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EliasFive hours later after much discussion and assurance, and promises made, we were all sitting in a small apartment on the other side of the town. Or most of us were sitting. Harper and Brianna were on the floor, both laid next to each other. Harper was twitching in her sleep, her breathing even, but Brianna was as still as the grave. Sticking out of her stomach was an angel blade. Her white t-shirt was stained with blood and she was, for all intents, dead.Harper had explained in detail about her own experience. How she had burned up from the angel grace and how she had ended up in the Neverplain with the angel trying to connect with her. I tried to block out most of what she was saying. I still had nightmares about what Nathaniel did and how I saw her die in front of my own eyes. It was still painful to hear that Nathaniel
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Elias“I’m going back, Drake.” I glanced over at Harper as she all but yelled into the phone. We were back in the car on our way back to Midnight Moon pack. This time Marcus was driving, with Katie sitting up front, and myself, Harper and a very wide eyed Brianna in the back. Harper had been on the phone to Drake for the last twenty minutes after ignoring several messages from him. “It’s Louise,” she sighed, rubbing her eyes. “I’m not going to sit by and not try to help one of my best friends.” I saw Brianna turn from staring out the window to look at Harper. Our eyes met, and I threw her a reassuring smile. The poor girl had pretty much had her life tipped upside down in less than twenty-four hours. She had already had to face something awful in the Neverplain, something that neither she nor Harper had spoken about, and then she was rushed to pack some clothes and dragged across the country. Harper paced her apartment impatiently while Brianna packed, and almost refused when she ha
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Harper“Welcome home everyone.” I looked up to see Marcus grinning in the rear-view mirror. I looked out the window to see my mum, Caroline Stokes and Alice Chambers standing in front of the pack house. It felt weird to be back here after six months.“I’m going to have to go Drake,” I said into the phone, “We are here.” I heard Drake sigh, and I smiled. We had been arguing about me coming here the whole trip. He had gone on about the warnings and the danger of being so close to the seal like a record on repeat. Clearly I had won this one, because here I was. “How is Elias?” Drake asked, and I glanced over at the seat next to me. Elias was leaning forward and in discussion with Marcus. “He’s fine.” I said, “Doesn’t look any different, no horns or anything.” I was lying of course. Elias had spent the entire journey here with that glassy look in his eyes that told me he was conversing with his black-eyed friend. He had even responded out loud a few times, scaring poor Brianna. I looked
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Harper“Yes, dad I know it could be a trap, but it’s also could help us too.” Tommy was arguing on the phone with the Sovereign, who I still couldn’t quite process was my grandfather. I had been working for him at the Council for ten years completely in the dark. I wasn’t sure what pissed me off the most, the fact that he had remained hidden all this time, or now that he revealed himself he thought he had any sort of claim on my life. “I have been a guardian for Harper since she was born, I am not about to let her get hurt now,” Tommy said through gritted teeth. I grinned, clearly he wasn’t so happy with daddy dearest trying to call the shots again. Tommy saw me grinning and glared at me. “Does he want the Circle caught or not?” I asked, loud enough that the dick could hear me on the other end of the phone. It must have worked because Tommy threw another glare my way. “No father, she isn’t being a smartass,” he said, and I laughed. “She is right. We need the information that Stokes
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HarperI quirked an eyebrow at the black-eyed demon in front of me. He seemed cockier than usual, and the smarmy grin looked out of place on Elias’ face. “Hi,” I said tentatively, “we were kinda in the middle of something there.” The demon scoffed and rolled his eyes. Or I was sure that was what he did, since you couldn’t really tell with the infinite blackness. “You’re welcome for the interruption,” he said, his voice a few octaves lower than Elias’ normally was. “I was getting bored with his incessant whining, anyway.” “Hey,” I called out. I knew that Elias and the demon didn’t always see eye to eye, but this was unlike him. “Oh, come on,” he cooed. He reached out to me and I moved away. He just laughed and reached out again. I jumped to my feet, a little unsure of his unusual assertiveness. I suddenly felt the need to put space between us. The demon followed my movement in a fluid almost unseen movement. I backed towards the edge of the clearing, only stopping because of the pr
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HarperThere were three cars outside the pack house when we got back. Elias excused himself almost immediately and disappeared into the pack house. I must have looked concerned as I watched him go because Marcus nudged me with a sly grin on his face. “He probably needs a shower,” he said, “you know after, erm rolling around in the mud.” He winked at me and I rolled my eyes while inwardly cringing. I was under no illusions that a pack house full of werewolves may not have noticed what we did in the woods. Still a shiver of delight ran down my back at the memory of it.“Fuck off,” I said which just made him laugh further. I would have said something else but the look on Drake’s face as he headed towards me didn’t look too friendly.“Colton Stokes?” he asked angrily. “Do you really think that bringing more demon bloods into the mix is a good idea? Especially him.” “Because it’s him,” I said. “Colton knows this area just as well as the rest of us who grew up here. Better even since he w
