Chapter 89


    Chapter 89 – Celeste


    Celeste P.O.V.


    The first thing I see when I wake up is darkness, and cold concrete ceilings. Kara, what happened? – I


    asked


    Celeste, we have to talk, but we’re not alone. –


    She responded, worry in her words.


    I stood up from the bed and looked around. There in the dark on a chair was Huitzilopochtli, his eyes


    fixed on me. Iscrambled to the farthest corner of the bed, covering my stomach defensively. He stood


    and turned on the light.


    “Rx, child of Chantico. If I wanted to kill you right here, I would have done it at any point during the


    24hrs you’ve been asleep.” He said and I was surprised he spoke English as well. He must have read


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    my face because he smirked, “Surprised I can speak English? I have been alive for over a millennium. I


    speak manynguages.”


    “If you’re not going to kill me, why did you take me?” I asked.


    “I didn’t say I wasn’t going to kill you. I am just not doing it now. It will be during the full moon, when


    Coyolxauhqui can watch,” he


    taunted.


    My eyes brimmed with tears at his words. “My pups.”


    He flinched, ever so slightly, that I thought he actually felt bad when he said, “Yes, well that is


    unfortunate. I didn’t know you were pregnant. I did try to take you when you were younger, to avoid


    more bloodshed.” He said, as if that excused his actions. He moved over


    to a mini fridge and opened it. “There is water and food in here as well as snacks. There’s some


    clothing in the drawers and a bathroom


    through that door. There’s no way in or out but through this door, so don’t try to do anything rash, you


    will hurt yourself trying. I will be


    back in a few hours. Try to do anything to escape and I will make sure you live longer than your pups.”


    He said and left the room. I could


    hear several padlocks click into ce.


    I let out a sob. Kara, how are we here? I don’t know what happened. We were sleeping and then we


    were in the hands of


    Huitzilopochtli.


    I’m sorry Celeste. That was my doing. I led us outside while you slept – Kara said, guilt evident in every


    word.


    But why? I couldn’t understand why she would do that to us.


    Selene showed me that Huitzilopochtli woulde for us. He killed so many in our pack. So much


    loss. Gabriel, Valeria, little Meli


    and the girls. So much death, just for us. She told me that the only way to avoid it was to turn ourselves


    in. That he wouldn’t hurt us until the full moon. But I couldn’t tell you. Markus would have never let us


    go and you wouldn’t have been able to keep it from him. I had to


    wait and do it while you slept.


    But our pups – I sobbed.


    It’s not all lost Celeste. Markus has 2 weeks to find us and rescue us. We have to trust our mates and


    our friends. They won’t let us


    down. – She said soothingly – Eat, we can’t let the pups suffer. We must stay strong. We will need our


    strength.


    I went to the bathroom and then to the mini fridge. I grabbed some gran bars and a sandwich I found


    there. I forced myself to eat


    them, then hugged a pillow and cried myself to sleep while Kara sang me lubies in my head.


    I woke up some hourster when I heard the padlocks start to unlock. I sat up at the farthest corner of


    the bed again. Huitzilopochtli


    came in with some equipment and a bag of food. He saw the empty sandwich package and nodded.


    “Good, you have eaten something. I


    need you to sit here,” he said, as he ced a white screen behind a chair.


    “What are you going to do?” I asked.


    “We are going to Mexico, and for that you need a passport. I need some pictures to get one for you,” he


    exined, showing me the


    camera.


    “And if I refuse?” I asked. Don’t refuse Celeste, we need to follow along until Markus finds us –


    Kara said.


    “Then I will force you, and that will only end with you injured. I prefer not to hurt women without need,”


    he said and I scoffed.


    “You have systematically killed everyone in my pack. The ones that survived were starved, beaten and


    then sold to you as well.


    His eyes darkened in anger at my words. “The m******e was not my n. I only wanted you and your


    mother. That’s why I hired those idiots to do it ording to yourws but they were mad. The c****te


    was senseless. I cut all my contact with them afterwards, only to find out they were trying to sell the


    young girls they took from there. I bought them, looking for you. I knew you weren’t dead, but I didn’t


    know who you were, so I bought them all.”


    “And then killed them.” i snarled.


    He looked offended at that. “I wouldn’t kill innocent people. Those girls were half dead. I fed them and


    when they were well enough,


    I took them to a brujo (sorcerer) and erased their memories of what happened to them. I dropped them


    off at several borders of packs in


    Mexico that I knew would be good to them.”


    My hand went to my mouth and I sat up now. “You didn’t kill them?” I said as tears came to my eyes.


    “I do not harm women,” he insisted.


    “But you would kill me? Huitzilo-”


    “Helios” he said.


    “What?”


    “Call me Helios. Huitzilopochtli is a name I haven’t used in a long time.”


    “You don’t hurt women, but you would kill me?” I asked. How did that make sense?


    “Yes. I am not a monster. I am simply fulfilling a promise I made to my mother. Everyone who


    contributed to my mother’s death will


    pay. Now enough talking. Sit, before I make you,” he said coldly.


    I sighed and did as I was told. After he was done, he simply took his equipment and went towards the


    door.


    “Wait,” I said. He paused at the door. “Where is Sandra?” He looked at me curiously.


