Finding Her True Alpha
Chapter 88: Trust

Ashlyn

“What do you mean, they have dragons?” I asked her, concerned. Dragons were the strongest of all the races.

Not that the others would agree, but they could burn the whole earth to the ground if they really wanted to and no one could stop them.

“That Chantel something. She works for Susan. She is one of her informants.” Liz answered, and I looked over at Derek.

“Well, she is dead now. Can you show me who else is working for Susan?” I asked her.

“You killed her?” Liz asked, and I nodded.

“She was the one that was causing all the problems for the people on the ground. Her job was to lead the others into ambushes.” She explained, and both Derek and Mason cursed.

“It all makes sense now,” Mason spoke, and l just pushed my l!ps into a line. If I had been here, I could have fixed that problem earlier.

“Okay. Is there anything else?” I asked her. And she looked at me, stunned.

“l just told you they have dragons on their payroll. Isn’t that not bad enough?” I snapped my fingers, causing fire to ignite on the end of my thumb. Liz gasped out as I manipulated the fire.

“You can control fire.” She asked me, shocked.

“I can. I can control all the elements. Dragon’s breath doesn’t affect me. So leave the dragons to me.” I told her and she nodded.

“Babygirl, I’m not letting you go after dragons.” Derek told me. He grabbed my shoulder, turning my body to face his.

“Derek, I’m the only one that can face them without getting burned. I’m doing this.” I told him and he pushed his l!ps into a line. He clearly wasn’t happy about what I was telling him.

“Will you stop worrying? I won’t let anything happen to our child.” I told him, resting my cheek on his shoulder.

“I’m not just worried about our child.” He huffed out.

He wrapped an arm around my back, resting his hand on my h!p, pulling me closer to him.

“We could always put a protection spell on you,” Liz suggested.

“Mom, that’s a powerful spell,” Sage questioned her mother.

“I know it is, but if all three of us performed it together, it would not only enhance the spell, but it wouldn’t drain us.” She explained, and Sage nodded.

“Let’s do it.” Nathan said, and I looked at him.

“If it means that you can be in the fight and safe, you should be jumping all over it,” he said.

“But we have an enormous battle coming up and I want everyone to be ready. I don’t want you both to be weakened and then you get hurt or even killed.” I explained my worries.

“Ashlyn, nothing is going to happen to us. And if this means that they can’t hurt you, it will only strengthen you. You are the one that needs to finish this.” Sage said, grabbing my hand that was resting on the table. I was still hesitant to accept their help.

“Are they staying in the Emerald Lake pack house?” I asked her, changing the subject.

“They are. Why?” She asked.

“Do they know about the tunnels that run underneath?” I asked her, and she furrowed her eyebrows.

“I forgot James had those built after your grandparents’ death. I don’t think they do. If they did, they never mentioned them to me. “She answered.

“Have you been in them?” Mason asked, and I nodded.

“Both Sage and I have been. We used to play in them all the time. My father would set up some kind of treasure hunt for Sage and I. I think it was more to keep us busy.” I told them.

“We were always in the way.” Sage and I both giggled at the memory. I was always with my dad, and he was already doing something with the pack or warriors.

“Do you remember how to enter the tunnels?” Derek asked, and I nodded.

“I’m pretty sure the one closest to us is hidden behind a waterfall. My father didn’t want it easily found.” I told them.

“Sage and I could always enter the tunnels while you guys storm the pack house. It would put us inside and they wouldn’t be expecting that.” I told them and I could feel all their eyes on me.

“I like it.” Sage chimed in.

“Baby, I don’t think that’s a very safe plan,” Mason said.

“Mason, it’s not about being safe, it’s about getting the job done. Also, I control the elements. I would be underground, in one of those elements. I could control the surrounding ground. And if I needed to, I could collapse the tunnel and push us up to the surface.” I explained.

“Okay, how about we put a pin in it?” Liz said, and I sighed.

“I understand you want this all to be over, but rushing in won’t be a productive option. They have more warriors than you have at the moment.” Liz explained.

