“That’s it.”
“What?!”
“I think I know why I feel like sh*t at least. I think my healing powers were siphoned off to get rid of whatever that sh*t is.” I point at the ceiling. “I’m probably healing normally now.”
Luna Ava looks over at the twins. “Boys, I need to talk to Skylar now, alone.” She holds up a hand before they can protest. “Brett, Oliver, you too. Go now please, but stay close. Do not wander. Skylar is right and we’re all safest here right now.” Oliver and Cam don’t let go right away.
“I’ll be okay, just stay close so I can sense you.” I don’t look at either of them. I was talking to Oliver, but that would probably start another argument. I shift so I am standing on my own two feet. I just feel weak, everything is achy and I want to sleep, but I need to hear what she has to say. She’s gotta give me something, fill in some gaps, right?
Reluctantly, the twins let their Gammas push them out the door. “Luna, we will be right here, I want to know if something, anything happens.” Gamma Brett pins her with a stare.
“Of course.” She waits until the door is closed. Then walks over and wraps me in a hug. “I am so sorry sweet girl. None of this was supposed to happen.” I don’t return it, but I don’t pull away either. I need answers. Now. “I think Lucas should tell you.”
“Huh?” She walks me next to him and his eyes are open. “When the hell did that happen?” I ask, shocked.
“While you were all sleeping. There is a lot to tell you and not a lot of time. Your Gamma is not going to leave you alone for long, especially while you are still vulnerable. I’m surprised Brett was able to get him to walk out the door.”
“What do you mean ‘my Gamma?”
“Skylar, sweetheart, we’ve known for a while that you are our next Luna. I don’t know why you don’t see it.”
“The f*ck? How do you know, no one knows until the twins find their mate.”
“There are a lot of reasons, it’s not important right this second, just know that you are and your troubles aren’t over. Now, you need to know that Kevin is dangerous, more dangerous than we ever realized.” She looks down at the Alpha.
He grabs my hand. His is cold and clammy, now what you would expect for a big strong Alpha. “You have to understand that they took my family, my whole world and I had to get them back at any cost. I was young and desperate. I didn’t have the strength that you do to fight and push through my troubles, I sought the easiest way to save them.”
He’s talking in riddles. “Save who? What are you talking about?” I’m so frustrated and tired right now.
“They took my Luna, they took her when she was pregnant with the boys. My whole world was just gone. They were hidden, and no one was able to track them and I couldn’t sense her, but I knew she wasn’t dead. We thought it might be magic, so I found a witch who was willing to help me, for a price.”
“Wait someone took you?” I couldn’t help myself. She just nods. “Did they hurt you? Hurt the twins?” I mentally smack myself. Stop interrupting and stop caring, just listen.
“No, I wasn’t hurt, but they threatened to, unless Lucas gave them what they wanted.”
“They wanted full control of my pack and I couldn’t let that happen, but I couldn’t let them hurt my Luna either. This witch, Adrielle, helped me find my family, but her price was our daughter.”
“WHAT!”
“Just listen, when we had a daughter, she had some premonition that we would, she wanted us to force a mate bond with her son. I thought I could outsmart her. We knew we were having two boys, and she didn’t want them, so I agreed, thinking we just would not have any more kids. Which tore us both up, but we had to do what was necessary to save our pack.”
“She said our daughter would be special, get her wolf and her abilities very early and have natural control and leadership over the pack. It was also predicted that once mated she would gain and give additiona abilities to her mate. After I found out about your wolf, and saw you with my boys, I started to wonder.” Luna Ava cut in. “Then Reggie recognized something in you and odd things kept happening to you and around you…”
“You think getting beat within an inch of my life and left for dead, twice, was ‘odd?””
She held her hand up to stop me. “I started to wonder if it wasn’t our biological daughter, but the daughter that we would gain as Cameron and Dakota’s mate and Luna. Anyone with eyes can see you are special and have a special bond with all those boys, but I knew when Oliver came to you, that he’s your Gamma, you are the next Luna. You are what Adrielle wants, and apparently she’s not the only one.” “I have it on good authority that Kevin and Kaley are working with her. How they met I don’t know, but you know what they have done, you and your team have been smart enough to keep up with them. Kevin wants the power, Kaley wants the boys and they have been using more and more magic to gain that. As you found, magic comes at a cost. Right now, I have kept all of the attention on me. Kevin has only placed spells and hexes on me, thinking he can control everyone through me. You can break this cycle.”
He stares and realization hits. “NO! There is no way. After everything, you cannot ask that.”
“The magic surrounding me will break, that won’t stop what’s coming for you and the pack needs to be ready, Kevin would see the pack fall, hoping to build up from what’s left. There won’t be anything left. Just promise that you will give Cameron and Dakota a chance, swear you won’t reject them when the mate bond takes effect.”
I shake my head, tears are starting to fall. “After everything, and the stuff with Kaley, that’s a lot to ask.”
“Please. You are my only chance to do right. No one else will be able to go through with it.” My heart is breaking and my stomach is in my feet, I’m shaking my head. “Please, Sweet Girl, I have no right to ask you anything, but I am begging you, break this spell. Please.” He’s crying and Luna is next to me, an arm around my shoulder.
She takes my hand and places it on his chest. “You can do this, save us, please.”
I let out a wail and just cried, but I didn’t pull my hand out from under hers.
“I love you, Sweet Girl, take care of my boys.”
I close my eyes and just pray to the Moon Goddess, to take him and free him. I have no idea what I’m doing, but a warmth surges through my hands and the incessant beeping just flatlines. Luna, lets out a cry and collapses on me. The door bangs open Gamma Brett grabs her, Oliver scoops me up and the twins run to their dad.
“What happened?!”
