Chapter 49: Chapter Forty-eight

Delanie

“Are you insane!” I yelled.

“You’re crazy if you think we’ll let Ajax die just to save you,” she snapped.

“I don’t want him to die. You’re the one who threw him against the wall!”

She rolled her eyes. She grabbed my arm and dug her nails into my skin. I tried not to wince but it was like a thousand tiny needles injecting poison into my veins.

My eyes drooped.

“W-what are you doing? What did you do?” My limbs became weak.

“Fixing this mess.” She sounded far away and her image split in two.

I stumbled back. My eyes darted to unconscious Ross and Ajax. I dropped and the room went dark.

Was I the dumb one for trusting a dark witch or was Ajax the dumb one for asking his ex for help? I blinked a couple of times but my eyes didn’t adjust then I realized I was somewhere darker than the night because even the night sky had the moon and stars to brighten it.

My attempts to spread my arms and legs were met with immediate resistance.

I banged against the metal frame and yelled on top of my lungs. Panic settled in. What if they buried me alive?

Sweat invaded my pits and spread on my forehead. Hyperventilation kicked in. I would be dead in minutes, I thought. I couldn’t bang for my own freedom anymore. Fear of being hidden where no one could find me had my mind working backwards.

Suddenly uproarious laughter caught my attention. Something slammed on top of me and I jumped.

“Get her out,” Ramona ordered.

The top opened and dull evening light gleamed over my face. I filled my lung with breath and shot up instantly. I slapped the hands away of the man who tried to yank me out.

I was in a car trunk!

“Don’t touch me!” I punched his shoulder.

“I was only trying to help!” he yelled.

“By locking me in a trunk?”

He rubbed the back of his head and grumbled. “Where did you expect us to put you?”

“Stop it, Kal, just get the girl in inside,” Ramona ordered.

Kal grabbed my waist and yanked me out of the trunk. He planted me on the ground and stepped back before I could swat him. I looked around to find several other cars parked in front or between headstones.

A shiver crawled up my spine.

“A cemetery?” I turned to Kal.

He lifted a shoulder. Ramona and a dozen others marched into a tall crumbling building with a rotten mouth for an entrance.

“It’s abandoned no one’s going to think anything,” Kal replied.

That didn’t make it any less creepy.

“Come on, we don’t have time.” Kal shoved me forward.

It was just the two of us lingering outside. I rounded Kal he reached out and narrowly missed me. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me but didn’t get far before a jolt of electricity went through me.

I cried out, clutched myself and dropped.

“You shouldn’t have done that. I have magic, remember?”

I groaned. “Stupid me.”

Kal placed his arms under my knees and arms and pulled me to his chest. He carried me into the old building as currents of electricity went through me. I thought it was a church but I looked closer and saw the names and dates plastered on the walls close to each other. It was a mausoleum.

“Ajax, where are you?” I whispered.

Because if they kill me I’ll haunt him for the rest of his life when I become a ghost.

At least I have something to look forward to if I die tonight.

“The Alpha Warrior’s an asset to the community. If it weren’t for him then the Blue Moon pack would have wiped out all the dark witches. There’s a great plan for him, but that’s a prophecy for another day. The dark witches have been frowned upon for years and seen as weak but we hold all the power! Tonight everything will change.” Ramona said while Kal carried me to the makeshift stage.

“Please don’t—” I begged but Kal set me down forcefully next to Ramona and marched off.

“Drink,” Ramona demanded.

I stared at the black substance in the bowl. I cringed. It looked like the blood that came out of Ajax’s shoulder when we were at Arabella’s house.

“Drink!” Ramona blasted. “Do you want to lose, Ajax or not? The destruction magic came from you!”

I held my hands out and received the bowl. I’d beaten myself up for hurting him ever since it happened, but on the other than if I hadn’t I would have watched him burn.

Still couldn’t help but blame Reign and Blaise, though.

I stared at the crowd of dark witches. Talia stood on the front row. She gave me a small nod. What was she thinking? This was going to kill me!

Ramona scowled and pushed the bowl forward, grabbed the back of my head and made me drink. The acidy and charcoal like liquid spilled on my shirt and shoes. Half of it was wasted but some of it managed to burn its way down my throat.

“Now what?” I coughed.

Ramona pulled out a long silver knife and raised it. I gasped and stumbled backwards.

“Ramona!” Ajax roared.

He stood on the doorway butt naked. His eyes blazed it looked like smoke came out of his eyes. Ramona slowly dropped the knife.

“It’s too late,” she said.

“No.” Ajax’s eyes returned to normal.

I grabbed my throat. My airway tightened I struggled to breath. Ajax ran over and caught me before I fell.

“Delanie, look at me.”

He pushed a heavy dose of Alpha power into me but it only made me want to pass out more.

“Ramona! This wasn’t worth it!”

“Stop, she’s coming. She won’t let a human cure go to waste.”

A heavy wind blew into the building, stripping the walls of paint and wood. Ajax held me to his chest and picked me up.

“It’s going to be okay, sweetheart.”

I wanted to remind him of his arm but I couldn’t get a squeak out.

“Goddess of the werewolves! You have something that belongs to me!” Ramona yelled above the howling wind.

Ajax struggled to move because of the force of the wind. He put me down and shielded me instead.

“Your human curse will die if I don’t have it back!”

“Hold on Delanie. I’m supposed to die not you, princess.”

I couldn’t breathe anymore. The sensation of a forceful wind on my skin was faint. Ajax’s face slowly dimmed from my view. This wasn’t how I wanted to go out but at least it was near him.

Suddenly I felt something sharp pierce through my chest. I arched my back and my throat opened up. A neon blue ball of light burst through my chest and hit Ajax on the chest.

Not again!

I forced myself up and through the rage of the wind. I crawled to Ajax. He clutched his chest and winced.

“Ajax, I’m sorry, it was an accident—”

He reached out and drew me to his chest and held me down. A scream cut through the night and the wind instantly died. I held my breath to make sure everything was okay.

“Babe?” I rasped.

“I’m fine, Delanie, but… if we need couple’s therapy let me know. It’ll be easier than getting his with magic.”

A woman screamed. “Ramona’s dead!”