Page 126 of Forever My Siren Luna
“Percy?” Gamma Meldec stood up, looking curiously at the men that were left behind in Hidden Cove to watch over the Luna. “What happened? Is everything okay back at home? What of the Luna?”
Percy huffed, looking a mix of assumed and exhausted. “She was kidnapped. Luna Ela was taken by her uncle and his men.”
My stomach dropped, and the Gamma looked horrified. How could Percy look amused knowing his Luna was taken.
“The Alpha?” Meldec asked.
“Chasing her down right now,” Percy choked out a laugh and shook his head.
“This is far from amusing,” I snapped.
“You’re right. It wouldn’t be if it was anyone else, but Ela, I mean, Luna….She saved herself.”
“What?” I gasped.
“She saved herself. She slaughtered all the men that took her and set off to save Beta Nilo and your pirate girlfriend herself. Alpha is pissed. He’s chasing her right now.”
“Shit,” Meldec mumbled. “Cedric?” He stared at Percy expectantly.
“Equally pissed. He muttered something about putting her over his knee if her own father and mate wouldn’t when he got his hands on her. Cherum and he were calling dibs on who was going first as we left. Cedric and King Brennus went with Cherum and Alpha to drag her home.”
If they were making such jokes, Ela must be okay, or at least as okay as she could be after being abducted by her uncle. I've seen her attacking boat loads of men out at sea. She can be ferocious. Her former pack probably was expecting someone sacred and gentle. That's no longer Ela. She is tenacious when she's angered or on a mission.
“If she was going to save Beretta and your Beta, does that mean she knows where they are at?”
Percy shrugged at me. “I would assume so. She didn’t mention that in her gorey little messages.” I looked at him curiously, but he just muttered, “You don’t want to know.”
Percy and his men joined our ranks, preparing for battle. Meldec, myself and Lillian, the highest ranking siren knight, stood around the table with the top commanders of Hidden Cove Pack, my first mate, and two of the siren knights flanking Lillian. We were holding the maps we had of the north in the strategy tent, trying to figure out what direction the additional demons and dark fae that had been joining their ranks all day were coming from. If we could figure out their headquarters, we could figure out where the base was for their planning and the most likely place they were keeping our people. It would also be the most likely place Ela and Alpha Lachlan were heading to.
Loud murmurs started to come from outside the tent. That soon turned into yelling and screams, and multiple people calling out with fearful voices, “GAMMA!”. We hurried out of the tent. I expected to see the army from the north attacking, but they were all standing still, backs to us, staring in the same direction as all of our men. Everyone was pointing at the same thing in the sky.
At first, I thought it was a large bird, but it got closer and closer, moving through the sky more like it was slithering in the air than soaring through it. When it turned to its side, I gasped in horror.
A dragon.
I had never seen one in person. They were so rare, I thought they were extinct. Did the demons have control of a dragon? Dragons were noble, untamable creatures. They were too proud to bend to anyone else’s will. They must have the spirit of pirates, because they also take what they want without mercy.
How did the demons manage to….
“HOLY RUM!” I belted, dropping to the ground with most others around me when the dragon blew fire over the demons.
The dragon had dropped low to the ground at the last second and flew over the line of the dark beings, lighting them up with its dragon’s breath. The dragon was shooting fire at our opposing forces.
Their screams brought back dark memories from my past. The raw pain and terror was too familiar. We watched in horror as the dragon eliminated every single one of the demons. An orc, burning alive, came barreling down towards us. The dragon swooped around and came down on him, ripping his head clean off and tossing it to the side while the rest of his body burned.
The dragon seemed on a mission for revenge. None of the demons survived its wrath.
It was gruesome. No one could do anything but stare in shock.
“What if this thing came from the place you were searching for,”Oisin pointed out. “What if Beretta is being kept where this thing just escaped from?”
I stared in the distance towards the direction where the dragon had come. If I focused hard enough, I could see more smoke, thick like clouds in the blackening sky, rising in the distance. That must be where it came from.
“Beretta,” Oisin pressed forward, wanting to go and save her.
Seeing the destruction of the demon army, I knew the risk of harming our men was gone. The dragon seemed satisfied with its work. It didn’t even spare our forces a glance before flying to the east, leaving us unharmed.
“Let’s go,”I told my Lycan. Oisin pressed forward all the way, taking over. Lucky and the others yelled for me to stop, but now was my chance. I was going to get back my woman and never let her go anywhere without me again.