Chapter 88: Chapter 88

Skye's POV

I watched Robin walk into the pack house from where I was seated in the living room. "Where have you been?" I asked him abruptly,halting in to a stop. He heaved and exhaled. "Don't scare me like that." He said to me.

I raised my head and from the look of my eyes,he could tell I was in no mood for long talks. "Where have you been for the past few days?" I asked him again,more detailedly. He shrugged. "Been out Skye." He said simply.

"Doing?" I asked him. He stood there without uttering a word further. I rose to my feet and walked closer to him. "Where you on any official assignment?" I asked him and he shook his head. "Pack's assignment?" I inquired again and he shook his head. "Then,what the damn bloody hell where you doing outside the pack if you weren't attending to issues concerning the pack?" I questioned him in irritation.

"Listen to me Skye. I.." he began and I caught a scent in the air and I sniffed more to be accurate of the smell I perceived. "Is that..baby powder?" I asked him. He raised wide eyes at me in disbelief. "Are you trying to say I do not have the nostrils to get the right smells?" I asked him.

"You keep jumping into conclusions. You've not even allowed me to speak since I walked in." He said putting on a defense.

"What do you have to say to justify your misbehaviour? You are my beta for damn sake,my righthand man. You leaving the pack without an official assignment and without telling me of your whereabouts is a sign of disrespect." I said to him.

He shook his head. "I'll never disrespect you Skye. The awful truth is,I ran over a woman who was pregnant the other day and to justify my conscience,I had to be with her after what I did." He explained.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked him.

"I didn't want to bother you. You have a lot on your plate and my silly mistake shouldn't be piled up to it. Forgive me." He said with a slight bow.

I nodded. I held nothing against him anyways. I only felt my best friend and beta was drawing away from me since my memory loss. I needed someone to talk to about my restless nights and blurry visions but that could wait. I needed to talk about the witch girl.

"It's okay Robin. Michealis came for the witch girl and you were not here so I couldn't let him take her." I said to him.

"I send a message to him immediately that we await his arrival today in the pack house." He said and I nodded. "I spoke with the witch girl. Still can't recall how I met her but she seems good." I said to him. He smiled. "Anna is really good." He said. I nodded and watched him walk away.

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Robin's POV

Michaelis arrived and together with Skye and Anna we went to the forest were the malicious slaughters were taking place. There was not a single trace of anything in the woods. No dead or living animals. No dead or living humans. The forest was silent except for the occasional tweets of the birds in the trees.

"Sense anything?" I asked Anna. She nodded. She placed her hand on each of the trees as she ran her fingers along the lines. Skye started at her in skepticism as she closed her eyes.

She opened them moments later. "A forbidden and dark energy is around here,I sense it." She said looking around.

"Can you tell where this energy is coming from? Who it belongs to?" I asked her.

She shook her head. "I'm trying to locate it but it's heavily cloaked with a barrier I can't penetrate to look inside." She said,her hand still on one of the trees. She closed her eyes as she kept talking and I could see her trembling.

"Anna?" I called out to her wondering if she was okay.

She was still trembling. "I see nothing but darkness. Darkness upon this place. A greater calamity than before is approaching." She said.

"Anna,stop." I said to her but she couldn't. "Darkness. All I see is darkness." She kept saying.

"Anna." I said trying to pull her out of her trance but she couldn't let go.

Finally,she was out of her trance and collapsed to the ground. "Anna!" I yelled in perplexity and fright. "Are you okay?" I asked her as I held her in my arms. She nodded with grogily eyes.

"Will she be alright?" Skye asked and I nodded.

"Now for a fact,we know we're dealing with evil forces." Michaelis said. I stared at Anna. What greater calamity was she talking about?

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We arrived back to the pack house and I laid Anna to rest in her room. I walked downstairs and overhead Michaelis and Skye talking.

"I wonder what darkness the girl sees that got her shaken up this much." Skye said to him.

Michaelis shook his head. "I just pray and hope it isn't worse than the demon..." he began and I quickly interrupted him. "The demon era of ancient myth. I pray it isn't worse than that too or isn't that what you wanted to say admiral?" I said to him and he gave me a confused look.

Skye stared at the both of us. He was about to throw questions at me but was immediately interrupted by the presence of Walter before he could speak.

"I'll walk the admiral to the door." I said to Skye as soon as Walter walked in. I gave Walter a slight nod acknowledging his presence as I walked Michaelis to the door.

"On no account should you remind the alpha of the fight against the demon king please admiral." I said to him once we were out the door.

"I smell something fishy but I hope this is not a conniving conspiracy against the alpha." He said with furrowed brows. I shook my head. "Far from it admiral. I won't want to hurt my alpha. In fact,that's why I don't want you to tell him of the past. It won't help in his speedy recovery." I said to him and he nodded. "We all want what's best for the alpha. I'll be leaving now." He said and I bid him goodbye as he walked away.

