Chapter 67: Chapter 67

Tears started to run down my eyes. Galaxy was staring in my direction. When I nodded my head slowly while wiping my tears, she stated in a little loud and teary voice, "Milady! Do something please."

My eyes were fixed on Ben's body. When suddenly a thought hit my mind, "I do have some powers to control the time. Not only can I pause the time or make it faster but also I can just go to the past and if I can take back Ben with me or if I have witnessed the situation in my own eyes. There is a chance to save his life unlike the other members of the pack. I didn't witness their deaths but here Ben's situation is different."

Immediately my face lit up in anticipation.

Galaxy didn't notice the dramatic change in my expression. I answered back in an excited tone, "Galaxy, there is a way to save him. I guess I can just stop him from touching the poisonous silver-coated gate by returning in the past."

Galaxy looked at me in her teary and confused eyes. It was clear that she didn't manage to understand anything from my words. While wiping her tears, Galaxy murmured in her low and choked voice, "Do anything Milady. Just bring him back. I can't feel my mate bond or his heartbeat Milady.- I can't-"

"Calm down Galaxy. Just breath," I replied in the brief while my eyes were fixed on Ben's face. I knelt in front of him. Then taking both of Galaxy and Ben's hands-on mine, I continued in my low tone, "Oh... We have very little time. We can't make any more mistakes this time."

Galaxy was staring at my face with her teary eyes and blank expression. In response, she just nodded her head in agreement.

I closed my eyes and started gathering all my energy. A warm feeling started to warm my heart. When I felt that I collected enough energy for controlling the time and pushing it backward. I only needed to collect a little amount of energy to go 20minutes backward. It was not that hard. Collecting sufficient energy within a few seconds, I transferred them towards our hands from the heart. With a warm feeling, a bright purple light reflected from our hands and immediately a bright purple light blinded both of them. Galaxy couldn't bear the brightness of the light and closed her eyes but it was nothing for me. I saw all the incidents of the last 20 minutes as if someone reminded the incidents in front of my eyes and I was witnessing them. I could see everything Galaxy ran towards the direction of Ben then he fell on the ground, how he touched the gate and tried to open everything, flashed in front of my eyes like a movie, playing on a purple bright screen. But that light started to fade within a minute. When the purple light disappeared, I found myself standing next to Galaxy little far away from Ben who was standing exactly in front of the gate. Galaxy was staring at him as he already raised one of his hands to check the lock of the gate. I immediately shouted in a panicked tone, "Ben, wait. Don't touch the lock."

"Yes, Milady?" Ben asked in a surprised tone, then after a little pause he continued again, "Why? Are you ok? Didn't you just say yes?".

From his tone, it was clear that he was shocked to see my sudden change of expression. Galaxy also looked at me with a quizzical expression. Taking hasty steps towards Ben's direction, I ordered, "Move from there. Let me try."

"But Milady, if there will be any kind of trap then? Better let me try first," Ben immediately replied, taking a small step back from the door and looking at me.

I already reached near him. Looking up I replied, "You go and stand next to Galaxy. Don't waste time talking." Ben didn't reply anymore nodding his head obediently he stood next to Galaxy who was looking confused too. Galaxy and Ben both didn't remember anything about the alternative future that they faced just a few minutes ago. That was good for them though.

Turning my head when I saw both of them standing a safe distance away from me, I stood in front of the gate then raising both of my hands I started moving them in a circular motion and in a blink of an eye, a hot bright red fireball appeared in the middle of my both hands. I immediately threw it towards the direction of the gate. But before the fireball could touch the gate it collided with an invincible wall and immediately a thin blue wall appeared in front of us. But it was too thin and didn't manage to stand in front of my energy. Within a second a crack started to form on the thin glass-like blue wall and in front of my eyes, it broke into pieces, and the thin pieces of blue glass scattered on the ground in front of me. I instinctively took a step back.

Both Ben and Galaxy were too surprised to talk during the whole time. They were silently watching my actions. With another fireball I broke the lock of the gate, turning the huge iron lock into liquid metal. Then turning my head towards them, I spoke in a low tone, "Let's go inside. Listen, we have very little time and all our soldiers are drugged so try to wake them as fast as possible."

Ben immediately replied, " Yes Milady."

They already started walking towards my direction when I spoke again in a warning tone, remembering something important, " Careful, Don't touch the pieces of that wall not even by mistake. It is poisonous."

Galaxy asked in a confused tone, "How did you get to know about the wall, Milady?"

My eyes instinctively shifted towards the ground on the broken pieces of the wall. Those pieces turned into a thick blue liquid. I replied after a little pause, " Umm I just guessed that there can be something like this, nothing else." Then flashing a beautiful smile towards both of them I pushed the gate. I was happy that both of them were fine. The crying face of Galaxy made my heartache in sorrow. Losing your mate even before you have got the chance to know him properly is unbearably painful.

