“No.” Jinx stepped a little forward. “Lucan, step away from him.” He yelled.
We were all blasted up with so much force, and each of us flew up in the air and landed a tremendous blow on our stomachs.
I coughed out blood.
Panted. My throat felt sore and raw.
I felt bruised on my body and my stomach burned like hell.
And then I saw dark traces of smoke coming out of Storm’s body, whose eyes turned completely red.
And he was holding Lucan’s hand from blowing off with the rest of us.
He raised his hand, and in a swift move, he dug his claws into his heart.
Lucan cried out.
The building we were all in was on the verge of collapsing as we all slid to the other side.
I saw the cars outside. Just a brief movement. I will fall down the building and die just like Mr. Derek.
Storm used a swift move and slammed Lucan to the floor with his face to the ground.
I gasped and passed out when I saw how I was bleeding so much.
~ James’ Pov ~
I stood at the front of my car with Violet, who had woken up a few weeks ago. She was standing motionless by my side without a word and a gloomy look on her face.
“Violet.” I touched her shoulder. “Come on, let’s go.”
Her hair was covering her face and I saw tears flowing down her cheeks.
“Violet.” I called her again and touched both of her shoulders. “Look at me, love, I’m right here.”
“It’s been two weeks, James.” She muttered. ‘Ash.’ She whispered. “He has gone into a coma.”
I rolled my eyes. When will she ever stop talking about him?
I can’t wait for this bastard to drop dead. He is getting on my nerves.
“Whoever did this to him will not rest till I get my hands on him.”
“I understand how you feel-”
“NO, YOU DON’T.” She yelled at me, clenching her backpack to her chest. “Don’t say those words again. You know nothing. Telling me you understand what is going on is driving me crazy.”
“Listen.” I sighed, trying so hard to calm my freaking temper down. “When I say I understand how you feel, I’m not saying I take your pain lightly. I’m saying I’m here for you. I will protect you and make sure we all get through this together. I don’t want to let you go through this without me. I’m here for you, Violet.”
“I know.” She muttered, still not facing me. “Do you know how badly I feel whenever he is on that bed? He is not waking up, James. It’s been two weeks, and he is still unconscious and you want me to-”
“Violet.”
“I’ve searched everything.” She cut in. “I checked the cameras and everything, but he is not in it. No one knows what happened. They were no witnesses. How could they look for the culprit that did this to him? I did everything in my power to know who put out his eyeballs. And the doctors said if he doesn’t wake up, he would go blind. He is too young to be blind. He has a lot to achieve.” She burst into tears. “He is bald. He is pale to the bone and if he doesn’t wake up soon, I don’t know what I will do, James.” She kept crying. “I don’t know how I’m gonna survive without Ash. I’m close to hitting my breaking point. We’ve never been apart from each other this long before. Everyone is suffering because of him.”
“Violet.” I swallowed and cupped her face to look at me. “Listen, I told you I’m here for you. I will deal with anyone who messes with you. You and me. We are in this together. So, please, don’t despair. I’m here for you, and I don’t want you to go away from me. Please, Violet, listen to me. I know this is hard, but we are gonna get through this. Trust me. I will do anything. Find the best connections and make sure he wakes up. I’m searching for the best doctors for Ash. He’s not gonna continue sleeping anytime. Trust me, everything will be fine.”
She was silent, and I gently pulled her closer to me and hugged her. I wrapped my arms around her shoulders and kissed her forehead.
“Such a romantic gesture. Don’t you think so, James and Violet?”
Violet looked at Lucan with a menacing look.
“Hello! What’s up?!” Lucan got closer to her, and I held Violet’s hand and pushed her to stay behind me.
“What is this?!” He laughed. “Why are you so protective of a little bitch like her?”
“Do not call her a bitch? She’s not one of your whores. Stay the hell away from her.”
“Are you ordering me-”
“You heard him correctly, son of a bitch.” Violet cut in and walked closer to him. “I will not standby and see you mess with the people I cherish around me because Ash is not awake. I will kill you before you land on your feet. I swear by the moon goddess and before the full moon.”
He scorned and gave out a low chuckle.
“The full moon?”
“Yes.” she firmly responded. “The red full moon.”
His eyes broadened.
“I will use its power to develop and destroy you because of what you’ve done to me.”
“Seems like you also want to stay behind bars.”
“I don’t care, son of a bitch. You may have put the others behind bars just like you wanted, but they will come for you as soon as they are out. As soon as I take them out by myself and Ash wakes up, you are fucking over.” She leaned closer to him. “Once the red moon comes out, I will rip you apart. You are not the only one who draws power from the moon because you are the son of the most powerful alpha in the pack. My power as a werewolf is more powerful than yours. And you fucking know it. That’s why you hate Ash so much and you want him out of the way. You attacked him.”
“You don’t have any evidence that I attacked him. So, shut your mouth.”
“No.” She shook her head and pointed her finger at him. “You are the one to shut your mouth.” And dropped her hand to her side.
“Violet, stop.” I yelled.
“Stay out of this.” She yelled back at me without looking at me. “I hate you, Lucan.” She snarled. “You’ve stepped on my shit a thousand times and I have been fucking quiet because of Ash.”
Her voice was breaking.