SOULLESS

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

The trio walks into an empty room opposite where Ari is, and Gina turns to face the two powerful Lords before her.

'Just come out with it, Gina', the prince says impatiently.

'The blood transfusion we did, its triggering something in your mate, Gina responds.

'What?', both men reply

'This is the blood work we did yesterday, and it showed a high level of wolfbane; enough to kill an adult wolf', Gina said, handing the prince and the duke a document.

'This is the blood work from this morning', she said, handing them another document. 'Because of the blood transfusion, not only was the wolfbane completely removed, but somehow Kohans blood has triggered a faster healing ability in her', Gina responded.

'That was the whole idea of the exercise, wasn't it? To heal her,' Farad asked.

'I am afraid it is far more complicated than that Farad', Gina responded.

'Kohans blood didn't just heal her. It's continuing to heal her. I have only run a few tests, but it all draws to one conclusion. Ari is changing and quickly'

'Changing into what?' Kohan finally spoke.

'I'm afraid I don't know Kohan', Gina responded.

'What do you know?' He asked again

'For now, her immunity is increasing quickly, and I have noticed a recessive wolf gene that was never present before,' Gina responded.

'Are you saying she is no longer wolfless?' Farad asked.

' I don't know what she is becoming Farad, and that worries me', Gina responded.

'Maybe my mate can help us. We already know they were very close,' Farad said, looking at his friend.

'Go to your mate then, I have kept you away from her long enough. However, do not bring up the matter with her. With everything that's happening, if I am right, Ari's family will refuse to continue with the ceremony, but the ruling members of the pack will insist that it does.'

'And if you are wrong?' Farads asks

Kohan looks at him and answers, 'Then it is Ricard alone who will dare to insist on marrying both brides. Either way, we can not let them know what's happening to Ari. She will no longer stay on this island'

'You've changed your mind?', Gina asked

'I am not claiming her, I am only taking away from here to keep her safe from whatever it is that is going on here while we figure out what is happening to her.'

Farad bowed, leaving the room and walking across the hall towards his mates room. Farad really wished he could do more for Kohan, who had been more than a brother to him since they were children. He, the son of a duke, falsely accused of treason, would have been put to death, were it not for the mercy of the queen, and Kohans loyalty to their friendship. A friendship that helped Farad clear his name and have his title restored back to him. Farad swore his life to Kohan after that, and both of them became inseparable ever since. As he moved closer to Sinders room, he heard sobbing and moved quickly into the room. He found his mate in the warm embrace of another male. He grabbed the male by the neck from behind and slammed him into the wall, choking him. His entire body shook violently as his wolf tried to come out to finish the male who dared to touch what belonged to him, who was trying helplessly to break from Farads choke hold. Several nurses came in to find out the reason for the commotion but ran out screaming upon seeing the partially shifted duke. Sinder screamed at Farad, who turned to look at her. His eyes were pitch black, while his canines were elongating.

'Who is he to you? Why would you let him touch you?'Farad asked in a feral voice.

'He's my twin brother, you i***t. If you turn him around, you'll see the resemblance, "Sinder screamed back at him.

'Let him go', she repeated, looking at her mate with a more determined voice. Farad turned Ash around, and despite realising his mistake, he still threw the future beta out of the room. He moved closer to Sinder, but she held her ground unafraid.

Her eyes turn black like her mates, and her wolf smiles in a sexy manner, making Farad stop in his tracks

'Hello, big boy', Sinder wolf says in a sexy tone. Farad looks at her from head to toe, surprised at the sudden change in demeanour.

'Like what you see?' Starblaze asks, arching one of her eyelids.

'Too many clothes to tell', Mayhem responds, walking toward her again, but starblaze raises her hand to stop him.

'Nice try, but our humans need to talk, and so do we before I can allow for us to be intimate', Starblaze said to him.

'You already know that I will do anything to keep you safe. How can you doubt me?' Farads wolf asked in a hurt tone.

'Understand me, my mate, I could never doubt your love for me, but my human carries many fears, and only you and your human can help put her mind at ease', Starblaze replied.

'Does she fear us?'Mayhem asked with a hint of fear

'I'm afraid it's more complicated than that', Starblaze replied, turning around. She took off her shirt and pulled her long red hair to the side to reveal the multiple whip scars on her back, making Mayhems eyes bulge at how many they were.

'She fears that if your human accepts her, she will be forced to abandon Ari, whom we both care for very deeply. Even more so, she fears our scars will repulse your human, and he will not desire her anymore, or may he decide to reject her.'

'That will never happen', Mayhem responded.

'I try to assure her otherwise, but she won't stop crying. She fears losing both of you and believes that by reject...'

Mayhem rushes to hug his mate from behind and whispers to her,'Enough, say no more'

'I don't know what to do,' starblase whispers

He turns Starblaze around to face him and lifts her chin to make eye contact with her.

