“Thank you, Ekaterina,” Theo says once she is done casting the silver shield spell.
I move back and give room to Theo so he can break down mom’s cell door. We plan to rescue her tonight. I didn’t have a way to save her because it would have been hard to sneak her out since she can’t mask her scent like me. With Ekaterina here, we can just teleport somewhere safe before the vampires realize what is happening. Mason helped us knock out the guards and is on the lookout in front as we try to open her cell door.
Theo walks forward and tries to pull open the door of mom’s cell. He gets burnt badly while doing it. What is going on? Why did the cell burn him even though Ekaterina casted her spell on him?
“That is not supposed to happen,” Ekaterina says, looking shocked the same way we all are.
“Is it possible you casted the spell wrong?”
“I hardly doubt, but I will cast it again,” She says and does it. This time she also casted it on me. “Ana, try; let’s see,” She says, and I walk forward to the cell. I put my hand on the bar, and it burns.
“What is going on?” Ekaterina asks, walking to the cell. She touches it, and the cell releases a spark of lightning, and a force throws her across the room.
“Ekaterina,” I say, running to her side to help her up.
“Do you have an idea of what is going on?” Theo asks
“The vampire king is making sure he gets what he wants. I am never leaving this cell,” Mom says, drawing everyone’s attention to her.
“What are you talking about, mom?” I ask as I walk over to her.
“The vampire king knew you would come for me. He made sure before he gets here, you don’t leave. I am sure he made a witch cast a spell on my cell to prevent any supernatural from breaking it down easily.”
“Why would he do that?” I remember Mason saying something about the vampire king looking for me. Is that why mom was kidnapped? Does he know I am a hybrid? Oh, my, if he does, we need to quickly get mom out of there. He can’t have me, I don’t know what exactly he wants to do with me, but I can bet it’s not something good.
“Yes, dear, it’s what you are thinking,” Mom says, and my eyes widen as she confirms my suspicion. “You need to leave before he gets here. If he arrives and you are still here, he will never let you leave.”
“I can’t leave you here, mom. This might be our only chance to save you. Ekaterina”
“Yes,” She answers and walks towards me
“Is there a way we can break the spell?” I ask,
“Give me a minute to think.”
“No need to think, just leave me here.”
“No, I can’t” I disagree with mom.
“My king, please take your mate away from here before the vampire king arrives,” Mom pleads with Theo. I can’t believe she is asking him to do that. She did not even want me to have a mate. I am surprised she is pleading with him to take me away.
Theo does not respond to her and just stares into the wall. He seems to be thinking deeply about something.
“I can’t think of any way to break the spell. Only the witch who casted the spell can remove it.” Ekaterina says, and I feel all my hope die of getting mom out of here tonight. I turn to Theo to ask him if he has any idea.
Before I can speak to him, he walks over to Ekaterina and whispers something to her. He whispers so low that I am not able to hear what he tells her. He walks over to me once he is done talking to her.
“You are the most important person to me right now,” He says and pecks my forehead. I look at him, confused as to why he is telling me this right now. Don’t get me wrong, I am moved by his words and surprised. I mean so much to him, but this is not really the place to tell me something like this.
I am trying to figure out why Theo said those amazing words to me when something terrifying happens.
“Ekaterina, now,” Theo says as he grabs the cell bars. I watch as the silver burns his hands that I fear he might lose his hands.
“Theo, what are you doing?” I ask and try to take a step towards him. I need to stop him from killing himself in the process of trying to save my mother. I notice I am frozen in my spot, and I mean literately frozen. Ekaterina casted a spell of ice to glue my legs to the ground. The block of ice is not freezing my legs. I am sure it has something to do with her fire magic, but it’s still doing its job of rooting me to the ground.
I watch as the silver continues to burn Theo as he tries to break the cell down. I beg and cry for him to stop because the silver will kill him if he continues to try and break the cell down. He spits out blood as he continues to try and break it. The silver is entering his body and killing him from inside. I want to save my mom, but I don’t want to lose my mate in the process.
After what feels like forever, I hear the cage break from its hinges. I run towards Theo as he falls to the ground as soon as he throws the cage away.
“Theo,” I scream with tears rolling down my face. I watch as he smiles at me before his eyes close. “No, you can’t leave me. Wake up, Theo” I scream for him to wake up but no response. I shake his body, screaming and crying for him to answer me, but nothing. I look at his hands that have no skin left on them. He burnt his hands so bad I could almost see his bones.
“Ekaterina, get us out of here,” Mom says as we hear footsteps approaching us. They must know mom has been freed from her cell. I hope Mason is fine.
Once the portal is open, I don’t waste any time dragging Theo’s body through it. Mom gives me a hand in carrying his huge body through the portal. I look around me to figure out where we are. Once I recognize the area, I quickly call for help.
“Dan, this is Anastasia. We are at the south border. Please come quickly. Theo is dying”
“Luna, you are back. I will be there shortly,” Dan replies.
I am sure this is not what he was expecting to hear the day we come back. Dan arrives a few minutes later with some warriors that help him move Theo to the hospital. I follow after them, hoping Theo is going to be okay. The doctors take Theo from the warriors and immediately try to save his life. I move away and give them space and watch from the sidelines.
I wait in the waiting room as they wheel him inside the restricted areas. I take a seat with a million thoughts in my head. What if I lose Theo? We barely started a relationship, and he goes and kill himself for my mom. Mom, I totally forgot about her. She must also need medical care after everything I can imagine she went through in the hands of vampires. I stand up to leave the waiting room to look for her when she walks in. She seems to have already seen a doctor.
“Mom,” I say, feeling happy to see her. The only good thing that came from almost losing my mate today.
“How are you holding up, dear?” She asks
“I am fine,” I say, holding back my tears.
“Don’t worry, he will be fine. He is the werewolf king.”
“I pray so, and how are you doing?” I ask,
“A doctor has attended to my wounds, so I am doing fine.”
“That’s good to hear.”
Mom and I have been sitting in the waiting room for hours. I don’t know what is going on because nobody will tell me anything. The only thing they told me was that they were trying their best. I know they are trying their best, but I wish they could update me on how the surgery is going.
The doctor said that the silver Theo touched pass through his skin and into his system. It destroyed some of his organs and caused some blood clots in his heart. This is why they are having an operation for him. The silver caused damages to him like he is a human who went for a fight and barely survived.
“Ana,” Mom says, waking me up from my little slumber. I must have fallen asleep waiting. “The doctors are done,” Mom says,
I rush out of my seat and walk over to the doctor.
“It was a success, Luna,” The doctor says, and I start crying tears of joy. I am beginning to feel like my crying days are coming back. At least this time, they are mostly happy tears.
“Where is he?” I ask, eager to see him
“Nurse Mariam would take you to him. He is still unconscious because of the anesthetic we gave him for the surgery, but he should be awake in a few hours.”
“Alright, thank you, doctor”
“You are welcome, Luna,” He says before he walks away.