Gamma's Daughter

Chapter 5

Sienna's POV

"Sienna, how does this taste?" Brittany asks handing me a spoonful of soup.

I smile as I take it and boy, does that taste awesome.

"This is sooo good" I smile making her sigh in relief.

"It is the big day, and I am the head of the food section. I just don't know, I don't want to-"

"Shh shhh! It's fine. You're doing fine, Brittany" I smile at her.

She nods with a smile too and turns away to walk. It is the Crimson Ritual Day. And the ritual starts in two hours. Asher is in the pack house getting ready for that. Ivan is busy taking care of every step that is involved with ritual. Avery is with Agnes, the witch who carries the last part of the ritual.

And in return, till the next ritual arrives.. their coven can use our pack land's magic to protect what is rightfully theirs. This ritual is beneficial to both us and them. Which is why we are the allies since centuries.

My dad is working with the patrol team making sure no attacks are going to take place during the rituals. We have no heir now. So if anything happens to our Alpha, then the result would definitely be not so pleasant.

"Sienna!!" I hear former Luna, Yolanda call me.

I turn around and I see a beautiful woman walking towards me. Luna Yolanda Nelson is one of the most beautiful women I have seen ever. When I was a child, I remember looking at her take up the Luna responsibilities and doing that with so much of grace, I always wanted to be strong like her.

"Greg and I brought an outfit for you and Asher. Asher is already wearing that and I want you to go home, see that and tell me about it" she smiles.

"Thank you so much" I smile wide at her and she hugs me.

She walks away talking to another pack member about the preparations of the ritual while I walk back home. In the living room, on the table sat a box. And it in, I see a dark green jumpsuit that has a golden belt to it. Absolutely stunning.

We don't wear dresses, maxis and pretty outfits for the ritual. Because we need to be prepared for any fight during that. And right now, I feel this jumpsuit would do good because it is soft, I bet it is going to hug all my curves and I don't have to worry about adjusting it.

I take a quick shower and throw on the outfit. I look gorgeous. I am aware that I am beautiful. I have my flaws, but I am still beautiful because flaws doesn't define me. The confidence with which I carry my flaws does.

I walk out and towards the east borders where the ritual begins. Everything is already arranged and we are all just waiting for our Alpha to come and begin this. The sun is about to set and the air feels colder.

"Alpha!!!" I hear a gasp from a pack member.

Asher walks with a smile on his face. And he is wearing dark green shirt with golden stripes. Very identical to the outfit I am wearing right now. Paired with black jeans. And I had to look at his parents.

His parents and mine, stood there smiling at Asher and I. I roll my eyes. We used to enjoy wearing similar outfits when we were kids but not anymore. Asher's mate Madeline was once furious when our parents got us similiar outfits. That was almost the same time Asher found his mate and the jealousy got the best of her. Nonetheless, later Madeline and I became good friends. I miss her.

"Good Evening, everyone. Well, I am excited for the evening. It is an auspicious day. We are given a chance, by the Moon Goddess. To protect our land and to make sure the power of the land is used for righteous. And today, is the day we proceed with the Crimson Ritual, and let the supernatural world remember that this is ours. Ours to protect and ours to cherish" Asher says.

And I hear roars.

"Thank you, Agnes. Your help and presence is much appreciated" Asher smiles looking at Witch Elder Agnes who is already smiling at Asher.

Avery is silently standing beside Agnes. She is absolutely excited because this is the first time she is experiencing and witnessing our pack's ritual.

"So without any further delay, let us get on with this" Asher screams and everyone screams along with him.

We all stand in line according to our ranks and I stand beside my mother. I might not be a Gamma but I am still Gamma's daughter.

Asher cuts his palm and let his blood drip into a large vessel. Then he takes a step forward and cuts his father's palm. Followed by his mother's, Ivan, Ivan's father Philip, mother Emily, my father and my mother and then me. Once the higher ranks are done with it, he moves to the next row of commoners with Ivan holding the vessel.

It takes almost half an hour to finish cutting everyone's palm and gathering all the blood.

"With this, you all are pledging your loyalty and vow of protection towards this pack. And for that, I thank each and everyone of you" Asher says once the vessel is filled with our blood.

Now this is the time we all have to stay alert. Asher makes a boundary of our pack with our blood, and every evil creature there is.. is going to attack him because he must not stop till he is done with the task. Not as easy as it sounds.

He exhales audibly and smiles at his family and mine.

"I have your back" I quickly mindlink him and he turns around to look at me and smile again.

Did he really have to do that? Now public attention is on me again.