With a loud mechanical tone, the door of the dungeons gave me the way to enter inside. It was too dark to see but my eyes immediately found her mate. My heart skipped beats seeing all the bruises and bloody cut marks all over his body and started whining in pain. I immediately ran towards the direction of the chiseled almost half-naked man tied at the corner of the dungeon room.

Yes, my eyes didn't make any mistakes. It was none other than Xander. His both hands and legs were tied by two silver chains and his head was hanging looking towards the ground as if he was sleeping like that. Immediately I ran in his direction and started calling his name while touching his cheeks as gently as possible, as I didn't want to hurt him. Though my heart was pounding rapidly seeing my mate after such a long period, I was really glad that he was alive and alright, but those bloody marks all over his body made me so angry that my eyes started burning and glowing like fire. I could feel how much all of them were tortured by the people of Cyrus. Xander didn't respond for the first few times but after calling his name numerous times, despite his unconscious state, he started moving and when I touched his heart with my hand, he started moving.

It was clear that his consciousness was returning. Immediately I started to untie the silver chains so that I could manage to set him free. Those red marks on his both wrists caused by those silver chains were visible even in the darkness. On the other side, Galaxy and Ben were almost done uniting the other soldiers of us. Though they were all unconscious somehow their drug was less powerful than Xander and they were not tied by any silver rope but by ordinary iron chains. So for them, it was not that hard like me. I was kind of struggling with those huge and heavy chains but when I saw that Xander started responding to my call and his bruises, my strength doubled and with a swift motion I untied him. Leaning him against my body, I gently helped him to sit on the ground then with some hand movements and using my water power, I created a little amount of water on my hand and sprinkled it on his face, and immediately his eyelids started moving. After squinting his eyes several times, he slowly looked in my direction with a surprised expression. Baths were red and all over his face was covered with bruises as if he was bitten by something very heavy and there was a run around-shaped body mark of cut on his forehead also. I was surprised and worried at the same time seeing his wounds. He is the strongest werewolf of the whole underworld so his wounds just took a second to heal. Then why were there so many wounds? Why didn't he heal?

These two questions darkened my expression. But my attention shifted to Xander again when I heard his low and weak whispers.

In a very weak tone, Xander mumbled, "Am I Dreaming again? Where are you? I am missing you. I hope I will get a chance to meet you before my death."

Xander's words in his weak voice hit my heart directly as if someone stabbed my heart with a sharp knife. My tears which I was holding for such a long period started to flow, blurring my vision and within a few seconds, my cheeks started to get wet with my drops of tears. Even the thought of my mate's death made my heart whine in pain. Wiping my tears with one hand I leaned forward towards the direction of Xander, so near that our lips were only inches away from each other I whispered in my low and teary voice, "Xander, You are not dreaming. I have come to save you from here." Then without waiting for a second I crashed my lips against his warm and dry lips.

His warm lips were slightly trembling for some reason, maybe because he was too weak.

An ironic taste of blood filled my mouth along with the sweet taste of Xander's lips which was very familiar to me but at that moment I felt that I had got everything I ever wanted out of my life. Pinning him against the cold and smooth stone wall of the Dungeon room I was desperately sucking his lips which were covered with his dried drops of blood but within a few seconds, his dry and rough lips started to become wet in my saliva. I almost sucked all his blood while kissing him hungrily. our breathing was very heavy. I was so emotional at that moment I even forgot about the other people around us. I felt under my kiss, Xander's lips curled up in a small smirk. Then he wrapped one of his hands around my waist and pulled me on his laps

Fire lives with his kiss. He has a way of melting every part of my body. Still, now even his small pecks give me goosebumps.

He also started responding to my kiss. He grabbed me by the throat but didn't try too hard to choke me. He pulled me so close to his body that there was barely any space between us. Then just kissed me so deep that I forgot whose air I was breathing, but in this whole process, Xander started to regain his energy as while kissing I was transforming my energy so that Xander could regain some of his strength. My kiss worked magically the warm energy that was boiling inside my heart, I sent a huge part of it to Xander via that kiss. His kiss told me all the unspoken words of him. I can't remember how long we were sucking each others' lips as if our mission was to suck each other dry, but when I heard the sound of Ben's clearing his throat, our lips separated from each other but the sweet taste was still lingering on my lips. With a dazed expression, I looked up at Xander's eyes and found that he was also staring at me with his usual mysterious and extremely charming smirk.

"I love you, Xander. I was so worried for you. I am really happy that you are alright," I mumbled, fixing my eyes on his eyes. His eyes were not burning anymore. It returned to its usual sapphire color which made me believe that the effect of the drug disappeared.

Placing one hand on my cheek and while rubbing his thumb against my cheek, he replied in his low yet husky tone, "I love you too. But you shouldn't risk yourself and come here for me. This palace is death itself."

"I know Xander. But I can't just sit at my home when you are in danger. Remember, I am your Luna. Now let me prove that I am worthy of it," I replied immediately while hugging him tightly wrapping my both hands around his neck. I hid my face in the crook of his neck and immediately his lavender smell hit my nostrils.

