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Anger surged like a storm within his bloodstream. He clenched his jaw furiously, staring the one he once loved most dead in the eye. "You're a damn fool." He scoffed as his ears flattened menacingly along his head. 

"I can't believe I ever loved you." The dark-toned she-cat pronounced sadly. Her eyes shimmered with indefinable oppression. It smoldered like a fire within her soul, holding her heart captive in frozen shackles. "I command you free them. I did not vow my devotion to a ruthless monster." She sensed hot tears springing in her eyes. 

The brawny tom began to laugh senselessly. His spiked teeth glinted in the obscure air. His dashing amber eyes penetrated a typhoon of terror throughout her body. The she-cat couldn't comprehend what her soulmate had stirred into. He was not frightened by a storm anymore, why, he was the storm. In an instant, his claws lurched towards the she-cat's leg and he grasped her harshly. "Oh StarClan, feel this pulse!" The aggressive tom howled. "Why you're trembling out of your own fur. Why so scared, darlin'?" The mimicking words swirled off his sharp tongue.

The striped she-cat jerked her leg aside from the tom's clutch. Her whiskers quivered as she gazed at the leader coldly. "I'm not afraid of you." She spoke recklessly. 

"You should be-"

"I'm leaving." The inky-haired molly intervened the leader's daunting. "And I'm bringing our son with me!" She whisked around, her tail gashing against the tom's face. Her claws slipped out of their sockets, attentive to shield herself. 

The amber-eyed tom vaulted in front of the exit. He barred the she-cat from leaving. "You're not going anywhere." He snapped. "It is physically impossible to bequeath WolfClan now. We are a battery of strength and union and no cat will forsake us." A sly smirk skidded along his scarred face. 

The tom continued, perceiving his lover's fear. "WolfClan is rising by the second. RiverClan, gone. ShadowClan, overlooked. And ThunderClan is no more." He noticed his she-cat had slackened. Her once passionate eyes were now hushed with ease. "The power is all ours. And it's right in front of our whiskers. Our son will soon, one day, be in management of all of this ascendency. Don't you want that for him? For us?" The gray tom's voice softened as he manipulated his mate. He tended her closer, her muzzle now leaning along his muscular shoulders. Exploitation was a compelling key the chief had mastered and he grinned devilishly to himself as his mate agreed to stay. 

"Now," He thrust the twitching she-cat off of him. "Why don't you be away with yourself? I have prisoner's bones to be crushing." The muscular tom dissolved into the darkness of the night, only his yellowish eyes appearant in the obscurity. 

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Violetkit trembled as the screams of dying cats operated on repeat in her mind. Blood stitched the swollen air; both components producing a perfect masterpiece. The young kit hid beneath her stale moss bed. Unfamiliar optics contemplated at her intently. Chilling shivers rippled along her spine. Her mother was deceased and she was terrorized by the harsh surroundings. 

Another shriek pierced the midnight atmosphere. A rumble of thundering paws resounded nearby. A profound voice barked distant orders. Violetkit flattened her ears, striving to blend in with the den's shade. 

The thumping paws crescendoed and suddenly shadowed figures charged through the barren campground. Weakening felines were crumpled by the galloping warriors. Bellows of suffering from the trampled cats flanked with the wicked screeches building one sinister symphony. 

The yowls soon withered along with the blustering of paws. Blood intoxicated the air like a nose-curdling perfume. Violetkit pricked her ears, harking the agonizing groans emanating from the injured warriors. She began to sob. Violetkit couldn't contain the disheartening anxiety spiraling within her head. She didn't understand- where was she? Why was this happening to them? 

Abruptly, a pair of striking green eyes faced hers. Violetkit was promptly breathless. The dazzling eyes that lay before her kindled her soul with such passion she had never encountered. "Are you okay?" 

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