The challenge two alphas one girl novel Chapter 69

Maze’s POV

The twenty-first day of the Challenge was my date day but for perhaps the first time in the Challenge, there was no date. My sweet little Luna, Friday, was being treated by the Berryndale pack doctors. Thaddeus and I were at her bedside. The sun was setting outside. Its slow descent cause a myriad of colours to blend across the canvas that was the sky. Pinks and golds, oranges and yellows, blues and purples. Night was coming. For the first time since the begging of this Challenge, I would be permitted to spend the night at Friday’s bedside along with Thaddeus as she was ill and under surveillance. My Dad stood in a corner of the room, his eyes on the sunset outside. Felicity was half-asleep in the chair near to him, tears still staining her cheeks. She was worried about Friday and Fang. The doctors had assured Thaddeus and me that Friday was expected to make a full recovery. Nevertheless, I refused to leave her bedside and so did Thaddeus.

Suddenly, Theo burst into the room, making everyone jump. The Berryndale Gamma, Westwood, was hot on his heels. They were panting.

“What’s wrong?” Came Thaddeus’ deep rumble of a voice, his tone grave.

“It’s Ezra. He’s badly injured. The pack doctors are with him and Raelynn. Fang is back,” said Theo.

Felicity stirred. “Fang!”

Thaddeus got to his feet. He glanced at me. “You’ll be here? You’ll watch over her?” He asked, his blue eyes filled with worry. He needed to see to Ezra as a potential future Aly receiving treatment at the pack house.

I nodded fervently. “Always,” I said, smiling. Thaddeus nodded. He moved towards the door but I stopped him and pulled him into a bear h.ug. “Everything will be ok, brother,” I murmured.

He nodded and clapped me on the back and then he was gone.

Thaddeus’ POV

The last thing I wanted to do right now was leave my little Friday unattended. Maze was with her. Her mom followed me to see Fang and Ezra. It dawned on me that Felicity had never seen Raelynn! I wondered what she would make of the Friday lookalike. We were still unsure of her true origin as far as I knew. I wondered if Felicity or Farris could tell me more, if one of them was keeping secrets. Malachi came with us too. I had called in a full team of pack doctors when Friday fell in so the timing of Ezra’s misfortune was actually good. There were many physicians in the pack house today, a team of ten. Five were still upstairs with Friday and five were working on Ezra along with a few nurses.

Theo led me to the infirmary. Friday was actually being seen to in her regular bedroom but Ezra needed more care and he needed continuous monitoring of his vitals. The first person I noticed was a scared-looking Raelynn wearing a long T-shirt that must have been given to her by one of the men. Her face was tear streaked as she watched the doctors and nurses work on an unconscious Ezra, her predestined. I knew how she felt. I walked over and pulled her into a bear h.ug. She seemed startled at first but quickly relaxed in my arms. I wondered if I was holding my future sister-in-law. She was so very like Friday. Someone in this mess was lying. She broke down, sobbing in my arms. Malachi seemed weirdly drawn to her. He sauntered over though he had never met her before as far as I knew. He began rubbing circles on her back to comfort her.

“Raelynn, I know you don’t know me, I’m Friday soon-to-be step-dad. It’ll be ok. Nothing is worse than losing a mate or being separated from them. Trust me, I know, but the pack doctors will do everything possible,” said Malachi softly.

Felicity was h.ugging a bl00d-splattered Fang. She pulled away looking at him in horror, just noticing all the bl00d.

“Relax, Mom! It’s not mine, ok,” he said.

“Whose is it?” She demanded, sniffling.

“The vampires that attacked us,” Fang said.

“What happened?” I asked.

Raelynn extricated herself from me and Malachi and answered.

“Ezra and I were looking for Katrina. Her room had been ransacked and she was missing. We went to his Dad, Ezekiel. Ezekiel revealed that he knew she was missing. He planned it all!” Said Raelynn through tears.

