Fates Hands novel Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Duncan lay in bed with Adira in his arms, guarding her like a dragon with a favorite jewel. The doctors were all certain that no real harm came to her, other than a minor bump on the head and some bruises. The sleeping powder that was used was herbal and had no ill effects on mother or pup. They told him that she will wake up in the morning.

After bringing her back to their room, Duncan moved their bed into a corner, he put Adira on the enclosed side of the bed and then wrapped himself around her, with his back to the world as their shield.

When a servant came in to give them some early breakfast, she was greeted with a very low angry growl and promptly left the room running. Anyone that came to that door that night and early morning was greeted similarly.

Finally the King stepped in and told everyone to just stay away till they came out on their own. Jack wasn’t setting so much as a toe in that room, though he was pretty sure that Duncan would let him in. He just wasn’t sure of the reason why he would. He checked on them right after they came back from the hospital, he found the bed was moved into a position that could be ancil… dafanded

could be easily defended.

On the bed next to a sleeping Adira was a giant golden wolf that ment nothing but buisness, it didn’t matter if you were friend or foe. It was kill all and maybe ask questions later, kinda situation.

Jack didn’t blame Duncan one little bit, he agreed to the plan as long as Adira wasn’t a part of it. Of course none of them knew that the informer was Alfred, had they known that, Adira would of been locked in her chambers with a dozen guards inside and a dozen more outside.

As always when dealing with evil, you sometimes can’t fathom how deep the roots of it go. In this case it was prejudice. The oldest and easiest evil to get into the hearts of all species. No exceptions.

The King wasn’t much better to deal with, not only did he feel terrible that Lady Adira was put in danger, but also about his life long trusted servant Alfred

He ordered that Alfred be put in the darkest dungeon hole they had. Then he appointed the captain of the guard to question him in any means he saw fit to get the whole story out of him.

When they were done, the only reason Alfred had done what he did was because he felt Adira was not worthy of anything. The King ordered that Alfred was to be left in that dungeon hole to rot, no food, no water. When he dies he is to be left there to rot, till nothing is left but his bones.When he is nothing but bones, they were to gather them up and toss them willy nilly in the forest.

As for Lily, the King decided that she was going to become an advocate for abused and exploited pups and human children. She would travel from pack to pack, giving information and making speeches on the subject. She would relate to every pack what happend to her, the things she did under the influence of the Alpha’s voice, as well as on her own actions fueled by her own anger.

She would be accompanied by a guard for her own safety. Just in case she met up with a former abuser. Which would be reported to the King personally and investigated. She will do this for 10 months out of the year. The other two she will return to her room intensive therapy.

She will continue to do this until her therapist

feels that she in control of her emotions and has forgiven herself.

Duncan didn’t care if his behavior was rude or that he was scaring people. He too blamed himself for what happend, he should of been with her so that way none of it would of happened.

It wasn’t till around noon that Adira started to wake up. She tried to move but there was a very warm and heavy male wolf laying mostly on her. She gave out a sigh wondering why it was Apollo,and when she started to move, he let out a small whimper and started to lick her face.

“EwWwee…lick…Apollooo…lick…stop it….lick,lick….Apollo…..lick… Stop please!”

“I love you too Apollo but now I need a shower. Where is Duncan? Is he hiding? I don’t remember anything from last night, I do think that I was drugged though and Artemis confirms

it.”

When she rolled over to look at Apollo, A very naked Duncan was waiting for her.

“Why was Apollo out and about?”

I WAS A worried about how little wolf Lune

“He was so worried about you little wolf, I was just a bit too agitated to be allowed out unchecked. So Apollo took over.”

Duncan stuck his head out the door and caught a very frightend servant girl, he very carefully told her that they needed some food and something to drink and would she please tell the kitchen. She ran off in a hurry. Duncan watched her go, wow the grass doesn’t grow under her feet.

He figured that they had about a half an hour or so before the food would come. Time to get his mate in the shower. Mind linking Apollo, wow dude you really are a slobber puss. Looking at their mates hair kinda sticking to the side of her face, as she tried to move it away.

He started laughing but when his mate looked at him, he could see that it was Artemis, she was looking back at him, like she was going to rin him a new one