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~It is my nature to be kind, gentle, caring and loving; But know this, when it comes to the matter of protecting my friends, family, and heart. Do not trifle with me. For i am one most powerful, relentless creature you will ever know. It is your road and yours alone. One may walk it with you but no one will walk it for you.

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<<<Annika>>>

"Axel!!" I shouted and Jaxtyn got up beside me.

"really babe after our mating you are thinking about Axel?" He asked rubbing sleep off his eyes. As for me the sleep left right after I found out that Axel was in the park. There was a rampant knocking on the door that disrupted my thought.

"what??!!!" Jaxtyn answered sounding quite pissed, he threw the sheets to cover my exposed body.

"Alpha an unwanted visitor has entered the park gate" The guard said not looking glancing at me

"why don't you just call my dad or something?"

"the remaining guards have gone to do so" he responded making Jaxtyn groan and he nodded to the guard, the guard bowed taking his leave.

Jaxtyn stood up grudgingly pulling a T-shirt over his head. I stood up as well and just wore one of his shirts and my shorts i was done waiting for him to finish dressing.

"you are not going"

"what???" I asked surprise filling my face

"I said you are not go-" he started to say again

"I heard what you said" I said snapping at him. "why? if its Axel then I can-"

"then you can what?" he spat angrily, why was he mad? I did nothing wrong right?

"never mind I-I will just wait here" I said sitting back on the bed, Jaxtyn nodded walking towards the door but he stopped mid way and turned around to me. Walking back he kissed me

"am sorry its just that if your awareness skills has heightened I can't risk the cost of Axel seeing ok?"

"no problem, love I will wait here if it would make you feel safe" I said sweetly, he nodded and left the room.

Safe my ass I thought, I waited sometime before crawling slowly down the stair making sure not to make a sound.

"where is Annika?" I heard Mama ask

"I told her to stay back in the room she said it was Axel?"

"really? how did she know that?" Kairo asked

"her Awareness power has heightened she can sense anything even in her sleep" Mama said

"well that ruined my surprise didn't it?" I heard Axel's voice 

that son of a bitch i said muttering all kinds of curses on him

"and quite disappointing to" I heard another voice but this time it was a female's voice.

"i have heard that voice before. Somewhere?.. i just cant place it" Cosmina said.

I too have heard that voice somewhere. Angry I i shouldn't do anything than sneak and listen. I went to the bathroom to make a water ball mirror, going back to my hide out i slowly and quietly let the ball float it i got a perfect view of what view of what was happening in the living room. 

I finally saw the girl, that woman or girl which ever one she was the woman that tortured my father, she is the witch working for Axel

That bitch tortured my dad in my presence. I bloody told to stop but she--she fucking didn't. I lost my cool there, purposely making the water ball splash over her.

"what the hell!!" I heard her scream

'pf-ft thats the least i will do to you when get my hands on you' 

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<<<Axel>>>

Water came pouring from the roof.

"what the hell" Novah screamed. I just mentally rolled my eyes at her. drama queen much?. I suddenly felt my wolf stir up in me. I mentally scanned the room and saw a petite figure between the two Alpha's, I strained to see the figure clearly.

"what do you want Axel?" Jaxtyn said bitterly taken a little step forward but was pulled back by the figure, he turned giving me a clear view of her.

My eyes locked with her. The youngest of the Moon Walkerpark. She is the girl in my dreams, Jet black hair, lean figure.

"Mate" I said. Making all of them turn to me, I barely looked their direction I was so lost in her forest green eyes

"mate" she responded timidly. All eyes were back to her

"what is going on?" Alarick asked

"how can my daughter be your mate??!!" Alarick shouted. I didnt even glance at him, I was mesmerized by her.

"do you have it?" I asked she furrowed her brows confusingly, but then nodded positively. There was silence in the room, Jaxtyn angrily shoved her behind him,

"I will only ask this once what is going on here?" Jaxtyn asked

"that is not the point" Ablack haired girl said "I have heard your voice before?" sais directing the question again to Novah. Novah just smirked and transformed herself into the high school gurl there all knew

"hey girls! miss me?" Novah snickered 

"you!!!" Someone said, making everyone turn. "you cursed my kid" she said and she looked powerful, i looked at Novah and i could see her cowering, which makes me wonder who she is?

you didn't kill all the damn Sorcerers one is left and because of that everything has gotten very complicated.

oh she is the Sorceress Annalise.

