Chapter 175 Finally

Chapter 175 Finally
Tali

It had been a few days that Michael was trying to absorb everything. He was grieving for so much. The world he had known, the man he thought was the love of his life, his whole family, the friends he’d made through his lifetime, and basically the truth he had to swallow and the dreams he’d had to let go of, it was a lot. So, we just tried to support him as best we could, and the guys were helpful in a lot of ways, explaining things to him in other ways. 

He was amazed at how much Jareth had grown, and they were getting reacquainted. Kira was still too new to be much in the way of socializing, but he held her and enjoyed that immensely. He was trying to talk to the Fae and the other protectors who we still had. He’d reunited with Contrentis as the Royal Guard head protector, as he’d been around him a lot as the prince. 

There was talk about him taking over the seat of the Royals when this was all done, which I was all for because I sure the fuck didn’t want it. He had been enamored with Oohlar and the idea that his granddaughter was a dragon rider. He’d spoken with Uiseeli and learned some things about all of the other realms and what had been happening that he and most protectors had never known tucked away on Earth realm. 

He was more than pleased to discover that both Paul and Anthony were now dead as was Raphael. So, now we were just trying to figure out how to handle finding Shaitan, as he was a much harder target than a protector or dark Fae. I was trying to figure out that as well, as obviously my dragon rider daughter could no longer haul mommy around for bad guy disposal.

When I opened my eyes to a very unfamiliar location, I thought perhaps he had made the call for us, and as I looked around and got my bearings, I saw him sitting in a chair in the corner, and was both alarmed and pleased. Pleased because this meant that I could finally try and get him to her, and alarmed because I was facing him alone, and I couldn’t reach the guys so far. 

Before I’d been able to bring Cerberus with me, but he knew that, so he might have prepared for that. So, now I just had to wait and pray to Gia for aid and to be able to get him to her somehow. I felt a nudge from her so that let me know she was listening and paying attention, which was good. Perhaps she would be able to help me somewhat. 

“Do you know how many centuries I have planned all of this? Do you have any idea of how justified I am in my desire for revenge?” He watched me with hate filled eyes.

“Do you know how stupid you sound? You brought your suffering on yourself, and then when the other gods and goddesses attempted to protect their own creations, and children, they locked your ass away. So, you deserved that shit. If you want sympathy you are barking up the way wrong tree fucker.” I glared back at him.

He threw his head back and laughed, “At least you don’t cower before me like so many others. I have found I quite like that. It’s no fun to always have people fall at your feet. Sometimes it is so much more satisfying to defeat an enemy who actually stands up to you.” 

Suddenly he was standing in front of me, but I didn’t move. I was starting to think I was going to have to go about this in a different direction, and that direction was going to suck. I had noticed that I was not wearing my armor, so I had a feeling that was a big fat hint about what this would entail, and I mentally sighed at that. 

Sure enough he started the whole bad guy montage and I just rolled my eyes, “I am a god, I should be able to play with the creations of mine and the others at will, they are our creations, we rule over them, they are insignificant. You are insignificant compared to me. How dare you think to try and destroy me, I will end you and revel in your dead body as it lies at my feet.” 

By now, he was standing back in front of me basically yelling in my face. His eyes were sparking rage at me, and I just stood there and smirked at him, which just further enraged him that I wasn’t cowering and breaking under his “greatness”. When I started to laugh at him, he screamed and then I felt it, and I looked down.

He had buried a blade through my chest. He smirked thinking I would scream and crumble, dead at his feet. He had no idea what my abilities were. So, as I looked up and smirked back he looked confused. Then I called out to Gia, and I pushed myself further onto the sword, which hurt like a fucking bitch, and wrapped my arms around him.

I felt us being jerked and I heard him screaming no in my ear. When we stopped, it hurt as the blade jerked in my chest, but I just breathed through that pain. I focused and recognized the place where we were. Then suddenly he was jerked back away from me, and the blade pulled out. 

“Good job my child, but now it is mine to do, and you should not be here.” With that I felt myself move again, and then I was in our bedroom, standing at the foot of our bed, and I coughed and fell to the floor. 

I placed my hand over my chest, which was still bleeding, but it was slowing as my body mended itself. It was taking a bit longer than usual so there must have been something different about that blade. My mates all cried out in alarm and surrounded me, pulling me to their arms, and laid me out on the floor.

I saw glowing and looked down to see Zahaine using his healing on me to speed up my own, and it helped, and the wound finally finished closing, stopping the bleeding fully. It took me a moment to be able to get a full breath, and the room to stop spinning. 

I smiled up at them, and the tears started to fall down my cheeks, which no doubt freaked the fuck out of them.
“You’ll never believe what just happened.”