Alcmene Argent
I open my eyes and within the light I see a figure, a silhouette. As it walks closer it grows until I see a familiar face. My twin brother.
"Hey lil' sis." He smirks in the same way he had all those years ago.
"Oh great, it's you." I sneer at him.
"Ooh. Looks like you grew a bit more fire too." He coos mockingly.
"Look, why am I here?" I ask impatiently.
"You died." He responds flatly.
"No shit sherlock."
"Careful sis, I may lose my amusement, my patience is growing thin."
"Like I care stronzo." I snarl back and hope that I come back soon but no matter how much I will it I can't escape from here-wherever here is.
"Look why am I here?" I ask him exasperated.
"You- "
"Cut the shit fratello, I know I come back from death and I'm almost positive you do too. So, I will ask again why am I here?"
"Tsk, tsk, always ruining my fun," he says mockingly but continues as I glare at him turning serious. "Mom was in some fucked up shit when she was younger. That was the reason she died she tried to leave it. You are also correct I knew of your…abilities. However, it will make sense after my story.
When the virus first came out mom was in school to be a doctor however a group heard of her capabilities as she was one of the best and recruited her to find a cure. The grouped turned out to be-not pleasant and she was going to leave however she met my father and stayed for him."
"Wait you mean our father?" I ask confused.
"No, mine. Anyways, then they moved on from medicinal cures to magical cures and they discovered a lot of supposed cures then they found one. They found aliens and kidnapped a few.
Then they bred them with some of the female workers including our mother you are one of the hybrids and with a little magic-bam- you have the cure and mom figured it out too and she ran, away from my father and out of danger focused on saving you and then after living with us out there when the virus started to kill more and eventually met the twins father also an escapee from an organization like the one, she was a part of.
They had the twins, and you know the rest up until she died which was a cause of, they found her, and she told them she killed her children, and they killed her for her betrayal."
I stand there stunned for bit, maybe seconds maybe minutes trying to take it all in before it starts to fade away and then…
"Ughh." I groan and sit up. I rub my eyes and open them before closing them immediately against the bright light giving me a pounding headache.
"Woah there, take it easy." I hear Persephone tell me.
"What happened?" I ask groggily.
"We were hoping you could tell us that." Matt asks me.
Then it all hits me Melisande with Guillotine-V the dying my brother and his story. I tell them it all.
"Do you think you could save Mel?" Jackson asks.
"I don't know, all he said was that I was the cure not how to save others." I reply in almost a panicked voice.
Then I get tackled. I sit surprised for a moment before realizing the attacker is my two mates their heavy weight combined and pinning me even with my supernatural strength.
"Off-can't breathe." I wheeze out and the two idiots flop to the sides of me not letting go or loosening their hold.
'Don't leave us ever again.' Elijah growls into my mind and I remember that along with just getting back to me he had never seen me dying and must have been terrified.
"Scusa il mio compagno" I murmur into his ear and he holds me tighter for a second.
"I have seen it before however I don't favor it." Qamar tells me unable to even say my death.
"I wouldn't expect it from you either, but next time don't try to kill me as a celebration of me coming back and maybe more private." I suggest chuckling a bit as they immediately loosen their grip on my and move back a bit. Then the second part registers and their eyes go darker and their scent flares up overwhelming me.
Then Jackson clears his throat which was the wrong thing to do with two men who just had their mate die and were only half in control. It doesn't help that he was unmated, and Eli knew they were going to try and 'breed' us.
They launch themselves on him and Qamar holds him down kneeling on his arms and grabbing Jacksons neck while Eli punches him a couple of times-like twice-before Jackson loses consciousness.
While I find myself slightly irritated at the testosterone and at them ganging up on a human, my beasts are swooning at their strength and their protectiveness. Though I don't really approve of them ganging up on Jackson, a smaller and weaker human, I do like their newfound bond and how they are working together.
Then they look at each other and give a small nod to the other before turning away and to me and Qamar walks out and shifts into his midnight blue dragon his size making only a quarter of him visible but what you can see is impressive, his rippling muscles, smooth scales glittering in the sun, and his deadly talons black and sharp and gleaming. Then Eli picks me up and takes a running start before jumping onto Qamar's back. We land with a bit of impact but don't end up impaled on Qamar's spines. My heart leaps and pounds furiously from the drop.
We fly for a while, until sunset, before we find a bit of a wooded area in what used to be a stadium of some sort. We find a place to lay down the grass and dirt soft under me and much more comfortable than the rocky dirt of Arizona and even some of the beds I've slept in before.
The guys join me just as I start to doze off but not before they lay down next to me on either side and get as close as possible and that Qamar is naked from the shift. I drift off into sleep the warmth of both my mates surrounds me and I forget about Mel with the poison.
Elijah Asminioslykos
I watch my mate in disbelief staring at her and feeling my skin against hers. My wolf too is in wonder. It feels as though we're dreaming and when we wake up, she'll be gone again.
She's here.
After not seeing her in so long it's unreal.
When I was captured, I didn't allow myself to miss her I closed my eyes and imagined I was with her and after years of putting up with my father I have a great imagination I could almost convince myself I never left her, that is if there wasn't her new mate messing up my lies to myself.
I can see her feeling guilty about not saving me sooner and enjoying her other mate. I don't blame her I honestly wasn't expecting her for much longer if ever. Now she's feeling guilty that she didn't sense her sister's ailment. I have made it my goal for now to not let her focus on the guilt.
As for her mate, I approve. It's confusing how much I don't care and more that I actually like her having someone else. I'm just going to chalk it up to the mate-bond. I like the idea that Alcmene has extra support, someone in case I can't be there. I also will never fly with her and I like that she will have a partner for that. I also see how in love he is with her how much he worships her like his own goddess, how she is his literal world, and she deserves it.
I also know they have completed the mating process as I can feel the dragon mate through the bond and know that he has slept with her does not bother me in fact it just makes me want to join next time.
But for now, we will just sleep as she prepares to save the world, while me and Qamar lie awake on guard.