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Elias“So we take two primary teams and one backup team…” We were back in Tommy’s office, my old office, devising the plans for the rescue. Harper and Tommy were mapping out entry points to the area where Stokes told them the safe house was. I still wasn’t happy with how quickly he gave up the information. It was almost too easy, like everything was falling into a path that we couldn’t see. I didn’t like the feeling of being manipulated.“How certain are we that Stokes was telling the truth?” Samuel Kirby, Harper’s grandfather, asked. “Can we really trust the word of a filthy demon?” I smiled as I caught the sly glance my way as he mentioned the demon part. I knew he didn’t like me, he made that very clear. I might have cared if his opinion actually mattered to Harper. “He was telling the truth,” Harper said.“Plus, what else do we have to help us,” Tommy added. “It’s not really a help if we are walking into a trap now, is it?” Samuel muttered. I watched my beautiful mate as she co
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HarperWe headed towards the location of the safe house in four separate cars. We stopped about ten minutes out in a grove in the woods. The decision had been made that Tommy would head up the second team while I was outside with Elias. Elias seemed relieved when Tommy told him. We separated into the two main teams. Marcus, Alex and a couple of pack warriors on my team, and then Tommy, Drake, Elias and another couple of pack warriors on the other team. The final back up comprised Pack warriors led by Jamie, Alex’s little brother, who I had since found out had been given the Gamma rank of the pack. My grandfather had decided to stay behind with his men, stating his only concern was the detainment of Colton, and Brin had used the divine guard that he brought to surround the pack and monitor the growing demon bloods on the south border.We suited up in silence before heading out in our respective directions in accordance to the plan. Elias wanted to come with me but I reasoned that I nee
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HarperThree days laterI laid in bed with the covers over my head. I had spent the last three days crying. I cried for Andrea, and all the demon bloods who had been injured in the battle that had gone on while we were in the Neverplain. I cried for all the sacrifices and the losses, but mostly I cried for Colton. He did what I was meant to do, and I knew now he would suffer for it. The throne in Hell would remain empty and the Horsemen would punish those that helped me try to overthrow them. The battle had already ended when we returned to the earth plain. Tommy told me that they were overwhelmed and losing until my army attacked. He told me that I should be proud of my people, because they were the reason that Midnight Moon was still standing. I wanted to be proud. Hell, I wanted to wrap my head around having all these people ready to lay down their lives for me. But I couldn’t right now. I couldn’t get past the hole in my heart and the grief that I felt. I heard the door go and p
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HarperMy eyes flew open, and I recognised the spare landscape of the Neverplain. I looked around to see Drake and War standing with me. “Where’s Marcus?” I asked and looked at War, “Did you let go?” He shook his head and looked around.“Well this is pleasant,” he said. He turned to me with a smile. “Shall we complete this bond then my dear?” I glanced at Drake and felt my leg. I could feel the Neverplain version of the angel blade strapped to my thigh. Drake nodded and stepped back. I stepped forward towards War and looked into his eyes. He smiled down at me and leaned in to kiss me. I felt as he ran his fingers in my hair and grabbed on and yanked my head back. I yelped from the pain.“Do you think I am stupid, child?” he sneered at me. I tried to struggle, but he had a firm grip on my hair. Drake moved forward but stopped as I felt something against my neck. It burned against my skin and I gasped. “Don’t come closer or I will slit her throat and take her to Hell in chains,” War c
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TommyI rushed through the corridors back up to the pack house. I had set Greg and a few other Warriors on doors to the basement. I rushed into the library where Aaron, Katie, Alex Caroline and Colton were waiting. I looked Colton in the eye.“Can you do this?” I asked, and he nodded.“Yes, of course I can,” he said.“Are you willing to do this?” I asked, and he nodded again.“Anything for my Queen,” he said.“You understand that this will not go well for you,” Aaron said. “You will be seen as a traitor among the ones you deceived.” Colton nodded. “I know,” he said. He looked at Katie and nodded again. “It’s the least I can do, and I know it’s still not enough for what I have done.” Katie glanced up at him and I saw Aaron tense up.“It’s a start,” she said. “If I get to keep my best friend, then it’s a start.” Colton nodded. “We really need to get down there,” Caroline said. “He needs to get in when they do.” “Brianna knows,” I said. I had been dealing with conflicted feelings sinc
