All Chapters of Conflicted - Twist of Fate. : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

When we make it back to our floor I'm suprised to find Nathanial, Shayne and Aiden waiting, each with a large plate of different roasted vegetables, beef and chicken on their plates. "Thought it would be easier" Tristan smiles, grabbing us both a plate to serve our dinner. The smell has my stomach growling, we have barely eaten today. I feel the tension still coming from Nathanial, feeling drained at the thought of that coming conversation that still needs to be had. I haven't forgotten about Mira and I'm not letting it go. "Where are we at?" Tristan asks, letting on the couch in-between Aiden and Shayne, looking over the maps of the grounds with them. "We've places warrior camps strategically within 1km of the borders, that way if anyone needs help, it's close by" Tristan frowns, "Do we have rosters set for patrolling the camps too? While people are sleeping?" Shayne nods, "We've got traps set around each camp as well, we've marked those in red" he poi

When I finally wake up Tristan is watching me sleep, his hand gently playing with my hair, his whole body radiating love and awe as his eyes light up. I smile, stretching out my aching body and wishing more than anything that we could just stay here. Hiding out in this little paradise forever. Hiding from the growing threat of war and the ongoing issues with Nathanial caused by his secrets with Sarah. It still hurts my heart, but Tristan has provided the perfect distraction from it all. The events of last night letting my body release all of its tension, leaving me sated. "Hey beautiful," he smiles, watching me think. "Hey handsome," I smile, gently kissing his lips. "How long have I been out?" I ask, seeing it's still dark outside. "Only a few hours," he responds, "I was going to wake you when Nathanial was linking earlier, but I wanted to let you rest," he adds. His eyes darkening as he says his brothers name. "He wants to talk?" I ask, knowing if it was me, I'd be eager to fix

I try to breathe as Tristan comes up behind me. "What is it?" He asks. I hand it to him. He smells and knows instantly too. His alpha sense of smell recognising the ingredients just as I do. He growls. He turns back towards the hallway. Finding a crying Sarah on the ground with Nathanial watching over her. He throws the bag at Nathanial. Who smells it, he looks confused as he looks between us and Sarah. "She dosed you" Tristan growls. Tristan collects Sarah off the ground by her throat again. "Why?" He growls. "I love him" Sarah cries. "Where is Mira now?" I ask, she shakes her head. "I won't tell, she was just doing what I asked' she yells. "It doesn't matter" Tristan and Cole growl together, united, "She dishonoured our Luna and attempted to use dark magic to gain leadership within our pack, there is only one punishment" they continue. I know what's coming and don't move, Nathanial realises too late as Tristan's hand on her throast moves, twisting violently as a loud sickeni

It's hard being angry at Nathanial. Every part of my being has been so used to protecting him, to taking any consequences meant for him on myself. But to he honest I don't think I would even if I could this time. Armina is a goddess, everything about her has me completely hooked and I couldn't risk losing her for anyone, not even Nathanial. Seeing her in that much pain when Nathanial mated with Sarah was the closest to hate I have ever felt towards my brother, the only time I have ever thrown hands at him out of rage. I hated it. But I couldn't bare what he had done to her. Not just that. Every single beating I had, I tried to internalise the pain. Convince myself I deserved it to not give our father the pleasure of watching me cry or beg. I got so good at it, pain barely even phased me anymore. I could have been beaten to death and probably still wouldn't have cared. There were several times I thought our father was going to go too far, Cole sure he wasn't going to be able to heal

Tristan and I have been running the morning training drills, continuing to work on different ways we can fight the lycan even if they have the strength and size. We need to do everything we can to minimise the loss of life on our side. Several pack members from the different packs here because of Shayne join in. We seem lucky that everyone is blending together well, focusing on the coming war instead of picking fights over small differences. It occurs to me that we could be creating something really special here. The biggest alliance in wolf history if everyone continues to get along. More wolves have arrived, from Shayne's allies, Eclipse & from Blood Moon. The numbers we have ready to fight the lycan are unheard of, all we can do is hope that's it's enough. As we train Aiden mind links me. 'We need to talk' His voice serious. 'Can it wait?' I ask, 'Not really. We are finishing up here, then need to get cleaned up. One hour, main room. Bring Tristan & Nathanial' I look up to Trista