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Colton may have also been new to the valley, but it looked as though he knew enough to get by which would make sense since he probably wasn’t above in the surface world as long as we had been —and time did move differently.
“We use his own addiction against him,” Coltron offered and looked like he couldn’t wait to put this plan into action.
“His own addiction,” I began. “Oh shit. Goldibitch!”
He needed a second to grasp who I was referring to. “Yes. Laura. Alpha Malifer didn’t get a chance to look at anyone else aside from you when he returned with you from the surface. He brought you to his private corridors and told Felix and Fynn to hold down the fort. Normally things wouldn’t be very problematic, but Laura has made it her duty to make our lives a living hell even after she got fucked over by Travis.”
“What do you mean?” I asked and had the strength to try and get up. Colton ended up helping me, and with the snap of his fingers, I went from wearing a pair of black shorts and an oversized top—which I swore was Alpha’s—to a fitted pair of leather pants with zippers, a white crop tank top, and my signature black leather jacket.
I wished I could question how he got it, but there was no time for that.
“She’s been causing a fuss ever since we arrived and she woke up. Basically attempting to convince the demons to boycott the valley.”
“Boycott the valley? Is she fucking mad?” I snarled. “We should have left her to die!”
“I honestly wish we did,” he admitted and shook his head. “Felix and Fynn have been fighting off the rowdy demons this entire time. Normally, if Alpha Malifer is around, he’ll pop in, scream at the fuckers which usually makes the world quake, and threaten to punish them. Sometimes you need to do a little demonstration here and there, but once that happens, they catch the drift and back off because they enjoy a bit of rebellion more than actually be tortured for all eternity.”
“We don’t have time for them to be rowdy though,” I stressed. “Also, Malifer clearly can’t get here. If Travis has the intention of coming here, we need them to cooperate and be prepared to defend the valley if that’s Travis’s intention. Surely they can see that Alpha Malifer is a good man. If Laura is trying to boycott the valley, she’s probably making stupid promises or painting a picture of deceit because she’s his ex! Alpha’s not here to defend himself, so they may second-guess shit because demons struggle with fucking loyalty.”
“Can’t blame us there,” Colton admitted but looked down to the fleet. “Get prepared. We’re going to need your help with retrieving your master. He’s in a rough mental space and thinks he needs to carry all this shit by himself, so let’s go show him we got his back.”
“VIVIVO!” They cheered and were off to probably change into armor and get their forks for combat.
“Once we let Feix and Fynn know about the circumstances, we should be able to get to Malifer quickly, especially with Wallas. I don’t think we’ll be able to get help from your master.”
“Master? You mean Master Gaia?” I offered and was pleased he’d met her at some point in my absence. I let her do her own thing, which was why I hadn’t really checked on her after she made her grand introduction.
“Mhmm. She’s gonna have to stay behind where she is.”
“What’s going on?”
“I overheard Felix and Fynn speak about this so don’t quote me on it, but I think Wallas and Master Gaia found a lead on one of your family members. They didn’t say her name, but I think Travis is also targetting her. They are on standby. If shit’s about to go down, we have to be ready to go up to the surface which is why I think only one of them will come to our aid, while the other wait for this signal. Wallas would make things easier to get to Alpha, but it’ll be a bit tangible because his ruler energy may be non-existent by now which could affect his connection with Wallas.”
“You’re right,” I huffed. “I could try and get Momo to track him?” I offered. “You used Momo to track my movements when the kidnappers got to me. I could use Momo to try and locate him and then we can all focus together to teleport ourselves to where he is within the valley. I’m sure it’ll be less taxing, too, because we're not leaving the valley to go somewhere completely foreign.”
“There’s a problem with that plan,” Colton voiced. I waited for him to continue as he gave me a serious look. “Momo’s not here.”
“She’s not here?” I clarified. “Where did she go?”
“ViViVo!”
We looked down to see Zasper was standing at our feet with a single drawing in his hand. I crouched down to humbly accept the piece of paper, noticing the drawing technique matched Momo’s, only it was Zasper who drew the piece.
The drawing was much more detailed than Zaspher’s usual stick figures, and it was clear enough for me to understand that the image reflected Malifer sitting in a tree with Momo in front.
The vibes I got from it were Malifer looking calm versus Momo looking irritated even for a doll—the obviously drawn butcher knife confirming my familiar had decided to tag along.
And hopefully wouldn’t commit attempted murder.
“I’m going to assume that means Momo is with Alpha Malifer,” Colton boldly declared. “And hopefully won’t kill him before we find him.”
“He’ll probably bribe her or negotiate something.” I could only hope.
Colton stared at me for seconds before asking, “Does your stomach hurt?”
I was a bit stumped by the question but I realized it was valid because I was pressing my hands to my bare stomach. From Colton’s stare, I felt he knew why and yet prompted me to speak what came to my mind so it wouldn’t distract me when we had to get right to business.
“I’m trying not to let the thought make me emotional… but it's beginning to sink in. What Alpha Malifer did for me. He’s giving up his leadership… his crown, just so I not only have the ability to conceive but that I’m able to decide if the one I end up being intimate with is one I wish to create a child with.” Just saying it made my voice get super quiet. “I know you don’t know everything about our rather complicated past, but I’m still a virgin. We literally haven’t fucked and yet my admission of giving up my ability to conceive to the Tainted Time Keeper impacted him enough to make a bargain with the same Time Keeper and give up his role of power in exchange for returning what I’d given up. Like… who fucking does that Colton?”
