Bonded by Fates; The Origin

8. Revelations

Elliot POV:

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I was outside the castle and saw Alpha Randall and his Beta Henry apparently up to something.

They were going to the theater room. What were they doing there so far from the Meeting Room?

I had cast a spell to cover my scent and sneakily followed them, I saw them throwing the drink away.

I heard everything they said, they’re the only ones who could help the Wizard Realm.

Actually, they could help all over the Realms.

So the hybrid that the Sixforce of Crows group were after was Alpha Randall’s daughter.

A hybrid was unheard of. How is this possible? Who was her mother?

I could find out using a memory spell on Randall later.

I waited for them at the door. They made their way out.

“Alpha Randall, Beta Henry…please meet me in the theater room at midnight” I told them and flashed to the meeting room.

I’m King Atlantes' second in command, and he sent me on a mission.

I have to find as much information as I can about any track or clue about the Sixforce of Crows and I have to keep an eye on the man who calls himself the King of Alphas.

The Sixforce of Crows, or Sixforce as we call it shortly, is a group formed by a Dark Prince and it has six leaders.

This group consists of using Dark Magic. They are known to be the most fearful murders in the Realms and there's a powerful witch among them.

King Atlantes stated many times that he wouldn't tolerate any witch or wizard to defile the image of his Realm.

Alpha Randall and Beta Henry came back to the meeting room, their eyes fixed on me.

I know it was unexpected to come across them and probably there's a million things going up on their minds right now, but they have to wait to get some answers.

We can be allies and work together.

After the meeting got officially finished, I escorted the usurper who calls himself the King of the Wolves' Realm.

“Need something else, Your Highness?”

“Oh, actually I have a question for you. You’re my eyes around the castle. Did you notice something odd today?” He asked me.

“No, not at all, every Alpha was acting fine accordingly and I saw everyone drinking the Wolfscraig, they were all very happy and talking about their packs in the free areas of the castle“. I lied and I made sure he believed in every word.

He gave me an ear to ear smile and told me I could leave and I made my way to my room.

“King Atlantes, I think I found something, some information about a hybrid girl. It seems she’s the daughter of an Alpha and a Witch.” I mind-linked Atlantes.

“We have to talk to them, we can’t let the Sixforce get to them under no circumstances” King Atlantes mind-linked back.

“I asked them to meet me in the theater room at midnight, I’ll send you the location”. I let him know.

“I will be there.”

They will be shocked but they’ll know how serious this agreement is after the King of the Wizard Realm meets them himself.

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Randall POV:

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“We have to be prepared for anything, Henry.” I told my Beta and he nodded.

It was weird. We will definitely go to the theater tonight.

“He didn’t look like an enemy” Shadow told me.

“I thought so too, but we can’t take any chances” I told my wolf.

It was almost midnight and we made our way to the theater. When we got there, we frowned.

The Wizard King himself was there. I felt his aura and we already saw a painting of him in the meeting room. It has a painting of all the Kings of all the Realms. It has 6 Realms altogether. It used to have 7, but the Dragons were extinct.

There's the Wolf's, Elf's, Wizard's, Fae's, Underworld's and Vampire's Realm. This last was the worst of them all.

“Alpha Randall, Beta Henry”, King Atlantes and Elliot greeted us.

“I’m sorry I looked suspicious at first, but we have to talk. I heard what you said. I’m Elliot, King Atlantes' second in command.”

“What? I thought you were the King of Alpha’s guard”. Henry made it sound more like a question.

“I’ve been sent here on a mission. When the King of Alphas contacted my King to send some wizard warrior to guard him, he sent me. When he saw me and didn't recognize me, that's when we got the confirmation that the King of Alphas is not Conri, he’s a usurper”, Elliot said.

“Well, that explains a lot of things” I said, chuckling. So, you’re not the one who’s casting a spell on my pack?” I needed to know,

I saw Elliot’s eyes open wide in surprise.

“Elliot said your daughter is a hybrid. This is unheard of, but I’m afraid the Sixforce already knows that and they might be preparing their way to get her. There’s people after her, Alpha.” The King Atlantes let me know.

Fuck, just my luck, I can’t waste any more time here.

I told them everything about Alice as Shadow and I agreed we could trust them and they told me about this Sixforce group.

“f**k, I can’t stay here, I need to make my way back to my pack, my daughter is there with her mate” I told them.

“I can help, all of you, touch me and Alpha, I want you to picture your pack house in your mind, I’ll flash us there” and I did as the King told me.

All of a sudden, we were there and I saw Alice and Liam in the living room's sofa talking.

I couldn’t help myself, Alice got up looking at us startled and I gave her a long and tight hug like I supposed to give her a long time ago.

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Alice POV:

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I almost threw my heart up when I saw my dad and Henry with two other unknown men. Even Hope jumped in surprise and barked.

My dad gave me a tight hug and I felt the tears falling from my eyes. I hugged him back.

