—Killian— The ride back to the cabin is fast, I'm pretty sure I broke more than one speeding laws. But I'm so mad, I know I messed up years ago, but I've been doing my best to prove to Lena how sorry I am and that I've changed. But she only wants me physically, I guess I might finally have to accept defeat and let her go, but not to Jeremy over my dead body will he have her. We finally make it to the cabin and I pack my car. "Killian…" Lena tries to talk to me. "Don't Lena please, I'm tired, I'm tired of this back and forth, I know I hurt you and I'll never be able to forgive myself for what I did to you. But I'm doing my damn best to prove to you how sorry I am and that I've changed. But I've heard everything you've said and I'll respect your decision. I'll give you space, and we can just be friends." I don't even wait for her to reply to me, I open my door and get out of the car and walk into the house. I get inside and I don't see anybo
—Killian— "Elijah, please tell me it's a lie." Adriana whispers. Lena runs into the house, I'm sure she realized that Adriana had gone in but it's too late the deed has been done. Adriana walks past me to where Elijah is kneeling down. "Elijah you get up and look me in the eye and tell me that what I just heard isn't true." She asks him with tears rolling down her face. Elijah doesn't get up, he just looks at her with a look of remorse. "Say something, anything, you coward! How could you do this? How could you hurt me like this?" I walk up to Adriana and try to guide her away from Elijah. "Adriana, I don't think you should be here. Let me and Lachlan question him, go with Lena please." I beg her, I can't hear to see her hurt again. "No, Killian I'm not going anywhere, I want to hear everything he has to say." She tells me with a look of conviction in her eyes. I know there's no way I'll convince her to leave. "Ok, but you ha
—Killian— I open the door to the basement, Eric and Lachlan are both waiting there and Elijah is lying on the floor. "String him up on the beam." I tell Lachlan and Eric. "And take off his clothes too." They proceed to do as I say, taking off his clothes and stringing him up on the beam. I pace up and down the room thinking about what I'm about to do. I'm about to torture someone who's being like a brother to me for most of my life. But for this to work I can't think like that, I can't let emotion into this I have to turn it off. I will become the monster I once was if that's the only way to save my pack. I turn to Adriana. "Adriana, you need to leave now. I don't want you seeing what is about to happen." "No, Killian I'm staying, I need to hear everything. I need to know why he would do this to us, to me." She says with steely resolve in her eyes. Lena enters the basement. "It's ok Killian, I'll stay with Adriana. If it gets
—Lena— I take Adriana back to her room. She keeps sobbing and I try my best to comfort her. "Everything's going to be ok Adriana. I know the pain that you're feeling right now. But believe me when I tell you that it'll get better." "How Lena? How do I come back from this? You saw the way he looked at me and the words he said. How could I have been so foolish as to fall for his act all these years." "No Adriana, none of this is your fault. He fooled all of us. Now stop crying you're going to be fine." I reassure her. "How do you know that Lena?" She asks me. "Because I know first hand how it feels to be rejected by my mate." I tell her. "I'm sorry Lena, I shouldn't have brought it up." "It's fine. So you can believe me when I tell you that you'll be fine. It may take a while but you'll get there because you're surrounded by people who love and care about you." "Thank you Lena. I really appreciate it. But our situations ar
—Lena— It's been two days now and Killian has been torturing Elijah night and day but he still hasn't talked. He must really hate us and must be really loyal to whoever's behind the making of the drugs. And Killian is getting worse, he has gotten detached and gets colder everyday, I think the only time he's happy and himself is when he plays with Will. It's evening and Lachlan and Eric have built a bonfire outside and we are all gathered around it. “Eric, where on earth do you find these jokes?” Katharina cringes while asking the question. We are sitting on the beach with a bonfire, and Eric, as usual, is making us all laugh with his crude jokes. Thank God, Will is asleep in his room because Eric holds nothing back. Zero filter when it comes to that man. “I don’t know… somewhere online.” “Oh, that’s right. The one you put on there the other day was so gross.” “You liked the status,” he roars, calling Kate out.
