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Eleanor: I knocked on Natasha’s door twice, catching her attention and her eyes widened in surprise. Having just heard of what happened to her from Killian, I couldn’t help but find myself aching for her. After finding out about Nikolai, I didn’t even know how she was going to take the information. But to find out that the man shot her, now that was a completely different scenario that I did not put in mind. “Eleanor?” She said, her eyes widening. I nodded and ran toward her, sitting on the edge of her hospital bed before she wrapped her arms around me, hugging me tightly. I hugged her back, allowing the tears that I was holding in to fall from my eyes when I felt hers on my shoulder. The two of us pulled away to look one another in the eye, and I was quick to wipe my tears, smiling at her before extending my hands to wipe hers. “How are you feeling?” “You’re asking me? Eleanor, you’ve been gone for…” “I survived,” I said, stopping her. The pain that I felt was one that I did no
Killian:“What do you mean that his body wasn’t there, Vladimir?” I asked, turning to face my beta, watching as he took a deep breath. “We have been searching each body, one by one, and we are positive that it is not there, Alpha.” He said, and I pinched the bridge of my nose. This was just what I needed right now. A missing bastard who I knew would not only come back for a revenge that I am going to be sure to make him pay for, but to frighten my beauty who was still weak despite not showing it.It has been a month since everything has happened, and I know for fact that she neither got over being kidnapped regardless of the smile, nor has Natasha recovered from losing the baby. The fact that she knew that she would never be able to have a child again was something that I knew broke her inside, and though I wanted to do my best to make it up to her, I knew that Nikolai broke a lot more in her than she is letting out.“I don’t care what it takes, Vladimir, the man is to be found, and
Eleanor: “I know that you don’t like celebrating your birthday. Natasha told me your reason…” “Then why did you…?” “Open the box, Killian.” I said, stopping him. My heart raced against my chest and I knew when I first came here that this might hurt him, but if I could face my fear and pain, and if I could stand strong to start fresh, then so can he. His eyes hardened, but he took a deep breath and did as told. He frowned in confusion at the sight of a small album, it was what Natasha, his mother, and I could find of both him and his sister. Their pictures growing up, and it ended with the surprise that I wanted to give him. His heart raced, and his hands shook as he looked at the pictures, and it took everything in me to stay still in my place as I forced myself not to walk toward and comfort him. If anyone knew how painful it was to lose your family member, best friend, and everything that you had, it is me. But if anyone knew how to rise from that pain, then it was also me. He
Killian: I kept my arm wrapped around Eleanor as her words played in my head as she slept in my arms. The fact that we were having a girl was something that brought more joy to me than I could have pictured, and the fact that she would be raising my princess along my side, as the mother that I would have always wanted for my children was something that made my heart skip a beat. “You are my redemption, my healing, my angel, and the light in the dark world that I live in, malyshka.” I whispered to her, careful not to wake her up. I knew that our story was hard, and I knew that the pain that the two of us have gone through was one that no one should have lived with. But it had to go the way that it did for us to be able to grow. I knew that I wouldn’t have met her if not the way that I did, and I know that I wouldn’t have loved her as deeply as I did if not for everything that the two of us went through together. The memory of her hiding when I first met her played in my head, and
Eleanor: If anyone would have told me that saying ‘YES!’ was going to be the highlight of my day, I would have called them a liar. But here I was, wearing a wedding dress as I walked toward the aisle to see the love of my life. Vladimir, the man that I can never pay back for what he was doing for me, walked down the aisle. And though he and Lyov had a debate on who should do it, both men settled for the fact that the man that I considered a brother would do it. But I knew that Lyov was going to be the shadow that I needed as a father in this world. “You are running,” Vladimir teased, tightening his arm around my looped one, and I laughed. He ran his hand over mine gently, and I blushed. “To think that I once ran away from the oath of hell to the man of my dreams,” I said, and he smiled. He squeezed my hand gently and I looked at him. “I could never thank you enough for everything that you are doing for me. And believe me, it is a lot more than you can think of imagining.” “I am d
Natasha: “Mom, where are we going?” I asked, frowning at my mother who seemed to be pulling me away from the garden. “Eleanor is getting married, I am not going to leave her halfway…” “You are going to come with me,” she said, making me frown in confusion. “We are going to have to get out of here as fast as we can.” “Mom, what is going on?” I asked, pulling my hand away from her. She glared at me and the growl that escaped her took me off guard as I took a step back. The anger that I saw in her eyes was one that I don’t remember seeing before, and the fact that I knew that she had no reason for it made my heart race. “You are scaring me,” “I am your mother and you are to listen to what I tell you, no questions asked when I don’t want to answer them. Therefore, if I said that we are leaving then you are going to come with me without asking anything,” she said, and I took a deep breath. I shook my head at her. This was never how she acted or treated me, and I knew for fact that if sh
Killian: I wasn’t sure what shocked me more. Whether it was Natasha’s words as she told me about Liana, the fact that the woman somehow managed to escape whatever she was going to be put through, or the fact that Elton was here, in our pack grounds, now locked inside the basement until I managed to find a way to get things done. “Secure the pack grounds, all underground gates, and the roads. Liana wouldn’t have gone far, but the last thing that we need is for her to use the security breach that she managed to put us through.” I said, and Vladimir, ignoring the pain that he felt like me, nodded. The two of us were raised by the woman since we were infants. I don’t even remember the last time that she wasn’t in the house to begin with; therefore, to know that she was doing this, I couldn’t help the pain that I felt in my chest. “Alpha, the men guarding the front gates are all dead or dying.” Luca, one of my gammas said, and I growled. I knew that my growl would not only reach Liana,
Eleanor: “Come on, Eleanor, just a little harder.” Natasha encouraged, holding my hand. I squeezed her hand as hard as I could as I screamed. She smiled and kissed my temple, letting her lips linger there for a few seconds before pulling away. “Do it for Killian, come on, you can do it, Eleanor.” I cried out so loud that my lungs felt like they were going to burst. My heart raced, and a heaviness made my lower half feel like it was being ripped apart before I felt the heavy weight loosen. My chest rose and fell, and I couldn’t help but feel my head dropping on the pillow behind me as Maria stood in front of me. It wasn’t until a baby’s cry filled my ears that my eyes widened as I looked at my daughter who was in Maria’s arms. She looked at me with proud eyes before handing her to me, and I couldn’t help the tears that fell from my eyes at her sight. “Baby?” I whispered, watching as Natasha smiled. Her eyes welled up with tears, but she didn’t say a word as she looked down at m