Layan, Layan, Layan
-LAYAN- Priscila's eyes snapped open and then- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH- a piercing scream came out of her mouth letting all the air out of her lungs.
-Priscila?- she heard a familiar voice but she couldn't pay attention to it, not even focus on who had sat next to her on the bed.
The she-wolf felt her whole body burning and at the same time cooling to such an extent that her muscles tensed. Thousands of voices screaming in her head to such an extent that she couldn't understand any of them. She thought she had already been through that process. But to feel things so vividly was too much. Even the texture of the sheet under her and the one covering her felt like thousands of nails digging into her skin.
-Priscilla, Priscilla, my daughter-her mother's voice came again amidst the haze of control and made her cling to it.
She gritted her teeth and concentrated. If she had been able to control them once with or without the help of her wolf, this time would be no different. And now there were more important things to focus on like herself. She gathered what little strength she had left and focused. Controlling the fire and ice within her was no easy thing. They were powers that fought each other and sought to constantly take control, but she wouldn't let them.
She didn't know how she did it but she suppressed them so tightly inside her that her lungs ran out of air. At the same time she closed her mind like a huge barrier where even her own thoughts were shaken.
And suddenly... nothing.
She opened her eyes and found herself gasping for breath. Drenched in sweat and with her mother's hand feeling her forehead, with an anguish that completely disfigured her face. She opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out.
-Nebraska's voice was demanding, like the one she used to tame the wolves in the madness, and it had an effect on her daughter, who gradually stabilized her breathing.
Five minutes later Priscilla could breathe more easily and her eyes were able to focus on her mother.
-Ma,- she gasped towards her.
-Yes, my daughter, I'm here- Nebraska brought her hand to her lips and kissed her- All is well now. Rest. You were unconscious for three days.
Three days?
Why had she been unconscious for so long?
Her memory was fuzzy, mostly because of the mental barrier she herself had created when....
She sat up suddenly, sitting up so fast Nebraska had to steady her against her chest when she couldn't hold herself up and everything spun around.
-Don't move like that. You've barely recovered. You had a huge fever and besides-- Nebraska scolded her as gently as she could, but watched as the younger she-wolf brought her hand to her neck feeling for the definite mark Layan's mate was now making on her- Yes Priscilla. The bond is complete. You are Layan's mate, but you need rest. His toxins as they took hold of you completely eliminated Kei's from your system and.... -He could not continue.
-Priscilla straightened up as best she could and looked into her mother's eyes, then she felt it. It was gone... Liam's presence had vanished from inside her.
An expression of terror showed on her face. Maybe Layan... him. She didn't think twice before she pulled the sheet aside and began to crawl across the bed dodging the omega to fall to her knees on the floor at the noticeable weakness in every part of her body. He paid no attention to the pain and got up staggering walking towards the door.
-Priscilla, wait- Nebraska rounded the bed and went after her, but her daughter, even in her condition was already at the door and pushed it open.
A shadow was cast in front of her.
-Priscilla, go back to bed,- her father's voice was low.
The she-wolf looked up to meet Hades' face, which showed dark circles under his eyes. He quickly held her by the arms after she staggered noticeably backwards.
-Pa, please let me see Layan,- she almost begged him. She couldn't believe he had used his zeal to bond with her and absorb Layan into him. So what would happen to her wolf? Liam had wanted that from the start. She shouldn't have allowed it no matter how crazy she'd been during her rut. A heat he could barely remember how it had happened. It was only the pain, the marks that still wouldn't go away from her, the throbbing inside her and the bite on her neck that made her aware of it all. Her memories were very fuzzy at that moment.
-No Pris. You must rest, haven't you noticed something different in you- Hades was very worried.
Besides the full bonding and that his body felt beaten to a pulp, a literal part since, even if it was very short-lived, his wolf hadn't exactly been gentle when having sex, he didn't feel anything different. It was then that the breeze shook over her shoulder from behind and a very long lock of hair fell over her father's arm. She stared at him to notice that his mane again was long, falling like a heavy, dark waterfall down his back past his buttocks.
Her eyes widened and she looked at her father blankly. He had seen something like this before, but with his wife. After drinking the wolves' blood her body underwent an abysmal change and her hair had grown given how fast her organism was developing. But Priscilla had not taken any blood, it was already inside her. And not only that. The she-wolf's look was a bit... more adult. And Hades knew very well the reason for that.
-Her time accelerated again- another familiar voice joined them and Priscilla could see a silver hair over her father's shoulder- The years she wasn't frozen are already affecting her body and her development accelerated again. You're not strong enough to control them at all even if Layan's power awakened.
Litus? What was Litus doing there? What had she just said? She couldn't go back to that ice cavern yet, not when she didn't know what had happened to her wolf and she was for sure fighting with. Damn Layan. He always made her worry even for pleasure.
Fuck her, she needed to know the status of her wolf.
-Father- she insisted again firmly- I'll just be a moment. Let me see him. At least I want to know how he is- she knew very well what Liam was capable of.
-NO,- the alpha's answer was absolute.
Hades couldn't allow Priscilla to get close to Layan, especially in the state they were both in. It was too dangerous. And of course Priscilla was expected to show resistance. She was just as tough as his mother, but stubborn like him. Though he was surprised when she lowered her head. The hair hid all expression from her face.
Priscilla had been taught well and even though she had developed very fast physically, and was now an adult, and even bonded that did not take away that the she-wolf behind her was her mother and the one in front was her alpha father. She would not disobey them or form a bitch. She was not so immature as to do that even if every one of her senses told her to push her father out of her way and run in the direction of her wolf. Now that they were entwined, the feeling of wanting to be next to him was so strong that it made her shudder.
She let herself be carried by her father who carried her back to the bed and laid her down. He covered her with the sheet and looked down at her.
-Pris, trust us. When the time is right I will let you see Layan. For now you have to rest or your body won't resist. You heard Litus.
Priscilla said nothing, just nodded her head and let her mother pass her hand over her eyes, plunging her back into unconsciousness.
Minutes later the three adult wolves left the room, hades closing the door behind him after letting his wife out.
-Nebraska leaned against her husband, she felt she needed the support and warmth more than ever.
The wolf crossed his arms against his chest.
-My recommendation would be for her to return to the ice, at least the 5 years she skipped? at the very least. Even if she has bonded with Layan she doesn't have enough strength for all her powers to stabilize within her. Rather, it's like after she bonded everyone has become stronger and wants to take control inside her. And that is very dangerous. I'm afraid that the longer he is outside the more accelerated his development in his cells and the faster they can die. I don't even feel that Layan's power can restore all of them, at least for the moment.
The two parents looked at each other with pain in their orbs. Once again they would have their daughter away from them, but if it was to keep her safe waiting a little longer was necessary.
-When can she come back?- Hades was the first to speak, hugging his wife's waist in his strong arm.
Litus opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted.
-I don't think they can do that at the moment,- Victore's footsteps echoed near them until he stopped in front of the three of them, -My apologies, but I have to intervene. They can't take the princess away like this, especially without my alpha's consent.