Life After the Storm novel Chapter 72

LILLY'S POV

I am so weak I can't move, when I open my eyes all I see is black, I become confused. I then have trouble knowing if my eyes are open or shut. I look around, trying to find any light, but nothing. What the fuck is going on? I go to move, but I can't move. It's like I'm paralyzed. I hear a voice. It sounds like a female voice, but I'm not sure who it is. I never heard this voice before. Who could this be and what do they want with me.

I can tell the voice is getting closer. I start to become nervous trying to make out what she is saying, but I can't. I start to become angry with myself for not being able to understand what she is saying. I open my mouth to scream, what do you want, but nothing comes out. It's like I'm mute.

What the fuck is happening? I have no idea.  Was I captured? Oh my God, Jayden, what if they attacked us, and now we're being held captive? I become so frustrated trying to break free, trying to bring my body back from being paralyzed, but nothing I can't move. What if Jayden's being tortured as we speak, and I can't save him?

“Stop, everything is OK, You are just simply sleeping, and your body is recovering.”

“Who are you, where am I?”

I ask in desperation, wanting to know what this woman wants with me. All of a sudden, the black turns to light. I then realize my eyes were open. As the bright light burns my eyes, making me close them. I begin to blink, trying to adjust to the bright light. Once my vision becomes clear, I then see a woman, but her back is towards me.

“I betrayed him, yes, I was his mate by chance. But his father came to me after he found out and made me an offer that I couldn't refuse. I played him so well, it was so easy. Then I fall in love with him and Jayden came along.  They became my life. So, I convinced Landon to create his own pack, and we left. Hoping that leaving his father's pack would be enough for his father, but it wasn't. He wanted to make me pay for my betrayal, so he wanted to take what was most important to me. I was terrified that Jayden would make a sound. I prayed he wouldn't, when they couldn't find him. They killed me instead.”

Then I realize the woman is Landon's mate, Jayden's mother. She had some part in this too. How far does all this go back? I don't even know what to say to her. What did she want so badly that it was wroth, losing her mate and child?

“I ask her why does his father want to kill him so badly?”

“That wasn't the deal the deal was for me to give him our firstborn child. I thought it would be okay, I could always have another. When it came down to it, I couldn't give him Jayden, I loved him too much. I'm so ashamed of what I did, but I need you to wake up and protect my son.”

“You promised Jayden to Landon's father and that is the reasoning behind all this is your fault, how could you do this.”?