The Alpha's Virgin Witch(19)

“No!” He screamed out the words, cupping Lucy’s face. “Baby, come on. Remember what I told you, don’t be the heroine. You’re coming back to me, and I won’t accept no for an answer. I’m not going to let you do this to me.”

He pressed his face against her neck, holding her close.

His wolf howled in pain.

Every part of him hurt for the loss of his mate.

Don’t go, Lucy. Don’t leave me. We’ve got to have ten kids, and live happily ever after.

He squeezed her tightly against him, hoping, praying, and wishing for a miracle.

It came.

Lucy took a deep breath, coughed, and gasped.

He leaned back, and watched as her chest started to inflate and deflate.

She reached up, rubbing the back of her head. “Ouch!”

“Lucy, baby.”

Her blue eyes opened, and she looked up at him. “Are you mad at me?”

“You died. You weren’t breathing.”

“Clarissa and Andrew failed to mention that it was going to hurt like hell. I felt the magic leave my body.” She held her palm out, and nothing happened. Lucy smiled. “It’s gone.”

“Gone?”

Lucy looked around at the debris. “They’re gone, and so is my magic.”

“What the hell happened?” Guy asked.

Lucy dropped her hand. “I saw what was happening, and I couldn’t let them kill you, any of you. My magic is not natural. A witch and warlock together are too powerful, and I used that power, only I fed it through to them, binding them together. I believe it took them straight to hell—all of them were evil, as they’d even sacrificed children in their search for power. Doing that stripped me of my powers. I never wanted to be a witch. I was happier before I got my powers. This is who I am.” She touched her body, tears shining in her eyes. “This is me, and I feel whole again.” She touched his cheek.

“You’re not a witch anymore?”

“God, no. I’m so damn happy about that,” she said. “I was doing some weird poltergeist stuff in my sleep. You’re not mad are you?”

Caleb hesitated. “Yes, I’m fucking mad.” She was in his arms, but she could have died completely.

Caleb helped her to her feet and held her close. He wasn’t the only one who was happy to have her back. His parents, then her own, and their friends, embraced her. The pack each gave their thanks, even Patricia who’d been in the back.

“Thank you.”

He took hold of her hand, and they moved around the small town, assessing the damage that had been caused.

“I did all this?” she asked.

“Yes.”

Caleb didn’t let her go as they made their way around the village.

His emotions had been torn apart and brought back together in a matter of minutes. The pack spent their night out in the main square. He didn’t let her go. He wasn’t ready for that.

Caleb sat with her between his legs as they ate some food.

“And you’re really angry with me?” she asked.

“Yes. I asked you not to be a heroine,” he said. “I almost lost you today, but…” He seemed to think. “Seeing you with your powers, they were going to kill you anyway, and I couldn’t live without you.”

“You didn’t lose me. We’ve got time together now. My powers, they were going to kill me.” She rested her head against his shoulder. “It’s all a bit surreal right now.” She lifted her hand, and he covered hers with his.

“Do you miss them?” he asked, kissing the top of her head.

“The powers?”

“Yes.”

“No. They scared me. I couldn’t control them, not really. They were always growing, always getting stronger. I’d never be able to truly control them. I’d be at their mercy.” Lucy looked up toward him. “I couldn’t let anything happen to you. I saw Guy go down, and I freaked out. He was my best friend’s mate, and you’re mine. I wasn’t going to let anything happen.”

Cupping her cheek, he stroked her flesh, wiping away some of the dirt that still remained. They needed to get washed. In fact, they all needed to get washed, but they’d been dealing with the cleanup of the disaster.

There wasn’t time for them to mope around about what needed to be done.

“You scared me.” He stared into her eyes.

“What about you?”

“What about me?”

“Are you okay with me being just human? I’ll need you to take care of me now.”

