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“They would be in the bunkers. We have them built on the other side of the packlands. But where the hell are the warriors?” he asked.
“l have no idea, but let’s check the bunkers. Maybe something happened, and they ordered everyone down to the bunkers.” I told him and he nodded.
Sage grabbed Brad’s hand and told him to think of the location of the bunkers. Soon, a portal opened, and we were standing in the middle of a forest.
Everything was still covered in snow, and nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary. We started to follow Brad. If anyone was out here, we should at least see the tracks. He pulled back some vines, and we entered a cave.
We walked further in. Sage took out her phone and used the light. We came to some stairs and started to descend.
“Brad, what is this?” I whispered, to avoid the echo.
“This is the way into the bunker. There’s an emergency exit, but I wanted to see if anyone had been this way.” Brad answered quietly.
We came upon a steel door with a padlock. Brad pushed in some numbers, and the door opened up into a room full of Blue Moon members.
“Brad?” The former Alpha moved to the front of the crowd.
“Alpha, what the hell is going on?” Brad asked.
“I’m not sure. We all woke up here about an hour ago.” The former Alpha answered.
“ls anyone missing?” I asked him.
“My son and Alex are the only ones missing.” He answered me.
“Why didn’t you leave?” Derek asked him.
“We tried, but both the exits were locked,” he said.
“Did you see Ashlyn?” I asked him.
“Ashlyn is here?” He asked me, and I nodded.
“Let’s get everyone out of here and then we can figure out where to go from here.” Brad said, and we all agreed.
All of us helped get everyone out of there and made sure they were all home safe before we made our way back to the pack house. I still couldn’t feel any emotions from Ashlyn. I was growing increasingly agitated by the minute. And I could feel that Derek felt the same way.
We were now in the living room explaining what had happened to the former Alpha and his Beta, Alex’s father.
“Sage, who would be powerful enough to put the entire pack to sleep and move them?” I asked her, confused.
“Our family could, but I’m not sure about anyone outside the royal family,” Sage answered.
“Could there be another rogue witch like the one Ashlyn killed?” Derek asked.
“Possibly. “I’ll call my father and ask him. We should be thankful that all they did was put them to sleep and not kill this entire pack.” Sage said, and we all agreed.
“This is most likely Grace and Susan, but why would they have taken lan and Alex?” Brad asked, thinking out loud.
“Leverage. She is going to use them to get what she wants from Ashlyn. There was no way she could get to Derek or me. lan is the next best thing,” I answered him.
“Sage, can you track lan?” l asked her.
“Let’s do this together. Our magic should be enough to break through anything.” Nathan said.
The former Alpha and Beta showed them to their son’s rooms so that they could get something they could use to track.
I pulled out my phone to call my dad. I needed to make sure James was okay.
After speaking with my father, the others returned to the living room. James was awake and eating. Derek’s father had also arrived and would be staying until we returned. I followed the others out into the back of the pack house. Sage and Nathan needed space to perform the tracking spell.
“Mason, what the hell is going on?” Liam asked me, standing beside me.
“I have no idea. I can feel that she is alive, but I can’t feel her emotions.” I told him.
“Did something happen when we were gone, besides her finding Brad?” Liam asked me and l sighed.
“Yeah, she was going to talk with lan about giving each other space. She felt that he wasn’t moving on,” I explained.
“lan couldn’t have done this, could he?” Brandon asked. It’s not something that I thought of. I don’t think he would ever just take her, especially without taking James with them. He loves her and he knows that would break her.
“I want to believe that lan is also a victim. I don’t think he would be capable of doing something like this.” I told them.
“I know that my son has hurt Ashlyn, but he loves her. I know it’s complicated, but my son didn’t do this.” The former Alpha spoke.
“Besides, we would be able to feel it, and Ashlyn would never do that to us. She may care for lan, but she loves us and James,” Derek said, and I agreed. Ashlyn would never risk her family. And I don’t think lan would be capable of hurting her physically, anyway. We all know he cheated, but to take her away from her child, that just wasn’t him.
Nathan and Sage came back over to us, and I couldn’t read either of their faces.
“We found them, but you aren’t going to like where they are.” Sage said, wrapping her arms around Brandon.
I started to feel Ashlyn through the bond. I was relieved to finally be able to feel her. Derek was looking at me when I looked over at him.
“You feel her?” I asked him, and he nodded. It wasn’t until a burning pain flooded the bond did my heart start to race and panic filled my body.
“Something is wrong,” Derek growled out.
Ashlyn
I opened my eyes to find only darkness. I must be back in the in between. But how the hell did I get here? My mind was racing, trying to remember. I was with Brad and then I entered the pack house and everything went black.
I panicked about what could have happened to everyone. Was lan okay? Ilooked around, but it was pointless. I couldn’t see anything in the darkness.
“Hello?” I called out. I needed someone to answer me.
“Ashlyn, I’m here.” The voice of the moon goddess filled the void.
“Selene, what is happening?” l asked her, panicked about how I got here and worried about whether everyone was okay.
“There are forces against you that even I never expected.” She told me.
“Who else could be against me?” I asked her.
“I wish I could tell you. All l can say is that I will break the mate bond you share with your mates. But there are other matters that I need to discuss with you.”
She said. I was confused about what she said about the mate bond. I’ve already marked and mated with Mason and Derek. Could she take that bond away?
“About Brad?” l asked her. I remember he mentioned something about a sacrifice that I made to save his life.
Tundra made a deal with me to save Brad’s life. We both agreed to the terms, and that’s why Brad is still alive.” The goddess explained.
“What terms?”
“Tundra agreed that she would still live inside your body, but she could no longer shift.” The goddess said, and I let out a gasp. I tried to reach out to my wolf, but l couldn’t feel her in this place.
“I don’t understand. I’ll never see her again outside of my mind?” I asked Selene.
“She can still come out, as that’s a part of your magic, but it will be painful when she goes back into your body. Your body will no longer mold to her. You can no longer shift into her.” I took a deep breath and tried to calm my racing heart.
Tundra scarified her freedom so that l could have Brad back. I love Brad but Tundra is a part of me and she knew l could never choose between them, so she decided for me.
“That’s not all, Ashlyn. With you unable to shift, you will no longer have power over the elements.”
“But I could use them just a few days ago?” I argued.
