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I watch my granddaughter’s birth. I have to say, I didn’t see it coming that my granddaughter would be mated to the son of the man that my Guardian spirit was once mated to. But then, I didn’t see it coming. that my Guardian spirit would be mated to Liam either. I guess, in the end, everything that comes around, goes around.
Several months after Angel began training with Clint, Selene finds me.
“How are you doing Lily?”
I don’t turn my attention away from Clint. “I miss him.” I say quietly.
I feel her hand on my shoulder. “His time is coming to an end on earth.”
That does get my attention. “When? How?”
“It will be violent, during the coming vampire war. You will need to be there.”
“Of course, I will always be there for him.”
“Not for him. For the pack. Cara will have an explosion of power when Clint dies. Her grief will send out a pulse of energy that will have the potential to kill everyone around her.”
“WHAT? What can I do?”
“Angel will be there, but she can only protect so many. You and Andra were Guardians once: I think you can use yourself as a shield to absorb some of her power and keep her from killing her pack and everyone around her.”
“Of course, Andra and I will do whatever we can to protect the pack.”
She smiles at me. “I know you will, that’s why you were chosen to be Guardians to begin with.”
A few days later, it’s the day of the war. While I’m excited to see my mate again, I’m worried about Andra and I being able to control this power surge the Moon Goddess told us our daughter will push out.
We stay close to Clint. He’s beside Rik and Cara to begin with, but as the battle goes on, they get separated. I decide to stay with Clint. At least then I’ll know when it’s time. Andra is snarling around me, snapping at the vampires when they get too close to us.
“Be ready Andra, I need you to focus.” She snarls, angry at not being able to fight as these vampires kill our pack members.
I see the vampire king come up behind Clint. His eyes are full of bloodlust, and he grabs Clint and sinks. his teeth into his neck. Clint flails at first, but he’s being drained of blood quickl
As his arms fall to his side and the light begins to dim in his eyes, I hear him whisper. “I’m coming, Lily.”
The vampire, Dimitri, is so lost in his ecstasy that he doesn’t realize what he has just unleashed. I watch as Cara screams her pain and hear Angel scream Liam’s name. Andra and I jump in front of the Canyon Ridge pack, my arms are spread wide, Andra taking a hard stand.
The force of her pain blows through me. I feel it and it’s such a bone-crushing pain that it brings tears to my eyes. “You’ll be okay, my beautiful girl. You have a long, happy life ahead of you.” I tell her, knowing she can’t hear me.
Andra and I collapse to the ground, and I see Rik moving to comfort Cara. I look at where Clint is laying lifeless on the ground.
I stand, looking at Andra. “Come on, Andra. We need to find our mates.”
That gets her up quickly and we run into the forest. We find Donovan first. Andra runs to him, rubbing herself all over him. They jump and yip in happiness at finding each other again. I reach down, hugging Donovan. It’s good to see Donovan whole again. It’s been too long since he’s been able to run.
I continue searching for Clint. When I do find him, he’s looking around, like he’s lost.
I wait for him to look at me. Maybe it’s corny, but he loves me this way.
When his eyes finally find mine, I smile the smile that I gave him so many years ago.
“Mate.” I whisper, just as I did that first time.
“Mate!” He confirms and we run together, holding each other like we’ll never let the other go again. And I know we won’t
At first, when the vampire sank his teeth into my neck, I fought. I probably could have defeated him, even in my disadvantaged state. But then, I realized if I died, I’d be with my Lily bud.
I feel my tether to everyone in my life break and I tell Lily I’m coming as everything goes dark. When I open my eyes, I’m back in the meadow that I found myself in right after Lily died. I sit up and look around.
All I care about is finding my Lily bud. I’m going to hold her and kiss her and remind her of what being my mate means.
I’m happy when I realize I can stand. It takes me a moment to readjust to being able to walk again. “Look at this Donovan!” I say, wanting to share my excitement with my wolf.
I’m met with silence. “Donovan?” I say, looking around like I’m going to find him in the meadow.
What I find instead is my heart, my soul, the love of my life.
“Mate.” She says and it makes my heart sing again. It’s just like it was that day beside the lake and I have to let her know that I still feel our mate bond, so I repeat it back to her before racing to her and taking her in my arms. My lips capture hers and I’m surrounded by her scent, her delicious scent of orange and ginger. It feels so good to have her back in my arms that I can’t help the whimper that escapes my lips.
When I finally pull back, I see her azure blue eyes looking at me with so much love. I feel my heart and soul heal as I’m reunited with my mate, my life, my love.
She smiles at me. “Are you missing something?”
I frown. I have her, what am I missing? And then it hits me. “Donovan.”
As I say it, two beautiful brown wolves come out of the forest. I pull away from Lily as they walk toward us. One stops beside her and the other continues walking to me. I kneel down. “Donovan?”
