Not Your Mate Anymore
Chapter 36 Healing

Ethia's POV

I've put in so much work to be the moon goddess, I'm not going to let some teenager come in and take that away from me.

How could I not see it? I tested her and let every horrible thing happen to her but her power wouldn't let up. I was so convinced she wasn't the one.

Why is it up to the first family who becomes the god of wolves? I deserve it, I worked hard for it. Thomas barges in to the cabin, startling me.

"She's still alive.” Thomas, my last living warrior says.

I turned to face him, eyes bulged out.

"What do you mean she is still alive? I used the first sword to kill her. She is not immortal to that!" I say.

"Well, it seems she is immortal to that sword, I swear to you, she is in fact alive. Wounded but alive.” He says to me.

"Then I have to finish her off!" I say and Thomas slowly approaches me.

"How do you plan on doing that? If the first sword couldn't kill her, what will?" Thomas asked and I turned around, giving him my back so I can think.

I had foolishly left the sword on the ground when I fled so I had no weapon that could finish her off.

I had to see for myself if she was really alive but if she has come in to her powers then she can read my mind and see me coming a mile away.

Although, I morphed in to Estelle before the fight and had Estelle morph in to me. Obviously Sabrina would never kill her nana, that's family. One doesn't simply just kill family. That was probably the smartest thing I couldve ever thought of.

She has no idea that she killed her own grandmother and that I was still alive. I'm not easily killed, everyone should know that by now. I plan my moves and escapes. I'm sure right now they are searching for Estelle and not me but her scent is long gone by now. Her essence has left this life.

I have to act fast before they realize that Estelle died, Hunter is a smart man and he will definitely put two and two together very soon.

I turn around to face Thomas.

"I need to see for myself if she is still alive.” I say.

"Well, they are back at Red Creek pack. Sabrina has her guard wolves watching over her as she heals so it is a little impossible to go through them as they can detect you, even if you hide your scent.” Thomas says to me.

I didn't get those wolves when I ascended the throne! Where were they? Just because I don't have the first family blood running in my veins doesn't mean I'm not worthy of being the wolf god. I worked hard and people died so I could rule!

"Then there's only one thing left to do." I say as a smile grows on my face.

"And that is?" Thomas asks with his eyebrow raised.

"We go to Red Creek and blend in. I'll become an omega, nobody pays attention to omegas and you will be the beta.” I say and Thomas scoffs, shaking his head no.

"I can't be the beta. Working closely with Xander will expose me. The beta is best friends with the alpha, there's no way he won't see that I'm an imposter!" Thomas says.

What a baby.

"I only need you for the day. Knock the beta out, morph in to him and find out how Sabrina survived. She should be dead, this goes against all the laws of life and death. How she survived is important so I make sure she doesn't survive my next attack.” I say.

Thomas nods his head, agreeing to my plan. It was just Thomas and I now, we were all we had as Sabrina killed everyone else.

"If we leave now, it will be evening down there and everyone will be getting ready for bed while the omegas clean up after pack dinner. I'll start there, you go wait for the beta in his room and make sure you restrain him after you knock him out. You don't want him to raise alarm to the alpha.” I say before disappearing off to Red Creek Pack.

I arrive in the pack kitchens, there was only one omega in here. She was playing music while mopping the floor. I was behind her so she had not noticed me yet. A kettle whistled on my left, signaling that the water has boiled. The omega poured the hot water in to a teapot, which was on a golden tray. Next to the teapot was a teacup and saucer with a chamomile teabag inside the cup.

I walk up to her, she quickly turns to face me, the kettle still in her hand.

"Who is that for little one?" I ask.

"I'l 1it's for... Uhm..." She stutters and I roll my eyes.

"Ethia is not dead. I believe, I believe she's the one that pierced that stainless steel in my body. She made an appearance at the pack house today, morphed as one of the omegas.” I say.

"That makes sense because we can't find nana anywhere. Wait, if it was Ethia that tried to kill you then where is nana?" Anthony asks.

"I believe she died with the rest of the warriors.” I say.

How could I have missed her? Was I so angry and determined to get to Ethia that I killed nana without noticing? She deserves death but how could I have missed it?

"Please promise me that when you find her, you won't kill her. I want to end her." I say. I am still healing but I'd very much like to use the same sword she used on me to kill her. If she survives that, she'll be as wounded as I am and I'll finish her off.

I just hope in the next few days I do heal completely. I love that Xander wants to take care of me but I can't help it. She entered my pack and killed one of my omega's. I felt it happen and it is painful. Xander gets back in to bed, gently putting his arm around me as I lay my head on his chest.

"Sleep baby. You can overthink tomorrow." He tells me and I nod my head and listen to heartbeat as I try to sleep.

The Next Day

I woke up to find Anthony sitting on my side of the bed, his one hand on my chest and his other on my stomach as he uses his healing power on me.

"When did you get here?" I ask groggily as I rub my eyes to see him better.

"Good morning twin. It is 9am, I think I've been at it since 5am. Ethia is here, we tracked her here so your mate is having a pack meeting with mom and dad present so they can fish Ethia out.” Anthony says to me.

"Why would she attend the meeting?” I say. She's too smart for that.

