Another chapter done… don't know if this came out well but oh well haha

Wow! So this means that we're almost getting near to the end of this first phase in the story yay! (I'm planning on two phases) So anyway give me feedback on this and enjoy

The fight between the women was far more savage than the fight between the men. Claws against claws and teeth biting against wolf fur. Auria fought vigorously amongst them, defeating her enemies smoothly and only hoping that there would be no casualties. Auria stopped as she finished with her opponent, taking her surroundings with her wolf sight before a loud shriek caught her attention. Lea was entangled in a bloody and deadly fight with one of the other last remaining wolves. It appeared that Lea had the upper hand in the fight but the wolf had wounded her and the injuries were debilitating her. Whoever won out of that fight would have to face Auria in the end. Yet, both were weakened and would be in no condition to fight her. The vision of the once beautiful badly crippled Lea haunted Auria's mind and prompted her to run towards Lea, not caring that Lea had more than once caused her many pains. She grabbed the wolf from the already very weak Lea and bit her hind leg and neck until the wolf had weakened and fainted from the pain. No, she had not killed her but the injuries she had suffered would not fade away.

Lea attempted to run towards Auria to attack her but fell to the ground in pain as well. The winner was clear but Auria feared that she had been to late to save Lea. It did not surprise her to have won, Lea could have been a challenge but her injuries had weakened her and let her lose such a chance.

Many of the onlookers stood even more surprised then when Ulrik had won. Where could a seer learn such skills in fighting? Though Auria had not killed any of the women, many of them had been left marked in some way or the other and weakened. In the end, they had wanted to fight and would have no complaints when they realized that Auria had won fairly.

Ulrik smiled at Auria as he walked towards her and hugged her. They were in this together now and both would need each others help.

Everything that happened afterwards was all a flurry of events. The elders walked up to Auria and Ulrik and bowed to them, their authority no longer imposing. They were the oldest of the pack, the wisest, and the most revered after the seers. Once, they had witnessed the wolves in their full glory, their dances and traditions still intact in their minds. All had been fading away through the ages until Orien fought to have it all back in vain. They bowed, showing their respect for Ulrik as their leader and Auria as their queen. A celebration had begun in their name and the dark glow that had been cast by the Ordeal was suddenly gone.

However, Auria remained restless, looking out to see if she could catch a glimpse of Lumina or Lea. Both had received a permanent damage all due to Auria's doing. She could not undo what had happened but she felt the need to make amends. Ormaine, along with another elder, tended to the terrible wounds that Lea had suffered; many of the wounds had been on her face. Auria had saved Lea's life but she could not save her from the permanent scars those wounds would leave her.

Meanwhile, Lumina stood far off from all the crowds and watched them all from afar. Her swollen eyes were red from crying but she had stopped and nothing but a stoic and empty face replaced her pain. Auria walked towards her after she managed to escape the crowds and elders who had been fussing with her for one last rite. She needed to see for herself that Lumina would be alright.

Lumina sat against a large tree, her body almost lifeless and a strange paleness had overcome her. She looked sickly and for some reason rather strange.

"Lumina?" Auria approached her carefully, attempting to speak to her softly yet clearly. "Are you alright?"

Lumina scoffed at Auria's words but still kept her gaze distant, focusing on something far away that Auria could not place.

"Do you truly care Auria? You wanted this all along. Deep inside, you wished all of this to happen." Lumina's voice was filled with pain as she spoke those words and Auria flinched at the sound of them. "Now you have it."

Auria shook her head as she attempted to reach out to Lumina. "No." she whispered. She tried to place her hands in Lumina's in attempt to reassure and comfort her but Lumina flinched at her touch and flung her hands away.

"Enjoy what you have Auria. There is one vision that I am sure will not fail me. Your first child will go mad; the second one will renounce everything and betray you and the pack. But I am sure that your children will not bring as much pain as your mate will."

Auria closed her eyes. A vision was something not to be trusted for it only showed the probability and not the certain truths of the future. Already the vision of Ierek's victory had been proven false. Auria looked at Lumina's stoic face and for the smallest moment, she could see a sly smile in her face. Lumina was hiding something, Auria was sure of it and she knew at that moment that if Lumina ever learned the truth of Ierek's poison that she would become a most dangerous enemy to have.

Lumina stood and leaned against a tree for a moment. Her cheek's seemed flushed and her whole body moved as that of someone tired by the ages. She then walked off without a word, no doubt to where Ierek's body had been taken to be prepared for his funeral rites. Auria looked on as Lumina walked away from her and then turned to go to Ulrik for the last rite of the night.