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I shrug. “Anyone would have done the same.”
She is shaking her head before I finish my sentence. “No.”
She is quiet for a moment. “Why are you here?” I ask. Her presence feels ominious.
“I wanted to warn you. You have been such a great child of mine, I felt that I should tell you what is coming.”
My hand flies to my mouth. “Cara?”
“Cara will live a long and beautiful life. She will mate with an Alpha and become Luna of her pack.”
“Which Alpha?” I ask, momentarily distracted by the knowledge that my daughter will one day be a Luna.
“Can’t you guess? You more or less prophesied it before they were born.”
“Rik.” I say and the moment I say it, I know it’s true.
“He will be a good mate to her, although, he will have to win her over. They will have a long, happy life together,”
I smile, thinking of my daughter’s future and how excited I am to see her one day become Luna of our pack. But then my smile fades.
“You haven’t answered my question. What have you come to tell me?”
“I know how much you love your mate. And I gave you as many years as I could, but it’s time for another Guardian to take over, time for another to rise. I’m afraid Clint’s time is over.”
I feel like someone just punched me in the gut. No, it feels like someone just stabbed me in the gut and began ripping my insides out. The thought of a life without my mate is incomprehensible to me. I know I can’t live without him. I’m not strong enough.
But he is. He is strong enough to live without me. He is strong enough to survive for our daughter. I’ve seen Alpha Christopher do it. It was hard at first, but over time it’s gotten easier for him. I know Clint could do it. And he deserves it. He deserves to live.
“No. Take me instead. I can’t survive without my mate. He is my everything. Please. If I’ve been a good. daughter to you, do this for me. Let him live. Take me in his place. Clint is the strongest person I know. He can survive my death, but I will never survive his.”
Selene looks at me a moment. “The wolf that was to take Donovan’s place is set to be a Guardian. If they don’t get the Guardian spirit now, the child will have to wait to get her wolf.” I barely register that she says her, instead of him. That’s not important, although it’s odd.
“But she will get her wolf, right, just later?”
She looks thoughtful for a moment. “Yes, she will.”
“Then that’s fine. She won’t have to live without a wolf forever.” Lots of people get their wolves late, it’s not a big deal.
“And the wolf that was meant to get your spirit later in life, will get theirs early.” She says.
“That’s okay. I’m sure her family will help her, right?”
“Yes, they will help her.”
“Please, say you will spare him. He deserves to live. He is the most amazing mate, the most amazing father anyone could ever want. He’s been exactly the person he promised me he would be and so much more. He’s been a perfect Guardian, watching over Anders since he was 10 years old. I’ve only been a Guardian for 11 years. He’s been doing it for almost 20 years. Please Selene. I would do anything to save my mate. Please. He deserves to live.”
“He will be injured.”
I cut her off. “He can survive anything. He’s so strong. So much stronger than I am. He will be okay.”
“Are you sure Lily? It means you will never be able to hold your daughter again.” She says to me kindly.
“Maybe it makes me selfish, but without Clint, I wouldn’t survive, so I wouldn’t be holding her anyway. This way, at least she’ll have one parent.”
She stands and I stand in front of her. She cups my face in her hand. “Okay Lily. I will take your life in place of his.”
My entire body relaxes. “Thank you.”
She turns walking to the door. Before she walks out, she turns back to me. “You have two days.”
Two days. I only have two days.
As soon as as Clint comes back, I beg him to go away for one night. He finally agrees and gets Anders to agree. I get Calista to watch Cara. I just need one more day and night with my mate. I need him to remember what it was like for us when everything was good, when it was perfect.
We leave early the next morning, driving until we find a place that looks good enough to stop. We get a hotel and I convince him to splurge on a suite. The rest of the day and night, I make love to my mate. I show him in every way possible that he is the most precious thing in my life. I love our daughter, but Clint is everything to me.
In between our love making. I reminisce about our happy times, our anniversaries and all the beautiful times we’ve had with Cara. I need him to remember. I need him to have this memory and all the memories of our good times when I’m gone.
The next day when we get home, I spend the evening with our daughter. I watch her sleep, holding her hand and caressing her hair until Clint comes to get me. It makes it easier knowing that she’ll have a good life, even if I’m not in it.
That night, I don’t sleep. I stay awake, watching Clint sleep. I breathe in his scent, relish the tingles of his. arms wrapped around me until the sun begins to shine in our room and I know our time is up. Today is. the day. The day I will die.
I wake my precious mate early, wanting to have him inside me one last time. I give him everything, all my love, all my passion, everything that I am.
When we get the call that we are under attack, I already have Cara in my arms. I’ve hugged and kissed my sweet girl and all I can do now is hope that she will remember me. I take her to the safe room and I realize that Calista is not there.
I hear Anders panicked voice in my head. “Lily! Calista had Rik out for a walk in the forest. She’s outside.”
“I’ll find them.” I say. I give my baby girl one final kiss goodbye before I turn, shifting into Andra.
“Let’s do this my friend.” I say to Andra.
‘For our mate, for our daughter and for our friends.” She replies.
“Lily, be careful. I’ll see you when it’s done.” Clint says to me as Donovan runs to get to Anders.
“I love you, Clint.”
“I love you too, Lily bud. See you soon.”
I run to where I smell Calista. She is surrounded by wolves. I can tell she is trying to cover Rik with her body. I immediately jump in and begin tearing into these wolves. I take out every bit of anger at having to leave my mate and daughter, every bit of heartache and sadness on these wolves. In my heart, I blame them for taking me away from what I love most in this world.