Hunted Hybrid – Aegis War Saga 1
Chapter 123
Elowen POV
I gasped awake like I’d been drowning.
The breath ripped through me like lightning in my lungs, and my heart hammered so hard I thought it might crack my ribs open. My vision swam with stars, real stars, not just flashes of light. Silver threads. Celestial bodies. The echo of a goddess’s voice still lingering in my mind.
“Elowen.”
Daxon’s voice. A grounding force.
I blinked, and suddenly the world came rushing back, my mates surrounding me, their faces taut with worry. Bram had me wrapped in his arms like he thought I might vanish. Ashrian hovered at my side, his fangs slightly extended, eyes rimmed with red. Lachlan’s hands were glowing faintly with magic, and his whole damn aura was pulsing like a thunderstorm.
“You’re awake,” Bram breathed, his voice raw. “Thank fuck.”
“I….” I swallowed hard and touched my chest where the earth goddess’s mark still faintly glowed. “I saw her. My mother. Aerilaya. And another goddess… Elanithra. The star goddess.”
Lachlan sat back, stunned. “Elanithra’s been silent fer centuries.”
“Not anymore,” I whispered.
They all leaned in as I pushed up slowly, still dazed, still feeling like I was half in the dream world.
“My mother’s alive,” I said hoarsely. “She’s in the fae realm. In the dungeons. They haven’t hurt her, but… she’s a prisoner. And she’s been having visions too. Elanithra has been showing her everything, everything I’ve done. Everything I’m becoming. She knows what’s coming.”
Daxon’s brows furrowed. “What did she show you?”
I closed my eyes for a second, then opened them, my voice steadying with purpose.
“There’s a trap. The Aegis Protocol and a group called Hollow Creed, they’re planning an ambush at the Montana fae portal. Four days from now.”
Ashrian’s entire body tensed. “They’re going to try to take you.”
“Yeah.” I met each of their gazes. “They don’t want to just kill me. They want to possess me. My magic. My blood. My lineage. Peirce wants to breed me. Lucien wants to enslave me. Hollow Creed just wants to rip me apart and call it justice.”
A growl ripped from Bram’s throat and I felt his bear rising behind his eyes like a damn tsunami.
“We’ll kill every one of them,” he said low and feral. “They come near you, they die.”
“They think I’m the weapon,” I said softly. “But they don’t realize… I’m the storm that unleashes the weapons. We are the weapon. I’m
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not alone.”
Lachlan reached over and grabbed my hard. “Nae now. Nae evky late. Yer ours. Everyone greeted in agreement.
I gave a weak smile and leaned into him.
“We need to prepare. The gods are watching, and they’re helping. They’ve asked me to build temples. To bring back the old worship that gives them strength. That gives us strength.”
Ashrian tilted his head. “You’re building an army. A spiritual one.”
“I’m building a goddamn rebellion,” I said. “And I need every one of you with me.*
Bram leaned in and kissed my forehead. “You’ve got us. No one touches you. No one breaks you. We’ll tear their world down to keep you breathing.”
“I love you all,” I whispered. “Now let’s get ready to end some motherfuckers.”
I flopped back onto the giant ass bed Alpha King Draven had built for us, laughing like a damn kid. It was ridiculous. Massive. I’m talking “could fit ten of Bram’s beefcake ass” levels of big. The mattress was like a fucking cloud, the blankets soft as moonlight, and the pillows…well, let’s just say they became weapons real fast.
Daxon struck first, hurling a pillow at Ashrian’s head. Lachlan jumped in with a battle cry that made me snort laugh, and Bram? That grizzly bear didn’t even wait, he roared and charged with two pillows like war hammers. Chaos exploded in our room as feathers filled the air and I shrieked, trying to dodge and failing miserably.
Lyssira cackled in my mind. “You live with wild things, my girl. This is your pack.”
Yeah. Yeah, it was. I couldn’t ask for a better pack. I was a lucky bitch.
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