Chapter 31

DREW

I waited till the next day, before I had gone over. I don't think any of us really got any sleep. My mom yelled at me for allowing it, but she gave up. Right before I was about to knock, I saw my grandma and grandpa joining me. They looked just as mad, and curious as to what to do.

"You both don't need to be here; I can do this alone." My grandma slapped me upside the head to my answer. Well I guess we are all finding out the answer. They were livid to why a witch would bring them back. I knocked on the door, and the teenage girl opened the door. She looked at us, and she seemed strong. Like we didn't faze her.

"Hi, I am Mia, we were expecting you to come." She said politely. We had walked in, and they were all sitting on the couches looking beat. My grandma and grandpa stood up, as they were uncomfortable with this.

"I am Kelly, and this is my husband Norman. My kids Mia and Derek." She began.

"Why did you abandon Vanessa?" Okay no time to kill, she asked.

"I am sorry, who are you both?" Norman asked. The fury in their eyes asking that question.

"We are the ones who took in a 3-day-old infant, found naked in 37-degree weather. We are the ones who took her in our home and raised her to who she is today. We are the ones who taught her to fight, to cook, to deal with boys. We are her parents. You are in our territory. You have no right to ask us questions about our daughter. You also have no right to call yourself grandparents. We have been here since he was a pup. Now you tell us what we want to know." Wow he exploded on them, and they submitted.

"We didn't get a choice; she was taken from us by some warlock. When Ashley was born, we took her home. We were thrilled. We woke up to our village under attack, and we went to grab her and she was gone. We searched everywhere! A warlock came to us and told us it was for her own good. She was going to do great things. If we searched, we wouldn't find her." Well shit. They named her Ashley. Out of everything Ashley? That's the only thing I got out of that.

"We never gave up, before my family and I were mauled to death by a bunch of wolves. So, excuse us for being on edge in a kingdom of them." The mother was pissed, and seems she has been holding that in for a long time.

"Wait, so we were supposed to find her. Her destiny was this?" Grandpa asked.

"I don't know, we are just humans. We never knew the supernatural existed until now really. We just thought some insane person stole our baby. Our village didn't give two shits either." The tension in the air started dying down. The door slammed open.

"Drew let's go." My mom commanded.

"Mom I think you should listen to what they have to say." I told her.

"I didn't ask you what you thought, I told you let's go. They are not my parents. My parents are the ones who raised me and even protected me trapped by a curse. I don't need no humans trying to be what they failed at." She came over and grabbed my arm. I yanked it.

"Mom I am an adult; I don't need to listen to you." I think her head was about full 360.

"Then this is a command, I am your queen. Until you're king, you still listen. When I said not to come, I meant don't. Now get your ass out there, before I knock it to next century." Well me trying to stand up didn't work out. I started to walk out before I turned around and looked at them.

"She will come around; my mom is stubborn. She happened to not be a great mom until I was 7." I regretted what I said after it came out of my mouth. She looked at me, and the tears were forming in her eyes. I told her I'd never use that against her, but she was being unreasonable.

"You know what Drew? I’ve always loved you, and I did the best I could. Your father died saving us, and I held that guilt with me till now. Don't you dare mistake depression with abandonment. But you hold onto that grudge." She darted out the room, and her wolf was shifting.

"I didn't mean to cause a fight; we can be on our way." Norman said.

"Don't worry about her, my mom is from a different time. She doesn't forgive easily. She will forgive me."

I walked outside, and sure enough my dad was standing there. He was madder than hell. How the heck did he hear about this so fast. Doesn't matter now, I will hear about it.

"Really son, you like to piss off the one woman who would die for you?" He walked over to me, and he just stared me down, I felt like a dog with its tail tucked.

"I'm sorry, I was mad so I said something I knew would hurt her." I started walking, and he stayed beside me.

"Do you know what code your mom always follows?" I started to think really hard at this question, and then it dinged on me. Now I felt really bad.

"There's truth to every lie." Great. Now I really fucked up.

"Son, you are allowed to feel any type of way, but you did it to prove a point. It hurt your mom, and she has loved you so much. She went and got herself tortured so it wasn't you. You were 3 months as a pup, and she was grieving. If you're really mad, then talk to her. Don't humiliate her again. Next time you will deal with me" I rolled my eyes, and he grabbed me by my chin to look at him.

"Don't ever roll your eyes at me again, you're not mad at anyone but yourself. Now go apologize, before I kick your ass"

ASHER

Drew isn't my blood kid, but he is my son regardless. We hold a certain respect for our parents, and even back then it was all about royalty. These kids nowadays are beyond disrespectful. I have been very lenient, but she won't put up with it. He scoffed at me and slouched away. Things are going to be really different when Alias gets back. I got to share my son. Things like this are always going to be different, especially when the biological father comes. He died a hero. So, he is going to want to spend all his time with him.

"Alec, Asher, witch, come meet me in the attic of the palace please." Well it's time to resurrect the dead.

VANESSA

When Drew left at 8 in the early morning, I knew where he was going. That boy couldn't wake up to train to save his life. Deep down he was a teenager at heart, even when he had stopped aging at 19. So, the first thing I did was head down where he placed those people and got my son. The amount of protection I hold over him, goes as far as killing someone for making him cry. But when he told these strangers how I wasn't a good mom for his first 3 months, it nearly crushed me. I knew he would resent me a tad bit, but it's so much deeper. I wish I could take that feeling from him, and now I don't know if having another pup now would help our relationship. No, no. I can't think about that now I need to bring Alias back.

