Anaiah’s POV
‘Or someone,’ I jolt that the male voice in my head. It must be Amacus’. I try to block out his voice as it’s making my head pain. I try to open the portal once more but It’s in vain and I’m failing to breathe.
‘Fuck it, I’m breaking that door down, and stay close to me,’ He growls.
‘I can fight!’ I retort. He only scoffs and runs with full force to the door and it opens, I run after him, and Immediately more than a dozen rogues pounce on us. I kick one away with force while Edward grabs one that charged at him by the throat and snaps its neck. I’m not in the best position to fight as my headache worsens and my vision is blurry but I force myself to keep my eyes open. Assessing each rogue.
‘You don’t look fine,’ Edward mutters.
‘I think someone is using dark magic on me,’
‘What?!’ He hisses ‘ It’s the smoke, they are no wizards left,’
‘Oh there is so much you don’t know, Edward,’
Attack. I hear the voice of Amacus and the rogues jump at us at once. Edwards shifts in his large beast Lycan and scatters all the rogues away. He fights them effortlessly and I do my best to fend them off as well however, I can’t shift.
‘Chalo,’ I call but I’m met with silence. Are you kidding me now? I can feel her giving me strength though.
We are depleting the rogues but more are coming.
Stop.
They freeze as if someone pressed the pause button on the remote control. What the fuck? This is a powerful wizard involved.
‘Alpha Edward,’ A voice from the shadows speaks, and we turn to the voice. The man in the shadow is wearing a robe that covers his face and I can smell the stench of blood and death all the way here.
‘Amacus, in the flesh,’ I tease.
‘Of course, my dear, you have something of mine,’ He says and I squint my eyes in confusion. What does he mean by that? Did I take what was his?.
‘You were a child to remember this but you mistakenly took my magic and the only way to get it back is… Draining it out of you,’ He chuckles and a shiver goes down my spine.
‘I don’t like the sound of that so… I’ll pass,’ I shrug, and he sighs in exhaustion.
‘Alpha Edward, leave if you want to see your mate again,’ Amacus says sternly.
Edward shifts back into his human form and charges at the shadow but he’s stopped by the rogues.
‘Who the fuck are you?’ He growls.
‘The only man who can give you what you badly desire… We can make a deal, all you have to do is give her to me without a fuss but remember I will take her anyway,’ He says. My gaze trail to Edward, and our eyes meet for only a second.
‘Where is my mate?’ He demands.
‘First, the Lycan Queen,’
Edward is in turmoil, he has to choose between his mate, the missing part of him that he spent months looking for, or me, a stranger he just met days ago.
‘You want me to betray my Queen,’ His voice is a whisper.
‘You will miss the birth of your child. How long till the little Lycan starts to call another man Daddy,’ Amacus says. Could it be he knows where Caliana is or he just peaked through his mind? I read that some witches have a gift of telepathy.
‘You know where my mate is,’ Edward’s resolve is weakening. At this point I couldn’t stand straight or access my powers, if Edward decides to leave me here, there is no way I’d win the fight.
‘No, but I can locate them, it can take less than five minutes,’
I stagger a little and Edward holds me, ‘What did you do to her?’
‘A small spell to weaken her for a few minutes, she’s a pretty tough thing that one I tell you, that’s why we need to hurry. Do we have a deal or not?’
‘How long will she be in this state?’ He asks.
‘Five to ten minutes at best… still perfecting the spell, I’m afraid,’
‘Okay,’
‘So you’ll give her to me without a fight?’
Edward had Amacus’ attention now.
‘ I’m thinking, you are convincing me to betray my cousin, the king, and the whole Lycan community, do you know the consequences of that,’ He says and my heart grows disappointed that he is thinking about handing me over to him.
‘No one needs to know about our little deal and honestly, Anaiah won’t come back once she goes home with me,’ He shrugs, I struggle out of Edward’s grip but his grasp was strong. He pinches me in my side as if silently asking me to stay still, I only thrashed harsher.
‘He’s stalling,’ I finally hear Chalo’s voice ‘ He doesn’t want to betray us,’
‘How do you know that?’
‘I spoke to his inner Lycan. We need to gather all the strength and open a portal or we will lose, the Alpha is strong but he is outnumbered,’ She explains and I feel relieved.
‘I don’t make deals with men who hide their faces,’ Edward says, and slowly, Amacus approaches. He removes his cloak and I gasp, part of his jawline and ear are burnt but his eyes are a mesmerizing color with a hint of crimson in them.
‘Now do we have a deal,’ Edward nods and we gradually walk toward Amucus who has a satisfied smile on his lips. I feel a surge of strength rush through me just as my wolf screams’
‘Now!’ I create a portal that has the most powerful blinding light and makes the rogues present fall back. Amacus’ eyes widen and he extends his hand to us but I drag Edward with me and jump inside.
We are in the middle of the busy streets, cars honking and causing a traffic menace. Edward carries me bridal style and using his inhumane speed, takes me on the pedestrian lane. He smiles for the first time since I met him.
‘You weren’t kidding about having special abilities,’ I feel all energy escape my body and I fall to the ground.
