Chapter 125


    59 The Coward


    Earlier That Day


    Jasmine POV


    We just finished training and I’m running in wolf form through the woods. As I weave in and out of the


    trees, I think about how much my life has changed since I left Mateo. Calliope was the only happiness I


    truly had during that time. I never thought about being Alpha but my daughter was right. I love that the


    pack knows I will do everything in my power to rule fairly and protect them. Meeting Leo was just icing


    on my happiness cake. My wolf makes a sound ofughter at my thoughts. Leo is soft and kind. He


    helps me with my duties and, honestly, his care for the pack is astounding sometimes. Iugh at our


    last conversation where he referred to himself as my Luna. He is my mate and I couldn’t be more


    grateful to the goddess for him. Coralee slowing down catches my attention. She growls and a woman


    my age is standing in front of us with a girl who can’t be eighteen. The young girl is definitely wolf but


    the other woman is witch. I shift and the woman smirks at me. “What is your business in my territory?”


    “Alpha Jasmine, it’s a pleasure to finally meet you. I appreciate a fellow woman in a position of power.”


    “I’m not sure I can say the same until you tell me why you havee into territory without permission.”


    Sheughs and a cold shiver goes down my spine. I try to link Oliver and Tony but I’m met with a wall.


    “Don’t bother you won’t get through” she says and I feel a sense of dread overtake me.


    “Coralee, we need to get away from her.” I’m about to shift but I can’t move. Fear sweeps through me


    as the b**ch approaches me. “Don’t worry Jasmine, as long as I get what I want you won’t be harmed.


    You are just my bargaining chip.” “What is it that you want?” “Your daughter and her red wolf.”


    Goddess, if I could move, I would rip her head from her body. “I would rather die than let you or anyone


    else hurt my daughter.” I use all my strength and try to move against her spell. “You have a choice to


    make. You cane willingly or I can inject you with wolfsbane that may kill the pup growing in your


    womb. You will lose both of your pups today instead of just one.” Bile rises in my throat as her words


    cut into my soul. I had no idea that I was pregnant but I can’t even feel the excitement knowing that I


    may lose the pup. I can’t lose either of my pups. She must realize the fight has left me. She turns to the


    young girl and begins to chant. She waves her hands and the girl bes an exact replica of me. She


    hands her a vial with a bright red liquid swirling in it. “You know what is at stake if you fail your Alpha”


    the witch says and the young girl nods. She looks just as broken as I feel. She takes off toward the


    pack house. The witches attention returns to me. “It’s time to leave.” She waves her hand and a portal


    opens. I can finally move and she pushes me toward the portal. As I step through, I take in my


    surroundings.


    It’s a cottage of some sort. I don’t know what I expected, but it wasn’t this. It feels warm and homey.


    She pushes me forward until I reach a room down the end of the hallway. I can hear crying that sounds


    like a child. “Maybe he’ll finally shut up when he sees you.” The door opens and there is child that can


    only be eight years old lying on the bed. He is sobbing and my heart squeezes in my chest. I rush over


    to check him for injury. “He isn’t hurt but he hasn’t stopped crying since I put him in here” the witch


    says. “She took my sister” he manages to squeak out. I look back in time to see the witch roll her eyes


    and head for the door. “Oh, and don’t think about trying to escape. The cottage is enchanted” is thest


    thing she says before the door is shut and locked. Goddess, I pray that whatever she has nned


    doesn’t work. I rub circles on the boy’s back and he finally manages to quiet down. “What is your


    name?” “My name is Felix. What is your name” he asks and I smile. “My name is Jasmine. Where are


    your parents, Felix?” He drops his gaze before he finally answers me. “Me and Anna are orphans. Our


    parents were killed by rogues when I was a baby. It’s just me and Anna now. The Alpha came to the


    orphanage yesterday and I thought maybe we were going to get a real home but I ended up here. The


    witch took Anna away” he says as his voice cracks. Goddess, I hope these ba**ards suffer for all they


    have nned. I can tell that he is exhausted. “Felix, why don’t youy down to rest and I’ll watch over


    you.” He thinks for a minute before he finallyys down. I run my hand through his sandy blonde hair


    and his eyes close. Iy my hand on my t stomach and say a silent prayer to the goddess to protect


    Felix, Anna, and both my pups.


