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“That was part of the terms. As soon as you were safe, the powers would return to me. And that time is now.” She said.
“But I’m not safe. I’m here, talking with you. How can you take them back now, when I need them?” I rushed out, my anger rising. How can someone ask so much of me and then take away the help and throw me to the sharks?
“All of this, this was your plan. Not mine. How can you ask so much of me? I didn’t ask for any of this, but yet you keep demanding more from me.” I yelled out.
“I didn’t have to save Brad,” she countered.
“And I didn’t have to give birth to a hybrid. I could have just ended my life, and then what? Then your entire plan would have been for nothing.” I was furious. I would never regret my son, but this was all her plan. She was using my life for her agenda. I just want to live a peaceful life with my mates and our son.
“I’m sorry Ashlyn, you have your magic and your healing. That will have to be enough.” She said.
“And what if it’s not? What if I die?” I growled out.
“Then that was your destiny all along. I must go now. I believe in you,” were the last Words she spoke before she was gone.
“Are you fvcken kidding me?” I screamed out into the void.
“I did everything you fvcken asked me to do, and this is what I get?” I was furious as I let out a scream. I was panting and livid about what I had just learned. The moon goddess asked me to do all of this. And she only demands more and more from me. I feel like nothing I have done has been good enough.
My head spun, and I knew I was heading back to my world. Or maybe I was dying. I did not know what would be worse.
My head was spinning before I even opened my eyes. I was lying on something cold and hard. My blood was pounding in my ears.
“Tundra?” I reached out to my wolf.
“Ashlyn, I’m sorry.” She whimpered.
“There’s nothing to apologize for. You made a hard decision, one I would never have been able to make. But now we need to figure out a plan that doesn’t involve my powers. I have my magic and I have you,” I told her. And she let a whine.
“We probably won’t make it out alive this time.” I told her before a burning sensation ripped through my body. growing hotter every second that passed. I rolled on to my back and was panting through the pain. It was intense, and I didn’t know where it was coming from. My mark on my neck burned the hottest. It felt like my neck was on fire. Was she taking away the bond with Mason and Derek?
“My little wolf mate is finally awake. Good morning, darling.” I heard a male voice. I turned my head and tried to focus my vision on the tall figure standing near me.
“King Theo?” I breathed out, trying to sit up. My body was protesting every movement I tried to make, and my chest was still on fire.
“Darling, you don’t look good. Are you feeling okay?” He asked me.
“Where am I?” I asked him. Finally, sitting on my knees, I took in my surroundings. I was in a concrete cell.
King Theo was standing behind a thick piece of glass.
Where the hell was I? And why was King Theo here? “Oh darling, you’re here because you have something that I want. And you are going to give it to me, or these two will die a horrible death that you will watch.” He said, moving to the side so I could see lan and Alex hanging from chains, unconscious. They were both covered in blood and they had been beaten black and blue.
Whatever daze I was in, quickly cleared as I looked at my friends. They were only guilty of knowing me. They didn’t deserve any of this, and I was furious that one of my mates could ever do something like this to me.
“Theo, what the hell? Let them go. Whatever you want is between us,” l yelled out. I tried to stand on my shaking legs and eventually I could balance.
“You’re really in no position to make demands.” He laughed out. And I was livid that he thought this whole situation was funny.
“What the fvck is wrong with you?” I growled out. He stopped laughing and snared at me.
“Nothing is wrong with me that your powers can’t fix.” He crossed his arms over his chest.
“So you are working with Susan and Grace now?” I asked him. And he smirked.
“No, I kept everything for myself,” he said.
“And what about Rachel? Or was that all a lie as well?” I wandered over to the glass he was standing behind.
“That was unfortunate. I loved her, but no one betrays me.” He shrugged.
“What the hell did you do?” l yelled, banging on the glass with my fists.
“Just remember, I will kill them, your mates and that hybrid bastard that you birthed, if you don’t give me what I want.” He growled out.
“And what the fvck do you want?” I yelled.
