Chapter 37 – Her True Alpha and True Love Novel Read Online

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Ashlyn

I grabbed another piece of pizza while I waited for them to stop staring at the fireplace, awestruck by what l had just done. At this rate, I may actually finish my whole pizza before I even get to finish my story. I cracked open another soda after I finished my piece. Mason was the first one to speak.

“How did Prince Derek know you were an elemental?” He asked suspiciously.

“What?” I turned my head to face him.

“In the backyard earlier, you had some invisible wall around you, and Derek mentioned you were an elemental. He also knew that shifted . We could get through it.” Mason explained, and I was stunned.

“If you’re asking if I told him, the answer is no. I don’t know how he would have known, since I barely found out about it. When I “died”, I saw my mother. She told me that Tundra and I were powerful and that I was an elemental. I didn’t understand what she was saying until right before the vampires attacked me.” I explained, thinking that I definitely needed to talk to Derek. He may know things about my powers that I don’t.

“Ashlyn, is that how you could k!ll all five vampires?” Brad asked.

“So for whatever reason, my powers linked to my emotions and when I went out to the waterfall, I was very emotional. Anyway, if you saw the clearing, you would have noticed that I could make a clearing in the snow. That was my first experience with the power of the air. After that, the vampires entered the clearing. They told me they were there for me and, of course, I wouldn’t go with them. I ripped a throat out of one of them and I was able to make one explode. While the fact I had just made his comrade explode distracted one, and I ripped his heart out. And the other two, I caused the, winds so fast that it ripped them into two pieces.” I clarified.

“Okay, wait! How the fvck did you make one of them explode?” Liam exclaimed.

“Well, everything in our bodies comprises water, so l forced the water out of his body. And he exploded.” I shrugged.

“That’s so fvcken cool!” Liam said enthusiastically.

“So then, how did you get the gashes on your abdomen?” Brandon asked me.

“Well, when I was ripping the first one’s throat out, I elbowed the second one in the c.hest. He stumbled back into the water pool, but he was able to claw my side in the process.” I said, answering his question.

“Buttercup. you’re telling us you fought off four vampires with that injury to your abdomen?” Donny asked me, stunned, and I nodded.

“Okay, but why were you still bleeding when you drove back to the Silver Moon pack? Did you not receive medical attention here?” Mason asked, concerned.

“I fvcken knew it! I knew you were still bleeding.

Why the fvck did you leave?” lan demanded. And I pinched the bridge of my nose.

“When I was saying goodbye to lan, Nicole tackled me to the ground. It ripped out about half of my st!tches.” I confessed, waiting for the scolding I was about to receive.

“Ashlyn, why the hell would you travel in that condition?” My uncle Brad scolded.

“First, it wasn’t that bad and second, I was fine.

Okay. Can we please move on?” I said, motioning them with my hand to move it along. Mason squeezed my h!p. He knew why I drove home in that condition.

“So what happened next?” Donny asked me.

“Then a few days after I arrived back at the pack, was driving to the airport and I was running off the road into the ravine, where you found my car.

Oh, my poor car. Anyway, I woke up in a bas.ement like a dungeon. They chained me up with silver, but silver doesn’t affect Tundra like other wolves. But she was still weak from the vampire attack, had to bide our time.”

“And was there anyone there when you woke up?” My uncle interrupted. And I knew why he was asking. I closed my eyes, my body shaking, as my lungs straining for breath. Tears streaming down my cheeks.

When I opened my eyes, Mason was sitting on the coffee table in front of me, facing me. He was holding my cheeks in his hands, wiping my tears with his thumbs. I spaced out while trying to figure out how I was going to explain all this. And I was panicking at the thought of them not believing me.

“Maybe we should pick this up tomorrow.” Mason said, but I needed to get this all out. It wasn’t doing me any good to hold all of this in.

“Susan McNeal was there.” I spoke with conviction. They all looked confused about who that was, but Brad knew.

“And you’re sure?” He asked, and I nodded.

“I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s true,” I cried. Mason Wrapped me in his arms and held me while I sobbed into his c.hest.

“Who is that?” Brandon asked my uncle.

“The former Luna of Emerald Lake, Ashlyn’s grandmother” Brad answered.

“That’s why Grace slapped her?” Liam asked him.

“Susan raised Grace since she was 9 years old. Her parents were k!lled, and the Alpha and Luna took her in and raised her with their daughter, Ashlyn’s mother. Susan and the alpha were k!lled in a car accident when Ashlyn was 6.” Brad told them.

“Ashlyn, I know this is hard, but can you please explain why Susan would do this?” Brad urged me. I pulled away from Mason’s c.hest and wiped away my tears. I took a deep breath before I spoke.

