Page 123 of The Married Alpha And His Arrow: Vol 2

Matt linked, “That might have sounded more threatening if his teeth weren’t chattering. I can practically smell his fear and pain.” So could I. Haley didn’t wait, she attacked him without hesitation. I looked around. The ground began to shake. None of us were knocked off balance, but there were a few warlocks fighting against us that fell down. Sophia and Tyson had them in seconds.

My dad had another one he killed quickly. Alpha Kyle’s group got the rest. I shifted back and Matt threw me clothes. Oscar popped near us and just watched with Jenna. Matt ran to Jenna. She said, “I’m fine. I had my very own fire starter protecting me.” Oscar cooed, “Of course you did. Tell your big brother, Mattie, that I would never let a single hair on your perfect head be harmed.” Matt growled.

Oscar yelled, “NICE MOVE, PRINCESS!” I turned back to the fight. Marcus sighed. Bjourn said, “Stop messing with him, little sister. End this fight. It’s sad to watch his pathetic attempts. He’s very sloppy. I do hope that’s the pain he’s in. I know he was trained better.”

Haley ignored everyone. She was making little cuts all over Noah that were cauterized immediately by the flames on her swords. Some of the cuts she was making had to hurt. Noah was holding his own, but only because Haley wasn’t going for the kill. She threw her swords to Aiden.

King Titus, Prince Bjourn, Prince Marcus, Prince Logan, and the other Hackura Prince’s I hadn’t met yet yelled, “HALEY! NO!” King Titus harshly ordered, “HALEY MELODY CAMBRIDGE CONNERS! YOU STOP THIS RIGHT NOW!” Haley screamed and ran at Noah while he smirked.

Haley didn’t use her powers, but she didn’t need to. She reached out as he swung his sword at her heart and disarmed him. She broke his hand in one swift move. He screamed and went down on one leg. Haley punched him in the face, breaking his nose, then jumped and kicked his leg. I winced as I heard it break.

Haley was huffing as Noah screamed in agony. Her eyes were still bright gold. She taunted, “Hurts like a bitch, doesn’t it? You FUCKING TROLL!” He glared at her. She sneered, “You don’t have to answer me. I know it does. It happened to me a lot as a child.”

Noah hissed, “I had NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT!” She screamed, “YOU WOULD’VE! YOU WOULD’VE DONE THAT! YOU HURT LEXI OVER AND OVER BECASUE YOU’RE A FUCKING STUPID COWARDASS PSHYCO TROLL! ERIC WAS SHOT BECAUSE OF YOU! HE SAID GOODBYE TO ME BECAUSE OF YOU! HE SAID GOODBYE! HE WAS DYING!”

Marcus cringed saying, “Shit.” Bjourn appealed on Haley’s behalf, “Dad, we’d all be this mad in her place.” Veronica rubbed King Titus’ back. He spoke softly to Haley, “Princess, Eric is fine.” She finally answered someone. She shouted, “Because of me! He’s fine because of me! I heard the bullet hit his skin! I felt the AGONY he felt!”

She turned back to Noah. “You WILL know what that felt like. I will make you!” Haley spoke in Fealish and snapped her fingers. Now Denise was inside their fortress. Matt winced, “Shit.” Noah cried, “MOM!” Denise apparently couldn’t say anything. Haley flipped him off, “Lexi said you’re a momma’s boy. Google said that means you’re all about your mother.” Several people chuckled.

Alpha Jackson yelled, “HALEY, DON’T!” I turned and saw she’d conjured a gun. She shot Denise square in the chest. Noah screamed and began to crawl to his mother. Haley casually commented, “You’d better hurry.” She tapped her cheek, “Hmm… this isn’t quite right. He can’t feel her pain as I felt Eric’s. What to do about that?”

Aiden grabbed her hands and she spoke in Fealish again. Noah wailed in agony. He said, “I can’t….” Haley finished, “Breathe? I know. What you feel is a FRACTION of what I fucking felt when you had my husband shot. You’d better hurry Noah, she’s dying. She only has minutes left.”

I couldn’t close my jaw. Matt said, “I mean she was going to die anyway.” I admitted, “True.” Jenna said, “I say more power to her. If anyone shot Oscar and I could do what she’s doing. I’d do it. She felt it through their bond and heard the shot. You ALL would do the SAME thing if you saw or heard this happen to your mates.” Jenna had a point.

Noah wasn’t crawling fast enough. Denise shuddered out her last breath and disappeared. Noah screamed, “NO!” I asked no one in particular, “Where did she go?” Haley jeered, “Aww, you were too fucking late. Shocking. You’re FUCKING USELESS! Try again you fucking Troll!”

I looked at Matt and Derrick questioning, “How could he try again?” Haley chanted in Fealish and snapped. Denise appeared before us, alive. What the fuck?! Noah screamed, “MOM, RUN! SHE’S CRAZY!”

