Not Your Mate Anymore novel Chapter 12

We made it to the dungeons. I followed Max to his mothers cell. I noticed it didn't smell as bad as the first time we came in here and it looked a little cleaner. I guess he wants his mother to be comfortable even if she's locked up.

We make it to her cell and find her awake, looking at her son. Max opens the cell and we walk in, closing it behind me.

"Good morning mother" Max says to his mother. She smiles at him and he shakes his head to keep a stoic expression and avoids smiling back at her.

"You remember Sabrina,right?" Max says to his mother as turns to look at me. Her eyes register my face and she gasps loudly but quickly composes herself and nods.

"Yes, yes. I remember Sabrina. I always thought she would be your mate. As children, you were both very close and protective of each other. I'm so sorry to hear about your mates, both of you." Scarlett says Max and I. I shrug and walk closer to her.

"It's ok. That's been dealt with." I say to her. Assessing her and trying to sniff out her scent.

"Has it?" She asks with an eyebrow raised at me. She then looks at Max and then starts laughing.

"Don't tell me you finally found yourself in my son's bed? Don't you know he is just like his father? Oh honey.." she tries to caress my cheek but I step away.

"Mother, you know better." Max says stepping closer to me and standing by my side. I had forgotten why I was in here in the first place. I cleared my throat and looked into her eyes.

"Scarlett. We need you to tell us everything you know about Reginald and his family. Their plans and missions. Have they captured the girl that threatens their cause?" I say to her.

She smiles at me.

"Ahh taking the Luna position very seriously I see.. your mother would be proud. You do look like her you know. I was so jealous of her when we were younger. All the boys fancied her, even Deacon. It was such a relief when she found her mate." Scarlett said to me.

"Mother, we don't have time for this." Max said to her. She turned to him and sighed out loud.

"All I know is they will be looking for their baby brother. He is their little loose canon. They keep tabs with each other mainly to keep tabs on him. They know he attacked this pack so if they don't hear from him then they will be paying you, Maximus, a visit." She says to him. She doesn't look my way at all.

"Mother..." he says to her.

"Fine! Look, they are very strong. Two sisters and two brothers including Reginald. The eldest will be king once they have rule over all the packs. They are each in different parts of the country trying to do what Reginald is doing, forcing alphas to submit. I guess Reggie got too cocky and lost this fight. Anyway, they have a witch with them. She helps them with their strength. They have to keep drinking some elixirs to maintain their strength so I'm pretty sure Reggie is a weak old wolf now since he's locked up and chained in silver." She says to us.

"The witch is very powerful. She scares me and you know Maximus, I'm always the one to jump into a fire but not this one. I suggest you kill Reginald and dump him on human land before she performs a locator spell and it all links back to you. You do not want to mess with Vera." She says and shivers after saying her name.

"The girl in their prophecies.." I chime in. I needed to know all about it.

"The girl that is to stop them and end their cruel reign. Well they haven't found her. They believe the girl to still be a child, meaning she has not met her mate. They will have the eldest brother mate with her, with Vera's help and bring strong soldiers in to the world. The new alpha king that will be stronger than your normal wolf." Scarlett says to me. Finally looking at me since she started talking about Reginald

 

"Is that all?" I ask her and she nods, still looking at me. As if trying to put me together, assessing me.

"You're the girl aren't you?" She says smiling and I knew then that she knew. I walked away from her and as I was about to walk out, 

"Wait! Vera's plan will only work if the girl is untouched. I am no male so I cannot smell your virtue. Are you a virgin Sabrina?" She asks me and my head snaps up to Max's who is looking at his mother in confusion. She starts laughing again. Laughing to the point where she's out of breath and tears are falling on her face.

"I was wrong Maximus, you are nothing like your father. He must be so disappointed" She says and then turning to me. Her eyes warm and caring?...

"Vera needs you to be a virgin for the spell to work. For he to fool you into thinking Reggie's brother is your mate, she needs you to be pure. I understand that this is not ideal for you and I guess now you have a decision to make." She says to me.

