Chapter 130


    My Tortured Mate Chapter 9


    Odanya


    She led the women out of the room, smiling at them. She took them down to the foyer.


    “I would like all of you to go and get changed. We are going on a hunt.” She grinned around at


    everyone gathered. “We are going to see which of us is the best. Now, hurry.”


    Everyone hurried away while Odanya made her way to Sterling’s office. She always kept extra


    outfits in there. There had never been a time that he wasn’t ready to be inside of her. She ran her


    fingers over the elegant silk pants in the bottom drawer of therge desk.


    She pulled out the pants and a picture drifted to the floor. She leaned down to pick it up and her


    mouth fell open when she saw the two little girls pictured in it. Her finger stroked over Sasha and


    Kni’s thin faces. They looked so simr to Lukas but so simr.


    Where Lukas had a chubby face and everybody could tell that he had never missed a meal, her


    mate’s other children hadn’t been so lucky. She felt guilty that she had run the bitch off. She should


    have fought to keep all of the kids instead of just Lukas. She sighed and put the picture of the girls in


    the corner of hisputer before grabbing a pen to scrawl a note to him.


    ‘I know you love them. Don’t hide them.‘


    She quickly changed into the pants and a matching tank top before going back to the foyer. Most of


    the women were back, including her target. Martha stood close to her with her arm linked with hers.


    Lonna was turned slightly away from her queen with her body tense and anger in her eyes. Odanya


    moved to the front and grinned at them.


    “There is a very rare bug that our king has given me.” She reached up to take theb out of her


    hair. She gently took therge green and blue beetle off theb. “This is called a dragon beetle.”


    She held it up and blew on it. It fluttered its wings and disappeared which drew gasps from the other


    women. “Find it and you will be rewarded handsomely.”


    Matha stepped forward. “And how will we be rewarded?”


    Odanya smirked. “You are aware my mate is the king of kings. Your reward is up for grabs. Winner’s


    choice.”


    “What are the rules?,” Martha continued to pester her with questions.


    “You don’t kill the others. This is just a fun game between gals. Understood?”


    “Understood,” they all answered.


    Odanya turned around and lifted her hand to her mouth. “Fly and hide and listen for my whistle.”


    She opened the door and walked out, followed by the other women. When she reached the maze


    garden on the east side of the castle, she covered her hand with the other one and swung her


    hands, throwing the beetle into the air. It fluttered its wings once and disappeared from view. She


    held her hand up and slowly raised her fingers up one by one. When all five were up she


    stepped to the side.


    “AND GO!”


    Two dozen women sprinted into the maze, going in different directions. Odanya watched


    Martha drag Lonna behind her and she smirked.


    ‘Not today,‘ Lexi growled in her head. ‘Just let me kno


    when.‘


    Odanya began to follow Lonna and Martha, keeping her distance a little to watch them. Her


    dragon was already ready toe to her aid and she loved her for it. Lonna pulled away from


    Martha and she spun on her growling with her teeth bared. Lonna opened her mouth to say


    something and Martha backhanded her, sending her into the hedges that made up the maze.


    “You think we are not on to you? You and that fucking mate of yours? What do you think is going


    to happen? That we’re just going to let you two ruin everything for us? Over my dead body,” she


    seethed.


    Lonna grabbed her face and looked up at her. “You are not fit to be queen. They will find out and


    when they do, they will punish you.”


    Odanya reached into the hedges, having had enough of this lower queen’s mistreatment of her


    subject. The nt wrapped around her arm and Odanya let her mind open to the nt as she


    lovingly stroked the small branches. She told the nt how much she loved it and how much she


    appreciated it. She felt the nt perk up as she continued to praise it.


    My Torturea mate Chapter 9


    After a moment, the nt waspletely under her control. She asked it to separate the other


    two women who were still arguing a few feet away from her. The nt almost hummed under her


    touch, eager to do her bidding. It let its vines stretch out, slithering over the ground, unnoticed by


    the two


    women.


    It wrapped around Martha tightly and she uttered a small scream as she tried to burn it with her fire.


