Chapter 77
“How far is Venice from Iceland?” I whispered in Aiden’s ear as we sat in the back seat of a heavily tinted SUV
“Pretty far”
“Then why are we in a car and not on the plane?”
“I don’t know” he took a deep breath; I could see the frustration on his face
“We are not in Venice are we?” he took my hand and shook his head
“No, we are not”
“Did the pilot…?”
“No” he interrupted, and looked behind us at the car that Xavier and the princess where traveling in “I think someone else intervened” I nodded knowing exactly what he meant
“What are we going to do?”
“I’ll think of something” he kissed the back of my hand “don’t worry about it”
“Do you have a plan?” he shook his head
“Not yet” he answered, I nodded and looked out the window taking deep breaths trying to calm my nerves
What does she want, why is she so chummy with Xavier now, what the hell is going on? Question after question unanswered raced in and out of my head as we sat in silence watching the trees go by
The car came to a stop at an all too familiar private airfield, we descended from the SUV on the tarmac and three choppers were waiting for us
“Get in” princess Aurora barked, impatience radiating in her tone, she and Xavier got in one chopper, her security escorted us in the second, and I watched as they got into the last chopper, one by one they all took off
I took Aiden's hand and held on tight “Aid, I’m sacred” he offered me a reassuring smile
“Don’t be, I won’t let anything happen to my family”
“We don’t know what they have planned, what the hell is going on?” I hissed feeling the emotions taking me over
“Remember what I promised you” he squeezed my hand “trust me, I will keep you and our son safe”
“Son? You think it’s a boy?”
“Yes, the future Alpha is growing in your belly right now” he smiled and caressed my stomach, I cupped his cheek and kissed him believing each word he spoke with everything I had, swearing on my life and on my children’s lives that his promise will come true
The chopper approached the palace, and I took Aiden’s hand, a million questions running through my mind ‘what do they want, why did Xavier call them, is he going to make them force me to give him my babies? Oh my god what if that’s why he called them?
I looked at Aiden and a set of new questions filled my mind, should I tell him that I’m having twins, what will he do when he finds out, will he send one away like his father did or will he keep the law and kill the weaker one?
“Hey” he looked at me with a smile, but his face looked concerned “you’re shaking” he cupped my cheek and the tears started to fall “were gonna be fine” I rested my head on his shoulder sobbing uncontrollably “trust me Scar, I’ve got you, look at me!” he held my face in his hands “we’ve got this” his beautiful green eyes reassuring me “you hear me” he kissed me slowly and passionately
His kiss told me that he loved me and that my home was with him forever and always, the song his lips sang said that our strength lies in each other and when I’m weak he’ll be strong and when he’s weak I’ll be his strength “do you trust me?” he whispered
“I trust you”
The chopper landed and the guards escorted us inside, “ouch” Aiden groaned
“Sorry” I whispered loosening the strong grip I had on his hand
“Aiden what a lovely surprise” the queen put down her drink and walked towards us, Aiden and I looked at each other with a million questions plastered on our faces “come sit” she said gesturing us to the table after kissing us both on either side of the cheek
One of the two guards that were with us pulled the chair that I was sitting on the last time I met the king and queen out for me “no thanks, I think I’ll sit over here” I walked to the seat on the opposite side, Aiden chuckled and ran to pull the seat out for me
“Great choice” the king said as he walked in knowing exactly why I couldn't sit on that chair again “that will be all” he said to the guards and the guards all walked out of the dining room, he walked over to us and shook Aiden's hand and kissed me on the cheek “to what do we owe this pleasure?” he asked taking Aidens place and pushing my chair in, and taking his seat at the head of the table
“You tell us” Aiden said taking the seat next to me, the king looked at the queen and then back at us and they looked at each other and shrugged, a look of confusion on both sides
“What the hell” I mouthed discreetly to Aiden, he shook his head back at me and cleared his throat
“We were thinking you would tell us why we are here”
“We can clear all this up in a jiffy” Xavier chimed in as he walked in the door, with princess Aurora close behind him
The king stood up and looked at Aiden and at Xavier “this is an abomination!” he boomed knocking his chair to the ground
“Yes indeed, but that unfortunately your highness is not the worst of it” the tall lanky skinny looking old man that I saw the last time I was here walked in behind the princess with papers in his hands and he handed them to the king
The king covered his mouth as he read and slowly sat down, my heart started beating faster and I bit my lip and swallowed, ‘what is it? Tell us, say it, say it’ the words rang in my head, but the king said nothing, he walked over to the queen and handed her the papers, and soon the same expression of shock and disbelief took over her hospitably smiling face
I looked at Xavier and the look on his face said quite plainly “I got you” I turned and looked at the princess and the expression on her face said “check mate”
I took a deep breath and ran my fingers through my golden-brown hair brushing it back, taking a moment to scratch my head nervously as I waited for the big reveal ‘what do you know, what is on that piece of paper, what is it, what, what, what, what?’
