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More smoke cleared and I could now see that they severely outnumbered us. Our camp was on the other side of the stream and we were surrounded.
While Thor was ripping the enemy apart with intense new strength. I mindlinked more of my warriors. I knew one of them had to be with Ian or one of his men. We need all of them if we are going to get out of this alive.
Matt shifted into his massive green dragon, but he stayed on the ground to help us with his dragon’s breath. We fought off the enemy closest to our camp, and he blew out his breath in the other direction.
I thought we were making some headway until a vampire jumped on my back, sinking his teeth deep into my shoulder. I tried to shake him, but he dug his nails into my sides.
Thor let out an agonizing howl. The fucker must have coated their nails with the toxin. Before we could react. The vampire was ripped off of us. I watched as the vampire had his head ripped off by a big black wolf. I knew it had to be Ian. I could see Liam and the others. They must have just been getting back from their patrol.
The pain forced Thor to shift back. My body felt like it was on fire. Some of my warriors surrounded me while I examined the gashing down either side of my ribs. Liam was beside me, shifted back.
“Mason, what the fuck happened?” He rushed out.
“They were about to perform the protection spell when the clearing was filled with smoke and ash. There were dragons above us, and Derek shifted and flew off. I don’t know where Ashlyn went.” I gasped out. That toxin hurts like a motherfucker, and I can’t believe Ashlyn has gone through this kind of pain.
“Where is Derek?” Liam asked me.
“Up.” I told him, pointing to the sky.
“Where’s Ashlyn?” He rushed out, and I shrugged.
“I don’t know. I lost track of her in all this chaos. I’m just praying that Derek found her.” I told him.
Liam helped me to stand. My whole body was on fire from the toxin and the wounds weren’t closing. A dragon falling out of the sky caused the ground to shake and dust to spread through the clearing. When the dust cleared, I noticed the enemy was retreating.
It wasn’t until the second and third dragons fell to the ground did I really panic. Where the hell were Derek and Ashlyn? What was left of our warriors gathered around Liam and I. Most of them looked like they were in terrible shape. The vampires definitely did a number on them.
Brandon walked through the crowd, holding on to Sage. He had scratches all over his body. He immediately took control of the warriors and had everyone making their way back to the camp. I think the only person not hurt was Matt; he walked over to me and I could tell that he was worried.
“Where’s Derek?” I hissed out. The pain was becoming almost unbearable.
“I don’t know,” he told me. From behind him, I noticed a massive gold dragon falling through the smoke.
“Matt!” I yelled out, pointing behind me. Matt took off running towards the falling dragon. It was Derek, and he was falling fast. Even though I was in unbearable pain, I tried to run towards my fallen mate. I couldn’t feel if he was still alive. We haven’t marked each other.
Matt shifted mid stride and flew with great speed to catch his falling prince. Matt slowed Derek down, but they both hit the ground with enough force to cause a dust storm around them. It also caused the ground to rumble as I made my way over to where they landed.
By the time I made it over to them, Derek had shifted back. The left side of his body was badly burned. Matt was holding him, trying to get him to walk up. I could see his chest rising and falling, but his breaths were shallow. He needed medical attention, or he was going to die.
Nathan came up beside me with Liam. I looked at Nathan and I knew he needed to open a portal to the dragon kingdom. That was the only place that could give Derek a fighting chance of surviving the burns.
“Matt, think of the Dragon Hospital. Nathan, open a portal. We need to get Derek out of here.” I yelled out my commands as I knelt down beside Derek.
“Come on, Derek, wake up. You can’t leave Ashlyn.” I spoke to him. He needed to wake up. I needed him to be okay. Our relationship was complicated, but I still cared about the Dragon Prince. He’s part of my family. We are having a child with Ashlyn. I needed him to survive.
Nathan opened up a portal and Matt lifted Derek off the ground and walked through the portal.
“Nathan, you come with us. Liam, go help Brandon and the others get this mess cleaned up. As soon as I can, I will be back.” I told him and he nodded. I walked through the portal, with Nathan following me. We were indeed in a hospital waiting room. I was met with some gasps as I forgot I was naked. Matt rushed over to us and wrapped an arm around my shoulders to help me.
