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
“This is elder Carole’s granddaughter. What are you doing to a ten year old Derek?”“Easy Keila. Carole had a witch place a spell on Paige. Paige has clearly overheard her grandmother say something she shouldn’t have. That mark burns her if she tries to talk about it. Dimitri can remove it but it is going to burn her more to try and stop us. I need you to ease her pain as much as you can.”“Paige I am going to place my hand on your wrist. I will take away as much pain as I can. Tracey, hold your daughter. She is going to need you,” Keila replies. Tracey wraps her arms around her daughter while Keila places a hand over the mark. Dimitri scoots closer and grabs hold of Paige’s hands. Dimitri begins chanting and Paige begins to scream. I can see Keila close her eyes concentrating as Paige’s screams die down but she is still crying.“It hurt’s mommy. Make it stop!”“I know sweetie, I know. Just a little longer,” Tracey replies holding back tears. My heart breaks for the little girl and I
Malayah I have been heartbroken when I could no longer feel Maliyah. One minute I could feel the connection and then the next it disappeared. I have been trying for weeks to get through to her knowing it is futile. Something was done to Maliyah to sever our connection permanently. I can feel she is alive but I can no longer communicate with her. I now feel more alone than ever before. I wish I had listened to Derek and stayed away from Enzo. I realize now Derek has been a father to me all along and now I may never see him or my family again. I ruined everything. I walk over to the mirror that is in my room. My hair is badly matted and you can visibly see my cheek bones from the weight loss. I have many scars all over. I need to do something. I can’t keep letting them use me but I don’t know what to do. I already tried killing myself, twice, but the witches just keep healing me. I don’t want to kill anyone else. I hear the door to my room unlock and rush to the far corner. “How is
I see the light fading from her eyes as I get to my feet and take off running. I have no idea where I am or where I am going but I need to get away from here. I feel guilt hit me hard as I know the witch died saving me. She knew who I am and told me my parents have not stopped looking for me. I hope she is right and that they find me soon. I turn a corner and run into someone. I fall to the ground panicking as I back away from the person I ran into. I stop and recognize her as an elder from Derek’s pack.“I know you. You are an elder from Derek’s pack. Is he here? Are you here to take me home?”“Oh Malayah. We’ve been looking for you. I’m elder Carole. Come with me let’s get you out of here.” She takes me by the hand and I follow her. I can here Alastor barking out orders to find me. He is so angry.“Do you know how to get out of here? Where are my parents?”“Do not worry young one. Everything will be fine, just follow me.” I don’t understand why she is alone and is not answering my
Tears stream down my cheeks as I nod, acknowledging what he is telling me. I will never see my family again. Leila nuzzles me, trying to comfort me as best she can. I have screwed up royally and it has cost me my life, but if I can save someone in the process at least some good will come out of my mistakes. “Who can I save?” “There are two people close to you that are not going to survive this war. Keila and Maliyah.” “What? My sister dies too?” “She had another path laid before her but with every decision the path changes. Maliyah’s path has changed and she will fall.” I struggle with the decision. I can’t let my mother lose both of us. I feel like I will be a horrible person if I choose my sister over Derek’s sister. But the longer I think about it I know in my heart Derek would understand and Keila would sacrifice herself for one of us in a heartbeat. “What happens to them?” “Thomas will kill Keila. This could change but she would need to make a decision for this to not occu
Maliyah“Maliyah, the guests are arriving!”“Coming mom!”I quickly finish doing my hair in a half up pony tail style and curl it before doing my make up. I can’t believe it’s been almost five years since the war ended and here we are, celebrating my sixteenth birthday. I stop by my nightstand with my sister’s picture and use my powers to make the flowers in the vase bloom again.“Happy birthday sis,” I whisper as I head for the door.I throw on my Ariat boots, hoping towards the door as I put on one at a time. I almost collide with my door trying to put on my last boot as I grab the handle to open the door only to end up running into Aspen. I nearly fall backwards onto the floor, but Aspen reaches out and catches my arm to steady me.