We all walk a little more closer to the boundaries. Asher takes the blood by cupping both his hands and lines that beside the white line. The boundaries of our pack is marked with salt so it gets easier for Asher to draw the boundary line with our blood.

Taking it as a cue, we see vampires on the other side of the borders waiting for the perfect second to attack. These vampires cannot even keep their s**t in pants, always pouncing on for no damn reason.

Ivan is the first one to kill the vampire who made a move on Asher. With that, almost twenty vampires charge at us and I stand right before Asher. Shielding him as he carries the ritual forward.

"I will not let anyone touch Asher!" I hear Hayley roars in the back of my mind.

And I let her take partial control. Because the wolf side senses work finer and faster than the human side ones.

I see every single pack member on the other side of borders fighting with others. Vampires, witches from other covens, werewolves from other packs.. you name it!

A vampire charges towards Asher and I take no time in grabbing his hand and twisting it. I push him down and stomp my food straight into his chest making his heart crush under my feet.

"That's nasty, but I like how fierce you are" I hear someone say and I turn to that direction.

But I see Asher moving a little forward and I move too. Shielding him again.

I turn around to see another dude who looks no less than thirty years old but with red rims around his eyeballs. Vampire.

"I take it as a compliment and I want to thank you but I have no time" I say and take a step forward to reach him but he takes a step back.

I quickly shield Asher again and glare at the vampire before me. Another rogue jumps at me out of blue making me fall a little far from Asher. But Ivan rushes just in time to stop the Rogue from reaching Asher.

Ivan pushes the Rogue towards me as he fights another Vampire. And I don't waste a second before punching the Rogue. I use that few moments he stumbles back to stand up and run to Asher again. Once the Rogue regains it's balance, I rip his head off and throw it away. I move another step forward along with Asher.

"Wow" I hear the Vampire again.

Yet, another wolf from another pack charges towards Asher. And I am quick enough to grab her by her throat and lift her up in the air. Then throw her making her fall down with a thud. Just behind her is another wolf and I just glare coming up with a plan.

Wolf to human, I don't care but once I shift to wolf, I cannot shift back until this is finished. And it would be a disadvantage if I want to shield Asher in my wolf form.

But before my mind comes up, I see an arrow striking the wolf making it fall down instantly. Arrows dipped in wolvesbane. I smile as I look into that direction. My father. He smiles at me and then goes back to ripping heart out of a Vampire.

I turn around and before I even turn around completely, the vampire who was commenting on me already got hold of me.

"Hello nastily fierce one, what's your name?" He asks.

I see a witch chanting some spell as she walks towards me. The vampire who has his hands around my neck screams as he falls on his knees holding his head. And right then it hit me, the loud noise that is hurting my head.

I hear Asher scream too but he doesn't stop the ritual. I try receiving motivation from Asher. If my friend there is suffering and is still not stopping, then I can endure this too!

"Resilient apud te" I hear few words and the pain stops.

I see it is Agnes and I also see the witch who attacked us now withering in pain. I smile at her in appreciation. Meanwhile, Asher has already moved forward with Ivan shielding him this time.

"Half distance. It doesnt take much time at the South borders. We can do this!"

Ivan mindlinks everyone of us and we all roar as we keep moving forward. Most of our enemies are dead and I am pretty sure we must have lost few of our loved ones too.

"What is your name, pretty?" I hear the vampire again.

I look at Ivan fighting a Rogue and still protecting Asher. And I focus on the Vampire before me. I throw a punch on him but he blocks that with his vampire speed. I try kicking him but he blocks that move too.

I push him with my strength and he stumbles back just a little. I run to him aiming my shot straight at his heart but he still fast with his vampire speed and blocks my move. He twists my arm and turns me around. Then pulls me towards him and kisses my neck.

Hayley roars in rage and it just took her a second to come out of his grip. He is ridiculously strong I wonder who this man is.

"Try hard, kitten" he smirks.

Another wolf straight up jumps before me and at the rate of rage Hayley is experiencing, in a couple of seconds the wolf's head landed two feet away from the Wolf's body.

I look around and I don't see the vampire again. Meanwhile two people who I have no idea about holds me from both the sides. I hate being helpless so I kick the one to my right so hard and when his hold became weak just for a second, I use my right hand to punch him with my elbow. I rip his heart out and then free myself from the one to my left. She is a girl and she gulps looking at me.

But when it comes to my pack protection and Asher's protection, I would spare no one.

I yank her towards me by her hair and look around. I find a silver arrow stuck to one of the Rogue's dead body and I grab that with her hair still in my hand.

"Please, no! It's my Alpha's orders" she pleads.

