Nathaniel's POV
Getting the kids back was a success as well as throwing Fang in the dungeons. Angel broke down as soon as we got back; I wish she could forget everything bad that has ever happened to her.
I laid her down for a nap and then I got several mind links.
The dungeon area is on fire.
I started rushing to the dungeons; knowing that's where Midnight is at and I notice all the chaos.
She said she was going to be ok. I had to fight my wolf to let her go see her ex mate.
*FLASHBACK*
I run my fingers through my hair in frustration and anger.
"I don't understand why you want to go see him! He's hurt you multiple times and even compromised our child! He should be fuckin dead by my hands already!" I yell at her and watch her flinch.
I don't want her to be scared of me.
"It's because I have to face the man who's taken everything away from me! My childhood! My family! My fuckin innocence! I loved this man for my whole life but I was in love with a murderer! I don't expect you to understand! You barely even know me!" She screams out tears pouring down her face.
I clench my jaw at that.
"He may have taken away from you and I may barely know you but from what I see here you are nothing but a wishy washy bitch of a child!" I yell out as she widens her eyes and gasps.
"You wanna talk about childhood being taken away?! I have raised your kid; the one you just fucking abandoned, for four god damn years! What gives you the right to come here and try to steal her from me? The fact that you're my mate is the only reason you even see her! She's had nothing but TRAUMA inflicted upon her pure soul ever since you showed up with that disgusting leech and demon!" I roar out backing her into a wall.
Her eyes dart around for an escape but I won't let her run anymore.
"STOP!" I yell out.
She squeezes her eyes shut and I watch as she full on starts bawling.
This hurts me; I don't want to make her cry, I don't want her to be scared.
Maybe I was too harsh?
"I...I'm sorry..." I say trailing off wiping her tears.
My wolf whimpers at the sight of her tears.
"I'm just... I'm frustrated with everything that's going on. I shouldn't have taken my anger out on you nor should I have thrown your past up like that." I say lowly. She looks away from me; tears still falling down her face.
"I guess if I was in your situation; I'd want to get closure as well." I say to her while she's sniffling.
I nuzzle my head into her neck and whimper. I hug her to me and keep apologizing; when I get nothing, I tickle her.
She starts squirming before laughter erupts from her mouth.
"Ok, ok stop! I forgive you!" She squeals out.
I get on my knees and put my face to her stomach and hug at her waist.
Her laughter dies down and she gently starts running her fingers through my hair.
"I'm sorry babe. I'm sorry for being so selfish and self centered. And your right...I have been acting like a wish washy bitch. I know you've been trying your best to be patient with me; especially with all I've put you through. But this is something I need to do. I have to close this chapter with Fang for good, otherwise, he'll keep coming back." She says to me softly.
'Please don't let her go to him! We've waited for her too long. I just met her wolf Enya and I really want us to bond like you two did.' My wolf whines out.
'I know I know. But she has so many unresolved issues that she needs to deal with. She hasn't even sexually touched me since her heat ended. I don't know if her wolf will even be the same way or not.' I counter back at him. I get another whine and a small huff from him before he recedes to the back of my mind.
"Ok, hun. Just promise me you'll be ok and don't get too close to him." I pleaded looking up at her.
So many emotions crossed her eyes before she gave a small smile and nodded her head.
"Say it out loud Midnight." I say firmly.
"I promise. I'll be ok." She whispers out running her fingers through my hair still.
I want to believe her, but I can't shake this bad feeling I'm having.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
I continue to run in the direction of the chaos telling everyone to calm down while the warriors are getting the injured to the pack doctor; white sheets going over others.
My wolf mournfully howls for his lost ones.
I see Ari and run up to him in a hurry.
"What happened? Where's Midnight?" I ask frantically; taking everything in around me.
Ari shakes his head not even uttering a word or a coherent sentence. My patience is running thin.
"I just...i...she's gone..." He sobs out before laying on the ground.
What the fuck is going on with him?! He's not acting like himself.
Tears fall down his face as he lays there with vacant eyes.
I can't do this!
I yanked Ari up and smack him hard across the face.
"SNAP OUT OF IT!" I shout in his face.
He looks at me with vacant eyes and before I can do or say anything more; he completely disappeared.
I'm left there in momentary shock; I shake my head and my jaw clenches again.
This fuckin bastard!
"EVERYONE CALM THE FUCK DOWN!" I boom out in my Alpha voice.
They all stop in their tracks as children and adults cry all around me.
"Someone tell me what happened! Where is our Luna and how did the dungeon catch fire?" I question with authority.
Our mage walked forward.
"Alpha." He says bowing his head and hitting his chest with his fist.
