The Gift chronicles

Book 2 Chapter 13

To my surprise, the Blood Luna didn't even look at me. Her and Axel made eye contact and he nodded at her.

"Onyx, you need to get down on the ground. Keep your head low. We're under a chemical attack," Axel commanded, and I quickly dropped to the floor, despite the fact that I couldn't see anything, despite the air looking slightly more cloudy.

Suddenly, I felt burning in my nostrils, and tried to inhale as little as possible.

Out of nowhere, seven men wearing gas masks began to form a circle around Axel, Ares, and I.

The Blood Luna didn't hesitate to throw the knife in her hand at one of them, and then quickly summoned another one which went into another masked man.

To my disbelief, Axel's whole arm turned into metal. He punched the crap out of one of the men, and I heard the guy's neck snap sickeningly.

As for me, I felt completely handicapped by whatever chemical they sprayed into the air. I was now coughing, and could barely move except to whither in pain. It felt like I was being burnt alive.

Axel didn't look like he was doing too well either. After he took down the man, he began to cough and I could see his face scabbing. He began to fight another man, and sent one punch to his face so hard his skull completely shattered.

Ares however, looked to be resisting the chemical better, presumably because she is an Alpha. She stabbed yet another masked man, and made it look easy.

Unfortunately, five more men took the places of the ones that had fallen. Axel swayed slightly before falling to his knees. Blood poured out of his nose.

I felt a wetness under my eyes, and to my surprise, it was blood that was seeping out of my eye sockets. Well. I guess this is how it ends.

The chemical was making my thoughts extremely hazy, as I could only focus on the pain. I watched Ares kill man after man, and at one point I thought I watched her rip the heart out of a man in a hazmat suit with a backpack on. It was hard to tell what was real or not, especially since I could feel myself slipping in and out of consciousness.

Ares was covered in blood. When she began to walk towards me, I wanted to scream in fear but found myself unable to. Instead of killing me, she picked me up and ran a few yards.

back into the foggy

Axel breathe in deeply with relief. His scabbing

Luna bent down to where I was on the ground, and grabbed my face.

grabbed my hands, where there were blisters from whatever chemical was used. She grunted, but

I saw blood dripping out of her

her nose and looked at the blood. She just shrugged, seeming

fine too. "We have to go back and

glared at him. Their

me. When I tried to stand up, my

took the lead, taking us back to the pack house, and I subconsciously

Blood Lake wolves stood up off of their

He grabbed Ares roughly by the shoulders and examined her. He then ripped off her fur cloak and made sure that there

nearly as rough as Alpha Cain when he examined me for

one?" He murmured softly, inhaling my scent deeply,

just nodded, not trusting my voice yet. That chemical

happened?" Thane asked, repeating the Blood Alpha's earlier

We were attacked by 15 men. None got

sending echoes throughout the house. "This pack isn't safe. Ares, you're coming back to Blood

instantly darkened, and she snarled at

"Oh boy," Thane sighed.

left her in a cropped tank top, I could see her body much more visibly. Her abs were clearly defined,

if he didn't square up to fight his

and threw it at her mate without hesitating for a second. The action was so quick, I would have

more, but he flicked the knife away without a second thought. I assumed he would just be taking defensive measures against his mate, but I was proved

flick, and a ball of fire appeared in his hand. His Gift was fire. I couldn't explain it, but this