"Rebecca, don't panic," Ruthie said softly. "You can get us out of here, I know you can. Just take a few deep breaths and focus, just like Ivan taught you." "I'm so sorry Ruthie, this is all my fault! I thought I could face him but I..." "Don't worry about that right now." She kept her tone smooth and comforting. "Just focus.” I looked over at her slumped on the wall, her clothes torn and her body bruised. She was standing in a puddle of blood…Too much blood. I had gotten her into this mess, I needed to get her out. I tried to steady my breathing, to get my mind off of Claude, but I was distracted by a cackle coming from the door. "Finally! The both of you right where you belong" Lilly was peering in from the small barred window. She looked fine. "Lilly! what are you doing?” I almost screamed at her. She was in a good position to escape and here she was gloating. "You've got to get out of here! Claude, he's going to kill you!" She just laughed some more. "Oh he may have killed a
John POV "Quick Bex, we gotta go!" I said as I tore the rope off her wrists. Killian unlocked Ruthie who stumbled over to Ivan, her body was in rough shape. Ivan lifted her into his arms and started whispering to her. "Where did you get those?" Asked Rebecca nodding to the keys with her eyes narrowed. "From you, from the day we first met." Bex was off, She was really upset about something but we didn’t have time to talk right now. "Rebecca, call out to the fire." Ivan instructed as we rushed down the hallway. She glared at him. "You don't think that if I could I would have by now?!" We were shocked by her outburst. She never talked back to Ivan and certainly never shouted. "Do we need the fire?" I asked. "Vampires won't go near one, it's the best way to clear a path." Ivan reasoned. "Rebecca, we are all in a lot of danger right now and we need a clear path. You can do this." Tears streamed down her face as she held out her hands in front of her. I was proud of her for tryi
At first, it was us against only Julius and Alejandro. Both who fought well, obviously skilled at their craft. Claude and Lilly had hung back, but no doubt had called for help as soon more vampires started to trickle into the room. Ivan must have gotten to Rebecca or found some matches because I saw him throw someone into the wall exposing the studs. When I looked again he set fire to them and let him burn in the wall. The wolves pushed the fight closer to the fire. We were vulnerable to it as well, but not like Vampires. The only way to truly kill them was to burn them. Claude looked worried. His long thin fingers were gripped tightly around Lilly’s arm, She was his key right now. Knowing this I moved the fight to them, everyone following my lead. Ivan got there first. The king tossed Lilly behind him to block Ivan's attack. Despite his age, he was a skilled fighter, this surprised me. “Traitor! You stole her from me!” The king yelled as he threw Ivan across the room. Julius fell b
“Ready to go?” Tyler, Kasey, and Trish walked up, Trish immediately embracing Aiden. “We had some checked luggage, I can go get it.” I volunteered. “Most of that is mine, here I’ll come help.” Jenna followed me to the carousel where the suitcases were starting to come out. “Ivan, Why were you staring at me on the plane?” She asked keeping her eyes straight ahead. I didn’t know what to say. If she didn’t know, I wasn’t sure I should be the one to tell her. But on the other hand, she did need to know. If she was hiding it? Well then she would feel like I invaded her privacy, it was a lose-lose situation. “I was staring? Sorry, must have zoned out.” “Don’t lie to me Ivan. You heard something, didn’t you?” She did know. “Yes Jenna, I can hear them.” “Please don’t tell Killian yet!” She begged, eyes starting to water as she turned to face me. “I was going to tell him after the trial if it went well, but it didn’t, and now the vampires are coming and he can’t be distracted by anythi
I slammed my bedroom door shut and fell onto my bed crying. All this training was a waste of time. I couldn't use it when I really needed it. I was angry at myself for being so useless in battle. I was a danger to everyone around me. I could have gotten everyone killed that night. Everyone except Claude anyway, I could never win against him. The smell of smoke made me sit up. My bed was on fire again. Shit! I folded the blankets over on themselves snuffing out the fire once more. I moved into the spare bedroom the night we got back and woke up in the middle of the night with flames all around me. I only meant to stay for the one night, to cool down and talk to John once I was level headed. But knowing what I was capable of, I didn’t want to burn John in the middle of the night. My nightmares were getting worse and worse, and the mattress was completely ruined. It wasn’t even the slightest bit comfortable, but I couldn’t tell anyone. What would they think? Some Luna I was, too weak t
Killian nodded and I hesitantly made my way over to John. I owed him an explication, though I didn’t even know where to start. I was still pissed that he never told me about Lilly. Even more so that he had kissed her in Colorado. I didn’t want to believe it but Alejandro confirmed it for me. He deserved a chance to tell his side of the story at the very least. I pulled myself up onto storm and we rode off silently. After a few minutes, he spoke quietly, “On the day we brought you back here, when you found out who you were, when you ran into Lilly, I told you it wouldn’t always be like that.” I nodded. “Well, It seems as though when it rains, it pours. It’s going to be another emotional day for you Rebecca, but I need you to know I am here for you, and I love you just as much, even more than the first day we met." I knew what was coming, but didn’t feel ready for it. We sat in silence for a few more moments. “Bex?” John called over from Grizzly. I nodded. “I have some questi
Shock consumed her face as she stared at me wide eyed. “You're?” I nodded, still feeling terrible I had kept this from her for so long. “This whole time?” “Yes Becca, Please forgive me for not telling you sooner.” She surprised me by leaping from the couch and crashing into my arms sobbing, holding me tight. I stiffened. “You’re not mad?” I asked hesitantly. “Mad? Are you crazy?" She loosened her grip on me just enough that she could look me in the eye. "Ivan you just gave me the best news of my life!” Relief crashed over me like a tsunami. Embracing her we cried together on the couch until she had calmed down and stopped crying. I was so happy. She wasn't mad. She loved me, she was happy that I was her father, I couldn't have asked for anything more. Beccas POV “Tell me more?” Ivan and I had been sitting in John's office for a while now, I had so many questions. He had never willfully spoken of my mom in the past, and neither had the king. Apparently, the pain of her memory wa
Rebeccas POVIt had been almost two weeks since we got home, and we were all a bit antsy. Ivan and the research team hadn't uncovered much about the amulet, except that it had elemental ties. I had faith in my pack though. Everyone took training very seriously, and we had incredible warriors. While we were all still on edge, knowing we were a target for an attack, we had unanimously decided it was unhealthy to dwell on it. We trained hard, took precautions, and ran drills, but other than that we tried to keep our day to day as normal as we possibly could to keep up morale. This included our wedding. I had tried to convince John to push back the date until all this was over, but he insisted. He refused to let Claude have the power of putting our whole lives on hold. Plus, he wouldn't say it out loud, but I knew he was feeling the fragility of life and wanted to live it to the fullest while we were here. Ruthie had worked her magic again and had pulled together a beautifully romantic