I walk out of her cell and out of the house. I immediately take in a deep breath and let it out. Tears falling down by face.

Another bomb thrown at me. Now they wanted to rape me and fool me into thinking I have another mate.

I felt someone's presence behind me. I turned around to see my mother.

She walks up to me and pulls me in for a hug.

"I can't do it mama. I can't just throw my virtue away like that. I also can't have a stranger taking my virginity. I can't let them decide for me. No one should decide for me!" I say still sobbing as I hold tighter, afraid she'd disappear.

She pulls away and wipes my tears with her hands. She then grabs my hand gently, 

"Come. Walk with me? I think it's time we had a mother and daughter conversation." She says and I just follow her lead as she leads me into the woods.

We walk through the woods and make it to a clearing where the lake was situated. She sits down on the grass and I do the same.

"When my mother, your nan was brought into this world, she was brought in as a human. She was raised human and had no idea that she was from the moon directly. When she was 13 years old she met the moon goddess then, who happened to be her mother. She was confused like any child would be because she believed her parents to be human." My mother says to me.

"She didn't see the moon goddess until the day she met her mate. Before she met your grandfather, your nan saw the moon goddess, who told her what would happen today. Her powers were also activated but she was not allowed to use them as werewolves would think she's a witch as she had no wolf in her." My mom said. I had questions but I wanted her to keep talking.

"Your nan can change the weather. If she was upset, the clouds turn grey. That's how your grandfather knew of her mood swings after he found out about her true origin. Anyway, after having me, my mother had to go back to be with her family. Her job was done. Then there was me, I came in as a hybrid. Half wolf and half human." Mother says with tears in her eyes. She closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. Opening them to show calmness.

"See Sabrina, my powers were activated whenever I was around wolves and that's why I couldn't stay in the pack. That's why we moved into human lands and I was able to stay out of trouble. Your grandfather had to move back to blue moon as I was told my mate, your father, was there. I stayed in boarding school but would visit from time to time until I met Christopher." She says.

"I had you but I still couldn't stay and then I had Josey. I knew I was going to endanger us but I couldn't be without my babies. Suppressing my power was eating me alive and eventually I couldn't go on like that so I decided to go be with my other family. The moon family." She says to me..

"Sabrina, my power is not an easy one. I can look at something and I can destroy it." She says to me. She grabs a rock the size of a fist and I watch it deteriorate to nothing. Gobsmacked. She has to be the girl they are talking about. I can't do that! 

 

"Mom..." I say as I'm still in shock and can't seem to form a full sentence.

"This is why I couldn't be around the supernatural. I was bullied for being a hybrid and my powers were activated to protect me but I was only a kid. I had to learn to control them. Unlike you, my power takes over my mind sometimes and I black out." She says to me.

Unlike me? I can't destroy things and I wish I could so what did she mean when she said unlike me? 

"'Unlike me?" I ask her. She nods and places a rock in my hand. I look at her confusion etched on my face.

"You have the power too. You are telekinetic. Just destroy it." She says to me.

"I mean I can move objects around with my mind. This is beyond my capabilities mom. I'm afraid I can't do what you do." I say to her, dropping the rock on the grass.

"When you were 2 years old, you could destroy anything if it didn't interest you anymore. We didn't have to pack away your toys for you. They would just disappear and your father would always wonder where they disappeared to but I knew." She says to me. My mother said what? 

"Go ahead, try it. Imagine it breaking apart into tiny little pieces." She said to me. This woman was going nuts. What the hell!? I looked at her like she grew an extra head and she looked back at me annoyed.

"Sabrina, you just found out you're the key to ending this upcoming war and the minute you learn that you have a power to destroy things, you want to question it? Do you not want to save yourself? Do you want to be captured before you decide to take this seriously?" She asks me. Harsh.

"Is that what you want? People to fight for you but you're not willing to fight for them? Sabrina, the enemy is forcing wolves into submission and you saw the what they did to Natalie. They are savages and if I have to slap this new power into you, I will. Destroy that stone!" She says to me. Her tone slightly to moderately to seriously annoyed.

