Her Forever (Book 5)- Chapter 63

Theon

Almost six hours of driving. We stopped to fill with gas but continued on. If you had to pee, tough s**t, we kept going. Thaddeus was growling, Damian being uncontrollable and wouldn’t let her go. Damian was just as unpredictable as Thaddeus. I could feel the rage building the closer we got back to the Red Moon pack.

As we just turned down the last dirt road, the dust flew into the air behind us, with the white passenger van riding our tail. Looking in the review mirror, the vampires were stoic as I continued to look in the review mirror. The ones in the front had their nails grown longer. The forest was too quiet, the birds in the trees were missing and the small forest animals were not even scampering in the woods driving by.

ted for a few hours finally broke. Her drenched hair finally drying while I petted her hair.

th the van behind us rung, breaking us from our serious tone.

oke.

that much.”

ely fine. I could feel their bond still as strong as ever, even Marco. “Our parents are still alive.”

ess we would have to deal with once we arrived?

I had ever imagined. The entire courtyard, painted red. Wolves were being carried up to the pack house steps. Blood dripped down each step while their arms and legs dripped the crimson liquid. Small animals, rabbits, raccoons, squirrels, chipmunks littered the

Warriors we had less were few as they walked around the yard.

in several places. Hair was disheveled and her hand covered in blood, probably from the foreheads she had been touching.

ith their arms across their chests.

your presence, High King. We are here to lend you our services.” Dad only nodded, still wary of the species. It had been many years, but we knew his feelings. His feelings were just, our mom was kidnapped twice by vampires,

mom.

r mates are tir

k. We can’t feel her wolf.” Dad shook his head.

re. There is no wolf.” Thaddeus and I looked at each other and back to dad.

are waiting.” Wasting no time, vampires grabbed coolers using their strength and vampire speed getting it into the pack house. Some slipped on the pooling blood in the dirt, but easily recovered once seeing piles of bodies laying in the foyer.

go? Eva was there just this morning.” Dad didn’t let off any emotion, curling his fingers around mom.

ay. It wouldn’t be long before they got here. “Hide her,” dad ordered. I gripped Trinity, running into the pack house. Thaddeus stayed beside our parents to mind-link me any new information.

d severely and mom’s healing could only help so much.

wn the stairs to the second floor, I went to find her mother’s room. Surely her father wouldn’t have let anyone in that room. Knocking a few times, I heard a hissing noise.

et me call him dad yet so I’m covering my bases. I’m going to be on his good side because gods know Thaddeus is going to push his buttons, having his hands down her pants at the Luna ceremony.

h a creek. He stood tall, his eyes sunken into his face. “What happened?” Gesturing me in, I sat on the couch, holding Trinity

ed the same color red. Her skin, once filled with a few wrinkles, was gone and her ears now pointed. A full-blooded human took on all the Elven genes and made her completely an elf. Trinity’s mother looked healthy, vibrant. So why was Folen so upset?

g beside her bed.

s a war going on outside. I’ve seen the m******e, but I cou

ng. You had to take care of her. She was human and helpless.” Folen shook his head aga

without me. Evangeline doesn’t want all this to wake up to bloodshed.”

r what species,” I muttered.

snapped.

when we had a damn military pulling up.

and mom who was now standing on her own.

y breath, everyone waited until one door opened to the SUV. Six bear shifters piled out, one by one, holding large machine guns. I wanted to scoff. What

letely white, with black windows, not a speck of dirt on it. One bear ran up to the limo, pulling the door open. One shiny black shoe stepped onto a black mat, rolling towards dad and mom. It wasn’t until he had stepped out of the limo completely, buttoning his white business suit jacket, that I knew what we were dealing with. This

is that?” I mind-linked Thaddeus.

ow if I should hug it or not. It’s like this is the premier to the movie, ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’

standing beside dad. Everyone in the yard looked to Thaddeus, who quickly sobered up.

like to see Trinity now.” The Kitsune moved some rings on its long furred fingers.

ha command, but this Kitsune must be serious news. Dad wasn’t even attempting it.

y. “Now, give me Trinity or we will finish what’s left of your small militia. I’ve had my fun

til the chuckle turned into a maniacal laugh. The bears in suits gripped their guns tighter, their suits flexing from the tension.

with her mother. Why don’t you invite her father down so we can do this properly?” Several bears followed the one up the stairs. Growling, I hovered over Trinity, Duke not enjoying being cornered in a room, but we had nowhere to go.

wasn’t playing games. We were to protect our mate at all costs, even if it meant enduring a s**t load of pain.

knees hit the ground.

ilver bullet out. Turning to check on Trinity, I see her body is now gone.

y down to the courtyard, we burst through the large window. Glass scraped our body, c

ounding in my ears, the blood flowing through my body. Rage enveloped me like a blackened storm until my eyes found the Kitsune. Izume’s smirk fueled my anger. My giant body

lulled away from the

wife. Folten’s parental instincts won out. He jumped silently to the ground, not even disturbing the glass below him.

ox.

me beckoned to my mom. Mom looked up a

another SUV behind the limo, pulling out a little girl and a female bear shifter. “Look, Queen Sadie! I found mama!” Mom gasped, realizing it was Naomi, a small little girl whose father was still locked in the pack house basement.

hought you left with the others!” Sadie cried. Mom tried stepping forward, but dad held her back. The little girl, oblivious to the dangers before her, held her mother’s hand. A black eye decorated her face. It wasn’t healing, which made me believe a small dose of silver wa

bear pulled Naomi to his front, a claw extended right under her neck.

.

ey would not let us listen.

can hear,” Mia mind-linked us. “He can read links.”

Izume he glared at Mia.

Or so they say,” she g

ars backing away slightly.

e girl.” Mom looked

t let mom growl at you, it means you are in deep s**t. Hell, dad and the rest of us stepped back. Mom’s claws grew long and thick.

and, even if you are supposed to be clever,” she whispered.

ll. The grip was loosened enough so I could grab Trinity by her arms. Pulling her away, mom continued to use a power that had evolved since the war.

o keep others healthy and pushing it back on to a single entity. Every single wolf she had hea

uring the negative energy on the Kitsune.

. He could not die from the released pain mom forced on him, but it was enough to cause a diversion.

arge oak tree along with Matthew and Ajax, whose sole purpose was to protect her.

much energy into the cursed fox.

e hand to slam Thaddeus to the ground. Thaddeus tried to get up, only having his face smothered in the dirt soaked with blood.

r, red eyes beaming with fury. Once the blaze retreated, a snap of his fingers and Trinity was now gone from my arms yet again.

apped. “But I still got my mate.”

alpha voices still had no affect.

but the Kitsune lulled it back into his own tailored suit. “You know,

I know this is an old tradition, but I would like to ask, anyway.” He turned our backs to us, smirking as he did. Rustling in the trees made the wolves glance towards the darkness of the forest. The sun was setting, the moon was rising and now new dangers were coming.

amongst the trees. Our warriors groaned quietly. This battle w

hoose your worlds wisely or your sleeping mate’s throat will rip to pieces.” Glass dropped from the fourth-floor window. A fox shifter, shifted into his human form, holding a knife glistening in the fleeting sun.