    Eli POV


    “Alpha were under attack from pack wolves” the patrol guard alerts me. After everything the young girl


    told us we knew to expect them. My thoughts immediately go to Calliope and Lily. I know that Lily will


    protect her if anything goes wrong but that doesn’t mean I won’t worry until I have her in my arms


    again. I run out of the pack house and shift into Ss. Hudson, Cayden, and Evelyn, all join me as we


    lead warriors to the fight. My parents and the others will remain near the pack house. As soon as I


    reach the border, I can see that ba**ard Grant standing with a smug look on his face. It looks like he


    brought his whole pack. He is going to need it. I watch as Rose, Larisa, Magnum, Oscar, and arge


    group of vampires join us from the east. Grant’s confident look falters for a moment before schools his


    expression. “I see you or no son of Allistar’s to stand beside this pack that killed him in cold blood” he


    yells at Magnum. I’m grateful to see he stands taller and doesn’t give Grant the response he is looking


    for. Evelyn shifts andes to stand next to me before her true mate joins her. Grant looks between


    them and his eyes turn ck. “I’vee for my Luna and I will ughter all of you to get her” Grant


    says with confidence that seems misguided. Cayden and Hudson growl and Evelyn steps between


    them letting out her own growl. “I would rather die than ever let you touch me again Grant. You were


    never my mate and by the end of today you will be nothing but a bad memory” Evelyn says. I notice a


    figure step out of the trees and my heart sinks. How can she possibly be here?


    Simone POV


    What the hell is taking that stupid girl so long? I need to be with Grant to fulfill that damn blood oath. It


    seems I can’t wait any longer. I will just have to leave if she summons me. I appear in the trees and I


    can sense one witch among the wolves. Maybe I over estimated this pack power. Ie to stand next


    to Grant. He points to his Luna and I nod. All hell breaks loose and I begin to throw dark energy balls at


    the wolves but they are dropping to the ground before they can hit even one of the mutts. It’s not


    possible. I notice the witch standing with her arms held high as the wolves start to advance toward us.


    The f**king witch can only be eighteen. How the f**k is she so strong? Just as the thought pops into my


    head the potion summons me. I don’t even look Grant’s way as I disappear. I reappear in a room and I


    smile at the sight before me. Alpha Jasmine’s figure is holding a knife to her daughter’s neck. “It’s nice


    to finally meet you, Calliope.” If looks could kill I would be dead. I smile at her resolve to stay strong. In


    the end she will beg for mercy but right now I’ll give her this moment of defiance. I wave my hand and


    produce a vial of wolfsbane. “This will hurt far worse if you fight against me. I wouldn’t want your


    mother to slice your pretty little neck. This will only make your wolf dormant until I need her to be


    present.” For the first time I see a sh of fear in her eyes.


    I walk over and thankfully she doesn’t try to stop me. I push the needle in and force the plunger down


    until all the blue liquid is gone from the syringe. I see her almost lose her bnce but thankfully the girl


    knows to steady her. “She is no threat now. I’ll open the portal and you can help her step through.” She


    does as I order. “Take her to the room with your brother.” I follow closely behind her and once they are


    in the room, I close the door and lock it. I wave my hand doing a sealing spell before I teleport back to


    the battlefield. It seems that Grant’s mutts are not faring well against the Nightfire pack. “Where the f**k


    were you” I hear Grant snarl from behind me. What a coward? He isn’t even fighting with his warriors. “I


    got what I came for and once I get your Luna, you are on your own.” He grabs my arm and I look back


    into his eyes. “You will get us out of here before you abandon me. Remember the oath, safe and


    sound.” Goddess, I would love to smack that smirk right off his face. I wrench my arm away from him


    before I look around the c*****e. I find a female wolf fighting next to a bear. My eyes search out the


    witch and she is busy fighting with Grant’s mutts. She must think I left for good. I smirk before I turn


    back to the wolf. I produce another syringe and teleport myself to the wolf’s back. Before she registers


    what’s happening, I m the syringe into her shoulder. It forces her to shift and we appear next to


    Grant. He scoops his Luna up and I create the portal to walk through. We are in his office. He gazes


    down lovingly at the woman in his arms. I roll my eyes. “My blood oath has been fulfilled. Our business


    is done.” I don’t give him a chance to respond before I teleport to the cottage. I reappear in the living


    room and I’m grateful that little ba**ard isn’t crying. The cottage is quiet, too quiet.N?velDrama.Org exclusive content.


    Eli POV


    I snap the neck of another member of Grant’s pack when a blood curdling growl causes a silence to fall


    over the battle field. I turn to see Hudson and Cayden’s beast take off toward the border. Where is


    Evelyn? I search for Grant but he has left his pack to die. This time I let out a growl that shakes the tree


    before I shift. All those that are fighting halt and stare at me. “Your Alpha is a coward. He brought you


    here to be ughtered while he fled with a woman who wants nothing to do with him. I have no


    problem killing everst one of you but is that what you want, to fight for a man that sacrificed you for


    his own selfish desires.” I see a wolf shift and I can tell he is of Beta blood. “The Alpha of the Nightfire


    pack speaks the truth. I had hoped our Alpha woulde to his senses but he is not the man we all


    once knew. I will not die for a man that is willing to sacrifice me to have someone else’s mate.” The


    man drops to his knees and bears his neck to me. I watch as the remaining men drop to their knees


    and bear their necks. “Take them to the cells for now. They are to be treated humanely. I will be down


    to speak to them shortly.” I don’t wait to speak to anyone as I shift and run to the pack house. I need to


    see Calliope more than I need my next breath