Aya Pov (Before Jasmine's arrival)
' They are on their way", Nyx said to us. Brandon, Nyx, and Katie are all in my room speaking in hushed voices, so we won't be overheard. " We need to prepare for a fight in case one happens," I tell them.
I remember as a child I would ask my dad to train me to defend myself, but he wouldn't let me.
"I will always protect you", he would say, but I've always been the rebellious type. I would train in secret with my two best friends without my dad knowing. He is way too overprotective.
"NO" Nyx suddenly yelled, making me, Katie, and Brandon all jump. There is that growl I'm used to. I looked up at Nyx.
"DAD, we need to prepare. We don't know what will happen"! I told him, annoyed.
"Dad?”, both Brandon and Katie asked in shock.
"Yes, this is my dad" I told them.
"You’re not fighting. You and your friends will go to the bunker and lock it up while we handle this messy pack", he says. I know why he keeps trying to protect me, but he needs to realize I can handle myself in a fight. We had already lost mom with her giving birth to me.
" I'm fighting. I will stay next to you if it makes you feel better", I told him. He knows I'm stubborn and I won't change my mind. Plus, knowing who is coming, I don't doubt we won't be able to pull this off. My two best friends are highly skilled for a reason.
Harmon Pov
After I killed the pack Alphas' mother, I got a link from Samael.
"I found her" is all he said before telling me his location and cutting the link. I already knew who she was. I had personally been searching for her for weeks after she went missing. I never would have thought she would have been there. My missing best friend.
She was kidnapped weeks ago and we hadn't been able to find her, so Samael sent the kingdoms best tracker to find her. He never reported she was there though. Unless he did to Samael, and Samael hasn't told me. Damn it! I hate being left out.
After I left Jasmine, I ran down to where I felt Samael was. I heard battle sounds before I saw the battle playing out. All the pack wolves were surrounding my brother, my best friend, two other wolves, and our tracker, who stationed himself in front of my bestie. I rolled my eyes internally. If he thought she couldn't fight, he was about to get the shock of his life. Battle cries were heard as the pack members rushed towards them at once. I jumped over two of them, taking my place between my brother and my bestie.
" You took your time," she said sarcastically, but her focus was on the battle, rushing towards us as she took a knife and put it through the wolf closest to her though the tracker did most of the damage.
" Nice to see you too, Aya", I smirked back at my best friend, keeping my eyes on the wolves coming closer.
"Ungrateful little shit isn't she" Samael replied sarcastically as he lunged his sword into the neck of a wolf who shifted mid-air and attempted to jump on him, but I knew deep down he was just as happy that we had Aya back. She was more than our best friend. She was like our little sister...
"Watch it," Our tracker/mentor and Aya's father said as he dodged and twisted the neck of a wolf coming towards him. I rolled my eyes as I kicked a male wolf hard in the stomach and used my signature chain to wrap around his neck, snapping it before he hit the ground.
I was back with Aya. I had my brother by my side, and we were back to our fighting trio. Jasmine was getting justice. Things couldn't get any better. As a wolf came towards me, I heard a growl from behind me jumping over my head to kill the oncoming wolf.
As he jumped over me, I smelled the most delicious smell of rainwater and trees. I watched as the male who jumped over me killed the wolf. My wolf was yelling, MATE...
As he turned around, I recognized him as one of the two wolves who were beside Aya before I caught up in the battle. He turned around and at once I was hit by his beauty. To be honest, I was only half focused on the battle as I saw he was the most handsome man I had ever laid eyes on. I saw with the recognition that his wolf recognized me as well and before I could reach up to touch his face, a knife was stuck in the shoulder, causing him to stagger forward a little.
I caught him and pulled the knife out. Relief flooded through me as I realized it was just a flesh wound.
"Mate" I whispered.
"Mate" he whispered back. All at once, rage overtook me, and I saw the she-wolf who threw the knife. One look in her eyes and she knew she was about to die as she tried to run, but my wolf merged with me, upset someone hurt our mate. I reached into the wolf and pulled her heart out before running back to my mate, killing wolves on the way. I'm deadly, but now I can feel that being magnified by 100 as I saw my mate hurt. I never wanna see that again.
I can only hope Jasmine is okay, but I trained her. She can take care of herself.
Jasmine Pov
I hopped out the window and into the trees to keep my cover. Someone had just taken away the answers I required. Someone had planned the death of my parents. Someone planned the death of my best friend. Someone made my life into a living hell.
You will never believe who it was...
