20. Sacrifice

Andrea POV

I hated to have to force Cain to let me give myself up, but I didn't need him to undo my plan.

"What have you done Andrea?!" My dad yelled at me, while I held a n empty syringe of wolfsbane.

"I have a plan and I need him to stay here." I shouted back.

"Bring me my son" I looked at Nessi, who's eyes went wide.

"Your not seriously thinking of sacrificing yourself, are you?" Nessi looked like she was about to start yelling, she had this 'don't give me the answer that will force me to kick your a**' look' that was always getting us in trouble.

"No, but I do have a plan and it involves all of us here in this office." I turned to look straight at my dad thinking he was going to stop me.

"What do you need?" he stood at his desk, waiting for instructions from me.

I never thought the day would come where I was giving my dad , Alpha of Blood Rain, orders.

Soon the doors of his office opened and I saw Micheal bouncing away in the arms of Noah.

"I'm very sorry my love but mommy has to leave you again." I hugged him while inhaling his scent.

I wasn't sure if my plan would work but I needed to make sure everything came together at the right moment.

Soon Noah and I were less than half a day away from the Blood Hunter border.

I was bound with rope, hands tied behind my back and being led on a rope by Noah.

Cain must be furious by now, thinking I must have fled with Micheal.

This was my punishment, being led like a mere pet to slaughter, and an angry Alpha/mate at my heels.

I was becoming weak, we had been walking forever and I was tired and hungry.

I'm sure by now Cain has convinced Nessi to see reason and she has told him I'm prisoner to her mate Noah.

"Move faster!"

A quick jerk to the rope on my neck and I fell forward, trying to put out my hands so that I may break my fall.

But that was no use, I landed on my face. Great now my nose is bleeding again.

I peered up at Noah who just looked at me with such distrust.

Not that I blame him, it was I who convinced his mate Nessi to go against her Alpha and it was also I who forced him to choose between his Luna 's wishes or his mate bond to my best friend.

"We are almost there, quit dragging this out." Noah seethed at me.

"Just wait a second, I just need to get to my feet."

"GET UP OR I'LL DRAG YOU. Either way I don't care!" He was now giving his best angry face but I almost laughed at the way his nostrils were flaring.

Just as I was about to get to my feet, I heard them.

Rogues!!

"Noah!" I turned to face him but he already knew what I was warning him to.

He was in a defensive stance, but not to me. He had enough distance between the both of us that if it came to me or him, he would choose to save himself.

That hurt a bit but again I didn't blame him.

After everything I have done, I took his trust and betrayed him and the entire Blood Hunter pack.

The Rouges that surrounded us didn't advance but instead took an escort stance, no doubt to have us taken straight back to their leader that wants my baby.

I wanted to kill them all for following such a lowly wolf.

But now wasn't the time.

I needed to know who was behind this threat.

Within the hour we were at the front gates of Blood Hunter pack.

Noah kept tugging at the rope around my neck but still I kept up with him.

I must have been more tired than I thought because I collapsed to the ground.

This time it wan't Noah who told me to get up but I was yanked up by my hair.

"No one gave you permission to be weak." One of the rouges said while helping the one who had a hold on my hair.

I gave a small yelp but quickly got to my feet.

As soon as the gates opened up we were greeted by a very large man and two women, one probably his mate.

The man said nothing but one of the women spoke very soft.

"We have been waiting. What took so long?"

Noah stepped forward.

"I have been injecting her with wolfsbane essence, so that she won't shift. We had to walk this whole way on foot"

"Good. Give her another injection right now." She didn't even blink, but gave a small smile at the corner of her lips.

Noah didn't even question her, but stuck a needle in me, pushing its contents into my arm.

I screamed, but I was able to stay standing.

"Do you have another?" The lady asked again.

"Yes"

"Then give her another."

This time Noah looked a bit confused.

"I've already given her one an hour ago, if I give her another it will stop her heart."

The lady looked irritated, still she held out her hand.

Noah gave her the syringe anyway, I was standing there waiting for another injection but it never came.

Instead I heard a guy screaming.

I looked up to see the lady with the needle in one of the Rouges arm.

"Shift!" She demanded from him.

But by the look of it he was in too much pain to focus on shifting at the moment.

"I said Shift!"

She really wasn't a patient person, by first look of her you would never guess she was the torture type.

"I c..ca..can't" the rogue managed to get out.

"Monitor him, once he is able to shift I want to know" She turned to the other rogues.

They took him and headed for the side of the pack house.

Probably heading for the infirmary.

"Welcome home Luna Andrea" she had on a smile that was most welcoming.

Weird coming from her, just moments from scolding 4 rogues.

She must be one of the leaders that wants my son.

Before I could say anything she turned to face the other lady and the tall man at her side.

"Come, lets get out of this heat. To the house."

The lady gave a small nod and turned, the guy however stood there. Watching my every move.