He rubs his face against me, and I pull him against my chest, hugging him tight.
I look up and see what must be Andra standing beside Lily. I open one arm and she runs up, licking my face, making me laugh.
“What happened?” I ask Lily and she explains about the separation of us from our wolves so the Guardian spirit can reincarnate.
I stand, pulling Lily to me again, and kissing her until I hear a throat clearing beside us. I pull away quickly, tugging Lily behind me. I just got her back, nothing in this or any life is taking her away from me again.
“Don’t worry, Clint. I’m not here to take your mate from you.” She says. Donovan walks up to her, and she bends down, sliding her fingers through his fur.
“Hello, Selene. Are you here to take us to your realm now?” Lily asks.
Selene? As in the Moon Goddess? I look at Lily and she just smiles at me, nodding her head.
Selene stands and smiles kindly at me. “I’m happy you are back with your mate. But we have a problem. And once the problem is corrected, you can decide if you are ready to follow me to my realm.”
Lily steps around me. “What problem?” She asks and I wrap my arm around her. I don’t want her leaving me again so soon.
“It appears that your Guardian spirit followed you here. I guess it’s something to do with being a Guardian or maybe it’s because it’s your spirit and she got lost. Either way, Angel is here, and it’s not her time.” Selene turns to me. “Clint, I need you to help her find her way back to her plane. She trusts you and will follow you.”
“But…” I want to help Angel, but I just got Lily back.
“Lily can follow you, she’ll never be far away. And this is her realm anyway, so I’m sure she could find you no matter where you are. But Angel is lost and won’t be able to find her way on her own. It’s important that she return to Liam, especially now that she’s pregnant.”
There is so much in that statement that I have questions about. Lily’s realm? Angel’s pregnant?
“Clint, we will always be Guardians in our heart. Go to her, help her find her way home and when you’re done, you and I can be together. Then we’ll decide if we’re ready to go home to the Moon Goddess’s realm. Oh, and tell Angel how proud we are with how she and Alessia are managing our Guardian spirit.”
I find Angel and I know that Selene was correct. She has no problem following me and I help her find her way back to Liam. Watching him on the hospital bed, begging for her to return to him, I’m thankful that I could help him and Angel reunite. I know the pain of losing my mate, and I would never wish that on anyone.
As soon as the door to the hospital room closes, I’m back in the meadow with Lily. I waste no time taking my mate and reminding her of how special and important she is to me. I don’t know how much time passes, and I don’t care. Time could stand still, as long as I’m with my Lily bud.
Eventually, we talk about this being “her realm” and what that means. “Before we go back, I’d like to make sure that everyone is safe and okay. Can we do that?” I ask.
“We can do whatever you want Clint, as long as you stay with me.”
“Nothing could make me leave you again, Lily bud.
When we realize that my Guardian spirit had as many issues in her life as Angel, we decide to wait. We want to be here to support them if we can. We follow Grace and Eli and watch them develop an amazing. pack.
“You know, if Liam and Angel continue on as they are, we won’t need anyone else producing any pups. they will populate the world with their children.” Seriously, who has children back-to-back like thats
Lily just laughs at me. “Them? What about these prolific sprites?” She says, gesturing to the forest. Yeah, that’s something that I was never exposed to in my life! I’m with Eli, they’d make me crazy.
We watch as Grace takes out a bunch of hunters at the Tournament of the Moon Goddess and we watch as Ailduin trains the Guardians and teaches them how to become even stronger together. Because we are watching, we see when he meets Anastasia.
“Ailduin got a second chance mate?” Lily asks incredulously.
“He deserved a second chance mate after what happened with Jinelle. He has been a good friend to all the Guardians and to our packs.” I say.
We watch as the hunter war gets closer and we watch as Grace hides her pregnancy from Eli.
When the hunters come, we are there and we watch as our pack members die around us, one after another. Donovan and Andra are running around trying to kill the hunters, trying to protect the packs.
“Lily, what are we…” I stop as I turn to her. She’s staring at Grace as she watches Eli die in front of her.
“CLINT! Get to Grace!” She yells and both of us take off to reach her. I wasn’t paying attention, stunned as I watched so many of our pack members, so many of our friends and family, fall. But Lily was and whatever Grace is doing, it’s going to be big.
I watch as Lily takes a stand beside her in front of Cara, bowing her head in concentration. I move to stand in front of Angel on Grace’s other side. I turn when I see the hunter take aim at my daughter and I see Kai take a bullet for her. Cara pulls away, holding Rik in her arms.
“Focus, Clint!” Lily barks at me, and she takes the hand that Cara just dropped. Just then Angel collapses beside us, screaming for her mate. Andra and Donovan rush to our sides as I take Grace’s other hand. I watch as Lily seems to push her strength into Grace through their connection, so I do the same. I don’t know what she’s doing, but she seems to, and I trust her to figure it out.
