Disclaimer: I don't own Narnia or any characters you may recognize from the books or the movies, I wish I did but I don't... I also don't own the Narnian Calendar. It belongs to Elecktrum who was kind enough to let me borrow it for my story. Her own stories are awesome and you should go read them too.

Summary: 21 Yule 1006 will see the first lunar eclipse to occur on the Winter Solstice in four hundred years. Enemies of Narnia rejoice! For the time of the Golden Age will come to an end with the spilling of royal blood and Jadis will be revived!

A/N: If you have not read the first three stories in the A Light in the Darkness main story arc (Awakening, Shadowed, and Revealed), I highly recommend you do so. However, if you want to give this one a whirl on its own, you can.

Chapter Twenty-One: In Need of a Plan

Katerina watched Brutus through narrowed eyes. The Werewolf was more highly placed in his pack than she had ever suspected. Of course, it had seemed that he was most likely Isak's Beta but now it seemed more that there had been a unification of two Werewolf packs and Brutus had been the weaker Alpha. I still hate Werewolves. Brutus had been swatting down various members of his pack for getting too close to her for over two days. It looked like she was right about the upcoming eclipse having something to do with the sudden reappearance of Brutus and the kidnapping of Susan.

Now, how was she going to get herself out of this mess? Oreius was going to have a fit once he found out. Well, actually he had probably done the silent fit, reserving all the yelling for when they met up again and weren't in any life or death situations. Meeting Brutus' gaze, Katerina couldn't help but admit that this was one of the worst half-baked plans she had ever come up with, which was probably what Oreius was going to say, although she was certain he would add a lot more adjectives between half-baked and plans. Now, she needed to either finish baking her plan or find a different, more-thoroughly-baked plan.

Brutus snarled at her, "Do not try to escape, Alambiel. You know the moment the smallest drop of your blood spills, my pack will be on you before you could even scream for that Great Cat or maybe that Centaur who seems so fond of you."

Katerina raised an eyebrow, "I also know that you're waiting for tomorrow before spilling even the smallest drop of my blood for just that reason."

Brutus suddenly moved closer, inhaling deeply before growling, "Why does that Centaur always come after you and interfere with the plans we Fell have had for you?"

"Well, he's mainly doing it because he's reserving the right of killing me for himself. Oh, and because it really ticks you Fell off before he kills you...but that might be more of a bonus than an actual reason."

She hid a smirk as she watched Brutus snarl in frustration at her answer. Nothing like a game of annoy the Werewolf as much as possible in order to motivate coming up with an effective plan for escaping said annoyed Werewolf. Oreius is going to kill me when he finds out. Katerina frowned as she realized she was hearing something other than the Werewolves and the wind, but what-

A heavy, snarling weight slammed into her, crushing her into the snowdrift she had been sitting next to before she could turn around completely. The new Werewolf inhaled deeply before attacking, giving her the chance she needed to get her feet under him. Katerina kicked him hard in the gut, dislodging the Werewolf from his stance on top of her. She rolled away from him and reached for the knives she had kept concealed from the Werewolves, unwilling to keep up the charade of a helpless captive. She wasn't that crazy.

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Frome snarled, drawn from his plotting on how to rid himself of Brutus so he could hunt down the Centaur's mate as they neared the rest of the pack and he caught a faint scent that was not Werewolf. He inhaled deeply then a feeling of hunger and elation swept over him as he recognized the scent. He put on an extra burst of speed leaving his packmates behind and racing through the rest. He snarled as he leapt on to her, tackling her into the snowdrift. He heard Brutus' commanding snarl and ignored him. He was no longer content to be Brutus' beta. After he finished with the Centaur's mate, he would challenge the alpha, or rather the former alpha.

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A/N: Please Read and Review! Yes, I know another short chapter with a cliffhanger at the end. I'm so mean. But, I promise the next chapter shall be nice and long and we will get the reactions/answers y'all have been waiting for since the last few chapters. Leave a review and let me know what y'all thought about this chapter and do you want to see the challenge fight between Brutus and Frome?