Chapter 48: Family Third Person
The triplets darted through the castle in their wolf forms trying to pick up Chasity’s scent or find a way to go down. They returned to the dining room with the huge dining table where they had first smelled Chasity. Calix noticed something. There was a huge printed rug between the dining table and the fireplace. The print was a fox opening its jaws to reveal many beautiful women inside looking forlorn. Calix gripped the edge of the rug with his teeth and pulled. His brothers helped him move the rug. There was a trap door underneath!
Chasity’s POV
The snake that had sprung at the Deidre lookalike pierced her neck with its fangs. Deidre shrieked and tried to remove it but the snake was latched onto her neck. The snake become limp but still clung to the supermodel. Deidre lay still, crumpled on the ground for a few seconds before her body started to twitch. The snake fell off of her neck and turned to dust. Deidre’s entire form began to glow an ethereal silvery white. I gasped. The other snakes approached me tentatively. I scrambled away from them just in case though they seemed friendly. The glowing Deidre opened her mouth and her eyes. I covered my mouth in shock. Her eyes were stark white, rolled back in her head and out of her mouth coalesced a silvery shimmering white smoke that formed the shape of the white fox. It was not solid though, merely spirit. The essence of the fox. It shrieked as it zoomed away rushing out of sight. The whole place began to quake. Oh no!
Third Person
The three wolves ran through a maze like underground mansion searching for their mate. They came across two wounded girls. Alex shifted so he could talk to them.
“What happened?” He asked the girls. “Do you girls know our mate, Chasity?!”
Alex’s eyes were wide pleading with the girls. The girls both blushed averting their eyes from Alex’s naked form.
One girl was cradling the more injured one in her arms. The gravely injured one pointed a trembling finger in the direction Chasity had presumably went. The girl holding her badly hurt friend spoke.
“She’s in Madame’s bedroom. Go out into the hallway and up the stairs. Please help us!” Begged the girl.
“We will,” promised Alex.
He shifted and ran with his brothers through a long hallway with no window and very few doors. The walls were shaking. Dust was falling from the ceiling. They did not have much time. They found the flight of stairs and ascended them.
Chasity’s POV
Deidre was stirring. I recoiled. I wasn’t sure of the way out of here. I decided to make a run for it. I darted towards the door but tripped falling over. I looked back. Deidre was grasping my ankle.
“Don’t be scared,” said Deidre, her voice sounding different.
yanked her ankle away. “Don’t leave me and your parents please!” Begged Deidre.
gasped. The fox spirit had fled the body after the snake bit it! “Are you…” I began.
“The real Deidre! Yes!” Breathed Deidre. “I was trapped in that moon snake’s body and Deidre used mine to become famous. Your parents are in the other two snakes. We have to hurry!”
gasped. My eyes filled with tears. I scooped up the two snakes who slithered onto a shoulder each
“What do I do? Where are their bodies?” I asked, desperate.
“Here! They work here. Two of Deidre’s loyal sycophants took the bodies!” Explained the real Deidre.
“Lead me to them!” I demanded.
“You have to help me! I haven’t walked as a human in years!” Cried Deidre.
I let her swing an arm over me. I hoisted her up. She leant heavily on me. I barely made it to the door. The roof started to crumble. I hoped whoever was in my parents bodies had the sense to evacuate. What about June? And April? We were never gonna make it like this! Just as I neared the door, it burst open!
“Alphas!” I screamed. They literally knocked me over, all three of them pouncing on me and licking my face. I giggled.
“We need to get out of here!” I yelled over the sound of concrete breaking. Felix growled at Deidre. Alex was ready to strike. Calix snarled.
“NO!” I yelled. “This is the real Deidre Binx! These snakes are my parents! There’s no time to explain. Please we have to get my parents bodies and go!”
I knew I probably sounded delusional but to my surprise, my alphas looked like they completely believed me. Felix was sniffing my tummy. He was smelling the pup.
Deidre was placed on Alex’s back and I was on Felix’s back. Calix led the way. We ran into an older werewolf and two other men who were all panting.
“Chasity!” Cried the older werewolf with tears in his eyes. Huh. Calix whimpered impatiently.
Calix led us through the shaking underground mansion back to the dining room where April lay gravely injured in June’s arms.
“No!” I screamed. “April! June!”
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