“You’re having twins?” the queen said under her breath, Aiden’s eyes shot up at me and I stopped breathing and my lungs stopped functioning
The man who came with the papers slid a polaroid picture over to Aiden and I immediately knew what it was, I felt the floor cave in from under me, and my head started spinning
“You took him from me and now I’m taking him from you” princess Aurora mind linked me with a smirk on her face
Aiden picked it up and looked at it, taking it in for a moment before looking at me “Scar, what is this, are we having twins?”
“Aid, I can explain”
“I’m listening” the world around us seemed to disappear as he said the words
“I think I’m gonna throw up”
“Really?”
“Where is the bathroom?” I looked at the queen, she pointed to the left and I ran, I got to it and knelt over the bowl, my body started shaking and sweating as I poured my stomach out
I was exhausted thank the goddess that the dry heaving seized, I splashed some cold water on my face and breathed heavily looking at myself in the mirror
Knock, knock, knock came from the door “Scar, are you alright?” Aiden's sweet voice called from behind the door
“I’ll be right out”
“Okay, take your time, I’m just a little worried”
“I’m fine, I promise”
“Okay, I’ll be just outside the door if you need me”
“Okay” he is so sweet, he fills my heart with joy, I love the way he loves me, he is so incredible
I spent twenty minutes gathering myself and sorting my thoughts in the bathroom before I opened the door
“Took you long enough” Aiden groaned as I opened the door “are you okay?” I nodded, he moved in to kiss me and I turned offering him my cheek, he chuckled and gave me a soft long pat on the cheek
“Stop, I’m gross”
“Never” I giggled in response
“You’re sure; you’re okay?” he makes me smile
“Yes”
“Are you hungry”
“No, I can’t eat anything right now”
“Okay, but I’m going to try and find something for you to eat anyway” I chuckled, he is so unreasonable
“Okay Mr Braveheart if you insist” he gave me a quick pat on the lips catching me by surprise and ran off
“No, Aid I just threw up” I yelled after him as I giggled feeling deeply loved
I walked over to the dining room, as I reached the dimly lit hallway I slowed down listening to the voices from within
“No Ephraim, you can’t do that” the queens voice echoed
“What other choice do we have? If we don’t keep the law everything will fall to anarchy”
“She’s just a child”
“She is the Luna of the Lethu pack, she’ll understand” princess Aurora said smugly
“Aurora, think about what you’re saying, do you think that if you and Jade were twins I would have given any of you up?” the queen said in disbelief
“Aurora is right, as Luna she will understand” the king boomed
“Luna or not she is a mother first” the queen barked
“What does that have to do with anything, the pack comes first, if she is Aiden's true mate a true Luna, she will do this for her pack” said princess Aurora boldly
“Do what you want, but I’ll take no part in it, but before I go I want you to think about what you’re going to ask that poor girl to do, she will give birth to two babies and as soon as she does you will rip one of them away from her and then what?”
“Tell her it’s dead of course” the king said as a matter of fact
“And then what Ephraim, what are going to do with the baby?”
“Kill it of course” Aurora’s voice chirped through the corridors making me stop dead in my tracks
‘What? Oh my god, they are going to kill my baby’ I turned around and tiptoes back towards the bathroom
“Yes, oh and some cheese please” Aiden's voice came from the kitchen, I opened the bathroom door and walked in, or what I thought was the bathroom door, this room was different, it was the Alphas office from what I could tell, with the brown leather couch and mahogany table and tons of stacked bookshelves lining the walls, the sun illuminated from a window to right and I closed the door gently behind me, not making a sound
I opened the window and climbed out, I slowly descended down the side of the palace when I got to the bottom I called my wolf
“Arya, get me as far away from this hellhole as wolfly possible” she took over and ran for dear life, in my human form I could only get to the foot of the palace because of the sloped terrain, but in my wolf form the mountains and valleys were a breeze
She ran down until she reached a neighbouring village, I switched back and stole blue jeans, sneakers, and a man’s white dress shirt from the line as they dried outside, I was careful to stick to the woods avoiding the main road
“Reni must be worried” my wolf whimpered
“I know, but it’s for the best, we need to protect the pups, you heard what the princess said, if we see them again it’s game over” she nodded, and we kept going
“Aid, please forgive me, please understand that I had to leave you, that I had to do this, our love was great, and it was quite magical" I smiled to myself “but I need to protect them more than I need to love you"
The End
