—Killian— "Ok, so can one of you please explain what the hell is happening here? Mariana is dead? How?" Kate asks with an impatient look on her face. "Let's all go inside first, then we'll talk, I myself don't even know what happened." I tell her and she still glares at me like she wants to gouge my eyes out. We all return to the living room and just as we're about to sit, we hear a bedroom door opening. Fuck I really hope that's not Will, I really don't want him seeing me with this blood all over me, If I scare that kid Kate is definitely going to kill me. Eric comes down the stairs yawning. Did he really sleep through all the commotion? He looks at me and the others. "Killian you really need to take it easy on Elijah or you might just kill him." He tells me. He thinks the blood on me is Elijah's. "This isn't Elijah's blood. Someone broke into the house and killed Mari. And whoever it is wants to make it look like I did
—Killian— "Do it I'm ready." I tell Eric, and he immediately jumps up from the seat and rubs his hands together and he has a huge grin on his face. "You might want to wipe that grin off your face." I growl at him. "Oh sorry, I didn't know my happiness was showing." He says still grinning from ear to ear. "Have you done this before?" I asked him starting to get a little nervous. "Not really, but like you said I am the strongest warlock in the last century so this should be a piece of cake." He tells me while busy cracking his knuckles. "Ok Eric, I'm trusting you. So how exactly is this going to work?" I ask him. "Well firstly I'm going to need you to calm down and open your mind to me. I'm going to check if there's any trace of magic used to tantrum with your memory and if there is, I'm going to try and get it back. But you have to let me in, I know there's something's you have done that you don't want
—Jeremy— I had a strong haunch that Elijah has been compromised, and he will surely begin the same place as Killian and Lena. But I'm not scared or anything like that. Elijah is a loyal soldier, he will never reveal my identity. I got one of my guys to track his phone to his last location and it stopped somewhere outside Connecticut. They should be close by, we stop at a gas station, and I tell Mari to call her sister. "Make it convincing, Mariana. She has to believe that you're really in danger." I tell her. "Don't worry baby. I've got this." She tells me with a huge grin on her face. How can two sisters be so different? Mariana is so gullible, she has no idea what is about to happen to her. She dials Lena's number twice but she doesn't pick up. Fuck I never anticipated that she would not pick up her call. "Leave her a voicemail. Make it convincing Mariana." She does as I tell her, and I have to give h
—Killian— "You mean the other man with Jeremy was your father?" I asked him again just to be sure and at the same time not wanting to believe it. Everyone knows or has heard about Iannis, he is a great and respected warlock, what exactly does Jeremy have over him that would make him do something like this. "So him and Jeremy are in cahoots, he must be the warlock that helped him with the spell to make feral shifters." I say mostly to myself but the others hear me. "Lena are you okay?" Kate who has left her chair and is now comforting Lena asks. Lena doesn't move or make a sound, she just stares into space like she's not really here. I immediately got and knee in front of her and take her hands in mine and squeeze it tight to let her know that I'm here. "Lena, mi Lena, I'm here ok, I need you to come back to me. I know how much this betrayal must hurt you, but you can't let the pain win, ok you have to fight. Do it for your sis
—Jeremy— By the time we get to the warehouse, it's already dark out and Elijah looks like he's barely holding on. Killian really did a number on him, and he will pay for it with his life, no one comes after my family and lives. Iannis gets out of the car and doesn't even look back at me, he must be angry but that's none of my concern, as long as he does what I tell him to do, I don't care how he feels. I help Elijah out of the car and we both walk into the warehouse. We walk in and I call out for the doctor. "Hey doc, I need your help here." I yell out to him. He immediately stops what he's doing and runs over to me. He looks from me to Elijah. "What's wrong with him, why isn't he healing?" He asked me. "He's been injected with enough wolfsbane, that could probably kill an omega." I told him. He looks at Elijah in awe, probably wondering how he's standing right now. "Help me get him on the bed, I'll take care o
—Lena— "The alpha is back." Killian says and I immediately turn and look at him. "Are you sure about this Killian? You still can't shift yet. What if something happens and the pack finds out. I don't think this is a good idea." I tell him. He takes one of my hands in his. "I can't stay on the sidelines anymore Lena. It's because I've been gone for so long that's why my enemies have been able to move in without me noticing, they see me as weak and I need to change that." "But Jeremy knows that you can't shift, and he'll use that to his advantage, and if he's also trying to become a feral shifter, you won't be able to stop him unless you're at full strength. So please don't go. You and Eric can stay at another safe house, while me and the others can go back to the pack and bury my sister." I tell him and just at the mention of my sister, tears start to well up in my eyes. She might've not been the best sister, but she was still
—Jeremy— Jason Bennett, I can remember the last time I was called that name and it was a very long time ago. I've buried that scared little boy for a while now. I'm Jeremy Gilbert and the only two people other than me that know my true identity are Elijah and Elena and they would never betray me, so who exactly is this personal investigator? Who is he working for? And how was he able to find out my true Identity? "FUCK!!!" I scream again and start throwing anything in my path against the wall. This could ruin me, my real identity coming out right now could ruin all my plans. Yes I do plan on revealing my true Identity but that's after I've had my revenge. My true Identity coming out now could destroy all my plans, all what I've spent years planning could be ruined just because of one loud human. I need to find out who he is and who he works for and also if he has told anyone else the truth about me. I don't know how long I
—Lena— "She's alive Kate, Lyanna is alive." I tell her with in my voice. "What the hell are you talking about Lena? Are you trying to get back at me for bringing her up?" Kate asks me as she looks at me like I've lost my mind. "No, I'm being serious Kate. I'm not trying to mess with you. You know I would never joke about a matter as serious as this. I mean it Lyanna is alive." I tell her and she just stares at me without saying a word for a few minutes. "But how is that possible? We were both there that day, we saw her body. So how is it possible that she is alive?" Kate asks with a look of utter confusion on her face. "I know Kate and at first I didn't want to believe even if it was coming from Lachlan of all people, it was until I confirmed it with Katharina, it was then that I finally allowed myself to believe it. Lyanna is alive." I tell her and just saying it makes my heart skip a bit and tears start welling up in my eyes. "Wait Lena, back up. Lach
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