Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

Chapter 17

Bronx’s POV

As I rush out of the office, I get a text.I look down to see who could possibly interrupt me right now.

Lenora: Code Violet Shit.

Code Violet means Kas is in a catatonic state.

She’s having a vision about some sort of traumatic event in her life.

I have given orders that no one is to touch her when she has a vision because she could accidentally use her powers on them.

Carly informs the driver that I am headed to the garage and in a hurry.

He is ready and waiting for me by the time the elevator opens.I jump in the back of the SUV and call Lenora as he drives.

"Lenora, what’s happening?"

"From what we can tell, Kas attacked James on purpose, but she didn't know who she was attacking.Marco says as soon as he entered the apartment and saw Kas with her claws in him, he told her it was James and not an intruder.She stopped immediately and tried to heal him," she explains.

"What do you mean ‘tried’ to heal him? Don’t tell me he died," I feel a pit in my stomach at the thought.

"Well, she started to, and at some point, she fell into a vision. We aren’t exactly sure when."

"She started having a vision while she was healing James?"

"Yeah.She was able to heal all of James’s physical injuries, but he lost a lot of blood. She went all mannequin before she could finish that part," she pauses before she continues, "His wolf is trying to heal him, but James lost a lot of blood.He is pretty weak.He’s in the hospital wing now getting a transfusion. Delilah is down there with him."

"How did you separate James from Kas without touching her?" I wonder out loud.

"we pulled James by his feet until he was out from under Kas. She’s still on the floor of your apartment."

"Oh my Goddess.Where are you?"

"Sitting at your breakfast bar watching her."

"Anyone else with you?"

"Just Tyree right outside the door.Marco was completely freaked out, Bronx.I sent him and Musu home.You're going to need to speak with him.Make sure he’s okay."

"alright.You okay?" I ask.

"Yeah.I-It’s a lot of blood Bronx.Like, a lot.I don’t know how he didn’t die," I hear her swallow hard.

"Okay.Hang in there, Leni.I’m on my way.Thank you for being there for her."

"No thanks needed, Bronx.She’s my Luna.She’s my like little sister.I will see you when you get here."

There is a touch of sadness in her voice.She doesn’t wait for me to say goodbye, she just hangs up.

"Go faster," I order the driver.

"Sorry, Alpha, not until we are on pack territory.We have two cars full of paparazzi tailing us.Going too fast will attract attention or get us pulled over.The gatehouse guards will be able to stop the paps from following us.Then I can race up to the packhouse," the driver apologizes without looking away from the road.

I look at my watch.

We should be on pack territory in less than ten minutes.

Then another five or so to get to the pack house.I rub my hands over my face with a frustrated growl.

If we weren’t being followed, I would jump out, shift, and get home in five minutes.

the packhouse.I jump out before we even come to a full stop and sprint upstairs to

way when he sees

and get slammed

of the stool

Lenora never cries.It must be worse than I thought.She observes

frustration melt away as I absorb

a vice and I'm frozen on the

is a

is on her hands and knees, in the middle

the pant legs and edges of the

and realize it’s

my shirt, my

when she first came here because we

is tired and

it ‘

coating the hair on the back of her head and all the way

mention Kas

It must be James's.

at the ground,

purple aura

to avoid the

edge of

you doing, dummy?

Saint growls at me.

hastily slip off my suit jacket and roll up

to my hands and knees so I can crawl

"Kas?"

I whisper.

It never gets easier.

when I touch her she is going to be cold.I won’t

isn’t even

only part of her in the

other part of her essence is

can’t stay like this," I don’t know if she can hear me or not, but on the off chance that she can,

in blood or if she knows just how

have to protect her, even if it’s from herself,

what I was born to do, be Kas’s

to

my knees and gently pull her up by

turns limp like a rag doll as I settle

my hand to brush hair out of her face, but it’s covered in partially congealed blood so I

scoot myself to the edge of the giant crimson

"Lenora, follow me,"

get washed up before we try to snap her out of it.I don’t want her to

our way to the

wooden stool from the vanity into the shower and turns the

into the shower with my clothes on

I need help and steps into the

pull Kas’s shirt and pants off,

while Lenora grabs a washcloth and

with Kas’s scarred back and moves to the rest

works, I

than when Codi was born, I haven’t

in the Moon Goddess.All of this

try to comfort her, knowing no words could be enough

her tears.She continues scrubbing the blood off silently, as if her voice will trigger an