Chapter 23

“They are planning to go back to Alaska, to my pack,” Jessica said, filled with fear.

“That is the worst idea ever. The council will execute anyone involved,” Wynn agreed.

“I don’t think you need to worry about the council,” Shysie said, looking over at Paris.

“What are you talking about?” Jessica asked.

“You really don’t know?” Shysie asked, looking at Jessica and then her brother, wondering if they had anything to do with the blood bath she left behind.

“No, what?” Wynn asked, eager to know.

“Andre tried to kill me and that is all I know,” Paris said, looking restless.

“Well, yes, there is that, but when I went into the castle, it was a bloodbath,” Shysie explained.

“When we left the chapel, you were there and everything was fine,” Wynn said.

“I went looking for Dario, but found out that he was the sacrifice,” Paris said.

“Dario is really dead?” Wynn asked, shocked.

“Yes. I went to look for Hannah, but Andre intersected me and tried to kill me,” Paris repeated.

“He would have been successful if that vampire didn’t save you. Anyway, I went looking for Paris and found him outside half dead, so I went back into the castle to the chapel to find some humans for him to feed on, but it was a bloodbath. The hunters and the higher council members are dead,” Shysie enlightened them.

“What do you mean? Does that mean Prince Deacon is dead as well?!” Wynn asked, hoping not. Wynn knew Deacon will come after him, but he didn’t wish him dead.

“No, most of the werewolves left to pursue the two of you,” Shysie said.

“Well, I doubt they will be able to track our scent back here,” Wynn said as he made sure to run through the water at every opportunity.

“Um, well, I didn’t take care when I made my way over, so best we get out of here before daylight,” Shysie said.

“You two go ahead, Jessica and I will wait for daylight to not run into any vampires,” Wynn said.

“The vampires are the least of your concern. They have their hands full at the castle,” Shysie said, thinking about a bloody mess with only vampires alive.

“We stick together. Shysie, you patrol the building outside and I will go to the rooftop,” Paris said.

Shysie rolled her eyes before leaving. ‘Patrol the building outside,’ she thought to herself, not impressed being told what to do but wanted to win back Paris's affection so she does as she was told, for now.

“You look really beautiful in that wedding dress,” Wynn said, when they were finally alone.

“Don’t get any ideas,” Jessica said, smiling at him.

“Oh, really?” Wynn said, putting his hand on her neck where the neck and the shoulder meet.

Jessica put one hand on him. “I was trying to get out of the dress earlier, but I cannot reach some of the buttons at the back.”

Wynn brushed his thumb on the skin of her neck where he felt the need to bite and mark her. He never wanted to claim someone before after a mishap with a human woman. “Let us get you out of this dress.”

Wynn turned her around and unbuttoned the few buttons that were left on the lace-trimmed dress. “There we go.”

“Thank you,” Jessica said, walking over to one of the rooms.

Wynn looked at her bareback, filled with desire.

“Are you coming?” Jessica asked, looking back at him before walking into the room as she could feel his desires for her.

Once inside the room, Jessica slipped her dress off her shoulders, leaving it to hang around her waist.

Wynn joined her and stood behind her, slipping his fingers up her spine before resting them on her shoulder, kissing her where he had to mark her. With his other hand, he unzipped the invisible zip, making the dress fall to the ground, revealing a white Garter with a matching j-string.

‘Damn she is so sexy,’ Wynn thought, oblivious to the fact that she can feel, hear and see his thoughts. A smile crept up Jessica’s face as she turned around to face him.

Wynn cupped one of her breasts in his hand and pulled her into him with his other, slipping his hand down to the bare, smooth skin of her ass, landing his lips on hers. ‘This is so much better sober,’ he thought when he had her for the first time a couple of days ago.

‘I agree,’ Jessica responded to his thoughts that made Wynn smile, remembering only now that she can hear, feel and see every thought of his as he can feel, hear and see every thought of hers but before just now, he didn’t.

‘I have been educated on how to block my mind,’ she answered, his confusion with her own thoughts.

Jessica unclipped her garter and pulled it down with her j-string before Wynn replaced her hands and took it all the way down, touching the smooth skin of her legs. Wynn slowly brought his hands up again, exploring her legs until he came face to face with her eyes. He looked into her eyes for a moment and then picked her up and took her to the bed. Wynn took his own clothes off and before he knew what was happening, he felt his wolf rip through his bones, forcing him to shift.

“What is going on?” Jessica moved backward at the sudden change.

“Brace yourself,” Wynn warned as he felt his inner wolf ready to claim Jessica as his forever mate.

Jessica, not sure what was going on closed her eyes in fear but then she heard Wynn’s wolf cry. Jessica’s eyes flung open at the pain between her neck and shoulder. Jessica screamed out as the blood started to flow from her shoulders. In front of her, two of the royal brothers holding Wynn in his wolf form down and another wolf whose eyes she recognizes. Jessica tried to cover herself with the bedsheets. “Help!” She yelled out, wondering where Shysie and Paris were.