Fang growled. Astrid came running into the room and threw herself in to Fang’s arms literally wrapping her legs around his wa!st and flinging her arms around his neck. She was always one for theatrics. Raelynn ignored and continued her story.

“Katrina has been sold off, promised to the gross vampire that always had a thing for her. Lane,” said Raelynn.

“What?!” Snarled Fang, apparently just finding this out. “We were forced to come back because Ezra was so badly injured but I still need to go back for Katrina,” said Fang.

“Could you direct me to where the Lane would be?” Fang asked Raelynn.

Astrid stiffened. “Who is Katrina and how do you know her?” She demanded, her eyes turning black.

Fang recoiled from his angry, pregnant mate and wife a little. “She’s just a friend, Astrid,” he said cupping her face. “She’s a vampire I met in a Berryndale bar. She’s Ezra’s younger stepsister,” Fang added, gesturing towards the gravely injured vampire nearby.

Astrid was seething. “And you ran off to save her without telling me? What if something had happened to you? What about our baby? Huh? What about me?” She squealed as tears ran down her cheeks.

“Shh, shh, Astrid,” cooed Fang.

“There were about twelve vampire warriors that came out of nowhere. One of them…stabbed my Ezra…with a…a…a blessed blade. It had been dipped in holy water I think,” cried Raelynn.

Malachi had a hand on his shoulder. Felicity was staring at Raelynn, her mouth agape but her shock was not due to the sad story.

“Who are you?” Whispered Felicity.

“Raelynn,” said Raelynn softly. “The predestined of the vampire Lord Ezra. He’s my mate basically.”

Raelynn continued. “Ezra being stabbed hit me with such force. I was devastated and so scared. I was trembling and then…and then…I…I just grew and grew.”

Fang was smirking, with something like pride in his eyes.

“I turned into a wolf!” Said Raelynn.

I knew it! fvck yeah! She was a she-wolf after all! That must mean she was…

“My bites were poisonous. I took down a few warriors as best as I could and Ezra k!lled twice as many as me even in his wounded state,” she whispered.

Poisonous bites?! Wow. Ezra was impressive too! However, I already knew he was a great fighter.

Fang was gazing at Raelynn with so much pride. He looked at her like a father looking at his toddler taking her first steps.

“Do you know why you have poisonous bites, Raelynn?” I asked, intrigued.

Raelynn shrugged. “I have some speculations…um…where’s Friday? I need to speak with her urgently!”

I winced thinking of my sick little Luna. I sighed. “She’s not feeling well. She has a fever and is unconscious…”

“What?!” Cried Raelynn stating to cry again.

“It’s ok! The pack doctors have stabilised her. They gave her paracetamol and brought down the fever. She’s getting IV fluids and she’s being monitored overnight,” I explained.

“Ok. Please let me know as soon as she wakes up!” Raelynn said, her eyes glassy.

“Of course,” I said softly.

“I can’t leave Ezra to go see her just yet,” lamented Raelynn.

“It’s ok. Maze is with her and five doctors are up there too,” I said.

“It’ll be ok, Raelynn and congratulations on shifting!” Said Theo warmly.

Raelynn smiled for the first time since she’d been here. “Thank you, Beta Theo!”

“Please! Call me Theo!” Theo insisted.

“Congratulations superstar!” I boomed, grabbing her shoulders and giving her a little shake.

“Congrats,” said Malachi smiling. He also looked proud of her and the whole time she had been here, he could not stop staring at her. Felicity was the same except she was so busy just staring at Raelynn, she didn’t even say “Congratulations.” I was pretty sure Felicity had not even heard most of the story.

“You live with vampires?” Asked Felicity, gazing at Raelynn.

Raelynn nodded.

“Where are your real parents?” Asked Malachi.

“I was told by Lord Ezekiel that I was an orphan,” Raelynn said simply, shrugging.

