The Tripartite Mate Bond Chapter 158: CHAPTER HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT

ARES POV

I'd nearly killed Zelda before in anger and it seemed she wanted me to finish the job.

“What do you mean drain her blood? Are you nuts?” I growled at her, my emotions taking the best of me

I prided myself in having absolute control of my emotions but with my mate bleeding out on the ground after winning the war that nearly claimed our lives had me in shreds.

“Look, we have to be intentional about it and quickly too. If she bleeds out without the right rituals, she'll simply cross over and who knows who the power will go to,” she replied, still insisting on her stupid idea.

“She's right, Ares. Being a goddess and human at the same time isn't normal. This would have happened at some other point in her life,” Kane said, coming up to me.

I couldn't believe I'd once called him my brother. We'd been on the path to making a great pack but seeing how he flaked on us at the slightest chance made me hate the bare sight of him.

“Or you're trying to get her killed so you'll stop feeling the mate bond,”

“Come on Man, I know I fucked up and I'm not even trying to make amends because I know I went to far but I did a lot of research when we found her and I read something about this. The witch is right,”

“Zelda, what if you're wrong and she actually dies completely?”

She breathed and I knew I was putting a lot of press on her but I wasn't willing to lose her, not again. I couldn't live without her and I remembered how much I didn't want to consummate the mate bond because of this same fear.

“You can be sure she'll die before we get to my coven, this is the only chance so it's really up to you to decide since Alpha Axel is out,” she replied, reminding of my brother who I'd just laid in the car so he'd recuperate.

As the bright afternoon sun hit me, I was perplexed, confused with what option was best in this case.

Zelda has never failed my pack before until the last time and it literally paid off in the end by Aurora becoming strong enough to help us defeat that demon. But now, I wonder if she had enough experience to actually go through with this wild guess of hers.

I wish we'd not forced Elena to stay back, I would have really loved to hear from her dragons. Other dragon kin were busy rounding up deserters as their dragons ate werewolves for fun; I knew nobody would be to blame if this went awry but me.

The choice seemed pretty obvious but what if I chose wrong? The cost was too high but it wasn't really a choice. Flying back to the outskirts of the human town where Zelda's coven lived wasn't something I could take a chance on.

I turned around, giving her a steely look. “Do it,” I grumbled, my voice gruffy and filled with emotion.

We helped lift her into a bench that survived the ruckus that had just happened here and Zelda shooed us away as she set up her craft.

I took a deep breath and prayed to the moon goddess to save her for me.

“You're so smart man, she's lucky to have you,” Kane said while patting my back.

“No, I'm lucky to have her and you're a fucking idiot for messing that up,”

“Look, you won't understand what happened even if I tried to explain it, okay? I just did what was best for my pack, and I know you would have too,”

“You see, that's where you're wrong. I love my pack and will sacrifice anything in this world for them but Aurora. She's the best thing to ever happen to me and I'm not letting you hurt her with a rejection, you hear me?”

“You've gotta be kidding me. Why won't I do that? Not like she's gonna take me back after everything!”

“So you want to punish her by tearing her heart into two? Haven't you hurt her enough?”

“How do you expect me to live with this bond constantly pulling me in her direction and my wolf trying to force me to roll on the ground in apologies?”

“I don't expect anything from you but for you to endure your punishment like a fucking Alpha! You don't hurt her just because you can't control your beast, you hear me? If she ever decides to break the bond, that's her decision but she's going through hell right now becoming a goddess and there's no space to deal with your crap!” I bellowed, irritated at his selfishness.

“Come on bro, don't do this. She's already close to death, if I do it now, she won't even feel it,” he begged like the pathetic and selfish asshole that he is.

“Kane, I'm one fucking second away from losing it and what's worse? Her dragon is right at your back, hearing the profanities coming out of your mouth. So if you really wanna leave this field alive, take your pack and whatever’s left if your dignity and take a fucking exit!” I commanded, claws coming out of my hands as I got overwhelmed with anger.

I was dealing with so much right now; Axel, my twin lay in the back of that fucking jeep, battling with poison, my mate was being drained of blood in the hopes of getting her back and deep down I was terrified of who she'll be when she does wake up, I've lost countless lives in this war and yet, Alpha Kane thought the world revolved around him and he needed me to give him permission to kill my mate.

He took my advice and turned around, gathering his pack as he went.

I looked back at Zelda and was thinking about staying until she was done but Axel was out of commission and Chris wasn't in the perfect shape to do anything after losing his leg so I needed to deal with the aftermath of the war.

My heart was torn and even though I trusted Zelda, I wanted to just stand there and make sure I was there when she woke up.

“Wolf,” I heard in my mind and I shrieked in shock and confusion, receiving the stink eye from Zelda.

“Sorry,” I whispered and moved away from her a little bit, scared to distract her again. I'll probably kill myself if I was the reason this ritual didn't work, I'd been indirectly responsible for a mishap before and I wasn't gonna be that guy again.

“Who's that?” I asked in my mind, hoping to get an answer, that's if I wasn't actually going crazy and suddenly hearing weird voices in my mind.

“It’s Lyra, I'm going to stay with her, go deal with the vampires,”

I was in for multiple surprises today.