Chapter 139
“Get Sawyer here now.” I seethed.
Leon didn’t hesitate. His eyes glazed over, and I knew it would be only a matter of minutes till my youngest brother arrived. How could I have done this to Grace? She had been content not having her Lycan. She hadn’t cared that she was blocked from it or bound. She had never known any different. She had finally started to truly trust me, and now I feared she never would again. I mean, why would she? She had already been put through hell, she didn’t need me putting her through more.
The worst part to me was that she had seemed to know that this wasn’t a good idea. I had been so sure that she was strong enough for this now, that I hadn’t even considered her fate being anything but fine!
“Grace,” I pleaded, as I placed my forehead on hers again. “I’m sorry, please come back to me. I need you to fight, my love, please fight and come back to
me.”
“She’s not dying,” Sandra rolled her eyes at me. “She’ll be fine. You just have to give her time.”
“She’s in pain!” I argued. “She doesn’t have time.”
“She has until 25 heartbeats a minute,” Sandra shot back. “Now, stop insulting me, it’s getting old. I do not wish to help you stupid werewolves again after this.”
“Does that mean you don’t want to live in the wilds?” I asked coldly.
“I can deal with werewolves,” She clarified, “I just no longer wish to help your kind. This has been excruciating.”
“My fiancé mate is lying here in excruciating pain, and you want to complain?” I felt my temper rise, and there was no Grace right now to calm me down.
“She will be free because of me!” Sandra shot back angrily, slamming down one of the jars she had.
“She has to be freed because of you!” I shouted.
“I will just take my leave then, Mr. Alpha King. I do not care to continue to be insulted. I gave more than you did today. What you paid me, does not even begin to cover what today cost me. So good day, and maybe the Moon goddess will grant you a second chance mate after this one perishes!”
Her words hit me like a truck, so hard that I actually stumbled backward like I had been hit.
“Rhys…” Leon let out a warning.
This witch had disappeared on us before. We searched for her everywhere I could send scouts, but it wasn’t until she came looking for us, that we had found her. Goddess, if she left, Grace wouldn’t survive. And I wouldn’t survive losing Grace. I knew that. And we had people counting on us.
“Wait!” I called after her. “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have lost my temper. It’s just hard to see the one you love in such a vulnerable spot.”
“Then you should have thought twice about insulting the woman who was helping her.” Sandra snapped, and then poof, she was gone again.
No, no, no, no! This couldn’t be happening! I ran to the door, but she hadn’t left through it.
“Find that witch!” I bellowed at the guards who were standing just outside.
They frantically scurried off, mindlinking everyone to look for Sandra.
“Hey, what’s going on?” Sawyer asked as he came running up the path with a slight limp.
“Get inside and help,” I begged him.
“Okay…” He frowned but did as I said.
I slammed the door behind us and ran back to Grace’s side. In just those couple of minutes, her breathing had become raspier, and she was taking shorter, shallow breaths.
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“What happened?” Sawyer asked, immediately opening his medical bag, and kneeling next to Leon who had guarded Grace in my moment of absence.
“You idiot brother was trying to free Grace’s Lycan and then offended the witch who was helping us.” Leon said through gritted teeth.
It was rare that he ever got mad at me, but I could tell he was fuming. But whatever he was feeling, I knew I was feeling 10 times worse.
Sawyer swung around and stared me, his mouth wide open in shock. “You did what?!”
“Yes, I know. I know. I did bad. And we can talk about it later, but right now, you have to save her!”
“Save her how?!” Sawyer asked in exasperation. “I don’t even know what happened!”
“She was given a dose of wolfsbane, silver and holly.” Leon filled him in all while still glaring at me.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
