45. Escape

"Amaya! Watch out!" Leon and Anna shouted at the same time.

I shift straight away, trying to avoid Cora's attack.

It was still hard to breathe but more manageable than in human form. I need to do something quickly, or I will die suffocated.

I shift back and create an ice cage sound Cora. The cage quickly became a cube, and she was stuck inside. Breathing easier, I fall to the ground.

"Fuck! This was the third time already. She won't stop trying to kill me."

"What are you going to do with her?" Leon asks.

"Hmm… for now, leave her there! We need to find my mother!"

"What are you talking about, Amaya?" My father asks again. But the noise of breaking ice made us turn to face the place where Cora was.

She has shifted and broke the cube.

When I see her start running towards me, I jump up and land on her back. Her canines left a big gush in my left leg.

She tried to shake me off but failed. The thing that made her shift back into a human.

"You are so annoying! Even to kill!" She said, moving her hands again.

Leon runs towards her, but she knocks the air out of his lungs, then does the same with my father and Anna.

"It seems like you are alone. Again!"

"She is not alone, bitch! Take your hands off her!" Came the voice of Evolet.

"Who the fuck are you, and why the fuck should I do that?" Cora asks to smirk.

"I'm the one who will kill you without a second thought!" Evolet shouts, and purple flames envelop her.

"You are here! The Aether! But why do you care about this bitch here?" Cora asks again.

"That is my friend and the one who saved my life. So I guess I own her either way."

After saying this, Evolet sends her flames in Cora's direction, making her let go of me.

"No, Evolet! Please do not kill her! I will do it! I need to do this for my mother!" I said, making Evolet stop.

"Amaya, please, forgive…." Cora starts saying, but I swing my ice sword towards her and stop next to her neck.

"Put her in the dungeon! The first time when you try something, you will meet your dear little brother! Am I clear?!" I shout in her face.

She nods and lets her head hang down.

"Take her!" I shout again.

"Yes, Alpha!" Said one of the warriors and dragged her away from there, followed by two others.

"Evy! Thank you!" I said and hugged her.

"Always, Amaya! You are my very best friend!"

She says and pulls back, making space for a worried Oren.

"Amaya, love!" He said, lifting me in his arms and kissing me.

"I missed you too!" I said, kissing him one more time.

"Now we need to go. My mother is somewhere out there. We need to find her."

He nodded his head and kissed me once more before letting me go. I walked to my father, who was now up.

"She is alive! Mom is alive!"

Tears started running down his face, and he hugged me.

"My Talia is alive… are you sure? Maybe…"

"I'm sure, dad! Now let's go find her."

"But where do you think she is? We have checked all the Blood Moon Pack. Everyone who was there is now at the Water Kingdom." Oren said to me.

"You are right. So where can she be?" I asked more for myself. How would we find her?

"There is a place… A place that Alpha Marino was using for torturing rogues. If she is there, the Marino family should be grateful they are dead!"

My father said, shaking in anger.

"Let's go then! We need to find her as soon as possible."

"But we will need to shift. That place is about four hours away if you run continuously in wolf form. Otherwise, it will take you a whole day to get there."

"Oren, I need to go, I need to do this," I say, trying to tell him to stay, but he cut me off too quickly.

"I'm coming with you, Amaya! Even if I need to ride on your back, I will not let you alone!"

He said, grabbing my hand and watching me with his night-dark, full of love and worried eyes.

"Again?!" Evolet's voice came, and she burst out in laughter, making everyone else do the same.

"Princess Oren was riding the big bad wolf? I can't believe I missed this! Oh my God, Oren!"

Evolet continued to say, making me chuckle while Oren's face was slightly turning red.

"Oh, shut it now, Evy! I was forced to do this!"

"Forced by who? By your inner unicorn?"

I couldn't hold the laughter anymore.

We were all laughing like crazy when one of the warriors that took Cora to the dungeon came running and shouting.

"Cora has escaped! She is heading to the Black Mountain!"

"Black Mountain? What is there?" I ask, confused as I haven't seen any mountains around here.

"Is the place I was talking about. They call it this because so many rogues were killed there that if you put them one over the other, you can easily make yourself a small mountain. We need to hurry now, or she will kill Talia!" My father said, making me realise how right he is.

"I'm coming too! Blaze, you should stay here just in case something happens!" Evolet said and kissed him.

"Take care, my little flower!" Blaze said and kissed her back.

I, my father, Leon and Anna shifted into our wolves along with another few warriors. They wanted Cora dead as well, for all the things she and her family have done.

Evolet got up on my back while Oren was on my father's.

'Follow me!' My father said through the mind link before starting running towards the forest.

'We will find you, mother!'