I've always wanted to be close to him like I was when I was a pup, but he never made me feel comfortable to do that, he always pushed me away instead.

My gaze found the other two men and one of them looked startled by seeing Liam. He was handsome and had mesmerizing silver eyes. I glanced at Liam and he was also startled, staring back at the tall man with his furrowed eyebrows.

Who’s that?

“How can it be?” the tall and silver-eyed man asked “King Liam?” He continued, and actually Liam and this man should measure 6'7 tall.

Everybody frowned. Did they know each other?

“King Atlantes” Liam greeted him hesitantly.

“King Liam? Are you a king?” My dad asked. He was surprised but he clearly looked concerned about something else.

“Wait, is he King Atlantes? Can someone tell me what’s going on?” I asked.

“Alice, we have a lot to talk to…” my dad said, ignoring everyone else, and I noticed the Kings staring at each other not in a very kindly way, but they remained silent.

“Dad, I know there’s something wrong with the pack, Liam told me everything, I need to know what happened from the time when you got to the Royal Pack and so on” I said, and I noticed my mate still frowned and I held his hand to calm him down.

It seemed to have worked because he relaxed his face's expression.

“Alice, I’m sorry, I didn’t want to have this kind of conversation this way and right now. But I need to tell you something about you, your mother, something we did, and you probably won’t forgive me ever again, but I need to take this burden off my back and my heart”, my dad said, looking intently at me, making me very concerned.

“ OK, I’m listening.” I sat on the couch slowly with my dad holding my hands in reassurance.

“I met your mother outside the border of the Wolves Realm, next to the Wizard Realm. I always liked to walk around and even take Shadow out for a run outside the borders and I met her. That moment we knew we were mates. I asked her to introduce me to her parents then. You know how mates are when they find each other. They won’t be apart from each other ever again.

It is normal that one moves to another's place but she said her parents were killed and she was all by herself. I was about to take her away from there to the pack house when I noticed she was a Witch". He said, and I frowned and I stood up. What did he mean?

But I didn’t say anything. I crossed my arms and waited patiently for him to finish instead.

“I told her it was dangerous, her scent would get too much attention. You know how some wolves are with other species.

She cast a spell to cover her witch's scent and put a wolf's scent instead. She kept her duties as Luna. We never marked each other because of this matter, but could still get pregnant. We didn’t even know it was possible, it was a harsh pregnancy and after you were born, the next problem came. You used to flash a lot around the pack house, from my arms to the room, from the room to the kitchen and so on…your mother and I reached an Elder Elf and he taught us to block your witch powers to keep you safe, you didn't smell like a witch or wolf, it had another pleasantly, sweet and peculiar scent, I tried to tell you after you turned 18 but it never seemed like the right time, I felt like I was out of my head these last decades…” he continued saying about what exactly happened in the Royal Pack until the moment he got here with Elliot and the King Wizard.

Everyone was listening attentively to my dad.

I felt like my spirit left my body and came back and, for the first time, I was truly enraged, my dad noticed.

“Alice, I’m sorry! You’re a hybrid and now there’s a f****d up group after you” he said.

But I was still speechless. I sat on the couch again and Liam's eyes were now fixed on me.

He ran his fingers through my hair, he could feel my uneasiness.

Then the dreams I always had came rushing over my mind, when I was dreaming, that little girl, she was me, I was tied up, my witch side tied up, blocked.

“We’re badass, Alice, dad was trying to protect us” Hope said.

I stood up in a jolt, almost jumping.

“Goddess, this explains a lot of things, that’s why I always felt so incomplete, that’s why I dream about the same thing most of the nights ever since I was a child. I dreamt about a dark smoke trying to possess me. Then, an amethyst fire came out of nowhere, trying to protect me. Afterwards, I wave my hand and I make the dark smoke vanish into the air. When I was dreaming after I got caught, I saw a little girl tied up. That was me. My half witch side tied up, blocked…” everything makes sense now. I was enraged before, but the feeling of knowing who I am now just melted it all away. I wouldn’t fight my dad, I had just got his normal-self back and I’d treasure it.

I’m sure he was acting that way because of that drink from the royal pack. Besides, he insisted on telling me all of it himself.

I’d give him some credit for that. I was happy after spending so many years locked up. I was finally feeling like I could be close to him and be free.

I hugged my dad and I went back to my mate’s side.

“How can I unblock my powers?” I asked to anyone who could answer my question. I read a lot of Spell Books, I just needed to unblock my magic to practice and I was excited. I could help the Pack, the Dragons and fight whoever dares to hurt my loved ones.

“You have to complete the bond”. My dad replied and I blushed. I glared at Liam. I couldn’t read his expression.

“Liam…are you OK?” I asked him.

“Yes, my love” he simply said, sneaking a peek at me and his gaze found King Atlantes again “Atlantes, can we talk for a moment?” he asked.

Of course, King Atlantes was one of the Kings who attacked the dragons. How could I let it slip?

