Bás (completed book 6 of the blood moon saga)

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"Yes"

He said through gritted teeth

"Good now tell them. Tell them now!"

"You're letting the title get to your head! I wouldn't be so confident if I were you"

"Let's just see who comes out alive at the other end of this, then we will talk about titles!"

I took the knife and I slowly started to peel his skin from his chest, it's harder than it looks especially if you don't want to take muscle but soon I got the hang of it and in the centre of his chest was a huge hole with just muscle underneath.

"Love can you toast that a little I think donnys going to have it for lunch"

"No problem baby"

Arden started to toast it, it smelled disgusting but soon it was crispy like bacon. He handed it back and I grinned at him

"Open wide"

I felt the force leave me again and I put it into his mouth, pushing it all in

"Chew it and swallow it up, it's all your going to get to eat today"

I stood back and watched him chew and swallow his toasted skin. I noticed a fresh bucket of water so I grabbed a cup and filled it with the water and walked back over to him.

"Now take this. All of it. Swallow it all now sweetheart. You'll do it if you know what's good for you"

I said in his voice. Arden growled behind me, he knew I was repeating the same words they used on me all year. Donny was pissed but he had no other choice just like I didn't and he drank the wolfsbane water down in one go coughing and spluttering the entire way. I grabbed the bucket and threw it over him.

After that I turned and left the room, everyone followed me outside as I took a breath of air.

"You ok?"

Arden looked at me worried and weirdly I was ok. Like completely calm and collected, not in shock not in anything. In Fact I felt happy my dad is still alive even if he's hurt we can still save him. And it felt good being in control like that.

I pulled his face down to mine and I kissed him.

"I have honestly never been better"

I kissed him again and he lifted me into the air and swung me around.

"You will need to go back down at dinner time if our men can't track them and tell him you want to do the exchange tonight. We will need to pick a spot, say it's as far as you can go or something I'm not sure but we will figure it out"

I nod and take his hand and walk back towards the house.

"So who's up for training?"

I practically skip home, elated. There is something powerful that happens when you realise your memories are just that. Memories. They can't hurt you anymore and you can manipulate them so everytime it hits you, you just hit it right back. And it works. Suddenly I didn't fear the memories, or fear my past because it was just that, my past. Why look behind me when I can look to the future. Yes they could hurt my father but I could heal him. They hurt me and look at me now.

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"Ok I'm ready to go see him now"

Arden sighs, looking me over worried.

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

I kissed him softly then stood to my feet.

"I'm sure. Come"

We had a plan carefully drawn up by Arden and his family and I felt confident that we could pull it off. Or that's what I told myself anyway, they didn't know they couldn't hurt me and Arden and Aspen had spent the entire day teaching me how to wear my bubble as a skin.

Nothing could penetrate a hellhound anyway but just as a precaution I wanted to wear my bubble too. That way they couldn't rape me or inject me with anything and they wouldn't even be aware of why that was. They wouldn't be able to see it.

We walked in silence, hand in hand, but halfway there Arden pulled me into his arms and rested his head in the crook of my neck.

"I'm not sure I can do this, baby. Iv spent these last few months telling you I would protect you from these people and now I'm sending you into the lion's den"

He sounded really torn and upset. I sighed and hugged him back then I pulled his chin up so he could see me.

"You're not sending me anywhere, I'm walking right into that den all on my own will. I know you would and will kill them all for me but I need to do this for my dad. He doesn't deserve this and I would really love to have him be a part of this life or our but to get that I need to do this so please let me do this. Then I promise you can kill them all until the day we die"

He kissed me and lifted me into the air. I wrapped my body around him and kissed him back. I tugged on his bottom lip with my teeth. He opened it slightly and our tongues fought for dominance as we deepened the kiss.

After a minute Arden pulled back breathless and he growled a low sexy growl. His grip on my ass got tighter and he pulled on my bottom lip with his teeth and sucked it making me purr. I rested my head against his and he peeked me on the lips and groaned.

"Fine. I love you"

"I love you too"

"Put up your bubble and open the link to me"

I closed my eyes and opened the link to Arden so he could hear everything that I could hear then I thought of my bubble tight to my skin. I could feel it latch on and hug me like invisible armor. When that was done Arden kissed me again being the only one allowed into my bubble without permission and we continued our walk.

The guard came out to meet us and stood outside to guard us as Arden pulled up his own bubble making sure to keep it silent. He stood in the far corner of the cell so no one could see him.

I opened the door and looked around in a paranoid way. I jumped around like I was nervous putting on a show for donny.

"What are you doing?"

He whispered as I watched the door. I put my finger to my lips to signal him to shut up and he actually listened. After a moment of silence I let out a large breath and walked closer.

"I don't have long. We leave tonight when Arden is at a meeting. I can take you in the boot of my car. I need them to meet me with dad at the lookout point tonight at 10. We need to be quick because if he finds out he will find me and kill you all so lookout point at 10. No f*****g about, they get you and I get dad deal?"

His eyes lit up and he nodded and smiled.

"Good. I need to go, the guard will be back soon and they can't find me in here. Tell your mates not to be late because he can track me if I'm not where I'm meant to be"

He frowned

"How?"

I showed him my hands

"Because he's a hellhound he has mates and Ailm fated. I'm both so he can find me anywhere"

"Ok I'll tell them"

I left and closed the door and took a sigh of relief, we left the cellar and the guard returned to his post as I took a breath and lay on the ground with a sigh.

