JADEAfter Feyre made that declaration, we all paused and thought back on it. The way he was insistent, how he only responded to me while ignoring the rest. He was t there to hurt me.I felt Atlas relax behind me and it made me feel a sense of calm wash over me. This didn’t mean that everything was alright. In fact, it meant that we had more to worry about because they did they care enough to protect me. What is going on?He is the only one that can answer those questions. “What are we going to do now?” Feyre asks, looking from her husband to us. “Talk to him more. For starters, try to see how his mind is working.” Zade said and we all nodded in agreement. “After that, we can think more of things.” He clears his throat. “I’ll get someone to come and heal him rn. Then they’ll release the rest of his people and get them places to stay. But we’ll still keep a close eye on all of them.”“Yeah, that’s a good idea. Now that we have a clue what is going on, I’ll tell Andrew to get started
ATLASJade and Feyre went in first, leaving Zade and I outside. I didn’t wnat to leacher alone but she seemed exited to go and have girl talk and baby talk with Feyre. Also, I needed to call Andrew and let him know what was happening here and also if something has popped up in the pack.Ford being quite all this while is making me quite un comfortable because I keep thinking he is up to something and a voice in my head tells me I’m right. This is the calm before the storm. There has been little rain here and there. This for example. It could be ruled out as a coincidence but I know there must be some connection somewhere.“Did you believe him back there?” Zade spoke. He has been quite since we left the dungeon, lost in his own thoughts too. Tough we were probably thinking of different things.“Well, she was within arm’s reach and he didn’t do anything to her.” I cleared my throat, knowing fully well that didn’t answer his question. The thing wit that is, I didn’t know if I believed hi
JADE I woke up to a sharp pain below my stomach, it was so horrible and excruciating that I was sure the baby was coming right then and there. My body was trembling, shaking so badly that even the bed moved with me. With sweat trailing from my face and down my cheeks, or maybe it was tears, I was not sure. I just knew that something wet was moving down my face. With a lot of effort, through the pain I couldn’t explain, I forced myself to turn to the side of the bed where I knew Atlas lay. He was sleeping peacefully. His eyes closed and lips pressed into a thin line. He looked so peaceful that I almost felt too bad for having to wake him up. But the feeling was gone almost as soon as it was there and I reached out and tapped him a few times. He groaned and turned but didn’t wake up. I cried out in frustration, fisting the sheets like it would help with anything. It did not. Trying to calmly breathe through the next pain that hit me, with shaking hands, I tried shaking him awake
ATLAS My soul left my body when I heard Jade scream in her sleep. I don’t know what kept me awake but I couldn’t bring myself to sleep[ for some reason. She had gone to bed easily that night and I was really happy about it. Sleeping has become a chore too her these past few days, so seeing her easily fall asleep was one of the best things. But it barely even lasted two hours before she woke up screaming. She wasn’t fully awake but she was trashing. And I could f*e; her insurmountable fear. It made me almost lose my mind. Not knowing what was happening and only being able to f*el her fear. It was almost like watching your loved one lose themselves and not knowing a way to stop them. I did not care what people said about not waking someone up when they were having. Bad dream. She was moving to hard and violently. I knew the best ting was to wake her up before she hurt herself or the baby. Then she woke up and you could see her relief when she realised it was just a dream. Or rather,
ATLAS Wolves are known to be possessive of their mates, and they get irrationally jealous when it comes to them. Now, a pregnant shelf wouldn’t be considered endangered but try to explain that to your crazy, possessive and protective wolf. Their instincts gets multiplied by a hummed percent when their mate his expecting. Paying close attention nation to every change in everything they are doing. In all of that, alpha wolves feel this at a higher intensity. The level makes it about a thousand times more than it would be for a normal wolf. So, when that prisoner knelt at my mate’e feet, looking like she was the holy grail he has found. My wolf did not appreciate it. Before I could stop myself, or even consider being rational, I hurled hi at the closest wall, an unhinged growl leaving my mouth as I bared my canines at him. One thing about my reaction is I was not a hundred percent sure it was just my wolf that was feeling that way. “Aha, we’re so sorry.” I just have hit Mika pre
ATLASBefore the mob could get us, uniformed guards appeared from all angles and they intercepted. I now understood why Zade hadn’t looked worried in the first place. He knew this would be handled.“What is even going on?” I heard him mutter under his breath before he started walking towards the crowd. Looking as pissed off as I was.“Alpha, we have it under control.” The man at the front, who was probably a gamma spoke as soon as we got to them.“I know.” Zade replied. “Who is in charge of the society back at the hospital?”I was staring at the crowd, not sure what I was looking for but there was something that was compelling to search. Searching for Worthing you don’t know is fuck8ing stressful.“it is Gamma Alex, alpha. Should we call him?” Zade nodded then he turned to me.“Do you feel better now? We can go back inside?” There was a look in his eyes, he didn’t want to say the words but I immediately got a hunch. It had to do with Jade.“Is she okay? Did something happen?” I was alm