Red intricate yet tribal designs snake around his buff arms and his long black hair has feathers of reds, blues, and black, with occasional braids and beads; his dark complexion gives off a mysterious aura.
"Perhaps I can assist and show you what has happened." He states out loud. I nod my head and with a wave of his hand pearly blue versions of everyone start moving backward in time fast until we see the woman who set the dungeons on fire and killed many.
She will pay for her destruction and the loss of my family.
A reddish brown wolf, Ari, the girl.
The more I see the more livid I became.
Then I see how it all started.
The girl slowly started the fires that consumed Fang and shifted back to Midnight who was calm on the surface talking to him.
Why would she do this?
Tears spring to my eyes in disbelief and betrayal.
Everything stopped and started moving forward at normal speed.
A dark and menacing laugh bubbles from Fangs mouth.
"I should've taken you when I had the chance. I would've made you my queen and we would've had many children. They would've been so powerful; oh the possibilities!" He says in a cynical manner.
A shiver of disgust runs down my spine.
I continue watching.
"For you; I would've burned the whole world down..." She softly whispers out.
Her hand lifts up slowly and small flames start around the room. She touches the bar and I watch as she quickly pulls her hand back.
"After you broke the mate bond between us, I started losing my sanity. This cell is dampening my powers and making me human like. You're not safe Midnight. Chen is on his way for you." Fang says looking at his hands then he looked up with a wicked grin.
"Hope you know that your head start is gone."
She stumbles backwards before catching herself.
Chen?! What does he want with Midnight?
"I know you're scared to be what you are! You're more than just a faerie werewolf; you're everything you want to be but powerful. You've killed before being taken to the human realm!" He says taunting her.
She's a faerie werewolf? But I thought she didn't know what her genetic background was.
"Killer!" Fang booms out.
"Killer! Murder!" He continues with his attack.
The room blazes up with purple flames including Midnight.
That's when she must've turned to her new form.
The purple flames crawl towards his cell devouring everything.
He just sits there smiling.
Who the hell just sits there and smiles?!
"I knew you were in there somewhere; my beautiful fire queen faerie, I always loved this side of you more. So ruthless and unpredictable." He says with a sickening affection.
"You will always be mine. You can never escape me." He laughs as the flames reach him and start burning him till he's nothing but ashes.
She screams as everything starts burning around her.
The mage flicks his wrist to speed things up and we watch the rest.
Ari tried to stop her and she turned on him then that reddish brown wolf attacked her.
Ari still tried to protect her but seems terrified.
The wolf goes to Ari and hurts him before shifting into an average 6'2 size naked Mexican man.
It's Chen.
He starts kicking him and says something in Spanish.
He continues to assault Ari.
"SHUT UUUUP! GET OUT OF MY HEAD! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"
Chen walks over to her and injects something in her causing her to go limp and the fire starts going out as well.
Ari stands frozen and then Chen leaves with Midnight.
The mage flicks his wrist again and the images of the past disappeared.
I feel ashamed of myself for even thinking Midnight would do this on purpose.
"Can you make a portal to Slymethius?" I ask with determination.
He grunts and nods his head.
Another wave of his hand and the portal is in front of us within seconds.
"Jeffery. Do me a favor and watch Angel ok?" I say looking at him. His eyes water a bit because I haven't been allowing men around Angel too much anymore except Ari.
"I will do it with pride alpha." He says choking up a bit.
I stepped through the portal and all I had in mind was Midnight.
***
I walked through the portal into chaos.
Ari was slamming his body against a door yelling.
Midnight locks eyes with me.
"HELP ME! I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!" She screams out; fear could be heard.
"You'll never be sorry enough for killing my mate. A life for a life will be sufficient don't you think?" Chen growls out before grasping her neck.
I see red once I register what's happening.
I go behind Chen and I grab him by the neck spinning him around and with my claws, I dig deep into his flesh and grab his collar bones and yank them forward with a sickening sound. Pure shock crossed his features and before he can even react after the initial shock I twist his neck before even a scream of pain leaves his mouth. The banging against the door stops and I run up to Midnight and undo her chains and all.
Her hair is auburn and her eyes that royal blue still; she's been whipped a lot.
I hold her bridal style and sink to my knees holding her close to me inhaling at her hair and everything.
I start calming down once the smell of blueberries and honey floods my senses.
"I'm here now. Are you ok Midnight?" I whisper to her kissing at her head.
She says nothing which worries me.
I look down at her and realize she passed out.
I check her pulse and see her heart's still beating so I calm down.
I hear sobbing and I tense up.
I look down again but it wasn't Midnight crying, I look around and then I remember Ari.