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HarperI laid Andrea down on the ground as gently as I could. I looked up at Caroline as I stood up and she bowed her head to me. Colton bent to his knees and looked up at me. I looked around and the three men did the same. Abigail looked up at me with tears in her eyes. She kept looking down at her mother and I could see that everything in the poor little girl was to kneel, but her need to grieve for her mother was strong too. I walked and kneeled in front of her. I forced a smile on my face and wiped at the tears on hers. “Thank you,” I said and her eyes widened. “Thank you for your loyalty. But you don’t need to be strong.” She burst out crying and flung herself at me. I held her as he hung onto me and sobbed. We sat there for a while. I hugged the devastated little girl as I watched the people move around us. I watched as Samual was dragged off through the woods and as the three men carried Andrea back over the border. Finally, it was just me and Abigail sitting on the edge of t
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HarperI made my excuses to War and left him alone in the room. I walked down the hallway to Tommy and Louise’s room. As I neared, I could hear arguing.“It’s stupid, that’s what it is,” Louise yelled.“Calm down will you,” Tommy responded, and I heard the sound of skin on skin as she slapped him.“Don’t you fucking tell me to calm down,” she growled, “This is my best friend we are talking, and your bloody niece. What sort of Guardian are you if you are going to let her do this.” Well I guess I knew what they were arguing about. I sighed before knocking on the door. The voices in the room stopped, and I heard footsteps. The door opened and Tommy looked out. I could still see the red mark on his cheek from Louise’s slap. I smiled sympathetically.“Hi,” he said. He then looked behind him. “It might be safer if you didn’t come in.” “Is that her,” Louise called from the room. “Harper Kirby, get your ass in here right now.” Tommy winced and mouthed sorry at me. I shook my head with a smil
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HarperI walked into my room and saw that Elias, or War, was lying on the bed. He looked up and smiled at me as I walked in. “Hello sweetness,” he said as he sat up. “Where have you been?” I forced a smile on my face. “I was just catching Drake up with what happened,” I said. “You know with your sister.” I watched his face, but there was no falter of his smile. “Ah yes,” he said. “My apologies for that mess. If I had known what I know now, I would never have left you alone.” He walked over to me and reached out to pull me into an embrace. I flinched away without realising. A hurt look crossed his face, and I widened my smile.“I’m a mess,” I said. “And covered in blood. Let me get a shower and I will be right out.” I went to walk past him and he grabbed me by the waist and pulled me against him. I felt a purr in his body as he pushed himself against my back. “Maybe I could join you in the shower,” he said. I tried not to pull away as he started kissing my neck. The kisses sent shi
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Harper“What?” Tommy exclaimed. He shook his head. “I don’t think so.” “It’s the truth,” Caroline said. “I saw it years ago.” She smiled at me. “That was the vision that I saw all those years ago.” Tommy’s eyes widened, and he looked between me and Caroline. “Vision?” he asked, and I nodded. “I heard Samual talking to Brighid about it,” I said and Drake looked up.“Brighid?” he asked, and I nodded again. “Samual didn’t like that his sweet Divine Warrior granddaughter would be the one to open the seal,” Caroline said. “And when he found out that my Colton would be one of the people responsible…” She trailed off and looked at Tommy pointedly.“That was why he attacked the demon bloods?” Tommy asked and Caroline nodded.“He wanted to kill Colton,” she said, “But our family defended him. They were already angry about Nathaniel being exiled.” I watched Colton as she spoke, but he showed no sign of upset. He seemed to be completely aware of the entire story.“But then if Harper is this
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HarperColton watched me quietly for a moment before nodding to Tommy behind me. “We need my mum,” he said. He then looked at me. “And your witch.” I turned to look at Tommy and he nodded. “Not here though,” he said and his eyes glazed over. I waited until he was back with us and he gave me a grim smile. “I suspect that we might have some compromised people. I want to make sure that what we say is completely confidential.” He looked towards Damien’s cell as he said it.“He was right about Lily,” I said with a shrug.“I don’t care,” Tommy said, “I don’t trust the prick.” He then looked at Colton and frowned. “I don’t trust this prick either, but at least he can explain some of his shit with the demon. Damien is just a prick.” Colton laughed, and I raised an eyebrow. He shrugged.“Can’t argue with that,” he said. I shook my head at the pair of them. A couple of minutes later Greg Henderson came into the cell. “It’s all set, boss,” he said to Tommy and Tommy nodded. He turned to me.
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HarperI don’t know how long we sat there for. It can’t have been that long though. Because soon enough the clearing was a rush of activity. First Tommy came running, followed by Alex and Brianna. It wasn’t long before there were pack warriors all over the place. I tried to explain what happened to Tommy. But I couldn’t keep my eyes from the still forms in the middle of the clearing. “What do we do?” One of the warriors asked Tommy. “Leave him be,” Brin said as he walked into the clearing. “Just give him some time to deal.” I knew that Brin had been there when Marcus’ father had died. Elias told me that he didn’t know much but did know that he had been the one to take care of Marcus’ mother afterwards. Tommy nodded in agreement. He watched Marcus with sadness. He had also been the one to take care of my own mother when my father had died. Slowly the other bodies were removed, and the clearing became empty again. Or almost empty. I sat at the edge watching Marcus. He was still in wo
