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ZIYAH “She’s losing a lot of blood,” the surgeon said. Dr. Hastings was one of the best trauma surgeons on this side of the country. Luckily, he had been visiting his sister who lived in our pack. This was not the first surgery that I had overseen. I trained as a combat medic and have been brought into countless surgeries because of my experience as well as my healing magic. Unfortunately, not everything could be easily healed. This was one such instance. “Does she have any blood relatives here? Parents or siblings?” he asked me. “Not parents or siblings. She has a cousin that lives here. We can bring in her grandparents if that’ll help,” I told him quickly as I continued helping him to irrigate the wounds. I heard him curse underneath his breath when her blood pressure dropped down. ‘C’mon, Angel. You need to fight. Your mates need you. We all need you. Fight, sweetheart,’ I sent to her and flooded some love and strength into her as well. “Grandparents will have to do. I can t
GABRIEL I saw Angel being attacked both by Carl and by Lucy every time that my eyes closed. It made me feel like I was losing my damn mind. It was as if the universe was reminding me how poor of a mate I was that I could not even protect my other half. A warmth covered my hand, pulling my attention away from burning a hole in the ceiling. I had not even realized that anyone had walked into the room. Aunt Ziyah and Uncle Dante were standing beside the bed. “Any changes?” she asked quietly. About ten hours have passed since she got out of surgery. They said that she would wake up whenever her body and mind were ready to. Unfortunately, they could not tell us how long that might be. Hours, days, weeks, months, etc. Only time would tell. Well, I would like to tell time that it fucking sucked. “Not yet. I know that we need to be patient, but we’re really worried that there’s still been no change,” I admitted. What if she had gone through too much trauma lately? Not only did she have t
ANGEL I was waiting for someone to make the next move because I needed to play it safe for now. Rushing into a two-on-one fight was a really stupid move because it pushed the single fighter into a series of reaction instead of strategic action. Garrison and Deluca came at Athena from either side, attempting to distract me, thinking that I would only be able to focus on one. How in the hell was Garrison a warrior here? It was a laughable thought. I was certain that even Willow could best him. Deluca tapped into his wolf’s speed and rushed at me. He brandished a hunting knife that looked fairly sharp. It was serrated and would do a lot of damn damage if he was able to use it on me. I would prefer that not to happen. Athena whipped her body around when he got close enough, tossing him away like a fly being swatted. The silver chain burned as it was wrapped around Athena’s neck. She let out a warning growl, the only one that they would receive. Nobody could blame us for what would hap
GRANT I had no idea what to expect when we realized that the mindlink was a trap. We popped back to the hospital and rushed into the room. The scene had been a huge disaster. It looked like a warzone. There were broken machines, everything was thrown about, and there was blood smeared throughout the room. Athena, our amazing warrior wolf mate had fought for her life against two attackers and came out on top. Thank the Goddess that she was trained by Mama Faye and was a naturally gifted fighter. It made sense, knowing what Athena was. My brother and I felt like we failed her again. Had we been here then nothing like this would have happened. She would not have been harmed at all. Speaking of her being harmed, there was something that did not make sense. Nothing in the bond fluctuated. There had not been any signs of pain or fear, nothing to suggest that she was being attacked. Remo had also not been alerted. ‘Athena said that they had soundproofed the room so that the guards wouldn
ANGEL Athena pointed out a total of six people that she felt needed to be monitored because their reactions to what was being shared were suspicious. I made certain to share their faces with my mates after the pack meeting concluded. It seemed that my mates had also picked up on their reactions and promised that they would be watched. Sadly, we had no way to tell who all was either a part of this or willing to be. How many people were in this pack that were willing to betray it for the right price? How many people would destroy the peace that we had here? A part of me felt like this was all my fault. Josef sent Maxine here to learn everything she could about the pack and about me. Now, our pack was being threatened because of Josef’s obsession with me. While he was no longer here, he set the wheels in motion before he died. We had war a ‘It’s not your fault. Julio would’ve found out who you were even if Josef never found you. He still would’ve found out about the prophecy. Here’s
ATHENA Denton lived alone, but there was no telling if anyone else was there. That was precisely why we had to be quick and covert. We had everyone on standby just in case something went south. Hopefully, it would not, but we needed to be prepared. His house was in one of the outer subdivisions where many warriors lived. It was close to the barracks and training center. Luckily, it was dark outside. That was certainly a plus right now. Unfortunately, casting a cloak was not an ability that we had. However, our mates could manipulate the shadows to help cloak us. ‘Be safe, our warrior mate,’ Grant whispered through the open link between the three of us. ‘Definitely be safe or else we’ll just slaughter the fuckheads,’ Gabriel said with a smirk on his deliciously handsome face. ‘Same goes for you two as well.’ They kissed their marks and let the shadows take over. The door was locked, so a shadow went into the keyhole, effectively unlocking it. The door slowly swung open. We slipp
GRANTTonight brought a lot of new information to light and would take a moment to wrap my head around it all.First off, Athena was really fucking brutal. Nobody should fuck with her. Goddess, she was magnificent. There was something extremely sexy seeing her being an Avenging Angel like this. One thing that my wolf and I agreed on was that our mates were so fucking perfect.Secondly, Mama Faye and Athena had apparently both been warriors on the battlefield. It was really cool that they had known each other in that regard. Neither of them had given any of us the impression that they had known each other like that. It did not matter either way. I could definitely see warrior-like traits in them both though. Brutal was the both of them.Thirdly, it would appear that Athena had the ability to see inside of someone’s mind, according to Ghost. That was really cool. It was a damn good thing that I did not have anything to hide from my mate. My brother and I were open books for both of them.
ANGELHad I ever mentioned how epic my wolf was? Athena took charge and set things in motion that would give us the upper hand in all of this. I had to believe that we would all be okay in the end unless I wanted to break down yet again with fear of what could possibly lay ahead.Knowing that the Goddess Athena had created the blueprint of my Athena still blew my mind. She was a true warrior wolf. She had shared with me that this was the first life where she was able to have a family. There was only so much of life that one could live while fighting on the front lines. One thing that I knew with absolute certainty was that we would both appreciate each experience with our family and loved ones as they occurred. We would never take our lives for granted.“How’s it going?” I heard from behind me.I turned around and saw Jaxon. He was proudly supporting Sansa’s mark on his neck. Those two were absolutely perfect for each other. They certainly had a great future ahead of them. I would be f