Haley shot Denise in the chest again. Noah accused, “YOU’RE SICK!” Haley snorted, “I’m sick?! That’s like the grass calling itself green!” Aiden laughed. Noah said, “THAT’S NOT A SAYING! GOD! LEARN A SAYING OR TWO!” Haley retorted, “Your stupid fucking realm has shitty ass sayings! I won’t learn your backwards, messed up, shitty sayings! THEY ARE FUCKING RIDICULOUS!”

Noah pleaded, “My mom is innocent! She had nothing to do with your precious mate being shot!” Haley harshly spat back, “Innocent?! She was the goddamn leak trying to kill Lexi. Innocent MY ASS! She’s dying and you can’t even get over to her to say goodbye. Nothing would stop me from getting to my loved ones in this state. Here I thought you cared about her. Oh well.” Haley shot Denise in the head.

I ordered, “Derrick, go see if Denise is in her cell.” Derrick pointed out, “She can’t be.” I said, “She also can’t be shot in the chest and head twice and now be back in there.” Derrick looked back as Haley shot Denise in the chest again. Noah was clutching his chest as if she’d shot him. Derrick conceded, “Fair point.”

Haley kept shooting and killing Denise. Derrick came back announcing, “Denise is still down there in the dungeons in her cell. She’s not leaving and coming back, and she has NO idea what’s going on. She asked me where Edgar was.” I rubbed my temples questioning, “So who is that?”

Oscar answered, “It’s not a who, it’s a what. It is a doll. Haley is using the chant to bring a doll to life and another charm to give the doll Denise’s appearance.” I rolled my eyes asking, “And you didn’t say that earlier because?” Oscar smirked, “You didn’t ask, no one did.”

Marcus asked, “How can he feel the pain of a doll being shot?” Oscar supplied, “She is using a charm that makes him feel as if he took the shot himself. She’s brilliant. Terrifying when angry, but brilliant.” Harper huffed, “Naturally, a charm. We already knew she is brilliant.”

Oscar complimented her, “She’s truly one of a kind.” Marcus said, “She’s beyond pissed off is what she is.” Bjourn argued, “If Torvi said goodbye to you brother, you would be just as mad as she is.” Jackson put his two cents in, “We need Eric back.”

Just as he spoke Noah said, “The shot wasn’t even meant for your stupid mate! It was supposed to hit Chase!” Haley screamed, “HIS NAME IS ALPHA CHASE! SHOW SOME DAMN RESPECT!” She threw him into the force field, and it shocked him again. Tears streamed down her face.

She yelled at Noah, “DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT FELT LIKE? He’s the love of my life! I NEVER thought I’d get a mate! I never thought anyone would want me! I’m fucked up! I’m so fucked up and he doesn’t even care! He loves me, FOR ME!” It was heartbreaking to hear that she’d ever thought that about herself. That the fairies convinced her she had no mate or deserved to have love in her life.

She laughed a little adding, “Me. This ghost riddled, horrid past, sometimes scared little girl, but he doesn’t care. He doesn’t even look at me with pity. He looks at me with pride. Pride that I’ve overcome what was done to me. That I am who I am in SPITE of everything that has happened to me! He loves me. DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW THAT FUCKING FEELS?!”

She smacked herself in the head continuing, “What am I saying? Of COURSE you don’t! Your mother is creepily obsessed with you and mine barely even liked me. She just didn’t want me to die. Let me break this down for you. MY ENTIRE childhood I was told I wasn’t good enough FOR ANYONE. I was told that I’d never have a mate, and if I did they would reject me on sight. Who would even want me? I’m just a partial Fae. A USELESS partial Fae who NEVER should’ve been born. It was said OVER AND OVER AND OVER again to me!” She flung Noah to the other side of the force field.

She wasn’t done ranting at Noah though. “He’s the FATHER of my children! HE IS EVERYTHING TO ME! You just so CALLOUSLY started having bullets fired into a group of men that have mates and children who love them. That NEED them! You are SUCH a SELFISH FUCKING TROLL!”

Aiden said, “Not to mention if your wolf dies, you die.” Haley shouted, “I DON’T FUCKING CARE ABOUT THAT! MY LIFE MEANS NOTHING! IT HAS ALWAYS MEANT NOTHING!” Aiden stepped backwards in shock.

I was not alone in my growl and the Hackura all punched whatever was closest to them. Aiden stepped forward quickly stalking towards his sister. All of Haley’s Hackura brother’s eyes were blazing along with her dad. Dylan tried to ease the tension, “Now, now my goddess. No need to go all doom and gloom. The God Alpha Prick we all know and love, deep, deep, down is somewhere fairy popped away by his pups.”

He paused then squealed, “Can we all just reflect on that? THE GOD ALPHA PRICK is being kept away from this action by infant pups. It’s GLORIOUS! Nonetheless my goddess, YOU are a special fun sized ninja fairy goddess! We ALL need you in our lives. Which, depending on who they are, regrettably means we all need God Alpha Prick around. I’ll tackle his God like self to the ground myself next time. Probably. Maybe. I mean give a Beta a break here. I’m fast but he’s a god, so he’s obviously faster.”

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