Our Luna, Our Mate Chapter 154

**Eros's POV**

Feeling myself begin to hesitate, do I try to bring myself to finish the final blow. Rage simmering just beneath the surface as I continue to stare Lily down, my jaw inches from yanking out her throat.

‘What are you doing?’ growls Deimos, almost like he was impatient with me suddenly.

‘I-I… I’m trying to bring myself to end it. Lily knows that we’ll kill without hesitation. But it’s Athena, I’m worried about. I’m worried how she’ll react to us once she sees us kill another person’ I move to say back to him, my paws still firmly keeping Lily in place as my eyes continue to bore straight into hers.

‘Our mate will love us no matter what we do’ replies Deimos with a snort of annoyance.

‘How can you be so sure about it?’

Then, as if sensing his own hesitation, neither of us become aware of Lily until it’s suddenly too late and Clover moves to attack us instead. Her jaw snapping up to latch around our own neck as she moves to draw out a howl of pain from deep within me.

‘EROS’ cries Athena through our bond, having felt or seen Lily attack us due to our ignorance.

‘I-I’m fine’ I move to say back to her, not wanting her to worry over me as I attempt to pull Lily off from around my neck.

‘You are clearly not fine, don’t lie to me’ snaps Athena, annoyance running through her end of the bond.

‘I am so’

With nothing else left to say, I move to yank myself free. Clovers jaw clenching tightly around my neck even as flesh is torn in areas from Clovers mouth as I finally manage to dislodge her from my neck. Blood beginning to coat my already black fur from where she had bitten me.

‘You always were a stubborn one’ coos Lily, clearly enjoying our reaction to her, her tongue licking her lips from where our blood sat coating it.

‘And your annoying little bitch who needs to go away, permittentaly’ I move to say back to her, ignoring the stinging I felt within my neck as Deimos works on healing me, using this moment of distraction to pounce yet again. This time my own jaw now locking around her neck in surprise.

‘I’m done with your games Lily, never again will you be free to do whatever it is you want, never again’

Then without further words and without further hesitation, I move to finally end things between Lily and I. My jaw officially snapping her neck in half as Clover instantly falls still beneath me, no longer moving nor breathing as her life gradually slips from her body.

‘Is it over?’ whispers Deimos, both of us waiting a couple more seconds just to make sure that Lily wouldn’t somehow come back from the dead, do I finally move to let her body go. Her body falling lifelessly beneath me as I move to survey the area around us.

Chaos still erupting all over the battlefield, even as Addison and Brayden now take to the sky in their Dragon forms, continuing to fight amongst the Rogues from the air. Rogues howling in pain as warriors from every pack continue to attack them. Elise and Cara off fighting side by side while Ashton and Isaac move to fight side by side with each other as if they had planned for it since joining forces.

My eyes scanning the area for Cade, Cade off battling his own fight while Keira attempts to talk to the Witches who are still currently present. Hoping to knock some sense back into them so they wouldn’t have to perish during the fight.

‘Looks like we might actually win this,’ whispers Deimos, only to howl in pain as our body instantly crashes into the ground. Searing pain now radiating all throughout our body and side as I try an attempt to move.

“EROS” screams Athena, having witnessed whatever it was that attacked me. Ares growling dangerously low as I try to see who it was that attacked me. My blood now cold as I finally see who it was. Brian.

“That little bitch may have failed in killing you, but I sure as hell won’t. And if I can’t have Athena then neither shall you.”

Then, with a crazed expression now appearing upon his face, Brian moves to raise up a silver stake high above his head, clearly ignoring his own pain from the direct contact of silver as he moves to aim it for my heart, hoping to pierce it directly within me only for a howl to sound from all around us.

A howl powerful enough to make everyone pause as Brian suddenly falters, instantly dropping the stake to the ground as fear begins to show along his features. Brian slowly moving to back himself up and away from me as he moves to escape. A brief blur of fur now rushing past me as Brian instantly runs. My body still in pain as I’m left to bleed out from my wound.

Whimpering at the pain, I know there’s a high chance of me not leaving this place here alive. Blood still oozing like a faucet even as my blurry gaze moves to seek out Athena once more, the need to see her before dying coming to mind.

Athena… I whisper softly to myself, another whimper rising as it did.

“EROS! NO!”

Clinging with every last ounce of breath I could muster, I try to savor my final moments, my body weak from whatever it was that Brian had used against me when he suddenly attacked me.

‘Mate’ whines Deimos, his voice weak as well.

“EROS”

Suddenly scared, I now lay watching as Athena moves to crawl herself out from beneath Ares. Her naked body now rushing for me as she manages to dodge any and all attacks thrown her way as Ares moves to defend her until she finally makes it to me, her body instantly kneeling beside me.

“Eros, please hold on. I can heal you” whimpers Athena, her hand moving towards my side almost instantly.

‘N-No’ I whisper to her through our bond. ‘It’s too late for me.’

“NO IT’S NOT!” snaps Athena, her voice laced with a fierceness like never before. “You're going to return home and live a happy and normal life with me, Ares, Adrian and our other children.”

‘A-Athena… Don’t…’ I try only to be silenced yet again.

“NO!” yells Athena, avoiding my gaze. “You don’t get to decide when you die. Only the Moon Goddess can decide that. Now stop arguing with me and let me fucking heal you.”

Shocked by her tone of voice, I move to let her do as she demands of me, Athena moving to yank out whatever it was that Brian had used against me as a weapon as I whimper. Her hand coming to rest against the wound even as she attempts to stop the bleeding by applying pressure to it.

Closing my eyes, I await for darkness to take over me, a darkness that threatens to consume me even as I attempt to make peace with the fact that I might actually die here, my breathing slowing even as I continue to lay near Athena, her warm hand still pressed against my side as she continues to stay by my side.

“Hold on Eros. Don’t you dare die on me. I will fucking hunt you down in the after life if it means bringing you back to life. I’ve already lost my parents because I was too weak to help them, so I’ll be damned if I lose you too” come the determined words of Athena, even as I eventually black out, no longer able to hold it together. The last thing I remember before blanking is Athena, her voice ringing within my mind before a warmth takes over me suddenly.

“EROS!”