I walked back inside the pack house and saw Walter and Skye discussing.

"I really can't recall the incident that landed me in this state but Robin said I had a minor accident." Skye said to Walter.

"He did,didn't he?" Walter said raising brows at me and Skye nodded. "I'll run a few tests on you and we'll figure out from there." He said and Skye nodded again. My heart raced. Here comes trouble.

Ava's POV

I smiled at the tiny bundles of joy beside me as they thrusted their tiny arms and legs up in frantic excitement of what I didn't quite grasp but I smiled and was happy along with them. I held Davina's hand and she grabbed into my pinky finger with her tiny hands cackling with her gummy little pink soft mouth. I chuckled.

Dahviel made some little noises and I muttered his gibberish along with him. They were only few days old and I was already very attached to them. If only Skye was here to share with us in this joy. This joy he partook in bringing forth to this world. This joy I hoped someday it won't pass him by.

I wanted this to end quickly. I wanted my family together. I knew it was difficult to find solutions to my problems so easily,but I wanted them sorted out and over soon.

I placed a kiss on both their foreheads. "Hold on tight sweetie,let me quickly get something from the kitchen." I said to them. I was literally starving. I walked down the stairs. From the view outside,it was getting dark. I picked up a glass from one of the glassware and poured myself a glass of milk. I reached into the fridge to pick some leftover meatloaf when I heard a sound coming from upstairs.

Camila was up with the kids sleeping. I wondered if any of them made the noise. Just then,a saw a shadow figure walk past me and my guard immediately came on alert. I closed the fridge and turned around and lo and behold,I was standing in front of an hefty man I've never seen before. He gave a cruel smile and before I could think of how he got in,he jerked me up and threw me over the counter,causing a lot of noise.

At first,I didn't feel the impact of the throw until I tried to stand up. I felt a lot of pain at my waist. Damn the bastard! Who was he? I wasn't done healing from childbirth. Childbirth! My head rang as I heard the piercing cry of Dahviel.

"My children!" I yelled in anxiety as I rushed towards the stairs forgetting that there was a giant waiting to devour me. Before I could reach the stairs,he grabbed me again and I fought against him. I screamed as I saw someone else walking towards my room.

"No!" I screamed trying to fight off the hefty man. From the corner of my eyes,I saw Camila rushing out and struggling with the man that was trying to get into my room. He pushed her off and she fell to the ground.

I shook my head panicking more than ever. What did they want? Why are they here? Who are they? Different thoughts ran through my mind with no answers. I heard the twins crying and the adrenaline that rushed through my veins,made me give the hefty man a backward kick on his groin that made him stagger back a bit. I took it as an opportunity to run to the stairs. I rushed into the room and saw the man trying to pick up Dahviel.

"Get your bloody hands off my baby!" I yelled as I jumped on his back. He let go of Dahviel as I sank my canines into his neck as he let out a scream. He tried to get me off his back but i wouldn't let go. The hefty man walked into the room in anger at what i did earlier. He grabbed me off his partner and threw me to the floor. His partner held his bleeding neck in agony.

"Get the babies." The hefty man barked at him as he pressed me down.

"No!" I yelled in fear. "Let them go. What do you want?!" I yelled trying not to break down.

As he was about picking up the babies again,Lucas ran in with his sword threatening him. "Let them go or I swear on my mother's grave that I'll kill you." He said in a voice that didn't belong to a thirteen year old boy.

The hefty man chuckled. "And what can you do with that puny little sword in your hand dumb boy?" He asked.

"Slit your throat and feed them to the dogs." He said bravely. His partner let go of the babies. "How about I teach you some manners boy." He said walking towards him and Lucas stood his ground ready to fight but I could see he had an hint of fear in him. The hefty man had loosened his grip on me to watch as his partner lifted poor Lucas up. I kicked him from behind and turned around and dealt him a blow which had little effect on him.

He advanced towards me and dealt me a hard blow that left me staggering backwards with a bleeding nose. He advanced towards me and I leapt aside and he crashed lightly on the desk. Camila barged into the room. "Terra,catch!" She yelled as she threw my sword towards my direction. I turned around swiftly and got hold of the sword.

Grabbing it by the hilt,I charged towards the hefty man and in blind fury give him several cuts on his body. His partner who had let go of Lucas,charged towards me with Lucas sword which I easily threw off his hand. Before he could extract his knife strapped on his waist,I had my sword buried deep inside him and he fell.

Despite the bad cuts I gave the hefty man,he charged towards me in anger without my realization. I turned around and saw him with a raised knife. Before he could carry out his intentions, Camila buried Lucas sword in his back and watched him stagger back and fall to his death.

Her whole body trembled. For the first time in her life,she held a sword and killed a man. She fell into my arms sobbing. I held her and knew in my heart,it was time to leave. I didn't know who sent these people but whoever did,would send more. I wasn't about to put my children's life at risk. It was time I said goodbye to Scotland.

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