“But Mom, you haven’t seen what Ashlyn can do. She opened a portal to a pack over ten hours away, her first try.” Nathan defended.

“I know she is a powerful witch, but right now she can over use her magic.” She pointed out.

“When I use my powers, I don’t feel drained like I do when I use my magic. And I can call Tundra, my wolf, to help us if we run into trouble.” I told her and she looked at me, stunned.

“You can separate yourself from your wolf?” She asked me, and I nodded.

“Fascinating.” She breathed out.

“I can do this, and I can do this with no one getting killed. Is it true that most of the vampires are being forced to fight?” I asked her and she sighed.

“It’s true. I’m not sure how the former vampire king got himself involved in this, but he is forcing his own people to fight. And I’m not even sure why he was already king. I’m not sure what he would gain by helping Susan,” Liz answered.

“If we spell her with protection, none of you would have anything to worry about. We could enter the tunnel and when we made it to the pack house, Ashlyn could burn the whole place to the ground. It would cause chaos, and then we could attack from the perimeter.” Sage suggested, and I agreed with her plan.

“How about we all get some rest and then we can perform the spell under the moon tonight? It will make the spell stronger. Then we can all come up with a plan of attack.” Liz said while getting up from the table.

“Mom, you can share my tent, since I’m assuming Ashlyn is now sharing with her mates,” Sage told her mom while smirking at me. I decided not to mention that she would sneak off to see Brandon. I’d leave that for her to explain to her mother. Everyone left the tent, leaving me sitting with my mates.

I was sitting there, lost in my thoughts. How can l trust a person who was literally just trying to cause me pain? Pain that caused me to lose my child. But then again, she was telling the truth. I understand her anger towards her mate and my mother.

This was such a mess, and now there were rebel dragons involved. I had to talk to Eric. He seemed to know a lot about what was going on over enemy lines.

“Babygirl, what’s wrong?” Derek’s voice pulled me from my thoughts.

“I’m just overthinking.” I shrugged. He was now sitting sideways, and he pulled me in between his legs, moving my legs over his. He started k!ssing my neck, making me let out a soft m**n. All of us didn’t get the release that we were chasing earlier.

“We can finish what we started earlier. It would relax you.” Derek whispered into my neck, causing goosebumps to erupt all over my skin.

“Derek, we can’t. We have a patrol next.” Mason sighed, and Derek let out a g***n.

“At least this gives me time to have a nap.” I told him with a giggle.

“But it doesn’t help these blue balls.” He g*****d, grabbing my h!ps and grinding me against his very hard c0ck.

“I’m suffering too. You just can’t feel it.” I pouted.

Mason moved closer to me. He was sitting like Derek. He moved until his chest was flushed with my back and wiggled his face into my neck. I could feel how hard he was. He was pressing it into my a*ss.

“It’s been a long few weeks.” He whispered into my neck.

“I know it has, and it wouldn’t have been if I was here to begin with.” I told them and they both sighed.

“We are never living this down, huh?” Derek asked, moving closer to me. He k!ssed my cheek.

“I’m still upset at both of you, but we have this to deal with and I need my mates. I can’t do any of this without the both of you. So I’m putting my hurt feelings aside to focus on what needs to get done.” l told them and both of them snuggled closer to me, if that was even possible.

“We are sorry, Babygirl. Both of us will listen to all of your plans and ideas, okay?” Derek said.

“So sorry, Baby. We shouldn’t have made you feel like your opinions weren’t important,” Mason said. And everything they were saying was so sweet, I began to full on sob.

“Babygirl, what’s wrong?” Derek asked me. I had my face buried in my hands.

“Stop being so sweet.” I cried out and both of them laughed.

“Damn hormones.” I cried out. And they both squeezed me.

“Either of us wouldn’t have it any other way.” Mason said, k!ssing my neck.

“Come, Babygirl. Let’s get you to bed and we’ll stop and grab you some cookies.” Derek said, k!ssing my cheek.

“It had better be a big cookie.”