Karissawined and rolled over to show her belly as Brett looked at me.
“Shecan’t use her gift in wolf form,” I told him.
Brettsmiled and rubbed her belly. Just like that, in a wolf’s way all was forgiven.
Iturned to survey the damage. RAIDOS had left. The building was completelyengulfed in flames. Vampires’ ashes littered the ground. Sylvia was dead. Myhands were shaking and suddenly Kai got in my line of sight.
“Layla’sdead,” he said. “You did it.”
Hecradled my face in his strong hands and I whimpered. I had so much shame. Iwent rogue. I left him, my mate, my husband. How selfish.
“I’msorry,” I said looking down, being submissive.
Thenhe kissed me passionately. “I know, and you’re on house arrest for the rest ofyour existence,” he told me.
Ilaughed as I leaned into him, smelling his unique scent.Home.The scentspell must have broken when Sylvia … No.
Suddenly,Sadie’s eyes flew open as she coughed deeply. Brett knelt and grabbed her facebringing it closer to his. “Thank God!” he shouted.
Shelooked at him confused but smiled. “Hey, you’re cute.”
Weall laughed. The laugh turned into a sharp pain in my chest. Ahh. I massaged itas my female wolves crept towards me in wolf form.Alpha.
Kaifrowned. “You okay?”
Ifelt the Devi slither inside of me.‘Goodbye, Aurora. Thank you.’Hervoice echoed in my head. No!
Igasped as a pain shot up from my groin into my head and forced me to my knees,panting.
“Aurora!”Kai knelt with me. My wolves crept closer, whining.
“It’shappening. The Devi,” I whispered to him as my head began to throb. Wincing, Igrabbed my temples.
Kaiwent pale. That was hard for an Indian to do.
“No.No. No. No,” he said frantically. As if saying it would make it so.
Ihad no more energy to fight, so I collapsed into his open arms as he slowly satdown with me draped in his lap.
Ashe leaned over me, shock marred his face and I reached up and felt his scruffybeard. “Do you know how much I love you? You are everything to me. My favoritepart about this life,” I told him, breathlessly. It was getting hard tobreathe, to think.
Kailooked defeated. He leaned over and pressed his full lips to my forehead. “Iwish I had met you three hundred years ago. Infinity wouldn’t be enough timewith you.”
Ismiled as tears rolled down my cheeks and cried out as a sharp pain stabbed myheart. Kai stroked my face. “But you’re not going anywhere.” Alpha power oozed fromhis voice and saturated my body. He stared into my eyes.Challenge.Mywolf stirred as he locked on my gaze, growling.
“Doyou know why I assess pack rank with a staring contest?” Kai asked.
Icouldn’t see anymore. A bright light had taken over my vision and called to me.I reached out to touch it. But Kai’s voice held me earthbound.
“Becausebeing dominant isn’t always about physical strength. It’s about mental andspiritual strength as well. You have it! More than Max, more than me! You arestrong and you can fight the Devi! Stay with me and fight!” he screamed,shaking my shoulders. But the light was warm and so inviting, I felt myselffloating away.
Suddenly,a slice on my arm made me falter. I stopped floating and looked back at my bodylying on Kai’s lap. My female wolves lay around me, whining as Kai touched his bleedingarm to mine. “Blood of my blood, Alpha,” he said and all of a sudden a rush ofenergy assaulted my body. I felt them, the entire pack. Portland, Mount Hood,and my girls. Emma, Trent, Diya, Max, Sadie, Kai, Isabelle, Karissa, littleAvery. Over a hundred of them. All chantingAlpha, Alpha, giving metheir strength.
Ilooked down my glowing light body, my soul, hovering just above my earthlybody. Suddenly, the Devi stepped out of my soul body and floated towards the brightlight. Our hands were stuck holding each other’s and as she floated higher, shetook me with her. She frowned as she looked back at our hands, fingersinterlaced, I tried but couldn’t shake them free. The warm and loving light wasso inviting. I pulled my arm but she winced in pain. We were stuck, she wastrying her best to detach but we were stuck.
“You’rehaving twins.” The Devi let her words float on the wind. That realizationknocked into me. I was pregnant! I had a purpose, an earthly purpose. I neededto stay. Suddenly, walking out of the bright light, was Nahuel. His glowinglight body radiated orange and yellow. He nodded at the Devi who nodded backand took his hand. Nahuel pulled the Devi hard and I cried out in pain.
“Ineed you,” Kai whispered to my earthly body. I saw all of the thin wisps ofenergy, which was my pack, floating in the air all around me, tying me to them.Grabbing them until my hand was full of pulsing energy, I pulled them taut. Ifelt the pack giving me their strength, calling me back to my body.Alpha,Alpha, Alpha. Grabbing the pack bonds in my right hand, I yanked hard andall of a sudden, a ripping sensation flared in my left hand and I was free ofthe Devi and falling back into my body. My last visual was of Nahuel smilingdown on me.
