REAL Chapter 5

Terrence's eyes glowed yellow and his face was one of pure shock. Azalea grimaced. She’d forgotten that if he kissed her, he’d be able to tell she was his mate. Well the cat was out of the bag now. 

Terrence was also surprised. Never in a million years had he expected something like this to happen. But in retrospect it made sense now. They'd always been best friends in school and that had quickly blossomed into love. A love that he hadn't been able to forget even a year later. Of course she was his mate. He wanted to kick himself for never realizing it sooner. Azalea looked warily at Terrence, wondering what he would do now. Was he going to reject her? But she was taken by surprise when his lips crashed into hers and his arms circled around her protectively. All her doubts seemed to disappear as she gave into the mate pull and melted against him, their lips moving against one another. Azalea opened her mouth and Terrence deepened their kiss, his tongue dancing with her. 

 As the kiss grew more passionate, they heard a huge commotion outside of Azaleas room. Both ignored the noise as Terrence moved his hands up and down Azaleas back, wanting to touch as much of her as she could. Azalea's arm moved down to Terrence's back, hugging him as she felt his well-defined muscles that had definitely become more developed after leaving school. Terrence pulled Azalea closer, his hands now inching closer to slip under her hospital gown but the door to the hospital room was flung open violently, it's hinges breaking in the process.

Azalea and Terrence pulled away from each other in surprise. Terrence immediately took up a protective stance in front of Azalea. There was a warlock from Sybl's dark coven standing there, his black cloak proclaiming his allegiance. 

"To get to Azalea you have to get through me first!" exclaimed Terrence.

The dark warlock merely chuckled before shooting a spell the young alphas way. Terrence knew if he moved, the spell would hit Azalea, so he stood his ground, ready to take the hit. But he was surprised when the small streak of blue light bounced right off of him. 

"Leave him alone," Azalea commanded, stepping forward slowly. She was still weak from battle. 

"Come Azalea," said the dark warlock. "We have been sent to bring you back." 

"No!" Terrence exclaimed, looking at Azalea pleadingly. 

Azalea hesitated, caught between her coven and Terrence. 

Suddenly, 8 more members of the dark coven barged into the hospital room. They all surrounded Terrence.  

"We will take this young alpha as a prisoner. He'll be a good bargaining tool," said the warlock who had originally entered the hospital room. "They tried to capture our champion, we will capture their future alpha!"

"No!" Azalea exclaimed frantically.  "I command you to not take him prisoner." Azalea said with a finality in her voice. 

Perplexed yet helpless under the orders of their leader, the witches and warlocks agreed. Terrence let out a snarl, his body trembling as he prepared to shift. He was not going to let Azalea go. Sensing that Terrence was about to put up a fight, Azalea quickly signalled the witch closest to Terrence who immediately shot a dart filled with sleeping potion straight at his neck. The dosage was enough to put out even the strongest of wolves within the blink of an eye. Terrence was down before he could even realize what was going on. Azalea schooled her features to show that she was not concerned for him and made to walk forward but immediately fell to the floor. One of the men came to her aid, picking her up bridal style gently. 

"Let's go home," Azalea rasped out and they complied, opening a portal to do just that. 

Just as Azalea was being taken into the portal, she looked back at Terrence with a sorrowful expression. She was his mate. And his enemy. They could never be. 

***

Terrence woke up after sometime and by then, his own men had arrived and taken him to the pack hospital. 

"Azalea!" Terrence said quickly getting up. He was on a stretcher with Silas, Remi ,and Sean gathered around him.

"Hold on Terrence," said Silas. "She was taken by her coven."

"What?!We have got to get her back!" Terrence exclaimed.

"Terrence the witnesses said that they saw no resistance from Azalea when she was picked up. Just one order and that they shouldn't take you as a prisoner." Said Remi gently.

Terrence ignored him. "We have to get her back!" he exclaimed.

"How?! " Silas asked with a hard edge to his voice. "She didn't even show any resistance what if she wants to stay there?!"

"She doesn't" Terrence exclaimed "I know her!"

"Terrence calm down!" said Remi. "We'll figure something out later on. For now just keep quiet."

Terrence sadly laid back down. He had held Azalea in his arms. For a few moments he had held her in his arms.

***

Azalea was in a black dress with spaghetti straps and was tight from the top but not from the waist down. She was out on her balcony looking up at the moon. The wind was blowing and her hair flew in the direction of the behind her as did her dress. She had an almost sad face and looked forlornly up at the sky as the moon shone on her. 

Devon came up behind her.

"Azalea how long are you going to stay like this?" he asked.

Azalea didn't answer.

"Azalea! Mistress is getting very upset. You haven't talked, trained or done anything at all since that battle 1 month ago!" he exclaimed. 

