Isaiah P.O.V. “ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND SELENE?” I wake to my mother screaming on the top of her lungs. Someone shushes her, but then they regret it when I hear an ‘ow’. Dad. What the hell is going on? Where am I? The last thing I remember is being captured and dragged to the beach of the lake. Memories of Ivy and Jasper arriving on the beach and my Ivy demanding me freed. She was magnificent. I was in and out, but she was amazing for what I saw. Then Jasper’s voice sounded right besides me, and we were gone from the beach. I passed out when he left the hospital. Ivy?! I sit up abruptly as my mother screams again. “YOU ARE INSANE! WHAT IS THE FUCKING MATTER WITH YOU GODDESSES?” I look around the room. Ivy is in the bed beside me. She is pale, but she is alive and breathing. My erratic heartbeat slows down a bit looking at my sleeping mate. I’m surprised she has not awoken from the screaming, but then again I’m really not. Ivy is a heavy sleeper. “Oh my god. Isaiah!” Mom is
Ivy P.O.V. I’m floating. The skies are cold and wet against my skin. I know I’m dreaming, but then again; this doesn’t exactly feel like a dream? It feels real somehow. I know I can’t fly. But I can fly. I flew when I trained with Jasper, and again when I fought with Ashari. ‘Just wait and see, little one.’ Raven says. Huh? So, she is here as well? That gives me a strange sense of protection, but if she is here as well? ‘We haven’t left our mate's arms, Ivy. No one can sense us. I’m shielding us. Just wait and see. We are going to learn something important, I can feel it.’ I do as she says, letting our body float through time and space. Then something forms around us. A camp of some sort. We float down, landing like a ghost amongst those who are working there. A feeling inside says we need to head left, so that is what I do. Raven is humming quietly, making my entire see through body buzz. Further up ahead the road I chose there is a big tent. I enter through the side, standing in
Jasper P.O.V. This plan is insane, but maybe that is what we need. Insanity. I grab Astra’s hand and pull her with me. She doesn’t even ask where I am going or what we are doing, she just follows me to our room. “What is going on, Jasper?” She asks when we close the door behind us. I look at her. My perfect angel! My mate. My everything. Someone is coming to take her away from me and kill me to hurt her. Shadow is whining in anger and shaking out his fur in my mind. He wants us to seek out our enemy and take him out for good, instead of waiting for him to come to us. “I’m sorry for dragging you, angel. But we need to speak to your brother and your parents.” Astra swallows, she is about to say something when there’s a knock on the door. I open it, as she sits down on our bed. She is pale and slightly shaking. Alisa is standing outside, and as her eyes land on her little sister, she rushes past me to get to her. “What’s going on, sis?” She asks, and Astra tells her what I just said.
Isaiah P.O.V. My parents have been by my side since I left the hospital. I hate lying to them. Well, I am actually not lying and that terrifies me a great deal. Ivy is in all senses and purposes dead, but she is not. Our matebond is as strong as ever, and I know she is alright, wherever she is. Jasper and Aiden went to the hospital to organize a lockdown on her room, and inquiry about how she could die so suddenly. Milo and Lucas met them there, and all four of them have been working tirelessly all day to secure the pack, the members and answer questions as best as they can. Jasper disappeared at some point, Aiden mindlinked me about it, and when he came back it was with news. He came to my room, knocking quietly and poking his head in. Mom and dad left me with him, trusting he would never hurt me. Mom has been muttering about betrayal and vengeance ever since she saw me in the conference room. They both felt the pack bond break, but they had no idea it was Ivy. Should I have inclu
Ivy P.O.V. Isaiah left me to do what I had to do, and to be honest I had absolutely no clue whatsoever, but I called for my mom and aunts and explained to them the situation. They agreed something must be done and the next thing I knew I was hovering over my body which was dead. “Woah, give a girl some warning next time please.” I tell them, and Selene chuckles. She is by far the most easygoing of the three of them. My mom is sulking a lot, while I sense a lot of anger from Solaris - as she presented herself as. She is Jasper’s mom, but not in the same sense as Emelda is mine. She created him in her picture, from some of her blood and bones, but she did not carry him at any point. “Your body is in an enchanted state. It is for all outside purposes dead, but it will not decay. You can return when the time is right.” My mother says, waving me off. I stare at her with narrow eyes and crossed arms. “And who is going to decide when it is time?” I ask, and she just rolls her eye
Isaiah P.O.V. ‘Isaiah I have some news from our mate.’ Apollo says in my mind as I am walking down the hallway to my room. Dad went to speak to my aunt and uncle, so I don’t have to deal with their nonsense right now. Everything is becoming quite overwhelming, and I miss my mate, something fierce. I know this is for the best, but I will never agree to do this ever again. Jasper asked me in private why Ivy hadn’t just crossed the border to the divine realm, as he does, and I told him it’s essential our enemies think she is dead and for that we need a body. He nodded, and said her body is magically sealed off, so it will not decay or age while she is away from it. It’s like the Goddesses just burrowed her soul, and made sure her shell, body, is ready for her when she comes back to it. ‘DUDE.’ I almost trip on air from the loudness of my wolf. Fuck I forgot he spoke to me. ‘Sorry, Apollo. My thoughts were otherwise engaged.’‘No shit! I said I have news from our mate.’ I quickly e
Jasper P.O.V. Three days have gone by since we helped the former Alpha and Luna of Green Forest. They insist on me calling them Alex and Jenna, and they have spent their time making things up with their girls. Especially with my mate. She is having a hard time coming to terms with what her ex mate did, and she is blaming herself for his actions. She keeps saying if she had been stronger and stayed longer, her brother and father would not have gotten the burnt end of the deal. We keep reminding her that the end goal for Lyall is to cause as much destruction, chaos and anger as possible. But she is still so mad at herself. I try to be there as much as she will let me. Even though we have accepted and marked each other, she still hasn’t opened her heart to me completely. Not that I blame her after the clusterfuck she went through with that absolute nincompoop.The pack has also had a hard time. They lost their Luna the day they gained a new Beta couple. Rogues joined us. Briell joine
Isaiah P.O.V. ‘Alpha someone is approaching from the north border with a white flag.’ A guard mindlinks me. We have made the most of today, and not even an hour ago we got the last of the pack members into the safe rooms. Briell is with the kids, making sure they are entertained and kept safe with some of the nurses and teachers. After we got the news last night, we made preparations and called our allies. They have arrived all day today, and we’re ready for whatever the enemy has up their sleeve. Aiden, Jasper, Milo and Lucas have been close to me all day. My father and aunts and uncles as well. When the mindlink comes in, I tell them to shift and remember the plan. Aiden and Alisa stay with me as I head in the direction the guard told me. The others have their orders and we have a plan in place. We need to succeed and hopefully we’ll get my Ivy and mother back soon enough. This has to be what they are waiting for. The great battle between good and evil, light and dark. At the bor