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Cody staggered to his paws, his legs quivering like leaves in the wind. When he heard Willow's voice, it almost made his heart soar... Almost. Cody's gray eyes stared into the depths of Willow's... and slowly hardened. She was a traitor. "No." His voice was cut from the mountains themselves. "No, you don't need me, Willow. You never needed me before." And with that, he surged back into the battlefield, disappearing into the hoards of fighting wolves.
"No... no... I was all wrong. ALL WRONG!!!" she screeched, her voice cracking on the tip of the last word. She didn't tell herself to sprint after him; one minute she was still, fighting her grief, and the next second she was running faster than she ever thought possible. She ignored the fact that she had an opponent to fight; if she could make things right with Cody, she'd be alright with him killing her and even rest easy.
A dark blue-gray leg shot out in front of her before she got far. The cruel blue gaze of Kodiak bore down into Willow's heart. "You're not going anywhere, traitor." Willow felt the leg push her back before she she stumbled, and Kodiak's cruel blue gaze struck her heart like a million knives as she struggled to regain her footing. It wasn't Kodiak himself she was scared of; no, it was never being able to make things right with Cody.
"I picked a side, Kodiak," she began coolly, "many moons ago. Stonepack."
"Then that just gives me another excuse." Kodiak's muzzle shot down for her throat. "You tried to run from your past, Willow, and that's where you screwed up." Willow gave a choked gargle as Kodiak's muzzle gripped her throat. It wasn't enough to kill her, but enough to draw blood; a thin, silvery ribbon of it. Yanking her throat away, she jabbed a paw into his chest where the heart was unprotected.
Kodiak noticably grimaced and he jerked back a little bit out of instinct. The grimace turned into a snarl of pure hatred, and his eyes burned into Willow's pelt like the hottest flames of a fire. He bit down onto her throat harder and harder, squeezing her windpipe. Willow let out a strangled squeal as she yanked back, trying in vain to break free.
This is it, Willow. This is your end. At last. Kodiak's eyes hardened until they looked like blue gleaming stones. His razor sharp fangs dug further into her throat, and he planted a paw on her withers to keep her from moving. "If you want to be remembered as a wolf with some kind of strength, at least take your death honorably," he hissed. And with that, he yanked back, in a fierce attempt to tear out her throat...
Willow let out something in between a gurgle and a whimper, her amber eyes glazing and losing their defiant glitter.
"NO!" Fyra screeched, her voice piercing the still air. "NO!!!" Tearing away from her fight with Fern, she sprinted to her friend's side, tears blotting her vision.
"Tell... Cody... I loved him," Willow wheezed, falling silent and still as blood bubbled up in her throat and the last breath left her bruised and battered body.