—Lena— Killian walks down the path and knocks on the door of the fancy house. A man answers in his robe, taken aback by Killian standing on his porch. He talks, and I can’t make out a single word. The man holds his hand up almost like he’s refusing to hear something until they both stop, and the man closes the door. Killian continues to wait on the porch, turning around to smile back at me, almost like the smile is saying a thousand words I need to hear right now to ease the trepidation. The door opens again, and the man points to something out back. He closes the door again, and Killian comes running to where I stand. “Now… will you tell me what’s going on?” I ask, panicked. He grabs my hand and pulls me back toward the house, except we turn the corner, following the rose bushes until we find ourselves standing in the backyard, a few feet away from a gazebo where the man stands, and an older lady beside him. “Lena, mar
—Lena— I walk out of the bedroom in search of Killian and then I bump into Lachlan. "You should probably let him let off some steam before you go talk to him. He's really angry and I'm guessing you know why." Lachlan tells me. "Yes I do." I told him. "Well he's kind of busy with Elijah right now. So why don't we leave him for now. And plus this gives me an opportunity to talk to you. I've been looking for a chance since we got here." "Yea, that's right I completely forgot. You said you had something important to tell me." "Yea, but I'm heading into town to pick up something. Why don't you come with me and we can have breakfast and I'll tell you what I want us to talk about." He tells me. "Yea sure." I tell him. But it's as if he can sense that I'm reluctant to leave. "Trust me Lena. Whatever you say to him now won't matter. Just give him a few hours to calm down." "Yeah you're right. Let me just go upstairs and
—Lena— "Yes Lena. And I'm very sure that Luna is Lyanna. Your daughter is alive Lena." Lachlan says. I can hear everything he's saying but I still can't believe it. But could it be possible that someone switched my baby with a dead one, but who could do such a thing? "You have to be absolutely sure, Lachlan. Please don't give me hope only for everything to come crashing down again." "I am sure Lena, I wouldn't bring it up unless I was sure." He tells me. I still don't want to believe it. But I'm starting to hope. "Tell me what exactly happened when you went to find Iannis?" "I got to the house and only his wife Morana was around, while we were talking her daughter Luna came down. And that's when I saw her and her eyes. I asked Morana about her and she said Iannis found her in the woods four years ago on his way back from work. But the thing is that when I asked Iannis, he told me the same story but he was clearly ly
EPILOGUE.A YEAR LATER.AUTHORS POV. I know you're all probably wondering, a year time skip is too much, but don't worry I'll catch you up. After the funeral, the council of Alpha's met to decide on Jeremy, Elijah and Elena's punishment. It was decided that they would all be spell bound and banished. Spell bound in the sense that their abilities as shifters would be locked away by a spell and only the witch or warlock that put the spell on them would be able to unlock it. So that's what happened and every shifter in the world, hell every supernatural creature was informed of what they did so they wouldn't be getting any help. Also Killian reported Jeremy's businesses and they were all shut down. Elijah begged for a second chance with Adriana but she refused. Slowly but surely everyone was healing from the loss of that day and it also helped that Will amd Luna were back, bringing much needed joy and light into their lives. Now I know some of you are confused,
—Lena— A Few Days Later. The pack was in mourning, yes we won the war, but that didn't mean that they weren't any casualties. All together we lost about thirty shifters but we all know it would've been worse if we didn't have the cure. We had two days to mourn and today we were going to have a mass burial. Here's how everyone in the house is doing, Kate hasn't left her room in days, and I cam hear her cries and screams through the walls, but she won't let anyone in and I completely understand. Killian is being the strong Alpha that he is but I know he's hurting, but in this moment he needs to be strong for his people. We've barely spoken two words to each other, I mean what could we possibly say that would make sense of what just happened. He did leave Jeremy alive though, Jeremy, Elijah and Elena are currently down in the dungeons waiting for a decision from the council of Alpha's on how to deal with them. Iannis, Eric and Kat have been going round hel
—Killian— I was right, I can finally flip shift again. The first time I did it after we left the wedding, the feeling was euphoric, the split second that it took meant everything. The ferals were way more than I expected but it didn't matter, our numbers were still more than theirs. Lachlan and I had been separated but I knew he was fine, it wasn't easy curing the ferals when all they wanted to do was kill us. It felt good being able to shift again, one second I was my wolf and the next I was back to being human. But I still hadn't found the one person I was looking for, where the hell was he? He was the one controlling them, so he couldn't be far. I was done taking care of the feral on my side and the men were taking them to safety. “Jeremy! Don't be a coward, stop sending your lackeys and come and face me yourself!” I shout out as I continue walking around, searching for him. “Don't worry, I'm not going to use the cure on you, it's going to be the cold
