CHAPTER 194

CHAPTER 194
\[Lexi\]

The apothecary had a thin transparent roof that allowed daylight to pass through because some potions needed a drop of daylight or some source of light to make, so it made sense that it was easily destroyed.

Any plant or anything outside by this time would have all been destroyed, there was almost no more hope.

I could have gone back for more supply, but it was too risky, and I was too drained to attempt it.

"What are we going to do now?" I asked Axle.

"We'll figure it out." He said and pulled me into his arms because I was too weak to stand.

"Blood," Elric said all of a sudden.

"What are you talking about?" I asked him.

"Werewolf blood," he specified. "Doesn't it count for something? Can't you use it for anything?"

"I'm sorry, Elric, but we have to find another way," I told him, and he looked away from me sadly.

Sitting in Axle's arms was charging me up way faster than usual, the bond between us was giving me energy faster than my body could regenerate it.

"I wished there was something I could do," Axle said sadly.

I knew that he hated being so helpless.

"You've done enough." I smiled at him and then I had a light bulb moment.

"There's one more thing you could do," I told him.

"I'll do it, anything," he said desperately.

"You could kiss me," I told him, and he stared at me in surprise.

"Lexi," he drawled, but his eyes were betraying the seriousness of his voice, they were flickering like a faulty light bulb, and his desire was obvious. Hans was very naughty, I could tell that Axle was struggling to keep him in check.

"No, I mean the sparks from the mate bond are giving me energy faster, maybe if you kissed me, I would get more energy." I tried to justify my statement.

"You don't have to convince me to kiss you, mate." His eyes turned amber and then blue again. Hans, what would I do without you, even if I could stay mad at Axle, I could never stay mad at Hans.

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\[Axle\]

I grabbed Lexi in my arms and kissed her passionately, she moaned and gave me entrance into her mouth. I smiled before slipping my tongue in and tasting the corners of her mouth.

It was crazy the thoughts that Hans was putting in my head, but I knew I had to stay level headed. Still, I couldn't resist the sweetness that Lexi's mouth had to offer, and since we were technically still in a cold war, I hadn't kissed her in days, and my control was fraying.

"I've missed you." I rested my head on hers after the intense kiss.

"I've gotten the energy I need." She got up from my arms and walked away.

I missed her warmth immediately, and for a split second, I considered pulling her back to me and claiming her mouth once again until she was drunk on my energy, but I restrained Hans and instead watched her with a burning gaze.

Lexi was amazing, and if I had ever doubted her strength, her actions today had silenced all doubt.

My mate had single-handedly healed over three hundred injured people, and more were still coming.

I liked the fact that I gave her strength because she also gave me strength.

"Silla, are you okay?" Elric asked, looking over my head, and I turned to see Silla trying to get out of bed.

"Be careful, you need to save your strength," I told her and helped her sit up.

Her skin had cleared, but she looked very pale and tired.

"We knew you would come." She smiled and grabbed my hand softly.

"We came as soon as we found out that you were in trouble," Elric said.

"I'm afraid we've been attacked by the cult, I fear that they may have used us as a distraction to attack the pack." She said, and I froze.

Mina, Lex, Bethany, and the baby were the only ones in control of the pack.

"Silla, you're awake." Lexi smiled and rushed to her side immediately.

"Yes, thank you for your help." The older woman smiled, looking around.

"She just said that the pack might be attacked." My heart raced as I spoke.

"I don't think so, the pack is fine." Lexi brought out a green stone necklace from her bag. "The other half is with Dine, if anything was happening in the pack, we would know."

"We all can't stay here though," Elric said, and I agreed with him.

"You can't leave though, at least not yet, the shield protecting you from the black sun must have worn off. If you set foot outside, you will burn," Silla said.

"Yes, what is that, and how do we get rid of it?" Lexi asked.

"It's very complicated," Silla responded. "It's a curse and requires a very complicated magic to break." She said.

"How complicated?" I asked her.

"Like we need the rays of actual sun complicated." She responded.

Lexi thought for a while, then she looked at me and Elric.

"We've got that," she announced happily.

"What do you mean?" Silla asked her.

"Werewolf blood, their blood is so warm it sure contains the rays of the sun," Lexi explained, and Silla nodded.

This was the second thing I could be useful for, and I was glad that I was of use to Lexi, and now I finally understood what it meant for Lexi watching me run the pack daily and feel like she was reduced to domestic tasks.

"Took you long enough." Zefa smiled weakly, and everyone cheered when she sat up.

One by one the witches began to regain their strength, and they got up from bed.

Zefa, Silla, and I began to work on the sacrifice that would break the dark spell the cult had sent to them.

"Do you think there's a way for us to send it back to them?" I asked.