Everyone finishes breakfast and gathers outside to prepare to leave. Derek and Mark are going over some business details that need to be taken care of while we are gone. Mark is also going to have the elders followed. Aspen is sure it’s elder Carole but believes it’s magic masking her, preventing him from truly seeing whether her intentions are good or bad. I’ll deal with her when we get back. “Is every body ready,” asks Dimitri.“The fairies are aware we coming,” I ask Dimitri.“Yes, they new this day would be coming and they’ve done their best at explaining to Katerina. She is not taking the news very well. Luckily her mate is there comforting her.”“Wait? How does she have a mate if she has been stuck there this whole time,” asks Derek.“We can ask them that after we get her to trust us. She also has a son,” Dimitri replies.Derek is trying to warp his mind around everything he has just learned. I had not had a chance to speak to him after Dimitri told me this earlier. I can’t wai
“It appears the deer died of old age. We will ensure the deer’s soul is set free,” says the boy. He stands at stares at me curiously“Hi I am Davina,” I say reaching out to shake his hand, hoping he’ll introduce himself. I more curious about him rather than their weird animal ritual.“This is River. Your sister’s son,” Cedar replies. River has dark brown hair and blue eyes. He is slightly shorter than Derek and his muscles are well defined. I can smell that River is a wolf. He must’ve noticed our scent as he continues to stare at us with curiosity before his facial expression turns to a smile. Instead of shaking our hands he pulls me into a hug. At first I am shocked before I hug him back, I can feel his warmth at his touch letting me know we are really family.“It is nice to know I have family out there. I’m River, your nephew. Mom is having some anxiety since she can’t remember anything before she was sixteen and this news is quite a shock for her. My dad’s name is Kale and he’s tr
AspenMaliyah is so happy right now with meeting the unicorns and the pegasus. She is very fascinated with the hippocampus in the water and meeting the merfolk. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen her relaxed. Even when we are riding I can see her anxiety for her sister. I see Cedar walking up to us out of the corner of my eye. I need to stop him from reaching Maliyah. I never considered the possibility of meeting a seer while here in the fairy realm and I am sure it was my future with Maliyah he saw.“Maliyah, stay here. Don’t wander. I am going to go talk to Cedar real quick.”Maliyah smiles at me with those warm, innocent eyes. I know elves don’t have fate mates but I feel the pull towards her making me feel like I need to protect her. It’s not a lustful pull like shifters get when they find their mates but like a little sister that I need to protect from the bullies who want to hurt her.“Okay Aspen. I promise I will stay here by the water.” Maliyah returns to her conversation with
Derek I can feel Davina’s worry. She doesn’t know her sister yet and already feels the need to try and preserve what family she has left. I will do all that I can to ensure she doesn’t lose a sister on top of everything else she has lost. I wake before Davina due to the broken sleep I got last night. She struggled to get to sleep, tossing and turning throughout the night. I can hear movement outside and decide to join who ever it is and let her sleep a little longer. I quietly close the door behind me and notice it’s Kale and River. “Good morning Derek. I hope you slept well,” says Kale. “Not really though that has to due with Davina not being able to get to sleep last night.” “Katerina was the same way last night. She wouldn’t stop tossing and turning, it was driving me nuts.” I can’t help but laugh. The girls sound as if they are twins. “So how did you end up here in the fairy realm? From what we were told it was just Katerina that was brought here.” “I was approached by a spi
Davina “I don’t know why father didn’t tell me about you when he and my mother came to me but I am here now.” “You’ve been through so much. I am sorry I wasn’t there to protect you like a big sister should.” “Do not feel bad. Our father made the choices he did to protect us both.” Davina reach’s over to my mother and grabs Accalia and I grab Thierry. Maliyah walks over with Aspen and joins us. She smiles at my kids, reaching out for Accalia. “Katerina, this is my daughter Accalia. She is a wolf but will have powers like us. This is our son Thierry and this is Maliyah. Malayah has been taken by our brother.” I know Derek can feel my rage and sadness at the mention of our missing daughter. Katerina reaches for her son, River. “I am so happy to meet my family. I can’t believe I am an aunt.” Katerina look at Accalia in her arms and gives her a squeeze. Accalia giggles and hugs her back. “Why don’t you have more kids Katerina?” “Maliyah, that was rude,” Derek scolds. “It’s fine De
Maliyah Something is up. I can tell everyone is worried about something and River is trying to distract me from finding out. I catch mom and the others glancing over this way several times and I can tell River is aware I noticed. “What is going on River?” “Honestly they haven’t told me anything but I can something is troubling our parents. I think it’s best you just let them handle whatever it is Maliyah.” “But I can help. I am stronger than everyone thinks.” “I don’t doubt that one bit cousin but how do you think your mother would feel if she lost you and Malayah?” I hate that he is right. I can’t risk my life, it would kill my mother if we both were lost. But that doesn’t mean I can’t help to save my sister. I promised to not abandon her and I won’t break that promise. I am distracted in my I thoughts that I am not focusing on my parents conversation but I can tell River has been. His head snaps up in their direction and I see a hint of sadness and anger in his eyes. He hear
“Oh my goodness, I’ve missed you guys. You weren’t gone very long though. I was expecting at least a week.” She pulls me into a hug. “I’ve missed you too Daniela. I thought we would be gone longer too but we were attacked by warlocks and needed to return immediately. We didn’t want to bring more danger to the fairy realm. Daniela meet my sister, Katerina, her mate, Kale and their son River.” Daniela is staring at Katerina too long like Joy did when I first met her. I can’t help but giggle. “Wow.” Is all she says, making me laugh a bit harder. “I know, kinda creepy how much we look alike besides the eyes and height difference. How is my niece doing? Being nice to her momma I hope.” “I eat light foods. She is not making this easy on me.” Daniela sees Maliyah passed out in Aspen’s arms and I can see the worry on her face. “She exhausted herself trying to keep the force field up. The warlocks attacked her and River first. We barely made it when they broke through her force field,” I
DerekOne of the first things I did upon arriving back home is accept Katerina and her family into the pack. This way they will be protected. What I didn’t expect was for River to find his mate so quickly and for it to be Katherine. I know she has been searching for a long time but gave up hope of ever finding him. Now we know why, he wasn’t even in the same realm as her. Watching River and Katherine interact reminded me of my first time seeing Davina. She may have not quite recognized the bond but Nero and I sure did. Nero has been pacing and whimpering in my head non-stop, once we read that Malayah’s wolf had been killed. Despite her suffering I knew it must’ve helped to have her wolf with her to talk to her. Davina told me Malayah had tried taking her life twice but was not successful because of the witches they have on hand. It kills me knowing my daughter is trying to kill herself rather than be used by them all because we can’t find her. I am failing her. I notice Mark returnin