Undefeated Mother

3. 24 hours (long)

Kilian POV:

Bane was howling in my head at the sight of the person who used to be our mate. My body was aching to touch her, to feel her warmth but I had to remember what she did. I could see the hatred and I wanted to withdraw my claws to protect myself, if she was the Mother she must have been better than everyone else but Bane refused to come out.  He refused to hurt the person who he loved the most in this world.

“How?” I heard Seth whisper. He was in the same shock that I was in, she was defeated she didn’t have a right to be a Daughter never mind a Mother. She gave birth to a boy so technically speaking she shouldn’t be on these grounds.

Felicity walked past us and headed towards the throne in front, she didn’t even look at me, I didn’t know what it was but I wanted her to, I wanted to see the pain she caused me, four years of bringing up our child on my own. As soon as she walked past me, the scent of chocolate filled my nose, I have missed that smell for four long years. Her hair was longer and she had more runes tattooed onto her body. She was wearing the typical emerald green armour that Daughters wear, yet hers was more supreme than Poppy’s and all the standing guards in the hall.  I couldn’t understand my body, after rejection mates don’t feel any love or attraction, just pure hatred but my body nor my mind was letting me hate her.

“Was it you at the gate?” she finally spoke as she sat down on the throne crossing her legs.

“Ye..yes, yes it was us, but how?” Seth stuttered.

“How? What?” she asked.

“How are you here? How are you the Mother?” he looked up in amazement.

“That’s not here or there, why are you here? You said Sarah’s lineage is at risk” she looked over to Poppy who seemed shocked. It must have been her on the radio so she was the one who let us in.

“We have had an intruder in Marble” I spoke out, but I was followed by an eerie silence, no one knew what to say and I realised how stupid I sounded.

“And you came here because of ... an intruder” Felicity said mockingly.

“He is not normal, I wouldn’t come here because of a normal intruder, I know how to defend my pack and the people around me. However, this situation goes beyond my strength and status. As much as I hate being here and in a close proximity to you” I couldn’t control the tone of my voice and the standing guards turned to look at me.

“Then leave” Felicity stood up.

“NO! I came here because Marble is in danger from your kind!” I shouted.

“Have you really come here to threaten my Daughters? Because if you have I can promise you, Marble will not have an Alpha or a Beta!” she gave me a piercing look and refused to break it.

“You Royal kind...” I sneered. I could see the shock of it on Felicity’s face, she wasn’t expecting this, as far as she knew, as anyone knew, she was the only Royal alive except for my son.

“What do you mean?” she asked softly.

“A man came on the grounds and he couldn’t be deafened by any of my warriors, he was clearly on a warpath and was radiating Royal power, the only wolf that could stand up to him was Bane. He kept saying three words, Felicity, Marble and.... Cassius” Seth explained. This was probably the first time Felicity heard our sons’ name, but for some reason she didn’t look surprised, she had a straight face, typical!

“And your point is?” Poppy chipped in.

“He is currently chained up in the dungeons, but that’s not the worst part” Seth continued.

“It’s your Father, Damien” I added.  Felicity walked down the three steps that were leading to the throne.  I knew that my words came out with grimace but I wanted to hurt her with everything I had. Hearing that her rapist father might be alive was perfect.

“EVERYONE OUT!” she roared to the guards. After a while they all left and it was just me, Felicity, Poppy and Seth left in the hall. I saw that her breathing become rapid and she was slowly bringing Estrid out with her frustration.

“My father is dead! My mother killed him herself. You should stop with your pity stories and fight rogues yourself. We take them in why shouldn’t you? How do you know it’s him?” she was standing right in front of me and I could hear her heart beating.

KISS HER! Bane ordered

Shut up!

Kiss her! Kiss her! She won’t fight you!

How do you know?

I just know!

“We know because he has your eyes” I lowered my eyes to meet hers. “No-one in this world has this colour, only Royalty. He has your hair and is radiating Royal Power, he is only saying those three words. I didn’t come here to protect you I came here to protect... my son”.

“You took him from me! It is your job to protect him. My father is dead, kill the intruder I don’t care. I have my own family here, I am a Mother” she started to walk back to the throne.

