Forbidden Mate: Awakening

~LILY’S POV~

I saw Audrey marching to Tyler after the burst of magic she released. That was the only way I could define what she did now. Magic. Very dark magic.

I ran to her and pushed her to the ground, both of us landing beside one another.

“Bitch!” She gnarled at me and dragged me by the hair up, “I’ll kill both of you now!”

She wrapped her hand around my neck and long nails started growing out of hers, each digging into my neck as she carried me up slowly. I didn’t know where she got this strength from but it was frightening. Her eyes dripped with rage.

“Audrey!” Leo’s voice sounded.

“I don’t fucking care about your command! She’ll die here, right now!” Audrey shouted back without looking at him.

Tyler wanted to stand up again but one swoosh of her hand and he was blown back again. I could hear Theo darting towards us but Audrey blew the ball of energy to his gut again. I had not even seen Sonia in a while.

My airflow was slowly getting cut off as I garbled in her grasp.

She smiled wickedly as my face slowly turned white.”Die, die you godforsaken bitch.”

She tightened her grip and my heart stopped beating. But her eyes slowly opened wider as if she just remembered something, “You…you have the ring. The ring of Lythian…where is it?”

I couldn’t hear her muffled voice. I blinked and I could hear Adrian’s voice call my name. He was calling me. I’d seen him again, finally.

But my consciousness wasn’t cut short. A hand forcefully dragged Audrey’s hand from my neck making me land on my back on the hard ground filled with dried bones. I looked up and saw Audrey struggling from Leo’s grip. I felt she had the power to free herself but she didn’t.

Leo looked at me and with one last sly smile, he said, “We’ll meet again, little wolf.” Then I blinked and they were gone.

°°°°°°°

I felt someone tap on my cheek then I opened my eyes and saw it was Theo. “Lily? Oh, thank goodness. You’re awake.”

“Wh…” I looked around and only saw our people trying to take our injured ones into the van.

“You were out for about two minutes. Audrey and that guy and their minions are gone.”

“Au.. unt.. what about Aunt Belinda?”

“She’s with Sarah.” I staggered to get up and ran to the van. I immediately saw Sarah with Aunt Belinda inside.

Aunt Belinda’s eyes met mine and they got moist. I ran to hug her, “Aunt…. you’re okay.”

She pulled me closer to her even though her whole head was bandaged and I heard the groans escape her lips when I hugged her tighter.

“My child…”

I drew back and faced Sarah to hug her too. She wiped tears out her eyes. I turned back to aunt and held her hands, “I’m sorry it took so long to get you back, Aunt.. you must’ve gone through so much.”

She laughed brashly, “Nothing I haven’t passed through before, dear. I must have put you all through so much just to save my old ass. Thank you…”

“No, Aunt, don’t say that. I’d kill a thousand gods for you.”

“Yes, Aunt.” Sarah chipped in. “We still want your old ass around.”

We all laughed with tears in our eyes. She ran her hand through my hair and smiled at the both of us. I didn’t notice when Theo entered too, “You really are the force that’ll change our realm forever…” she said while looking at us one by one. “They can’t break me that easily, don’t worry. It’s just a head injury that’ll heal in a matter of days. I’ll be fine.”

“I can’t take chances with any of you again…Not after mom-” Theo held my hand before I finished my sentence.

Aunt Belinda noticed and asked, “What? What about your mom?”

Sarah smiled, “Nothing, Aunt. You should rest, okay? Same as you Lily. You can go to the other car to let some steam off. I’ll be with Aunt.” She gave me a reassuring smile and we hugged before I stepped out. Theo squeezed my shoulder before I went to sit inside the car in front. Dead bodies of vampires added to the dry bones that were already present and the foul smell of their blood hadn’t gotten accustomed to my nose yet.

I didn’t realise I sat down beside someone until I heard him clear his throat. I looked to my side and saw Tyler looking at me compassionately.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

“Are you…okay?”

I looked away, “I will be.”

The car started and we were already on the road and gone from that dreadful site.

“I’m glad you’re alive.”

That was the last sentence I heard before my eyes gave into the sleep that took over me.

••••••••••

I stood in the middle of a pile of dead bodies. Werewolves…Vampires…I didn’t know, but they were died.

As I tightly gripped the ancient journal to my chest as if it was my new born, fear coursed through me. This precious book held the secrets of our history, our present, and perhaps even our future. It was a treasure sought by many, and now it was mine. My father had given it to me and I swore to protect it with my life.

But my joy quickly turned to dread as Audrey, consumed by anger and desperation, appeared out of nowhere and lunged at me with a fierce intensity in her eyes. She understood the importance of the journal and was determined to take it for herself. In that moment, I saw a side of Audrey I had never seen before-a cold determination that terrified me. But it was mixed with something else I couldn’t describe.

In one swift motion, Audrey snatched the journal from my grasp, a wicked smile spreading across her face. She held it high, dangerously close to the flames of a torch she let out from her other palm. How was she able to harness all these dirty magic? I could feel the heat on my face as the fiery light reflected in her eyes.

“No!” I shouted desperately. I couldn’t let her destroy the journal. It held too many answers, too many secrets that could change a lot. I had to stop her, to reclaim what was rightfully ours.

But before I could react, Audrey joined Leo behind the trees and they swiftly retreated, vanishing into the shadows of the forest. A sinking feeling overwhelmed me as I realized they were escaping and taking the journal’s power and knowledge with them. I couldn’t allow them to get away, not when the stakes were so high.

But then as I was about to jump into a sprint, a huge hand dragged me into the floor.

“Lily…”

I sat up from the bed with beads of sweat trickling down my forehead. It was Sarah in front of me. I looked around. I was back in my room. Without saying anything I hugged her, tightly.