Chapter 183 – Her True Alpha and True Love Novel Read Online

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“Fine. What else did you guys find?” I asked them.

“Nothing of importance. King Theo is going to launch an investigation into what happened, and he is also looking for his grandfather.” Brandon explained, and I nodded.

“And we are expecting his plane soon?” I asked, and Brandon nodded.

“So, what else needs to be done?” I asked them.

“Nothing. As soon as the vampires leave, we are going to transport the rogues back to Silver Moon, and we will investigate why they became rogues.” Brandon told me.

“So we are just waiting for King Theo and then we are going home?” And both Sage and Brandon nodded.

“And what’s your plan, Ian?” I asked him, turning my head to look at me. I found he was already looking at me.

“Alex and I will head back later today. We came out here because they found one of the pack murdered.” Ian said.

“I’ll have to go to Blue Moon to clean out the house and to plan.” My voice cracked, and I could feel the tears. I felt awful that I couldn’t protect Brad or Donny. Ian wrapped his arm around me and pulled me into a side hug.

“I can have everything arranged.” He said, but I shook my head.

“I owe it to Brad and to Donny. This should never have happened to them,” I told Ian. Tears were running down my cheeks and I was quick to wipe them away. It’s hard for me to imagine that they will never call me buttercup again or meet James.

Brad was a great person and mate. And I can’t believe Grace would just kill him. How could someone so heartless be mated to someone so wonderful?

“Have you heard if they located Brad’s body?” I asked Ian.

“We are still looking,” he answered. My head was resting on his shoulder. I could feel that James was no longer nursing. I peaked inside my shirt to see his sleeping face. Brad and Donny would have loved him.

“I’ll come look as well. There are places in the territory we would go for me to shift. Have you notified his parents?” I asked, and Alex nodded.

“You know you are always welcome, whenever you are ready,” Ian said, and I nodded on his shoulder.

“I’ll go home first to get checked out and then I’ll portal in after. I need to go shopping for things for James. And I need to let Mason and Derek know,” I told him.

Before anything else could be said, Delta Dylan came rushing into the tent.

“My Queen, the Vampire King has arrived.” He announced, out of breath. I looked over at Brandon and he even looked confused.

“Brandon, why is King Theo here?” I asked him.

“I don’t know.” He shrugged.

“Sage, can you take James? He’s sleeping. And Liam go wake up my mates,” I asked them.

“On it.” Liam said before getting up. He leaned down and kissed my cheek before he walked away from the table.

“Liam, be nice to Derek.” I called after him. He didn’t look back, but waved his hand in the air. Sage came around the table to take James. We had to play musical arms to get him out of my hoodie safely and to not expose myself, either. I’m sure my mates wouldn’t be too happy with everyone getting a good view of my breasts.

I kissed his little head before Sage stood up with him. My arms felt empty without him and I wanted to take him with me, but I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t want him to get hurt.

“He’s fine, I got him.” Sage reassured me and I gave her a nod.

I stood up and kissed James again before I followed Dylan out of the tent. Ian and Brandon followed us.

“Alex isn’t coming?” I asked Ian when he moved up beside me.

“I asked him to stay with Sage,” Ian said, and Brandon let out a growl.

“Congrats, Brandon.” I told him, lacing my arm around his. Ian looked at me, confused.

“We are officially inlaws,” I said, and Ian looked at me, stunned.

“Him and Sage?” Ian asked, confused, and I nodded.

“Brandon, I asked Alex to stay to watch over James and Sage. Nothing more,” Ian clarified.

“It’s okay, Ian. Brandon is just being protective. He probably didn’t mean to let the growl out.” I looked at Brandon and he shrugged. I rolled my eyes.

We walked in silence until we reached King Theo and his men. He looked stressed and upset.

“King Theo, we weren’t expecting you.”

“My Queen, Ashlyn, I need your help.” He rushed out. And now I am worried.

“King Theo, What’s wrong?” I asked him.

“My Queen has gone missing. We can’t find her in the kingdom.” And I looked at him, shocked.

“Okay, I can track her, but I need something of hers. Also, how does the mark with vampires? Can you feel death and cheating and emotions?” I asked him.

“What are you implying?” He growled out. Dylan, Brandon, and Ian all stepped in front of me. I pushed past them and stood in front of King Theo.