"well technically she is not yours" Novah responded, can she be anymore stupid?

"you bloody witch!!" she said, I dont know what she did but Novah was already on the floor.

"relax yourself Annalise" A woman said, looking at the woman, I began laughing really hard.

"s-so you are alive?" I asked rhetorically "I wonder what your husband would do? when he finds out his mate is alive?"

she chose to ignore me, I don't know whose snub is worse? Caius or her?, she acted like  wasn't even there as the rubbed Annalise back. 

Anger flared up in my eyes as I super speed to her slamming her on the wall making her wince in pain

"when i talk i expect answer" I said basically shocking her, suddenly feeling pain on my side i looked to see Soren ready to land another hit, I mentally groaned in irritation kicking him on his neck.

"My business is not with you blood suc---" I stopped mid- way suddenly feeling strangulated, I looked around, it wasn't Annalise what was doing it, she was busy helping Soren subside his pain. 

I looked ahead seeing the devil her self, red-blood eyes.

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<<<Annika>>>

'You go Mama', i thought inwardly as i knew Mama did something. 

"Relax yourself Annalise" I heard my mom say making me roll my eyes, she deserves it. Then sudden Axel started laughing.

'did I miss a joke somewhere?'

"s-so you are alive? I wonder what your husband would do? when he finds out his mate is alive?" he tormented 

what is he trying to do? no one and nobody torments my family, I balled my fingers into a fist, calming myself as i promised Jaxtyn that i won't show up. then i heard a slam on the wall and i heard my mum wince in pain.

Annika calm- lightening said

I took deep breathes then i heard another hit again then i knew i couldn't hold it again, my eyes turned red, I saw blood, my nails elongated i entered the living room and i saw Novah on the floor trying to get up, while Soren was groaning on the floor with Serenity and Mama towering over him, then I saw my mum in Axel's claws trying to breathe.

"my business is not with you blood suc-" I had already had about enough with him. muttering my spells, he looked at me fear was evident in his eyes

"let her go!!" I said making everyone turn to me "drop her!!!!"  I screamed and her dropped her, stretching my hands at him, his legs began to give away, as he scrambled to the floor. But i wasn't going to stop just there.

I let him have a few seconds of breath before throwing him across the room.

"aaaaaahhh" I heard a piercing scream I turned and I saw Aria arm wrapped on mine in tears, did i hit her? she looked at me and i didn't want to understand what was going on, i saw plain fear in her eyes, it was the same one i saw wheni fought with her brother.

"please stop!! you are hurting him" she begged isn't that the point. I was very much spelled to stop, but then again Axel groaned making me remember my dad on the crucifix, I ignored her pleas as i shoved him on the wall making him winced again.

Aria left my side and ran to his.

"love stop" Jaxtyn said

"please stop" Aria begged again holding onto Axel

ok now am confused what the hell was going on, why was everyone supporting him and against me, I mean and the good guy and he is the bad guy

"they said stop!!!" I heard a voice i turned seeing Novah stand up from the floor,

"oh shut up" I said throwing her across the room, "don't talk when you are not spoken to" i said dryly, she wasn't worth my time, power or energy

"please Nika" Aria pleased again, I looked at her confused, I looked at everyone and they looked somewhat scared, even Alarick 

"why?" I asked crooking my neck side wards. Jaxtyn came close to me and held my arms, he had different emotions written in his eyes but i could still see the common one. fear he too was scared of me.

"he is my mate" she said softly and wave of embarrassment spread over me.

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<<<Caius>>>

 I heard the door open, knowing it was Novah hear to torment me again, but to my surprise i saw Neytiri. 

"why didn't you use our signal?" I asked. "what would you have done if Novah or Axel were here?"

"they left yesterday" she said coming to finish cleaning up the wounds.

"to where?" I asked curiously

"I really don't have the answer to that Alpha" she said squeezing spirit on the opened wound making me wince "sorry" she muttered

"are you ready?"

