Finding Her True Alpha
Chapter 129: Welcome Home

Ashlyn

As soon as my hand touched the handprint, my whole body was engulfed in a purple light. I closed my eyes to shield my eyes from the bright light.

“Open your eyes,” Freya whispered. Opening my eyes, I let out a g***n. I was back at the waterfall.

“Great, I fvcken died,” I yelled out.

“Not dead, Ashlyn.” The moon goddess giggled behind me. I whipped around to find that Selene was standing with both Tundra and Freya.

“Tundra,” I cried out, running to my wolf.

“I’ve missed you so much,” I told her, wrapping my arms around her neck.

“I see you found Freya,” Tundra said.

“I’m sorry Tundra. Please don’t think I replaced you.” I cried, hugging her tighter. She wrapped a paw around my back as I sobbed into her fur.

“Never. I know you love me.” She said, rubbing her head against mine.

“Ashlyn, we only have a few moments, and we have much to discuss,” Selene said.

“Why didn’t you tell me about the mate bond?” I asked her, pulling away from Tundra. I looked up at the moon goddess.

“Why did you bless them with the bond?” She asked me and I sighed.

“Because I was afraid that they wouldn’t bond with me,” I told her. She knelt down beside Tundra.

“I’m sorry Ashlyn. The bond had to be broken, but you never needed the bond between Mason and Derek.

They love you and you love them.” She told me.

“So, what else do I need to know?” l asked her.

“You will identify the new Vampire king by the colour of his b***d. Royal vampires have different coloured b***d. And you, being of Royal B***d, will see it.” Selene explained.

“Okay, find the new vampire king.” I said, and she nodded.

“But first, head to the dragon kingdom. With Freya by your side, no one can deny you are the real queen.”

“What about the other kingdoms?” l asked her.

“You already have the wolf kingdom, and the magic kingdom. King Jordan will follow you as his daughter will be mated to your son. And as soon as you find the rightful heir to the Vampire kingdom, everything will fall into place” She explained.

“Wait, Aurora is James’ mate?” I asked her, stunned. She nodded.

“I did not see that coming.” I breathed out.

“Now say goodbye. The building is almost complete,” Selene said, standing up. What building, I thought?

“Tundra, I don’t want to leave you.” I looked back at my wolf.

“I’ll be seeing you soon, Ashlyn. Freya will keep you safe. And you keep our pup safe. I love you.” She told me.

“I love you Tundra.” I sobbed out, wrapping my arms around her neck again.

“I miss you so much,” I whispered. Before, my world shifted.

“Baby, please open your eyes.” I heard Mason pleading. Someone was shaking me. Groaning, I opened my eyes to find that I was lying on the ground. Not only were Derek and Mason staring at me, but all the hybrids were as well.

“What happened?” I g*****d out, trying to sit up. Derek helped me and Gabby crashed into me, throwing her arms around my neck.

“Ashlyn, you scared me.” She cried. I wrapped one of my arms around her waist.

“It’s okay, sweetie. I’m okay” I whispered to her.

“What happened?” I asked Mason and Derek.

“You touched the wall, and the room lit up and you collapsed. What happened?” Derek asked me.

“I saw the moon goddess and Tundra. We need to leave, but I will explain it at home.” I told them.

Gabby let go of me and my mates helped me to stand. I was feeling dizzy and tired, but there was still so much to do before I could even think about sleeping.

“So, how do we get out of here?” Derek asked, and I shrugged.

“The same way?” l asked him.

“It closed up.” Mason said. And I looked at him, confused.

“What are you talking about?” I asked.

“As soon as you collapsed, the room was sealed up.” Mason answered.

“Of course it did. It’s fine. ‘l just portal us out.” I said.

“Babygirl, are you okay?” Derek asked me. Both my mates were looking at me, concerned.

“I’m okay. It’s just been a long day, its not everyday you shift into a dragon.” I told them.

I thought of the garden out front of the council building and a portal opened up. Everyone rushed through and I stepped through right behind my mates.

