INICIAR SESIÓNDamien's POV They came one by one over the course of two days.Some sent word ahead asking for a meeting. Some just showed up. I let them all in because turning them away wasn't the what Amelia wanted. The first one was Alpha Grayson from the western territory. He had been one of the louder voices against me in the past, not the one who organized the attack but someone who had been easy to manipulate because he already didn't like me. He came in and sat down and spent about four minutes telling me he had been misled by Richard's people and that he hadn't known what he was actually participating in.I listened to the whole thing.Then I said, "Did you ask questions before you acted on the information you were given?"He was quiet."Did you verify anything independently?"He was still quiet."Then you weren't just misled," I said. "You were willing to be misled because it was convenient for you. Those are different things and I need you to understand the difference before we continue
Amy's POV I was invited to the council meeting. I almost didn't go. I didn't go through everything I went through to attend a council meeting. The same hypocritical people who have been mad at Damien for no reason for so many years. But they helped out when he needed it finally redeeming themselves this time around. I also didn't want to go because my son was three days old and I didn't want to put him down. I spent three days holding him and sleeping when he slept and watching Damien hold him with so much love in his eyes, and leaving that room to go sit in front of a council felt like a very poor use of my time.But Damien said I didn't have to go and that made me want to go immediately.I left the baby with my parents, who accepted their responsibility because they loved their grandson and babysitting him wasn't a problem to them. Even my brother offered to help out. ---The council room had every Alpha present. Including Alpha Orland, our Red Moon Pack's alpha and Brian father.
Damien's POV The poison cleared faster than Lucas expected. Maybe touching my son did it. Whatever lived in his blood worked through mine and cleaned it out. I underestimated the poison and what Clara give to me. It clearly wasn't enough because this was the same poison that knocked out our entire family. So hard to stand up so that I can just hold on to my son and not be a burden to her. Amelia was sitting with the baby when I came back to her. We already went back and she was getting the good treatment but she deserved. "You're better," she said looking so much relieved."I'm better." I sat beside her. I looked at my son. He had stopped crying. "I'm going after Richard."She was quiet for a second."Come back safe" she said, more like he was ordering me. I know she's worried and she doesn't want to me to know. Richard already got me once, there is no way he's getting me again."I'll come back," I told her.She nodded and looked back at our son.I looked at him for one more momen
Amy's POV I got up like a crazy person. My body had just done something enormous and my legs had no real interest in cooperating and I had lost more blood than I would have liked and every single thing hurt. But Brian was holding my son and my son was screaming. There was no version of reality where I stayed on the ground.My father grabbed for me. "Amelia, calm down—""Let go dad!" I said. "I'm going to kill him even if I have to risk my life today!"He let go. He knew my voice when it meant something. I grabbed the wall and I used it and I straightened up one section at a time and when I was fully upright, I was shaking. My vision had a brightness at the edges that probably meant I should sit back down immediately.I didn't sit back down. Brian was moving toward the corridor. He had my son against his chest, one arm around him, moving fast. He was going to try to get out of the building and get somewhere he could use him and that was not going to happen.I moved after him. I was no
Amy's POV I looked at the small container in my hand. It was sealed and. It meant it had been kept carefully for a very long time by someone who understood what it was. Small enough to close in my fist completely. My father was looking at me with an expression that said he has been waiting a long time to give this to me and he was scared and certain at the same time.I didn't have time to ask everything I wanted to ask. I opened it.I don't know what I expected. It was a liquid. Small amount. It was so dark. I tilted it back and swallowed it before I could think about it too hard. For about two seconds nothing happened.Then everything happened. It started in my chest and it moved outward fast. It was not painful. It felt something that big moving through me quickly, but it wasn't pain. It was more like pressure releasing. I felt like something that had been compressed for my entire life suddenly has the space it was supposed to have.I felt my bloodline. I don't know how else to say
Amy's POV I caught him. He went down on one knee and I was already moving behind him, both hands grabbing his arm and his shoulder and taking as much of his weight as I could. He was heavy. He was significantly heavier than me and I was pregnant. I was not letting him hit the floor."I've got you," I said. I said it directly into his ear. "I've got you. Stay with me."His hand came up and grabbed mine. His grip was still strong but I could feel the effort it took. His breathing had changed. Slower than it should be. His head was staying up but it was taking work."Damien. Look at me. Please stop scaring me, what is wrong with you? What are you people doing to him??"He turned his head slightly and looked at me. His eyes were still focused. But there was something fighting behind them, something working against him from the inside, and I knew enough about what Richard's poison did to know it was only going to get worse from here.Brian took a step toward us. I don't know how to expla
Amy's POVDamien came back looking so angry, and I didn't want to ask him even though I could see that he must have gotten mad at people from where he was coming from. He told me he didn't want to go to that meeting and I was the reason he went. I just wanted him to focus on his pack issues and not
Amy's POVI wanted to move and attack her, but at the moment I was feeling weak again. What the hell is going on? I realized that she must have injected some of that in the drip, and now it was affecting me. I tried to push her off, and the nurse immediately came to help me, but the nurse was pushe
Brian's POV I didn't think I would see Damien at this place. My dad told me he doesn't usually come to this type of meetings, but then I should have expected it since my dad wanted me to come here anyway. I stepped in his way since he was the first person to come out, knowing he must have caused s
Amy's POVStacy and I looked at each other in confusion. What is going on with him? Where the hell has he been, and why is he suddenly smiling at me like he has done something mischievous? It's Damien after all. He's not someone who does things like this."What is going on with you?" I asked him.S







