Chapter 104
‘You dare lie to me?” I growled, stepping down the dais. “You weren’t Just missing. You were hiding. You come back with your stench all twisted, your power wrong, and now you stand here like you’re still worthy of the title ‘Gamma‘? You’re not.”
Maria’s head snapped up. “What the fuck did you just say?”
“You heard me, I growled. “You are stripped of your title. Effective immediately.”
Maria exploded. “You can’t do that!”
“I just did,” I snapped.
Aelira’s voice cut in, smooth and lethal. “You are no longer gamma wolves. You are omegas now. And you will serve this pack, or you will leave it.” Maria’s rage snapped like a fraying rope. “You fucking bitch!” she screamed, and lunged straight at my mate.
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Big mistake. Aelira’s shift was instantaneous. One second she stood in her robes of silver and moonlight, and the next, her massive white wolf was on Maria, fangs flashing like ivory scythes.
Maria didn’t stand a fucking chance.
The room erupted in growls and gasps as Luna Aelira slammed Maria to the ground, her claws raking through the traitor’s flesh with surgical grace. Blood sprayed. Maria screamed. Eron? That coward squealed and tried to run for the damn door.
“Don’t you fucking move!” I thundered, catching him mid lurch with a punch that sent him sprawling. “Guards! Restrain both of them!”
Aelira’s wolf stepped off Maria’s shredded form, standing proud and radiating divine fury. Maria writhed, sobbing and gasping in humiliation.
“We demand to see Elowen!” Eron yelled from the floor. “She belongs to us! We raised her!”
“She belongs to no one,” I spat, grabbing him by the shirt and yanking him nose to nose. “And the fact that you just said that? Confirms exactly what I suspected.”
“You don’t know what she is!” Maria howled, bloodied and twitching. “She owes us!”
“She owes you nothing,” Aelira said, now back in her skin, her eyes glowing with moonfire. “And soon? You’ll owe her your lives.”
The guards dragged them off, both cuffed in silver and howling like animals.
“Throw them in the dungeon,” I said. “We’ll interrogate them later. But make no mistake, if they so much as look at Elowen again, I’ll end their bloodline myself.”
Daxon POV
My phone buzzed on the table like a pissed off hornet. I barely managed to finish lacing my boots before snatching it up.
Alpha King Draven & Luna Queen Aelira – Incoming Call
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Shit. That wasn’t a call you ignored.
I answered, and their regal faces filled the screen, Dad with his usual gruff Alpha expression, jaw tight like he’d been clenching it all morning, and Mom, Lama Aelira, with her lips pursed and eyes glassy. Something had them rattled.
“Son,” Draven said, his voice low. “We have news.”
That tone? Yeah, it never meant cupcakes and birthday parties.
“What’s going on?‘ I asked, standing straighter.
“They showed up,” my mother whispered. “Eron and Maria. Your mate’s old foster parents.”
My heart damn near stopped. “You’re fucking kidding me.”
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“I wish we were,” Draven growled. “They walked in like everything was normal. Talking about seeing Elowen, demanding answers like they had a right to anything. They’ve been missing since the first Aegis attack…and they smelled wrong, Daxon.”
Aelira’s lips trembled, but her voice was steel. “I’ve always had a bad feeling about them. But today confirmed it. They’re traitors. We stripped them of their Gamma title and marked them as Omegas.”
I blinked. “And?”
“And Maria lost her fucking mind,” Aelira snapped. “Tried to attack me.”
I choked. “She what?!”
“I handled it,” she said coolly. “Shifted right there and tore into her. Eron ran like a little bitch. They’re both in the dungeons now.”
“Well damn,” I muttered. “Remind me to make you a drink when we get home.”
Draven smirked, just barely. “You’d better.”
I exhaled through my nose. “Thanks for telling me. But… we’ve got our own news.” Their faces shifted from smug satisfaction to concerned curiosity.
“Elowen collapsed yesterday.”
“What?” Aelira gasped.
“After a…after a magical event,” I said. “She’s okay now. Just sleeping. But it was… big. Life changing, really.”
“Tell us,” Draven said. ‘So I did.
“We went into the forest to practice elemental magic. Lachlan was showing us how to use the four elements, earth, fire, water, air. Elowen’s magic has been growing, but that day…” I shook my head, eyes unfocused, still seeing it.
“She became something more. The forest literally responded to her. Animals followed her. Spirits came out of hiding to watch her. She moved like a goddess. Flowers bloomed in her footsteps, and then…then she collapsed.”
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She was chosen, Lachlan’s voice came softly behind me, stepping into the room. By the Earth Goddess herself.
Both parents blinked in unison. “Chosen? Draven echoed.
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I nodded. “She rose from the earth itself. Moss, vines, trees, it was like the forest crowned her. A glowing green symbol appeared above her heart. When Lachlan and his mother, Isolde, found her, even the goddess spoke to the coven. She gave her blessing to every witch and mage there.”
Aelira’s hand flew to her chest, tears already slipping down her cheeks. “Oh my stars. Our girl…”
“She’s more than anyone thought,” I said. “And it’s not just that.” I glanced at Lachlan, who gave a small nod.
“We’ve bonded. All four of us. Soul bound. We can share power, feel emotions, even use each other’s magic. Me, Ashrian, Lachlan… and Elowen. One soul. Four bodies.”
My mother was openly weeping now, and Draven’s face softened with pride and something unspoken. “This is bigger than prophecy,” he murmured. “The gods themselves are stepping in.”
“Yeah,” I agreed. “We’re not just building an army. We’re building something divine.”
“We’ll hold the line here,” Draven said, his voice low and certain. “You keep building your circle. Protect her. Love her. Guide her.”
“She doesn’t need guiding,” I smirked. “She is the guide. But yeah. We’ve got her. Always.”
“And when she wakes?” Aelira asked.
I nodded, my heart tight. “I’ll tell her about Eron and Maria. When she’s ready.”
There was a moment of silence, thick with grief, pride, and the unshakable pull of fate. Then Draven nodded. “We’ll see you soon, son. Moon guide you.”
“Moon guide you both.”
The call ended, and I exhaled hard. Time to get ready. Because when my mate woke up?
The world would feel it.
