Chapter 41

I tried as much as possible to comport myself as I stepped into his office. This was going to be the first time I was entering his office.

“Eric…” I stopped in my tracks as I saw who was sitting by the other side of the desk.

“Mother” I called out, several emotions flowing through me in that me.

Yearning, love, joy at seeing her. Annoyance that she left me, and most of all, anger. Anger that she killed my dad and left me to handle the grief all alone

“What are you doing here?” I said genuinely confused.

“The war, it has started” she said looking at me with frightened eyes. “I just.. look, I am sorry. It kills me more than you. I… I hurt my mate. I… my better half” she started sobbing. “If I could take it back, I would. I just… I just want to make sure that you’re safe, that’s all” she said wiping the tears.

I looked at Eric. He looked like he was ready to rip her head off if I gave him the slightest chance.

“please Ely.. I have missed you. Don’t punish me for what I had no control over” she said, holding my gaze. Something inside of me called to her. She was my mum. I was not ready to loose the only family I had left.

“Momma?” I felt ten again. Calling my mom that way when I was scared and then hugging me and trying to comfort me.

“oh, Eloise” she said, breaking down a bit and coming in to hug me. I held her tightly, breaking down in her arms. “Momma” I called again as I held her tighter.

Something felt off.

First of, she hugged me tighter. She called me some sweet words as she cried and hugged me back.

The smell. She smelt…. Different.

It wasn’t something unfamiliar.

“Mum you look…..”

Eric’s p.o.v

I sat there, looking at my mate and her mother. I wanted nothing more than to rip her eyes out, along with her heart, but then, I saw the way my mate looked at her mother with longing. A longing one could only have for their parents.

She still loved her mum, even after everything that happened.

It warmed my heart. She was really the sweetest being out there. It made me want to shield her from he world and myself If need be.

Carefully, as though she was scared to frighten Eloise, she moved towards her and then hugged her.

“Momma” she called. I didn’t see it coming, it was as if my heart slowed down for a bit. I couldn’t move.

I was too much in shock to move. No matter how I willed my body to move, I couldn’t move. I watched as she stabbed something into Eloise’s neck and how she went completely still. “Thanks for your help alpha” she smirked and just then, I felt myself get control of myself. Just as I rushed to her, but she disappeared. Like she was never here.

“No!!” I growled, looking around to see if she had just moved from one place to another. There was no sight of her.

“Eloise!” I rushed to her, as my mind was only registering that she was still frozen.

“Eloise!!” I shook her.

She blinked coming out of her state slowly. “ what … what Happened?” she said looking around. “where is my mum?”

I ignored the question.

“Do you feel off? Weird in any way? Do you feel pain?” question after question flowed from my mouth as panic ran through my mind.

“Calm down.” She said looking at me with wide eyes. “at least let me answer one before you hit me with the next question” she laughed. “Where is my mum though? I can swear she was here just a second ago and we were…” she gripped her neck, and crunched down in pain.

I felt my blood pressure go up to nine hundred at this point.

“Are you okay? Whats going on? Ian!!!!” I screamed the first name that popped in my head. It looked like she was having a seizure.

“the royal physician!! Get here now!” I roared through the mind link..

I bent down to raise her head from the floor since she was hitting it repeatedly.

I felt my wolf on the surface.

He wanted blood and so did I. He wanted to go on a rampage and look for who it was that had done this to his mate, her parent or not. He wanted her blood.

I took a deep breath and focused of getting her to not hit her head on the floor.

I felt my canines extend, injuring the lower part of my lips as they fought to come out, but I ignored it. I pretended as though I could not feel the pain I ignored the scratches of my wolf to change into our second form and get revenge.

“If the physician is not here this minute he would loose his head.” I roared again though the link as I saw her getting paler and paler.

“Hang on, you would be fine, everything would be okay. There is no need to panic.

I didn’t know who I was comforting more, myself or she. But all I know was that, it was working.

The physician burst through the door, panting like he was going to pass out the next second.

For a wolf, he truly was unfit.

“What is wrong with her” I said not even giving him a little time to catch his breath. His Luna was in Danger. What ever shortage of breath he had at the moment was going to be doubled of he did not save her, and on time.

He quickly brought out his tools and started checking her.

Her already pale skin was white at this point. One would mistake her for a ghost of it were possible.

“Alpha.” He looked at me.

“is there a way to stop the seizure?”. I asked as I looked at him, trying not to sound as panicked as I felt.

He nodded, going through his bag and then brought out something. He stabbed her with it and she flinched. It was accompanied with a painful sounds. I closed my eyes, took in deep breaths and had to convince myself over and over again that she was only been helped by him. If not I was going to jump him and give him a scar which I knew I was going to regret later.

“That should stabilize her.” He said giving a sigh and causing me to sigh too.

“What was wrong with her?” I asked a little bit relieved.

“The Luna”… he said looking at her. And hen back to my before Bowing.

“I would need to check to be utterly sure. I nodded.

“Hurry, check it.” I ordered and he nodded his head. He looked scared. Like he was threading on troubled waters, and indeed he was.

It took hours and I was getting impatient.

“Well? What is it?” I said as I stopped pacing.

“sire… sir.. I feel..” I looked at him, my irritation reaching the roof.

“Well??” I roared…