Chapter 61: "What's Wrong?"

Birgir:

Compared to this time we were in public, but with control over who could see, and we couldn’t see shit, except for shadows over the darkness with a weird gray wash.

“If you two would “shut up”, I could hear.” Mikkel whisper shouted, receiving warning grunts causing Ejder to get a little defensive.

“Listen, Asshole!” Ejder growled in our link causing Mikkel to snap his gaze at us, while Volos snickered darkly, pushing forward.

“Asshole! Who are you to call “me” an asshole? You’re the one always hiding in the shadows with some kind of smartass comment, but are a “Total Asshole”, ASSHOLE!” Volos sneered back, puffing a large ball of silvery-blackish green flame.

“Guys.” Druk cut in, ignoring his calmness as Ejder and Volos had a standoff in our link.

“Guys.” Davyn spoke after Druk, ignored like the first time as the standoff fogged our conscious, missing the slight shift in the shadows.

“Well, at least I don’t prance around like some “Fruity Tootie” like his human.” Ejder sliced darkly with his comment, making Mikkel scrunch up his brow in question.

“Alright! Enough.” I interjected, knowing this had gone far enough.

“No. Let him speak. It seems like my brothers and our dragons have some silent arguments to be hashed out.” Mikkel cocked his head to the side, crossing his arms over his chest like some snotty brat.

So caught up in the argument, we failed to see Onyx standing their pissed with her arms crossed over her chest like she was ashamed now to expose her body.

“Okay, Fine! Why does Onyx prefer snuggling into your chest and not mine?” Mikkel shoved his finger into my chest as our dragons fueled our jealous rage.

“Because I like the way you twirl your finger with my hair.” Onyx spoke coldly, snapping our attention towards her voice as she stood solid like a statue against the darkened backdrop.

“Onyx!”

“Shehad!”

Our dragons and us called to her, feeling guilty that we let petty jealousy come between us, when she has done nothing but love us, make us smile, and gave us three special gems.

“No!” She held her hand up, snapping her fingers to engage the soft golden hue along the floorboard, casting a heavenly glow over her naked body wearing a pair of those lacy pearl, crotchless panties.

SHIT!!

“We Fucked Up!” All of us spoke at the same time as she bent over, collecting her dress from the chair with a dark scowl laced across her face.

“We’re sorry.” Mikkel pointed his thumb between us as he stepped forward, halted by a low growl.

“No! Apparently, I’m not doing my “job” as a mate.” She exhaled heavily, slipping past us into a door that locked behind her as she entered.

Rushing up to the door, knocking with my knuckle as she shuffled around behind the door.

“Onyx, Baby. Please! it’s normal for brothers to fight over something they cherish with all their might.” I spoke calmly, listening to her exhale softly as the door clicked open with an emotional Onyx, wiping away her black liner tear streaks.

She held up her hands for us to halt, stepping past us as she held the door in her hand to exit.

“There’s a reason why Birgir holds me, while you twirl my hair around your finger, and Davyn strokes circles in my palm. It’s called “Home”. You three make me feel at home wherever we are.” She pointed between us with another round of tears threatening to escape her red puffy eyes.

“Angel.” Mikkel exhaled in defeat, watching as Onyx slipped out the door quietly.

“What are you waiting for, Go after her!” Ejder growled darkly as Druk and Volos snarled darkly with balls of flames floating around their nostrils.

Rushing after Onyx, finding her standing silently as her head cocked to the side with a weird twitch in her left hand.

“Baby?” I asked softly, spooked by her calmness as her eyes swirled in a dangerous hue of blackened gold under the dimly lit hallway.

The air staled as her eyes began to slit, looking over my shoulder, seeing a few couples watching at the end of the hallway but nothing that struck me as a threat.

“It’s them.” Shehad growled lowly in our link as we all stood up, caging Onyx between us as she began to stalk slowly towards the club’s common room.

“Who Angel?” Mikkel asked softly, feeling her body twitch against Shehad trying to surface.

“The Doc and Ziggy.” She growled darkly, narrowing her gaze as we approached the end of the hallway with a strange sensation of raging murder.

“What did you expect?” Ejder cracked darkly as his tail snapped through the air in a violent flick.

“Wise Ass!” I shot back as Onyx literally vibrated cross the floor with each step she took, exhaling heavily with smoke drifting from her mouth and nose.

