Then I saw my husband’s blood and felt his pain from the bullet that grazed his skin. ILYX blinked on the watch, I felt the Laxenread enter my mate’s system, but the lid on my rage was gone. It blew off with a force unimaginable even to me.
I flashed in my mind to the night my family died. Freya linked, “It was an illusion.” It didn’t matter that my wolf was right. It was real to me and knowing it was fake didn’t stop the sound of the bullets hitting my family replaying in my ears.
The feeling of pain in our bond as the iron seeped into my mate after the bullet whizzed by. I’d never hated my enhanced hearing more because now I could hear Xander’s skin being pierced by a bullet. I knew what the sound was even if my brain was catching up to it late.
I was never supposed to see this again. I swore it to myself that I wouldn’t allow it to happen. Not to Xander. Never him. My husband’s blood was running down his arm. They did this. Freya chuckled, “Finally.”
I didn’t even bother to ask what she was talking about. I felt she knew unleashing my rage without the lid was a bad idea, but I felt a piece of me click. As if something had been out of place and now it found its home.
I screamed in anger and pain. Freya said, “Now we have some fun. Let’s kill these people who thought to harm our mate.” I was on board with that plan. Freya said, “Throw out your hands.” Not sure what that could do, but fine.
I saw electricity flow from me, into the forest where the people who shot my mate were hiding. It was with a detachedkind of wonder, because I was still too angry to think about it. These people hurt him. I could smell his blood.
I did notice that the rain felt good on my skin. I frowned when it stopped because I wanted more rain. The second I thought about it the rain began again. Good. I wanted more. Elise linked me, “Ladybug, it’s ok.” Uhhh no it wasn’t.
I replied, “They shot Xander … and they NEED to pay.” Elise rephrased, “Ok, I get that, but Alexander healed himself. He’s ok.” The sounds of the people I loved being shot played on a loop in my mind. So, no it wasn’t ok. These people needed to pay.
I told her, “They will suffer before I’m done.” Elise said, “If that’s what you need then we are here for you.” I’d relied on myself for so long it was strange to hear that sentiment from her. There was a time it would be second nature to me, but now… I pushed those thoughts aside letting my anger out. It felt good. It felt like the door I’d shut to all my negative emotions burst open.
I walked over to a Fairy that was still alive because I wanted answers. Part of me hoped said Fairy wouldn’t give me the answers right away so I could make them suffer. I gasped to Freya, “This Fairy is taunting me! ME!”
Freya snorted, “Honestly, the audacity to say we can’t take them. PUHLEASE. We just unlocked our abilities to the full extent. We are a goddess which means we could absolutely take them.” Freya took over my body and practically ripped the man’s throat out, dropped him, then moved onto the next.
Maybe now the rest would answer me. Freya snorted, “If they are smart.” The next one did answer. There were fifty people here working with the Goblins. It had to make them mad they had to work with Goblins considering Fairies didn’t like Goblins. They were using them as a distraction.
The Goblins double crossed these Fairies then. Because they weren’t going for a distraction. Those Goblins attempted to killAiylee. That was who their target had been. Typical Fairy/Goblin plans. Each side was ready to betray the other.
Plus, this woman was lying to me. Everyone knew Haley and Xander were here. They would’ve healed Lucinda and Exsis. Haley popped next to me offering, “I can help you with this.” I grumbled, “Help away. I want the REAL plan. Not the plan these pathetic pieces of crap think they can pass off as the plan. It’s insulting to…. all our intelligence.”
Haley’s lips twitched, “That really bothers you, doesn’t it? When people insult your intelligence.” I nodded, “Yes it does… because on average… I’m smarter than most people in every room. So, it’s insulting they don’t think of plausible plans… to give to me… when they know that.”
Haley said, “That’s something I’ve found common in people with high intelligence. Particularly women, as people for some reason tend to think we are not powerful or smart. Which I find odd. No animal of a species considers their females weak.”
“Nor do people. If a regular non shifter wolf killed a human being, no one would say I can’t believe that female wolf killed that human. It’s absurd that gender has garnered such a stigmatism among humans and Supernatural’s.”
I actually laughed because that was true. The human news would report on the attack and just say a wolf killed this human… or bear. No one would care about the genitalia the animal possessed. It would not be a consideration.
Haley commented, “Your sorrow is calling out to me Melanie.” Tears pricked my eyes as I said, “They shot Xander. I swore to myself that I would never see anyone I loved get shot, ever again… and I failed. It was Xander….. I failed Xander.”
Haley rubbed my back consoling, “You did not fail my son. He is fine. Sadly, you cannot control the universe or the people in it. I’d give it a fair fucking try if one could. I’ve felt and heard a bullet hitting Eric’s chest. I felt his pain.”
I whispered, “I know it’s how you got your wings.” Haley acknowledged, “It is and it was awful. I wished you’d never seen that kind of thing in your young life. I know what it is to know your mate is hurting and to feel that anger inside you.”
“To let it consume you because I’ve fucking done it. So, I won’t tell you to calm down or not kill this lot of Fairies that will die anyway. I will point out that they could suffer a lot more if you don’t kill their pathetic asses.” That was true.
I just didn’t like it because I wanted them all dead right now. Haley asked for names. The ones provided were clearly fake names, but Haley seemed to know who they really were. Freya agreed, “She definitely knows.”
Eric linked me, “You can kill them if that will help you. We have the information we need.” An emotion I couldn’t currently identify filled me, because an Alpha was telling me to do what I needed. It had been a very long time since that happened.
The next thing I knew Xander’s arms were around me. Freya purred in my head, and I felt the anger inside of me dwindle a fraction. It still had a long way to go before it was gone, but Xander being with me, touching me seemed to be centering me.
The larger group wanted to go back and show off their promised siblings powers. That was fine, but I wanted in. I wanted to kill… no I NEEDED to kill these people. They hurt my mate. Xander popped us back to the party.
Aiden gave them a warning. I’d have preferred to strike them with my electricity. I was positive I could direct it at the person whose name I heard. Freya linked, “We could absolutely do that if we’d had more practice. If they are standing in a group together, then it would be fine. We are not currently accurate enough.” We would’ve been if we’d been together since I was sixteen. UGH! Curse you, Selene!
A few wanted mercy. MERCY?! I had no mercy to give. I didn’t really care if Aiden did… Though I was certain he didn’t.Fairies were protective over their families, and the plan had been to hurt his child. My hands lifted on their own and I killed the man asking.
Holy crap. I mean … he was standing by himself…. it made sense that electricity can kill people. I was pretty sure I’d only burned and hurt people with it so far. It was interesting that I could kill them with it. Was it my intent that mattered? I was going to have to learn to control that.