"Ari." I say but not too loud.
He shoots up panicked looking through the small bars of the door.
"It's ok, I got her." He looks behind me and Chen lies there dead.
I know she was supposed to get the throne back herself but I don't care.
No one messes with my girl.
"I can't get the door open. I tried to save her...." Ari trails off.
I can understand why he left now.
"I know the throne rightfully belongs to Midnight; but when Chen was in charge, he made me his heir to the throne should anything happen to him." He says worry filling his voice.
"I don't care! That can be discussed later. But I know why she lost her shit." I say cutting him off.
"Spit it out then!"
I take a deep breath and let it out.
"She killed Fang. Set him on fire till he was nothing but ashes. He was antagonizing her before she did it calling her a killer and murderer." I say getting angry just thinking about it.
"Are you serious?! Midnight killed Fang? No; that's impossible! And even if she did; you know how many who have died in this book that was randomly resurrected just to die again?" Ari states to me.
I look at him in ridicule before slowly looking at Midnight.
"Now that you mention it..." I say trailing off in deep thought.
"Yoooo....he not dead!" I exclaim in a matter of fact tone.
"Yea, it's mainly royalty who don't die. I mean, we can but we're always instantly transferred back to our birth realm; most can't leave for a few months or at all. He's only trapped for a moment but I doubt she knows that. That's maybe why she lost her shit." Ari lectures through the door.
I nod.
"Yep, yea, confusing as shit but yea." I say nodding.
Ari starts laughing and drags his hand down his face; I get confused.
"What?"
He keeps laughing and reaches into his pocket
"Dumbass moment of the day: the keys to open the door were in my pocket this whole time." I again look at him in ridicule and get a little pissed.
"Are you fuckin' kidding me, man?!" I exclaim.
He unlocks the door while shaking his head; obscenities are thrown under his breath.
The door screeches open and I continue to sit on the floor holding Midnight in my lap and staring at her like a creep.
Ari speaks up.
"You should've seen her when I found her again...she had cherry red hair with lime green eyes. It was startling yet beautiful. When I left her in the human realm I left her with strawberry blond hair and those lime green eyes. I barely recognized her when she was in front of me. Her voice even took on a different accent. A soft southern tint to what I remember." He said reminiscing.
Red hair and green eyes?
"She had so many freckles splashed across her cheeks and nose." He continues with a smile.
"Are you in love with her?" I ask throwing Ari off.
Emotions cross his eyes.
"Yea. I've been in love with her the moment I saw her. But I have to put my job first and she's made it clear that she doesn't like or want me that way."
I nod in understanding and finally get up still holding her.
She's so light.
"We gotta get her wounds taken care of." I say as I watch her brows furrowed in pain.
"Ok. I gotta do something before that but follow me."
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I lay her down on her childhood bed.
"This is where she grew up?" I ask Ari in awe as some servants clean Midnight's wounds.
"For the most part yea. She was twenty when an all out war started. She started it out of anger because she hated the fact she was being married off to 4 different kingdoms. To be honest; she showed everyone what she could do and it threatened most of the creatures; hence why she was a moving, breathing target. After all; she did kill many. It had become too dangerous for her, so we turned time back on her and took her to the human realm. Even now they can feel the power that radiates off of her. They don't fear her cause she's powerful; it's because she's unpredictable."
I look on at the ladies and notice how tense they are.
The bedroom door opens; I look over and see a middle aged stocky man with steel blue eyes covered in many bandages on various parts of his body.
Ari shoots up as the man walks closer; a dangerous aura surrounds him, and the maids freak out and start fumbling around as well.
I stand up and shield Midnight from him as a low growl bubbles from my chest.
"I am not a threat. I just wanted to see if she was really here." The man says gently.
"May I see her? Please?" He chokes out.
I hesitate about the request but move out of the way; a sniffle and tears start falling down his face, his knees hit the floor.
He crawls over to the bed on his knees already a crying mess and grabs her hands gently.
"My little princess; father has missed you so very very much. I'm so sorry for sending you away. I'm so sorry for all you've been through." The man sobs out.
Father?!
He swipes his hands over her eyes and a pearly blue orb floats above her face; the longer I look, it starts to take the form of a wolf chasing a faerie.
The wolf bounds on as the faerie teases it to no end. Finally, the wolf shifts to a man, and the faerie stops her antagonizing; she goes from a small insect like size to a human woman size. They reach out and gently yet curiously touch each other's fingertips.
A kiss was shared and they disappear.
Midnight's eyes flutter open.
"Hi." She says softly; shyness seeping through.
"Hello." Her dad says back with a smile.