“They have rushed Derek back already. Let’s get you looked at, Alpha Prince.” Matt said, leading me through the doors out of the waiting room. He led me into a room and a doctor and nurse were waiting for us. Nathan followed behind us and they both helped me to lie down on the bed.
Now that I knew Derek was safe and receiving treatment, my adrenaline was running out. And I still didn’t know where Ashlyn was. I knew she was alive, but where the hell was she? I couldn’t focus on anything but the pain that I was in. The toxin was running through my system and it was clouding my vision and making it hard to even stay awake.
The doctor and the nurse cleaned my wounds, causing me to scream out. Every touch of the wound was like having someone digging into my insides and ripping them out.
“Puffer toxin.” I gasped out. I heard the doctor curse before he yelled out orders. Matt rushed out of the room and Nathan took his place beside my bed.
“Matt, went to get the antitoxin,” Nathan told me and I nodded. The nurse was trying to get an iv into my hand and the doctor was trying to get the bleeding to stop. He handed Nathan a gauze and told him to apply it to the wound on the side closest to him. They both pushed down and I let out a scream. This had to be the worst pain I ever experienced. And I wish the fucker was still alive so that I could kill him myself.
As soon as the IV was in, the doctor and the nurse switched out. The doctor pushed a needle in and emptied what I was assuming was pain killers into the IV.
“Alpha Prince, we have to get these wounds cleaned out before we can give you the antitoxin. The wounds can’t close with all this debris coating the wounds.” the doctor told me, and I nodded, gripping the bedrail. I knew this was going to hurt.
Both Nathan and the doctor removed the gauze, and the doctor washed the areas with a disinfectant and I’m pretty sure I passed out from the pain.
I woke up in an unfamiliar room and I was no longer naked. I was wearing a hospital gown and there was a blanket covering me. Nathan and Matt were also sitting on a couch on the other side of the room. I groaned out when I tried to move and both of them moved to the sides of my bed.
“Where’s Derek?” I grumbled out. And I noticed they shared a look, and my stomach was in knots waiting for them to answer me.
“Derek is alive, but he is in serious condition,” Matt told me.
“Have you heard from the camp? Where’s Ashlyn?” I rushed out, fear churning my stomach into knots, not knowing what was happening to my mates. Derek could die, and I didn’t know where Ashlyn was.
“Liam and Brandon are getting everything organized, but they still haven’t located Ashlyn. We aren’t sure what happened, we are just going to pray that Derek wakes up soon to tell us what happened.” Nathan informed me. Anguish replaced my feeling of fear, concerned about my mates and our unborn son.
“I want to see Derek,” I told them. Matt moved back and opened the curtain that hung behind him. He pulled it back to reveal Derek. He was lying on his back with a breathing tube in. He had bandages covering the left side of his body where he was burned.
I let out a groan as I sat up.
“Ashlyn is still alive. I need you both to find her.”
Back at Emerald Lake
Ashlyn
The witch opened a portal and pushed me through. I lost my balance and fell. Turning my body, I landed hard on my shoulder.
“Bitch!” I huffed out. I couldn’t move my body to brace myself, as it still wrapped me in the invisible restraints. I sat up on my knees.
“Queen Ashy.” I heard a little voice yell out. She ran up to me, wrapping her little arms around my neck, and I wished I could hug her back. She began to sob on my shoulder.
“It’s okay, sweetheart. Everything will be okay.” I whispered to her, trying to comfort the little girl.
I looked up to see Susan and the former vampire king and someone who I was all too familiar with staring at us.
“Grace!” I growled out, and she smirked at me. She no longer looked pregnant, and she had this evil look in her eyes. Grace was no longer the woman who helped raise me. She looked deranged as I stared at her.
“Miss me?” She asked me, and Tundra let out a growl.
“What the fuck are you doing here?” I growled out.
“Mom, found me after she found you. I decided I wanted to be part of her plan.” She told me.
“What about Brad and the baby?” I asked her and she laughed. Which only pissed me off more. I was furious and the pressure in my chest was building. I wish I could release it.
“I killed Brad, and you weren’t supposed to save the baby that day, but Brad just had to call you and you just had to be the hero.” She explained, and I was stunned.
