighting vampires, anyway! They ran through the whole harbor, Damian! I had better chances with the Sea Moon pack than alone.

He growls again, but doesn't talk back. We both know I'm right, and this is no time and place to argue. He stands up to face the others. The atmosphere totally changed since the two of them came. All wolves gather behind their Alphas, except the purple-haired woman, who is still by Tonia's side. Elena is also standing to the side with her friend and other Opal Moon Wolves that arrived I don't know when. I notice Nathaniel is stealing glances at her, but she ignores him, or doesn't see them, I'm not sure. "The Black youngsters," says the Sea Moon Alpha. "I don't like seeing the likes of you on my harbor, but I guess this is what they call emergency situation." "Indeed," adds Lissandra. "How is the North?"

"We are fine. The remains are being burnt as we speak, and we chased them far enough. The White Moon Clan is taking care of whatever is left," says Nathaniel. Once again, he looks at Elena while mentioning the White Moon Clan, but she doesn't say a thing.

"What was that? They attacked at the South-East, too." Asks Lissandra, annoyed.

"They struck the North first. We received the Northern packs' distress calls early enough and went to help them, but there were about a hundred vampires."

"You mean only a hundred? How come the White Moon couldn't get rid of that? Did they get soft or something?"

Elena, her friend, and the other Opal Moon wolves present immediately growl at her, vexed by her words, but she ignores them.

"It wasn't only vampires. Something was helping them. I saw the water from the river catching and trapping wolves. Some were poisoned, too; we had many victims that way. Something was definitely off." "Sounds like a witch to me."

All eyes turn to the old Alpha, Seaver, who is scratching his beard. Damian turns to him, frowning.

"A witch?"

"Witches are elemental creatures. If a Water witch was helping them...."

"It would explain how they got past the first defenses so easily..." Whispers Nathaniel.

"Then what drove her off? Did anyone get her?" Asks Lissandra, looking around.

"We didn't even see one. Only vampires. But she could have attacked from further away. I don't know how their magic works."

"Send some people to look at the bodies. See if they replace a witch among them," orders Damian to some of the Blood Moon wolves.

I didn't think of a witch... I know very few about those, as, like vampires, they were chased off Silver City years ago, and they are by far rarer than other creatures, too. All I've heard is that they look like human women and have mystical powers that they can use to cast spells or curses and manipulate elements, as old Seaver said. But then again, the presence of a witch could explain what happened. They are our natural enemies, like vampires, and have ways of hurting us. Would they ally with vampires?

"What about what happened in the South, then? That time, the trees helped the packs. I don't think a witch would have changed her mind," says Lissandra.

"And they can't change their elements, either," adds Nathaniel.

"What if there is another witch left in the South?" Asks the Sea Wolf Alpha.

"If there is, she helped us. She was on our side," suddenly says Elena.

All eyes turn to her, surprised to hear someone else other than the Alphas talk. But they obviously don't have time to discuss hierarchy now.

The old man sighs. "I don't like the idea of a remnant witch here."

"Me neither," says Lissandra.

I don't blame them. Who wants to keep their natural enemies anywhere near? I see Elena frowning, exchanging looks with the tawny wolf. Is she worried about a witch being around?

"Let's send people to search for her in the Sou-" But before she can finish her sentence, Liam is loudly growling next to us, making everyone jump. I never heard him so angry before!

I will take care of it! Let me look for the witch!

His voice is echoing in my mind, but he is obviously talking to the Alphas. Why is he so adamant about looking for that witch? Damian and Nathaniel both put on the same surprised expression. Obviously, they didn't expect this. They stay silent for a while, but none of the other Alphas dare to speak anymore. The three brothers exchange looks for a while, and it's obvious they are mind-linking. Eventually, Nathaniel sighs.

"If you want, Liam, you take care of it. 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."

... Understood, brother.

He looks enthusiast about this, but I'm a bit worried. If this witch helped us, whoever she was, is it really ok to try to replace her? But I can't express it here. I will talk about this with Liam later when things cool down. After that, the Alphas keep talking, mostly about the casualties and damages. I exchange a look with Elena, who isn't listening.

Is your friend okay?

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, so I want to go there soon.

Why don't you go now?

My Alpha wants me to represent him here, seeing what the other packs will do. It's only the White Moon and Opal Moon Wolves to clean the mess up there now, so we gotta make sure we will get some help. Saying this, she looks to Nathaniel, and their eyes finally meet. I can guess he is asking her if she's okay with his lips, but she soon shifts back, her eyes to the group.

Nathaniel will definitely help you.

Mhmm.

Her response is a bit odd. Why is she hiding so many things now? Not shape-shifting, avoiding Nathaniel... I bet he doesn't know she can mind-link other Alphas, either. I don't want to put my nose in a business that isn't mine, but I feel concerned whenever Elena's involved. Is it because I know we are related?

While I'm lost in my thoughts, the Alphas are done talking. The Sea Moon Alpha, whom someone called Patrick during the conversation, calls back his wolves. He nods in my direction, and with that, the Sea Moon Wolves head back to the South. Lissandra turns to Damian. "It was nice, making peace to kick some blood-sucker's asses. But don't think I'm gonna get nice with you dumbasses because of that."

"Just get the hell back to your turf, Jones," growls Damian.

Seems like the short-lived alliance is over... And the Purple Moon Wolves have no intention to behave well because of what happened, either. Lissandra sends a kiss in Tonia's direction, who answers with a growl, before their pack leaves. Right when I think they will now talk with Elena, I notice her and her pack members are gone already. I didn't even see them leave!

"We are not on our turf either, we should go," says Nathaniel. "And then, Nora, maybe you can explain to us how you mind-linked the whole werewolf population of Silver City."

Oops. I had forgotten this detail.

Okay, I really wouldn't want to be you right now...

Gosh Liam, shush, you are not helping at all.