Free Web NovelChapter 173: Chapter 173 Acting With Fire
Amber’s POV
It’s been three days since my daughters were abducted by Keres. Three days since I last held them and told them how much I love them. Three days since they were happy, healthy and finally carefree and children.
We have been searching for them day and night, trying to come up with a way to get to the Dark Realm, but no one alive knows - not even Berion. I’ve been in touch with Willow and Jax multiple times a day, but they have nothing as well. The only one from their realm who knows how to access the Dark Realm is Narine, and she has disappeared without a trace as well. I haven’t slept a wink since they were taken, and I will not sleep before they are safely returned to us.
"Baby, what are you thinking of?" Chase asks, looking just as tired as I feel. Neither of us has slept since that night. But I know both my mates wish they could make me sleep. They keep reminding me I’m pregnant, and hell if I don’t know. It’s just as much on my mind as finding my daughters. I wonder what poison Keres manages to tell them before we find them. A tear runs down my cheek, then another and another. Before I know it I’m bawling - again. I’ve been doing that a lot lately.
"Come here, little moon." Blaze takes me in his arms, as Chase rubs my back in small comforting circles.
"I... I want my girls back." I sob, and both my mates whisper comforting words in my ear. They have been my rocks, while I have just been falling apart in worry and despair. I have not taken proper care of myself or them, and I have been a shadow of the Queen I’m supposed to be. I know this, yet I find it very hard to change it. I keep feeling this weight in my chest. A constant feeling of failing.
"We will get them back, baby. I promise! They are our children, and they know we will come for them." Chase says, trying to cheer me up a bit. I nod, and ask for them to leave me alone. I need to be alone with my thoughts. Mostly because I know what I have to do. I’ve known since the girls were taken, but I’ve been afraid to do it. Afraid to act, because I have to act alone. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
The guys leave the bedroom, and I sit in the silence for a couple of minutes before getting up. I’m not long into my pregnancy, and I know this will be risky, but also the only way to get the girls back. Had I been further along, then I wouldn’t have been able to pull this off. I also know I can’t go alone, because the guys would kill me - figuratively speaking. I’ve asked someone to meet me here, but I’m not quite sure if they can actually come? I look around my bedroom, walking into the closet to change clothes. I need something that I can move freely in, and I need it to be dark so I’ll blend in with the shadows. Mother’s training is still fresh in my mind.
Outside, in the bedroom, there’s a noise and I smile to myself. She never has disappointed me in my life, and this time is no different. I walk out, expecting to see one person, surprised to see two. They both smile, and I shake my head. Of course she wasn’t going to be alone.
"Well, we’re here, Amber. What’s up?" Aunt Willow asks with a smile, hugging me tight. She’s always been my favorite aunt. Not that Ellie ever was a bad one, she was awesome, but Willow and I just had that connection from when I was a little girl.
"We’re going to the Dark Realm, and you two are coming with me so my mates won’t kill me when I come back." I tell them, and they both raise an eyebrow. They have always been so in sync with each other, having the mate connection I always wanted myself. Something I’ve almost gotten, though it will develop more over time - I know that.
"You found a way in then, firecracker?" Uncle Jax asks, giving me a cheshire smile. He also has a score to settle with the goddess, and Narine if she’s crawled back to her mother’s lap. Narine was the one who revealed Jax to be mated to Willow, before Willow turned 18. She was uncertain if she even wanted him, because she felt like he had been lying to her, her whole life, having been there since before she could remember as a friend and protector. Jax?! Jax was absolutely outraged and wanted to kill Narine for spilling the beans on him. He’s been seeking that revenge ever since, or so mom says.
"No, but I know how to get in there anyway." I tell them, and take their hands. I call for my fire within, telling it where we have to go, following the thin thread of my bond with the girls, and as it covers all three of us I feel the world disappear under my feet. When I can see again, we’re standing in the exact same dining room where I rescued the girls last time. I call my fire back and look around. The room is empty, but inside I suddenly feel my bond with the girls get strong again. They are near. Both Jax and Willow look at me strangely, and I have no idea why. freewebnovёl.ƈom
"What?"
"How long have you known you can do that, Amber?" Willow asks with awe, and I cock my head to the side.
"Do what exactly?" I answer with a shrug.
"Do realm hops without permission from the goddesses?!" Jax answers keeping an eye on the door to my left.
"Ehm, I could get home from here, so I figured I could get here the same way. And I followed the bond with the girls, which is back to full strength btw."
They nod and Jax gestures for me to lead the way as he takes Willow’s hand and intertwines their hands. I move to the door, but before I can open it, someone walks through not seeming in the least surprised by our presence.
"The Queen and Princess awaits you." He says bowing and moving to lead the way. I guess we’re doing this the diplomatic way then.