    Odanya grinned to herself, knowing that the enchantment on the hedge would protect it from the


    fire. Martha hit the ground and was dragged around as the nt began to slowly wrap around


    Lonna. She stood there calmly letting the nt move over her. Odanya stayed in the shadows as


    she watched the nt try to decide if Lonna was a good soul or not. The vines wrapped her entire


    body before letting her go. Odanya rxed as she stepped forward into the moonlight.


    “Lonna, my dear, how are you faring in my maze?,” she asked as she lovingly ran her hand over the


    hedges.


    “I’m good. I should find-”


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    “Martha? You won’t. My little baby won’t let her go until I tell it to.” She looked at Lonna. “So, Lonna,


    tell me about Lily.”


    She narrowed her eyes. “What about Lily?”


    “How is she?”


    “She’s… she’s okay,” she said slowly, staring at Odanya. “Why do you ask?”


    “Where is she?”


    She nced around nervously. “At mine and Preston’s house.”


    Odanya eyed her. “I want her. You will bring her to me.”


    “No!”


    Odanya raised her eyebrow. “You would disobey a direct order from your queen?”


    “For Lily, yes. What do you want her for?”


    “To protect her.”


    “From who?”


    Odanya moved closer to her and took her hands in her own. “Everybody that would hurt her.”


    “Okay. I will meet you. After the meeting,e to the n and I will meet you in the woods to give


    her to you. If they find out, they will make sure you can’t take her. They will kill her and this time


    for real.”


    Odanya nodded. “I promise. Okay, I will meet you in the forest in two days‘ time. I trust she is


    safe?”


    Lonna nodded. “My mother has her while we are here.”


    “Okay. Let’s finish this hunt. Listen to me, find the bug. Two short whistles and a long one. Then


    trill and it wille straight to you. Make your request good.” She hugged Lonna tight and


    stepped back into the shadows. “Give me a few minutes to head back out away from you and


    then call. Good luck.”


    Odanya touched the nt and told it to release Martha before sprinting away from Lonna. She


    stopped outside of the maze to pace back and forth. A few minutester, she heard the whistles


    and the trill. She smirked to herself. She couldn’t wait to see what Lonna would ask for. A few


    minutes went by and Odanya’s worry grew.


    Lonna should be here to im her win already. Where in the hell was she? Martha came out,


    beaming. She held her hand out and slowly unfurled her fingers. Sitting in her hand was the beetle.


    Odanya snatched it from her.


    “Well done,” she said, doing her best to keep her frustrations out of her voice.


    “And what is it that you want?”


    Martha smirked with a gleam in her eyes. “May I have a few minutes to think about it?”


    “Sure.”


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    turned to re at her.


    “Where’s your gamma’s mate?”


    Martha shrugged. “Maybe she got lost.”


    “What do you want?”


    Martha met her eyes. “I want everything to stay exactly as it is in Lotus.”


    “Meaning.”


    “Meaning my mate stays king and our adopted daughter remains with us.”


    Odanya narrowed her eyes. “You have another adopted daughter?”


    no ukitu inom of the maze, except for Lonna. Odanya


    “Well, yes. We took her in after ourst one passed away. She is the same age and everything. We


    even named her the same thing. We truly loved the girl and we just wanted her back. Since we can’t


    have her, we chose another.”


    Odanya smiled coldly. “Fine. Granted. Go to beddies.”


    She watched them hurry back to the castle. She paid special attention to the way Martha skipped


    happily. She had always disliked Martha and now she hated her more. As soon as they were out of


    sight, Odanya let Lexi take over.


    ‘Find her, Lexi. Something happened. Hurry.‘


    Lexi led her rapidly to Lonna who was lying on the ground, unconscious and bleeding from a gash


    on her throat. She sank down beside her as she reached for Javier’s link.


    ‘Come to me. I need you. RIGHT NOW!, she screamed.


    Secondster a portal opened beside her. He immediately dropped to the ground and put his hand


    over her neck. He began to chant and the blood that had pooled around Lonna was sucked back up


    into her body. He lifted his hand off of her and Odanya took a deep breath, relieved that the wound


    was gone. Lonna gasped and sat straight up. She looked Odanya in her eyes.


    “You have to save


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    Odanya rocked back


    her heels. “I will. I promise.”


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