Chapter 54
Aiden's POV
“I didn’t realise how much paperwork one has to go through when you’re the Alpha” I said feeling exhausted after spending half a day reading through documents, approving them, amending them, and signing them, I’ve only been Alpha for one day but already I wanna scream.
“It gets better” dad said seeing the exasperated look on my face.
“I don’t see how it can” I said smiling back at him.
“How is mom doing?”
“She doesn’t have much time but at least she will be with us for a little while longer”
“I need to go see her”
“You should bring Scarlett with you; your mother wants to thank her personally”
I nodded, not wanting to look at him after what I did.
“I’ll leave you to get back to your paperwork, remember it doesn’t all have to be done in one day, to survive in this role you have to leave room for leisure whatever that is to you” he said closing the door, and I tried my best to get back in the groove of work, but I couldn’t, all I could do was think of Scarlett.
“Scar, what have I done?”
Evening came and I went to have dinner with my mother, I took the try of soup bowls from the kitchen and carried them to her room,
“Let me take those for you sir” Boitumelo said holding her hands out asking for the tray,
“It’s okay Boitumelo, I will take over tonight” I said offering her a smile, she nodded and left the room, I walked over to mom and put the tray on the bedside table.
“Oh, I’m so happy to see you Aiden” mom said with the biggest smile on her face, I smiled back and took a spoon and started feeding her the soup, we sat there making chit chat talking about my new Alpha duties and she laughed at how naïve I was, it was nice seeing her laugh again.
“Aiden, you should bring Scarlett next time, she is a bold one that one, I can tell she gives you strength, a mate like that is truly hard to find” she said looking pleased, I smiled and nodded back,
“you choose a great Luna” she said giving me an approving nod,
And suddenly a dreadful feeling gripped me from the pit of my stomach, I felt Scarlet slipping away, and my energy started to fade.
“What have I done?” I said feeling myself get dizzy.
“Aiden what’s wrong?” mom asked concerned.
“I will explain later, I have to go” I said sprinting out of the house, I needed to go faster, she was slipping away with every second that passed,
“I need to turn; this is not fast enough” I tried to turn but my cosmos was too weak.
“Reni if you don’t take over we are going to lose her”
“If I take over you might die Aiden, you are not strong enough”
“I don’t care, if I lose her I will die anyway!” I said willing him to take over, and I felt the adrenaline flooding into my body.
“Aaaaaaaaaghhhhh!” I screamed falling to the ground and feeling every bit of me doing its best to pull the energy from the cosmos but to no avail.
“It’s taking too long, and we are only halfway through the transformation, we need to take some energy from Scarlett’s cosmos, if we don’t we will not survive” Reni said his voice wheezing from exhaustion
“Take it, take what you need but make sure you don’t hurt her” a new burst of energy rushed in, and the transformation completed with minimum pain.
“I took enough to ensure that Xavier’s mark will be weak”
“What do you mean” I asked Reni
“His mark will disappear after a few days”
“But why? I don’t understand” I asked running as fast as I could towards Scarlett’s house.
“If he mattes Scarlett when her cosmos is at half strength his mark won’t be recognised by the moon”
“I must admit that, although I like the fact that if he marks her his mark won’t last, but I will never forgive him for touching her” as I ran I felt the exact moment Xavier matted with Scar, and it broke my heart, but Reni’s words brought me relief.
“I am going to kill him!” when I got to Scarlett’s house I saw Xavier sneaking out of the window and I felt steam ringing out of my ears, that asshole how dare he touch the future Luna? How dare he touch my mate?!"
“We need to scar his face so he can’t fool Scarlett anymore” Reni said with a growl
Xavier saw me and I willed him to follow me to the woods, we couldn’t do what we needed to do here, Scarlett has been through enough, we got to the heart of the woods and I released my hold on him and he turned growling at me, I need to do this man to man, wolf to wolf, I can’t let him claim that I used my Alpha powers in this battle, I need to win this fair and square for Scars sake, I will restore her honour.
“You might as well give up brother you cannot win this, Scarlett’s cosmos are aligned with mine now, not even your Alpha gene will save you this time”
“I have to admit, I was thrilled to have you back, I was happy for a minuet there, but after what you did tonight I can no longer call you brother and for Scarlett the future Luna I have to put an end to you”
“We’ll see who ends whom” Xavier said with a growl.
I pounced and my paw hit Xavier across the face, he fell and rolled down on the grass, he quickly got to his feet and ran towards me launching himself in the air with paws stretched out and claws protracted I met him in the air and aimed for his neck, he hit me in the nose and I got him in the eye, we reached the ground and he was crouched down gently wiping his eye with his paw, I took my chance and leaped trapping his head with my hind legs and sinking my claws in his sides protracting them longer and deeper, he cried out deeply and loudly, I slowly pulled them out, blood dripping from them, his breathing became deep and strained, I turned and dug my fangs in his neck ready to pull his carotid artery out.
“Reni, brother spare me, have mercy on your twin” his wolf pleaded.
“You lost that right when you went after my mate” Reni said sinking his fangs deeper digging deeper into his throat and he pulled his throat out and spit it out on the ground, I peered through his eyes and saw Xavier slowly shifting back to his human form his body pulsing gasping for breath, I changed back and sat with him while he breathed his last and I felt my connection with Scarlett renewed and our cosmos formed an eternal link. With Xavier gone our cosmos were no longer tethered to any other but our own.