“ONYX!” Lea shouted in a panic as they hurried through the crowd that stepped back to clear a path.

“What’s wrong?” Onyx asked coldly, snapping her shoulders back, aching to release her wings as they scrapped under her skin in an eerie wave of flesh.

“The girls. Demon Wolf was attacked. The girls are missing.” Byron held Lea’s shaking body up as Onyx snapped her head back, looking for the Doc and Ziggy.

Snarling darkly that they had disappeared right from under our noses.

“Come on. Kolt and Astoria are upstairs with a portal ready.” Byron patted our shoulders as he stepped over to the viewing window, seeing it was Rija, Nikola, Micah, and Akai with Rija being the dominant.

Byron excused himself through the small crowd, tapping on the glass to signal an emergency.

Turning around quickly as Davyn scooped Onyx up with protest as we darted through the room, skipping steps as Kolt and Astoria appeared to the right in an open wall section.

“This will drop you in your room.” Astoria hugged Onyx quickly, before disappearing as our bedroom appeared ransacked and trashed like someone was looking for something or someone.

“Shit! They drop a bomb or what?” Davyn huffed annoyed as he dug out spare cloths, tossing them over to us.

Snarling at the foreign scent that lingered in the air.

Onyx was quiet as she slipped on her sweats, tossing her dress to the side as she pulled on a t-shirt. Darting quickly out the room as we followed behind, noticing the nursery window smashed and scattered all over.

“The Clinic!” Onyx whispered shouted as she hopped over the cribs, slamming the clinic door open into a mess of chaos with the heavy aroma of blood.

All hands where on deck as the nurses rushed around treating lacerations, and broken bones. Amelia appeared, pulling off a bloodied surgical gown, slamming her hand against the countertop with a heavy sigh.

“Amelia.” Onyx called for her, watching as Amelia pulled her into a tight embrace, whispering into her ear as Onyx pulled away looking over her shoulder at us.

“What?” We asked concerned as her eyes spoke heartache and our bodies crumbled under the intense sensation of loss.

Amelia motioned to follow her as we slipped past the wounded into a clinic room filled with machines beeping, and the mechanical swooshing of the ventilator as Eli and Riley laid unconscious.

Riley had a deep laceration across her bandaged shoulder with tubes and wires sprouting from her body. Eli was propped onto his side, supported by medical wedges to keep pressure off the laceration that ran vertical along his ribcage and shoulder.

“Are they?” Onyx inhaled sharply, lacing her fingers into Riley’s as Amelia wiped a few strands of stray hair from her face.

“Riley suffered a collapsed lung and blood loss, while Eli almost lost a kidney and also, blood loss.” Amelia exhaled sharply, gripping the bed rail as her eyes teared with frustration, looking up to the ceiling in a silent prayer to the Goddess.

“What happened?” I asked sharply, feeling Ejder push forward against my remaining strength.

“We don’t know. One minute we’re laughing, crying in hysterics at the girls with JR and Max wrapped around their tiny little fingers.” Amelia stuttered heavily as she forced herself to remain calm.

“Amelia, it’s okay. Tell us what happened?” Onyx placed her hand on Amelia’s shoulder as she relaxed into a calm, stabilized mood.

The dragons were stirring angrily, debating whether or not they wanted to hear what happened, but we needed to know because they took our girls.

“First our Grandparents and Nana, now this.” Davyn linked as Mikkel paced awkwardly to my right, running his hands through his messy, sweat tinged locks.

“These strange screeching roars echoed through the house, JR and Mei responded quickly sounding the territory alarm. We gathered all the kids, pregnant women and elder into the underground basement.” She paused as the IV machine beeped hollowly, checking Eli’s vitals then resetting the machine.

“Willow, Jun, and Dirk were in the process of getting the pups and “BANG!” the front doors burst into splitters, peppering the few people around the entrance way. Eli and Riley interfered to help them get the pups to safety.” The bed rail cracking under her grip as her eyes glazed over into a deep green.

“Then another “BANG!” as this mechanically enhanced beast appeared, shoving myself and Dirk out of the way as Willow and Jun tried their best to protect the pups.” Amelia froze as Eli placed his hand on Onyx’s, whispering incoherently.

“Strong bastard.” Ejder laughed darkly, shaking my head at his comment.

Eli was an Alpha and brother to the Lycan King.