"If she doesn't attend then your two big wolves will sniff her out.” He says to me. I look behind him to see Adrastos lying in his cot but wide awake, my wolves nowhere in the room.

"How long has he been awake?" I ask and Anthony smiles.

"He woke up a few minutes before you actually. Do you want me to bring him to you?" He asks and I nod my head yes.

Anthony stands up to get Adrastos when a middle aged woman ran in here. We all turn our faces to watch her. Anthony places Adrastos back in his cot.

My two wolves immediately jump on her, Adrastos hearing the noise, has the blue orb surround him.

Good son.

I get out of bed and stand up, wincing at how fast I got up, my whole entire being telling me that this woman was Ethia. Walking towards her, my wolves move back to give me space, still growling at her.

"Please help me! I'm just a helpless old woman." She says and I shake my head no.

"Oh you are definitely not old but you are helpless now." I say and Anthony quickly raises her up, standing behind her. My two wolves stand on each side of her and I look between them.

Why would they just stand there and not behind me?

Ethia changes back to herself before lunging for me. I step back, Anthony pulling her back and my wolves biting on each of her shoulders. She screamed in pain as she falls to the floor.

"You bitch! Why can't you just die?" Ethia screams at me.

Right then, Xander and Hunter walk in. Followed by my mother.

"Where is Estelle?” My mother asked and Ethia broke in to cackles.

"Your daughter killed her.." Ethia tells my mother. I roll my eyes.

I slowly go down on my knees, grabbing both of her ankles and twisting them. Ethia screams again in pain

Xander helps me up.

"Estelle morphed in to me that day of the war. When Sabrina thought she had brutally killed me, she had in fact, killed her own grandmother.” Ethia says looking at me.

I step away from her, to think back. Yes I thought I had killed her and now, it turns out I killed nana? That makes sense because Ethia couldn't have survived that.

"You think I feel guilty? I knew the minute she tried to kill my mate and son that I need to kill her. I knew the minute she drove that sword in to me, that I should've killed her sooner. She tried to kill my mate. She threatened my son's life." I say through gritted teeth.

"How do you think she feels? Her very own granddaughter sending her to her death?" Ethia asks me and I chuckle.

Xander hands me the sword that nearly ended my life. Ethia's eyes bulge out when she notices what I have in my hand

"You'll be joining her very soon, how about you ask her?" I say slowly, limping towards her.

"Why are you limping?" Anthony says, completely destroying my mojo and breaking off that vengeance aura.

I turn to look at him, annoyance written all over my face. Xander chuckles and I turn to face him, he quickly forces a straight face.

"I can't explain it but if I walk without limping, somehow I push my abs to work and that hurts so I limp. Don't ask me again.” I say, Anthony nodding his head.

I finally look back at Ethia, who's trying very hard to get out of the grip of my two wolves but failing. She was losing blood, badly staining my carpet.

"This is poetic justice don't you think?" I ask her and she shakes her head no frantically.

I rest the sword on her belly, making sure I am at the same exact spot where she stabbed me.

I slowly pierce through her skin and push the sword in, Ethia's mouth forming an O but no words or screams come out and I quickly pull the sword out.

"Please. My soul won't rest if you kill me with that thing.” She says, her hands quickly trying to cover up her wound.

I look at her and then at the sword, then back at her with my eyebrows raised.

"Thay sword was created specifically....it is for the.. it is for the first family. I'm not as powerful, it will kill my soul. I will never be reincarnated.” She says before coughing up a storm, blood oozing out of her mouth.

"That would actually be a good thing then. I mean, we don't want you being born again only to avenge yourself and try to be the moon goddess again.” Xander chimes in.

Ethia shakes her head no as someone barges into the room. He looks at Ethia and he immediately pales.

"Thomas! You shouldn't be here." Ethia whisper yells at the intruder.

I don't give her time to talk to her friend as I drive the sword in her, piercing her heart and sealing her fate. She would definitely die, ending her years of tyranny and evil.

"Your ambition brought you here, where a young woman takes your life. You've made some awful decisions and this is the end result, I hope you lived a happy life because that's the end of it." I say as she looks at me with tears falling out of her eyes.

I pull the sword out, Thomas trying to run to Ethia but Hunter holding him back. Hunter snaps his neck and throws him on the floor, next to a dead Ethia.

I felt a weight lift off my shoulders at the sight in front of me. Xander hugged me from behind.

It was over.

The fighting, the heartbreaks.

"I want to burn her, end this forever." I say and they all nod at me.

Anthony and Xander move to pick up the two dead bodies, as we all walk out the room, down the stairs and out the house. Mother staying behind to look after Adrastos.

People looking at us funny, wondering who the two dead people were.

When we got to a clearing, they placed them next to each other on the ground. I kneel on the ground next to Ethia, releasing the fire inside of me, on to her body. The fire spreads fast and quickly covers her friend, Thomas. Xander helps me up and we step back to see them burn.

I felt hot tears on my cheeks, the sight before me bringing back past traumas, all the pain I felt, I was leaving it behind with the burning corpses.

As the bodies burn, I feel my wounds heal completely. I turn to Xander and pull him in for a hug. This was a new beginning.

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