“I’m not implying anything. I was just asking a question. With my mark, I can feel my mates. Their emotions can bleed into me. I can feel if they were ever with someone else. And I could feel the bond break if they were to die. That’s all I was asking.” I clarified, and he let out a sigh.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to snap,” he said.

“I understand you are under a lot of stress right now,” I told him.

“It’s the same with our mark. I know she is alive and no, I have felt nothing else.” he answered my question.

“Okay, then let’s see if I can track her down.” I told him. He pulled off a ring on his finger.

“She gave this to me. Will it work?” He asked me. And I wasn’t really sure. This was my first tracking spell, but everyone else was busy.

“Let’s try it.” I told him. When I took the ring from him, I felt gentle tingles on my fingers. I quickly took the ring and shook the feeling from my mind.

He wasn’t my mate anymore, and I had already claimed two. I wasn’t going for a third. I walked a little way from the group and sat down on the ground, crossing my legs.

I had never done this before, but I figured I would at least try it. I focused on the ring, closing my eyes and the person who gave it to King Theo. My mind raced as I focused on her energy. When it stopped, I opened my eyes to find her, holding on to another man. I didn’t recognize him or where they were. The man leaned down and was just about to kiss her.

I slammed my eyes close and covered my mouth with my hand so the gasp wouldn’t escape my throat. When I met her, they seemed in love. How could she do that? I opened my eyes just in time to see King Theo grab his chest and scream out in pain. He fell to his knees, and I rushed over to him.

“How could she?” he growled.

“I’m so sorry, King Theo.” He was panting on my shoulder while I wrapped my arms around him. I felt terrible for him. Unable to even imagine the pain he was feeling. And I had to witness it.

“You saw, didn’t you?” He mumbled into my shoulder.

“We can talk about that later. Let’s just get the pain under control.” I told him, rubbing his back.

“The physical pain is gone. It stopped as soon as you touched me.” He said, pulling out of my embrace.

My mates finally rushed up behind me. I could feel their eyes on us.

“Theo, what are you doing here?” Derek rushed out. I knew they were friends. King Theo stood up, helping me to stand with him.

“Violet went missing. I came to ask Ashlyn for help with finding her.” He told my mates.

“And?” Derek asked, raising an eyebrow at us.

“How about we talk about this in private? And I need to get back to James.” I told them.

“James?” King Theo asked.

“Our son,” Mason told him. He wasn’t looking too happy with how close I was to King Theo, and I couldn’t blame him, but there was nothing going on between us.

“Where is he?” Mason asked me, pulling me away from King Theo.

“He’s with Sage and Alex. I told you that if anything happened, I would come get you and I asked Liam to get you when Dylan came to announce the arrival of King Theo. Sage took James because I didn’t know why he was here and I was being safe.” I told him. He wrapped an arm around my waist, pulling me closed to his side.

“Let’s go talk in our office.” Derek told King Theo, and he nodded.

“Derek, Ashlyn and I will meet you there. We are going to go get James.”

Ashlyn

Mason led me back to our tent and I could feel his worry through the bond. His worry was overflowing into me, and I knew it was bad. He dragged me into the tent behind him; the flap closed behind us. I could feel his fury after we entered the tent, but I couldn’t figure out what I did wrong. He pulled me over to the bed; Mason sat down on the edge and pulled me into his lap, so I straddled him. He pushed his face into my neck, breathing in my scent. His chest rumbled out a growl.

“Mason, what’s wrong?” I asked him, concerned. I thought I did everything that they had asked.

“Why the hell were you touching King Theo?” He growled out.

“He asked for my help. I saw his mate cheating on him when I tried to track her. I was concerned when he screamed out,” I explained. He looked up at me and took my cheeks in his hands.

“Are you thinking about taking him as your mate?” he asked through gritted teeth.

“What are you talking about? Of course, not. I was concerned about his well-being. Why would you ever think that?” I asked him, stunned. I never gave him a reason that I was ever interested in my other two fated mates. I had him and Derek. They were all I needed. Both of them and our son.

Mason lifted me off his lap, placing me on the bed. He stood up and started pacing around the tent.

“Mason, what’s wrong? I thought I did everything you guys told me to do. I stayed with the people I was supposed to and I made sure that James was protected and safe.” I told him, kneeling on the bed where he had placed me. Mason was grumbling and cursing under his breath.

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