DavinaI wake with a start that it startles Derek. Sweat is dripping down my face as Derek gently cups my face.“What’s wrong love,” he says looking around the room for an intruder.“I got to say goodbye to Malayah,” I whisper. He looks at me confused.“Okay, but what has you so scared?”I turn to Derek, making sure he is listening carefully. Worry is evident on his face as I take deep breaths to calm my racing heart. I need someone else to know what she told me.“Malayah said, ‘Beware of the new comer, darkness will come for her’.”“What does that even mean?”“I don’t know. I don’t even know exactly who she was talking about, but I think it’s Maliyah. I think she was talking about Maliyah and whoever Maliyah saw in t
DavinaThe twins have fallen asleep, Thierry on Derek, Accalia on Calista and Aiden in my arms. Everyone begins going home and we had back into the pack house. We lay the kids down for bed as does Mark and Daniela. It’s nice to see the children together, safe and sound and back to what was once normal. Things may not go back to what they were but we can find a new normal for our family.The last thing I do is prepare a room for my mother with the help of Kat and Daniela. We put her next to Calista as they seem to have hit it off and have become fast friends. I am over the moon that I get to have this opportunity to get to know my mother and learn more about my family. There is so much I don’t know.With mom back in the picture, it seems to have changed things for Kat. Now that Kat has been spending time with our mother and her granddaughter
DavinaWhen we all heard Derek and Maliyah playing I immediately mind link the whole pack to meet at the memorial. Our family gathered at it’s entrance, tears forming in our eyes. I haven’t heard her play in a long time. As pack members began arriving I open the back doors so they can hear too and started passing out candles and lighting them. Once everyone has a candle, I teleport Maliyah and Derek next to the memorial and they don’t miss a note. Families begin stepping up to the memorial and placing beautiful flower arrangements at the base.Dimitri utters a spell under his breath and tells me the flowers will never die, they will remain frozen in time. Celestia and Calista help pass out the Chinese sky lanterns and pens so everyone can write a message or just the name of a loved one that has been lost. I make one for my uncle Gabriel and parents that raised me as they now have no one le
MaliyahI can’t believe what I woke up to. Dr. Smith has been examining me and taking MRI’s of my brain. I am still in shock at everything I am being told. Mom and dad tell me everything I appear to be forgetting. We take several breaks as I am constantly crying over things I have forgotten.I remember some of the information they are telling me but not all of it. After a while I did start to remember the day my sister died but it still doesn’t feel real. I don’t remember being in a coma before and waking up to having another little brother. Uncle Kale died as well as uncle Gabriel and I haven’t been able to accept that yet.Uncle Gabriel has been around all my life, even before I learned what I was. I never imagined I would have to live my life without him.“Ma
DavinaWe’ve been in the dragon realm for the past week; going back and forth to the forbidden realm to explore it more. We want to ensure we had all he details, which Dimitri has written down so we won’t ever forget this day we now call The Day of Retaliation. It’ll always be a day we will mourn as many loved ones were lost that day, but we fought back against my brother and won. I wish there would’ve been another way, but my brother was too far gone. Once we were sure we didn’t miss anything, Dimitri and his coven sealed the realm away forever. The shifter counsel all agreed that it will be against our laws to step foot into that realm so it was best to seal it away to stop temptation.The horse shifters have been learning about the human world as it has changed a lot than from what their ancestors had told them. Technology is a new thing for them and they will remain on bear
DavinaIt’s finally over. It’s been six years since Derek came into my life and my world was turned upside down. Six years after finding out I was not at all human. My heart mourns for those that I have lost in all that time. The parents that raised me, my uncle Gabriel, Thierry who was like a second uncle to me and my biological parents though I didn’t even know it yet.My heart hurts for my sister. She has been an empty shell since we killed Alastor. She remains at Kale’s side though his soul is no longer attached to his body. He’s gone and there is nothing I can really do to comfort her.“Mom, let’s get you something to eat and drink. Please,” begs River but Kat doesn’t respond.She continues to stare at his body and grasp his hand. I think
Davina The minute Maliyah became unconscious her swirl of power dissipated. I drop the sphere of wind and see the zombie creatures are dropping one by one. I rush to Maliyah’s side in a panic with Kat right at my heals. “Maliyah!” Her head is bleeding badly and she is not responding at all. I quickly teleport her to Dr. Smith. “What happened,” asks Dr. Smith. “She hit her head on a rock and I am afraid she used more power than she can handle.” Kat pulls me away from Maliyah to give Dr. Smith room to work and I reluctantly back away. “Davina!” I look up and see Mark and Derek running into the tent. I can feel he is just as scared as I am right now. “Thank Ryuu you are okay. What happened to Maliyah?”
Davina “Maliyah we need you,” I yell through the mind link. Kat and I are trying to finish this once and for all but we both know we won’t win without Maliyah. Alastor creates a sphere of wind around him, pushing Kat and I off of him. I quickly search the field for Maliyah and instantly see what she is doing. Her vision of Derek and Mark dying, it’s happening. “We need Maliyah,” says Kat through the link. “She is needed else where right now. We need to keep him distracted long enough for her to accomplish what is needed and return to us,” I reply. Kat doesn’t question what I mean. We trust each other completely and I know we can hold him off until Maliyah comes back. “You two are a thorn in my side. It’s time for me to be an only child,” growls out Alastor. I know we a