Chapter 57
Colt’s POV. F**k!
Julia goes flying across the room when Cass gets her hands on her. Julia hits a table and breaks it in the process.
“ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?”
Cass screams. “I’LL KILL YOU!”
Before I can move, Cass is already on Julia.
Julia-screaming- puts her hands up trying to shield herself as Cass slashes at her with her full claws
“Shit!” Dash screams.
I ignore what is happening inside of me and both Dash and I run towards the girls. I immediately pick up Cass from her waist, or at least I try. Always visit ALLMACWARE.com for more updates and novels.She uses so much force that I can’t get her away from Julia. Dash takes Julia by the hands and pulls her from under Cass.
Julia cries and holds her hands out with her arms slashed and bleeding.
Cass is not having it. She tries to get away from my grasp and almost does, getting close to Julia again
“I’LL KILL YOU. I’LL KILL YOU! DIIIIIE!” It is a screech.
“Cass!” I shout. “Cass stop!” I try my best to pull her back but she has lost it.
I wrap my arms tight around her and constrict her thrashing movements.
“Julia!” Dash shouts.
I look up and see him placing her on the floor. She is unresponsive.
“She’s not breathing!”
“What?!”
Dash puts his head on Julia’s chest. “There is no pulse! I think Cass used her power on her! Someone call the pack doctor!”
Some pack members rush out while he starts chest compressions. “Shit!”
I continue to hold Cass. She is not listening or thinking of what is happening. She has gone feral and is not going to be able to stop herself.
I hate what I have to do but I force myself. I put Cass in a headlock until she loses consciousness but the girl gives me a fight. My arms are clawed.
When Cass is out, I carefully lie her on the floor. “Watch her!” I yell at Miles who is shocked and Bryn who is franticly panicking, then run to help Dash.
I take over the compresses as Dash goes to give mouth-to-mouth.
“Shit! This is bad!”
“Breath!” Dash shouts at Julia’s motionless body.
After what seems like an eternity, the doctor finally arrives.
“Move! What happened!”
The pack doctor rushes in with his medic, bags in hand.
“She’s not breathing and doesn’t have a pulse!” We tell him and move aside for them to assess the situation.
“Give space!” The medical helper demands, moving people aside.
The doctor and medic start doing exactly what we have been doing. Then they stop and check for her vitals.
Everyone in the room holds their breath waiting.
“Nothing! Carter, give me a dose of adrenaline!”
The medic-named Carter-immediately starts rummaging through his bag.
As this is happening, I kneel down and take a moment to breathe. I am confused as to what is happening to me. My chest tightens with pain but it is not unbearable.
I look up and see the doctor stab a syringe directly into Julia’s chest.
Julia suddenly gasps and opens her eyes. She lifts up, looks around, and then suddenly her eyes close and she collapses again but the doctor holds her before she hits the ground. He puts an ear to her face and then nods. “She still breathes.” “She’s alive!”
“For now. Take her to the infirmary! We need to stabilize her.” A few members pick Julia up and take her away.
The doctor suddenly spots Cass on the floor and he panics. “What has happened to the Alpha!”
Dash and I immediately explain. He quickly checks on her and determines that she will be okay, then rushes out to attend to Julia.
I pick up Cass and turn to Dash. “Go tell Alpha Warrick what has happened.”
He immediately rushes out. I carry Cass to her room and as I do, I can feel it. The mate bond that was created has vanished. When Cass created the bond, when she marked me, since I didn’t mark her back it was weak and could be undone at any moment. That is what Julia did. When Julia bit me, she undid my bond with Cass and for a split second, I felt a bond with Julai, but not anymore. And I am sure I know why. Julia died. the moment she died, that bond that she had just created, disappeared which I am relieved about – but I do not wish for her to die.
I lay Cass on her bed and watch her. Her face is peaceful. No anger in sight.
Even if our bond broke, It does not change how I feel about her. I loved her even before the mate bond was created. So that has nothing to do with how I feel about her. I love this woman beyond belief.
“Explain to me what happened!” Warrick dashes in.
It takes me by surprise but I immediately do as he says.
“Mh…Julia needs to be dealt with.”
“Dealt with?”
“She can no longer stay here without Casseopea wanting to kill her.”
“So Cass will not be punished?” I ask feeling just a bit relieved.
