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He can't get out. He will kill anyone in his path.
A swell of power filled the room, and Remy borrowed power from the pack to add onto it. Lykos and Tala's beasts were causing loud thuds with their heavier weights coming down the stairs. Seeing the two other Lycan's in the room made Kodi roar again, and then Remy could see he was trying to open the cage with a more determined strength.
Lykos leaped in front of her and roared back at Kodi. He didn't stop trying to open the bars; they were where he could almost fit through them now. Tala's Lycan was bumping its paw into Remy and signaling her to return up the stairs. Remy lifted her lips, pulled away from her mother's touch, and stepped closer to her brother's cage. Lykos added his power with Remy’s, but Kodi didn't flinch.
The dimension must be feeding power into his Lycan. Anyone else would be curled in a ball on the floor if they were in this room.
The metal squeaked as it bent further, and now Kodi's Lycan form would be able to walk through the hole it created. He straightened himself and weaved through the bars. Once he was through, he lifted his lips at them before roaring to warn them to stand back.
No way in hell would I move right now.
I don't know if we three will be able to get him to submit. I can feel the darkness residing in him.
Great.
Kodi moved with lightning-fast speed and swiped at Lykos. His claws raked across their father's face, and blood sprayed from the wound. Remy could see one of his eyes was damaged, so he would have trouble seeing the rest of the fight. He was doing well at keeping Kodi at bay, but she could see his movements were slower than she had seen him during the many other fights they had gotten into during their tour. Remy pushed her power into Lykos to give him a boost and help his healing increase as he engaged in battle with Kodi. Lykos was doing his best to keep Kodi in front of him, grabbing him and throwing him back if he managed to get past him. Remy put herself in front of her mother and didn't want to allow Kodi to get to her. It would kill Kodi, if he survived this, that he attacked their mom.
Lykos threw Kodi against the bars, and Remy heard his skin sizzle from the silver. He roared again and kicked Lykos back with enough force to put him against the wall. There was a loud crack from the stone splitting, and Remy growled at hearing her mother whine. Kodi tackled Remy to the ground and lifted his arm to swipe his paw at her face. Remy shifted into her four-legged form, and with the space between Kodi's legs, she could twist around and buck Kodi off her. When Kodi got to his feet, Remy launched herself into him and landed in the center of his chest, sending him back into the cell. Her best plan was to fight him inside the cell, risking touching all of the solar bars and knocking him out while there so he would be contained again. When she looked at the opening he created, she realized that plan would not be something she could execute.
It was either knock him out or kill him.
The idea of killing her brother twisted her stomach and made her want to grab the backs of her parents next to her Lycan form and throw them upstairs to lock Kodi down there until they had another option. The door at the top was strengthened over the years by several feet of steel and more silver lining, so if this kind of situation ever happened they would at least be contained down there. Remembering how the dimension was able to fuel Kodi into not caring about the silver, it was going to be more of a struggle to find a solution.
Kodi didn’t give her enough time to think of something else. He jumped on top of her again, pushing her down to the ground. She could feel his claws penetrating her skin deep into her muscles. Remy let out a roar and bucked her back again to push him off. She felt something strange pour into her through the bond with Chase, bringing along his scent of amber and oak as well as the scent of his pack. With the added strength, she pushed herself to her feet, and Kodi was not able to hold on. She shifted back to her Lycan form and swiped across Kodi's chest with both arms before he knew what hit him. He tried swinging at her, but she evaded the attack before grabbing and tossing him to his side. That's when she noticed the other cell's door was opened.
Remy looked around and saw her mother trying to wake up her father. He was out cold on the floor, and Kodi was getting to his feet. They were now in front of the second cell and away from the staircase, giving Remy her chance at getting him locked up where he couldn't hurt anyone. There was the sound of running upstairs, and she could tell it was Bryan by the gait. She was sure she felt the command through the bonds to keep everyone from coming down here, but she wasn't sure if Bryan was told he couldn't come down here, too. There were already enough people down here trying to keep Kodi contained. If Bryan came down, it was just one more person she had to protect. Tala poured her power into Remy, twisting the pack bonds to give her everything they could spare. Kodi ran for the stairs after hearing Bryan’s movement above, which made the dimension contort his thoughts to attack them. Remy jumped on his back as he passed her, his arm trying to backhand her before she could. Kodi missed, and she was on his back. A quick shift to her wolf form and pushed her claws into his back as she slid down, blood pouring from the wound as she split open his skin. Kodi howled in pain and tried to move back and forth to make her lose her grip. Her paws hit the floor, and she crouched down to relaunch herself. This time, she brought Kodi down onto his stomach.
He squirmed underneath her, trying to get back to his feet. As he tried, his eyes were on the stairs. Remy knew if he could get to his feet, that’s where he would go. He was a danger to their pack and all the lives on this territory. The Dark Dimension seemed to be telling him to go after every person he saw. On the island, it seemed just to make people lose control of themselves and fight whoever was pissing them off. Here? It seemed to have an agenda. If that was true, the driving instinct inside of Kodi was now to kill anyone he came into contact with. If this were a crazed Lycan, they would put that Lycan down for the betterment of the kingdom.
But how can I do that? This is my brother! My best friend and the one person I have always been able to count on.
