Fated To The Alpha novel Chapter 285

Chapter 285

Jonah POV

I chased Kyan, but Kaif took off with him, and I knew why. He wanted to end it before he thought much about it, so he needed to retrieve the dagger. Kyan knew for Mara to live, Kaif must die, and he saw no other way out. His pain crushed me, yet I had wandered from the trail and was now struggling to find my way back. I headed back up the hill with no other choice, knowing it led back to the ruins. I didn't want to wander too far and become lost. When I reached the top, I clutched my knees and tried to catch my breath. Eziah and Marabella stood arguing with Katya, who paid them no mind as she looked at the grimoire she held. Kat's eyes flicked to me before her voice was suddenly in my head. °
"Take Mara," she says, and I swallow, trying to figure out what she was doing here and why she wanted me to take Mara. Kat then tosses the grimoire into the coffin, and I move toward the ruins. Slightly hesitant as I stepped inside the pentagram. The power emanating from the three of them was almost suffocating.

"I can do this, mum. Just listen to me," Eziah pleaded with Kat?

"T am not doubting that, Eziah, but give me the stones," Kat says, holding her hand out. I walk behind Eziah, and Mara and Kat nodded to me. I swallowed, knowing what she was asking, and the moment my arms wrapped around Mara's waist. She screamed and thrashed, twisting in my arms, trying to break free.

"No, no!" Mara screamed. Eziah steps away from Kat shaking his head when her hands clamp on the sides of Eziah's face. "Hand me the stones," her voice soft, yet the command behind them was brutal, and Eziah resisted, trying to fight off her command, but he was no match for his mother.

"Now get out of the ruins," She says just as I pull Mara out. She collapses at my feet, dragging me to the ground with her as I try to hold her up.

"It's okay, sweetie, I'm not going anywhere," Kat tells her, fiddling with the stones and rolling them in her palm.

"You will never know peace. You will be forever cursed,"

"But none of you will. So that is where you are wrong. I made peace with

this; I accept it, so neither of you has tO, it isn’t goodbye I will still get to meet my grandchildren, still be with you while you grow into who you’re supposed to be" Kat tells her.

"But you don't have to do this. We can find another way, once you die you will forever trapped as the Moon Goddess," Marabella sobs, and Kat stares down at the stones.

"This is the only way, you don't have to like it, but you will accept it. You’ ll let me do this for you. And eventually, you'll understand it," Kat tells her and my grip on Mara grew tighter as she cried, Kat would forever be trapped in the Moon Goddess realm once it was her time to pass.

"A mother's love has no bounds and is endless, infinite. Your son will show you that. Kaif has lost enough, and so has Kyan, I want peace, Marabella. And this is how I find it. This is my sacrifice to bear because I won't allow you to pay the price for my mistakes, and Dominic was my mistake; I didn't just take his life. I ruined Kyan's by not bringing him back. I almost ruined yours. I won't make that mistake twice, not when I can fix it," Kat says turning to look at Eziah who just stood there looking defeated, his shoulders dropped and he hung his head.

"This is what will give me peace, give Kyan back his father and Dominic back his life. A small price to pay. It started with the moon goddess, and now it ends with her," Kat says, and Marabella tries to get to her feet. Her mother's magic slips out and I pull her against me.

One of Kat’s eyes turned black, the other gold, black, and gold tendrils slivered across her arms and face as she opened her arms, and I was blinded with light.

The noise echoed through the sky louder then a crack of lightening, louder than a bomb when she smashed the stones against one another. An explosion of power erupted out of her, and the ground shook violently. Marabella screamed, and Eziah fell to his knees when the ruins began to crack, the ground shaking.

I blink, shielding my eyes around the light to find the shadows standing around Kat, flickering. All the ghosts from the Octavian bloodline stood around her, and she opened her fingers, the stones turneding to dust, falling to the ground as they slipped through her fingers only to be swept away by the wind.

Kat closes her eyes and sighs before turning to the coffin and holding thesides. Marabella crawled forward on  her hands and knees, as the last gigantic rock crumpled to the ground and turned to dust. It was carried away with the breeze, along with the Octavian's ghosts, their whispers carried on the breeze around us. Finally set free, the curse was broken. I could feel it in every cell my body. Marabella gets to her feet just as Kat leans over the coffin peering in. "Thank you," she whispers to Dominic.

"No, Kat. Thank you," says a deep velvety voice, so clear and so smooth. A voice I hadn't heard since the last time I saw the man alive. Kat flickers, her body shuddering. -

"The realm is calling me back to clean up, but I suspect you guys can handle the rest," Kat says, facing us. She smiles just as the man himself sits up behind her. Kat vanished, and Dominic groaned. We all just blinked and stared at the man. He blinks and cracks his neck. °

"You... Kyan..."" Marabella murmurs, yet I could feel her urge to touch him. Like she couldn't believe it what she was seeing was real. Mara was afraid this was one of her dreams. When she throws herself in his arms, hugging him tightly and nearly falling in the coffin with him.

"You have no idea how long I have waited to hold you, my girl," Dominic says, his arms wrapping around her as he hug her. His movements were slow and sluggish, but his mind was sharp as a tack and his speech clear as a bell. Marabella steps back, wiping her tears, and Dominic looks around for Kyan. ©

"Where is he?" Dominic asks. He tries to get out of the coffin, yet his legs don't want to cooperate as he tumbles out. I step forward, gripping his arm before he hits the ground. I help set him on the ground. Dominic sucks in a breath looking around with a sigh. "Just gotta give me a minute. The body doesn't want to work just yet," Dominic says, and Marabella and I look at Eziah. Eziah stared at Dominic like he was seeing a ghost before feeling our eyes watching him. He looks at us, and Mara stares at her brother expectantly.

"What?" he says, looking between us before looking down at Dominic.
"Nope, no way, man, I am not making out with Kyan's father," Eziah says, and Mara bats her lashes at him.
"Nope, sorry, Daddy Dom, I don't swing that way," Eziah says, shaking his head.

"Please? You can't expect him to walk back like that?" Mara pleads with her twin.

"I'm good, Mara. I just need a few minutes," Dominic says, his voice stunning me again. However, Mara folded her arms across her chest, popped her hip and pursed her lips. Eziah growls and rolls his eyes before he sighs giving into his sister.

"Fine, and don’t even think about slipping in the tongue," Eziah says, grabbing Dominic's head between his
hands. Eziah scrunched his face up before pecking Dominic’s lips so quickly that I almost missed it. :

chuckles but gets more color about himself and shakes his head.
"That wasn't necessary, but thanks. I think, because you're a lousy kisser," Dominic says before holding his hand out. »