Prince Deacon shifted back into his human form, his beautiful, muscular body in full view. “Shift and claim me!” Prince Deacon demanded, standing naked in front of Jessica.
“You must be off your head!” Jessica said, filled with fear and anger.

Wynn’s wolf was going crazy, but not allowing him to shift back into a vampire. ‘Why can I not shift back?’ Wynn wondered as he knew in his vampire state, he will be able to take the three royal brothers on. Wynn does not fully understand why they have turned against him. After all, they used to be close friends before.

“Shift and claim me and it will break the mate bond between the two of you. Or do you want to cry after him for the rest of your life?” Prince Deacon asked, a violent expression on his face.

“F*#k you!” Jessica yelled out.

“Kill him,” Prince Deacon said, before looking around for pants to put on.

“No!” Jessica yelled out, getting off the bed and wrapping her arms around Wynn.

‘Prince Deacon was not really a monster. Now that he has claimed you as his mate, he won’t do anything bad against you,’ Wynn's mind links her, trying to encourage her.

‘What about you?’ Jessica's mind linked back, the tears flowing down her face.

“Kill him already,” Prince Deacon said, when he got back to the room wearing some of Dario’s clothes, grabbing a naked Jessica and wrapping the bedsheets around her before picking her up and throwing her over his shoulder.

Jessica kicked and screamed, but when they enter the living room of the penthouse, she got silenced.

“Keep quiet.” the compulsion swept over her. Jessica looked at the Vampire that has compelled her and recognized him as Andre.

On the floor, she noticed Paris and Shysie and wondered if they were dead. Jessica does not know too much about vampires yet, so she does not know when a vampire was dead or not.

“Compel her to get dressed and to obey me,” Prince Deacon demanded Andre.

After Andre compelled her, Jessica went back into the room and put on some of Hannah’s clothes. She could see that the royal brothers were busy strangling Wynn that was still in his wolf form but she couldn't react, no matter how hard she tried. With tears running down her face, she walked back into the living room.

“Let’s go,” Deacon said, Andre and Jessica following him.

“Don’t try to run,” Deacon told Jessica.

Outside the building, they got into a black Ferrari. “Meet you back at the Castle,” Andre said before shifting into his owl form and flying off.

Jessica just stared out of the window and tried to connect with Wynn. ‘He is still alive,’ she thought.

Jessica blocked everyone out but Wynn. Through his eyes, she could see that he was being dragged out of the penthouse.

After about fifteen minutes, Jessica felt a torturing, burning fire, and fresh tears formed as she could feel her soul burning. She wanted to shout at Prince Deacon that he was a monster, but she was not able to as Andre’s compelling was still over her.

With her guard down, her mind opened, and Prince Deacon could feel and see what she was, since he was now linked with her. He didn’t really want to claim her as his mate, but he knew it was the only way to get into her head. Prince Deacon saw Wynn was being burnt. He hated what he was doing to Wynn as Wynn has been his best friend for such a long time, but he felt there was no other way to break their mate bond since Jessica does not want to claim him which was the only other way for the bond to be broken between Wynn and her.

Before Prince Deacon came to collect Jessica, he had one of the Higher Council Shamans put a mating spell on him, so the moment his mouth touched Jessica’s they became mates and if she claimed him back any other mate bond would have been broken.

The only way for Prince Deacon to un-mate now with Jessica was to kill her but even then, it was risky as he could die of a broken heart.

Jessica realized that she has lost complete connection with Wynn. ‘I hate you,' she thought, looking over at Prince Deacon that was driving.

‘One day you will love me,’ he responded to her thoughts.

Jessica quickly put her guard up and looked away from him. ‘I will end your life,’ she thought.

Prince Deacon felt that she had blocked him again. ‘I wonder if I should tell her that Wynn is not dead.’

Wynn, still in his wolf form, his wolf burnt to death, his blue eyes bright; Wynn, trapped inside.

“Sorry, man, we had no choice,” one of the royal brothers said.

“I advise you to turn into a Vampire before the sunrise, your wolf is dead and if your vampire side cannot fight to survive, then you will die here when the sunrise,” the other brother said, hoping that Wynn will be able to change into his Vampire as he was fond of Wynn and would hate for Wynn to die.

Wynn could hear them, but for some reason, he could not manage to shift.

“This human has been compelled to stay by your side until the sunrise, try not to drink him to death,” the one royal brother said before they took their leave.

“Don’t you think we should at least put him inside a building?” one asked.

“If he does not touch nature, he won’t be able to turn into a Vampire, you know that,” the other said, before taking his clothes off, leaving it for Wynn. ‘I really hope he will make it,’ he thought, before shifting and running off.

“I hope you will forgive us if you make it,” the other said, giving one more look at Wynn before shifting and running off, thinking, ‘Deacon better be right. I hope he didn’t lie to us when he told us that it's been done before.

Shysie woke up and saw Paris laying next to her, “Paris?!” She got up slowly and shook him.

“What happened?” Paris asked, sitting up.

“I don’t know,” Shysie got up and swayed to the bedroom to look for her brother. “I feel drunk,” she said as she held on to the wall.