Shawn's POV
***Previously***
"NOOO!!" I screamed. Upon finally noticing my presence, the witch snapped her hazel eyes in my direction and I couldn't help but notice that her face was also tear streaked.
"I'm sorry." She whispered and if not for my enhanced hearing I wouldn't have heard it.
She turned back towards my son and raised her palm in the air, a green mist coming out of her palms and slowly reaching down to him.
"Don't do this, please! I beg you in the name of Selene, please!!" I screamed, banging my fists on the purple force field even harder, but it was no use.
I couldn't do anything except to watch the witch make the final blow which could possibly end my son's life...
And there was nothing I could do.
***Now***
Tears ran down my face as I stood there helpless, bringing back the memory of when my mate died... How I couldn't save her.
I'm useless
What kind of a man am I? Am I even a man if I can't even protect my family from danger? I felt anger and self loathing bubble deep within me.
I'm a failure
I squeeze my eyes shut, unable to watch the deadly mist get closer and closer to him, inches away from taking his life... Just like how my hope is inches away from breaking.
Why?!
Why does every person I love get torn away from me? Why! First, it was my parents, then my mate, and now... Now my son?
No! I won't accept it!
I can't let him die. I can't let another person I love be ripped out of my life. Not again.
I snap my eyes open, the rage burning through my veins like hot lava. With a new found determination, I get up as quickly as I can and put a lot of distance between myself and the force field.
I know that there is a zero percent chance of me breaking through a shield made of magic, even with my Gamma strength, but I can't just give up like this.
Slade gives me all his speed and strength, knowing that I'm going to need it.
It feels like everything is going is slow motion. I shift into my giant wolf form and look ahead of me. The mist is much closer to him than before, letting me know that I am running out of time.
And then, I run.
I push myself to the limit, running faster than I've ever ran before. Hopefully, if I have enough speed by the time I hit the barrier, I can create enough force to – at least– crack the surface of it. If it does crack, I can use my claws to open it more so that I can weave through it in human form.
The closer I get to the purple barrier, the closer the mist gets to my boy.
I feel the adrenaline rush through my body, pushing me to go even faster then before. The force field draws nearer and nearer and I'm just about to crash into it when...
.
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.
.
.
It fucking dissolves into the air!
I realized too late that the purple barrier is no longer in front of me. Due to the record breaking speed I was moving at, I was unable to stop myself in time. I tried to use my claws to scratch the ground so that I would be able to stop, but that only caused me to lose my balance and trip.
Landing right on my fucking face with my ass in the air!
What the fuck just happened?!
"If I am correct – which I always am – I believe you just embarrassingly crash landed."
"Oh my gosh, really? I had no idea." I sarcastically replied my smart assed, stupid wolf.
"Idiot"
I quickly got up from the ground, getting dizzy in the process because of how quickly I got up. I shook my head to clear up the dizziness and turned my head towards the witch.
She was now on her knees, her chocolate brown hair shielding her face from my eyes. The green mist which was once thick and surrounding the body of my son is no longer present.
I didn't even think for a second longer before rushing over to Jimmy and picked him up, sighing in relief at the faint heartbeat that I heard.
He's alive!
He's unconscious, but at least he's alive. He has a lot of cuts on his body but they've started healing thanks to his werewolf genes. But now I'm wondering what made the witch to stop the ritual.
Don't get me wrong – I'm actually glad that she didn't kill him – but why did she suddenly stop out of the blue?
I turn back towards her and saw that her shoulders shook as she choked out a sob- wait, what?
Is she crying?
What the hell?!
I gently dropped him on the floor that was traced with that strange pentagram symbol and wearily approached the witch, my guard up.
She rose her head up to me and I could see the tears running down her cheeks. Her beautiful heart shaped face was morphed into an expression similar to misery and pain. I almost felt sorry for her.
Almost.
I shook my head to clear those thoughts from my mind. I narrowed my eyes at her and growled "Do you think that your crocodile tears will work on me? That it'll make me pity you?"
"I don't need your pity!" She snapped at me "I just couldn't bring myself to kill innocent children."
I growled at her "And how am I supposed to believe that, huh? For all I know, you could be using some black magic shit to be transmitting this to Max and he might be on his way to silence me."
She chuckled darkly "And why the hell would I inform the person who is holding my sister captive, that I deliberately didn't complete the task he ordered me to do?"
"But this could just be a part of that bastard's scheme."
"And I want that bastard gone."
"Then why are you helping him?"
"You wouldn't understand."
"Oh, then please tell me why you would be willing to take the lives of three innocent children?"
"I didn't kill them, did I? Your son is perfectly alive and breathing, so you better thank me for deciding not to take his life."
"Are you serious?! Do you want me to kill you right now? You were literally about to kill him, and you want me to thank you?!! What the fuck?"
She wiped away her tears and stood up. She looked me in the eyes and said, "Yes, I want you to thank me. I had the perfect opportunity to take that boy's life just a few seconds ago, but I didn't. You don't know who I am or why I am working for Max, but even you should know that disobeying him will bring consequences to me. I know that you want to kill me right now, but I advice that you don't."
Does she really think that I won't kill her? "And why should I not?" I challenged her.
"Because I just saw a vision of what is to come, and you will need me for the battle that will take place."
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A/N: Hey guys!
I'm finally on the twentieth chapter of this book!
I originally planned to have only 15 chapters, but more and more ideas kept coming to me and I just had to put them here. But hopefully, I'll be able to finally put an end to this book before next February.
Anyways, what do you guys think about this chapter?
What battle do you think will take place?
Don't even ask me because I myself don't know yet. I'm just writing the ideas as they come and I didn't exactly plan anything in this book apart from the first seven chapters.
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