Hectors POV
Athena had fallen asleep in the shower, so Axel carefully carried her to the bed where we dried her off and tucked her in, she was exhausted having taken both of us and being marked. Once we knew she was comfortable we both began to ourselves dressed. I knew Athena’s heat was coming yet with all that had recently gone on I’d completely forgotten about it. Bryant didn’t want Axel anywhere near Athena, he knew he was also her mate but neither of them bore the others mark so until Axel marked her he saw him as a threat. I hadn’t expected him to mark Athena not whilst his soul was bonded with Vanessa’s, but the more I came to think of it, hell let the bitch feel everything and more, it’s the least she deserved. I wanted to say I hated Vanessa, but that word just wasn’t strong enough to describe how I felt towards her. Athena had been worried that Axel had changed his mind about the bond he claimed to want with us, I could feel her worry through in wave
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Athena’s POV They couldn’t possibly be serious. She was weak and locked up how the in the goddess’s name was she going to hurt me? I know it sounds silly but when I mated with Axel, I felt bad more than that really, I felt guilty. Yes, I know how crazy that sounds considering she didn’t seem to regret anything she had done to me. She was pregnant and suffering all the while we were having the time of our lives, exploring each other’s bodies, learning what we each did and didn’t like. Though my guilt wasn’t the only reason I wanted to see her. I needed answers. I wanted to know why she hated me, why she plotted to take my mate from me and why she went as far as to harm me. Siblings fight and argue growing up sure, I mean that’s normal, but Vanessa and I should have been closer than any other siblings. We were twins for crying out loud. We shared a bond, one formed while in our mum’s womb. I hurt she would know and the other way round. Each time she hurt herself I would feel t
Vanessa’s POVI could sense her change the moment she entered the room; the confidence and power were rolling off her in waves. It didn’t faze me, however her mating with Axel did. I told Athena regardless of the fact he had mated her he would still see sense; he would still choose me. I was carrying his pup not her. The moment I went and gripped her throat the bitch snapped my wrist like it was a toothpick, perhaps I’d underestimated her, something I wouldn’t do again.
Athena’s POVOnce Vanessa had been secured Axel grabbed a hold of my hand and without so much as a second glance, he led me from out and away from the room leaving Vanessa sobbing so Beta Benson could lock it back up. I had tried several times to ask where we were going and if he was ok, but he remained silent. Through the bond I knew his emotions were all over the place. He worried the pup wasn’t his, he worried the pup was his and that she might miscarry from the decision he had just made. However, the one emotion that had me nervous was the feelings he held for Vanessa, they were growing, and I could feel him try to force them away. Unfortunately, it was a side effect to the mate bond, a feeling that would soon overwhelm him, a feeling we couldn’t let win. Axel bought me back to my room pushing the do
Axles POV I wasn’t entirely sure how my mother found out about Vanessa being pregnant, yet I wasn’t surprised as I did have my doubts. I knew my mother and I knew she only took interest in things that would be beneficial to her. Me having a pup wouldn’t do that, or at least I didn’t think it would. I was due to become Alpha of the Gemstone pack in the next month as my father wanted to retire, so any pups I had would take over from me, and without sounding to harsh my mother would be long gone by the time they came to rule. I had so many questions swirling in my mind that I was oblivious to the fact Hector had been trying to get my attention, it wasn’t until he flicked the back of my ear making me jump that I noticed. “Where’s your head at mate? Been saying your name for like five minutes” I glared at him through the rear-view mirror, but he only chuckled at my reaction. “Don’t do that it’s annoying” my eyes slowly diverting back to the windy dirt road in front. The o
Athena’s POV “But if we don’t remove it, he’s going to die. He can’t die, he just can’t” my words came out as nothing more than pathetic girlie sobs. It was impossible to remain strong when one of my mates was lying in front of me like this. His skin was clammy and greying his lips turning blue the longer it stayed in place, I didn’t want to think it, but it was more than obvious he was knocking at deaths door. “Young lady I don’t know who you are, but you will not tell me what to do in my hospital” the way he spoke to me startled me, how did he not know who I was? Surely he could smell my scent, it was that of his future alpha after all. I opened my mouth to protest when Axel stepped forward blocking me from this rude man’s view. He was much taller than the doctor and bigger built. If I were him, I’d feel rather intimidated right about now. “You will not speak to my mate that way. Now fix him” Axel’s voice remained strong as he used his alpha voice over the doctor w
Axels POVI couldn’t believe what I was hearing, Thor was snarling while pacing around in my mind. The mere thought of harming our pup had his hackles raised and my blood boiling. My father, the man I spent my childhood looking up to murdered his own pup before she had a chance to even be born. There was no way in hell I was able to do that, where he even found the strength to commit such an atrocious act baffled me. I was now seeing my father in a whole new light; he was just as big a monster as his mate. My mother I would gladly put an end to, she had never shown an ounce of love towards me growing up and now I knew why. She never wanted a son. The problem with that however was she was
Hector’s POVPain radiates throughout my body, my skin hot as sweat dripped off me I could feel a cold liquid being pumped into me as it burned my insides. My eyes felt heavy as I forced them to open. The room was dark except for the lamp that sat to the left of my bed along with a jug of water and a glass. I went to sit up but found myself unable, the pain was too much so I laid back down with a grunt. A long line of stitches went vertically down my chest, I was only stabbed so now I was curious as to the size of the incision. Taking a look around I was in a hospital but a fancy one at that, I was in a private room that much was clear. It wasn’t your usual sterile boring white walls bu
Axel’s POV I knew my father would have a problem with me being mated to a man yet a small part of myself hoped he could look past it and accept me. Accept me for who I am because Hector was right, as my father he should be happy because I am. And I am happy, though once the bond to Vanessa is gone perhaps, I’ll start believing it myself. For now though I just had to get on with it. My father and I left Hector in the hospital, he wanted to be discharged but I managed to persuade him to stay just until the morning. My mother was being kept in the alpha suite and heavily guarded. She was his mate, so he didn’t want to have her put in the dungeons, so being as this was a magic free are