Chapter 92: The First Attack

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Chapter 92: The First Attack Pack Members POV Sarah Martinez felt her mate link snap like a rubber band breaking in her chest. She screamed, clutching at her heart as her husband David fell beside her on their kitchen floor. His eyes, once warm and loving, had turned totally black. "David?" she whispered, reaching for him with shaking hands. He looked at her with those terrible dark eyes and smiled coldly. "Not anymore." All around Silver Peak, the same horror was happening. The Void Walkers had come in the night, but they weren’t striking randomly like before. They were hunting the strongest mated pairs first, breaking the ties that held the pack together. In the nursery, Jenny Thompson watched in fear as her mate Tom walked toward her with black eyes. She held their baby girl close to her chest, backing against the wall. "Please," she begged. "Tom, I know you’re in there somewhere. Fight them!" The thing wearing Tom’s face laughed. "He can hear you crying for him. Isn’t that wonderful? He’s stuck inside, watching everything we do." Jenny’s mate bond felt like it was being ripped apart from the inside. The pain was so bad she could barely stand. But she had to protect their baby. Outside, pack members ran screaming through the streets. But there was nowhere to run. The possessed wolves moved with perfect harmony, like they were all controlled by one mind. Elder Morris, who had been mated to his wife for sixty years, fell to his knees as she approached him with dead black eyes. Their bond, stronger than most wolves ever experienced, was being sucked away like water from a broken cup. "Margaret," he whispered. "My dear Margaret." "She’s gone," the crazed wolf said in Margaret’s voice. "But don’t worry. You’ll join her soon." From her position on the rise overlooking the pack grounds, Lily watched it all happen. The Void Walkers controlling her body forced her to watch as every strong relationship in Silver Peak was destroyed. But inside her thoughts, the real Lily was screaming. She could feel every connection breaking. Each one felt like losing Caleb all over again. The pain of watching other partners lose what she had lost was almost too much to bear. "Stop it!" she tried to yell, but her voice wouldn’t work. The Void Walkers had full control of her body. "Isn’t it beautiful?" the dark voice in her head whispered. "All that love, all that link, flowing into us. Making us stronger." Lily realized with fear that the Void Walkers weren’t just possessing wolves randomly. They were feeding on the mate bonds themselves. Every broken link gave them more power. Down in the pack grounds, young pairs who had just found each other were being torn apart. Michael and Sara, who had only been mated for three months, clung to each other as possessed wolves circled them. "I can’t feel you anymore," Sara sobbed as their bond started to weaken. "Michael, I can’t feel you!" "I’m here," Michael said desperately, hugging her tight. "I’m right here!" But even as he said it, the relationship between them was fading. Soon, Sara’s eyes turned black, and she pushed Michael away with a cruel smile. "Not anymore," she said in the cold voice of the Void Walkers. The trend continued across the pack. The strongest bonds broke first, then the medium ones, then even the friendship ties that held pack members together. It was like watching a family destroy itself from the inside. Beta Rodriguez and his mate Elena had been together for twenty-five years. They had raised four children and faced every storm together. But even their powerful bond couldn’t fight the Void Walkers’ attack. "I love you," Rodriguez whispered as Elena’s eyes started to change. "I know," she answered, her voice already becoming distant and cold. "That’s what makes this so delicious." Within an hour, half the pack was possessed. The other half ran in fear, but there was nowhere to go. The Void Walkers had surrounded Silver Peak fully. Inside Lily’s mind, she felt every single broken link like a knife in her heart. These wolves had what she had lost with Caleb, and now the creatures using her body were destroying it all. "Why are you making me watch this?" she asked the dark force controlling her. "Because you understand," it responded. "You know the pain of a severed link. You know how it feels to lose everything that matters. Soon, every wolf will know that pain." "This isn’t what I wanted," Lily argued. "I never wanted this!" "But you made it possible," the voice said. "Your Great Severance cracked the walls between worlds. Your pain called to us across the void. You invited us in." Lily’s horror deepened as she understood the truth. Her plan to save Silver Peak had actually doomed it. The very power she’d used to cut the Void Walkers’ ties to her pack had weakened the magical barriers keeping them out of the world. "Now watch," the voice ordered, "as we finish what you started." From her hilltop perch, Lily saw the last group of unmated wolves being cornered near the pack hall. Young teens, elderly widows, and those who had never found their mates - they were crying and holding each other as possessed pack members closed in. But then something unexpected happened. Little Emma Rodriguez, only twelve years old, stepped forward from the group of unmated dogs. "Leave them alone!" she yelled at the possessed wolves. The black-eyed creatures stopped and turned toward her. Through Lily’s eyes, she could see something glowing around the girl - a soft silver light that made the Void Walkers pause. "Impossible," the voice in Lily’s head whispered. "She’s not mated. She has no bonds to break." Emma raised her hands, and the silver light grew brighter. "You can’t have them. This is our home!" The possessed dogs stepped back from the light, and for a moment, hope flickered in Lily’s chest. Maybe the child could fight them somehow. But then the voice in her head laughed cruelly. "Oh, little one. You have no idea what you’re dealing with." The possessed pack members began to circle Emma, moving in perfect cooperation. But instead of striking her directly, they started humming - a low, dark sound that made the air vibrate. Emma’s silver light began to flicker and fade. The girl fell to her knees, holding her head in pain. "What are you doing to her?" Lily demanded. "Something wonderful," the voice answered. "She’s not mated yet, but she will be someday. We’re simply claiming her future ties before they form." Lily watched in total horror as dark tendrils reached out from the possessed wolves toward Emma. They weren’t just destroying existing links - they were stealing the girl’s ability to ever form bonds at all. If they succeeded, Emma would live her entire life unable to feel love, friendship, or pack ties. She would be totally alone forever. And once they finished with her, they would do the same thing to every unmated wolf in Silver Peak.

Chapter 92: The First Attack

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