No Redemption (Completed book 6 of the Atonement Saga)

17

“YEARS!”

Ailm shouts making Desmond jump

“Why would you keep this a secret? We wouldn’t judge you but seriously you lied to us all this time”

“Leave him alone, he’s a big boy”

I sign dropping both of the boys hands, deacon chuckles shaking his head

“So what does this mean for all of you now? You think you are fated?”

Hope lunges forward

“Yes”

Both boys turn to look at me

“You think that? Seriously?”

“Yes! I told you I feel the bond! You don’t find any other men attractive, yet you found him attractive, he could feel the bond when he met me and so did I. When I touch him my blood warms in my veins everywhere we touch. He is ours! I know it sounds crazy but he is ours!”

I tell everyone, turning so I could see everyone’s faces, Ailm seems to ponder my words, purging her lips and looking between us

“I can see it”

“You can?”

Deacon asks

“Yeah, look at their aura, all of them match”

I turn and look to the boys

“See it’s meant to be! Don’t stop this! I want this, I want you both and you both want us”

“Ofcourse I want you, I would be dumb if I didn’t but what happens if my mate comes along and I hurt you”

“It won’t be meant to be, our bond will outshine any other, I know it and you know it. Please don’t throw our happiness away because of fear”

Both boys look to each other, they were clearly debating the pros and cons, making me crazy so I turn taking a breath to calm myself

“I need a minute to calm down, I’ll meet you both at home”

I sign to Desmond, he smiles nodding his head as I walk out.

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Desmond’s POV

I wonder is it possible? Is it truly truly possible that all this time we were fated mates yet the bond could not solidify until heartly was in the picture?

“I think it’s true”

Deek tells me, I look to my parents who were waiting for someone to talk

“How do we find out for sure? How do we know that it’s true because of his mate comes along and she gets hurt I won’t be able to forgive myself”

Mum sighs chewing her lip, then she pauses pulling her phone from her pocket and she presses the call button, it rings once before someone answers

“I need your help, can you get Carter and come here immediately”

“On the way”

Carly says back, hanging up the phone,

“They might know, they will understand and help in any way they can”

I awkwardly squeeze gavins hand, terrified of how they will react. My heart was racing the entire time, Realising very quickly that if this wasn’t true it would probably break my heart. It takes around 10 minutes before they suddenly appear.

Carter and Carly appear by our side making gavin jump with a screech, dad and Carter fall forward laughing at his big girly scream.

“f**k you could at least warn me!”

Gavin says holding his chest, I smirk at him squeezing his hand

“So what’s up?”

Carly asks, Carter nods towards my hand

“I’m guessing they finally figured it out”

“So it’s true they are fated?“

Mum asks, Carter nods

“Yeah all 3 of them, why did you not trust heartly, she could feel it?”

“Because I’m scared to hurt her, if it was just me and him it would be different but we didn’t know if it was true, what if his mate came along and he chose them over us”

Carter shakes his head

“They might come along but he won’t ever choose anyone but you both. He won’t even feel the bond when the Ailm marks appear. This is fate and deep down you both know it”

Gavin breaths a sigh of relief, falling to the floor he holds his head in his hands and he starts to sob, I drop beside him

“Hey hey what’s wrong?”

Dread fills my stomach, now he knows the truth he might not like it.

“I’m just so relieved, I just couldn’t imagine not being with you both”

He sobs, I grab his arms and I yank him against my chest and I hold him as he burries his head in the crook of my neck. Deek purrs in satisfaction as all the pain of the last 18 years slowly begins to dissolves.

“I missed you so much”

I tell him, he looks up at me, his big green eyes drill into my soul as I run my hand down his face

“I missed you too”

He whispers looking to my lips, licking my own as my mouth dries out, the s****l tension between us was like a current connecting us.

I move first, slamming my lips against his own, he groans kissing me back just as I’m hit in the chest by blinding pain. I fall back screaming as I hold my chest

“What the f**k are you ok?”

My eyes water as fear hits me through the bond

“Heartly, someone is hurting heartly”

I say it through gritted teeth, his eyes shoot up past me as he growls, getting to his feet he sprints out the door, dad and Carter follow after him as Carly grabs my head, I feel the swoosh of healing power as she touches me. Closing my eyes I take it, trying to calm myself.

As the pain subsides I get up and run outside, sniffing the air I try to catch her scent. But as I pick it up carly grabs my hand and suddenly I’m deep in the forest, I turn to Carly but she puts her fingers to her lips silencing me, and she tugs on her ear.

I close my eyes taking a breath, my stomach drops and rolls when I smell blood, her blood. Deek pushes forward as we pick up the trail of her scent, looking to the forest floor it was clear she had been dragged through the area.

I follow the scent in silence, deek was ready to rip whoever it was to pieces, going in all guns blazing but the reality is heartly was not hellhound yet, she was a Lycan witch and she could die.

As I walk I can hear sounds in the distance, closing my eyes I zero in on the sound

“You think you can come here and ruin our pack? Your deaf for f**k sake how are you ever going to lead us?”

“Maybe that’s enough, you said you wanted to prove the alpha was wrong you didn’t say you wanted to beat her up or assault her”

A man says, he sounded angry, my legs move faster trying to find them as the sound echoes around me

“I said she shouldn’t be Luna, she needs to step down and this is the only way to prove she’s useless”

Another male snaps back

“Stop it! Seriously I’m out you can’t do this your a f*****g animal”

The first responds, I hear a growl

“You either take part or I kill you!”

A woman snaps, my heart was racing as the sounds of them out of breath gets closer and closer, I could feel every kick and boot, everytime they hurt her. I could hear every thump as they pummelled her flesh. Feel the pain of the fabric of her clothes being ripped from her body.

“She’s not even conscious! Don’t do this, it's not right!”