“My powers. Faking her death, she k!lled her mate. She k!lled my whole pack, and she thought she k!lled me too, until she started hearing the Knight’s name. She k!lled everyone, Brad, everyone, so that she could be Queen.” I told him, breaking down.

“I know Grace doesn’t want to hear this, but it’s true. If I hadn’t unlocked my powers, she would have k!lled me. She tried to burn me alive. She will do whatever it takes to get my powers.” I cried.

Mason was rubbing my back while I cried into my hands.

“And can she take your powers?” lan asked. And I shook my head. I lifted my head to look at him.

“She can’t take them and I can’t give them. The only one that can do that is the Moon Goddess herself.” I told them.

“Was your mother also an elemental?” Brad asked, and I nodded.

“Susan was as well. Before she met her mate, she decided she wanted to use her gift for personal gain. The Moon Goddess took her gift back. Then she met her mate, the Alpha of Emerald Lake, and they had my mother. It wasn’t until later on that Susan realized that my mother had been given the gift as well. It took some planning on Susan’s part, but she faked her death and started recruiting rogues and rebels to help her. I guess my mother had magic protecting the pack and when Susan tried to take my mother’s gift, something went wrong and my whole pack turned to dust.” I explained.

“And she just told you this?” Brad asked, skeptical.

“I played dumb to get information out of her. She would get annoyed and spill her guts. And then her minions would beat me. Maybe she hoped I wouldn’t remember anything she told me. Or the plan was to always k!ll me. Anyway, she wants to be Queen, and she will start a war to gain that position.” I finished. The room was silent while everyone absorbed all the information I gave them.

“Brad, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have told Grace about Susan,” I whispered. Mason squeezed me closer to him.

“Ashlyn, you have nothing to apologize for. I’m not sure what is going on with Grace, but I’ll be staying with Donny for a couple of days until she calms down.” Brad said.

“Brad, that is not a good idea. She is going to blame me for this rift between you two, and she is also pregnant. What she did was between me and her. You can not take my side in this and you know that,” I told him.

“But Ashlyn.. ” He tried to say something, but interrupted him.

“No, Brad. There are no buts in this. She is your mate, and she needs you. Don’t worry about me, okay? I’m glad that you were here to hear my side of things, but now you need to go home. You being away from her will only make things worse.” I told him sternly. He stood up and walked over to me to give me a h.ug.

“When did you become so mature?” He asked me while still h.ugging me tightly.

“Don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll do something stupid before the end of the week.” I told him playfully. And he laughed.

“The mark looks good on you, b.uttercup.” He k!ssed my cheek, and I smiled at him.

“Thank you. For everything.” I told him with a smile. Donny also came over to give me a h.ug. He was going to drop my uncle off and then head to bed. He had a patrol shift in the morning. We all said our goodbyes and the two of them left.

“I think we should all head to bed. We have a long drive tomorrow,” Brandon said. Alex and lan started to clean up, but I stopped Alex.

“I’ll help lan. You guys head up.”| told them.

Brandon, Liam and Alex left, and it was just lan, Mason and me in the living room now.

“It’s okay, Mason. I just would like to speak with lan.” I told him, walking over to him and k!ssing his cheek.

“I’ll be right up.” I reassured him. He pecked my l!ps and left. Then it was just lan and me in the living room. He was stacking the pizza boxes, and I grabbed all the empty cans and even a few unopened ones.

We walked into the kitchen to put everything away. I placed all the empty cans in the recycling and then put the unopened ones back in the fridge.

When I closed the door to the fridge, lan was staring at me.

“Congrats Ashlyn.” He said, giving me a small smile.

“lan.” he walked over and wrapped me in a h.ug.

“It’s okay, Ashlyn. I’m happy for you.” He whispered.

“Thank you, lan.” I whispered into his c.hest. We parted and finished cleaning up. Both of us walked upstairs together in silence. We were both on the same floor. We said good night and headed into our rooms. I locked my door behind me. Mason was sitting at the end of the bed, and he didn’t look too happy.

I turned off the key light and took off my shirt while walking over to him. I climbed into his lap so I was straddling him.

“Ashlyn?” His voice was husky. I crushed my l!ps to his, pushing him back onto the bed with me on top of him. I started k!ssing down his jaw and neck. He gr0aned and bucked his h!ps to grind his c0ck against my pvssy. I l!cked my mark, and he m0aned out my name.

“Mason, you have nothing to worry about. I only want you.” I whispered into his neck while planting soft k!sses against my mark. He fl!pped us so he was now on top of me and crushed his l!ps to mine while grinding into me.

We spent the night covered in sweat, na*ked in each other’s arms. I felt so complete with Mason.

With him, I could just let go of all the worry. I may have jumped into this too fast, but with the war coming, I needed to enjoy all the time. I might only have left.

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