Isabella P.O.V. “I’m pregnant.” I say, looking at my mate who’s eyes are closed. I know I hurt him when I didn’t answer his question and everything in me is still screaming to say yes, but I need him to know this secret before I do. He deserves to know that we have a baby on the way, and I need to know if he is angry with me. I didn’t mean to get pregnant, and seriously not at this time, but I want to keep the baby. Our baby. However, if Elijah is not okay with this, I will give him the opportunity to say so and I’ll leave our pack and him behind. This little pup is already my first priority, and I will move heaven and earth to protect him or her. The minutes drag by, and Elijah keeps having his eyes closed. His breath is calm, but I can feel the turmoil inside him. “Elijah?” I ask, the tension and suspense is killing me as I am sure it was killing him earlier. This was supposed to be the perfect moment and I ruined it. I should have told
Isabella P.O.V. The next few days we have different visitors. Different pack leaders and ranked members of other species. We talk and make contracts of peace and allegiance between us. We also announce to the pack that Elijah and I are engaged, and plan to have a small pack dinner on the night where Alex, Jenna, Michelle and Cedric arrive. It’s only a couple of days away now, and I am looking forward to telling them what has happened here. It’s so far all good news, but things have a way to change from one moment to another, and we couldn’t expect peace to keep ruling with the threat growing ever closer. On the night before my brother and parents were arriving, we were awoken in the dead of night by the alarms and then guards yelling over mind-link. ‘WE’RE UNDER ATTACK! SOUTHERN BORDER.’ ‘EASTERN BORDER IS BEING RUN OVER AS WELL! ARGH!’ ‘ROGUES WITH MAGIC. DEMONS AND.. OH MY GODDESS.. HELP US!’ Elijah and I jump out of bed. “You go to the safe room, baby. Stay out of sig
Alex P.O.V. We’re on our way to Isabella’s pack, when my phone goes off. The number is unfamiliar, and even though I don’t usually pick up calls that are blocked, something tells me to pick this up. “Hello?” “Alpha Alex? This is Beta Dale, I have tried to get a hold of you for the past four hours.” “I’m sorry, Beta. We’ve been in the air and my phone was on airplane mode. What is going on? Why are you calling me?” My stomach churns. Has something happened since I last talked to Isabella? It was yesterday afternoon, and she told me she had some happy news to share. I could hear Elijah laugh in the background, and everything seemed fine. “Where are you now?” “We just touched down, and are on our way to the strip where we have cars waiting. Why?” “We were attacked last night, Alpha. Luna Isabella needs you. Elijah..” He chokes up and I imagine the worst outcome possible. “Our Alpha is going between life and death at the moment. Luna is distraught, and refuses to leave his si
Isabella P.O.V. I don’t know what happened? I was in a separate hospital room, ordered by the doctor to lay down and rest, while they monitor Elijah’s condition and the next thing I know his heart is failing. Emerald has been battling something inside us, keeping it in check but wouldn’t tell what it is. She keeps saying we need to do something drastic and soon if we want to stay us. Whatever that means. I hear the flatlining of my mate, and I jump out of bed, running to his room. I remember the feeling of utter heartbreak, how he is slipping away and then I faint. I don’t remember hitting the ground, but I know my powers overpowered me and I did something. I hear Alex yell my name, but I am not hearing him from inside my body. I’m somehow levitating over the scene, and I watch as Elijah spirit looks at me with wide scared eyes, before he returns to his body and his heart beats once again. Then I know I’m dead. I used my lifeforce to prevent him from dying on me, and I died instea
Isabella P.O.V. “You two need to stop that bickering for a moment and remember your matebond and why you are in the same hospital room, with people who call for me when they can’t talk sense into you. Think back. Before all this. Before the attack.” Selene implores, but I am in no mood to as she says. Elijah is seemingly on my page in this, because he also crosses his arms. I smirk. Well, I guess there’s actually one thing we can agree on. Selene narrows her eyes. “Well, then I guess I have no choice.” And with that I feel the world go black, and the last thing I hear is Alex and Dale cursing out the Goddess and I’m out. Everything is once again black. This is really getting old. I know what I have to do, but I am not sure if I want to do it this time. Why should I? He is the one who ruined this. Why should I be the good little mate, who solves everything.Someone growls behind me and I swirl around just in time to see Emerald jump me. Somewhere in the distance I hear a
Elijah P.O.V. We’ve used the last few days to catch everyone up on what happened at the end of the attack, the blood curse and what happened with Selene. Dad came home to the pack when Lauren called him about me and Isabella. He had an update on mom, and it was not entirely good news. Although she has settled well in the ward, and found herself at home with the daily schedule and dad living there with, she’s still cursing Isabella for taking away her family. She only does it out loud when she thinks no one hears her, but what she doesn't know is that dad and Dale had surveillance installed in all her rooms, except the bathroom - but there are mics in there. They are recording everything she says and everyone she talks to on the phone or in person. She has had visitors when dad is not around, and thinks no one knows she is still plotting her schemes. He is contemplating leaving her, although that would hurt him deeply. Isabella has taken it with grace. She knows she is not at fault f
Isabella P.O.V. I’m carefully watching the interrogation unfold on the other side of the glass, and I have to give it to Elijah, he is an excellent actor. So much so he has to send me recurrence through the bond. Ashlee and Milan are both almost vibrating with anger, and their eyes keep clouding over. “Would the two of y’all stop with the mind-linking and say whatever it is you want to say?” I ask over my shoulder. My eyes are trained on the conversation in the other room, and the direction it’s following at the moment. “We’re just discussing if we should call my mother or not.” Ashlee says, and I turn my head for a brief moment. “Why?” “She committed a crime against a friend of our pack, a personal friend of ours. We need justice.” “Your elder council banished her from your Coven, Ash. They did what they thought was right and in that sense justice will have been served in the eyes of your Coven, and your mother cannot do anything further. But!” I say when she opens her mouth
Isabella P.O.V. She was speaking the truth. That much I was sure about, having used my powers on her. But I had no idea how true she really was speaking. Over the last five days, we have had nightly shadow attacks - although they have not been as successful as the enemy would want them. We were ready for them the first night, and some of them walked right into the traps our pack members had set up. Elijah cursed the fact he forgot to ask her where Conan had his base of operations, but it seemed he didn’t have to. Dad told us that night at dinner, that his old pack had gotten a new Alpha. Something he had not gotten the chance to tell us yet. He and Alex relayed how they were in contract with different pack members, and how they wanted out, but they couldn’t risk it. I looked at Elijah that night, both of us thinking the same. “Well, how about we help them out?” I said, and my brother actually looked at me like I’ve grown two heads. “Help them out? They have crazy dark magic practi