Chapter 26 - Warning...

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Brutus' pov:
She's fumbling slightly in my arms as I finally stop. For the past couple of hours I've been running furiously and she's complained about it ever since I started. I've had to keep going though. Just the very idea of him hearing her scares the living hell out of me. I can't risk her being found by him...I can't let him get anywhere near her. I would rather run to her annoyance and at worst, risk my own life before I let him anywhere near her. No matter who came after us, I would die protecting her...hopefully it never reaches that point.

For some reason I just know that it will though. At some point, somebody is bound to come after us and I will do something radical so that either both or one of us, survive. Mira is the only thing that matters. She's just a couple of hours old and she's already lost her mother. I lost her mother. I need to make sure she gets somewhere safe, somewhere far away from Don.

There is only one place I can think of, but there's a risk involved: they'll either say no to taking her and killing me, or say no and put me in a cell for the rest of my life. I hardly think they will say no to taking her, but rather no to either let me live or be free to roam the woods on my own. As long as Mira is taken care of though, I don't care where I end up.

- You're going to be okay, Mira. Daddy will make sure that somebody keeps you safe from every possible harm there is...

I let out as I look down on her. She's got these beautifully blue-green eyes that remind me so much of her mother. There's hardly anything that's different about her eyes and it almost breaks my heart to see them, but at the same time, I feel this overwhelming love for her. She is just as beautiful as her mother was. I couldn't be more proud to be the father of such a beautiful girl.

I plant a soft kiss on her forehead before I rise back up on my feet and look around myself. I'm by the infamous pond where I know I almost helped Fagan kill Blake. Oh, how things have turned around these last four years. Now I'm actually fighting to keep Mira safe and hopefully somewhere down the line, I'll see myself trying to save Blake...no matter if you believe me or not.

I know it's not that big of a distance to the pack-house, but I don't expect to get that far until somebody finds me and reports to the Luna, who so happens to be Kate's mother. Kate is probably there too by now and so will Alec along with his mate. Alec will probably be less than pleased to see me, his mate even less after almost breaking his mate's back, but I can't have any regrets. I did what I had to do to keep my family alive. Otherwise, Mira wouldn't be alive to make her weird baby-noises.

I walk through a denser part of the forest before I reach a clearing. I start to hear noises around me...noises of wolves circling around me. I know they see me and that I see them. I look down on Mira for a moment, thinking this might be the last time I get to look down at her while she's in my arms. I place a soft kiss on her forehead again, bend down slowly and place her on the grass. She immediately starts objecting and it takes every ounce of strength I've got to not lift her back up.

- You really have some nerves showing up here with an innocent child in your arms. Are you really that into kidnapping children?

I recognize Alec's voice right away. I see him appear on his wheelchair slightly on my right. His wheelchair isn't really built for this kind of terrain, but around here it seems to manage just fine.

- All of the things that I've done in the past has all been to keep my family safe. Everything I've done over the last four years has never been about me despising you, but about keeping the ones I love safe.

I see he's skeptical to my explanation. He doesn't really believe me and I didn't really expect him to.

- Whose child is it?

He asks as his mate approaches her. An instinct in me wants to stop him from approaching her, but I have to keep my cool with all the wolves around me.

- Everything I've done has been for my family. I've had a mate since I was sixteen...she gave birth to my daughter just a few hours ago...and died in the process.

I let out. I have to do everything I can to hold back the pain that stabs me in the chest.

- Do you expect us to believe that?

Alec asks.

- No, not really. You have every right to doubt what I'm telling you, but I wouldn't be coming to you if I saw any other place to bring my two hour old daughter where I knew she'd be safe from Don...

- And why would we accept her?

Alec's mate interrupts as he inspects little Mira.

- Because I know you're nothing like Don Black. Family is the most important thing to you and you would do anything for your own families, much like I would for my little girl...

I don't know what he sees when I answer, but he ends up picking up Mira who's still uneasy about everything. I want to hold her so bad, but I have to stop myself before he hands her to Alec where she seems to calm down a little.

- You know, you're either going to end up dead or in a cell for the rest of your life. What is that you can offer us in return?

Alec then asks as he looks up at me.

