Chapter 63: *“We need to know…..“*
Damien and Xander were walking to their dorm, on a break between written exams, when
Xander suddenly collapsed to the ground. Clutching his chest, Xander let out a guttural cry
of pain.
Damien knelt on the ground next to Xander, wrapping an arm around his shoulders. “What happened?”
“Beatrice!” He gasped out. “Something happened to Beatrice!“.
Damien looked at Xander with a worried frown, his Beta was pale and covered in a sheen of sweat. Getting a better grip on Xander, Damien helped him up. “Come on, let’s get back to my room, then we can call home and find out what’s happening.”
As they walked, Xander slowly gained back his strength, enough so that he was able to walk the last hallway to Damien’s room unassisted. “The pain has lessened, someone is there helping her.” Xander said, relief in his hoarse voice.
“That’s good. Who do you want us to call first.” Damien asked, after his friend sat weakly in one of his sitting room chairs.
Xander leaned his head back against the chair, his eyes closed and a frown on his face. “My father, he already knows Beatrice is my fated mate.”
Damien nodded and pulled out his phone to make the call. “Damien? Why did you call, is something the matter?” Boris asked when the call connected.
“Hey, Uncle Boris, there is something that is causing some concern. Do you know if anything has happened to Beatrice?” Damien asked him.
There was a moment of silence from Boris’s side. “Is Xander all right, did he feel something just now?”
Boris’s words had Damien stiffening, something did happen to Beatrice, and Boris knew what it was. “He collapsed on our way back to the dorms from our last written exam. He’s better now, but still a little pale and shaky, can you tell me what happened?”
Xander, listening to the conversation, had lifted his head. His gaze was sharp, his expression hard. Boris let out a sigh of resignation. “I don’t know if that’s a good idea.”
Xander was now on his feet, and walking to where he stood by the window. “I think it
would be a bad idea not to tell us, Xander isn’t going to let this go.” Damien told Boris. Damien was trying to maintain a calm demeanor, something made difficult by his wolf when he suddenly became agitated.
‘Back off Zane, I need to focus.‘ Damien told his wolf. Zane only responded with an angry snarl, surprising Damien.
“It’s complicated.” Boris said. “What happened to Beatrice ties into Matthew being forced to reject Alora this morning. I’m currently investigating it, but Sarah Northmountain is at the heart of it.”
Inside Damien, Zane let out a furious snarl at Sarah’s name. “We need to know what happened to Beatrice.” Damien said, no longer asking.
Xander’s eyes were starting to glow with his wolf, after all, this had to do with his mate. “Sarah had Beatrice, Lauren, and Agatha bound to her with Black Magic spells. The spells made them obedient to Sarah, and using that control, Sarah forced Beatrice to reject Xander. With Matt’s help, we removed the spells from the three girls, but it had some unintended effects.” Boris told them.
“What effects?” Xander demanded, the growl of his wolf in his voice.
“Xander?” Boris asked.
“He’s here with me, I brought him back to my room after he collapsed before calling you.” Damien explained quickly, then demanded, “What effects?”
Boris cleared his throat. “When the spells were broken, the females abruptly came back to consciousness, fully aware of everything they had done while under the spell’s influence.” Boris paused to clear his throat again. “I gathered from all their reactions, the things Sarah had them do…. were horrific to say the least. I believe they will all need to have long term counseling.”
Xander was shaking with suppressed rage, his eyes glowing. “Thank you, Uncle Boris, we’ll talk more later.” Damien said, then ended the call before Boris could give a response.
Damien could see Xander was on the verge of losing it. Grabbing Xander’s shoulders, Damien forced him to look him in the eye. “Calm down.” He demanded, using an Alpha command.
Xander’s entire body shuddered twice before his eyes stopped glowing, and he visibly relaxed. Xander had to clear his throat twice before he could speak. “Thank you.”
Damien didn’t say anything in response, just patted him on his shoulders and let him go. Turning to look out the window at the grounds of the school, looking bright and cheerful under the afternoon sun, Damien focused on Zane. ‘What has your fur standing on end.‘
Zane growled. ‘Our mate is hurting, her heart hurts and we are not there to offer comfort.‘
Knowing Alora was hurting put Damien on edge. ‘We will be calling her tonight, it might not be the same as being there, but we can at least give her our words.‘ Damien told his wolf. It wasn’t much, but it was enough to placate him for now.
“This means that I will be taking Alora, Darien, Kain and Galen, with me to the Northmountain’s in my SUV. While Serenity, Jaxon, Camille, and Alfred will be following Ember, in Darien’s car, back to the Moonstar Mansion.” Alpha Andrew said.
The twins were surprised that they were going to be riding with the Alpha. Darien and Serenity didn’t want to be separated, but they understood the necessity. Darien pulled out his keys and handed them to his mother, before they all started to make their way out of the stadium and to the parking lot.
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I'm really enjoying the story but the overuse of "my mate" starts to get old. Also, I understand that it isn't a final edited copy but lot of grammatical and spelling errors that I'm coming across on all the chapters. Is there someone editing this? Is there a way to remove the update references?...