“What the f**k?” I said out loud. The council building was no longer lying in ruins. A beautiful castle now stood. It looked like something out of a medieval children’s book.

“It’s the one that stood over 300 years ago.” Freya told me, as I stared at the castle in awe.

“Baby, did you do this?” Mason asked, standing beside me.

“l have no idea,” I answered.

All the heavy equipment was pushed aside to make room for the new building. It was easily twice the size of the building before it.

“My Queen, Princes’, is everyone okay?” The man in the white hard hat rushed over to us.

“Yes, sorry about the mess.” I told him.

“It’s okay, my queen. You did most of the work.” He chuckled.

“We’ll get this mess cleaned up.” He said before he left us.

“Should we go inside?” Derek asked.

“I just want to get home to our boy. Do we have enough room for everyone at our place?” I asked them.

“My queen, we don’t need much room.” One of the women spoke.

“We have more than enough room,” Mason answered.

“All of you have nothing to fear or to worry about.

Our home is your home. I have some things to do, but when everything is done. We will come back here, and this will be a sanctuary for all the hybrids.” I told them.

“Sanctuary?” Derek asked.

“This is neutral land. And this will be our new home,” I told them.

“Now let’s get home to our boy.” Gabby walked over to me, grabbing my hand with hers.

“Can I stay with you?” She whispered. I looked at both of my mates. This little girl didn’t have a family.

“Of course you can stay with us, sweetheart.” Mason told her, and my heart swelled with emotions. Thank you, I mouthed to him.

“Okay, everyone. Let’s go home.” I told them. I opened another portal to the front of our home. Derek stepped through first and the other followed with me last. As soon as I walked through, I found warriors surrounding our house. Gabby grabbed on to me, hiding behind me.

“What is this?” I asked. I looked behind me to see that we had just stepped in to a stare down of some Sort.

“State your business.” I demanded. I was far too tired to deal with this nonsense.

“Death to the hybrids.” One man called out. Gabby whimpered behind me.

“Liam?” I called out.

“My queen?” He answered, rushing over to me.

“Please take our guests inside while I deal with this.” I told him and he nodded.

“It’s okay, Gabby. This is Liam. He’s going to show you the house and your room.” I told her.

“But you could get hurt.” She cried. I knelt down in front of her.

“Gabby. I’ll be right in. You are safe. I promise.” I told her. She hesitated, but she took Liam’s hand and he led everyone into the house.

“We have warriors around the house and we have more stationed on the other side of them. We have them surrounded.” Mason mindlinked me.

“We will talk about how they even got this close after I deal with them.” I mindlinked back.

“Freya, would you like to make an appearance?” I asked my dragon. Without a word, Freya flew out of my body, growing in size the higher she flew.

“A white dragon? That’s not possible. You’re a wolf.” One of the enemy stuttered out.

“I’m not just a wolf or a dragon. So why the f**k are you here?” I yelled out.

“Death to the hybrids.” They all chanted.

“So then, what are you waiting for?” I taunted them.

“Baby, what are you doing?” Mason asked in my mind. Both my mates were standing beside me. I didn’t answer him. I knew these cowards wouldn’t attack me.

They wanted to kill my son, the future king of all the kingdoms.

“I’m waiting.” I dragged out. None of them moved as Freya landed close by.

“Who the f**k sent you?” | asked them, getting annoyed. I was hungry, tired and l just wanted to see my boy.

“We won’t tell.” Someone called out.

“Do you honestly think that any of you are getting out of here alive? You came here to kill my son.” I growled. Freya let out a growl that shook the ground. She huffed out an icy breeze that would have frozen anyone in its path.

“Fine, don’t tell me. But my dragon here has been locked up for 300 years, so I think she’ll have fun chasing you all down. And if none of you are familiar with the legends of white dragons, they don’t breathe fire, they breathe frost.” I told them. I’m done waiting for any of them to answer.

“Freya, give them a five-second head start.” I told her and she nodded before turning her attention back to the scum that tried to kill my baby.