'Let me talk to her', he says to Stareblaze, smiling. She smiles back and gives control back to Sinder.

Sinder looks up at her mate, who looks down at her smiling.

'Hello Sinder, my name is Mayhem. It's nice finally to be with you without one of us being unconscious.' He said to her, making her laugh while rubbing her face against his his chest. His chest rumbled with joy at the feeling of the sparks he felt, but he wasn't undeterred from his mission. taking advantage of her distraction, he moved quickly so the both of them were facing a mirror, looking at the reflection of Sinders' back.

'Sinder, there is someone I would like you to meet', he said to her, gaining her attention.

She looked towards the door, expecting to see someone standing there, but he tilted her chin gently to look at her reflection.

'There she is', he says softly. Sinder looks at reflection and begins to cry.

'Sinder, this is my mate, say hello,' he says, gently caressing her long red hair. She hides her face in his chest sobbing, and he patiently waits for her to calm down before coaxing her to look upon her reflection once again.

She slowly does so and finds him looking at her lovingly through the mirror.

'I wanted you to meet her because I have been waiting for her my entire life, and she is the most precious gift that the moon has ever given me,' he said softly.

'She's very beautiful, but don't let that fool you because she is an elite warrior, and she's very brave. She even took down a royal duke by herself. Poor chap didn't know what hit him', he continued making her snort.

'But do you want to know what I love the most about her?', he asked, releasing her. Sinder shook her head and watched as he slowly unbuttoned his designer shirt, displaying his rock-hard eight pack abs. He places the shirt on the bed and comes stand by her side. He turns to show her the ugly criss-cross whip scars on his back.

'We fit perfectly inside and out', Farad says to her

Sinder gasps in shock at the sight. Several ugly scars made by whips and several knife cuts criss-crossed across the dukes back. Mayhem doesn't flinch when she touches his back, softly trailing one of the longest and deepest scars made by a silver knife that cut him from the neck all the way down to the end of his spine. A sadistic royal guard had done it to Farad while toturing him, but the fate that same guard suffered at Kohans hands was so terrifyingly horrible that the guard committed suicide by biting off his own tongue to hasten his death.

'And you don't have to choose between and I. She'll come with us. After everything that has happened, she won't stay here anymore. I swear on my life, I will protect you both'

Sinder hugs him from behind, pressing her naked upper torso upon his back, and whispers 'Mine'. Mayhem gives control to Farad, who turns around slowly and responds, 'Yours'

The mates embrace and press their fore heads together before Farad bends to claim her lips with a kiss. However, before they lock lips, they hear a male clearing his throat. They both turn to find Sinders father and Beta Lionel standing at the door, Sinder hides behind Farad quickly, putting on her shirt while Farad shields his mate while trying to find explain the situation.

Sinder runs to her father and hugs him. He hugs her back but keeps his eyes on Farad, who stares back at him confidently.

'It's good to see you again, Uncle Lionel', she says, hugging the pack beta. He hugs her back, responding, 'it's good to see you on your feet again, my little fire cracker'.

She turns to her mate and says, 'Mate, these are my fathers', and turns to her father saying, 'Daddy, I found my mate, I like him because he reminds me of you both'.

Arnold smiles at his daughter, teary-eyed, and asks her; 'So you accept the bond?'

Sinder nods in affirmation, looking back at Farad, who smiles lovingly at her.

'Sinder, I am going to meet with Ari's doctor. Would you like to come along? ' Lionel says to her. Sinder nods and looks at her mate, who nods slightly.

'Go with him', Lionel says to his daughter.

She nods and follows Lionel out of the room, leaving her father and her mate alone.

Arnold walked to the window, staring outside before saying to Farad, 'On the night my twins were born, our pack was attacked by rouges. My mate had gone into labour prematurely, so I fought my way back to my house and saw it engulfed in flames with my mate trapped inside it. When I finally found a way in with the help of my pack members, I couldn't find them anywhere but I heard a crying baby and followed the sound until I found my wife in our basement barely conscious with my son and daughter attached to her by their umbilical cords. My son was covered in ashes and barely breathing, while Sinder was lying on a burning matress. She wailed like she understood that their lives depended on it. When I carried her, she stopped crying and wouldn't let anyone else carry her. Our relationship has been that way since that night, no matter what kind of trouble she got into, no matter how hard it got for her, she wouldn't break in front of anyone but me. She would never ask for help from anyone except from me. And now that responsibility is yours.'

Arnold looked at Farad, who held his stare

'I heard all that you told my daughter, so I do not doubt your intentions. Regardless, it is difficult for me to let her go. She is my little girl, and I love her more than you can ever imagine. So believe me when I tell you that royal or not; if you ever hurt my daughter, I will chop off your balls. Do you understand, Duke Farad."