Chapter 73


    CHAPTER 73


    “I’m weighing out the risks that will affect my sister and going there now will not save her. You will


    put her in more danger and getting her back will be even harder. We’re not leaving.” He


    growled.


    “Fine. I’ll go alone.”


    “I will not let you risk Gabby’s life.”


    “I’m saving it.” I seethed and turned. Nick grabbed my shoulder once again and I raised my fist. The


    whole house started spinning, the floors looked like I was standing on waves and they were about


    to be ripped away from under my fat. The walls moved in on me and nothing was still.


    was.


    Someone came up behind me and covered my mouth. I inhaled the different herbs and felt the


    raspy leaf grasp at my tongue.


    1 grabbed the person’s hand but my strength wasn’t there. My eyes rolled into my head and 1


    cked out.


    When I woke up I saw the tv and the pillows on the couch. My head and neck were sore so I


    carefully turned to see where the f*ck I


    “Wee back, bro,” Edmund said. He was sitting on the coffee table and swirling a drink in his


    hands. He handed it over and I chugged it all in one go.


    “What happened?” I asked and groaned as I sat.


    “She


    can exin it better,” he said and looked behind me. The witch was sitting with a cup of steaming


    tea in her hands and my parents were sitting with her.


    Her regr snarl was in ce and her long nails made a clinking sound when they hit the ceramic


    cup.


    Ugh, my headache was about to get a lot worse.


    “You’re weakened by the absence of your mate. Your strength will gradually decline and going up


    against your brother in this current form would not result in a win on your part.”


    “How do you know?” I asked her.


    “I’ve seen it.”


    “You said you couldn’t see the future?”


    “No, at that moment I said I didn’t see it, but now I did. Because even sources bigger than us do not


    want to see your brother win. It would be chaos, unlike anything we have seen before. I know that


    you all are aware of this fact and have silently said it in your minds so !


    will be first to say it aloud- Asher King must die.” My mom drew in a shaky breath and her head fell.


    No matter how much of a psychopath your son is or however many bad deeds he had done, it was


    still her son. She had birthed him, loved him, and seen a future for him only to have it ripped away


    from her hands.


    My mom told me how when Asher was banished from the pack she didn’t see him as an adult


    walking away, she saw the little kid she had yed with in the fields walking away from her forever.


    I got up on shaky legs and walked over to my mom. I bent down and wrapped my arms around her.


    She stood about and squeezed tightly around me, as though she was afraid that I would disappear


    as well.


    “What can I do to regain my strength?


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    Regaining your strengthpletely will not happen until you are reunited with your mate. But there


    is something I can do to help you long enough for you to do what must be done.” She stood up and


    wilked over to me.


    “Aiden, no matter the stakes or the hardships or any other obstacle you may encounter, you must


    kill your brother.”


    The witch took out different herbs and poured me a cup of tea. She mixed them together and


    poured in two drops of something vile. It looked like cough syrup with blue dye in it but I’m guessing


    it was something more magical than that.


    “Drink this,” she said.


    I looked down into the cup and saw the blue hue sinking to the bottom. Our eyes locked and sheN?velDrama.Org ? content.


    tilted the cup up to my lips.


    “Everyst drop n


    must enter your system,”


    I gulped it down and fought when it tried to push back up again. It felt like I was swallowing


    something alive- it was moving in my throat on the way down. Edmund was grimacing and looked


    away and my mom was wrinkling her nose in disgust.


    “You’re doing great, honey, She said and pursed her lips,


    The cup dropped from my hand and fell broken on the floor. Slivers of the flower-embodied ceramic


    cup scattered by our feet.


    I was heaving as I pressed my nails into my palms and looked down at the floor. When I raised my


    head, I felt it. I felt ny power, my strength as it should be. It surged through my body and once it


    reached my head I felt like myself again.


    “Thank you.” I said and looked at the witch. My eyes glowed in yellow when my wolf stepped up,


    when I grew weaker-so did he, but when I grew stronger, he did too.


    “Great, you’re doing better. The warriors have all been briefed on the situation. We’ll move out


    tomorrow.” Nick said when he came into the room. I walked up to him and nodded my head.


    “I’m sorry about earlier. I know you only had Gabby’s safety in mind- so did L.


    “I will always put my sister first, no matter who I need to stop in the process.”


    “Good,” I said and grabbed his hand that he had reached out.


    He stopped and tilted his head.


    “There’s just one more thing,” he said and looked toward the door.


    We walked over there to see what he meant and when I opened the door I was shocked by what I


    saw.


    Several of our pack members had gathered outside the house. My old friends were standing in the


    front and everyone else I had known since childhood was there. Many of our old warriors who no


    longer fought stood ready with straightened backs.


    Rows and rows of people stood with their shoulders rolled back. Dressed from head to toe in


    training gear and their faces not showing one single ounce of emotion.


    “She’s our Luna and this pack is where she belongs. We are all ready to fight for her safe return.”


    My father pped his hand on my shoulder.


    “Son, it seems you have forgotten this pack’s foundational values. No man stands alone and loyalty


    runs through each and everyone here. For decades it has been built like this but through your


    years, some of the fundamental values of what we stand for seem to have gotten lost.” He was


    right. They had. I had seen it as me leading them, taking charge, and making decisions. Thinking I


    knew best.


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    I had prepared to take all of their tears and anger once they found out that Gabby was gone but I


    was not prepared to take them with me into battle. Here they were, willingly ready to go off and save


    their Luna. Everyone knew about Asher now and the risks they were facing but they didn’t wince or


    turn away.


    The warriors called them out onto the fields for their training. Many already knew how to fight and


    they were good but they also needed to be briefed. This wasn’t our usual enemy and it was far from


    fighting against rogues. These men had a n and would stop at nothing to achieve their goal.


    Edmund walked up to me with sweat dripping down the side of his face. He had taught some of the


    younger ones how to fight and looked happy as hell.


    “You have some strong people here,”


    “I know.” He nodded his head and his expression shifted into something more ominous.


    He pushed his chest out and looked past me.


    “We need to talk about Sam.”


    Me and Edmund had walked into the house.


    I poured us each a ss and we sat down in my office.


    “What’s up?” I asked him and sat in the armchair by the firece.


    “She leftst night. I don’t know where she went but she got backte. We have one of our own


    warriors standing guard outside her ce in the distance- keeping an eye on her.”


    My brows furrowed and I looked at the burning fire.


    “Huh, and you have no idea where she went?” He shook his head and took a sip.


    “Nope.”


    “Alright, never mind that for now. I need you to move on to the next step of the n.”


    “Which was?” He asked and winced. Edmund had been having fun with Sam but had forgotten


    about why he even banged her in the first ce.


    “Take her to your room, slip her the sedative, and when she’s knocked out you get the f*ck out.”


    “You do know the room has both windows and a door, right? What she just leaves?” I sighed and


    tried to not look too disappointed at his stupidity.


    “I’ve had the witch put a spell on your room, she won’t be able to leave. It’s the same one we put on


    Gabby’s room.”


    “Yes and that worked great,” he said sarcastically.


    “Watch it.” I growled.


    “As long as no one else in the pack is willing to sell their soul to the devil, we’ll be fine.” I said.


    “About the witch, howe she does favors for you? Do you have to pay her or is she just extra


    nice when ites family?” I smiled and remembered when I was a kid, wrecking havoc on the


    pack and stressing my mom out.


    to


    the Alpha


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