“You killed Brad?” I asked her, confused. And the baby was dead as well. What the hell was going on?
“Yes, Brad is dead. Did you not hear me? I killed him because he saved his child. The child was supposed to die that day, then I was going to disappear, but the plan changed when you showed up.” She told me and I was literally raised by a monster.
“You’re a fucken monster.” I cried out. They killed Donny and now Brad. She killed her own child. What the fuck was wrong with her?
“I did what had to be done. You should know all about that. That’s why you are here while your mates are barely hanging on, right? Because you are the hero, even at the cost of the people you say that you love, the fathers of your child. You’re no better than me.” She growled out and I couldn’t believe that she was comparing my actions to hers. I knew both of my mates were alive. I would have felt their bond break. But I’ve definitely been selfish, but I’m not evil. I would never kill my mates or my child.
And if I hadn’t come, they would have killed Aurora and there had been enough blood on my hands. Angry tears were streaming down my face as I looked at the two people I hate more than anything in this world. Family. They were supposed to be my family, but they were monsters.
“Give Aurora back. She isn’t part of this,” I demanded.
“I don’t think you’re in any position to make demands, dear granddaughter,” Susan spoke.
“Give her back, Susan! I’m the one you want and you have me.” I told her and she just smirked.
“This little girl is my insurance. Insurance that you’ll actually do what I want you to do. No more games. If I don’t get what I want, then the girl dies. It’s that simple.” Susan told me and poor Aurora cried harder.
“I miss mommy,” she sobbed out. I rubbed my cheek against hers to give her some comfort.
“I know, sweetheart.” I whispered to her, kissing her cheek.
“What do you want, Susan?” I growled out.
“I want my powers back and then Morgan here will take your magic and then you can leave with the girl.” Susan answered.
“I can’t give you my powers, they are not mine to give,” I told her and she shook her head.
“You better figure it out, because if you want your child and The Fae princess to live, then you’ll do what I want.” She answered.
I could feel the protection spell around all of them except for the former vampire king. I decided not to act until I had a plan to get at least Aurora out of here. Hopefully, her kingdom was on its way here now.
“Let’s show you to your room so you can think about what you want to do. And don’t get any ideas. Morgan here could kill the girl in a blink of an eye.” Susan said. Some men came up from behind me. They pried Aurora off of me. She was screaming in fright. While a man grabbed my arm to lift me up to my feet.
“Don’t touch her!” I yelled out. Aurora tried to pull out of the man’s grin on her upper arm.
“Queen Ashy, help. It hurts.” She cried out. Tundra let out a murderous growl, and everyone froze.
“Let her go.” I growled out and he let go of Aurora. She ran over to me and wrapped her arms around my thighs.
“If you want my powers, no one will fucken touch her.” I yelled at Susan. She stared at me while I glared at her.
“Fine, take them to their room.” She huffed out. She waved her hand to motion the men to take Aurora and me away.
The men led us down a corridor to what looked like a guest room. I knew we were in the old pack house of Emerald Lake, but it was hard to remember exactly where we were in the building.
One man opened the door and the other one pushed me into the room. I stumbled, but I caught myself before I could fall on Aurora. I turned back to give the man a piece of my mind, but I found the witch standing in the door frame instead.
“You said that Aurora and my baby would be safe if I gave you my magic.” I told her and she shrugged.
“All you have to do is give Susan the power that she wants and then I get your magic. And only then can you leave with Aurora.” She told me and I was growing incredibly frustrated with their demands.
“I can’t give her my powers from the moon goddess.” I yelled out.
“And you also can’t use your magic without hurting your unborn child. So you’re going to have to decide what’s more important.” She told me. And I growled out in frustration.
She released the invisible restraints and slammed the door closed. I bent down and wrapped my arms around a sobbing and scared little girl. She was shaking and crying out for her mommy.
“It’s okay, Aurora. I will never let them hurt you.” I told her, kissing her forehead.
“I’m scared.” She snuffled.
“I know you are, sweetheart. But I will get us out of here. I promise.” I whispered into her hair. We moved over to the bed after I picked her up.
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