Kade now knew the truth.
KADE “Thompson we have a problem. Someone used a missing and attacked Omega to lure all of us out to the woods, knowing that Elle wouldn’t leave him there. They utilized many rogues as a distraction to get to her. They knocked her out with wolfsbane and disappeared with her before we realized what even happened. They used scent blockers to cover their scent as well as hers. We tried to find her trail but couldn’t,” I explained. I heard him let out a few profanities and heard a door slam shut in the background. It was silent on his end until the other Alphas were also brought into the call. How much did I tell them about who she was, her destiny, and her lack of memories? ‘All of it,’ the Goddess responded to my thoughts. So, I told them everything from start to finish what Gabriel shared with me tonight. They listed carefully and did not interrupt. Then I also added in everything else this pack was allowed to do. I aired out the Alpha’s dirty laundry, and Gabriel added in many thi
KADE ‘Have them take the collar and shackles off Eric for a minute. I will give his wolf complete control. Since Elle is not here to give him some final words, I want you to do it. Give him solace and tell him that I will bring Elle to visit him before I give him to another human. I have selected his counterpart, and he is from an allied pack of yours. The wolf will remember everything when he is reborn. It will allow them both to help their future mate,’ the Goddess told me. “The Goddess wishes for you to unshackle and uncollar Eric. She’ll be giving full control to his wolf and wants some specific things said to him before it’s time,” I told Thompson. He knew that I meant before he died. He nodded his head and removed them before helping him to sit in a chair. Green shimmers showed that his wolf was in control, so I sat in a chair in front of him and waved Gabriel over too. “I’m Kade. What’s your name?” I asked him. “Grant,” he said quietly. He lowered his eyes away from mine.
ELLE My body felt weighed down by some unseen force within the darkness. Everything hurt. Goddess, I had never once felt pain like this before even though I was personally acquainted with all types of pain. This felt like lava was flooding through my veins. My body was stuck in limbo while the pain raged without mercy. That was until the burning lava began to diminish. It was not done quickly, but the fact that it lessened at all was an answer to my unspoken prayers. The first thing that I noticed was that there were other people here too. My senses came back little by little. My hearing was the first sense, so I did my best to remain unmoving as the rest made their journey from the Valley of Bones into the land of the living. “How long do you think it’ll take for the bastard Alpha to give up looking for her?” My mind was still foggy, but I would recognize that voice anywhere. It was one I often heard in my nightmares. The ones when I was asleep and awake. Dulaney was the last per
KADE Everyone was giving me breathing room because I was wound up very tightly. We needed to find her, and we needed to find her now. The ticking of the clock did nothing but crank up my anxiety. Apollo noticed my glare earlier and had already removed both clocks in the room. He was too good of a friend and Beta. I always prided myself on control. It was required as an Alpha. Gramps and my father both instilled that into me from a very young age. Temper tantrums as a pup were used as teaching moments. There was a time when I was four that cried and wailed because the wheel on my toy car broke off. That was not an issue at all looking back, but it was devastating as a pup. My father came to me and asked me what was wrong. I showed him the car and held it out for him to fix. My father shook his head and told me that he would not fix it. He shattered my heart into a million pieces with his words. “I won’t fix it, son. But I’ll sit with you and help you learn to fix it yourself. You ca
GABRIEL I met my best friend on the worst day of my life. It was that moment that drew us together, creating an inseparable bond that was eventually blessed by Selene. My parents joined the Blue Crest pack right around the time that Alpha Andrew took his title. Life was not as bad for Omegas back then. Alpha Andrew believed that his father had been too weak in ruling the over the pack, and the Omegas began being used as bargaining chips to strengthen the pack. My parents died when I was nine, but nobody told me what happened to them. It was not until I was older that I learned the truth. The warriors got carried away with taking out their frustrations. That was what our kind was used for after all. That was our purpose in this godforsaken pack. I was sitting underneath the tree that my father taught me to climb. My heart was broken, and I was crying for their loss. I did not know what to do. I had no parents or family now and was all alone. A girl my age knelt down in front of me
KADE There was a large crowd of people waiting outside the hospital when we arrived, waiting to find out about Elle. Apollo pulled up to the front door where there was a medical team waiting as well. Gabriel opened the back door while I picked her up and got out, cradling her to my chest. I finally allowed the relief to flood through me because we got her here safe and sound. My heart refused that relief until I knew that she was safe, and now she was. “This is the best medical staff from our pack,” Gerald, another Council member explained so that I understood that they were trustworthy. “Thank you all. The healer said she’ll need a blood transfusion. She’s O negative, so I’ll donate as much as possible for her before we rely on the blood here. I don’t even trust this pack as far as I can throw it.” The doctor acknowledged what I said and had me lay her down on the gurney so that they could get started on her. My arms were both hooked up to donate blood not even ten minutes later.
ELLE The last thing that I felt was the excruciating pain of being strung up on the wall and being whipped over and over again. It was not the first time that a whip was taken to my flesh, but the difference this time was that I still had the wolfsbane on my skin which then got inside of the cuts every time the whip split my skin apart. My final thought before everything turned black was a pair of grey eyes that belonged to my mate. I held out as long as I could until my body fell into the void. Beep. Beep. Beep. The sound was the first thing that I became aware of. The second thing was feeling of being encased in warmth. It was not like the fire of wolfsbane. It was a warmth that brought tantalizing sparks with it. The third thing was the scent of cinnamon espresso. He found me just like I knew he would. I never doubted that he would come for me or that he would save me. “Please come back to me, darling. I’ve never once needed anything in life more than I need you. I’m sorry th
KADE I never once imagined that my eyes would ever see Selene’s realm. I knew that she mentioned that Elle would get to see Grant, and Gabriel mentioned that Elle was brought here before, but never had it occurred to me that I would get the opportunity to as well. This realm was an odd experience but in the best of way. My heart and soul felt at peace here as if the problems of life could not touch us within these borders. That was until she said that we needed to discuss things that would impact the future. “Let us start with you Elle. You have a decision to make regarding Alpha Andrew,” Selene began. “What do you mean?” she asked. Elle’s head tilted, and a cute little furrow settled between her brows. My mate was everything from adorable to sexy and back again. I had come to realize that her features were very expressive if she was not hiding it. She could entirely wipe expression off her appearance if she wanted to just like how she did when facing the Alpha family at dinner th