—Lena— “Where exactly do you think you're going to?” Missy asked me as I was about to leave the building. “You heard me right? I'm going to find her son.” I told her. “You can't go out there alone Lena.” She tells me. “Is that actual worry that I hear in your voice Missy? Don't worry about me; I can take care of myself; you stay here and make sure that everyone gets down there.” I tell her. “No, Celia can handle that, I'm coming with you.” She tells me I don't have the time to argue with her; I need to find the woman's son. “Fine, let's go.” I tell her and then we both leave the building. “She said he was just with her so he couldn't have gotten far.” I tell her. “Yeah, that's true, but he's still a kid; they wander off pretty fast once something catches their attention.” Missy tells me. “Why don't we split up, we'll be able to find him faster.” I tell her. “Not going to happen, you might
—Killian— A loud alarm sounds, and it can only mean one thing: they're here. Using my Alpha voice, I address the crowd. “Everyone calm down. We have prepared for this, and we all know what to do; if we panic, it isn't going to help. All the women and children start making your way down to the passageways.” I instruct them and then I turn to look at Lena. “Make sure everyone is safe and that the boundary spell is up before you come and meet us.” I tell her. “I know, you be safe out there, he's going to come straight for you.” She tells me. “Well, he's going to be in for a huge surprise.” I tell her, when we marked each other, I felt something shift in me and I finally feel like my former self, I haven't tried it out but I'm very sure that I cam flip shift again. “I'll see you soon.” She tells me and then she picks up her dress and runs into the house with Kate, Adriana and Kat following behind her. Lachlan comes to stand by my side with Iannis an
—Lena— We walk down the stairs, to the back patio doors that lead into the clearing. Adriana and Kat go out first when the violin starts playing. “Alright, this is it, once you step out, there's no going back.” Kate tells me. “I know that Kate, I'm ready.” I tell her. “Alright then, we just have to wait for your dad. Oh, there he is.” Kate says as my dad walks in and he has tears in his eyes as he looks at me. “Oh, my baby girl, you look so beautiful.” He tells me, and I can't help the tears that also well up in my eyes; my father doesn't get emotional all the time. “Thank you, Dad.” I tell him as he stands by my side and puts my hand through his. Kate nods at the two of us, and then she walks out; we wait a few minutes and then me and my dad walk out, and I can't help that I stop walking the moment we step outside because the crowd gathered here is more than I expected. “It's ok, Lena, don't focus on them; focus on the one perso
—Lena— The next day, we kind of slept in and by the time we got up and got ready for the day, it was already eleven in the morning, the perfect time to start brunch if I do say so myself. The guys had left, none of them telling us where they were going to, so we had the house to ourselves. When I walked downstairs the kitchen had been transformed and I'm not just talking about the decorations, I'm talking about the food spread that Kate had on the counter, there was a fruit board and a cheese board that was so beautifully arranged I was scared to touch it. “Oh Kate, this all looks amazing.” I tell her. “Well, I'm glad you like it. We have a massage scheduled in the next thirty minutes and after that, mani pedis. So everyone here's your drink.” She said as she handed a glass of mimosas to me ans Kat buy just orange juice for Adriana. We took the glass, got into our robes and walked into the living room where the tables had already been set up for the massage
—Lena— Iannis places the bowl in the middle of the table and then all three of them hold hands and start chanting, at first nothing happens and then the liquid in the bowl starts to swirl, it starts slowly first and then it gets so fast that it starts ti form a whirl pool and then there's a blinding bright light all over the bowl and then they stop chanting, the light disappears and the liquid stops swirling. “So I take it that blinding light means that it worked?” I asked them. “Hell yes it worked. Finally.” Eric sighed. In fact there was a sigh of relief all around the room. “Eric, Iannis, Kat, Bertha. I don't know how to even thank you guys for this. You have gone above and beyond. Thank you so much.” Killian tells them and I can tell that he's emotional in that moment. “Killian's right, thank you for this.” I tell them. “No thanks necessary, this was my mistake to fix.” Iannis said. “So what happens next, the liquid in that bowl is
—Lena— It's currently a night to the fourth day, for the past three days, the tension in the pack was palpable, it was like a fuse that was getting ready to blow. Everyone was doing what was asked of them, after the first day, Eric, Kat and Iannis didn't even bother to come back to the house, they'd all been holed up in the cabin, only just sending the occasional text when they needed something and then one of us would go and get it for them. Killian, Lachlan and Kate spent most of their time in the training centre while Adriana and I focused on getting the passageways ready and also planning the mating ceremony. Kate was the one who insisted on this but now she was too busy to help not like I'm blaming her or anything but it was her idea to have something big. If it was left to me, I would just put on a gown and get everything over with. But my mother offered to help me and I gladly accepted, plus it was a good distraction for her. But finally, everything was rea