Raelynn’s POV

I was simply not ready to reveal my possible ident!ty as the daughter of Felicity and Farris or Felicity and Malachi. I wanted to know who my father was first. Friday had sent DNA samples to me with one of the Berryndale squad warriors. I had it in my pocket. The DNA of Friday, Farris and Malachi. I needed to take a few strands of my hair and send it too. The use of the lab at the Van Der Windt Manor was no longer a possibility. I approached who seemed to be the head doctor.

“May I have an update on my predestined?” I asked softly.

“Sure,” said the doctor. “We’ve managed to stabilise him but he isn’t completely out of the woods yet. He lost a lot of bl00d and his fast healing won’t work on a wound from a blessed blade so the wound will heal over the course of several days rather than hours or minutes. He’s getting some analgesia. By that, I mean paink!llers. Strong ones. The paink!llers brought down his racing pulse. Some of his tachycardia which means a fast pulse was due to the pain. His bl00d pressure is a bit low because of all the bl00d he lost. We’re giving him fluids so he won’t go into hypovolemic shock where the volume of bl00d is too low. We haven’t done any bl00d transfusion yet. We sent his bl00d samples to the lab to find a match for his bl00d type if needed but vampires respond better to bl00d that they just drink and that can be any bl00d type. It doesn’t have to be a match.”

I nodded. “Thank you, Doctor. The lab you’re talking about is nearby?”

“It’s right adjacent to the pack house on the same estate,” said the doctor.

“I want to do a DNA test,” I whispered so softly even the werewolf doctor had to lean in.

“Ok, on whom?” Asked the doctor slowly, raising his salt and pepper eyebrows.

“I want to see who my father is. Please it’s very important but it has to be kept confidential!” I pleaded.

“Of course,” he said.

I got a small sample cup and put some of my hair in it. I labeled it with my name. The junior doctor was a really young-looking she-wolf with long curly hair. She was wearing in purple scrubs. She introduced herself as Joanna and she helped me sort out the DNA samples. She insisted I call her by her first name or her nickname “Jo,” rather than call her doctor.

“I’m sorry, Thaddeus,” I murmured, cupping his face with one hand while I cupped Maze’s face with the other. They were both sitting on the edge of the bed now on either side of me. Maze smelled my ar0usal and his grey eyes darkened.

“Don’t apologise, my little Luna, there’s nothing to be sorry about. You did nothing wrong, Friday,” cooed Thaddeus, his rumbly voice in my ear. The tip of his nose brushed against my ear, making me shiver. My skin was very prickly and sensitive now, all of a sudden. I needed to tell them about my wolf and my sister and my father, but first the DNA tests needed to come back…

“No need to apologise, Baby,” murmured Maze sweetly, his hands reaching under the covers to massage my th!ghs.

Maze pressed his l!ps against mine. I savoured the k!ss. He and Thaddeus had such a delicious taste. I quickly launched into what I needed to find out before I got too extracted and exhausted.

“What happened to Fang and Katrina? Did you take to Ezra? Is Raelynn ok?” I asked my alphas. They looked at each other.

“We have a lot to tell you,” said Maze.

Long story short. Katrina had been sold to a weirdo vampire by her own stepdad. Raelynn had shifted in response to seeing Ezra stabbed by a vampire warrior named Fiord. My sister and I shifted on the same day. I wondered if we had shifted at the same time. We shifted for similar reasons, threats to our relationships with our mates, except her situation had been life and death. My heart went out to my bidg sister.

“I need to see Raelynn now,” I specified.

“You need to rest,” grumbled Thaddeus.

“Exactly,” said Maze sternly, folding his arms.

“Nope!” I said defiantly.

My alphas frowned. Maze smirked suddenly. “You’ve earned yourself a spanking, young lady.”

My core moistened but I pushed the dirty thoughts away.

“I want to at least speak with Fang,” I said in a serious tone.

My alphas exchanged looks again. What?!

“What?!” I asked.