I grabbed the stone and had it float in the air. I tried to concentrate and clear my head. Then I imagined it being destroyed and to my surprise, it happened. The stone broke into little pieces and then into dust. My jaw dropped.

"'There we go. Now, those are all your powers. You are the girl they are looking for and you will fight for the wolves in this pack and the ones forced into submission. How you fought a few days ago was not how you were trained." She says to me as she stands up and looks at me expectedly to do the same. I get up and face her, I'm a little taller.

"You are faster than any wolf, you are stronger and as if you needed them, you have powers to aid you. You can heal yourself and others, you can control minds. You can destroy things and move objects around. You can control the elements. What more do you need?" She asks me. Putting it like that, maybe I am being a little brat.

"'I'm just overwhelmed. It's all happening so fast and with everyone relying on me to play the hero is too much. What if I fail?" I say to her. My shoulders dropping after saying that out loud.

"You will not fail. The moon chose you for a reason. She makes no mistakes. The world waits for no man my little moon. You can train for a 100 years but nothing can prepare you for what the world throws at you. All the battles you've faced, all the heartbreak you had to endure have prepared your emotions for what's to come. Clear your mind of all the clutter and focus on what is important. You are part of a pack, it is about everyone's safety." She says to me and I finally got it.

I was part of Green Forrest and I swore my life to this pack. They are in danger because of what the enemy thinks I could provide them. They are in danger because people are greedy. I have friends here, my family is here.

 

Cj and Josey sleeping in my room to protect me from the bad guys without a doubt in their minds and here I was doubting. My mother slapped me alright. Slapped me with words but enough to pull me out of my head and to accept fate.

"The moon is giving me a choice. She armed me with powers, the strength and my wolf in case I decide to fight. I can choose not to fight and let people suffer but she chose me knowing I would not allow that. I have to fight! For my virtue, which should be my choice how and with who I choose to lose it to. For my family, for my friends and my pack. I have to fight mom." As realization hit me. It wasn't just about me.

I'm the key to all of this. I kiss my mother's cheek and run to the pack house. It was time to end this.

I mind linked Max asking where he was and he told me he was in his office. I ran upstairs and just barged into his office to find my dad, my grandfather, uncle Deacon and Reggie.

I close the door and I look at Reginald. He could use a bath with all that stench as I wrinkled my nose.

"Ahhhh there's the girl I wanted to see. We have been looking for you." He says to me and I walk to him and I grabbed his hand roughly which earns me a chuckle from him but I pay him no mind. I wanted to read his mind.

 

I saw his brother and sisters. The brother that I was supposed to mate with. No lie, he is handsome. What a waste to be so evil. I then saw a memory of them agreeing to meet up in five days which was two days from now. I let go of his hand and step back from him. He wasn't stronger so Scarlett was right.

"Right now, you're just a normal wolf. A rogue or maybe not seeing as you're part of a pack that wants to rule." I say as he looks at me in shock.

"How did you do that? What are you? A witch?" He asks me and I shake my head no.

"I have many powers but a witch I am not. The moon has placed me on this earth as a gift to you and your siblings. I just found out about a new power I possess.." I say to him as I pick up a pen from Max's desk and toss it in the air as it floats. Reggie looked at me then at the pen and then at me.

"Don't miss the fun part.." I say pointing towards the pen. He looks back at the pen to see it crumble into nothing and his eyes bulge out.

"That is my gift to you." I say to him and then I walk to go stand next to my dad and grandfather.

He follows my every move and then throws himself on the couch.

"He is supposed to meet up with his brother and sisters in two days. They agreed to meet at a diner a few hours from here. He has his stash of elixirs hidden at a hotel in human land. I'm sure Max filled you all in on his man made strength." I say to the men standing in this room.

They nod their heads.

"Someone needs to go to that hotel and get the potions from his room." Dad chimes in and Grandpa offers to go. I give him the hotel details and he leaves the office.