Chapter 43 - Blessed with Two Mates

(Jennifer/ Kiera)

I sat next between my mate Markos and King Xavier. Royal Gamma Benny was lying down with his head on King Xavier’s lap. I squirmed a little feeling something weird going on with my body.

“What’s wrong dove?” Markos asked. He always called me his dove.

“I- I don’t know. I feel weird”, I admitted, making them look at me. Royal Gamma Benny sat up and looked at me, tilting his head to the side.

“The potions are wearing off” King Xavier said. I looked at my hands to see it was true. I stood up and tried to let the wings out. I felt them move but then it was like there was nothing there. I sighed and looked at my mate. He had lost so much weight and they had tortured him. It’s good to see he’s alive. He has no idea how much I have missed him. I see King Xavier and Royal Gamma Benny tense.

“What is it?” I asked.

“Someone is coming down” Gamma Benny said. As if to hide me, the guys stood in front of me. I saw a blonde woman and two guards. They pass by our cells and continue walking to the last cell where the humans are being kept. A woman is grabbed and pulled out of the cell. She screams and kicks, but to no avail. Then they stop in front of our cell and more guards appear.

“Hello, my handsome King. I need Kiera. Now move aside” the blonde woman said.

“No, you’re not taking her” King Xavier says, and Royal Gamma Benny growls.

“It seems like you want to do things the hard way” the blonde female said. The cells were opened and all three of the guys were zapped with tasers.

“STOP! leave them alone” I shouted.

“Who the hell are you?” the blond woman asked. I could see the confusion in the guards' faces. King Xavier and Royal Gamma Benny just laughed.

“Where is that bitch mate of yours?” the blonde female asked. I went to slap her but one of the guards grabbed my hand before it could connect. The guard snarled at me, but I just narrowed my eyes at him. He sniffed me and looked at the blonde female.

“It’s the same woman we brought in. It must have been magic” the man holding my wrist tightly growled.

“Oh, Helen and John are not going to like this” the blonde woman murmured. King Xavier and Royal Gamma Benny continued to laugh. The blonde woman marched towards King Xavier, who looked at the woman like she was a bug.

“You think this is funny? I was going to start with that bitch to break your bond, but now I’m just going to start with him” the blonde female said, pointing to Royal Gamma Benny without looking at him.

“No matter what you do, Amanda, I will never accept you as my mate. You will never be queen and I will never give you a child”, I said.

“We’ll see about that” she smirked. She then looked at Royal Gamma Benny.

“I’ll be coming back for you once I deal with this mess” Amanda snarled.

“Don’t hurry back”, Royal Gamma Benny smiled, which caused one of the guards to punch him. This pissed off King Xavier and King Xavier punched the guard right back. Another warrior came and punched King Xavier and this time Royal Gamma Benny punched the other guard. More guards began to rush down. The cell was cramped, but I could see each punch and kick going to King Xavier, my mate, and Royal Gamma Benny. I saw Benny drop to the ground, followed by my mate, Markos. King Xavier was taken down by four guards tasing him. They quickly left and I rushed towards my mate.

“Are you okay my love?” I asked my mate.

“I’m okay. I’ve been through worse” he said, which broke my heart. I can't imagine everything he has gone through. I helped him sit on one of the mattresses. I then helped King Xavier to get to the other mattress, but when I got to Benny I noticed he wasn’t responsive.

“Benny? Benny wake up” I said.

“He’s going to be out for a while, dove. He was injected with wolfsbane. If they had another one, they would have injected Xavier with it”, Markos said. This was not good at all.

“WHAT?!” I heard my father shout.

“Oh, this is going to be good” I said. I heard the door bang open, followed by footsteps. A few seconds later, my father is standing in front of our cell seething.

“I should have known” my father says, banging on the cell door. I just looked at him with a smirk.

“Grab her, she is going to learn you do not mess with me” my father roared. I knew my mate or my daughter’s mates couldn’t help me. They were hurt, so I let them take me.

“Jennifer-” my mate called.

“Save your energy, you’re going to need it” I said. He nodded and I was taken away. We went up the stairs and out of the building. Not far from the building there was a large group of ferals and bear shifters. Someone kicked the back of my knee, forcing me to the ground. My father walks away from me and stands in front of the large group.

“You all know what I want. Beat her all you want. Do what you want with her, but I need her alive. Are we clear?” my father shouted. There were growls and roars all around.

“Go and bring her to me, no matter what it takes. If you have to kill them all, then DO IT!” dad roared, and the ferals and bears took off, but I noticed one bear shifter looking at me. He gave me a slight nod before taking off with the others. What was that about? I wondered.

“You called for me your highness?” I heard a familiar voice. I turned my head to see it was the witch from the first time I was brought here.

“Yes, do you know this woman?” dad asked. The witch looks at me then shakes her head.

“No, your highness,” she replied.

“This is the woman who we brought in and you said you didn’t sense any magic except for the chain” dad gritted out. I could see a slight fear in her eyes but she kept her facial features normal.

“It’s true. I couldn’t sense any except for the chains” she repeated.

“This is why I’m the only one who checks our prisoners” I heard another raspy voice. As I look, I see a woman with salt and pepper hair. She brings her right hand up and black vines begin to wrap around the body of the other witch until the vines cover her from head to toe. I see the vines tighten and the witch stops moving. The second witch that arrived brings her hand down and the vines quickly unwrap from around the first witch and the first witch drops to the floor… dead.

“Matilda, my love, is everything ready?” my father asked. My love? So he left my mother for a witch?

“Wow, you really are a hypocrite. You’re a hunter who said he was going to get rid of all the evil, all the supernatural creatures in this world, yet you’re fucking a witch?” I said, only to earn a slap.

“You should learn to be more respectful to your future mother” the witch smirked evilly.

“You? My mother? Never! I already have a mother. She was sweet, carrying, loyal, a great grandmother, but most of all she was faithful”, I said, looking at my father.

“Something you could never be” I said, looking him in the eyes.

“What can I say? I’m a man and I have needs” my father grinned, then pulled Matilda towards him and kissed her. I shook my head and looked away. For once, I was glad mom was dead, so she wouldn’t have to see this. When they break apart, Matilda walks towards me and hovers a hand over my head.

“There’s some magic there, but it’s fading” Matilda said, and father shook his head.

“There’s nothing we can do about it now. I need to finish getting things ready for tonight”, Matilda said, turning towards my father.

“When the blood moon is at its peak you will become the most powerful man in the world and soon a god”, Matilda cackled. These two really are insane.

“Go ahead, my love. I will get the hunters ready” dad said. Just then I saw Helen. She did a double take. Father sees this and walks towards her, but not before saying something to one of the guards. The guard grabbed my arms and took me under a tree where I saw a rope. My wrists get tied together before being lifted up by my wrists. I groaned and kicked the guard. This move caused for my ankles to be tied together. I heard it before I felt it. The crack of a whip. A scream left my lips. Whip after whip was delivered to me. By the time they got to fifteen, all the fight had left me. I was hungry, tired, and in a lot of pain. I was dropped to the ground, my head bounced on the damp earth. Black dots began to appear in my vision. I tried to stand up, but I was kicked in the head, causing me to black out.

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