Azalea still didn't answer. She had been moved to Sybl's house so she could be kept under close supervision by the doctors as she had not spoken at all and frequently got sick. The doctors said it was because of depression and not eating properly. Azalea had gotten drastically thin in the span of one month's time. She missed Terrence like hell and knew she'd never see him again. Sybl tried to coach her into realizing that he was the enemy. But Sybl didn't know Terrence was her mate. How could she kill her mate? 

"Azalea!" Devon said in anger and punched the wall. Azalea on the other hand was not fazed and walked past him into her room. Devon angrily left. Just as he closed the door, Azalea burst into tears. She sobbed uncontrollably into her pillow until she fell asleep.

****

"I don't care somehow I want to see Azalea and talk to her!" said Terrence to his father. 

"Terrence calm down. Number one do you have any ideas how you can see her? Number two what if she lures you into a trap?" his father argued.

"I have to see her and talk to her!" Terrence exclaimed.

Suddenly, King Daemon and his mate Klarissa were anounced and entered the room. 

"Where is she?" Klarissa demanded, her blonde hair bouncing around her as a testament to her anger. Her eyes went to Terrence. "You!" she spat angrily. "I trusted you with my best friend's heart and you broke it! Now look! She's being used and manipulated by a dark witch!" 

Terrence looked at Klarissa guiltily. 

"Azalea is an adult," King Daemon said gruffly. "Her decisions are hers and hers alone. She chose to become evil dearest. Now we must figure out how to rectify this." 

"No you don't know Azalea like I do!" Klarissa exclaimed, turning to King Daemon. "I left her alone...to come to you....I never should have...my best friend...." Klarissa began to sob and King Daemon took her in his arms to try and soothe her. 

King Daemon had discovered that Klarissa was his mate when he visited Alton Academy during their senior year. He was older than Klarissa and after a lot of hesitance on the younger girl's end, she'd finally agreed to go to the palace for Luna training and also to get to know the King. 

As Klarissa sobbed, her body became rigid and her eyes rolled into the back of her head. 

 "Your kind will be blessed," Klarissa said in an ertheral voice, her voice two octaves higher than usual. "Both powerful, both ready to sacrifice their lives for each other. But for not each other they will sacrifice but for another. A child dear to them both. Both combined and with the power of sacrifice can make sure the child of the moon will rise.  The pure of heart must be saved. The key is in the child to save your future....to melt the hearts of the sun king. The child alone....." Klarissa began to convulse in King Daemon's arms. "I will bless your mate with the powers that would have manifested after your mating ceremony.... mark her, for her powers are needed to protect the child.... " with those final words, Klarissa fell unconscious, a dead weight in King Daemon's arms. "Klarissa!" King Daemon exclaimed holding her close. "Somebody get doctor in here!" 

There was a scramble to get the pack's best doctor in for help. 

But Klarissa awoke in her mate's arms and looked around in confusion. 

"What...what just happened," Klarissa muttered, wiping a trail of drool from the side of her mouth. 

King Daemon hugged her to him, an attempt to protect her from something he didn't quite understood. 

"We must consult the monks in your temple..." Terrence's father said, looking at King Daemon. "This seemed like a message...a divine message," the Alpha of Aberdeen said gravely. 

Everyone was shook as they sat insilence, unable to comprehend exactly what had just happened. 

**** 

Terrence was walking around downtown, passing shops and places he'd always told himself he'd bring Azalea to one day. He looked at the big bouquet of azalea's and white lilies on display. A little girl of about four or five years was also looking at the bouquet as well. 

He sighed. Lillies and azalea's were her favorite flowers. 

"I miss you Azalea." He whispered. 

Then he went in and bought the bouqet.

"Hey mister!" said the little girl. She had blonde hair down to her shoulders and they were in braids. She was wearing a pink sundress and when she smiled, Terrence noticed she had one tooth missing. "Who are you buying that for? You have a girlfriend?" she asked interestedly.

"No," he smiled. "Well I do in a way but I'm just buying them for myself."

"C-could I have one little flower out of it?" she asked a bit shyly. " You see I love lilies but I do not have enough money." She said sadly "My mom says that there is no point in buying flowers but I still like them and come here everyday and look at them."

Terrence smiled. The little human girl was adorable. 

"What's your name?" he asked

"Ashley," she replied with a toothy grin.

Terrence took one flower out of the bouquet and gave the rest to Ashley.

"Thank you mister!" she replied and went off happily.

"My name is Terrence Evans," he said and smiled and left. Oddly enough he suddenly felt so much better. 

He was positive he'd find Azalea. And he'd never let her go again. Even if it killed him.