Chapter 54. Betrayal


    Avalyn


    I forced my eyes to open. I can''t let him win.


    Suddenly, like a surge of power had burst through me, I flicked my head to the side, tearing off the


    man''s head to fall off his shoulder and roll to the side.


    "Ava..." Dimitri whispered, his voice in unimaginable pain.


    Tears flowed down my cheeks as I crawled to where heid on the floor.


    There was a huge hole in his chest. I could see all of his insides. He will bleed out before his wolf will


    be able to heal him. I need to help him.


    I concentrated on healing him but my entire body ached and my head throbbed. I couldn''t concentrate.


    Not anymore.


    I had used all of my energy to kill the vampire.


    "F-focus." He coughed out blood.


    I sobbed seeing his condition and forced myself to focus. My head felt like it was going to burst now.


    I saw that there was no improvement to his wound. I could hear his heart beat slowing.


    He is dying...


    "I can''t." I cried.


    "Ava." I heard Niki''s voice and my head snapped up.


    Everything was blurred but my eyes somehow focused on Nik.?


    In a second he was kneeling on other side of Dimitri and examining the wound.


    "Heal him." Nik said, his voice urgent.


    "I -I cant." I cried. "Head hurts...I -I got hurt." I said, my tears not stopping.


    Nik''s nostrils red and his eyes darkened when he registered blood on me.


    "Fuck." Nik swore.


    "Avalyn, close your eyes." Master''s voice snapped.


    My eyes automatically closed.


    "Focus on your head. Where it hurts. Heal it. Imagine it healing. Imagine the pain reducing." I heard his


    voice.


    I did as he told me. Slowly, the throbbing stopped and the pain subsided.


    I sighed in relief.


    "Open your eyes." I snapped them open and saw Dimitri.


    Tears sprung in my eyes at his condition. His eyes were nk but his heart was beating. Barely but it


    was beating.


    Heal. Heal. Heal.


    Oh god.


    He is bleeding so much.


    Please. Heal.


    Stop the blood.


    "Avalyn stop." Master snapped. "Close your eyes and take a deep breathe. Do exactly what I tell you


    now."


    I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I can do what he tells me. It''s the one thing I do best.


    "Imagine all of Dimitri''s arteries and veins healing."


    I concentrated on the arteries and veins and imagined them healing.


    My head throbbed.


    "Focus. Clear all the internal bleeding. Heal it all."


    I focused on cleaning the bleeding.


    "Yes. Good girl. Imagine his lungs healing."


    I imagined the lung besides his heart healing. Coming back to his normal position.


    "Very good. Now focus on the ribs. Imagine all the bones connected. The entire ribcage is healed. No


    fractures."


    I focused on the ribs. Ribs protect the heart and lungs. I imagined them in a perfect condition. Without


    any cracks and fractures.


    "Very good. Clean the internal bleeding."


    I focused on the extra blood and cleaned it. I imagined all the blood where it is supposed to be.


    "Good girl. Now his muscles. Heal the muscles."


    I healed the muscles. I imagined them all the way they were.


    "Perfect. Now the skin."


    I concentrated on the skin that woulde on top. Smooth and without any scars. in free. Just as it


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    was before.


    "His heart beat is still slow. He has lost a lot of blood. Imagine the blood in his body increasing. And


    that his heart is beating normally."


    I focused on increasing the blood in his body and his heart beating at the normal rate.


    "Good girl. Open your eyes Ava." I heard Master''s soft voice.


    My eyes fluttered open and I saw Nik give me a crooked smile. I looked down at Dimitri and saw him


    blink once before his eyes focused on me.


    He cracked a smile before his hand rose and he wiped the tears off my cheek. "A Queen shouldn''t cry."


    He murmured.


    Augh and a cry wretched out of my throat as I hugged him. Only Dimitri would say something like


    that after almost dying.?


    "I thought you would die." I cried in his neck. "And I wouldn''t be able to help you."


    "Hey-hey!" His arm came around my back. "What did I say about crying?"


    "Shut up." I sobbed. "For a second I thought I lost you." I would never forget the scene. It was stored in


    my mind like a photograph. The vampire holding Dimitri''s heart in his hand.


    I shuddered at that thought.


    "Alright that''s enough." Nik pulled me off Dimitri. "I''ve seen enough of my half naked mate sprawled on


    my brother." He grumbled.


    I giggled through my tears as Nik circled his arms around me and hugged me tightly.


    "Are you okay?" He whispered. I nodded against his chest. His scent calmed my senses.


    "I want to go home Niki. I don''t like it here." I can''t see my family getting hurt like this. First the attack


    at our quarters and now this.


    How many more attacks till someone dies?


