Chapter 173 – Her True Alpha and True Love Novel Read Online

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Derek and Mason both groaned, displeased with our interruption, but to be honest, I was ready for bed. Not round two.

“Ashlyn, let’s go! You have five minutes before I eat all the cookies Matt made for you.” Sage yelled out.

Just the mention of cookies had me throwing off my mates and rushing around the tent to get dressed. How dare she threaten me with cookies? I would kill for a cookie. When I was done, my mates weren’t even off the bed yet.

“Are you guys not coming?” I asked them, confused.

“Yeah, we’ll be right out. And fix your hair.” Derek laughed, and I pushed my lips into a line.

“Messy is the new look,” I pouted before I exited the tent to find those cookies that Sage promised me.

Sage looked at me when I exited the tent, and then she looked at her watch. And then back at me.

“Wow, that was fast.” She said, and I shrugged.

“Where are my cookies?” I asked her. She laughed as she handed me a container. There were still warm chocolate chip cookies when I opened it. I pulled one out and took a bit, moaning. I offered Sage one, and she took one. She also lets out a moan after taking a bite.

“How?” She moaned out.

“I don’t know, but wow. I love that guy.” Before I put the last piece of cookie in my mouth, I told her.

“Where is everyone?” I asked her after I finished my first cookie.

“They are all waiting with my mom and Nathan. They are setting up some candles and such in the clearing by our tent.” She told me and I nodded.

“Have you told your mom about Brandon?” I asked her before I took another cookie. These things will seriously be the death of me. Sage let out a sigh, and I offered her another cookie, which she took.

“I’m not sure how to even start that conversation. I’m a witch and he’s a werewolf.” She told me before taking a bite of her cookie.

“But you care about him?” I asked her, and she nodded.

“I can be there with you, and I can explain that I can bless you both with a mate bond.” I told her and she looked at me, so defended.

“I don’t think it’s about the mate bond.” She whispered. I placed the lid back on the container of cookies and wrapped my sister in a hug.

“You will figure it out. And I support you no matter what. I know you care about him. You wouldn’t have asked me for a mate bond if you didn’t want to be with him.” I told her. And she nodded on my shoulder.

I was holding her, rubbing her back, when my mates finally came out of the tent. Both of them looked at me, confused. Sage pulled away and wiped the tears off of her cheeks.

“Let’s get this over with.” She said before she started walking toward her tent. I walked beside her, interlocking our arms together. Mason and Derek followed behind us, and we made our way out to the clearing.

There were candles lit everywhere. I handled the container of cookies to Mason and gave him a pointed look.

“You both can have one.” I told them while I held up one finger and they both nodded.

Sage led me out into the middle, where her mom and Nathan were both waiting for us. The three of them circled around me, holding hands. They were chanting the spelling of protection.

Before the first verse was over, the sky filled with smoke and ash. The smoke wasn’t thick, just enough to cause confusion. I looked at the now smoke-covered sky to see flying shadows in the moonlight.

The dragons are here.

Ashlyn

Scanning the sky, I noticed that there were at least three dragons. I looked at Sage and she shook her head. She knew what I was thinking, and it was something crazy.

“Protect the camp.” I yelled over the chaos and the noise. I didn’t wait for a response. I took off running away from the camp. I could hear people yelling, but I couldn’t make out the voices. The surrounding air became firm, like I was running upstairs, when I concentrated on the surrounding air.

I was running up the air stairs until I was above the smoke. I looked around the area, panting, to see there were actually four dragons. I stood there floating above the smoke, waiting for them to notice me. They needed to come to me. I would never outrun them. I needed them to come closer, to use their dragon’s breath, then I could turn it on them and end this.

What I wasn’t expecting was a woman riding on one of the dragons. She had long dark red hair, and she was wearing a long black and red dress. I couldn’t make out any other features because they were still too far away.

When they finally noticed me, the dragons ducked under the smoke and I felt like I was waiting for a shark to attack. It was eerily quiet and my heart was pounding in my chest. I turned around, looking all around me. I wouldn’t be able to see where they would emerge through the thick layer of smoke that was under my feet.

A powerful gust of wind pushed the smoke into my face. I lifted my arm up to shield my eyes. When the gust of wind stopped, I lowered my arm to find the four dragons staring at me. They were hovering with gentle waves of their wings. I couldn’t even feel the air moving away from them. They were so graceful and majestic.

“Look who’s all alone.” The woman spoke, and I glared at her.

“Who the hell are you?” I asked her.

“I’m hurt that your daddy hasn’t mentioned me.” She said, piquing my interest.

“How the hell do you know, Gregory?” I said, crossing my arms over my chest.

“Ashlyn, I know more than you think.” She smirked.

“You’re a witch?” I asked her.

“Very observed.” She answered sarcastically.

“Why are you here?” I asked her and she laughed.

“For you, of course. Why else would I waste my fucken time with these wolves and vampires?” She huffed.

“Well, you came all this way for nothing. I’m not going anywhere with you.” I told her.

