Chapter 44


    Amanda


    I waited until Zale left me before I let my tensed muscles find any rxation. This was horrible. It had to


    be the worst possible thing that could happen.


    I paused, frowning at my thoughts. But, was this the n? The Goddess was the one that gave us our


    mates. She knew who I would be destined to be with...


    No! I couldn''t let my thoughts slide like this. I was loyal to the Goddess. She''d saved me from a horrible


    situation. Without her... my fate would have been worse than death. A never-ending cycle of agony.


    The door cracked open and I nced up. But instead of Zale, it was Javier and that other woman.


    "Hello?" she greeted me, almost hiding behind my mate.


    I didn''t like how close she stood to him. "Hi, ra," I greeted. It came out rougher than I expected.


    She didn''t bat an eye from it. "Mom," she greeted. "Looks like your Alpha has to do some training, does


    that mean it''s just us?"


    "And me," Javier interrupted. I''m not leaving anyone alone with Amanda."


    ra wrinkled her nose at him. "I''m not going to hurt her, she''s my mom." He snorted in response,


    clearly not won over.


    I patted the corner of the bed. I needed to put these uneasy feelings aside. It wasn''t her fault the life I''d


    lived. "Sit. I want to know more about you."


    She didn''t need any more urging than that. ra scrambled onto the bed, perched on the corner.


    Javier grumbled in the background, crossing his arms over his chest. "That''s my spot, extra," he


    pointed out.


    ra ignored him. "How did you get away?" she asked me bluntly. "It made him so mad, he went on a


    killing spree. I lost a sister, maybe even a brother, I don''t remember."


    How many kids did I have? It was hard enough to wrap my mind around the fact I had even one. "He''s


    still a monster," I whispered.


    Her happy mood faded away and she nodded. "He''s a beast. He did things to us."


    Being crushed would have been easier than hearing that. A good mother would have got more


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    information, but this was my first day. I couldn''t bring myself to ask anything. I didn''t want to hear


    details. It was enough to know what I had gone through. "You''re safe here."


    ra shook her head. "There''s nowhere that''s safe. He''ll break through and kill all of us."


    "Stop that," Javier interrupted. "No one is breaking through anything." He wrapped an arm around my


    shoulders, pulling me against his body. "Extra, you''re going to learn that Amanda belongs to this pack.


    It doesn''t matter how you try to scare her, got it?"


    "I wasn''t-"


    "No, end of discussion. This woman is mine." To stop her from talking again, he crushed his lips against


    mine in a heated kiss. His passion and lust swirled through me. If ra hadn''t been there, Javier would


    have probably been hunting me down again. "Besides," he continued as if he hadn''t just made my toes


    curl. "I promised her that I would kill every person that ever hurt her. Careful, if you get on that list you


    won''t be immune."


    ra red at him. "Mom, why is one of your mates such a jerk? Bo is way better."


    "Hey!" Javier growled at her.


    ra rolled her eyes at him. Funny, she might look like an adult but she wasn''t acting like one right


    now.


    "I''ve got a question."


    ra stopped terrorizing my mate and gave me her full attention. "What is it?"


    "Are the others like you? My kids?" The words sounded strange even to my own ears. Would they be


    the ones to fulfill the Goddess''s deal? But she''d been far too clear.


    "No," she replied, her limbs rxing at her sides. "Most of us girls are. But the boys after they were


    turned to adults were pushed straight into warrior roles, and the benefits those provided." She


    shuddered. "Brothers or not, they all deserve death." Her eyes had turned cold and cruel, they made


    me shiver.


    "Javier?" I questioned him. He was busy studying his nail beds.


    "Yes?" his attention to me was absolute.


    "Can I have a moment alone with her? I just want to ask her some personal questions." I wasn''t afraid


    of her, and she could possibly be my ticket to escaping my current situation, as grim as it might be.


    "No way. I don''t trust her, and I won''t let anything happen to you."


    "I''ve got Ares, remember?" If she flips out or goes crazy he''ll be there to protect me."


    "Ares?" ra frowned. I would exin things to herter. For now, I needed Javier to submit.


    "I''ll wait out in the hallway. I''m not going any farther than that," he answered with a re at me. "But


    when you''re done with your talk, Bo has to babysit the extra. I deserve time with you too."


    I almostughed at him. How was I going to keep up with these three? I had been with them such a


    short time and had already been taken to my very limits. I was never going to hydrate enough to


    survive these three.


    Javier left and I waited until I heard the m of the door before I turned to ra. "I need your help."


    "What with? I don''t have mates, and I nearly died. I''m not going to be much help, mom."


    "I just need you to cause a big enough distraction for me to run away."


    Her jaw sagged. "What? Why would you want to do that?" she hissed the words.


    "I have to. I''ve made a promise with the Goddess, but staying here will put it in danger." I shook my


    head. That wasn''t the entire truth, but the forbidden to speak of it stretched to ra as well. "It''s for the


    best. If I don''t, I could doom everyone here. Please, ra. Help me save my mates from the


    Goddesses'' wrath."