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And Mason carried me up to our apartment.
I was so thankful to be home. Mason wouldn’t let me lie on the couch. He carried me into our bedroom, with Derek following. He gently placed me on the bed. I was yawning and finding it hard to keep my eyes open.
“Baby, I know you are tired and hungry, but I need you to answer my question, please?” Mason pleaded, sitting down beside me.
“I’ll try.” I told him through another yawn.
“You were in the in between again?” he asked and I nodded. Derek was sitting on the other side of me.
“And the moon goddess was there?” he asked.
“Her name is Selene. I guess she needed to speak to me.” I told them.
“Is everything okay?” Derek chimed in, and I nodded.
“Nothing that can’t wait until after my nap,” I told them, closing my eyes. I felt Derek’s l!ps on my cheek.
“Get some sleep, Babygirl.” he whispered into my cheek. I felt the bed move after he pulled away.
“We’ll be in the living room, if you need us.” Mason k!ssed my forehead. I felt a blanket being placed over me and then I was out.
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Derek and I were sitting in the living room, waiting for the others. I’m glad that Ashlyn is okay, but what did the moon goddess have to speak to her about? And what happened at that moment to cause that surge of energy? T had so many questions, but I knew she needed rest.
“She’ll be okay, Mason,” Derek told me.
“I know she will be. I’m more curious why the moon goddess would want to speak to her. Whenever things like this happened, she would only speak with her mother. What changed?” l explained my thinking.
“I don’t know. Maybe the moon goddess thought that talking with her mother wouldn’t help. I know she is still angry about learning that James isn’t her father,” he answered.
“Yeah, I guess.” I shrugged. My phone rang. I pulled it out of my pocket to find that it was my father calling.
“Father?” I answered my phone.
“Son, how is she doing?” he asked, concerned.
“We are home now. She woke up and was healing. But she is sleeping now.” I told him, and he let out a breath.
“That’s good to hear, son. King Draco is going to be staying at the council building for a couple of days and would like to see Ashlyn. Also, staying is King Gregory.
King Nathan said that he would portal in when Ashlyn was ready. All the other council members have left,” he explained
“Okay, father. I can let you know what Ashlyn wants to do when she is up.” I told him.
“That sounds fair, son. The others should be portaling back soon. Take care of her, son.” he said before he ended the call.
“Everything okay?” Derek asked, while I was putting my phone away.
“Yeah, but I guess King Draco and King Gregory would both like to see Ashlyn. They are both staying at the council building and are hoping to see her in the next few days,” l explained.
“Never thought my life would turn into such a sh!t show.” Derek breathed out, leaning back on the couch. And I have to aqree, this is such a mess and I couldn’t wait until it was all over. Hopefully, Ashlyn can answer that after speaking with the mood goddess.
We sat quietly in the living room, until a portal opened and Sage, Brandon, Liam and Matt walked through.
“Where’s Ashlyn?” Liam rushed out, and I pointed to the hallway towards our room. He rushed out of the living room and I could hear him enter our room.
“How are you okay with him in our room?” Derek asked, and I shrugged. I knew she was safe with him, even if sometimes I was irrational.
“Liam is harmless.” I told him, but he gave me a pointed look.
“How is she?” Sage asked while she took a seat on the other couch.
“She said she spoke to the moon goddess.”
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“What do you mean, she spoke with the moon goddess?” Sage gasped.
“l guess it pulled her back into the in-between, and the moon goddess was there to speak with her,” I explained.
“And what did she tell Ashlyn?” Brandon asked, sitting down beside Sage. Sage places a hand on this thigh. I guess they are getting more comfortable with their relationship and that we all know.
“We don’t know. All she said was that it could wait until after she naps.” Derek answered. Liam came out of the bedroom and walked into the living room. He sat beside Brandon on the couch. Matt was sitting beside Derek, and we were all lost in our thoughts about what the moon goddess could want to talk to Ashlyn about.
“How is she?” Brandon asked Liam.
“She is out. I just covered her back up. Where do you guys sleep? She sleeps like a damn starfish.” Liam laughed, and I shook my head. We definitely needed a bigger bed.
“That’s what I said. How can someone so little take up a whole king-size bed?” Derek laughed.
“What did the doctor say?” Matt asked.
“Her ribs are healed, but the area is still tender,” I told him and he nodded.
“Man, does that girl heal quickly? I’d give her my muffin recipe if she could share her healing abilities with me.” Matt commented, and I knew for a fact that Ashlyn would take that deal.
“She can heal with her saliva, but I’m not sure if she could bless you with faster healing. But I know she would try anything for that damn recipe.” Derek laughed.
“I know, I would.” Sage laughed and Brandon let a low rumbling growl, and she just rolled her eyes at him.
“So what happened after you got back to the council building?” I asked them, changing the subject.
“To say that everyone was pissed would be an understatement. King Victor and King Arthur tried to keep the peace. King Theo left with his mate after his father kept demanding that he reject her to claim his fated mate. And then King Victor and King Arthur are pissed that King Gregory hurt Ashlyn, but he swears he doesn’t know what happened. And he’s adamant that he would never hurt his own daughter.” Brandon was explaining, and Sage started laughing.
“What’s funny?” I asked her, confused.
“Just him saying that he never hurt his daughter.” She answered, rolling her eyes. She clearly wasn’t on good terms with her father.
“Care to explain?” Derek asked her, and she sighed.
“He claims to care, but I don’t think he does. My whole life, I was raised to be this perfect princess. Even though I would never be queen, my brother was in line to inherit the throne from our father. He tried a few times to marry me off to “good families”, but I never went along with any of them. It bothers me, l didn’t get to be raised with Ashlyn, but I’m glad that my father didn’t raise her.”
She explained, and l definitely understood the pressures she was feeling. I was raised to be king and there was so much expected of us.
“Ashlyn got to have a somewhat normal childhood. It would have been very different if my father had claimed her and brought her back to us. We probably wouldn’t even be friends. My father always compared me with my brother, and it was hard not to resent Nathan for it. It wasn’t until I left the kingdom did I learn it was my father’s doing and not my brother’s.
If l had to be compared to the future Queen, I probably would have snapped. But I love hearing Ashlyn deny our father. Now maybe he’ll actually change his attitude. She’s taking control of this entire situation, and I’m so proud of her.” She continued.
“I have to agree that she could have been a different person, but my father told me that the plan was for her to be sent to Silver Moon when she turned 16 for training.
And both King Victor and my father told King Gregory that they would have raised her if he didn’t want it all to come to lite.” I told her.
“I think he just wanted her to have a normal life, and that’s why he used a love potion for her and Alpha lan.” Liam commented.
“And what would have happened if they had a child together and it turned out to be a hybrid? It would have been a fucken mess. Then not only would she have been marked by her fake mate, but then everything would have come out, and we still would have been her mates.” I sighed.
“It would have been a mess,” Derek agreed.
“Yeah, he really didn’t think his plan through. Did he?” Liam commented.
“My father never does. He only does things that benefit him. Ashlyn wouldn’t have made it easier for him. My father was trying to cover up his actions.” Sage shook her head.
I heard the door to our room open and Ashlyn wandered down the hallway, yawning. She walked into the kitchen first and then walked into the living room with water. In front of the coffee table, she sat on the floor. She crossed her legs and rested her head on her hand.
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