“Of course, she will NOT be punished for doing what is instinct to her. And she is my daughter next in line to be Alpha. As I can kill whoever I want in my pack, so can she.”
Even though I am relieved, I don’t really know how to feel about that.
I look at her. “She needs to train that power of hers. It is dangerous.”
“With that…I agree.” He says.
He then stands in silence staring at Cass. For a few seconds, he just observes her and then he finally speaks.
“Would you give your life for hers?”
“Yes.” No hesitation in my voice but I am curious as to why he asks this question.
“I loved her mother in such a way. I never thought she would leave me but I supposed I drove her to it.
My vices…are more than even I can handle sometimes.”
Tomorrow get ready. We will be announcing our official attack on your brother.”
“What….what will happen to my pack?” I ask.
“That will be determined after Ezra is removed. If they decide to follow you, their true Alpha…” He looks back at me but he stands there thinking. “After mine, your pack is the biggest.” He mutters. “My one thought has always been to decimate your pack but…if I think clearly here….I realize how much more valuable you are as my daughter’s mate. Mated…you could join the packs. We would have an empire.” His eyes glimmer with such a shine. “I will announce this to Alpha Oliver. The part of the deal with him that regards my daughter is off. You are to be her mate.”
He immediately walks out after saying this.
This is what I wanted but I feel uneasy by this. My pack will merge with the Dark Fang Pack. The Blood River Pack will disappear…my father’s legacy. Am I truly willing to do this?
My mind analyzes this but there is no doubt in my heart that I would give up my very own life to be with this woman. To be with my Cass.
I lie next to her and this is when she opens her eyes.
She looks at me and smiles then her expression changes. She looks surprised. “What happened?! The last thing I remember was….Julia talking to you and then she…”
“Stop,” I tell her before she goes on a rampage trying to find Julia. “Let me explain what happened.” I caress her cheek and start explaining.
“So she did not die?”
“Yes, she did but was brought back.”
I can see conflicting feelings in her.
“And our bond is gone?”
I slowly nod. “But that can be easily remedied.”
“I know. But it pisses me off.
Who the hell does she think she is?!”
I can see her getting agitated again so I immediately try to distract her.
“Your father is telling Alpha Oliver right now that you and I are to be mated.”
She gasps. “He is?!”
My head moves up and down with vigor. “Yes. This all will end and all we have to deal with is Ezra.”sentimental man.”
“It is not sentiment…just business.”
A lie. The moment I saw my daughter for the first time, she looked just like her mother and I started feeling things. I haven’t felt anything in a long time. I tried to bury those feelings, feelings I do not even share with my own sons who I have seen grow and become men. I am a horrible father, I know this. But Cass…my Dahlia’s… Cassiopeia’s daughter…that was her real name. My Casseopea. Cass, instinctively, took her mother’s name and it suited her just fine. I want my daughter to be happy, despite everything that I stand for.
“So what you are saying is that an Alliance with me is not important to you?” Oliver speaks.
“Not at all what I am saying. There are other ways to keep an alliance-”
He puts a hand up, interrupting me.
“I am not to be taken for a fool, Alpha Warrick. I am getting the raw end of the stick as you Americans say.
“Bottom line is, you either become our ally or our enemy. Do you really wish to be our enemy?” I point out of my window towards the reforming camp. “Look out there. That is where your pack will end up. You do not have the manpower to go against us. Choose wisely.”
“Even the mightiest have fallen from their high horse one way or another.” Alpha Oliver’s expression changes to a smiling one. “But it would be suicide to go against you. Very well, our alliance stands.”
The way he just changed his mind It’s like a switch turned on which I am a bit unsettled about.
“I will retire. We’ll discuss more in the early morning as you have instructed.” He says.
I nod. “Yes. Our plans.”
He immediately leaves and I follow suit, making my way to my room thinking about today. I stop in front of Dahlia’s painting as I do every night.
“Soon…my dear. I will join you soon. I can feel it.” I whisper.
I have taken to talking to this painting since Cass got here. Usually, I speak about Cass herself. How I wish she could see what a willful woman our daughter has become. But tonight it feels different. I feel tired. Tired of a life without the love of my life. I do love both Lotus and Poppy but the bond that I shared with Dahlia, that was different. She was my one true love and always will be.
I stare at my beloved for a few more minutes and then make my way to my room.
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