"yes I am packed, my bag is over the fence" she said

"please be careful" I said, i didn't want her dead because of me and besides she is too young to die, what will happen to her mate?, he might just be waiting in vain.

"don't worry about me, after this healing you should be able you heal yourself for the main time am not around" she said and i nodded

"thank you Neytiri"

"no problem Alpha am i am doing this for my park and father" she said leaving the room.

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<<<Annika>>>

I have being in my room all day not ready to face anyone after the stunt i pulled this morning

'stupid, stupid, stupid, how could i have done that to Aria's mate?'

you didn't know and besides you were working on emotion-lightening said trying to defend me

'I think am tired of all this wolf stuff am slowly loosing my sanity' i muttered
'and besides how is Aria suddenly the millennium wolf's mate?'

remember all what the luna, Alden and your mum said?

'yeah the luna said the future isn't as it seems, Alden said Aria is special and mum said Axel is just evil because he had no mate... so how does this have to do with the fact that innocent Aria is a demon child mate'

think Annika, think, join the clues together

I kept quiet and cracked my brains for the hidden clue somewhere.

'if the future isn't as it seems' I said pacing around the room

and Aria is a special kind of wolf who -

'who can be loved by just looking at her, a light so bright it can cover the darkness in Axel'

exactly

'and if they come together Axel can calm down about destroying the world'

but....

'but what?'

but if their love is stopped she becomes worse than you

worse than me?

you naturally have darkness in you with or without Jaxtyn, because you have 2 dark spirit in you thats the wolf and the vampire , for Aria its would be like when a male loses his mate, but this time her light is diminished

'ooh but that doesn't make me feel any better as to what i did'

"has Annika come out of the room after this mornings episode? its already evening" I heard Juniper

"no, I  dont think so" Aria replied  "i feel bad I didn't even know how to re-act, I know i should have stopped him when he had  I was just trying to put all the puzzles together" she said

"what puzzles?" Cosmina asked

"All the things Alden said, about me being important then i realized i was born after the Axel war, I must have being the key along with Annika"

"but the legend never said anything about a surbodinate hero" Juniper said

"because it wasn't know that he would have a mate, but the luna knew" aria responded

"so you are saying it possible not to kill Axel?" Cosmina said

"yes"

"what ever lets just cheer up Annika up she looked faded after the whole thing" Cosmina said, I quickly climbed back to the bed and pretended i as sleep.

"hey Nika" Aria called out

"hey girl you ok?" Cosmina said shoving my leg a little

"go away" I grumbled

"c'mon don't be a grumpy pant " Juniper said, I mentally raised my brows by physically made wind scatter her afro her

"hey!!" making the two girls giggles, I sat up and looked at Aria

"am sorry" I said but she just shrugged it off

'its okay, you didn't know" she said hugging me.

"girl that was some nasty tricked you pulled out there, I mean i was scared you were gonna kill him"

"yeah i almost pissed my pants out there" Juniper said shoving a comb into her hair and by the looks of it the innocent comb was bound to break

"hey don't break--"

snap, snap 

"Jaxtyn's comb" i said looking at the divided comb

"oh no" Aria and Cosmina said

"crap!! I didn't know" Juniper screamed then threw the comb at me when she heard the door opened, I laughed at her when she realized it was just Crosslin

"hey'

"sup.. how are you fairing" he asked and i just shrugged in reason.

"what are you doing here anyways" Juniper said removing the pieces of comb in her hair

"another broken comb again luna?" He asked sarcastically and Juniper nodded sadly. 

"5th comb this week" she said shaking her hair

"whose is it?"

"Jaxtyn" she said making all of us laugh at the same time.

"whose own those she break most times?" Aria asked

"Kenzo's own" Crosslin said between laughs

"thats enough why are you here again?"

"the cooks baked pastrys and Jaxtyn and Kenzo said i should bring you guys"

"just us or everyone?" Cosmina said

"if you wish to come"

"sure" Cosmina replied

"nah am going to pass" Aria said "am going to hang out with Coren bye"

I got off from the bed and changing into one of Jaxtyn's shirt and skirt but the shirt buried the skirt. Crosslin opened the door but i stopped mid-way the stairs, someone was in the park, I could feel it but it felt innocent so I just ignored it, I looked up to see them looking at me

"don't worry guys am okay"

Down the stairs to the garden Kenzo and Jaxtyn sat talking to each other. I didn't want to face him, I mean I disobeyed his orders and he looked some what scared of me back there.

