Chapter 6.

Carter POV.

I wake up on a sofa. Fenrir talks to the alpha and his luna. I know them because we have worked together before, but I never thought I would be here because my mate is, one a siren and two a fucking psychopath.

“Perla, Perla, where are you going?” Alpha Javier’s voice pulls me back to the present as I watch his luna run outside.

“What is happening?” I ask as I watch the luna run faster.

“We need to follow her. Something isn’t right. It was like she was in a trance.” Javier runs and shifts into his large black wolf and I stop in my tracks and he looks at me, nods his head and we run. Fenrir’s beast picks me up and throws me and I land on his back on my stomach, winded as I try to catch my breath.

“Hang on, Carter, until you shift. You won’t be able to catch up with us.” I hold on to his black fur as we chase after alpha Javier, his pack warriors and beta following behind in their wolf forms. You would think I would be terrified, but it’s not the first time I have seen them in wolf form. Plus, if Fenrir is right, I will be like them soon.

“No, you will be bigger. You will be on two legs, all will tremble before you,” a voice speaks in my head. The same voice I have heard since I can remember. My subconscious.

We break through the treeline and skid to a stop. Seeing the many sirens in the water. My eyes widen at the sight. There are hundreds of them. I watch as people enter the water and Asteria does something to each one, including the children.

They disappear and reappear in siren form. I see luna Perla standing on the beach. When a whimper comes from the side and I turn to see alpha Javier fall in his wolf form and shift back, clutching his neck as luna Perla screams out in pain. He convulses on the floor, his beta Mitchell goes to him.

“No, this isn’t possible.” Fenrir says as he looks from alpha Javier to luna Perla.

“What is happening?” I ask again.

“Asteria has removed their mate bond.” He says and my eyes widen and jaw goes slack at what he has just said.

“How is that possible?” When Fenrir growls as he watches Asteria.

“The call for war. The song she has used is forbidden. The call will server the mate bond between a siren and who they are mated to. It makes them feral.” He says when I watch as Asteria dives and her people follow her. We run towards the beach as Perla is about to the enter the water.

“Perla, stop!” alpha Javier shouts as he runs towards her. She stops but doesn’t turn. He runs to her and grabs her when she turns and shrieks at him, grabbing him by his arm and breaks it. His scream is deafening as she forces him to his knees.

“You can not command me, mutt. I only answer to my queen.” She raises her hand when a shriek comes from the water and she stops. She shoves alpha Javier into the sand and turns to face Asteria.

“Perla, come. You can kill him when the time is right.” Her words dance on the cool night breeze, sending a shiver through me. I watch as Perla bows to her. She turns and looks down at alpha Javier and hisses at him before she enters the water. I watch as she dives under and a fin leaves the water.

My gaze is locked on Asteria. The psychopath that is my mate.

“Still alive. What a pity. Accept the rejection, Carter. It will do you no good to remain bonded to me,” she says.

I move towards the water and wade in deeper until I’m a few feet from her. I feel strange, stronger. Something wants to break free and make her submit and bite her.

Fenrir enters behind me. I know it’s him because of his commanding presence.

“Asteria, this doesn’t need to happen. We can fix this.” I say to her when she shakes her head, looking away.

“I know what they did to you. To your …” She snaps her gaze to me.

“Don’t, don’t you dare say her name! You have no right.” She screams at me and all I want to do is hold her. I can feel her pain at what she endured.

“Asteria, please. We can fix this.” Fenrir tries to reason with her when she hardens her face.

“No, it can’t be fixed. You mocked me Fenrir. When all I did was what I thought was right. I saved every fucking shifter from extinction for what? So you and everyone else could live happily ever after. No more. You know why we are feared amongst you all. You knew this day would come. I loved you like a brother, Fen, and you turned your back on me, on my people. How many times have I saved you and your family? If it wasn’t for me, your daughter would have died as an infant. Your twin would have died. Your grand daughter would have lost complete control. Who was the one who saved them? It was me! Yet my people are still suffering whilst those of you on land thrive. You will all pay for what has happened to me, to my people. You will watch as the land bleeds.” I listen to her words and look down.

“Asteria, please don’t do this.” I plead with her.

“It is already done. The wheel is already turning. It will only be stopped once I am satisfied.” She says she moves further back from us.

“Wait, Asteria I, Carter Montgomery, reject your rejection.” She stops and turns with a snarl on her face. Her face darkens as she flashes her razor sharp fangs at me. Her face dips down, but those violet eyes shine under her hooded malicious gaze.

“So be it.” She dives and disappears from sight. I wade out of the water followed by Fenrir.

Alpha Javier looks completely lost as I sit next to him in the sand.

“Are you ok?” I ask him and he looks away and nods his head. I feel a presence behind me and I turn to see a tall, muscular man with long hair walking towards us on the beach. With a woman with long blonde hair at his side.

“Carter,” the man speaks as the woman smiles at me and then moves towards Fenrir and hugs him.

“I’m sorry, brother. I couldn’t intervene in this. I have felt her pain. They did awful things to her. I was forbidden to help. She is right. We abandoned her.” My eyes widen she turns and looks at me.

“Carter, I am Selene. This is my mate, Lycaon. Your ancestor. We are here to help you.”