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“You think I like this shit! You think I like playing god with who lives and dies? You're more than welcome to fucking try, Jonah. The shit I see, the things I feel, you wouldn't last one damn day with that weight on your shoulders. You have no idea what it's like knowing when your loved ones die, looking them in their face and smiling because you know there is nothing you can do to prevent it without damning another! Speak in riddles? I don't have all the fucking answers! Some things I can't fix!” she screams when Dominic steps in front of her, her eyes blazing.
Dominic, sensing a breaking point, catches her. He grips her shoulders using his body as a shield protecting Jonah. “When did you sleep last, Kat or shift?” he asks.
“I'm fine,” she snaps.
“You're not. Kyan ring Ezra and get Maddox here; he's in the city for a meeting with the human council today,” Dominic says.
“Human council?” I ask.
“I will explain later, Jonah, you can come with me,” Kyan says, grabbing Jonah's arm, but Jonah pulls away.
“No! Not until I know what the fuck is going on, its okay for her, her family is safe, it’s mine she's letting die!” Jonah snarls.
The moment the words leave his mouth, I know all hell is about to break loose. And it does. When my mother snarls, Dominic is tossed back as the madness that sometimes comes over my mother takes full force. Within seconds she is on Jonah and Kyan shifts, allowing Kaif to take over. All while Marabella freaks out trying to stop. Who, I have no idea, because she is suddenly chucked in the deep end on who to protect; her mates or her mother. But the action lulls slightly as my mom grabs Jonah’s face.
“You wanna see, you wanna see what I see, then you can play judge on what you would have done,” she snarls, and Jonah chokes, his eyes turning white. But Kaif grabs her arm, his magic pours out and absorbs my mother's while she absorbs his back, both of them like batteries as they absorb the other in a battle of wills.
“No one needs to see that, Kat,” Kaif warns, “certainly not of their mother."
Yet my mother is beyond recognition. I snarl, knowing the only one that can help her is the one man I've been running from for the last four years. My father. And I'm the only one besides Mom that can portal him here.
ChapterForty-Six
Eziah
My heart thunders in my chest, adrenaline racing through my veins. As my mother lunges towards Kaif, I panic and Marabella screams. Instinctively, I tear open a portal, stepping through in search of the only man who has any remote chance of taming her when she loses control like this.
Materializing, I find myself in a conference room, and I spot him immediately. My father stands tall at a large, oval table, surrounded by stunned humans who have leaped to their feet. They stare, mouths agape, at the sudden intrusion into their important meeting. My father looks at me just as stunned.
“Relax everyone, just a bit of magic, not an alien abduction.”
I attempt to calm them, and a few chuckle nervously. “No probes or UFOs here.”
My father, Ezra, looks at them startled, and a rush of concern paints his face. “Eziah?” he turns his attention back to me as I make my way toward him.
“No time, Dad,” I explain quickly, heart pounding. “Mom’s lost it. She needs you.”
Without wasting another second, I grab his arm, wrenching open another portal and shove him through. I step in after him, ensuring to close the portal for any witnesses, and step through, immediately entering a scene of utter chaos.
Jonah lies unmoving on the floor, Marabella's screams pierce the air, as she fusses over Jonah. Dominic stands his ground, blocking Lucas and Corina, becoming a human werelock shield while Kaif grapples with my mother's wolf form.
It's Maddox, however, who commands the room as he shoves forward, taking over my father's body. He surfaces with an aura of authority, a powerful Alpha’s presence that matches my mother. My mother, as if sensing this change in the atmosphere, halts for a split second, her wild eyes catching his.
“Kitty,” Maddox's deep voice purrs, and in that short moment, the silence in the room is almost deafening. My mother turns to face us, her eyes wild, ethereal, something out of this world. Like storm clouds clouding her vision as she takes in my father, her eyes flicker oddly. My father steps forward, hands out placating, but she steps back, tilting her head. All eyes are on them, on this volatile reunion of mates.
Then, she reacts. Not with love, but fear. She steps back again, a hint of confusion in her gaze, like she is trying to recognize him. Maddox’s approach is cautious. “Easy way or hard way, Kitty. The choice is yours,” Maddox warns, her eyes flicker oddly, making me wonder how bad the madness that sometimes consumes her has gotten since I left. This is something else.
The atmosphere is tense as Dominic's voice interrupts, a note of warning in his tone. “Careful, Maddox, this house is charged full of power. She's feeding off it.” At the sound of his voice, my mother turns her head, baring her canines at Dominic, but my father growls, pulling her attention back to him.
Maddox purrs at her, and if it wasn't such a serious situation right now, I may have thrown up in my mouth a little. My mother blinks at him and takes one step forward as he reaches a hand out to her.
Time seems to crawl, every heartbeat echoing louder than the last when I hear her voice.
“Eziah?” Temperance says, and everything happens in slow motion, time seems to stop as I see Temperance's aura from my peripheral on the stairs. My mother's magic also notices her presence, locking onto it instantly.
I spin around, only to see Temperance on the stairs. My heart almost stops. Her presence seems to have a gravitational pull on my mother. In a flash, her mania-induced gaze locks onto Temperance.
“No!” The scream is mine, but it’s lost in a blaring of shouts and growls. As if drawn by an invisible force, my mother, with madness in her eyes, charges at Temperance. Maddox and I lunge simultaneously, but in our desperation to reach them first, we collide with each other.
