Page 150 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 2

The elderly woman didn’t speak, leading us away from the packhouse and towards a small cottage that I had seen several times. She opened the door as I lifted Scarlett through the door as she clung to her sister’s body.

"Call Kiara, for goddess’s sake!"

"Listen to me, Scarlett!" The woman growled, slapping the younger woman sharply across the face.

Scarlett stilled, as if suddenly snapping out of whatever trance she had been in. As if the sheer reality of the situation was finally settling in…

"Indigo is dead. But we can save the child."

"How?" Scarlett asked, I could see the desperation in her eyes as the reality of the situation hit her.

"We have no time to explain, but are you ready to carry the child?" Amelia asked.

"Carry the child?"

"I will transfer the child to you." Amelia said, quietly looking at Scarlett.

Magic? But how would Amelia do that…

"Of course, I’ll do anything for Indigo." Scarlett said, hugging her sister’s body to herself.

Amelia smiled as she hurried away to get certain herbs. I frowned. She wasn’t a witch… or she didn’t seem to be one. There were disguising spells… but no, there was nothing that screamed ‘witch’ from this woman…

"Oh, I’m not a witch boy…well not really. I have always had a certain eye for some stuff… and well perhaps I have some witch lineage… but I think I can do this. I had felt a little unsettled, so I gave both Indigo and Kiara some herbs, just in case. To prolong the pups life if this happened. I did hope I was wrong..." She murmured, gathering jars.

Was Kiara pregnant? And she was out there risking it all?

"Do you need help?" I asked.

"Well, why don’t you cover that junk first! Shameless men… if you’re thinking of getting lucky, I’m too old for such things…" She complained.

I suddenly realised I was naked, not that there was anything wrong with that. Nudity was common in wolves… but it was clear the woman wasn’t going to stop.

"There are some shorts outside by those trees, and then just clear the space away; we need them both to be lying side to side."

I did as she asked, finding some shorts before I returned and swiftly cleared the floor. She began drawing symbols with the herbs and the salts.

"Scarlett lay down in that star, careful not to ruin the markings, we are running out of time. Marcel place Indigo’s body in this star…" I saw the sadness in the old woman’s eyes as she looked at the dead woman.

I knew what loss felt like, I had suffered it too… My mate. The burning anger for revenge against Endora filled me but I knew right now I needed to be here to assist. I did what she said and she looked at me.

"There’s one vital point you need to do, son. When I transfer the child, there will be a connection between the four of us." She motioned to the two women and herself. "When you see that formation, it will be visible, the moment Scarlett’s and the pups become one, I need you to break where these three stars join."

I nodded, frowning as I realised she had made a third star… one she herself was seated in… It was at that moment I realised that, as planned, two lives were still going to be lost… defying nature held a price… to save the pup who was meant to die… she was going to sacrifice her own life. My heart thumped as Amelia looked at me, her eyes twinkling as she smiled slowly. She knew I had figured it out…

"Remember what you must do…"

I simply nodded.

"Let’s do this!" Scarlett said, in a panicked state.

Amelia nodded.

"Fear not, I will manage this."

Scarlett simply nodded as she closed her eyes, tears spilling down her cheeks. I wonder what she would think when she realised that she wouldn’t get to say goodbye to Amelia either…

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