The Tripartite Mate Bond Chapter 131: CHAPTER HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE

It seemed like Axel was finally in tune to my emotions as he didn't bother talking or overly babying me. He simply took me back to his house, his hand massaging whichever part of my body he touched.

We wordlessy went through the motions of changing out of our clothes and bathing in the bathtub. He tried bathing me but I didn't want that, any sort of sensation irritated me and aggravated my feelings of guilt.

He went to the shower and came back to me nearly scrubbing my skin off, I was teary eyed yet I couldn't stop scrubbing. I had seen a drop of blood there but even though it was gone, I could still see it.

“Baby, Stop that!” He exclaimed the moment he saw me before taking the loofah from me and rinsing me off.

Then the waterworks came and no matter what he said, I couldn't stop crying.

I looked at the bath water and it was all bloodied and I began sobbing harder as he carried me out of the bathroom.

“It's okay, Princess. We'll get through this together,” he cooed but I shook my head. I didn't want anyone with me on this.

This was my fault and I needed to repair the damage.

It just occurred to me that Lyra must have lost her baby too since our bodies are synchronized for childbirth and I sobbed harder, nearly pulling my hair out but Axel stopped me from harming myself.

He helped me wear clothes, a pad and he went under the duvet with me, the heat a little comfort.

When night time reached, I snuck out of bed, a mission in mind.

I had three witches in this pack and one of them was going to do this for me

I couldn't bring myself to disturb either Fang or Elena so Zelda was my first option. If she refuses, I guess I'll disturb my friend for the last time.

It didn't take me long to find her, her flowy dark hair was a beaming star from the living room of the first floor.

I met her while she was having dinner in the smaller dining room where the Alpha's had breakfast if they weren't in the mood for the bigger pack or if they had visitors.

“Oh Hecate help me!” She exclaimed as she saw me and I guess she had seen what it was I wanted beforehand.

Good.

“Hi Zelda, I need a favor from you,” I said to her, not in the mood to beat around the bush.

“Yea, I know. Seems all my words are washing over your body. If you were this stubborn from the onset, you wouldn't be in this situation in the first place,” she grumbled and took her plates to the kitchen before walking with me

“I already blame myself enough, there's no need to remind me,”

“Blame you? Girl, you're a victim of so many things. Your father, your foster parents, your mate! They killed that strength you were born with. The world is just scared of your power and they've been doing their best to stop you from your destiny,” she said, making me confused.

But I didn't let any other emotion but sadness linger in my heart.

“It doesn't matter anymore. Nothing does,” I replied as we got to the room she was assigned.

“You don't get it and I don't know how else to drill it into you. You're about to do something rash and you will regret it so take a break from everything before you make this decision,” she said to me

“But Zelda, don't you see it? This war has taken everything from me! My parents foresaw it and gave me away and guess what that led to? A terrible childhood. I come back and it has taken pack members, wiped out entire packs and now, they've taken my soul away from me as well so I'm done playing the defense. They want a war, I'll give it to them so please, help me!” I begged her.

She knew what I wanted and something told me only she could do it.

“Fine. I'll remove the life bond between you and all your mates but this doesn't mean you'll go suicidal on them. Promise me that,” she insisted

“Yea, I have my dragon to worry about too. I won't do anything that'll directly jeopardize my life,” I told her and she took a deep breath.

“It's a simple spell but you have to keep really still while I cut off the bonds. There are so many others so if you move, I might cut something else and that won't bode well for any of us, okay?” She warned and I nodded.

I watched her draw patterns on the floor of the room with different writings that I couldn't even begin to understand.

When she was done, I took a deep breath and sat as still as possible while she began to work.

The chants were slow at first, her words not making any sense to me because of the language barrier but I felt the tempo increase and I didn't need a translator anymore.

She was trembling and her voice was a little bit hoarse the louder she got and the moment I felt a shiver in my body, I knew it was the moment where all my body had to still for her to do the main job.

“Tis only the life bond, Hecate, nothing more,” she whispered over and over again in English, her fingers trembling as she touched my forehead.

I didn't open my eyes as she gradually held the bond in front of me. I could feel her grab the rubber like strand and she began drawing it apart gradually, repeating her words.

It was taking longer than I'd expected and it was obvious Zelda was also getting frustrated.

“Wait here, I'll find something to help,” she whispered, breaking our concentration

I watched as she rummaged through her bag before bringing out an object.

Right in front of my eyes, it switched from a swirling blade to wood and then fire.

She held it until it switched back to the blade before tightened her hold on it.

“Are all your links blocked?” She asked me.

“Yes, all of it except Lyra’s and she's like, miles away,” I whispered.

“Okay. Let's start again. You need to be extra still this time around. One wrong cut and something might go terribly wrong. The life bond, the pack bond and the mate bonds are all in one place like wires so if I mistakenly cut them, it'll be impossible putting them back together so sit still,” she warned and I hummed in response.

Suddenly, I got the memory of what had happened to Axel’s first mate and I nearly shook my head physically in an attempt to stop the memory from jinxing this process.

I'd already discussed it with my mates so it wasn't like I was doing something terrible; I just didn't tell them I was doing it right now and I was sure once I explained everything to them, they'd understand.

It took Zelda a few minutes before she located the right bond that she was looking for and she began her chants again.

But then, it seemed today was an accursed one because immediately Zelda positioned her knife to cut, the door opened with force, and I shook immediately.

The consequences of that action took me a second to realize because I looked at Ares who was standing at the door shocked and I felt absolutely nothing for him.