Chapter 262


    Chapter 78: *“She’s pulling on her life chain.“*


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    “Life chain?” Alora asked, confused.


    “Yes. A life chain is something specific to Vampires and their offspring. After a Vampire’s offspring is


    born, a life chain will connect the two together. Or three if both parents are Vampire. It allows the


    offspring to contact their parent or parents in a time of need. It will also transmit strong feelings of the


    offspring to their parent or parents.” Selena exined. “Our life chain should be connecting us to our


    father.”


    “This chain wasn’t visible till the spell on us was broken.” Xena said in a serious tone.


    Xena’s tone had Alora looking at her, her head tilted slightly. “What’s on your mind?”


    “I think the spell silenced our life chain, the same way it silenced Selena.” Xena said.


    Selena looked down at the chaining from her own chest and grabbed it. After studying it for a bit,


    her eyes went wide with a kind of shocked realization. “That means…he didn’t abandon us.”


    Alora hadn’t really allowed herself to think about their real father since learning who he was. Alora


    knew her father was told they were dead after he had sought them out. The logical conclusion that


    could be drawn from that was that he at least nned to acknowledge their existence. Unfortunately, it


    didn’t stop the doubts from forming. ‘Would he like them, or would he despise them as Bettina, Allister,


    and Sarah had?‘


    Alora looked down at the chain in her hand with a frown. There is only one way to find out if he’ll love


    us or hate us.‘ Alora thought, right before she gave the chain a good yank. When she did there was a


    sound, like a giant gong had been struck. The sound resonated so deeply she could feel it in her chest.


    Everything in their space vibrated from the sound, until it eventually dissipated.


    Xena and Selena were both looking at Alora with wide–eyed expressions of surprise. Then Selena


    looked down at the chain she held and pulled hard. Another loud sound of a giant gong being struck


    resonated through their space. Xena looked down at her chain as the sound once again dissipated.


    After studying it for a moment, she grabbed it with her teeth and pulled it. Just as it did with Alora and


    Selena’s pulls, the sound of the giant gong resonated throughout their space.


    They waited a moment, their gazes looking off into the distance. When nothing visible happened after


    that moment they all looked at each other. With silent nods of agreement,


    the three pulled the chain at the same time. This time, there was the sound of several giant gongs


    being struck. The sound vibrated within their chests, and everything around them shook and trembled


    with the sound. This time, there was a reaction besides the sound and resulting vibrations from the


    sound.


    Their space was divided by a dark gray fog that appeared halfway over the walking bridge. The sun


    was gone, and only the moon shone down on their space. Theke and everything else glowed with


    internal light. The three looked at each other with curious gazes, before they got up and walked the


    path to the bridge. They stopped on the dark sand of the shoreline around the pond and waited.


    *****


    King Sebastian was pacing behind the desk in his study. Back and forth he went from the end of one


    window to another. Sometimes he would stop in front of one window or another and look out at the


    enormous garden in the Pce courtyard. Sometimes he would stop and look at his desk, and the


    silent phone that rested in the center. Sometimes he would stop and look at the swords on the wall that


    belonged to his lost child. Then there were times he would stop and look at therge antique clock that


    sat on therge firece mantle.


    King Sebastian knew he was being impatient, but he couldn’t help how restless he was. His call to the


    Alpha of Alpha’s, Alpha Andrew Moonstar had already been returned by the Alpha’s Gamma. A time for


    the call back had already been arranged for that evening. Logically, Sebastian knew that his pacing and


    continued nces at the clock would not make time pass faster. Nor would it make the phone ring


    sooner than it should. Still, he was impatient to hear news of his daughter.


    Sitting in the center of one of the couches between the desk and the firece, was his mate. In front of


    Stephanie on the table, was a tea set and a three–tier food tray. The tray had assorted cakes, cookies


    and other pastries, as well as some tiny sandwiches. The tea was a robust ck tea and set out with a


    heavy sweet cream and sugar cubes. Although Queen Stephanie had made herself a cup and put


    several items from the food tray onto a decorative dessert te, she wasn’t paying attention to them.


    Instead, Stephanie was looking down at the folder the Kingdoms Chief Intelligence Officer had brought


    them. In it was a lot of information on Bettina and her current living situation. In it, she read some of


    what she already knew. Bettina was married to a male who was not her fated mate, and one of her


    three children had indeed died as the result of a car ident. The file included pictures of Bettina’s two


    living daughters.


    One of the daughters gave Stephanie the impression she was one of those fabled Subi.


    It wasn’t the blond hair, the blue–on–blue dual–colored eyes, and her milk pale skin. It was the way she


    carried herself in the photos. The way the female smiled gave Stephanie a sinister feeling. While the


    photos of Bettina’s youngest daughter gave her a sorrowful feeling. In most of the photos, the young


    female was covered head to toe. The only photo that showed more than just her eyes peeking out from


    her hair, was attached to what looked like a fight program.


    In the file were the reports the Moon Mountain Pack had submitted to the Vampire’s, Witch’s,


    Werewolf’s, and Supernatural Councils. With each word she read, Stephanie’s expression became


    cker and cker. Stephanie was so furious and upset over what she read, tears glistened from the


    corners of her eyes. From this report, Stephanie was able to determine just which of Bettina’s


    daughters was born from her mate’s seed. The youngest daughter Alora had her mate’s skin tone, and


    her mother inw’s ck hair.


    Suddenly, her mate came to a jerking stop in his pacing, and Stephanie felt a sh of his immense


    surprise rush through their bond. She looked at her mate with a worried frown. “Bas?”


    Sebastian didn’t answer right away, instead he ced a hand on the center of his chest. At first, he


    couldn’t believe what he was feeling, until he felt the pull again momentster. Eyes wide, he looked at


    his mate. She’s pulling on her life chain.”


    Stephanie stood abruptly in shock, hope sparking in her eyes. The report fell to the floor, the papers


    inside scattering a bit. “Are you sure?”


    Sebastian nodded, then he felt a third pull. “Yes. She’s pulling on her life chain.” Then he looked


    around. “I need to enter my and Deimos’s space.“.


    With that he moved around his desk and rushed to sit in the center of the couch opposite the one his


    mate was standing in front of. Stephanie clutched her hands to her chest and sat back down as she


    watched her mate enter a meditative state.


    Sebastian had just enough time to join his Sprite Deimos in their space when he felt the biggest pull


    from his lost daughter. The sound of a giant gong being struck was loud and powerful.


    Deimos turned to face him. “Our daughter calls, we must go.”


    Sebastian nodded, and they walked away from their life tree, towards their pond and the walking bridge


    that stretched over it. Their life tree was an enormous white oak that towered well above a normal one.


    The bridge looked like something from the ancient Nordic tribes long gone from the earth. The pond


    looked vaguely like a small loch from an era where the


    hignds of the Northern Ind Nations had been at their wildest.


    There was a heavy gray mist that veiled the other side of the bridge halfway up. Side by side, Deimos


    and Sebastian walked through it. Once they broke through the mist to the other side, they were met


    with the beautiful sight that was their daughter’s space. Although it was dark, everything glowed with an


    internal light, dazzling them for a moment as they took it all in.


    At the end of the bridge stood two beings, arge wolf and the humanoid form of their daughter, but her


    Sprite’s form was missing. Sebastian frowned, until he noticed one of the three chains attached to all


    the forms of his daughter trailed off before it went behind one of the many bookshelves that surround


    his daughter’s life tree.