- I know what Don is going to do to Blake...as if things weren't bad enough for Kate, it will get a lot worse when Don has done what he's planned. I need to talk to her.

Alec snort right away.

- You're probably the last person on earth that she'll talk to, you know?

He answers. Of course I know that.

- I'm asking for a chance to set things straight. Fagan and Don has had a hold on me since I was sixteen and found my mate. They both used her to get to me. I had to do whatever they asked of me or they'd kill her. My mate is dead and the only thing I fear for in this life is the little person you're holding in your arms. If she's safe, there's nothing stopping me from actually helping you...

Alec is looking down on Mira, slightly more open to the idea, but his mate next to him is more hesitant.

- We'll take care of her, Brutus. Now, you said you could help us find Blake...

I'm about to answer Alec when I hear somebody walking through the bushes. When I turn my head, I recognize the Luna from the time we imposed as rogue-hunters.

- Your fate will be decided by the code of the pack, not a deal that you make here and now. This might be a special case, but we won't let you go anywhere until a final decision of your fate has been made.

She looks over at my daughter in Alec's arms. I turn my head back toward her and nod weakly.

- I don't care much about what happens to me as long as my little girl is safe. I can spend the rest of my life in a cell if that's what you decide, all I ask is that I help you find Blake. I know where he is and what Don Black intends to do with him...Kate has to know so that she's prepared.


Kate's pov:
You might consider me strong and brave for being able to give my kids the notion that they will be okay even without their dad. In the end, they will be the strong and brave ones. For now, I'm just pulling that face so that they'll be alright. On the inside however, I'm nowhere near of being that strong or brave. I am in the process of learning to stand on my own two feet and I don't know how to do it. I don't know how to do anything without Blake.

I'm sitting on my old bed with Ivy and Damian fast asleep. They're sleeping tightly together on Blake's side while I just sit next to them, making sure they're okay. I sit with two pictures in my hands - one of my father...and the other one of Gray. I don't know who is what anymore and now that I'm back here, I guess I have a chance to find out.

I just end up throwing those pictures on the floor. I can't find myself thinking about that at all. I can stand to think about fathers at this point. Whenever I do, I think about the father of the two beautiful children lying right next to me.

- If I could just sleep like you two...

I say to myself. Sleep has been eluding me ever since I woke up. It's almost like I refuse to sleep again until I know something for sure - whether Blake is dead or alive out there. Sometimes I feel like there's still something in the link, but it's such a faint notion that sometimes I ask myself if it's real or not. It makes me restless. If I tell people, they will find me to be crazy, I'm sure. Perhaps I am going crazy. Perhaps he is dead and I'm just holding onto something...ghostly. I don't know, I can't stand to think about it. That's why I constantly look down on Damian and Ivy...it helps me take my mind off it.

I bend over and plant soft kisses on their foreheads before I hear somebody knock gently on the door. I approach my door and open it slightly to see Robbie is standing there. Down the hall, I hear a faint cry from a baby. It might be my mother instinct kicking in at the sound of it and Robbie notices how I turn aware of it.

- Robbie, who is that?

I haven't spoken to him since I yelled at him earlier.

- You are not going to believe this...

He starts as he withdraws slightly and I close the door behind me.

- What is it?

- Brutus just surrendered himself to us...

I bubble up in anger. Whatever he's come here for, it's not going to be pleasant for him when I get my hands on him. He has been involved with Fagan and Don, both men that have been out to hurt my mate in the cruelest ways. I'm gonna make sure he knows what I feel about that.

- ...the baby that you're hearing in the distance...is his daughter.

That's when my heart almost stops...

- His daughter?

Robbie nods.

- They got a DNA-test and it's a match. The little girl is Brutus' daughter and she's just a few hours old. She's currently with Alec.

- Why did he come here?

Robbie takes a deep breath before he answers.

- Brutus says he knows what Blake's father intends to do with Blake, and he's insistent on talking to you...

I'm even more confused. Robbie notices.

- Why?

I then ask.

-Because whatever Don Black has planned for Blake, it is something that you'll notice powerfully through the link...



A/N: I'm not a hundred perfent sure yet, but mostly I am, that the next chapter will be the last one of the sequel and....well, you should probably do your best at not wanting to kill me because some of you just might want to do that.


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