“You’ve earned the respect and love of the pack. I think you’ll do okay.” He pressed a kiss to her lips. “Besides, we’ve got years before we need to worry about taking over the pack. We’ve got enough time to find that house of ours, and for me to finish my training with my father. I’d take you anyway I could get you, babe, human, witch, demon—I don’t care.”

“Thank you,” Bianca said, moving to stand beside them.

She and Guy lowered down to the ground, sitting opposite them.

“What for?” Caleb asked.

“For saving him. If you’d not done what needed to be done, I wouldn’t have a mate by now.” Tears spilled from Bianca’s eyes. “I kept attacking the shield that you’d placed on the basement in your house. I felt the moment you died as it just ceased to exist.”

Caleb had felt his heart torn in two when she sacrificed herself.

“Please, Bianca, Caleb’s going to struggle to forgive me for what I did.” Lucy left his arms and held onto her friend. “I couldn’t let anyone hurt you or your mate, and that was exactly what was happening.”

“I’m thankful for what you did, but I couldn’t lose you,” Bianca said. “You’re my best friend.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Well, you can spend weeks making up for it.”

He felt Lucy laugh. “I can live with that.”

“Good.”

An hour later, he took Lucy back home. He wouldn’t let her out of his sight, so he bathed with her, never leaving her side.

Only when she was tucked up naked in his bed, did he relax.

“We’re going to need to repair the town.”

“It’s already being organized.”

“I can’t believe we woke up this morning wrapped around each other, and after everything that has happened, we’re here again.”

“I’m just so fucking thankful that we’re together. I can’t live without you, Lucy, and I don’t ever want to find a reason to not be with you.”

She looked up at him. “You’re the one that made me want to be better.”

“You’re a good person, Lucy. You even lost the black strands from your hair.”

Lucy chuckled. “I’d make it up to you tonight, but I’m exhausted, and you’re hurt.”

She had bandaged him up earlier from the splinters of wood that had been inside his body.

“We’ve got a lifetime.”





Epilogue



One year later

They had their new house, which was set back onto the forest, and near Bianca’s and Guy’s place. The pack did accept Lucy as one of their own, and they didn’t make her fight for her place. Being human once again was refreshing. Her powers had always scared her as she never truly knew how to control them.

Caleb never treated her any differently. His love surrounded her, and she never once felt anything less than what she was. She was his mate, and he devoted many hours to showing her how much he loved her.

“You’ve got to push, Bianca.”

“In a couple of weeks this is going to be you,” Bianca said, screaming.

Her best friend had gotten pregnant before her, and they were in Guy’s and Bianca’s home as she gave birth to their first child.

Lucy patted her stomach. She’d had a rocky pregnancy, throwing up during the first trimester, pain in her back during the second, and being nothing but horny during the third. Caleb liked the third trimester better than the others.

She loved the whole pregnancy.

Currently, Caleb was keeping Guy downstairs as whenever he heard Bianca in pain, he tended to lose his mind, and go a bit crazy. A crazy Guy was not what Bianca needed right now. Emma was between Bianca’s legs. As they were wolves, they couldn’t go to a human hospital, and Emma was a trained midwife, and had helped to birth most of the babies in the pack.

Lucy was terrified. They had talked many hours about what to do with her. She didn’t know if she was going to a human hospital or doing it at home like Bianca. Now that she could no longer turn her pain off, she wanted drugs, lots of them to numb the pain.

Bianca wasn’t allowed to hold Lucy’s hand as she wasn’t strong enough to take the wolf strength, so they were using metal grips.

“Come on, honey, push.”

The push was long, hard, and they were rewarded with a very healthy scream.

“You have a son, Bianca,” Emma said.

Emma finished preparing him, and then handed Bianca a little bundle of screaming baby.

“He’s so beautiful.”

They heard Guy and Caleb rushing upstairs, and seconds later, both men were inside the room.

Kissing her friend’s temple, Lucy waddled toward her husband’s side. Caleb had married her in front of the pack. She had a ring on her finger and a mating mark on her neck. She belonged to him in the eyes of the law, and the pack.