“My queen, please spare us. We were only following orders.” One of them bagged, dropping to his knees.

“Who’s orders?” I demanded.

“The vampire king’s,” he said with his head bowed.

“You came here to kill my son and you think I would just let you live? You threaten a child, my child! And as soon as I show up, the fvcken hybrid that you all hate so much, you cower like a little b!tch. What the f**k did you all think was going to happen? Fvcken pathetic. You all have five seconds. You better start running.” l yelled. I turned around and headed home. Freya took to the sky and then took off after the enemy.

l entered the house with Mason and Derek on my heels. I walked into the kitchen to get something to eat and they followed.

“How the f**k did they get this close to the fvcken house? It’s not like there was just one of them?” I growled out.

“Baby, we’ve been having trouble with people even inside our borders,” Mason said.

“Then we will move everyone to the castle. This is fvcken ridiculous. And now I have to go figure out what is happening in the vampire kingdom.” I huffed out. I was slamming cabinet doors trying to figure out what I wanted while being too upset and angry to actually eat.

“Babygirl, sit. I’ll get you something to eat. Why don’t you tell us what happened when you saw Tundra?” Derek said, wrapping his arms around my waist from behind.

“Fine, but I’m not sitting.” I told him. I was feeling way too anxious to sit down.

“Baby, everything will be okay.” Mason tried to comfort me.

“How the hell can you even say that? What if something happened to James?” I screamed with tears in my eyes. Mason pulled me into his arms while Derek was rushing around the kitchen.

“James is safe. He’s with Brandon and Sage. I know this is hard. I want to rip a part anyone and everyone who threatens him and you.” He told me, holding me tightly. I wrapped my arms around his waist and snuggled into his chest.

“Mason, I’m scared,” I mumbled into his chest. You? That badass queen we just witnessed out there in the driveway?” Mason asked with a chuckle.

“You have nothing to worry about and, from now on, we will always have James with us. Okay?” He asked, and I nodded.

“Besides, babygirl, with Freya, no one will dare come near you or James. It’s one thing to have a gold wolf, but to have a white dragon. She could turn this whole place into a winter wonderland and all of us would be ice sculptures. Freya is one badass dragon.” Derek chimed in. He slid a plate with a sandwich, chips, and some fruit over to me from across the island.

“This is just too much right now.” I sighed, picking up a strawberry.

“You just need to see James and then get some rest. We will handle everything else,” Mason assured me.

“Aren’t you tired?” I asked them.

“Not as tired as you are. It’s not every day one shifts into a dragon.” Derek shrugged.

“I’ll need to go get Freya. She’s probably done chasing them all down and scaring the locals.” I giggled at that last part.

“Yeah, she would be pretty terrifying.” Derek chuckled.

“You should eat first, then go get Freya and then you can go see James. He’s in the safe room with Sage and Brandon,” Mason said.

“We have a safe room?” I asked him before taking a bite of my sandwich.

“Yes, it leads off of James’ room. We’ll show you how to access it.” He answered.

“I’m going to go check on everyone outside.” Derek said, coming around the island. He k!ssed my cheek before he left the kitchen.

“And what do you need to do?”1 asked Mason.

“I’m going to go help Liam get the others settled. Tomorrow we can get names and such. Then I can have someone go shopping for them and get them what they need” Mason explained.

“Thank you, Mason. I think Gabby wants to stay with me” I told him.

“I’m okay with that. She could be James’ older sister.” Mason said, k!ssing my forehead.

“You mean that?” I asked him with tears in my eyes.

“Baby, Derek and I are here to support you. And I’m more than happy to keep her here with us. And we can talk more about her story tomorrow. I know you’re overtired and overwhelmed.” He told me, squeezing my shoulders.

“Thank you, Mason,” I whispered, wrapping my arms around him.

“l love you, baby.”

“I love you.”

“Let’s bring your food up to our room. You can see James and eat. Then it’s bedtime.”