I limped and surely he could see that I was in too much pain.

Coming forward only to take hold of the rope and began to lead me to the pack house.

He had such long strides it was impossible to keep up with him. So he tugged at every step, making me walk faster so that I wouldn't get dragged.

Once we were inside the house we headed for the grand hall where there were a few more men and twice as many females.

There was one who held power, I couldn't tell where it was coming from but I felt it. It hit me in waves, every time enveloping me and making it harder to stand.

Strong, yet it felt familiar.

But still I couldn't put my finger on where I knew this wolf from.

"Here she is."

I looked up into the now recognizable eyes of the one I trusted my life and the life of my son with.

"YOU?"

Caly POV

"NO, NO, NO!"

How could she do this. She promised elder mother that she wouldn't return to her son until the right moment.

I really didn't want to take her son away from her but I needed to. It was my job to make sure the prophecy was completed properly so that the were community did not suffer the hands of this child when he came of age.

But still here she was holding her son.

She had only been away from him 2 weeks and she was already broken without him.

Her mate however, was completely taken with his son.

Even his sons aura had no effect on him.

I have been watching everyone he came into contact with and so far no one was a threat and no one had the urge to take him or his power.

I wonder what the WereBear Alpha done to make him so dangerous to little Micheal.

Just when she held her son there was trouble.

Andrea and her mate immediately entered the pack house with other ranking members.

If I am to take her son now is the moment I needed to. Her and her mate were occupied and I don't think I could get another chance.

I was nearly 50 yards away in the tree but it was still midday. I needed to wait til the evening sky was alive to get Micheal out of there.

For now I needed to watch him.

30min later I see Andrea leave the house with Nessi and a few other females, but not her mate.

This is one of those times I wished I could vape during the day.

I wanted to send my astral form but I had been doing that every 20 min during the day that I was already weak.

Clearly something was wrong because Nessi is crying holding on to Andrea and she is heading for the eastern tree line.

But there is another guy with her, someone not her mate and he is angry. This time I don't see her hugging this man but she is being bound in rope.

Something really bad happened here today.

I had half the day to wait to see what is going on.

I have to get back to Darin, he tends to think I look for trouble when I don't check in every few minutes.

Right now he was out looking for a place to stay the night again. We tend to change locations every couple of days to make sure we aren't caught or anyone can hit our scent.

This way we have too many stays that are days old and they get so turned around that they can't point our location.

It also helps that we stay in the human territory as well as around the pack borders.

"Anything happening today?" Darin called up from the base of the tree I was in.

"Yes, too much is happening. But I need more information before I can make a move."

"What do you mean?" Darin was always protective of Micheal.

I did have to fill him in on what my purpose was for Micheal, so he understood why I was still hanging around after delivering him to his guardian.

"Micheal's mom just returned with I believe her mate, Micheal's father."

He stood there as if trying to figure out why I was concerned.

"So this means we have to take him again. Back to your leader in your pack."

"Yes"

Every morning elder mother kept coming asking for updates on Micheal and who was surrounding him.

Everyday I told her nothing has changed. Tonight I will have to vape in to get the full story of what is happening now.

Now to rest for tonight I will have a full and colluding evening.

"Wake up Caly. I think it's time." Darin shook me like I was going to break or rather going to fall out of the tree we had napped in.

Remembering what I needed to do tonight I sat up and quickly made my way further up the tree we were in.

I couldn't see Andrea anymore but I saw a variety of people bickering back and forth.

"You have to eat something first, you tend to wear yourself out without knowing."

He wasn't wrong but I needed to get all the information I needed to relay to elder mother.

"Ok, but this time something quick."

"Well its a good thing I woke up earlier than you and made us dinner."

He wasn't a bad cook, and I was already use to having my food cooked over an open fire.

Mmmm. Potatoes with some deer meat.

It was a good thing the local butcher had some this time.

"Ok, now to get to work. I need you to keep a look out for me. I don't want to get interrupted this time."

"Alright I'll keep a watch from the ground. Please be safe."

He gave me a quick hug and headed down the tree.

The time we have spent together has brought us closer indeed, only in the spirit of brother and sister.

He was protective of me and I of him. But nothing romantic has happened.

Not that I wanted anything to happen.

Right now he was in protector mode as I did my daily check in but today I knew already was going to be different.

As I sat there in the branches of a denser tree, I called my vape form forward.

Projecting myself to the pack house to find out just what was happening.

As I got closer onto the grounds I heard it all.

"Your Luna is selfish…Alpha Kelian is doing what is right..She has turned on both packs..Kill the Luna..Save the Luna..We need to avenge our Luna..Alpha Cain has betrayed your Luna again…"

The entire atmosphere was toxic with the harshness of everyone bickering on what to do about the Alphas and Luna.