I bow my head, like she is, and concentrate. I feel the blow of power as it erupts from Grace. I feel Lily as she spins around the front of Grace grabbing my other hand, pulling from my strength and pushing it into Grace. “Hold on, Grace.” Lily whispers as Grace screams.
When Grace falls to the ground, Lily pulls us with her, continuing to give her whatever strength we can. When I look up, I realize that Grace has saved everyone. Everyone that was dead or dying on the field is waking up, as if they were merely unconscious.
As Grace collapses, Lily stands. “We did it. We saved Grace and her baby. And she saved everyone else.”
She says, hugging me.
We watch as Angel and Cara explain the best that they can what Grace did to save the packs. She probably could have done it on her own, but I was concerned for her child. Having whatever strength she pulled from everyone was great, but she wasn’t reserving any for herself. She would have given everything to save them. That is something I understand very well. I would have done the same in her position. But Clint and I had the ability to save her, to make sure that she had enough reserves to survive.
“You were never meant to be this strong.” Selene says, coming up behind us as we watch everyone wakes up, or, come back to life, because that’s really what they are doing. They were dead and now they are alive.
“What do you mean?” I ask her.
“I created the Guardians to strengthen the packs. You were always meant to find your fated mates and birth a new generation of stronger wolves. I guess I should have known that the Alphas would not want to part with the strength and power that the Guardians possessed. And, of course, over time, that power increased beyond what even I expected it to be. Case in point.” She says, spreading her hands at my realm* and Grace raising the dead.
“It’s why there were three male Guardians. I had hoped that the Guardians would be able to find each other and begin to give birth to a new generation of Guardians. Instead, you continued to gain in power with each reincarnation of the Guardian spirit, even absorbing some powers that were gifted to your line and carrying those with you to the future generations.
Cara was the first Guardian as I meant them to be, and the two of you and your pack finally set the wheels in motion. Now we have a new generation of Guardians. The Guardian line will continue to flow through the females as long as they mate with their true, fated mates.”
Selene smiles then looks thoughtful. “This generation of reincarnated Guardians will be the last.”
“What?” Clint asks, as shocked as I am. We both turn to give her our full attention.
“There is no need for the Guardian spirit to continue as it did. It will now continue as it was always meant. to, through the birth of a Guardian. The two of you have started the process that was always meant to be.”
“And what about our grandchildren?” I ask.
“Every female born in this generation will have the Guardian gene. Your grandchildren will all find their mates. Although, many of them will have a difficult time coming together. You Guardians are strong willed wolves and even though your male grandchildren won’t carry the Guardian gene, they will still carry the strength of the Guardians. And so, the line will continue for generations to come.”
Selene turns to leave. “Don’t take too much longer Lily. It’s time for you and Clint to come home and find your peace.”
“Not much longer.” I say.
Famous last words.
I wanted to wait until Grace woke, ensuring she and the baby were okay. Then I wanted to wait while she had her baby. Then I wanted to wait while Cara and Angel had their babies. Then while Cara and Grace had their babies. Then Angel had her twins and nearly died. I wanted to help, but at that point, I think my tether to their world had severed. So, we watched and waited with them while she healed. And then I waited to see the birth of Angel’s last baby.
There was always a reason that I wasn’t ready to go. Something important to witness, some reason I felt I needed to be here. It is ten years after the hunter war before Clint finally convinces me that we don’t need to continue watching over our families.
He comes up to me, gently tucking my hair behind my ear. “Lily bud. Our daughter and her Guardian sisters are adults, and our grandchildren are living a life of peace. It’s time.”
I look at my mate. He has always been so patient with me, always been my rock, my foundation. “Okay Clint. But can we say goodbye, one last time?”
He kisses my forehead. This man. Even in the afterlife, he takes my breath away.
“Of course.”
He takes my hand and leads me to the canyon, the one where Clint died, the same place where Grace resurrected the packs. They have made the area a place where pack members from all three packs can come and let their children play. It’s a good way to turn a place with terrible memories into a place with positive ones.
As we stand watching our family. Donovan and Andra walk up, standing on either side of us as we step out of the forest. We watch as our grandchildren and their friends play as our daughter and her sisters sit on their mates’ laps enjoying the afternoon. I’m so glad they have finally gotten to have this life, the life they were all meant to have. We wait, knowing they will be able to see us on this, our last time with them.
It’s Cara that sees us first. I have a moment to appreciate how right Selene was. My beautiful daughter is living a wonderful, happy life. She has a mate who adores her and three beautiful children.
Then, we see that Angel and Grace recognize us as well. As Cara stands, like she is going to try to come to us, Clint and I raise our hands in a final farewell.
“It’s time to go home, Lily bud.”
I smile up at my mate as he looks down at me. “Let’s go home, Clint.”
The end.
I cried all through this chapter, i loved the story.