“Fang went to save Katrina from Lane. He left a note for you actually. He said you can read it aloud for everyone but he asked that you did’t open the envelope until he was gone,” explained Maze.

“He went alone?” I asked softly.

They nodded. “But…but that’s practically a death sentence…one werewolf against a family of vampires!” I exclaimed, gulping. “Why would he risk himself like that?”

I picked up the envelope on my bedside table. Just then, my mother and Malachi came in followed by Raelynn, Theo and a distraught-looking Astrid.

“I heard you got a letter from him, too,” whispered Astrid with tears in her eyes.

“May I hear it?” Whispered Raelynn.

I nodded. Did you get the DNA samples I sent?

Yes but I don’t have access to the Van Der Windt lab anymore so it’s in the Berryndale lab. They told me two days and I sent it last night.

I grinned and so did she. We h.ugged each other. It was a relief to be reunited. We needed to go get Fang though. I sighed and looked the letter. I read it aloud to the rapt attention of everyone present.

It said:

Dear Friday,

I have to confess two things to you.

The first confession is that I was going to do the unthinkable. I had been in communication with Lord Ezekiel Victor Van Der Windt, the so-called Vampire King. I fed him information necessary so that he could arrange your kidnapping. There are no excuses for my treachery. Like father, like son I guess. I am so ashamed and I am filled with remorse. I did that because I thought whether you chose Thaddeus or Maze, my post as Beta would be in jeopardy. I reasoned that if you chose Maze, you would reveal what a substandard brother I have been and he would dismiss me as Beta. If you chose Thaddeus, I thought Maze would blame me as one of the negative factors prompting you to want to leave. Words cannot express how disgusted I am with myself.

For what it’s worth, I soon changed my mind and tried to call off the kidnapping. Ezra was against the idea from the start. He was horrified that I would set up my own sister. I am horrified too. I can’t believe I did that. Ezekiel wound’t let me call it off completely and thus I got Ezra to monitor any vampires that were tailing you. Ezra followed you and your alphas to the camping trip. He made a noise to alert you to the two vampires there and thankfully, Maze and Thaddeus handled them easily. I was working on keeping you safe after the fact and that brings me to my second confession.

I love you Friday. You’re my baby sister. I have always loved you but I think I kept it suppressed because I was taught to shun you as weak and wolf-less. That is the second greatest mistake of my life. The greatest was betraying you in the first place. You didn’t deserve that. You didn’t deserve the way I treated you growing up. You deserve the best, always. I wish you that. Please take care of yourself and please don’t hold my sins against your future niece or nephew. Please make sure he or she is nothing like me. Teach him or her your integrity, your b.ravery, your selflessness, your capacity for love and forgiveness.

I have written to Astrid, my mate, my one and only and explained things to her also. I wanted to say that she the love of my life again in this letter because I didn’t say it enough in person. Please take care of Mom and let her know how deeply sorry I am for any pain I cause her. I hope she knows I love her and wish her happiness with Malachi. I know Maze and Thaddeus will hate the very ground I step on once they realise what I have done but I would have been honoured to have him or Thaddeus as my brothers. I hope you choose based on love, Friday, and nothing else. Raelynn, I know we are connected in someway and I am so glad we spoke before I left. Stay strong. I was so proud to fight alongside a formidable she-wolf like you. I hope Ezra fully recovers. He is good person. I wish Elizabeth happiness with Cody. Tell the twins, Fargo and Fallon, I love them even though they’re pests. Tell my future son or daughter I didn’t give up on them, I only gave up on myself. Daddy loves you more than anything. He didn’t need to meet you or know you to love you.

I am going to get Katrina. If I succeed I will send her back to the pack house. If she doesn’t return please go after her. She is a sweet girl. She reminds me of you, Friday. I will take out as many enemy vampires as I can on my own. It is the least I can do. It is the least you all deserve. Please take care of yourselves and each other.

Your brother, Your mate, Your father, Your friend, Your son, Your former Beta, Fang.