Memories of them together flashed through her mind. Times when Kodi pushed down bullies to get their attention but allowed Remy to fight her battles, times when he taught her how to throw a punch or even maneuvers to bring anyone to their knees or backs, and even times when he would make them sandwiches, always adding extra meat onto hers regardless if he was more hungry than she was. She remembered him for the man he was, not the one he was now. If there was anything she would do today, it would be winning her brother back.
No. I won't kill him. I don't care if I have to sit down here all day and night to monitor him. He will not die! I can't kill him, and I won't let anyone else kill him either!
Remy pulled on every bond in their pack and felt her power grow. She closed her eyes, put pressure on Kodi's back to keep him still, and reached out to every Lycan on their property. The room filled with her power, causing her to hear Kodi choke underneath her. Her mind was clear as a whistle, and she could see the bonds between her and Kodi light up. Remy touched the chord, laced with a greasy black goo, but she ignored it and wrapped her hands around it. Through his bond, the bonds of his pack were slowly revealed to her. They all started with some black goo, but other than that, they were clear of anything and glowed with power. Remy pulled on them, taking in the power of Kodi's pack through his bond with her. She quickly imagined that power swirling around Kodi's bond and pushed the power of his pack through it. Kodi's bond glowed white and became so hot that it burned Remy's skin as she held onto it. In the distance, Remy could hear her mother gasp, but Remy kept her eyes shut and focused on Kodi. She saw her black wolf's form walk up to the bond with her Lycan form in tow. Both of them, their eyes glowing white instead of blue, howled upward. Inside Remy's mind, she could see the bonds in a blanket of white turn into the forest floor. Her two forms howled up to the sky, and Remy glanced up to see the moon at its fullest and closer than it had ever been. From how large it was, it looked like the moon was the sky, and she could see every crater on its ground. A woman's face that held more beauty and wisdom than anyone she had ever met came into view. Her eyes were the moon's color, her lips held a dark silver tint, and flowing white hair fell down her chest. The woman smiled at Remy, and a power washed over her. It was pure and warm, filling Remy's soul with power until she felt drunk. Slowly, the moon's beams of light came down onto Remy, and standing before her was Kodi in his human form. The black bond between them and the rest of the pack simmered at the touch of the moon beams’ white glow and changed to the silver color of the moon. Kodi's green eyes were vibrant, with no trace of the black inside of him.
Then Remy blinked and was back in the basement with Kodi underneath her. He was in his human form, naked and asleep. He had no visible marks from their fight, as if it never happened. Remy looked around the room, and her eyes found her parents. They were sitting on the ground, where her father was unconscious before but now awake, and staring at her. They both had their jaws open and looked as if they had seen a ghost from how pale their faces were. Tear stains were on her mother's cheeks, and she was shaking against her mate. Remy stood up from her crouched position over Kodi and took several steps back.
"Wh-wh-what just happened?" Remy wrung her hands together and felt her body shake from the adrenaline leaving her body. Goosebumps covered her skin, and her knees wobbled until she collapsed onto the floor.
Lykos swallowed hard and got to his feet. He looked terrified of Remy and kept himself as far away from her as possible. "I don't... I'm not quite sure. Remy... did you just perform magic?"
Chapter twenty-seven
Remy
"Idon't know...I don't even know what just happened. What just fucking happened?!" Remy squeaked as she stared at her brother's unconscious body. The images of the moon, the oily bond, and then the white light repeated in her mind. The memory of the pure silver eyes embedded in the moon came to mind, and that prompted the question as to who it was inside her mind. What just happened? Did she heal Kodi without killing him? Did she perform magic? That couldn't be. There was no Witch blood in their line. Her family could trace themselves back to the first Lycan that ever walked the planet. Her DNA has no Witch lineage, so how could she perform magic?
Her parents didn't move and continued to stare at her with fear. There were no qualms from her for them being afraid of her. Hell, even I'm afraid of me.
"You healed your brother. How can that be? Were you pulling on the pack bonds?" Tala's voice was shaky, and she wouldn't look Remy in the eyes.
Remy frowned. "I remember pulling on the pack bonds...but it wasn't just that. I don't know what I did. I could see all the pack bonds, even those tied to Kodi. The bond between me and him was slick with this black goo. I grabbed it, and then I saw his pack tied to him. The goo was starting to leak onto theirs, too! And then there were these eyes. They were so pure, and I could feel the power radiating from what I saw inside the moon. A light shone down from the moon, and power entered me. I pushed everything I had from our pack, my own power, and the power I received from the moon into Kodi’s. A bright light shone from the bonds, and it was blinding. The next thing I knew, I was pushed back here, and Kodi was underneath me. I even remember that the bonds were no longer black. It's like the light melted the dark dimension from them entirely."
Remy knew she was rambling, but it was the best way to get the words out. She didn't know how to explain what she had just experienced, so she just said it all in the chunks she could remember. The question of who that person was still rolled around inside her mind. The moon goddess would be the only person she knew who would have that kind of power. Was that possible? Could the moon goddess lend her power to someone like Remy? Would that even be something that the goddess would help with?
"I don't see why the goddess would do such a thing. People are dying all over the kingdom because of this dimension. Why would she choose to fix Kodi when many other people have given themselves entirely over to this dimension and are now killing other people? Lykos snarled.
