Forbidden Existence Fated Mates

8: Darkness into Light

Shawn’s POV*

Shawn is near gliding through the forest towards his pack. From Sin’s house, the journey by car is only 17 minutes, but that was too long. For my wolf, it would only take us 4 minutes and 14 seconds to reach the border of my land. Hades explains that in wolf form we can hit zero to one hundred without breaking a sweat. Pushing his speed dam, near to 200 miles per hour, which was absolutely mind-blowing, Shawn was only aware of one hundred miles per hour, until Hades showed otherwise, taking off deeper into the forest.

Realizing I needed to take the tunnels a few yards after I passed our high security boarders, I slowed down knowing I was not far away. Along the way, I felt Sin’s energy level spike a bit.

Linking Thorn,

Thorn I need you to alert EVERY PACK MEMBER.; I have found our Luna. I am bringing her home NOW! Inform the Hospital in the packhouse that our Luna is in distress. I will be coming out of the tunnels near the rear of the pack house.

After severing the link, Shawn heads off towards the border.

*Sin POV*

I know I blacked out; the weird thing is I am still aware and very awake. Suddenly, I feel myself getting hot, but it is so soothing. I know that feeling and I smile.

I feel weightless...? Confused by this feeling, I attempt to open my eyes; I know I am within his fur, which is made of jet-black smoke, but it looks like I am lying in the darkness of a room now.

Attempting to get on to my feet f****d me up for life; my soul left my f*****g body. It's not okay!

Noticing myself now, I still look like me, but my appearance is not of a human but of a spirit, glowing that beautiful blue color all over me this time. I looked like a ghost.

“Breathtaking” I heard; my eyes snapped to my right but there was darkness….

*Unknown POV*

Lost souls come a dozen in this place. If you can call it that. Adjusting myself for a better view of the new soul. I notice this soul seems confused, unsure, which is weird. Once souls come here, they instantly disappear somewhere within this place. So, of course, seeing this, I had to speak to get her attention. I say the first word I thought when I saw her soul light up…,” breathtaking.”

Which she is, I decided to get up and go to her. As I stand in front of her, I know she cannot see me. My ghost matches darkness, since that is all I have known.

I say, “I guess you could think of me as the broken receptionist for new souls who end up here before their fate is decided. Being here even for a long time may just drive you mad.”

I have not gone mad yet, not planning to honestly. I have not moved in what feels like decades. To have moved in front of her and to speak, I am shocking my damself.

I smelled fear, which was weird. Fear is void; fear does not exist here. I reach out to touch her out of pure instinct.

I have no idea why, since ghosts just pass through each other… until my hand was wrapped around her wrist. What should have been a jet-black hand was now sun-kissed skin.

*Sin POV*

Freaking out that I heard someone speak, I attempted to relax until I heard…

“I guess you could think of me as the broken receptionist for new souls who end up here before their fate is decided. Being here even for a long time may just drive you mad.”

Fuck, I wanted to s**t bricks from the f*****g voice coming from right in front of me. Standing frozen out of fear, thinking about why this was happening. I near fainted as a f*****g jet-black hand came shooting out of the darkness. f**k! I thought, as I stood frozen daring to look down at the hand wrapped around my wrist, I saw sun-kissed skin now on the hand of a female.

The skin to skin contact is what I was feeling even though I am in spirit form. Instincts taking over again, I yank the owner of the hand into a tight hug, building up raw energy as blue flames burst all around us. When the flames clear up, the room we are in comes into view.

Along the walls rested oil lamps that were lit with blue flames that now showed the normal color of fire. Standing in what looked like a living room for the gods, gold was everywhere framing the walls and pure gold trinkets that decorated the space.

Forgetting about the room, I looked back at the woman still holding my wrist. Hair as dark as coal, sun-kissed skin, she was petite and vivacious. She was naked, which I thought was weird; her dark hair was so long it covered her breast, core, and bottom.

You would think she was Eve from the book of Genesis in the bible,

Until I looked directly into her violet eyes.

I gasped hard as my eyes began to water, completely shocked that she is near my age, how is that even possible? Still ,in shock, I whispered… “Violet?”

*Thorn’s POV*

Walking and talking with Alex about what happened at Midnight Madness, I feel a link coming through from the Alpha,-

Thorn I need you to alert EVERY PACK MEMBER.; I have found our Luna. I am bringing her home NOW! Inform the Hospital in the packhouse that our Luna is in distress. I will be coming out of the tunnels near the rear of the pack house.

Shocked at the tone of voice he was using and the urgency, I quickly created a link that was sent to every pack member on our land-

ATTENTION EMERALD LAGOON PACK. THIS LINK IS URGENT! ALPHA SHAWN HALCYON WILL BE COMING THROUGH THE TUNNELS A FEW YARDS FROM THE BOARDER, HE WILL COME OUT NEAR THE REAR OF THE PACK HOUSE. ONLY AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL SHOULD BE IN THE AREA. HOSPITAL STAFF IN THE PACK HOUSE YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. SECURITY LOCK DOWN THE BOARDER ONCE THE ALPHA CROSSES, WE HAVE LESS THAN TEN MINUTES TO BE READY. OUR LUNA IS FINALY HOME, ONCE OUR LUNA IS BETTER, SHE WILL BE SWORN INTO THE PACK. COMMENCE ORDERS NOW.

