The Orphaned Queen (By Brandi Ray) novel Chapter 110

Rain’s P.O.V.

After recovering from whatever hit me, I turned to see a female who looked so much like Lady Lena that it threw me off. Zion is just as surprised as I am, his face mirroring my surprised expression. Then I realized that the restraints that held Douglas in place were released, letting him recover and stand beside the lookalike as a group of his rogue army stood behind them.

“Who the hell are you, and why do you look eerily similar to a dead woman?” Zion asks after he shifts back to his human form and takes his place beside me.

“You must be talking about my twin. That foolish bitch refused to leave that weak coven and decided to go against me. She got what was coming to her.” She said with a cackel. “I even offered to take her with me after I kidnapped you, but she refused and even tried to fight me. She might have been our parent’s favorite, but she was weak, always letting everyone fight her battles for her.”

“You’re the witch that kidnapped me?” I ask, confusion lacing my voice as my anger began to rise.

“Of course. And it went perfectly to plan until that moron of a Futur Alpha fucked it all up.” She sneers. “But now I’m here to fix it. I’ll kill you and get you out of the way once and for all.”

“You will no such thing, Arina!” Douglas finally says.

“She’s an obstacle to us taking the Kingdom, my love,” Arina says in a sickly, sweet voice. She places her hand over his heart and leans into him.

“No, she’s the key to success.” He says darkly as he shoves Arina to the ground. “Now that she’s awakened her true powers, I will take her as my chosen mate.”

“What? I am your chosen. Not this worthless half-bread!” She screeches at the top of her lungs as she jumps to her feet and lunges at me while Douglas tries unsuccessfully to stop her. “I’ll kill her, and we will take our rightful place as King and Queen. She isn’t worthy of your attention!”

“You don’t know what I’m worthy of!” I said as my anger rose to new heights. “But that wannabe Alpha is not worthy of me!”

Lifting my hands, I erected a barrier to take the brunt of her attack as I prepared for a counterattack while constantly hurling insults at both of them to piss them off and hopefully throw them off enough for us to gain a little bit of leverage. Zion links me, letting me know that Orian and King Arnald are on their way to our location.

“They can’t leave the border unmanned. What if Doglas sends another wave of men through?” I ask him in a panic as Arina struggles to get through my barrier.

“They are leaving the group we have stationed and bringing a few warriors of each species from each border group, so they aren’t low on men. We have prepared for this, my love.” He answers, but I’m still nervous that Douglas has a backup plan.

“Send more warriors to the shelters to guard them, just in case,” I tell him as Arina finally breaks through my barrier just in time to hear howls in the distance.

Arina lunges as I throw fireball after fireball in her direction to slow her down while running for her, giving Zion the green light to go after Douglas. Right before she reaches me, I send a shock wave through my hands as I flip over her, grabbing her by the back of the neck and pulling her down. She jumps to her feet quickly and swings to hit me, her nails barely grazing my arm and drawing blood as she recites some kind of incantation, but I can’t make out what she’s saying over the growls of Zion and Douglas.

Suddenly, my body goes numb, causing me to fall to my knees. I panic when I can’t hear Dosha or link with Zion or Orian. Arina stands over me, grabbing my throat and squeezing tightly, trying to cut off my airway.

“I told you, you’re nothing! I’ll kill you and then help my love kill your mate. Then there will be nothing in our way from taking what is ours.” She says with an evil glint in her eyes. “I’ll make sure to keep your precious pups alive for a while, though. After all, I’ll need someone to siphon powers from after I use up what I take from you.”

I can feel my energy begin to drain as my vision blurs. I can barely make out a shadow of a large brown wolf quickly approaching from behind Arina, but she’s so engrossed with draining me of my powers that she doesn’t notice. I summon all the strength I have left, lifting my hand up and pushing out a strong gust of wind, pushing her back into the direction of Orian.

She turns to see Orian, but it’s too late as he clamps down on her side hard enough to hear her bones crack before he lets go, and her body falls to the ground in a bloody heap. I fall forward but collapse onto a furry brown mass before I can land face-first on the ground. After a minute, I could feel my energy slowly coming back and Dosha reemerging in the back of my mind.

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