She blushed and Lucas put his arms around her,‘Yes, I do know and I guess that I felt the same way.’He took a deep breath and she felt him go stiff looking into his eyes she saw a world of pain and then he broke her heart,‘I’m sorry Silver Wolf but I must ask this, is the Pup?’Tears filled her eyes after all she had been through he still did not trust her and her voice was sharp when she replied,‘This is your Pup Lucas, no-one else’s’ He had the decency to look embarrassed but the damage was done, 'I'm so sorry little Wolf, it was not meant as a slight on you but with all that has happened please understand, I had to ask.' Katya looked away to tired and to hurt to reply, 'I need to rest Lucas and you need to go to your office and do some work.'
She spun around so fast she almost fainted with shock at the sight of her first born, 'Conri?' Her legs buckled and Conri caught her in his arms, he was a grown man now and looked like the male version of her with his pale silver blonde hair and molten silver eyes. He carried her back to the Silver City and when she opened her eyes the Goddess was sat beside her bed, 'How are you feeling?' She asked her solicitously and Katya shook her head, 'Confused, frightened and very, very alone.' Her voice was small and the ever present tears threatened to fall again,
She had been preparing it for days and instead of making his entrance in an expensive private hospital surrounded by those who supposedly cared about her he was born onto a bed of soft bracken and moss surrounded by the most stunning nature to a silent uncaring mother. He was a strong healthy pup as befitted the Alpha Heir and as she rested beside him letting her body heal he did not cry instead he looked around the cave as if assessing this new world he had been forced into. A few hours later Katya stood and stared down at him feeling nothing somehow she wasn't surprised the maternal gene had passed her by she was very tempted to leave him there for the local wildlife to devour and go back to her old life. She could always tell them it had been a still birth, she was sure she could make it convincing enough and even headed for the cave entrance but at the last minute she could not do it. Looking down into eyes so similar to her own it made her smile Conri had those same eyes gently s
Lucas had to read her note three times before the words sank in, she was gone, his Mate, his wild, feisty, sexy Mate had gone and to his surprise he understood her reasons. Every word she had written was true, the Immortal World was a patriarchal society and it was going to prove a fruitless task for her to try to change that, she would meet with brutal opposition he had no doubts about that. Over the next few days he settled into a quiet routine, he rose early and trained hard for a couple of hours, then when his son woke up he fed and changed him before handing him over to Athena who had volunteered to care for him. She had told him simply that one more mouth to feed was nothing and she breast fed him alongside her own daughter leaving Lucas in awe of her mothering instincts. He could not help but feel a little resentful that his own mate had chosen to abandon her newborn to be raised by another woman even if he did understand her reasons. The Rogues from Damon’s Pack were assimilat
They had not finished with her though, a few minutes later four equally burly guards entered the small room and grabbed her again dragging her to her feet, 'You wanted equality bitch lets see how you survive when we treat you like we would a male prisoner.' Of course she was not treated equally, although she struggled she was no match for four males and they stripped her naked and threw her back onto the mattress standing menacingly over her, 'We're not finished with you bitch, while you are here you will learn your place and that is on your back servicing every male in this complex. If you do as you are told and we are satisfied with your progress we may allow you to live. It's going to be a lot of fun teaching you your place little firebrand but we'll soon have
He turned to the guards, 'Tie her to the bench and lets see how long it takes her to beg her Masters for forgiveness.' Katya sneered as he turned his back on her, 'Why did these stupid males always underestimate her?' She giggled and the guards took a step back from her, 'Knowing what her fate was going to be why on earth would this tiny female be giggling?' They looked at each other and then back at her and then Katya released her magic, 'Come to me, Earth, Wind and Fires,
She snapped and then did something that surprised them all she clapped her hands and all three of them became trapped in dark clouds that whipped around them held there by a strong wind. All three struggled but could not break free and they could only watch as she walked away from them, 'Go back to the Silver City, leave me alone because if you come after me I will destroy all of you.' Her eyes blazed into Conri's, 'You have chosen your Path Conri and as such you are no longer my son. Do not contact me again and never try to use the bond of our blood to bargain with because it no longer exists and I will kill you.'
When both Wolves were sated and curled up together their humans stepped forward and took back control and Lucas knew Katya would not be as complicit as Artemis. She stretched, stood up and walked across to the cave entrance, 'I think I saw a river nearby and I need to bathe.' He was to astonished to say anything as she disappeared from his view, he jumped to his feet to follow her puzzled by what she was doing, after the intense intimacy of their Wolves he had hoped for just a little of the same thing. Katya did not understand her reaction either, all she knew was she was driven to bathe in the river and she paused on the riverbank looking into its depths. It was calling to her and with a last look over her shoulder at Lucas she walked into the deep green water not stopping as it became deeper and over her head she just kept going. It took her a couple of seconds to realise she was not drow