Nightclaw: Rampage

We last read Chapter 42, in which the werewolf villainess Carla Rosenblood a.k.a. Nightclaw goes on a unrestrained tirade against Remus—the alpha of the Order of Blood—and the other werewolves present after revealing that she's behind the more monstrous, demonic-looking werewolves who have come to overrun the Order's encampment. She and Remus get into an argument about the former's sadism and Remus's adapted precautions to curb said sadism, with Nightclaw also bringing up the concern of how wrong it is for someone to make someone else hide or give up their entire identity in order to fit into a group.....a lesson which would've likely been better applied in literally any other situation besides this one.

The bumbling werewolf guards Left and Right momentarily add some humor to the situation, and even Percy and the young werewolf pup Boris II give Nightclaw a well-needed chiding, but Nightclaw shrugs them aside as well. She then leaps toward Remus, poised to deliver a lethal slash across his chest.....only to have her jet-black claws blocked by that of her mate, Jet. Jet expresses heartbreak at how far Nightclaw has fallen, while Nightclaw accuses Jet of never really seeing her for her, being "asleep" to the true recesses of her personality. She even shows a rather repulsive side when Jet argues back with his thoughts about them eventually starting a family, instead countering by fully stating her intentions to keep doing so even after he's dead.

Remus eventually recovers and instructs Jet not to interfere again before willingly taking a knee and inviting Nightclaw to kill him, take control of the order, and fulfill her life's "destiny", much to the panic of Percy and the other werewolves. Nightclaw, despite some hesitation, almost murders him.....only for the serpentine superheroine Hailey a.k.a. The Viper, the vampires Lily Ladair and Theo Ladair, the police director Commissioner Marvin, and two other armored vehicles' worth of backup to swiftly arrive on the scene, with The Viper heralding her arrival by shooting a regular bullet into the back of Nightclaw's right paw just as it's about to come slashing down across Remus's chest.

The Viper—referring to Nightclaw by her human name, Carla—desperately tries to get Nightclaw to listen to reason, bringing up how Nightclaw used to look up to her and be an undeniably huge fan of her. The Viper also recalls the multiple times Nightclaw worked alongside her and the rest of the Paragons to save humanity on countless occasions, with Lily and Theo also adding their two cents to the mix by referencing the time they adventured with Nightclaw to stop the Cult of Lawless Animal Worshippers.....or the C.L.A.W., for short. The Viper momentarily tries a different angle by bringing up Carla's family.....but Nightclaw counters that they're all dead, so their wishes for her are completely null and void. But when The Viper brings up Nightclaw's long-lost endeavor of being a podcast host in her human life, the unhinged werewolf momentarily backs down.....only to snap back to her wrathful self after noticing a clip of silver bullets on The Viper's utility belt.

The chapter ended with a failed attempt from The Viper to explain herself.....before Nightclaw orders her newfound followers—the Death Riders—to attack and kill everyone present.

This time, the Order encampment descends into absolute chaos as the heroes struggle to put an end to Nightclaw's scheming.....

-POV: Carla Rosenblood a.k.a. Nightclaw-

Look at it. Just.....look at it. Really look at it. All the carnage, all the pained screams, all the bloodshed.....it's utter music to my honed ears.

It's everything I ever dreamed of ever since I initially became a werewolf.

It just took me a few years after the fact to actually realize it.