ATLASThe reality that the baby was coming made by kind go blank for more than five minutes. It probably wasn’t up to that but it felt like my world had stopped so everything seemed longer than it is in reality. I was excited. Deep down below the worry and fear and everything in between. I couldn’t wait to meet my son. The baby that was half of me and half of Jade. But I wasn’t happy too. Because she wasn’t in the right state of mind right now. And I don’t know how she’ll be when she wakes up. She would be ecstatic. I knew she wanted to experience every part of this. But I guess you plan and then life happens. “We’ll have to get her to the hospital soon. So she isn’t under for too long. It might be bad for the baby and her.” Feyre stood close to me as she explained. Her voice was soft and eyes filled with worry. She hasn’t known Jade for a long time but she as already really protective of her.“Okay.” I swallowed as I said the words. Then gave Jade’s hand a little squeeze. Before
ATLASAs much as I wanted to rush through the process of dressing just so I could go back to where Jade was, I forced myself to do everything right. For her sake. I would not want my lack of prepping well because I couldn’t be patient cause harm to her or the baby.A nurse was waiting for me outside after I finished and she took me to the OR where I had to wash my hands again and then wear the full coverings.There were speaking in medical terms I didn’t understand. I just stood back with my hands in Jade’s own, never leaving her side just as I had promised. The doctor was kind enough to explain what they were going to do.“It is a simple procedure, alpha. Your wife and baby will be up and going in no time.” She said with a kind smile, the sides of her eyes crinkling.I nodded, exhaling a breath through my mouth.“Ten blade.” She had moved to Jade’s abdomen and I could feel my wolf moving in my head when I saw the blade she was talking about. His mind didn’t register that this was a p
JADE“i needed to come see him.”“Why?” He collected the baby from me “I told you that there's no need to. Why do you feel the need to come here even after I told you not to?!”“Because it's not just your victory! It's not just your life that he was after! It's mine too! And it's Ray's too! So yes, I needed to come down here to get closure.”He needed to understand that this meant something to me too, just as it did him.“Closure? Is that why you put the baby at risk? How much more closure do you need?”What on earth was he talking about?“Risk? Incase you didn't notice, I was there with him! I was at risk too! I needed him to look me in the eye and tell me why he did what he did to my family.”“Or maybe it's because you're too hung up on the past and you just can't let go. Incase you havent noticed, you're so stuck in the past and you are obsessing over it. Move on!”Well, I'm glad he finally got to say what he wanted to. Now I know how he feels about me trying to find answers. I w
JADEI didn't think it was worth it at first. Going to see the man that had made me grow up without parents and without the concept of what a true family felt like.But after much thought, he needed to know that all his plans failed and I was going to rub it in his face..I'd gotten all three pieces of the stone together and wore it around my locket.It would hurt him so bad to see that in the end, I won.Iniko decided that that was the right moment to start crying and everytime I dropped him back in his cot, he cried even louder.“Young man, what is it that you want? You've been fed and burped and I just changed your diaper so there's no way you could have soiled it again -”I stopped and remembered what happened yesterday so I took a peak for myself. There was nothing im his diaper.“So what exactly do you want?”I wish babies could talk.I guess I didn't have any other choice than to take him with me then. Atlas would blow a fuse if he found out that I took his son to see Ford.Whe
ATLAS“By wasting any more time, we are not doing ourselves any good! Sixth Circle pack is vacant. We have their leader in our custody and I've taken down every opposition in our way, do you think it would be long before we get more interests?”Sometimes, having a cabinet infuriates me so much. It was like I was speaking to brick walls. I didn't see any reason why they couldn't just agree to me taking over the Sixth Circle.It would even be better for us because it would improve our army base, it would make our pack bigger and in general, it would be a plus for us.But they weren't seeing it that way. All they were seeing was the fact that Ford had committed something against the pack and they weren't going to take it.I mean, what better way to teach him a lesson by taking over his pack?“Alpha, we're not disputing the fact that you've gone a long way-”“But you're diminishing my efforts. What's the whole point of defeating him and taking him into custody when I can't even go ahead a