Arden steps between my legs looking down at me with a smirk

"You should have been an actress, I like how you told him I could track you anywhere"

I snort and chuckle.

"Yeah I thought it wouldn't do any harm to give them some fake information on the Ailm bond. Let them spread the word and scare the world"

Arden chuckles and shakes his head then leans down and lifts me bridle style and runs his nose down my cheek planting a soft kiss to the side of my mouth. He carried us to the office and we finished paperwork and sighed the payslips for the week. When I was done I sighed and stretched.

"Rest up love it's going to be a long night"

I frowned I didn't want to leave his side.

"Lay on the couch in the tv room I'll be done here in 20 minutes then I'll join you"

I smiled, that was just next door. I could cope with that. I stood up and kissed him then pulled back.

"Don't be to long"

I purred and he growled letting his chest vibrate. I smirked at him then turned and left letting him watch me leave. I now had an ass that I could strut with and he loved it.

I loved my new figure, I was still extremely skinny and I have a tiny frame but I have a firm toned butt and my boobs have gotten bigger too. My stomach was officially rock hard from the hours of training everyday, my arms had a little muscle but not too much, but my thighs were a little thicker and overall I looked evened out and healthy and that was my most favourite part of all.

I still am only able to eat small bits at a time but I'm ok with that as long as I get plenty of opportunities to eat throughout the day. I lay on the sofa and sunk into the soft material. I loved this couch. It was definitely the best one in the house. I closed my eyes and tried to relax but thoughts of my father filtered through my brain.

—————flashback—————

I looked at the hole where my mother's body was just dumped in like she was nothing. Everyone had already left but I stood there watching men throw dirt over her coffin, the world moving on while I was frozen in place watching them.

I felt a hand squeeze my own tight and realised it was dad. I looked up at him, tears ran down his cheeks and fell on his shirt. Sadness radiating from him in waves. It was like the light within him started to diminish at that moment. Like that was the exact moment he started to die. He looked down at me through heavy tears and gave me a small smile.

"Just you and me kid. Just you and me"

He pulled me with him, I stumbled over my feet numb to everything around me. I was 10, and I was unable to talk since I saw her die. Nothing would come out when I tried. Everything felt wrong. Like the world changed the moment I watched the light drain from her eyes.

Dad caught on and lifted me into his arms and carried me to her car. Not many came to the service, her parents were dead and she only really had us and my grandparents plus a few work friends.

She came from an extremely wealthy family but everything was tied up in contracts. They hated my father so it was agreed that he would get nothing, not even when she died instead it would all go into a trust until I was 23 then I would receive it all.

My dad never cared about the money or what happened to it, all he asked was that I wouldn't receive it until I was wise enough to spend it. Apparently it was the only thing he and my mother's parents ever agreed on.

Dad had a good job and our house was a fine one. People were jealous of our house but I never liked it. Always thought it was quiet and boring. Even more so now that mum is gone. She was always the laughing type, she was animated and funny and always had a smart remark to put everyone in their places.

She was my hero and she was my dad's hero. Her only vice was having people in her life that were true friends. Apparently when you grow up with money you very rarely have people you can count on. My dad and me and his parents were the only real exceptions.

She kept me out of that life, always sending me to public school wearing normal clothes, letting people get to know me before they find out how much I was worth.

Dad placed me in the car and sighed, rubbing the exhaustion from his face. We had taken his car that night to dinner, the drunk driver had come out of nowhere. I remember the feeling In my stomach as the car flipped. I remember the sound of the metal crushing and rearranging around us.

I remember the screams that came from my mother as a lump of metal went straight through her stomach. I remember her crying for my dad, trying to wake him from what looked like a peaceful slumber.

I remember her puffy red face looking at me, I remember how cold her hands were when she took mine in hers. I remember the weird feeling in my head as I hung upside down. My eyes never left her stomach as the blood pumped out of it.

I remember her crying because she wasn't going to be able to say goodbye to my dad but looking at me and trying to give me a reassuring smile.

"Baby I love you so much. Never forget that. Tell your daddy I love him too. You are both the best thing that ever happened to me and I'll always love you."

Her words were quiet and she struggled to get them out. The colour drained from her face and ran onto the roof of the car.

"I love you mummy"

Even at that tender age I knew what was happening. I knew she was dying and I couldn't do anything about it.

"I love you baby"

She whispered then exhaustion took over and she dropped my hand and her head. Her eyes open staring at me. But she died and forever I would have to relive it.

Not too long later a car came to our rescue. I was safely tied into my car seat that mum always insisted I wear even when I thought I was too old for it. But not anymore. Now I was thankful for the thing.

I remember a man crawling in and cutting me out, I remember him handing me to his wife who cried into my chest as she held me. And the thought struck me. I didn't know her? She wasn't in the accident? Why was she crying? But then I realised when her husband came into view pulling my father from the car.

He started doing cpr on him. I'm not sure how long they pumped his chest but eventually he had a pulse and the woman sighed in relief.

"Thank the heavens we could save one of them for her"

He looked at me sadly. They were crying because just moments ago I was an orphan. An orphan with no one to love me.

After that it was a blur of hospital rooms and my grandparents And finally I got here, back in a car with my only parent that is left alive.

———-flashback ends————