I am feeling so bad for Liam right now.

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Liam POV:

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Damn it, she was a hybrid. How is this even possible?

I always wanted to have a big family and after I found out my mate was a she-wolf, I was ready to accept the consequences that I wouldn't have an heir. I guess I can still wish for it.

When she talked about the amethyst fire and she had that same dream ever since she was a child, I felt goosebumps all over my body, she could feel me all this time.

My gaze was fixed on King Atlantes. I wouldn’t miss the chance to talk to him.

“Liam…are you OK?” my princess asked me.

“Yes, my love” I replied. “Atlantes, can we talk for a moment?”

He nodded and flashed us to his office in his castle.

“How come you’re alive and where were you all this time?” Atlantes asked me.

“We survived. I want to know why you and all the other realms attacked us that night.” I said bitterly. I had to know, the memories of that night still haunt me every day.

“Liam, I am truly glad you’re alive. Maybe now we have a chance against the Sixforce. We didn’t attack you simply because we wanted to. It was all the Sixforce of Crows doing. We didn’t know about it back then. They tricked us. The Witch that joined them is a long relative of mine and I trusted her.

She brought me some forged evidence, an attack plan signed by one of the dragons.

I’m truly sorry, we knew that dragons were peaceful, but the Sixforce managed to make all the Kings think that you'd attack us that night and we had to protect ourselves first. The Sixforce has contacts all over the Realms, they’re everywhere.

We still couldn’t find King Conri, that man was a usurper. They were around even before the war, they’re stronger now. We must do something” Atlantes said.

“We were never into fights and war. You know that. There was a reason the Goddess made us the strongest and it isn’t to use our powers to hurt anyone. I can’t help you, I don’t even know this group”, I lied. I'd heard of it but I wasn’t sure if they were real. No one had ever seen any of them before, it was more likely a legend to scare little children.

There's just no way I’m going to meddle in this. I turned my back and was about to teleport to the pack house when he cut me.

“I know, but think about it. They’re after a hybrid girl now and they know where she is. That’s why she got hurt today. It definitely was the Sixforce doing and they won’t give up until they get her. If it’s not for the Realms, you should try to consider it for her” he tried.

“I’ll take her with me and she will be safe, no need to worry”, that was my final word.

“Wait, I’ll take you there anyway” he touched me.

“Don’t think you’re safe wherever you are, they do it that way, they want you to think you’re safe, they do things to make you think it was someone else’s fault and when you aren’t expecting it, they take away the most important thing in your life” he said before flashing us into the pack house.

Those words couldn’t get out of my heart but I made my choice.

“Alice, I think you'd better come with me, you’ll be safer”, I told her.

Alice was seated on the couch and she stood up with a jolt.

“What? No way, I can’t just stay safe. I need to unblock my powers and fight, it’s the right thing to do” She talked back. I wasn’t expecting that at all.

“No way I’m letting you fight and get hurt”, I told her, and everybody else was just silently staring at us. She approached me and hugged me.

“So, can you help me? I want to start training properly” Goddess, she had me wrapped around her little finger.

“Fine, but only if you come with me to my place. I believe it’s all right with your dad about it?” I asked, looking at him.

“f**k” he cursed, “If that's what she wants, then it’s fine by me as long as she keeps in touch very often”, Randall stated, running his hand through his hair and Atlantes cut the tense moment.

“Alpha, I believe we can work together from now on. I’ll keep you in touch and I’ll let you know everything I have about this group. I would do it now. But it seems you've already stressed yourself enough for a day. You all should rest” Atlantes said, looking at everyone, ”and Alpha, if you ever need something, you can contact my second in command, so as you, Liam and Alice, it was a pleasure to meet you”, he finished and he held Alice's hand and kissed it. Alec was furious but I let it go, we probably wouldn’t need to see him again.

His second in command, Elliot, also said goodbye and did the same thing to Alice. My chest slightly growled. That was too much for me to take.

They flashed away and I was relieved.

“Dad, won’t the King wonder where you’ve been by tomorrow? I mean, you’re already here”, Alice asked him, smiling.

“We only get to see him while at the meeting. The next day we just leave and don’t need to talk to anybody else.” He replied to her.

“That’s weird”, she said.

“It was too much for a day, then, I’ll leave and get some rest at my house. It’s been a lot to take”, Henry said.

We all said goodbye, her dad went off to bed and I took Alice to her room. I was about to leave her room ever since her father was here and she held my hand.

“Where do you think you’re going?” she asked me.

I lifted her in my arms and she wrapped her legs around my waist and I kissed her like my life depended on it, she was my heaven.

I didn’t notice her room before in our heated moment. It was very beautiful and spacious, fit for a princess.

We laid together cuddling and she placed her head on my chest as I caressed her hair and my fingers ran by her soft skin until she fell asleep.

My thoughts were spinning around my head. I didn’t want her to run into a war. I was confused and concerned at that moment about all this situation. She was in danger and I had to protect her.