“Whatever the moon goddess gave you, I want it. And you are going to give it to me,” he said.
“Get in line.” I snapped.
“l am the line, sweetheart.” He smirked.
“Susan?” I asked, confused.
“Dead.” He said, and I was both angry and relieved that she was dead, but I wanted to be the one that killed her.
“So are you going to cooperate or do I have to kill everyone that you love?” He asked me and I let outa growl.
“Of course I’ll cooperate.” I said through gritted teeth.
“That’s a good girl. Now, all you have to do is wait.
I’m expecting someone shortly.” He said before he left, wherever the hell this is.
As soon as I could no longer see him, I slid down the glass until I was finally sitting on the floor. I rested my head on my knees and sobbed. I tried to will Tundra out of my body, but my magic wasn’t working.
So, now I was stuck here with a crazy a*ss vampire and I had no magic, no powers, and I couldn’t shift. What the fvck else could go wrong?
“I’m sorry, Ashlyn. I wasn’t thinking clearly when I made that deal with the moon goddess,” Tundra said.
“It’s okay, Tundra. We have to figure this out.
Everyone we love is in danger, and they won’t see Theo coming. We can’t leave until this is all over, even if it kills us. We do not know who is on his side, or where they are hiding,” I told her.
“I will do what I can to help. I’ll keep trying to come out of your body. Something has to be blocking you magic.” She told me.
“What, though? I’ve never heard of anything being able to block magic besides a spell, and if it was a spell, I could feel it. We could break it and get the hell out of here.” I sighed.
The battle hadn’t even started yet, and I felt defended. I turned to look at poor lan and Alex. Il could hear their steady breathing, so I knew they were alive. I had to get them both out of here, but how? With newfound determination, I stood up and started checking along the walls and the glass of my inclosure. I couldn’t find anything out of place or a way of escaping.
Feeling even more defended, I sat cross-legged in the middle of the cell. I was staring at lan and Alex, wrecking my brain about how the hell to get out of here. Guilt and shame churned my stomach into knots. I shouldn’t have trusted anyone outside my mates. How could I have been so blinded by Theo’s intensions?
The more I thought about it, the more it made sense.
He may not have been a part of the plan in the beginning, but after earning what Susan was really after, he sided with my enemy to gain the power that I have, or rather, had. He tried to win me over with that sad cheating mate story and when i told him I wouldn’t be taking him as a mate, that was when the plan changed.
But how the hell did he know I was going to Blue Moon? And how did he know about my relationship with the Alpha and Beta? Was he just guessing? Who else could be involved in this mess?
The mark on my neck was throbbing. Unable to shake the feeling of emptiness I was feeling. I missed my son and my mates. I missed everyone I love, and I have two of them here in need of saving, and I was weak and defenseless. I can’t even defend myself, let alone get two full-grown, unconscious wolves out of here.
I stood up and rushed over to the glass wall. With a scream of frustration, I punched the glass as hard as I could. I kept punching until l could no longer feel my knuckles and the glass was coated in blood from my knuckles.
“fvck!” I screamed out, falling to my knees.
Looking down at my hands, they were a mess. I had to pop a few of my fingers back into place so they would heal properly. I expected it to hurt, but I was numb. I needed to do something, to get the fvck out of here and save my family, but I wasn’t strong enough.
I mindlessly drew on the concrete floor with my blood from my hands. I don’t even remember what I was thinking about. I was just lost in my hopelessness. I was supposed to be the hero and now I’m just this pathetic person who can’t even save herself, let alone anyone else.
“Protection.” Tundra mumbled in my head.
“What are you talking about?” I huffed in frustration.
“The symbol of protection that you are drawing on the floor. It’s glowing.” Tundra said, pulling my attention to what my body was doing while my mind was wallowing in its self-pity. Looking down, I noticed I was tracing the witch’s knot that was now part of my mark. It was glowing white, like whatever was preventing me from using my magic. It could now get through using the symbol. If l get out of this alive, I promise to study more about magic and how it works.