"But he is my Alpha over there" I whisper and stab her letting the arrow go through her chest.

She falls down and I look at Asher who is almost done with the ritual. Just another five minutes. And I look around. Wow there are very less enemies now. Less people standing and more people dead.

Just as I am fighting a witch, I see the vampire looking at me with a smirk. And he winks at me while he whistles. I kill the witch by snapping her neck. And while she falls down, I see few vampires run to the one who was winking at me. And they all bow down before him and I get that he is a leader.

They all shield him as he walks towards me. Hayley flares her fangs at the vampire group. One bite at this rate and they are all done for good.

"Easy there, the boundary is literally death to us all outsiders now" The Vampire says.

But I still do not back off. True that, once the boundary is drawn with our pack members blood, then it is lethal to outsiders till Agnes sets it on fire.

Through the corner of my eye I see Asher and Agnes talk about something. Maybe the next step of the ritual and I see Asher smiling wide.

I turn towards the vampire again only to see he is nowhere in sight. I look around to see if he is hiding in the darkness or something, but when I conclude there are none, I stand straight again.

I see few people who are still here among the dead bodies trying to identify them. It is a tough task, obviously.

I walk towards my people who has wide smiles.

Avery stands beside me and she looks absolutely excited. Asher, Ivan and my father being the top 3 ranks of the pack, stand beside Agnes as she preps herself to carry the ritual forward.

I look around again to see few rogues, witches and wolves crying looking at their loved ones dead bodies. I feel just a tad bit bad, but I was just doing my job.

If emotions are involved at war zone, then it would not be a war zone anymore. That is just you walking into a pool of grief where it slowly eats you alive.

Asher, Ivan and my father hold hands together. Asher's right hand is in the vessel that has little bit of our blood remaining. He is connected to Ivan, Ivan to my father and my father to Agnes who is standing beside the boundary.

The four of those close their eyes and Agnes starts chanting some spells. A minute later, we all witness a fire burning at one point and slowly forming a full circle around the pack lands.

We all clap, scream and holler as we cheer Agnes. She continues chanting the spell and she has to keep chanting till the fire is put off by the nature.

Avery holds my hand tight as she places her hand on her chest. I hold her hand and help her stand properly. The witches of the Pheonix Fire Coven get weak during this ritual. Since Avery is now practicing, she is considered a witch by the Coven too.

"It's okay. It only takes a couple minutes more" I whisper as I hold her closer.

But this time, I don't know if it is Moon Goddess or Mother Nature are angry on us. We all hear screams from Elder Witch Agnes. Asher, Ivan and my father open their eyes to see if she is doing fine.

Agnes's cries get louder and louder and Avery's screams grow louder too.

"What is happening?" I scream as the wind blows violently around us.

There is something wrong. The ritual is not supposed to take such a turn. Where did it go wrong?

I see my father's hand shaking as he tries his best holding Agnes's hand. But it is as if Agnes is possessed, her whole body is shaking as if she is in pain.

"Nooooo!" She screams out of blue.

Asher's eyes go wide and I can see his brain already working trying to recall all the steps of ritual to see it we took a wrong turn.

"Everyone, five steps back!" Asher roars and his roar is more terrifying with the violent wind around us.

Avery runs to Witch Agnes. She holds Agnes's hand and tries to follow the lead with the spell Agnes was chanting just a minute ago.

Out of blue, a rogue jumps out of nowhere and Asher breaks the link to kill the Rogue. It takes Asher just a few seconds to kick the Rogue till he fell on his knees and rip his heart out. And when he held Ivan's hand again, Avery and Agnes's cries only got louder. Avery is crying too.

"Stop the spell. We will do it again!" Asher screams but Avery and Agnes are still experiencing pain in many ways.

"I cannot hold them anymore!" Dad screams as he uses two of his hands to hold Agnes's hand.

"I am sorry!!!" Agnes shouts out loud.

Her body involuntarily moves towards the fire as if the fire is sucking Agnes into it. Avery screams as she holds Agnes's hand chanting the spell again and gain.

"Nega se vrati magijata. Nega se vrati magijata. Nega se vrati magijata" Avery screams at the top of her lungs still chanting the spell.

But the next minute, everything happened so fast within a blink of an eye. Almost everyone are shocked and few of the pack members scream as they process what they witnessed.

Agnes dragged Avery into the fire and my father could not free himself of the strong hold. The violent wind only made the fire spread across the woods but not into the pack. Our pack is safe but the forest is burning around us.

My mother screams and I still stand there finding it hard to believe that.. that fire just swallowed my father.