    "We never run away from a fight Ava. We will find who is doing all of this and then we will go back to


    our pack." He cupped my cheek and told me, looking deep into my eyes.


    "Where were you?" I asked him. Dimitri had told him so why did it take him so much toe?


    "I was in a meeting with Leikos and Darius. I left as soon as I could." He replied.


    I nodded.


    "Not to break your bubble but we need to go. We have a party to attend." Dimitri said as he loomed


    over us.


    I took his hand as he helped me stand up. I stumbled because I was only wearing one heel. Nik picked


    me up and took me back to our quarters.


    I healed my head some more so I wasn''t in pain at all. The ves helped me clean up all the blood and


    quickly shampooed my hair to take out all the blood. I quickly put on another dress after that and they


    redid my make up and hair.


    "Done?" Nik asked me, offering his arm.


    I nodded and took it, pulling him out of the room.


    "Are you sure you cane?" I asked Dimitri who was waiting for us in the living room.


    "Yes, I feelpletely fine. As if nothing happened at all." He said and stood up from the couch. He


    gave me his arm and I put my hand in his elbow.


    Both the men led me to the Ballroom. Tension was rolling off of them in waves and no one spoke this


    time, their minds far away from here.


    We entered the ballroom and then climbed down the stairs as everyone paused and looked at us.


    Rhazien was the first one to approach us. "King Niki. Queen Avalyn. Hello Dimitri." He bowed. "You


    look beautiful." He smiled.


    "Thank you." I smiled back. "Is the party going well?" Please tell me there are no attacks here.


    "Everything is perfect. You just need to mingle with the people." He told us.


    "Rhaz—" Jessica came and then her eyes fell on us. "King Niki. Queen Avalyn. Dimitri." She bowed.


    "Hello Jessica." I smiled at her. "How is your sister?" I asked about Tessa.


    She lost herposure for a second before pasting a smile on her face. "She is doing okay."


    "I hope she will be alright soon." I squeezed her hand.


    "Thank you." She smiled.


    Over the next two hours, people approached us and we talked to them. I could feel the shift in the air,


    they had lost their weariness and were warming up to us. They just needed to see who we were


    without the throne.


    We were good people. Werewolves were good people. I was happy they were starting to see that.


    Niki and Dimitri didn''t leave my side throughout the night. I made most of the conversation and


    Niki and Dimitri chimed in between when they felt like it. I could still feel the tension rolling off of


    them. They were both on edge since the incident.


    Niki asked me for a dance and I obviously agreed.


    "How are you holding up?" He asked me. I circled my arms around his neck and leaned against his


    chest, savouring the warmth and safety of his arms around me.


    "Good." I replied. "Where are dimir and Sofiya?" I asked.


    "Somewhere." He squeezed me into him more.


    That''s when I realised he was scared. Scared for me. Scared that something would have happened to


    me while he was away. And something can happen to him and he won''t be there by side when the time


    I heard the thump of his heart beat. "I''m fine, Niki." I said softly. "I am not weak anymore." I was


    proud how I fought off the bad vampires in the hallway.


    "I know." He simply said but I could feel him worrying for me. And I don''t know how to make it go away.


    "My turn." Dimitri tapped Niki''s shoulder when the song ended. They both shared a look before


    Dimitri took my hand in his and ced the other on my back. I put my hand on his shoulder.


    "What was that look?" I asked.


    "What look?" He looked confused.


    "The look that you and Niki shared." I narrowed my eyes. They were hiding something from me.


    "He was just being possessive." He waved it away. "And ya, don''t me me now if I don''t charm any


    girl tonight. I''m on bodyguard duty."


    "What is it Dimitri?" I was not buying this act of his.


    He spun me around and dipped me, shocking me and then I was in his arms again. "The climax of this


    piece is great. Don''t you think? What were we talking about again? Ipletely forgot! I''m sure it was


    nothing important. Or else I wouldn''t have forgotten." He said and then quickly led me off the dance


    floor.


    "We should go back to our quarters now. I''mpletely exhausted. Maybe I''m not so well after all." He


    said and then pulled me out of the ballroom before I got a word in.


    The guards immediately surrounded us as we walked back to the quarters.


    "Are you really not going to tell me?" I sighed. He is such a drama queen.


    I realised that we took a turn that didn''t lead to out apartment.


    "This isn''t the right way." I frowned.


    "I know." He replied and still continued walking. He looked like he knew where we were going so I didn''t


    question him further.


    He opened a door and then led me inside. It looked like someone''s living quarters.


    Who lived here?


    Dimitri suddenly grasped my hand tightly, making sure I couldn''t move.


    "I''ve got her. Come out."