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I close my eyes and grab her little head and before I could say another word I snap it, breaking her neck and killing her in a silent instant.
The rogues around me gasp, clearly shocked by my choice as a started scream rings through the air, turning I see Zara’s mother as she clutches her heart, screaming in pain as she falls to her knees.
That’s the moment my heart shut off, that’s the moment I no longer belonged to the coven and that’s the moment I realised I had made the right decision
her face blew up in anger.
“HOW COULD YOU”
She screams at me, my eyes begin to water, not for the leader but for the child, even though it was the right thing to do it still hurt to take her life.
I drop my head in sorrow as the rogue catches my waist yanking me back into his arms and behind him protectively to my daughters side, that same zing spreads through us once again but by now I was to upset to realise he was actually trying to protect us.
“I’m keeping them both”
He shouts at the coven leader, I hold my daughter close but to my surprise she didn’t look scared, she looked calm and collected as she held onto the rogues shirt. I look at her confused
“Are you ok?”
I ask her, she nods grabbing his shirt tighter and resting her head on his back, his hand reaches round and he tentatively rubs her shoulders before he peers down at her smiling.
“Your safe with me little one”
She smiles up at him, I was shocked, confused, I had no idea how or why she was so comfortable with the man who had just threatened to kill her:
“Because he was never going to harm her, if you didn’t comply he would have killed you and the witch but not our daughter. She is Lycan, he doesn’t kill them unless he has to and he never had to kill our daughter and clearly she could sense that”
My husband Jacob tells me, but before I have a chance to answer the screeching from the coven leader got louder, Pulling my attention back to her as the rogue steps between us and her protectively
“I CURSE YOU! you choose WRONG! You Choose a nobody's child over the FUTURE LEADER OF THIS PACK AND COVEN! I curse you and your kin from now until the end of the earth, I curse every firstborn of every generation! They will all live with the pain you have chosen to give to me, in my name I curse you and your daughter! She will feel my pain as you stand back and watch, just like she will feel with her child, for every generation until the very end”
As she does that Olivia starts to scream, I turn grabbing her as she holds her ears, suddenly they start to bleed, she screams bloody murder as the rogue roars in anger, sending his men to kill her as he turns to me in a panic as I try to stop the bleeding.
I scoop her up, crying into her chest in shock,she cursed my baby and I had no idea how to help her, I had no idea what was going to happen to her but it was obvious she was in pain.
“Go with him”
“What other choice do I have”
I snap back at my husband as he hold her close to my chest as she screams in pain
“It will ease, but you need to let him in. I choose him for you as his mate chooses you”
I pause confused, I wish I could just see him so I could understand what he was saying and how he felt when he said it. It was always easy to read jacob but just hearing his voice and not seeing his face made it harder to understand his actual feelings.
“My feelings are fine, you will be with him now, he will look after you both. I love you arurora; I love Olivia too, please don’t let her forget it”
“Wait your leaving?”
“Yes, you feel safe with him, the link is closing because you know deep down he will look after you. Trust that feeling my love and know I’ll always be in your heart”
As he says the last word I feel a snap within my mind, a wall building in place of the link and suddenly it was me and me alone in my head.
I walk in silence trying to sooth Olivia as she cries in pain, the rogue alpha leads us away from the only home I’ve ever known and deep into the darkest part of the forest
When Olivia finally passes out in pain my heart slowly comes back down to its usual rythem, as it does I drop my head taking a breath in relief, I was elated that the walk to his camp was silent, nobody said a word until we reached the clearing by their home.
“Here we value family above all else, we do not kneel to witches, we attack local packs only to find those who are worthy of belonging to us. Together we have made a home here and now I invite you to be part of it. Infact your strength has shown me just what you will do for family, it almost brought me to my knees. Very few are brave enough to put family first so that’s why I ask you and your daughter, curse and all to be my Luna, our queen”
My body was numb as he talked, dropping to his knee’s with all the rest of the naked men who had been fighting.
“Where is your mate”
I whisper, unsure of what else to say. I would never be welcome at home again, I no longer had a home. They may have caused this but they were right about one thing, I would be selfish and save my daughter every single time. If that makes me a villain then maybe I belong here.
“Like yours she passed, I need a strong capable woman who will give me an heir, I need someone I can depend on to choose our kids over any other and in turn I will choose your daughter first, just like I would with my own”
As I look up at him I nod, he now wore a genuine smile on his face, it wasn’t scary or evil. It was just a man trying to replace the love he had for his mate.
“I will do this, but I need a healer for my daughter before we make it official”
He nods, standing up and he reaches for her cautiously. I freeze watching him then I give in. Passing her over.
“Follow me, the healer is this way”
And with that I give in, handing my life over to those who changed it forever.
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Olivia’s POV
12 years later..
I had lived in silence for 12 years now, my adoptive father never treated me any different to my other siblings, but others did. They all knew I was cursed, they all knew we didn’t know the full effects of it yet but either way my father expected my future mate to live with the fact and treat me no different to any other woman,
Today I would turn for the first time, today I would finally run through the trees with the pack. Today I was more than just me. I would be part of them like they were part of me. the main benefit being the mindlink we will share now we are a pack and finally connected as one.
Gideon waves at me from the doorway, I smile at him. He was one of the very few people who had never held back, he has always tried to communicate with me, he even made us a special language of our own using our hands. It’s how we communicate now and I know if I hadn’t had him, I would have been lost in this world of silence forever.
“Are you ready princess? Your feast is ready”
He tells me, moving his hands as he talks, I grin skipping towards him, my stomach was full of nervous energy. It wouldn’t be long now, soon the moon will be high in the sky and at that moment I will transition and hopefully find my mate.
“Are you excited?”
He asks me, I nod my head, linking arms with him.
“Careful, the last time you linked arms with me your father nearly broke it out of the socket”
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