I really didn't know what was going on, so in order to find out more, I had to go to the sources that would know the most information.

Alpha Kelian, Alpha Cain and Nessi.

I decided the Alphas would be the best option on getting the most clear information. So I made my way into the pack house.

It took me awhile to find the Alphas office.

When I approached there were 3 men carrying out Alpha Cain.

"Make sure to put him in one of the guest suites. I don't want him thinking he's a prisoner here."

Wow.

Prisoner!

"Alpha, I'm concerned about my daughters roll in the sacrifice of Luna Andrea. I don't want Alpha Cain to harm her in any way."

Daughter. Humm.

That means that he's really is Beta Aaron, Nessi's dad.

"Calm yourself Aaron. Andrea has told us that her sacrifice must happen so that her son may live. It is her choice, we are simply hosting her mate until she is able to carry out her final wishes."

Alpha Kelian looked worried but still remained stoic.

He truly was a drastic father to his only daughter.

"Surly there is a plan as to what we do next. I mean we can't simply sit back as Alpha Cain regains conscience. He will have our heads for allowing his mate to go through with her demands."

Beta Aaron looked at Alpha Kelian for some kind of reassurance.

"HIS mate, but my daughter. She might be my child but she is a grown woman and has been making her own choices. I'm simply allowing her to live her life as she sees fit. When she tells me she has to sacrifice herself to save her son, then that is her choice. She just wants us to host her mate and keep him here until he wakes up and by then it will be too late. That's it. Nothing more."

Alpha Kelian walked to the door and left.

I was going to vape to Alpha Cain but seeing as how it'll be awhile before he wakes I headed for Nessi.

She was in what I assume was her home inside the pack house. Soon Beta Aaron came through the doors.

"Dad, anything?" She asked straight away.

"No, I'm afraid not. Alpha Kelian is adamant on keeping Andrea's wishes. I tried to reason with him to follow Andrea and help her survive this but he won't."

"But he's Alpha. And her father. How can he be so cruel to let her die without batting an eye at her." Nessi was angry, and Micheal knew it.

Micheal was now fussing at the top of his lungs. No amount of bouncing and shushing would comfort him.

"Please just tend to the boy. It's bad enough that the day he is reunited with his father is the same day his mother has decided to sacrifice herself. No need to add restlessness to that."

with that he went back out the door and I was left with Nessi and Micheal.

"If only you knew why your mom had to leave you once again. I'm sorry you are stuck with me. Your mom is my best friend and I could not save her from herself. I wish I could."

Nessi was now crying.

I hadn't learned anything form anyone.

Ok. This time I need to go to Andrea.

I'm sure she would give hint to what ever is going on.

Off I was.

I took me nearly an hour to find where Andrea was. She was heading SouthEast to the Blood Hunter pack.

But it was odd that she was in human form and her Gamma-the one sworn to protect her, was walking with her not guarding her but more accompanying her.

'Say something' I pleaded through my vape form.

They were quiet.

When morning was coming I waited for elder mother to come to me, and this morning I had much to tell, but she did not seem concerned. She simply asked if the child was ok and well.

"Mother, if the child should loose his mother, won't that darken his future?"

I asked being a little too curious.

"No. It will not matter if the child grows without a mother, only his father is what matters to his future. I'm sure things will work out the way they are suppose too."

I simply nodded, unsure of what to ask next or if I should even speak.

"Please keep me informed on the child."

With that she was gone again.

'Only the child matters, huh, thats a little weird.' I thought to myself.

The past 2 evenings I checked on Micheal, stayed with him for a few hours and then headed for his mother.

But still as the first night they were quiet.

Too quiet. Still nothing came from either one. They walked, and walked and walked.

After many days of watching them, I finally found out that they were in fact going to Blood Hunter pack.

"2 maybe 3 days to the territory. If you would walk faster then we can get this over with that much sooner." Her Gamma directed to her.

"I'll do my best to make it there, but I'm getting a bit too weak. Perhaps hold off on the wolfsbane for a few hours, just enough for me to get to the border."

She was almost pleading.

She was his luna yet she sounded as if she were asking him a question and not giving an order.

"You think I'm going to listen to a word you have to say. You are now my enemy, my packs enemy. So the faster you rest the faster we can get moving again."

I stayed with her night after night, she did move rather fast in her human form but still slow enough that I can continue to find her.

I wondered what was at Blood Hunter pack so this night instead of staying by her side I went to check on what awaits her.

I entered the territory and made my way past the members. Everyone seemed to be terrified.

I had no clue as to why.

Instead of staying with them I made my way into the house.

Nothing prepared me for what I saw.

'NO, Please no. How could you!'

I returned from my vape form and there was Darin.

I just stared at him as I started to cry.

"What?"

i just shook my head and continued to cry, my tradition was now in question.

How could this have happened?

How could this be the prophecy?

How could WE interfere like this?