JADERay and I weren't speaking for now.How could she hide something like that from me?“Where is she?”“I have no idea. All I know is that she ran away when we were little. She knew that he would come after her and she didn't want to put you in danger. So she ran away and left your nanny to take care of you. I don't know where she is.”How could she do this?“Before I lost my memory, did I know?”“No, you never knew.”I couldn't believe this. I lost my appetite for the rest of that day and I just stayed in Iniko's room because I couldn't even speak to anyone right now.I'd spent my life thinking my mother was dead only to hear that she was alive and she ran away because of that beast.“It’s not her fault, you know. Your mother ran away to protect you and Ray didn't tell you because she wanted to keep you safe. You have to forgive her.”I didn't blame her. It wasn't her fault things turned out like this. I was just hurt that I didn't know.Later that day, I took Iniko on a walk so h
JADEI was just realizing that this baby has Atlas's eyes and hair and everything!“This baby is rigged.”He turned around in shock.“What are you talking about?”“You did something to make the baby look like you.”He laughed and shook his head.“No, I didn't. It's just a coincidence.”“Coincidence? Look at this baby and look at you. It seems like I didn't even have anything to do with his birth.”“Don’t worry, you can have the second baby.”I scoffed.“You think I'm going to let you have another chance to have photocopies? Big joke.”Iniko was so small and he seemed so fragile.Ray brought my food and she took him while I ate.“I wish my grandmother was here to see him.”She gave me a sad smile.“Me too. She would be so proud of you.I'm proud of you.”I'm so happy my sister was here with me. She was the one who had been by my side throughout and if the child had been a girl, I would have named her after Raya.“Thank you for everything you did. If not for you, I don't know how I would
JADE“I'm going to need your blood as well. Atlas, I promise it won't hurt her. Just a little nick.”He nodded and she dragged the knife across my finger.“Place your finger over the stone and let the blood cover it entirely. Do not take your hand away from the fire.”It was a simple instruction but it seemed so intense.It was almost over. My legs were beginning to feel well and it was getting harder to quiet my screams.“What do we have here?”That voice. He was here.“What are you doing here?”All I had to do was keep my hand over the fire until the stone bled.Ray helped me stand up straight while Atlas and Andrew faced my uncle.“So this was why I came here. How did you do that? How did you call the other stones?”I eventually removed my hand from the fire since we had found them.“I always knew it was with one of you. That stupid old hag told me she couldn't find the other piece but I guess she gave it to you. “Why were all the worst things happening tonight?I was in labor and
JADEAtlas returned later that evening.I was right with what I'd thought.“What have you been up to?”I knew he knew I'd been eating because of the smirk on his face.“You know you don't have to hide from me when you eat right?”Oh, I did.“If you see how much I eat and the way I eat, I don't think you'd want to be married to me anymore.”He burst out laughing.“What makes you think I care about the way you eat? As long as you're healthy and our baby is fine, I don't care.”“But then, what if I get fat? I'll be so big that I won't be able to eat. I don't know why I eat so much.”This was actually a worry of mine. Normally, I ate but my appetite was not this big.“Blame it on the baby. I figure when you give birth, the cravings will stop and even though you do get fat, you're still my wife. It doesn't change anything.”I was really married to the best man ever, wasn't I?“You’re the best.”“I know. Ray says that we have to get there before midnight so that she can prepare everything.
JADEAt this point, I was realizing that the earlier we did things, the better.“I’ll arrange for the sacrifice to happen tomorrow. We need to move as fast as we can before he gets Intel that were here.”I didn't want to have to run with this big belly of mine.“What are you going to need?”“Don’t worry, I'll take care of it. Just bring the stone.”We went to bed that night because we were all completely exhausted.“Hey, are you okay?” Atlas asked when we were in bed.“Yes, I am. Why do you ask?”“You didn't cry when you found out that he killed your father. You didn't cry when you found out that she was not your grandmother. I'm worried.”Now that I think about it, it's true. But it was because I didn't feel like crying.“I don't know. Maybe my body just hasn't proceses it yet. Maybe its because I hate him so I'm not bothered that he's not my father and I never really knew my father so i can't cry for him. I've already mourned for my grandmother.”I just didn't feel the need to cry b
JADE“Jade, step away from that.”I walked back towards them and stared at the pile.“What kind of animal would do this?”I had no idea but I think I was beginning to understand why she wanted us to find this place.This place held secrets.I went back to the wall to look at the drawings and try to understand them.I used my fingers to trace them again and this time around, I heard the voice clearer.“Look at the bigger picture.”I stepped away from the wall so I could see the entire thing. There were more drawings to the side and when I walked up, I noticed that there was a sign at the bottom of it.That sign…looked all too familiar but I couldn't just place my finger.“Ray, come see this. I've seen this before but I don't know where it's from.”She crouched beside me and stared at it for a moment.“I know it's familiar but I don't know where it's from, either.”Andrew and Atlas joined us and just within seconds, they knew.“We know.”They shared a look and it made me scared.“Jade,