"Alphas" Crosslin said bowing a little

"hey Kenzo, Jaxtyn" Cosmina chirped in going to sit beside Crosslin

"hey babe" Juniper said giving Kenzo a kiss, I on the other hand said nothing, I just sat beside Jaxtyn, but little wolfie had other plans, he pulled me up to his legs

'whats wrong you have being avoiding me the whole day' he asked through our bond

 'I just thought you were mad at me because you told me not to go but I ended  up disobeying your order'

'my love you are not my subordinate but my mate, my equal you had your choice and beside your mom was in danger'

I looked at his lovingly and kissed him.

"woah, didn't you guys have enough of that yesterday?" Juniper said, making me red as tomatoes as if just realizing what she said he hid her hair under Kenzo's arm "eek!! not the hair again"

"I know how to get you" I smiled evilly she looked at me with weird eyes.

"w-w-what are you gonna do?" she said holding kenzo's shirt, I glanced at Jaxtyn, then at Cosmina who was holding her laughing. Juniper got the clue

"don't you dare"

"try me" I said.

"c'mon please you promised not to say a word"

"I don't remember" i said tapping my chin "do you? Cos?" I asked Cosmina

"nope" she said popping the 'p' which made Juniper glare at her while Cosmina hid her face behing her half eaten cupcake

"what's going on?" Jaxtyn asked

"oh nothing" I said but earned a smack on my bum. "hey!!!!" I said blushing, but he wasn't fazed 

"what happened" Kenzo asked this time looking between us girls "Crosslin do you know?"

I immediately shot him a death glare and ran my fingers to mouth showing him the zip it sign. while Cosmina ran her finger through her neck telling him talk and you are dead

"sorry guys I can't say" his answer made Jaxtyn smack my ass again

"hey!!!" I and Juniper screamed I looked at Juniper but he was busy shooting Kenzo daggers

"did you just pinch me?" she asked but he just smirked

"ow!!" I shouted again "quit smacking me"

"talk!" he responded

"fine!! Juniper broke your comb"

There was silence in the air we girls waiting for their reaction, the guys trying to process the information, then they just burst into a fit of laughter.

"how?!" Jaxtyn asked 

"let me guess your hair?" Kenzo asked still laughing and Juniper just buried her red face on his shoulders.

"c'mon lets go inside it already dark" Cosmina said as we started gathering the stuffs

We got inside only to be attacked with hugs and questions

"where were you kids?" My mom asked, I looked around to see they were all in the living room.

"did something happen again?"

"we don't know yet the guard just mind linked dad that there was someone snooping around the park mansion"

"Axel?" Cosmina asked I finally remembered the feeling i had before seeing Jaxtyn, it didn't feel like Axel

"no its not, I felt something before we went out the garden but it wasn't dark or dangerous so i chose to ignore it"

"ignore it why didn't you say anything?" Mama asked 

"like i said i didn't think it was a bother? for all it would be it might be a human wandering around and got lost by mistake"

"and it wont be wise to show up all fangs, and hairy monster" Cosmina said backing me up

"what ever lets just sit and wait for the guards to-"

"let me go!!!!! I didn't steal anything i just came to look for Annika" we heard someone scream from the hallway "let me go!!!!! please" it was a girl

The guards came in with a slightly skinny girl with ombre color hair and it was wavy too. They threw her harshly on the floor towards Alarick, I and Crosslin quickly ran up to her, she slowly raised her head at us, she stared at his with her violet eyes that looked sadden, I felt Crosslin tense up beside me

"Annika?" she said and i nodded, she gave me a warm smile and i had nothing to do than to smile back, as if for the first time she noticed Crosslin beside me

"mate" Crosslin said, I didn't even try to hide my shock, I looked back at her but she wasn't staring at me, she had her eyes on Crosslin, but i noticed something different in her eyes. It was sad before but now it had a glint of light in them

"mate?"
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looks like every body is finding their mate here, I mean from Aria to Crosslin. Hey dimples how are you guys today? hope you liked the chapter.

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