Johns's words echo in my mind.
Whoever this was has known about me this whole time. They knew my power. They looped John in it, who tried to seize me for himself and assassinate him. I keep jumping through the trees, but I don't see anyone. This person still must be here. It must be someone I know. Was it someone close to me? But who would betray me?
As I'm jumping through the trees, I get a link from Xavier that he and Zoey have Oliver in the cells. I jumped out of the trees and landed in front of the door. It was time to face Oliver. I opened the door and went inside. I knew this building like the back of my hand. The many times I was forced to clean it. As I walked inside, I saw the usual prisoners in there. One cell held a prisoner that I last held a conversation with Sabrina. She told me to hold on to Xavier.
I have so many thoughts going through my head, but when this is over, Xavier and I need to have a serious conversation.
As I walked further, I saw Oliver's hands being held in some sort of chains as he was held against the wall by Xavier. His mouth was taped shut. Zoey was leaning against the wall with a small smile on her face that faded the minute she saw me, but my focus wasn't on her. It was in Oliver. Johns's words replayed in my head, about him faking the bond between us. All I could feel was pity at that moment, but then I thought about Sabrina. I thought about him ordering the man to kill her.
He may not have been the mastermind behind it, but he did it, and I can't forgive that. I won't. He may have been a pawn, but he ordered her execution. I decided to save the poison I had specially planned for him. That poison would be given to whoever this evil mate of mine is. He will suffer tremendously.
Oliver's eyes lit up black as he recognized me while I walked towards him.
" My luna", Oliver purred, causing Xavier to punch him in the stomach.
" No, not your Luna. Your father faked the mate bond between us. We were never fated", I tell him, but he growls.
"You're a liar. Your mine" he growls, earning another punch from Xavier.
" It doesn't matter what you think, Oliver. I don't plan to draw this out. " I snapped at him. All the pent-up rage was filling me, and I knew I needed this release. I walked up to him and blankly looked at him as he gazed upon me with scared eyes. He knows it's his time.
" This is for Sabrina" I whispered to him, and I snapped my fingers, causing him to start burning on fire. Xavier backed away towards Zoey. As I watched the skin melt off his body, he let out a roar, which I'm sure just alerted the whole pack. Shit. Suddenly, I felt weak, and I leaned against the wall. I heard chanting in my head and Lunar was going nuts trying to see where it was coming from. It was over before it started. Xavier was in front of me very fast holding onto me, much to Zoey's annoyance.
"Are you okay?" He asked me. I nodded yes but his eyes showed he wasn't convinced.
" We need to go; I think the others are in trouble." He and I ran out. I can hear him and Zoey following me. I saw the battle ahead, which thankfully looked like it was ending, but all I could think about was the words that were playing in my head earlier that sounded like Sabrina's voice.
"DONT TRUST THE KING. DONT TRUST THE KING. DONT TRUST THE KING!"
As I drew near, I felt an unknown pull towards someone. I couldn't figure out who it was. It wasn't a mate pull, more of a pull I felt near my mom. As I came closer to the crowd, I saw the Aya girl from my dream as she was fighting a wolf off her. I was oddly feeling a pull towards her too. What was also strange, was that she did look like me. What the hell? I realized I was feeling two separate pulls now. I saw a man next to Aya with his back turned fighting off two pack members and I saw one of them put a dagger in his stomach. Lunar came bursting out in a flash through me with a powerful growl that made everyone stop fighting and look towards me. I knew my eyes were purple.
The man who was stabbed used that moment to kill the one who stabbed him and crippled the other before turning to me. As he looked at me, his eyes went wide, and I knew I had seen him before. Who was this man? His eyes. They were the same shade as mine. Vibrant purple. I thought I had my brown hair from my mom, but I was very mistaken. His hair is the same shade as mine. He just stood in the same spot, staring at me. All at once, my vision hit me like a ton of bricks as I walked towards him slowly. I was feeling weak.
"No.....No it can't be," I said, holding my stomach as I walked towards him. I knew who this was now. There was no doubt about it, as I just now knew. Aya gripped his arm as she looked up at him in confusion, then to me. I knew she could feel the pull I was feeling too when she cocked her head to the side. They both could.
"Dad, a dad who is that?" She asked, causing me to stop walking.
Did she just say, dad?
"D..... d..... dad?" I asked, half panting, half trying to stay conscious.
"Jasmine", I saw him whisper and I felt myself fall forward. The last thing before I saw was my father catching me in his arms, with a tear on his cheek, before everything went black.