Chapter 0237 Hector POV Marc is captured and Kaia's warriors are moving him into the cells. Ezra and I are watching the last few attackers being taken down before we feel ready to announce the battle has been won in our favour. Kaia's gift had completely switched the battle, saving us all. But something felt wrong...off through the mate bond.
"Ezra, I need to check on Kaia...can you.." "Keep an eye on Marc, yes. Go Alpha, I'll report if anything changes." My beta confirms as he follows the warriors to the cells.
I was covered in a dried mixture of blood and mud as I hastily walk towards the alpha house.
Pack members were starting to peer out from their safe places, their loved ones returning to them.
The ones that didn't, heart felt tears of loss can be heard across the central pack grounds.
As soon as I enter the alpha house, I feel it...my wolf on high alert as he feels Kaia's pain.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtNot just physical but mental pain...it's like an onslaught of emotions surging through the bond.
"Kaia?" I move towards her, my hand within a reaching distance when she lunges herself at Than..straddling him on the floor and holding his throat within her hands.
"Get off me." He pants under her grip trying to release her hold on him.
"You're a monster!" She seethes out and everything becomes crystal clear...she has remembered everything, her memory has returned to her.
I don't know what has happened in the short space that she was away from ne, but all I know is she is suffering.
I pull her off him, placing a strong grip around her chest. She fights against my hold at first until she abruptly stops, her concentration levels switching and I know what she is about to do. Alora begs, pleads with her sister as Than drops to the floor. Alora screams for her to stop, and Kaia continues; stating that he deserves this.
She wasn't wrong.
But she was exhausted and we still didn't know the long term effects of her taking energy away from others. "Kaia, think about this." I whisper lowly into her ear, my concern not on Than's life but on the damage it might cause Kaia.
She isn't a cold blooded murderer. She thinks she needs this now...but she will cto regret this. "Kaia...stop." I growl as I tighten my hold on her.
She goes slack in my arms, her body readjusting...taking on board my warning.
"Make your choice Alora, because you can't have us both!" "Kaia...I.." "We will never be happy, not if he is in your life. So you need to decide...are you leaving with him, or staying with me?" Alora's eyes flicker tobut I stand firmly by Kaia's side.
"You've survived one rejection, you can survive another." She snarls out as she follows Alora's eyes to me.
It hits harder than I thought it would, her anger, her feeling of betrayal.
"Why you..." Than takes a threatening step towards Kaia but I am on him instantly, knocking him to the ground. His energy starts to leave him again as I pin him on the ground, Kaia was taking his energy again. "Choose Alora...him or me!" Kaia screams out, as Than starts to lose consciousness.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"You...I choose you." Her words knock the air out of Than's lungs as he gasps for oxygen.
"Alora, no.." He breathes out under my weight.
"Do it, Alora, do it now and I'll let him live." Kaia points to the ground, her finger shaking with anger.
"I, Alora Glace, Beta of the Nightshade Reformed pack reject you Than Sable, Alpha of the Amber Desert pack as my mate. I also reject E my title as Luna of the Amber Desert pack." Alora declares through broken sobs. "Accept it." Kaia growls at Than. "No..." "Accept it." She screams out as I hold him still beneath me.
"Accept it, or your pack is mine." I quietly seethe through my tensech t draw, because if she kills him, as she is threatening to do... his pack will be mine. "I, Alpha Than Sable of the Amber Desert pack accept your rejection and reject you in return." Than groans out.
"I accept." Alora gasps as her face grimaces in pain. Both are left sobbing, both are left broken.
"Good, now get off my lands and take your warriors with you Kaia coans, before her eyes Tock onwith just as much anger whirling in them.