“Sweetheart! Oh thank heaven and God you’re ok! I was so worried for you. Oh goddess thank you! My boy is ok.” She hugs him, holding tight and kissing his cheeks repeatedly. He chuckles pulling away.
“I’m fine mom. I was never in any real trouble I promise. Now, care to tell me why you’re here? And why I see most of our pack with you? Including our former luna.” He narrows his eyebrows, giving the guards a stern and furious look.
They hang their heads and gulp down nervously.
“Where are Blake and your sister? I need to talk to them.” She looks past him towards the cabin and Tyler’s eyes widen in terror.
“What? What the hell do you mean where’s Selene?” They both become startled to the sound of Blake’s alpha voice. He walks towards them from the side of a rough greenery spot to the right of the cabin, a man with ocean blue eyes and a few inches taller than Blake with him.
Harou, for once in many centuries has left the enchanted cave that the goddess Selene herself had made for their protection. Many from his pack had forfeited the battle, turning to drastic measures and turning to a powerful witch who helped them to give up their lycan creatures, converting them to humans.
Selene took it upon herself to create a portal within the cave to keep the rest of the remaining lycans to stay safe and undetected by the world. Allowing the lineage of Harou’s pack from becoming completely extinct.
“Where is she?” He yells furiously, his jaw clenched and knuckles tight, turning white. The face of his guards turned pale and their nerves went skyrocketing up in full force.
Their alpha was fierce and loyal to the pack. Respected and loved by every single member, and though they had seen an angry side of him before; they had never seen him this mad.
“I ordered you to keep her safe! Why the fuck is my wife missing?” He gripped one of the guards by the throat, pulling him up. His feet dangled in the air, as his eyes turned dark.
“Talk! Or I will rip your fucking head off! Where. Is. My. Wife?” His voice trembled in authority and eyes dark as midnight. Xander ready to merge and take over as he growled in fury.
“Alpha! We tried to stop her! But she-” The guard tried to word out, but the more he struggled, the more Blake tightened his grip around his neck.
“You dare lose my wife? I gave you a simple task! Protect her! Keep her in the fucking room.” The guards eyes rolled back, he struggled to breath and began to lose consciousness.
“Alarick!” Harou calls out to him. Making Xander and Blake turn and dropping the guard on the ground. The guards frantically gasped for air, holding his throat.
“We have no time. We must find her. Before Keiran gets to her and it’s too late! Now let’s go!” He says sternly at Blake, making him clench his jaw as everyone wonders why this man called their Alpha by a different name.
Blake walks past him and towards the woods. Rebecca’s eyes widen in shock to see Harou.
Harou turns, and nods at Tyler, “It’s good to see you well old friend. I know you may not remember me, but it will all make sense once all this is over. Until then, take care Dylan.” Tyler narrows his eyebrows and locks his sight on them as they vanish among the rubbish of the many trees and rocks towards the direction they run, leaving him questioning what in the hell just happened?
“Dylan? Who the hell is Dylan?” He turns towards his mom and she nervously shrugs her shoulders.
“What are we going to do now Sweetheart? Where can your sister be?” She purses grips as she feels them quiver and her cheeks dampen by the unexpected tears rolling down her cheeks. He pulls her close, holding her in a tight embrace.
“She’s a smart girl mom. She’s gonna be ok. I promise.” He kisses her temple and sighs, hoping he’s not wrong.
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Selene lays on her side on the bed shackled by her left foot to the bed on a long silver chain.
She sighs and runs her hands through her face as she sits straight against the head board.
Knock knock
The door creaks opens, Tasha slowly pokes her head in and smiles making Selene scrunch her face in disgust.
“What do you want? Traitor!” She questions as Tasha slowly comes in and sets a tray of food and a glass of water on the table by the door.
“I thought maybe you were getting hungry. You’ve been here for more than half a day. I know Damian likes to starve people, but I don’t, ok!? so, I brought you a bite to eat, just in case you were hungry.” She stares at Selene for a few seconds in silence before turning. She grasps the door knob and turns it before holding it slightly ajar to leave.
“Wait!” Selene calls out to her as she stands with her right foot still on top of the bed.
She turns closing the door behind her, resting against the door with her hands in the back. Her face hung low, unwilling to glance back at Selene.
“Look. I know you hate me. You have every reason to; But believe me if I had any other choice to have met you under different circumstances, I would of. I never-”
“Save it. I don’t need you’re pathetic excuse for an apology. What you and my husband did behind my back while I was gone is out of my jurisdiction. After all, I was technically not married to him then. Even if he was my mate.” She hangs her head, trying to hide her anger and frustration from Tasha as she crosses her hands over her chest.
“I just want to know why?” She squints her eyes and looks sternly at Tasha, making Tasha’s gaze turn in surprise.
Tasha looks at her with melancholy in her eyes. “What?” She asks softly. Her eyebrows lined and eyes glistened with tears.