“How dare you!” I screamed. “I didn’t take him, I protected him from you! You call this a family. Felicity, you gave up the chance of being a real mother when you re...” I saw Poppy’s hands on my throat and the next thing I knew my back smashed against one of the pillars.

“I will kill you Kilian, one more lie and you’re dead” she warned. Poppy was stopped by the Great Hall doors being opened again, they were told not to disturb us yet someone disobeyed the Mother’s orders.

“Mother” Poppy turned to Felicity and let me go walking back to the throne. “They’re back” she announced as she looked towards the doors.

Out of the door came out three Daughter’s dressed in normal clothes, they were clearly disguising themselves as Daughters were made to wear their armour on their grounds. They were followed by a group of small girls, aged from three to at least eight all looking up at the Great Hall.

“How was the trip?” Felicity asked one of the Daughters.

These must be the new recruits Seth mind linked me.

Not all of them, some of them look too comfortable here, I pointed out.

I didn’t know what to do, I knew that carrying this conversation was futile and Felicity would not help. Talking about her father would only insult her blood Mother in front of her Daughters. However, I didn’t want to leave and walk out without any answers.

“Mother!” one of the small girls ran up to Felicity and was engulfed in her arms. All I could hear was Bane whimpering at the sight, I was imagining how she would be with Cassius, if she was this maternal.

“Hello Samantha, how was you trip?” she let the girl go and looked down at her.

“They really loved the park Mother” one of the older Daughters said escorting the girls back out again.

“Where is she?” Felicity asked, she sounded annoyed and almost didn’t want to know the answer.

“She’s coming.... she is in a strop” the Daughter admitted. Bane’s ears suddenly propped up and even I was listening more to their pointless conversation.

“What did she do now?” Poppy chuckled.

“She pinned a boy against a tree for taking her swing and then she put him in a headlock” she sighed.

A small girl walked in and slowly made her way to us, she didn’t put her head up though, almost as if she was in shame. I couldn’t concentrate on her, Bane was howling in my head, to the point where I had to silence him. He was an annoying wolf but he was going too far today.

“What did you do now?” Felicity used her dominating voice, but the little girl did not answer.

“It wasn’t my fault Mother” the little girl responded. “He was being mean and I had to teach him a lesson” who was this girl?!

Felicity crouched down and turned the girl away from us, she clearly didn’t want us to look at her. The little girl started playing with her black braids and was embarrassed to look at Felicity.

“You know you can’t do that, when you are on a trip outside of our grounds you can’t fight everyone. No go with Samantha and get cleaned up for dinner” She gave the little girl a kiss on the forehead and she ran to join the other girls.

Felicity POV:

I didn’t know what to say to Kilian when my Daughters left the hall. Every time I looked at him, my heart would break all over again. The pain, the tears and the terror of the night kept replying in my head. My soul mate rejecting me after giving birth to our son. How dare he look more handsome? In the last four years I focused on the Daughters and spent my time hating him, but now he was standing in front of me looking more handsome than ever. Even Estrid was pushing me towards him. I wanted to feel whole again, no matter how many times I imagines his face whilst training, my hate would never exceed my love for him.

“As you can see Kilian, I have everything I need. I have a family that accepts me for who I am and would never reject me” I saw his eyes widen in shock but I ignored it. “I am a Mother and I am going to focus on the family I have. I’m sorry but you have to deal with this intruder yourself” I figured dealing with this civilly would be better than having a screaming match. Poppy being here was like having a matchstick near a gas canister anyway.

I started to walk off and I felt my throat getting dry, I was walking from my mate, again.  I wanted to forget about him, I needed to. I wasn’t going to let this fake story effect my emotions. I loved my son even though I only held him once, and if Kilian said he would protect him, I trusted that he would.

“He wants to kill Cassius and I know I will not stop him without you” he called behind me. “Please Felicity I know we hate each other but if there is any love left in your heart for Cassis and Marble, come with us. We cannot kill him, it will have to be you”.

“I’m giving you 24 hours” I stated, only it wasn’t me, it was Estrid.