Xander chuckled softly hearing my reply, then while patting the back of my head very affectionately, he mumbled again in his honeyed tone, "Gullible girl. Gosh, why are you so cute Hazel!"

Then in a swift motion, Xander stood up while carrying me in bridal style and continued again, "Let's return to home then, my princess. This boring place is not at all a romantic destination for a couple like us."

"Ehhh! Put me down. Xander, you are still weak. Put me down right now," I reacted in a worried tone but he didn't bother to pay any attention to me at all, instead, he continued, looking in Ben's direction, "It is good to see you here Ben and Galaxy. How are others doing? Are they ok or still under the spell of drugs?"

Both Galaxy and Ben bowed in a very respectful manner along with them, joining our other pack members who were lying on the ground bowed in front of Xander. There were almost 12 or 14 soldiers in the dungeon room. All of them were covered with bruises like Xander and were half-naked. It was clear from their state that they were beaten brutally.

Ben replied in a respective tone, "Yes my lord. Most of them are ok. Some are still weak and the wounds are still not healing but I guess we should leave now instead of waiting here anymore. The time of the blood moon is near."

"Hmmm," Xander replied briefly while nodding his head positively. Then after a little pause, he asked in a worried tone, "You all have planned a returning plan right?"

"Yes, Milord. I mean I don't know...But Milady.." while scratching the back of his head Ben replied nervously. I asked Ben only to help me in entering the palace. I didn't tell him the rest of the plan though and both Ben and Galaxy believe me so blindly that they followed my every order without a single question.

So hearing such a question, both of them looked in my direction helplessly. But Xander didn't expect such careless answers. He asked in a little offended tone, "Don't tell me that you three have entered inside the palace without even thinking how you are going to go out? And where the hell is Damien and Liam?"

Xander was showering them with thousands of questions but unfortunately, I was busy somewhere else at that moment so I was not even paying attention to their conversation.

Via mind link, I asked Liam first, " Where are you, Liam? Have you managed to enter with our alliances?" Closing my both eyes tightly, I was trying to concentrate on Liam's energy for sending him my message. Normally all werewolves can talk with each other via mind link if they are of the same pack but for some unknown reason, Xander and other soldiers' mind links were blocked. Even Ben and Galaxy were not able to talk via min link. So I was really worried about mine. If I didn't manage to contact Liam and Damien then I wouldn't get any news of them. I Was sure there was something wrong in the dungeon area. Like that blue invincible wall, there was another spell also which was blocking the mind links.

But surprisingly, within a few minutes, I heard Liam's voice.

'Yes, Milady. I am inside the silver city with our alliance and waiting near the forest of undeath as we planned. Brother is also near the forest."

"Has Damien managed to get Vampire King's support?" I asked immediately.

"I didn't get enough time to ask that Milady. I only got to know that he has entered the silver city." Then after a little pause, he continued again,

"Milady, it is almost time for the beginning of the blood moon festival. Don't delay anymore."

"Alright.'

Xander was still busy questioning Ben when I interrupted them. Xander was still carrying me in bridal style. He was not anymore weak than before. I could hear his steady heartbeats and the heat of his body. Though his wounds were still fresh, my energy worked magically on him while other pack members were facing hard times even in standing properly.

Interrupting Xander and Ben who were still discussing how to go out of the palace, I spoke in my low tone, "Alright we don't have much time. Liam is waiting for us near the forest of Undeath. Damien is also inside the city. The moment we all will go out of the palace safely they will attack."

"Attack? Have you contacted our alliances? Without proper backup we can't win against such a huge army of Cyrus," Xander asked looking down at my face with a complicated and worried expression.

I explained my plan to him as briefly as possible as every minute was precious for us. I decided to use the third entry door as our way out.

Xander heard the whole plan very attentively without even interrupting for a single time. When I was done explaining I saw a dramatic change in his expression.

Curling up his lips in a charming smirk, he gave an unexpected reply in his husky tone, "I am so sorry my Luna. I underestimated you. I should have guessed that the future ruler of the Underworld is not an ordinary wolf. You are just amazing." Then looking at others he ordered immediately, " You all have heard your Luna. Now chop. Let's move towards the direction of the third entry gate."

Xander and Ben waited until everyone left the dungeon room. I along with Xander was at the end of our small group when Galaxy was leading the group and showing others the way out.

We were almost near the exit door of the dungeon area when Galaxy stopped all of a sudden and following her instruction other pack members also stopped with a confused expression but both I and Xander became alert.

A familiar voice along with two unknown voices was coming in our direction. Immediately my subconscious mind shouted, "So they are here for Xander. But who is the owner of that familiar voice." I was trying my best to identify exactly at that moment Xander whispered near my ear, "It is Luxian."

"Luxian! But!" I gasped in a shocked tone. But before I could finish my sentence, with a loud crack sound the door of the dungeon room opened wide.