    “I don’t know what you did to her, but she tried to kill you when I brought you back. I killed her. She was


    not a good person but she


    was the only way I could find you. I brought you dinner. We should be traveling in a few days.” With that


    he left, leaving me stunned on the


    chair as I heard the padlocks click back into ce.


    Kara, what are we going to do?- I sighed at her.


    Right now, we’re going to eat dinner. –


    She said – and then, as much as you hate to be the damsel in distress, we’re going to wait for


    our mate to rescue us.


    I sighed and ate dinner and did the only thing I could think to do. I slept.


    In the morning, Helios came by with breakfast. As he was heading towards the door, I thought of


    something, “Wait! Huitz-Helios.


    Can I please have a couple of books? I have nothing to do here.” I was just overthinking while I was


    stuck in here and it was driving me


    mad.


    He looked at me curiously again then said, “We will be leaving tomorrow. You can buy some at the


    airport,” and left. Padlocks clicked


    back into ce.


    Kara said sometimeter in the


    As is pulling at the mate link. I’m going to try to talk to him. Maybe he’s already close by – morning.


    Hurry – I said, knowing I wouldn’t know anything until she was done.


    I forced myself to eat my breakfast as I waited for Kara to tell us if Markus was close.


    Celeste – Kara started


    I stopped breathing – Are they close?


    I could feel a deep sadness emanating from her.


    No, they almost died. The pain of us being taken…Markus’ heart almost exploded. As put him in a


    healing sleep. They are fine


    now. He is using all their energy to reach out. To make sure we’re OK. I told him everything we knew


    about leaving for Mexico and where


    we were and that he hasn’t hurt us or the pups. They will look for us. He said when we go to the airport,


    to look at as many cameras as we can. Evergreen’s software will find us and track us. If we get taken


    to a store, look at the camera, if we are at a stop light, look for a traffic


    camera. They will find us.


    I couldn’t stop the tears from falling down my eyes again. This entire time I had been worried about the


    pups and I didn’t even think about what could have been happening to Markus. It’s my fault – Kara


    howled in the back of my head.


    No, you did what was necessary. We will survive this. Our mates are strong –


    I said – You and As have a n. It will work. We will


    y along with Helios and find a way to make it out of this. He doesn’t know As could reach us. We


    have the upper hand.


    It’s been 11 days since I was kidnapped and, honestly, I’m so confused. I have got to be the most well


    cared for kidnap victim in


    history. While Helios said he doesn’t hurt women, he is nning to kill me. But yet, anytime that I’ve


    had difort from the pregnancy, he’s practically jumped through hoops to help me. We bought a


    bunch of books at the airport, then he upgraded us to first ss when


    the seats were giving me back pain. He had yet to restrain me, hurt me or even threaten me since that


    first day. I was eating full meals, he


    was indulging my constant bathroom breaks. Which meant we hit about 5 different gas stations once


    we were in Mexico on the way to his


    hideout. I made sure to always look at the camera each time we stopped. He had even gotten me a


    craving I had mentioned as we made


    our way out of the airport food court.


    We finally arrived at his mansion in Mexico. It was just outside of Mexico City, near the pyramids we


    had seen in our vision. I was


    actually surprised he was so close. I’d seen and felt his sorrow in the vision. I knew this ce held bad


    memories for him and yet he chose


    to stay. It’s like he chose to relive that pain every time he looked out of the window.


    He allowed me to move about his house when we arrived. I was even allowed to go outside the


    balcony. I was too far along the


    pregnancy to shift now and he knew it. The house was surrounded by giant concrete fence and guards.


    I had no where to go. I spent a lot


    of time in my bedroom, but Kara encouraged me to go outside. I was sitting outside in the sun by the


    gardens when I heard him


    walk by.


    “You’re finally out of your room,” he said. I didn’t answer. He sat down on the chair next to me and just


    looked off into the distance to


    where the pyramids were.


    “Why do you do it?” I asked.


    “Because they killed my mother.” He answered automatically.


    “I mean why do you live so close to the pyramids? That’s where it happened, isn’t?” I asked.


    He nodded, still not looking at me, “I made a promise to my mother to avenge her. They will all pay for


    killing her.” He stopped and


    hesitated a little before he decided to continue, “Sometimes I get tired. Tired of killing, tired of fighting. I


    bought this ce to remind me


    of the promise. Of what they did to her.”


    “I was abused, starved, beaten and mentally broken for 12 years by the same people that murdered my


    family, my pack, my friends.


    When I was free of them, I didn’t seek revenge, all I wanted was to free the rest of my friends.” I shook


    my head, “Your way sounds


    exhausting and heart breaking. You said you’ve been alive for over a millennium, but have you really


    even lived?” I asked.


    “That is not important. I have a promise to fulfill,” he said, standing up.


    “And if you don’t know the whole story? What if your siblings were right? What if your mother was being


    influenced by evil and it was


    the only way? Would you stop?” I asked him as he walked away.


    He stopped, never turning around. He looked up at the sky, “Dinner will be in 20mins.” Was all he said


    before he left.


    I sighed and tilted my head up at the sky while I caressed my heavy bump. For the 100th time, I asked


    Selene for guidance. I tried


    pulling at the link but it was empty. I sent up a message to Markus, telling him I loved him and missed


    him. I told him that our pups were OK and hoped the wind carried the message to him. We had only


    two more days before the full moon. We were running out of time.