CHAPTER 48 ELDER KNOWLEDGEFENRIS'S P.O.VWe planned all week; I couldn't go in blindly. This was a plan that Helga and Liam had spent years formulating. No last-minute ideas would do. I prayed that in the time Teddy was in his possession she was safe and hopefully she would not do anything rash. Helena said that they wouldn't do the ritual until the next blood moon, which gave us plenty of time to get a good plan going. The blood moon was still two weeks away, that gave me enough time to take down my local targets before rescuing my mate from our major target. All that mattered was their safety, nothing else. I would kill Liam were he stood for ever thinking he could harm my mate and child."Okay, are we ready?" Tanner asked impatiently.Our first target was the most obvious. Elder Jackson. He seemed like the easiest target of them all, one I could break with ease."Go and tell him that I was questioning let's say Kirk again in the dungeons and see if he comes.""And if he doesn't?"
CHAPTER 49 TARGETFENRIS'S P.O.VOnce Elder Jackson was dealt with, we proceeded with the plan."We have one week to get this done." Uriah stated."Which means, we attack Kirk tonight. And go straight to Liam next. We cannot take the word of Jackson, he was useless, he didn't even know what they were planning which means his timeline could be wrong." I stated."At least we got one important information out of the old man. Liam plans to cut Helga out of the plan.""She won't take kindly to that news." Helena stated next.We left the dungeon; I instructed a guard on what to do with Jackson's body. I gathered up some troops as well as Cass, our royal witch. Cass was good, but Helena was better which is why she helped with Jackson and not Cass. She was beyond powerful, even born as a half-bred. She knew magic beyond anything I have saw Cass do. The more magical beings we had on our side, the better. We still didn't know Helga's plans, nor if she had anyone from her own coven or any other
CHAPTER 50 SACRIFICETEDDY'S P.O.VDays had become nights, which then became weeks. I lost count of how much time had passed since being put in this dump. It could have been one week, or it could have been several. Either way, I was itching to be free. To feel the sun beat down on my skin again."Lilly, how long have you been down here?" I asked."I don't know. I lost track after a year."Her response making my eyes bulge. Over a year?"I miss the sun; I miss the wind blowing through my hair. I miss my wolf." She said as her voice cracked."Your wolf is gone?""After a while she faded to the back of my mind depressed, then one day she didn't respond. Since then, all I feel is emptiness. I am not sure if a wolf can die inside your mind but that's what it feels like. Like half of me is dead.""My wolf wasn't there for a long time either. Until one day I broke, and she stepped forward to mend my broken pieces.""I'm passed the point of broken. I have nobody. No family, no mate, no wolf.
CHAPTER 51 BLOOD IN THE AIRFENRIS'S P.O.VWhen we arrived at Liam's pack lands, I knew we were too late. Afaint smell of vanilla and roses with a hint of pumpkin spice. But that was not all. There was also another smell, copper. Kingston roared in my head at the smell of blood. My team and I rushed toward the back where you could hear screaming. When I got there the scene was horrid. My perfect beautiful mate laid there with her bright red hair stuck to her face as she bled out, her eyes glistening over. My heart shattering in my chest. I wanted his head on a stake. I wanted to feel his pulse weaken, his eyes staring deep into my own as he struggled to breath. I wanted with everything in me to see the fear in his eyes as he died at my hands for what he has done to my family. Everything around me seemed to fade as my eyes zeroed in on my target. Awoman with long raven hair and dark skin held him by his throat in the air as she screamed random incoherent words. His feet dangling as he
CHAPTER 52 STABLIZATIONFENRIS'S P.O.VIt felt like it had been hours since they took Teddy to the OR. I was supposed to protect them, both her and my child. I failed. In the meantime, of waiting for any news at all I called my kingdom doctor and requested she and some of her medical team be sent here so we can transfer both Teddy and our son back to the Kingdom. I don't care how much she hates me; their safety is my top priority. I won't force her to be my mate, but she will damn sure live in my kingdom so that I can ensure the safety of not only her but our son as well. I hadn't been calling him by any name. I didn’t want to overstep in case Teddy had already selected a name for him. And I would be damned if I gave up hope that she will make it out. She wasn’t going to die, not here, not like that. She would live to be old as her hair fades from her vibrant red to her silky grey. She couldn't die, not like this.'Her mom did.' Kingston’s sad voice piped in my head."No, that was dif
CHAPTER 53 ELIASTEDDY'S P.O.VI laid in the bed staring off at the ceiling still not completely grasping what all happened. I was there. I felt the pain, I see my wound, I see my son. But none of it feels real. It was all so hard to believe.I knew Liam betrayed me, but I wasn't the only one. There was also Lilly, who still remained in the dungeons while I sit in this bed hurt by the fact that Liam wanted to take everything. Then there was Fenris, how can I deny the fact that he saved both me and our son? But if it weren’t for him rejecting me, this would have never happened.'You don't know that.' Gemma pipped up.'If he never rejected me... -""You wouldn’t have me, you wouldn’t be able to hear, and you wouldn’t have gotten the confidence you now have.''I wouldn’t have been put in a dungeon, I wouldn’t have been sliced open unmedicated and I wouldn’t have been on the verge of sacrificed while my child was offered to a demon lord.' 'They had been planning far too long. The rejecti
CHAPTER 54 HELENA, IS THAT YOU?TEDDY'S P.O.VI rubbed my eyes in fear I was seeing things."Helena, is that you?" I asked, as my voice broke, tears starting to fall down my face."It's me baby." She said as she rushed over to my side. Fenris stepping out of the way."But how?" I asked. Knowing my father wouldn't just let her leave, especially after not getting payment for my services with the contract.Her eyes cut over to Fenris before connecting back with my own. I had so many questions but right now, I just wanted a hug.I reached my arms up for her to come to me. Our bodies connecting in a tight embrace as I wept more. If it was one person, I needed the most right now, it was her. She had always been like a mom to me, the mom I never got the chance to have. Her being here right now means more than she knows. As much as I want to blame this all on Fenris, I know this wasn’t his fault. I chose to leave, I chose to try and move on with Liam, and I also chose to move to his pack. Fen
CHAPTER 55 TRUTH? TEDDY'S P.O.V I got my 15 minutes. After my time was up, Erin checked Elias's pressures and his body temperature. She then deemed him good and that he could be held an additional 15 minutes. Although I would love to not have to share him, I also knew that it was selfish of me. He had a father who has not left his side. Fenris has hovered and asked so many questions when anyone does anything with or to him. He was completely concerned for him, like a parent should be with their child. I knew it was only right that he also had to chance to hold our son. To feel that wonderful feeling of what it was like to hold him close. He removed his shirt so that he could also do skin to skin. The sight of his body sending delightful shivers down my body. I resented feeling those feelings, but I couldn't deny how sexy his body was. 'Momma likey.' Gemma purred in my head. 'Down girl, we just gave birth.' 'Doesn't mean my lady parts don't need some mclovin.' She said as she basically