I was down in the attic, gathering herbs together. Placing symbols. I was creating the portal so that I could go in and bring him back. Alec, Asher, and the witch were coming down to meet me as we need more power. This is black magic; we are messing with and the last thing we need is any screw ups. My best friend was coming back, and I know it was a lot to ask of Asher since he is my ex mate. I need to think of the future of this pack, and if shapeshifters wanted power, then they were going to get it. They don't have the warlock here anymore to make it powerful. But if one thing I knew, they will adjust and figure it out. They already carry so much pain in them that the warlock placed inside them.

But what they don't know is that the only way to get rid of all of them is to find them a host. Trapping them inside of a body and destroying them. Yes, I am going to be killed Alias. He was already dead, and now he will die again with a purpose.

The guys came down with which. Only I knew of this dark magic spell, so I will host it.

"Sit down, I am just going to use the magic inside you to cast this." Asher sat down and grabbed me, placing me on his lap.

"You're bringing your ex back, I got to remind him you're mine." I loved when he got jealous, he started getting really manly. Who knows maybe he wouldn't mind how heavy and sexy it is tonight?

"Psst. I can read your thoughts, you naughty girl." He said laughing at me.

"You just got to ask." I elbowed him in the stomach. Which caused him to erupt in laughter. Alec placed his hand in mine, which caused Asher to growl. Elbowing him the stomach again, like this is anything romantic. They withheld onto my other hand, and Asher wrapped his arms around me. It'll do.

"You are going to feel pain, and the urge to let go. I don't care where you grab me. You hold on tight. Grab my hair, hold my tit I don't care." I felt Asher look over to Alec to check him really quick, which caused him to laugh.

"I got permission from my king," Alec mocked him. I placed my hand in Alec and the witch. I used my magic to light the candles. I started to chant, and since it is dark magic the pull was hard. They all grabbed me tighter, and tighter. I felt the blood coming out of my eyes, and my nose. I begin to chant the spell some more, and louder. The flames got heavier; the walls were breaking.

It went on for about an hour, and I can feel the blood pour out of me. Until it all went white. Everything was still, and here I was in the underworld.

I look around the greyed-out area. It was like back in the days. I knew if I wanted to get Alias, I needed to make a deal with the devil. Which so happened to be a close friend of mine, for when I went comatose. Here there was no magic, or wolf. So, it was just me and my human.

"HADES!" I yelled. No reply came. I kept yelling and walking around. This place was dangerous for myself, as I made a lot of enemies. I see the fire burning, hot liquid spurring. I hated this place with a passion.

"Dammit Hades, if you don't get out here now, I will kill when I see you." I heard a laugh rumble beneath my feet. A black staircase formed in front of me. Stairs to hell wonderful I started walking up the stairs, which took a good 15 minutes. Before the color came back, and I was in his house.

"I am human here, you seriously made me walk!" I yelled as he appeared in front of me. He looked me up and down, before wrapping his arms around me.

"My dear Vanessa, what brings you to hell?" He had this wicked smile, which I actually loved. Hades was known for being the bad guy, when really, he was ruler. Sexy as hell too.

"I came here looking for a certain wolf. I need to bring him back." Hades had walked over to the chairs he made appear for us to sit.

"What's going on my little demon?" He asked.

"I can't say out loud due to safety reasons. But you have permission to look at yourself." He put our hands together, and I let my thoughts go to him. But as sinister my idea was, brought a laugh to him.

"Well, I see how evil you're becoming. But you do know I don't grant wishes without something in return." Thought I could avoid this, but apparently not.

"What is it you want?" He put his hand to his chin thinking right before he had this grin on his face.

"I want the strength of your newborn daughter. She won't be eligible for the throne, as she won't be as strong. she will contain the hybrid traits, but half of them go to me."

"Hades, I don't have a daughter. And why on earth would you need more power?"

"I sense a baby being made, as you my wolf are fertile."

"But if you may ask, I want to live on earth. But I need to hold more than a god’s power. I need human-like features. You give me that, I give you Alias." How the heck do I get pregnant so damn fast, this was insane. But if it meant the protection of my pack.'

I let my hand forward for us to shake, which he quickly drew a knife which cut it. That means I signed a deal with the devil. If I were to back down, I will be raising hell as he mentions. As long as my daughter is able to protect herself, that's all she needs. Drew will be the one who takes over, so she wouldn't be able to anyways. He locked our bloody hands together and a burst of black light blinded me. I felt fear, as this is something I'd never do.

When my sight came back, there stood Alias. He looked at me and had a mad look on him.

"What did you do?!?" He screamed at me. My heart was beating with happiness but took this moment to throw my arms around him, as I am so happy, he is here. I love him. He quickly put his arms around me for a second, before pushing me back.

"What the hell did you do Vanessa, signing a deal with the devil? What did you promise?" I inhaled and exhaled for a long period of time. And placed my hand over my stomach. He looked down and was furious. Right before a light shined down, interrupting as we were being brought back to the real world.