POV Helena

The next few weeks I putted my mind to Pack business. It was the only way to prevent me from thinking about my awaiting fate.

I went to the infirmary and helped to take care of the wounded from the battle. I made contact with Elisa who was still not fond of me after all that's happened. She is still in Europe with a far cousin of them and thanks to Eros she still doesn't know anything about all this. She almost beg me to come back home, something about a friend of her cousin who was shitty towards her. I felt a pain in my heart as I had to tell her it's still not safe for her to be around here. After I said that, she hung up on me, leaving me standing there listening to a chorus of beeps.

I also helped out with a few renovations around here. It's safe to say the time hasn't stand still and neither have I.

In the mean time Eros went to every single witch in a 50 mile radius from here, but they all said the same... there isn't a way out of this.

After getting such news he would come home, looking lost and still reassuring me everything will be alright although I know it's not. I've been getting more and heavy symptoms. Even one morning I threw up almost a bucket of blood. I remember crawling away from the toilet as it was drenched in blood.

Even after that Eros still believes in a way to stop this, but I think he is just trying to convince me and hisself.

I told Luke about this and since then he's been in his room all day, hidden between big towers of books, trying to find something, anything to help me.

And I, I've been thinking about my real parents a lot. They are still alive. But captured in the hands of SSL. Every night when Eros is fast asleep I sneak out of my room and go sit in Eros's office and search the internet and maps for the exact place SSL's headquarters are. You would say I grew up there but The Headquarters were carefully hidden and when we left we were blindfolded half of the time, or dropped.

Besides thinking about my captured parents I also think about the parents who raised me and how they were collateral damage in SSL's plan to obtain me. Innocent people murdered because they held a powerful child who will 'rinse the world' of mythical creatures. Sometimes it's still hard to believe all this.

I sigh and slip quietly back into our room. When the door is closed I startle as the light flickers on and Eros is sitting on the chair by his small desk.

He looks at me with an understanding expression, like he knows what I've been up to.

"Eric is leaving." He says with an unknowing look in his eyes as he stares down at his desk. "He told me he's going to find Valentina."

His eyes drift up to mine and he slightly lifts up the corner of his mouth. "His mate?" I ask as I sit myself down on the bed.

Eros nods his head. "Eric knows, thanks to Alix, where his mate is hidden. Today he asked permission to go find her. I granted him that. He deserves happiness. He also promised that he will ask her about you and if there's a way, she is also a witch so maybe she knows more."

I nod my head and let out a soft smile. "Hopefully she will not be so stupid to reject him for a second time." He nods with a sigh.

I step up and walk towards him. I straddle him and sit down on his lap. He blue eyes seem electric under the dim light of the nightstand. I brush my a red lock of hair behind my ear before I lean in to softly kiss him. The kiss starts out tender and slow, his hands slowly caressing over my thighs to my waist, leaving a trail of sparks.

Slowly the kiss starts to heat up. I let my hands go down his chest and then back up to his shoulders. He tightly grips my waist before slowly bucking his hips up against mine, making me moan as his hardness presses against me. I start rocking my hips to, feeling the thin fabric of my shorts rubbing against my most sensitive part.

"I love you..." he breathes against my lips.

"And I love you." I say before aggressively slamming my lips onto his again

In a second he stands up with my legs wrapped around him and he brings me to the bed dropping me down to it.

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I wake up to see the spot next to me abandoned. My eyes roam the room until I see my mate standing at the balcony. I roll my naked body out of bed and pull on a silken white robe and walk up to him. The moment I step on the marble balcony my hair whips around my face as a strong gust of wind appears.

I come to stand beside Eros and first look at him to see his eyes are staring down. I also look down and see Eric with a backpack on, looking up at us.

I feel how Eros wraps his arm around me and pulls me close to him. I look down at Eric, seeing how his eyes go from me to Eros and back to me. I give him a small smile and wave at him. I see how he nods his head in respect to us before turning around.

I notice how he slightly hesitates but then walks with confidence into the woods, disappearing between the green. "He will come back to us, hopefully with Valentina by his side."

I nod and lay my head on his shoulder, relishing in the safe feeling only a mate can bring.

"What are you gonna do today?" I ask Eros. He takes in a deep breath and holds it in for awhile before blowing it out.

"Searching for other witches, older ones, wiser ones, just someone who can maybe help us. And you?" His fingers rub small circles over my the skin of my arms, making goosebumps appear.

"I'm gonna help with a few of the members on the training fields. A tree has fallen down due to the storm from last night." He nods and walks back inside still with me in his arms.

"I'll better get ready. It's a long way to the witch I wanna talk to." He kisses me and let's me go as he walks towards the bathroom. "Be careful today, I'll try to be back as soon as possible Lena."

He smiles softly at me before disappearing in the bathroom.