GAVRAEL~“You must not be in the nether realm before it is time or there is no salvation for the destruction you will wreak on this realm.” Theia said to me when I told her that Adaira would not go anywhere without me.“That’s fucking bullshit! This could be another one of your fucking traps. I’m not putting my mate in danger because of you.”I bellowed and Adaira reassured me that the girl was right.“She will not be in any danger, only her spirit is crossing realms, her body will remain here with you.” Theia said.Her statement was meant to make me feel better but it didn’t. Only Adaira’s please kept me from objecting.“No. Don’t let her do this, I beg you. She’s just a child, she’s my only child.” Theia’s mother began to sob.“Why is it such a big deal? You heard your daughter, this was meant to happen.” Adaira said.“You don’t know, do you?” The father asked her.“Know what?”“In order to guide you on your journey, Theia has to be a conduit for the power you both possess. It’s the
ADAIRA~I hated it when things like this happened. Why couldn’t she have told me who the so-called dead ones were before vanishing. I get that she was weak and she was barely holding on and needed time to recuperate, but it still irked me that I had no clue what she was talking about. What or who are dead ones? And how would they rise? How do we even fight and kill something that’s already dead? Once again, I had more questions than answers, it was irritating. I felt the glow around me subside, and my normal vision was restored. Then Gavrael stumbled backwards with a hand on his chest and a frown on his face.“What is it?” I asked him with a perplexed look.“Something’s wrong with the pack. We need to return.” He said and my heart skipped a beat.The look on his face made me panic. If Gavrael was worried then something was very wrong. Theia was still unconscious in my arms and Gavrael teleported us back to her parents. They both looked the worse for wear, and the mother seemed weak,
ADAIRA ~ We both moved in that direction when another scream came from a different direction. “Keep going, I’ll check that one out.” Gavrael said to me and turned in that direction. I kept going forward and I caught the scent of blood, I began to run. There was another scent on the wind, it smelled like a rotting corpse. At least the so-called dead ones won’t be hard to identify if they had such a putrefying stench. But when I got close to the pack boundary, I only saw one of the border sentinels on the floor writhing in pain, I didn’t see any attacker. I rushed over to him and got on the floor beside him. He was dying, I could see his soul slowly being unbound from his body. It was a bit unsettling to have a power like this where I could literally see the process of death. “What happened? What did this to you?” I asked as I tried to stop the blood flow even though I knew that it was useless. His gut had been torn out by whatever had attacked him and he wasn’t healing fast enough
ADAIRA~I could feel Gavrael’s anger as I kept moving forward instead of paying attention to his warning for me to return back. I considered blocking him out of my mind so I wouldn’t feel the extent of his rage at my stubbornness, but I knew that keeping him out of my head would make it worse. If he still had a link to me, he would not have a reason to race over here to tear me a new one.“I’m already coming over, mind link or not.” He growled at me.“Handle things over there and I’ll take care of things from this end, I’ll be careful, I promise.” I said to him.“I’m coming, and that’s final.” He said and I sighed.I really wasn’t in the mood for an argument, and this wasn’t the right time for one either, but it was inevitable at this point. It was almost dawn, my internal clock told me that. That meant we’ve been out for most of the night. I was tired, especially after crossing realms, but I couldn’t rest yet when there were important things to be done. “Fine, but at least check f
GAVRAEL~“We need to return to our pack, something is happening but we don’t know what yet.” Adaira said to the grateful parents of the girl.I was restless, whatever was making me feel like this was definitely bad and it irked me not to know what the cause was. I just had a feeling I needed to return to the pack now. While Adaira talked to Theia’s parents, I tried to mind link one of my warriors to find out if everything was okay on their end, but I couldn't, which was surprising. My mind link didn’t have a limit like normal shifters. We were far from the pack but it usually wouldn’t matter on a normal day. I could keep in touch with all the rogues I kept in charge of other packs I took over that were far from the pack I resided in so this should not be a problem. Yet nothing I tried worked. That made my bad feeling even worse.I never knew I could actually use a power to the point that it’s depleted. Holding on to a link between Adaira and me while she crossed realms must have tak
ADAIRA~It was too late for back up, we were badly outnumbered here and these creatures had taken out every shifter they’ve encountered so far so they must be strong and fast. There was no time to restrategize, no time to make a plan of attack, and no one would get here on time from our side no matter how fast they ran. I should have turned back when I had the chance but it was too late for regrets. I dropped lower and got into a defensive stance, it was better to die fighting than to run away like a coward. The creatures let out a collective shriek and attacked at once.They were fast, like crazy fast. I could barely follow their movements with my eyes even though the sky was rapidly getting brighter as daylight approached. And even without daylight, shifters had night vision and enhanced speed too but theirs was on another level. What saved me from being ripped apart is my other senses, like getting a prickly feeling when any of the creatures was close to me and the intense stench
GAVRAEL~As I stood beside Adaira, I had to get a grip on my anger because if I unleashed my fire while raging, I may destroy the pack along with the creatures. I reminded myself that Adaira was safe now that I was here, but it had been a close call. She thought I was pissed off, but pissed off is an understatement. Angry does not even begin to qualify the amount of rage I was feeling, at the creatures that dared to attack my pack, and her that dared to put herself in danger. I’ve already told her how much she means to me, and she even knows that I care nothing for the world if she’s not in it, yet she was selfish enough to put herself in harm’s way.“You’re right mate, a world without you in it does not deserve to exist.” I told her this and I meant every word.If she had actually died, I would have burnt it all to the ground, humans and shifters included. Even thinking about her being dead made me want to do it anyway, but if I destroyed everything, she wouldn’t have a place to li
ADAIRA~“You are mine, Adaira. Mine to command, mine to own, mine to fuck, mine to protect, mine to love. Thinking otherwise will end badly for you.”Why can’t he just let this go? Nothing happened to me, the pack was safe, and now we had more information on the creatures that attacked us. Does he think I don’t know how much I fucked up? The team he sent to fight with me died because I made a bad call, and I will forever live with their deaths on my conscience, even Midi whom I didn’t like so much. I don’t need him giving me a hard time, I can do that to myself. I was already overcome with guilt already, I didn’t need his bullshit.“Fuck you, Gavrael. I didn’t ask you to worry about me, I didn’t ask you to care. I didn’t even ask for you, you just showed up one day from nowhere to disrupt my life and fix yourself in it. I don’t need you judging my every action and trying to undermine my worth.”“You are everything to me, you insufferable female. Nothing you do will ever make me see y