Chapter 22


    Helios POV


    It didn’t surprise me that Mia was the one that was behind this mess, but for some reason I don’t think


    she invited the rogue lycans. And they are so many of them, perhaps all in this kingdom.


    *Gray, Andrei,e with me. A rogue lycan has kidnapped Nora and Linus is going after Nora. They


    are headed for the dark forest.*


    Both of them growled but followed me out of the chaos in the castle, Ben met us outside the kitchen.


    “Ea sier to go out from here, Ares and the top warriors are well having a st out front” Ben told us


    “Damn are we missing the fun stuff?” Andreiined and made me nce back at him.


    Gray smacked him over the head and growled at him. I shook my head, Andrei will get plenty of action


    when we get to Nora.


    We took a shortcut through the kitchen garden and through a gate at the wall but we stopped when we


    heard Ares roar. Now Mia is done for, I hope he nails her good this time.


    We were forced to fight some rogue lycans on the way over to the ck forest but most was taken out


    by Andrei who was having “fun”.


    As we got closer to the line of the forest I could hear som fightings inside but just as I took one step


    inside I felt this chilly feeling. Like when you walk through a cold shower or drinking really cold water


    but this wasn’t any of that, this was magic and damn I was right.


    NYSON DENAad of the dark forest, the livingroom of Mia’s grandmother, one of the priestess houseContentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g!


    Fecho Mamat sand and turned around to look at the older woman


    Hello mince Hohes I have something to say and something to ask. festwards will send you to the


    forest” Mariah says with a happy smile while giving me a towel.


    smit back and put on the towel and lean on the wall while Mariah sits down on the s.


    This gr., Nora, 1 sensed her when you came back. She is a lycan born mom weerwoll parents,


    remarkable. Our coven hopes that she will break tims wrecked curse you know. But of course some of


    the younger ones


    akes joy in seeing some suffer but not all of us.


    He can has a name, right? I want to know what it is.” Mariah exmed


    y does that matter? Ah forget it, her lycans name is Artemis, she is some sort of healer, she can heal


    the minds of the rogue lycans” I answer and watch Mariah as she nods and then goes up to fetch a old


    book from the wall. I guess it’s a cloaking spell or something because I can’t see any bookshelves.


    “Give this to your mate, it has a lot of history that she and her lycan will find interest in. So do you have


    any questions for me?” Mariah asks while giving me the book.


    “Yes, but now is not the time for questions, I need to go back for Nora” I begin but Mariah res at me


    so I sigh.


    “Damel and Nora are twin souls but Nora has two mates, which is me and Ares and I know this will get


    a bit … itchy” I say and Mariah tilts her head and I see her eyes go ck.


    Mariah isn’t just a witch or priestess, she is also a seer, she can see into the past and the future.


    “Yes. Their lycans are siblings if you want to call it. Or more likely, Daniel’s lycan has always been


    Artemis’ shadow and the bond between them is forged forever. If someone would try to break it both


    Artemis and Daniel’s lycan could die” Maria confirms my suspicions.


    I nod and takes the book, wondering how I am going to carry it while fighting.


    “Silly prince it will appear in your bedroom, when you get back” Mariah chuckles and starts to wave her


    hand but right before she can send me off I tell her this.


    “You do know this chaos is organized by your granddaughter Mia. She and some friends blew the


    castle and inevitable got the rogue lycans into the kingdom and even inside the castle walls”


    Mariah looks stunned for a second and then furious before she nods and waves me out. I just happen


    to let go of the towel when I take a step inside the dark forest and into the creek. She dropped me off


    inside the middle of the fighting, sigh. Witches.


    I stood there for a second, trying to organize the fight that I was looking at when my lycan finally got


    Nora’s scent and we shifted. I attacked a lycan near her and she screamed so I looked up and noticed


    that she was sitting in a tree. Tilting my head in confusion as to why she was sitting in a tree, I didn’t


    notice that a rogue lycan behind me and he got the upper hand as I felt his ws raking down my back


    and I roared before swinging at him.


    He flew into a tree that broke in the middle and fell down. Then I felt it, a pulse of some sorts, like the


    entire forest came to life in one go. The water in the creek started to float into the air and the ground


    rumbled, the trees were cracking and bending.


    I took the opportunity to go to Nora and I found her in the same tree but now it was bent but she was


    holding on to it like it was her only life line.


    *Nora, let go of the tree* I mindlinked her and I could see her shaking her head.


    *Trust me*


    I watch as she slowly lets go of the tree and really, really slowly moves so she can get off but


    something happens, the ground shakes a bit and then the very same tree that she is clinging on bends


    down towards me and I gasp.


    Nora’s eyes aren’t just purple anymore, there is a golden ring around the irises, she is so beautiful. The


    tree lets go of her and she slides down into my arms and then I watch the tree slowly stretching its way


    up again.


    “Artemis called upon the forest but she isn’t strong enough to hold it” Nora whispers and I look down on


    her in awe. I don’t deserve her and neither does Ares.