Secrets of Heat to Innocence

Chapter 26

Leona

Just because I did not show it, I was sensitive to the pain that the Spane family was going through. There was no doubt that feeling of betrayal had to be cutting them deeply. For that reason alone, I would not allow Fenris to take the life of his son. Even though that was the werewolf way that was not my way.  I would take Stephen's life and in exchange, I will ask him to take Percivus life. As we were getting prepared, we heard the powerful howl of a wolf, followed by the war cry of a fairy, I was fairly certain that it came from Carmen or one of the members of her family. I was also very sure that this was not a good thing. I raced to the door and shifted to my wolf, I immediately picked up Carmen's scent. Within minutes, we were at the huge double doors of the castle that was left open.

I felt my hair stand on end. It was much too quiet.  I did not see or hear any sign of my sister, Silas or Malcom. I steeled my nerves. The one think about being a vampire hybrid, I could easily scent blood and I could clearly scent Malcolm blood at this moment. I signaled everyone to follow me. When I got to Malcolm's room, I heard a soft voice and slowly opened the door. When Fenris and Paul rushed in. Before I could react, I saw a tawny flash go past me and she stood immediately in front of Malcolm protectively hissing at us. When she recognized me, she relaxed slightly.

"What happened?" I asked as I took in the surroundings. It was obviously a battle and Malcolm was injured. Elena remained silent as she was giving menacing looks to Fenris and Paul. "I don't have time for long introductions. Elena "This is Fenris and Paul. Carmen's adoptive family." Elena eyes grew round and nodded slightly at them. " Stephen took Madeline hostage with the help of Percivus. They left with the Silver Moon Pack." She said, "Carmen went after them..." Fenris let out a roar "You allowed my daughter to go out alone and pregnant after someone as dangerous as the Silver Moon Pack?" He glared at her

"I would never allow MY daughter to go out alone. Her father and three brothers are with her." Elena spat out. I looked down at Malcom "How is he?" I asked "He got hit with a powerful spell that has been broken, it is going to take a while before he regains his strength though" I sniffed the air and picked up the scent of humans, "Was  any humans with them?" I asked " I did not see any, but I have been picking up their scent." I did not like this at all.  This was getting more dangerous by the second.

  "Paul, I want you to bring your entire pack to protect the castle. I want Breonna and Enza inside with the rest of the ladies. You should be able to link with Silas. He and my sister need to get back here where they will be safest. My pack will be going into battle with us. " You are sensing something aren't you?" Fenris asked me. I chose not to answer the question, "Lets just hope everything will turn out fine."

Pauline

I could not even look at my own daughter. I understood that she was in danger, but not once did she tell us any of this. It was making me think that she was hiding even more from us.  She had a pack link at her disposal, as soon as she got to werewolf territory, she could have called for help.

 To make matters worse, I could not stop seeing the hurt in Carmen's eyes. She had trusted me and I had let her down. I dismissed her as being hormonal. As a woman, I knew how hurtful that it was when my feelings were dismissed and hormones were blamed instead. I told her that she could always trust me with all of her heart. She loved me as her mother and I know that I love her as my daughter. I felt like an absolute failure.

I could not see my own daughter had been sold away as a s*x slave for the humans. I did not know where her loyalties lied. Was she werewolf or had she dismissed her heritage and decided to live her life as a human? My eyes burned into her. 

I don't know what had gotten into me, but I walked over to her and grabbed her hair and yanked it roughly to see her marking spot that was untouched. "Are you untouched or have you given yourself to humans?" I sneered at her. She looked me in they eye "By the wisdom of the Moon Goddess,  no man, human or werewolf has taken my virginity." She said.  "Who are you?" I asked her not breaking our eye contact "I am Cheryl Spane, your daughter and Fenris. I am a werewolf." I saw a twinkle of pride when she stated that she was a werewolf.

"Why did Stephen turn his back on us?" I asked her.  I watched her sigh, " At first, he didn't. When we first got to the human village. He always made sure we shifted daily so we would not get sore if we had to shift. We were always together, planning things to do back home. One day we were at the pub and one of the largest guys in the club started a fight with him. The man did not realize that Stephen was a werewolf and  Stephen beat him quickly. After that day, women would flock to him. The house would fill with human women and he would make his way through them all. He loved it. Whenever someone needed a human killed or harmed, he was the man to go to and he made a lot of money. By the time the werewolf hunters found us, he had made a name for himself for violence and cruelty and he loved it. Stephen owns countless cars, property, women in the human village and he will never give that up" She told me. 

I looked her in the eye again, "So that life did not appeal to you?" I asked her. "Well, it was a life I did not understand. I was in the human world hoping to find my mate. It did not occur to me that things were so different until Stephen had decided to sell me to werewolf hunters. From that time, I just wanted to live my real life and get away from the evil person Stephen had become."

I was thinking over everything that she had said and I believed her. I was about to take a seat when Paul came barging in the door. "Everyone come with me, there is no time to waste."