“I wasn’t asking.” The dragon she was riding blew out some dragon’s breath and I quickly deflected it, sending it into one of the other dragons.

The fire engulfed the dragon, and he dropped below the smoke and was out of sight. I turned my attention back to the woman.

“You’re going to have to do better than that.” I told her, annoyingly.

“I guess we are doing this the hard way,” she said with a smirk.

I didn’t respond, as something hard and fast hit me. I slammed my eyes shut and let out a scream. The air moved around me, and my ears popped from the pressure change.

I felt the jolt of sparks through my palms as my skin touched what felt like scales. I opened my eyes to find that I was holding on to a massive gold dragon. Magnus. I squeezed my arms around him, or as much around him as possible. I was sitting on his shoulders with my legs around his neck.

“Magnus, what are you doing? You should protect the others!” I screamed. He huffed and shook his head.

I could feel the heat from the other dragons blowing out their dragon breath. They were closing in on us.

“Magnus, you need to stop. I don’t want you getting hurt.” I yelled out. If he hears me, he ignores me. I looked behind me to see the other three dragons and the woman.

Since Magnus wasn’t listening, I turned my attention to the ones that were chasing us. I focus on one dragon, trying to feel the pull of the water that flows inside it. When I could hold on to the water, I forced it out, causing the dragon to explode. His body coats the other two dragons and the woman.

The two dragons left let out a deafening roar. Magnus turned around quickly, causing me to roll off his shoulders and down his back. Fortunately, I didn’t fall off of him. While he was hovering, waiting for the enemy to get closer, I got myself together from the fast change in direction.

“Magnus,” I yelled out as I made my way back up to his shoulders.

“Magnus, you need to get yourself somewhere safe. I can’t lose Derek. I can’t lose you.” I yelled out.

Ignoring my pleads, Magnus released his dragon’s breath, and I forced the flames out further, covering the enemy with the flame. Both dragons fell to the earth below. Both were no longer moving and were still blazing as they entered the smoke directly below us.

Mangus let out a roar of victory. It wasn’t until the flames died out that we both noticed the woman still hovering. I tried to focus on the blood pumping through her, but I couldn’t make her explode. I was trying again when I heard her let out a laugh.

“Spell of protection. You can’t kill me.” she smirked. I felt what felt like hands wrap around my neck, but no one was there. It lifted me off of Magnus, and I was gasping for air as it was crushing my throat.

“Magnus, get out of here.” I gasped out.

Magnus let out another blast of his dragon’s breath, but she could throw it back in our direction. Magnus tried to avoid the blaze but was struck on the side of his body. Tears were streaming down my face as I watched my mate stop moving and fell towards the earth below.

I was trying to scream out, but I couldn’t get a sound out. I tried to use the air to slow him down, but I couldn’t do anything but watch as Magnus fell into the smoke and out of sight. I felt so useless and I didn’t understand why I wasn’t able to use my powers. The woman was in front of me when I turned back.

“His death is on you. We could have avoided this whole situation if you hadn’t been trying to be the hero. You clearly are not.” She said to me. I couldn’t respond. All I could do was stare at the monster who killed my mate.

The pressure around my neck slowly moved down my body, wrapping me in what felt like a bear hug. I couldn’t move, but I could breathe.

“You fucken monster.” I gasped out.

“We could have done this the easy way, but you had to play the hero.”

“Just let me heal him, please? Then I will give you whatever you want. Please, just let me heal him?” I cried out. Derek was still alive. I could still feel him, but he was weak. The bond was growing weaker by the second and I had little time left to get to him.

“His death is of no concern to me and you will give me what I want, regardless of the death of your mate. Maybe in the next life, you’ll put the safety of the ones you love above your so-called destiny.” She spoke while I cried out for my mate.

“Just let me fucken help him.” I screamed out. She backhanded me, forcing my head to whip to the side. I could feel the split in my lip and taste the blood in my mouth. I turned my head back to face her and spit the blood at her. Not that you would have noticed. I covered her in dragon blood earlier.

She grabbed my face, digging her nails into my cheeks. I could feel blood running down my jaw and neck. She moved closer to my face, and I fought against whatever was holding me.

“Now listen here, you little bitch. Susan gets those magnificent powers of yours and then I get your magic. You are powerful for a half-blood. I can hear your magic humming in your system, begging to be released.” She growled.

“Whatever Susan is offering you, I will double it. I will give you anything and everything that you could want willingly.” I pleaded with her. My heart was breaking at the thought of Derek. But I knew I had to stay alive for our baby.

“I’ve got our baby.” Tundra spoke in my head.

“How about I won’t kill your unborn child or the Fae Princess? There’s nothing I can do for your mate and his death will weaken you, making your magic easier for me to take.” the mystery witch told me.

“Don’t you dare touch Aurora!” I yelled out, trying harder to break out of my invisible restraints.

“As long as you do what you are told, no one will get hurt. Now come, there are people who are dying to see you.”

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