Chapter 73

Avery's POV.

I turned into a crying mess in a matter of minutes, Xander held me tight trying to comfort me.

"It's okay Avery, everything would be alright...just calm down." He said as he carried me in his arms and headed to the bathroom.

He was vaguely aware of water pouring all over me but I continued to cry.

I can't take this anymore.

I'll kill those rascals, I'll kill them in every torturous way possible.

And Shannon!??

Shannon watched them kill the woman who'd raised her like her own daughter and she didn't say anything.

She couldn't stop them from killing her?

What's wrong with that girl?

What kind of heart does she possess?

I could strangle her to death right now, kill her in the cruelest way possible.

Xander scooped me in his arm and head towards the bed, dropped me and clothed me in some of my clothes that were there.

"Avery..." He called calmly and I looked at him with the faintest smile I could muster.

"Thank you Xander, thank you." I said and he smiled at me.

"You wanna talk about it?" He asked, sitting very close to me.

I nodded with a forced smile.

"Do you wish to rest? We can talk about everything once you rest well, the night is still young." He suggested and I nodded negatively.

"I want to talk about it." I assured him that I'm fine.

"Alright...go on."

"Erik and his mom had a hand in my mother's death." I confessed and he wowed.

"And the most painful part was that Shannon was present when they killed her." I added angrily and hot tears fell from my eyes.

"I always suspected Erik and his mom but Shannon!? I never expected her to be so mean and wicked. What kind of person is she?" Xander said and I smiled painfully.

"Yeah...I was equally surprised by everything...Shannon had become so evil to the extent that she watched her adopted mother get killed...that woman had loved her like her own Xander, she loved her and she watched her being killed cruelly. I'll never forgive her for this Xander, I'll never ever forgive her." I cried continuously.

When Erik told me about how they killed my mom, I was baffled and enraged.

"Why would they kill the Luna? I don't understand this shits...how could they kill her, our Luna was the most loveliest of all, she was a gentle peaceful soul." Xander asked suddenly.

I had asked the same question to Erik when he told me about my mother's death.

‘We never intended to kill her so early but she got to know that Shannon and I are mated and my mom did what he thought was best at that particular moment......and when we heard that she's on life support, I had to come and finish the job which was why I pushed you towards the life support and everything worked as planned and no one suspected us... It was the greatest plan for us and it worked quite well though mom had this feeling that you have become suspicious about us but it turns out you didn't... It was a master plan Avery... ’ He said with a laughter'

The herbs seem to make him laugh like crazy and it's highly annoying.

"Avery?" Xander called, shaking me out of my thoughts.

"They killed her because she got to know about their mating bound....I mean Shannon's and Erik's mating."

Xander stood up angrily pacing around like crazy.

"What's happening to our pack? Those people are bent on destroying us...we need to act fast Avery...they've hurt us more than enough, we can't allow it again." He said as he continued pacing around.

"I know Xander, I know. I have to do something about this whole shits soon and I can't tolerate Shannon. I can't imagine how I'll be able to tolerate her after whatever I heard about her." I muttered with a loud sighed.

"You need to tolerate her as much as possible, to get an enemy we need to befriend them. I know it's hard for you and believe me it's hard for me too but we don't have much of a choice...we don't have enough evidence to nail them down." He explained and I nodded.

"Do you know the funniest thing?"I asked with a bitter chuckle.

"What baby?" He asked giving me his attention again.

"My father's beta is under some spells casted on him by his wife and some of the pack elders are under the influence too." I added and his eyes almost bulged out of their socket.

"What!?"

"Yeah...Erik told me his mother used some manipulative charms on them which made them do get wills, though the charms aren't fully or always functional but it makes it easier for her to meddle with their minds always." I explained and Xander just stared in awe.

"This is bullshit! How did all these happen?" He asked, almost screaming.

"I don't know Xander...i fucking don't know." I answered with a shrugged shoulder.

"How do we know they're under her influence? Goddess! What about my uncle? Fuck!" He said in despair and dropped on the bed with anger.

"I still haven't figure it out yet Xander but I'm thinking that's probably the reason they never took he issue of those mysterious dead bodies found serious." I stated and his eyes widened in realization.

"This is fucking serious....i mean we're clearly in big trouble." He said, palming his face.

Yeah... We're in trouble but not for long.

I need to find a solution to this problem and I need to do it fast.

"How do we go about this...i mean this shits is scary babe...its very scary...we're dealing with a witch here and it's not just any witch....it's a scarlet witch, they're powerful especially those corrupted with dark powers or black magic, i hate witches ....." he said with contempt.

I understand his fear and I'm equally afraid too, they've eaten deep into the system.

They went as far as casting spells on my pack elders, they're the most prominent members of my pack.

I need to act fast before she does any more harm.

"We need to find a way to cure the elders and after that..we'll gather evidence against them......they're very dangerous and we can't joke with them." I explained and Xander nodded.

I never knew the seriousness of everything till now....

"Baby....."Xander called gently, taking my hand into his.

"We can do this.." He said when I looked at him.

"Everything would be fine baby...we'll take care of everything and I want you to promise me not to hide anything from me and always trust me." He added and I nodded and hugged him.

Sleep slowly claims me as I lay on his body.

I can never thank the moon goddess for blessing me with a mate like him.

Erik's POV.

I woke up with aches all over my body....just like the first time, I had just a vague memory of what transpired between me and Avery.

That's very unlike me, why does this always happen when I'm with her.

I intended to find out everything that happened so I picked my trousers and searched for the recording pen I had kept on.

With the help of the recording pen, I'll be able to hear all her moans and scream.

I searched vigorously but I couldn't find it.

Where is it?

I'm sure I had kept it on me before coming into her room...did it fall off on my way here?

No.... That's not possible, I had felt it in my pocket when I entered her room.

How did it disappear all of a sudden?

I stood up and began to search the room, as usual.... Avery was absent.

That recording pen must have fallen off while we were undressing.

The door opened and Leilani walked in.

I stood up abruptly immediately she entered, the main door was locked but she accessed the room through the adjoining door that joined hers and Avery's room.

She immediately turned around when she saw me and only then did I realize that I was naked.

She wore a very tight gown that exposed her curves.

My dick hardened immediately and I suddenly have the urge to fuck her.

"Come here." I ordered and she turned around and headed towards me with her head down.

"Kneel." I ordered and she looked at me with questioning eyes but she complied.

"Suck!" I ordered again and she gasped in surprise moving away from me.

"I said suck!"

"I'm sorry but I can't......you're the Luna's guest and I can't get involved with you like that sir." She said and I immediately remember Avery.

Fuck!

This is bad!

"I'm sorry....I'm just lost...please do not allow your Luna to hear of this.......I was lost." I apologized.

"It's fine beta Erik ...I'll leave now." She said quietly and left.