As the Beta of the pack, commands he makes cannot be denied.

*Shawn’s POV*

Finally making it to the boarders, approaching the south entrance, the guards are ready for me as I speed through without issue. Reaching the entrance to the tunnel, I could hear orders being shouted from all over. The voices died down once I entered. I knew the border of our land was about ten minutes from the packhouse. It would take me about that amount of time, so I took off at a sprint letting Thorn know that I was heading his way now.

*Sin POV*

This is insane. Looking at her right now is killing me. I feel like I am experiencing Shawn's anguish all over again. I pull myself together realizing she is looking at me confused. I said to her, " Violet, do you remember who you are?

She looks at me and says, "I know my name is Violet, but that is it." Realizing what to do, I say to her, "Violet, I am going to show you a memory. I need you to try and remember, OK?" Violet, looking at me confused, decides to trust me and agrees with me to do this. Controlling my breathing, attempting to calm my beating heart, I place my hands on her temples and send the memory to her.

*Violet's POV*

At first nothing happened, then suddenly, no longer standing in front of her, I ended up in a room with teal-colored walls that looked like waves of the ocean. This room looks like it belongs to a five-year-old girl. Getting out of bed and walking to the full-length mirror, I gasped at what I saw. Shocked is not all that I felt. I remembered everything once I looked into my eyes. The impact dam near knocked me off my feet. I was ready to run and tell Shawn everything when I lost control over my body. It was weird. I soon realized why. This was simply a memory nothing for me to change.

Wishing I had popcorn, I watched as my five-year-old self got ready for the day and ran out of the packhouse. Violet ended up in the gardens behind the clearing playing. I never realized how enchanting I looked until now. Suddenly, a man emerged out of thin air. He was good looking on the outside but his aura coming off him was horrible. His aura was the exact color of blood, the closer the aura to his skin was black, almost like tar.

Watching him, he sat down on a bench close to me and cleared his throat and said, "Young one, why are you out here and not with Shawn? You're going to miss his shift!" I looked up at him, leaning my head to the left and said " I do not know who you are, my brother Shawn will not approve of me talking to a stranger….wait, how are you on our land?"

As I continued to watch, I noticed he was shocked by my answer, s**t even I was. He looked angry but he got it together and said to young me, "Shawn has not had the chance to introduce us yet, he is about to start. You should run along. Oh, and Violet, touch his paw. When he changes, something amazing will happen!

Excited, Violet hopped up and ran off to find Shawn. Once the memory faded, I looked back at Sin's worried face.

*Sin POV*

Sin made sure Violet was OK. Now Sin was trying to figure out how Violet was alive but, most importantly, how to get her out. Sin was pissed seeing that strange man set violet up to die. Why would he tell her to touch him if he knew what would happen? Now I know why I heard that bone-chilling scream, whoever that was, became his next target.

Violet stole my attention, saying that coming to this place, she did not remember who she was and could not see anything. She was not sure how long she was down there. I told her she was 20 now and clearly alive. I saw shock and relief come alive on her face.

Sucking in a harsh breath, I looked around the room for my body, finding it instantly. Running to my body, looking back at her, I said, "I think I know how to get you out of here!" I needed to get back into my body. Once I do that, you come and lie next to me and tightly grab hold of my hand.

Remembering what I had seen in movies, I lay down on top of myself. I felt like a fish coming up through the air. Looking at Violet, I say, “when you hear me say now, I need you to imagine that a fury blanket is being removed off of you, BUT DO NOT LET GO OF MY HAND, OK?” With determination in her eyes, Violet says to me, “ OK, I will not let go, thank you. Together we looked straight ahead, closing our eyes to wait.

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*Shawn’s POV*

I make it out of the tunnels, navigating out of the forest through the clearing to see Thorn and Alex waiting for me along with some of the staff from the hospital. I link all in my presence letting them know that our Luna is inside my fur and I am going to bring her out. I instructed them to gently collect her body and place her on the gurney.

Everyone heard my orders. I laid on my belly and began to retract my smoke like fur. I wanted to look back badly when I heard everyone around me gasp. Thorn says “Shawn, there is swirling purple smoke back here, I will get her out once the smoke clears. I replied to him by nodding my massive head and we waited.

*Sin POV*

I knew it was time. Alerting Violet, I said, “Now!” Instantly I smelled his scent, mixed with others. Opening my eyes, there was purple swirling smoke with sparks of silver all around me. Looking at my hand, I see Violet is still holding on tight, now looking around in awe. I said, overcome with elation, “It worked. Oh my god, it really worked!” Violet was crying tears of joy, knowing she was free and would see everyone she loved. With tears choking her words, she did her best to thank me. I squeezed her hand; we both looked up as the smoke cleared into shocked faces.