The Last Royal Luna
Chapter 53

A single howl started us off but it wasn’t long before the rest of pack joined in the victory howl. Andrew shifts back when he finally makes it too where I am at and sees me standing there in human form looking at the two dead witches. He runs over to me and starts making sure none of the b***d is mine making me smile. None of it is mine babe. It’s all the witches mixed in with the animals they killed.

“I’m assuming the dead animals were for sacrifice so they could have the power.” I mention as I start cutting the squirrels down. I know we are wolves and we hunt but we hunt to fill our bellies and feed our packs. We use every part of the animal. This was wasteful and a horrible way to die.

“Yeah I think that’s something that needs to be discussed when you talk to your mom so we can get some hints or maybe some tips on how to tell the difference being good and bad witches from more than the smell or looks. Also how to find them faster and take them out without them using spells on us.” He pulls me in close to help calm himself. s**t, they felt the pain I went through with the dang spell. I forgot that part. I am guessing they didn’t get hurt at all when taking down the vampires on their way to me because I felt nothing.

“Maybe we could have here come to the pack lands and speak to all of us. I know she hasn’t really been around other witches in a long time so things may have changed but the basics haven’t. I need to call her anyway to see what to do with the witches’ bodies and to check in.”

“I’m thankful you found them as fast as you did the witches when you did. It was getting close since a lot of our members couldn’t or can’t fight just yet. “ He looked sad like he was disappointed in himself for not having the pack ready.

“How many did we lose? I know I heard the one lonely howl so I know we lost at least one.”

“We lost three wolves. Two males and one female. They fought a good fight and we will honor that with a life celebration.” I wonder what they do for a life celebration? I read about a few different ones in a book once but I never wanted to go to once since it meant loss for the pack.

“What? Were any of them mated? Did any of them have kids? I should have found the witches faster and I should have been able just to take out the vampires. This is horrible. What’s the point of all my mates that add to my strength if wolves are still dying.” I stopped away in frustration and focused on where the rest of my men should be coming from.

“Babe no one expects you to be able to take out everything that could ever harm us. You’re getting stronger as are we so that’s all that matters. One day these fights won’t happen and it’ll just be where the packs challenge other packs for the land like it used to be.” He had walked up behind me and held me. I nodded not ready to speak on it anymore.

My other mates ran up and shifted back. They ran to me and hugged me tight like a group hug but naked. I started busting up laughing. They just stared at me but I couldn’t stop.

“We just had our first family hug and you all are naked.” I giggled like a little girl. “Boy parts touched my leg.” I giggled even harder as they stepped away from me.

“What is wrong with her,” Knox asked the rest of the guys.

Asher shook his head with a laugh before he replied. “I think the stress has kind of hit her so she’s having a little bit of a mental breakdown so let’s figure out what we do with these bodies and get back to the pack so we can help there before going back to bed.”

They all agreed but no one knew what to do with the witches bodies. I told them I was going to go ahead and call my mom. I walked a bit away to call and she answered after about two rings as usual. I’m guessing someone had called her and told her what was going on in the pack. She instantly started freaking out on the phone like I was dying alone or something.

“Mom I’m okay. The guys are ok. The pack is ok but we are down three wolves. It sucks but it will change when we win. I did find two witches in the woods who were using magic to help the vampires and I took them out.” I could hear her breathing get quicker after that tad bit of information.

“You found two witches? What happened to them? Did you make sure you snapped their neck? Wait even better rip their heads off because a lot of times they can reanimate their bodies.” She yelled loud enough that everyone heard and all of us took a few steps back from them before looking over to make sure no body parts were moving.

“Okay so we need to chop them into pieces or tear them apart do we need to bury the pieces separately or can you just put them on grave? I was just leaning toward burning the witch bitches.”

“Ryder did you just call them witch bitches? You know I am a witch right, young lady.” I heard her stern voice come out and I coughed to hid my laugh.

“Yeah they were witch bitches. You are not. They have squirrels strung around bloodied and dead rabbits were in front of them with their hands covered in their entrails. They also got an attitude with me when I came upon them and started to attack my body with their magic.”

“Okay they are definitely witch bitches, Ryder. I think it would be good if I came along this next week or two along with Jared to help teach you some things.” I could hear here mentally preparing a list of what I needed to learn.

“That would be great because we would love some tips or tricks on how to handle these witches. Like find them faster and if there’s a way to save them to turn them back to good witches that would be great.” If they had a chance at returning to the right side I was all for it. Not the whole breed can by judge by a few crazy people. She agreed. She made sure to tell me that we need to dig the grave, burn the bodies, and add salt before burying them.

I linked a warrior to bring us shovels, fire starter, and salt. I asked for a lot of salt just to cover our bases. I didn’t want to wake up to a dead witch trying to cut my throat in the middle of the night. A few warriors showed up and helped us get it done. Before walking back the twins asked to walk with me so everyone went ahead of us to give us some privacy.

“We were wondering if we could take you on date tomorrow night? We would love to do dinner with you and our father since he is a bit upset at us for upsetting you so much. He also wants to tell you embarrassing stories about us to use against us when needed.” Knox laughed nervously.

“Of course dad would.” Kane rolled his eyes.

“That sounds great. I would love some more time with you guys to get to know each other. Plus I need you guys to get comfortable with multiple mates thing because I still have two more to find. In less than 2 months we’re going to be leaving this pack to travel to other packs to recruit, train, and find the other two mates. We all need to get stronger and learn as much as we can so that we can win this. I want to eventually see the house that my parents lived in as a married couple and where I was born. I want to meet more people who knew them and are willing to tell me stories about them. I want this all over so we can all be free from fear, loss, and grief.” They nodded in agreement and we finished walking back to the pack.