“You didn’t think you got rid of me that easy did you Maliyah.” I growl, getting the bastards attention.“Enzo.”“Ah, Derek. I was wondering how long it would take you to find where we were hiding at. Malayah has been waiting ever so patiently for you to rescue her.”I see Aspen holding Maliyah back as I circle around Enzo. I need to strike but he could kill Malayah at any moment. I want to wipe that smirk off his face.“What’s wrong Derek? Make a move. I dare you.”Neither of us expect to see a fire ball hit Enzo. He drops Malayah on the ground and she scrambles towards me. I rush to her side but neither of us are quick enough as Enzo grabs Malayah from behind and breaks her neck. Her body falls to the ground, lifeless.“NO!!!!” Maliyah is screaming as Aspen grabs her and holds her to the ground. It’s like I got hit with a cannon. All I hear is ringing in my ears and everything seems to be in slow motion. I hear Davina roaring in the sky and I can feel her pain. Fire rains from the
DavinaI feel like someone ripped a piece of my heart out. I immediately knew something is wrong and I search the ground for my daughters. My eye catches Malayah’s lifeless body and Maliyah killing Enzo. This time I know she is dead, I felt it. This is not a trick, she’s not coming back. I feel the wind pick up as Maliyah’s loses control of her powers. She has created a tornado that is getting wider, engulfing the whole field. I need to stop her or she’ll hurt not only the rogues but our allies. As I fly closer to the ground I see she’s crying out in pain as she holds her sister close. My heart breaks at the site but I can’t break down, I still have a daughter that needs me right now.Derek and Aspen are trying to reach her, but the wind is too much and it’s pushing them back. Lightning begins striking as the winds get stronger. I shift as soon as I land and grab onto my daughter’s. There is nothing I can say to make this better, she just lost her twin. The other half that makes her
Derek I finally convinced Davina to go lay down so I could let the nurses take Malayah’s body for burial. I ordered Dr. Ase to move Maliyah to her room and hook up everything he needs to monitor her in there. Mark dragged Owen to the training field because he was losing control. I don’t blame him. He just lost his mate, we just lost our sister and now I have to go tell mom. I am sure she knows but I also have to tell her about the girls. “Derek! Where is Mark?” I can hear the panic in Daniela’s voice. “He’s fine. He took Owen to the training field, he’s not doing well.” “Why? What happened?” “Keila died,” I choke out, tears brimming my eyes again. “Oh my goddess! Derek what happened?” “I was hoping you could tell me.” “She said she was going to herb storage to help the injured upon your return. I went to nap and your mom has been busy with the kids. We figured she was preparing with the nurses.” ”Someone helped her teleport there. I want to know who brought her on that battl
AlastorI can’t believe my sister and her daughter almost killed me. I underestimated their strength. Unlike the silver dragons I had killed all those years ago, Davina and her daughter teamed up against me. I knew fighting Davina would be difficult given she is the reincarnation of Ryuu but I didn’t expect her daughter and our sister, Katerina, to fight along side her. The rest of the dragons separated, making it easier to pick them off one by one until it was just my parents left. I have spent too many years planning this for it all to be wiped away in one day. We need to recover and regroup as fast as possible. My wounds are pretty bad and my dragon Cain is exhausted from fighting against my sister. It’ll take days for these wounds to heal. I am sitting in my study with the lights off and a fire going in the fireplace. A witch I keep around for personal company enters the room. She thinks one day I will bed her but I hate the mixing of species so it’ll never happen. She lowers he
ThomasI can’t believe both my nephews have the lycan gene. I knew it ran in our family and I have tried to trigger it many times. Killing my own mate to try and trigger it but I had no feelings towards the woman. She had given birth to that half-breed and I refused to accept to raise a child that isn’t mine. Plus she was a wolf and I will not mate with a shifter. I have yet to decide on a chosen companion but I have plenty of wolves willing to warm my bed. My wolf, Kek, also refused to raise a pup that wasn’t his but he didn’t want Josephine to die. He didn’t speak to me for years after I had killed her. He only recently began speaking to me again after I met Breanna and her wolf Mara. I had begun spending more time with and not in a sexual way. I enjoy her company and Kek appears to as well. He wants to desperately wants to mark her but I didn’t want to force her into it.So here I am sulking with whiskey. We lost big time and learned just how powerful Maliyah truly is. I can’t be
“We have a new problem to take care of,” he tells me, making me sigh.“What now?” I am going to have a migraine at this point with all that has happened. “It was overheard, a fairy who is a seer, saw the future of Maliyah and she will end up marrying that stupid elf prince,” says through gritted teeth.“Ha, Aspen? Elves have never chosen a mate outside their species, ever. The previous king forbade the mixing of species and I don’t see Aspen choosing a little girl no matter how special she is.”“Then why is he being her personal body guard? He’s a prince not a knight. He has feelings for what is mine and I want him dead.”He does have a point. Aspen has made our life hell when trying to get Maliyah. I will admit he does seem to have taken a special interest in the girl, but I still can’t see an elf marrying outside their species. There has to be some other reason he is protecting the girl.“Henry!” Henry returns hesitantly to the room. “Find out who this fairy is and bring him to us,
I feel a presence in the room with me but I don’t turn to see who it is. I can feel their warmth so I know they do not mean me any harm. “Davina?”I turn to see Dimitri in the doorway.“Justin has woken up. He’s going to be okay.”I stand and give Maliyah a kiss on her head before following Dimitri. Justin was the last person, besides Maliyah, to speak with Malayah in her final days. I need to know what happened. We walk into the make shift hospital wing downstairs and head straight for the bed Justin is in. As we approach him, I see him wince in pain as he tries to sit up.“Dimitri? Boy am I glad to see you again. I wasn’t sure I would ever return home again. Where is Malayah?”I look at him with sad eyes as he registers what they are saying. His smile falters as he lowers his head, allowing a tear fall down his cheek.“I’m sorry. I failed, I didn’t help her enough,” he says in a whisper.“Do not feel like you failed Justin. You were sent as a spy to gather intel. This was not a res
DerekAfter lunch we head out to the clearing to hand down the punishments to those who were captured. They are lucky we didn’t kill them. Nero has been in a murderous mood since we returned home with Malayah’s lifeless body and then watching Maliyah collapse into a coma. He didn’t want anyone to live and it took all my strength to rein him. Akira had to help me calm him down. Davina walks up to the rogues one by one. They all scream in agony as their animals are ripped from them, turning them human. The witches and warlocks have shackles on that is preventing them from using their powers as Davina strips their magic from them with Dimitri behind her wiping out their memories. Gabriel and other warlocks teleport them out of the state to live the lives they were given. Once the easy part was finished, Davina walks to my side as Carole is led out in silver chains. I can feel her anger rising as we watch Carole. I take her hand and kiss the back of it, hoping it’ll calm her down. As Ca