Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

Chapter 90

"What in the Goddess's name are you talking about?"

Lenora snarls at Katherine, "Kas, you better get your sister out of here before I do it for you.If she thinks she's taking my baby to be her mate, she's more fucked in the head than I ever imagined."

I look at Lenora to see her eyes are solid black as Justice surface.It only takes a flicker of a glance at Delilah for us to intervene.

We both step in between Lenora and Katherine, making more space between the women.

All the while, Milo is trying to soothe a hysterical, screaming Codi.

"Lenora, please don't make me use my Luna voice.You know I hate that,"

I try to reason with her, but it's too late.

My fearless mama- wolf, Beta, is ready to protect her pup, and she has her sights set on Katherine.She tries to push past me, but I grab her arms and hold her solidly.She may be six inches taller than me, but with Lex helping, I'm still stronger.

"I said stand down, Lenora," my Luna voice booms from deep inside me.

Almost instantly, Lenora stops struggling and her eyes turn green again.She straightens her blouse, never taking her glaring eyes off of Katherine.She looks like the slightest movement from Katherine will set her off again.

I open up a mind link "BRONX, MARCO, I need you guys NOW!"

"We're on the way, Kas.What’s going on?"

I hear Bronx reply.I look to my left and see Marco making his way toward me.

From behind me, I can smell Bronx’s coffee and dark chocolate scent getting stronger.

"You're sister and my sister...well, I don’t even know..."

I keep my hands on Lenora’s arms until Bronx comes up behind her and pulls her back.

Marco puts one arm protectively over top of me like we have practiced if there is a threat in the human world and extends his other to keep everyone at a distance.

"Marco, help Delilah with my sisters," I order from under his arm, "I'll help Bronx with Milo and Lenora."

He looks at the surrounding people, then reluctantly at me, "Kas, I “

"Please, Marco.I will be with Bronx and Milo.I will be fine.We will be at the head table when you have some answers,"

I do my best to reassure him I don’t need a guard when I’m with my mate.

Delilah and Marco corral Katherine, who can’t bear to take her teary eyes off of Codi, and Amari, leading them away from us to get an explanation on what is going on.

and Milo, with Codi having a full-on tantrum, back to the head table to calm

chair and makes Lenora sit down while Milo stands and

Delilah

like he’s seen

like she could burst into tears at any moment.She looks around at the pack members milling

to slow things down around us, for privacy's sake," she looks at me with a

people around us and gauge how much energy it is going to take to slow time.I am still exhausted from healing

breath, I lift my hand and curl my fingers halfway into a fist and

everyone moves

we have maybe ten

to your sisters, if their guardian dies, in this case it would have been Cordell Santoro, they are

to explain calmly.She casts her eyes to the floor as if she

at her sympathetically and continues on for her, "Basically, as soon as their mate is reincarnated, the countdown is set for the goddess to die, so she can be reincarnated, too.That way you don’t have, you

without their mate,"Delilah finishes, wiping tears from her eyes.I take her hand and rub her back to comfort her.My poor sweet best friend.I know outside the Coven's realm, she is only twenty-one, but she

hundreds of years is

mortality is

like a regular werewolf and while he will get to spend the rest of his life with her, she won't

knowing that means I got less than two years to live? Shit, man.That’s

his head

a new leader of the Maven and my daughter is going to be that goddess's mate? That's how they recognize each other, because as a toddler

squints her eyes, suspicious of the

"uh, well, sort of?"

and

do you mean, sort of, Delilah?"

glare, "Easy there Beta.Don’t be upset with

her mate has been reincarnated as a female three times before.Those three lifetimes have been

but this is the part you guys really ain’t gonna

tell ‘em about the babies or should

calm down, but the tears are streaming down her face.She shakes her head no as she tries

ahead, Marco," I nod to

the Moon Goddess is out of the baby making business.Nowadays she uses regular she-wolves as vessels or something? Like, she picks someone, and she puts a goddess baby into the woman.Something like that, I don’t know for sure, it didn’t really make sense," he says, not completely comprehending what he is saying, "But it could be, like, any she- wolf, anywhere in the world.If the Moon Goddess finds her ‘worthy’, she can give birth to one

"Marco, there's fifty goddesses,"

puts his hands on his hips as he takes

well, now we in the fucked up territory.Kas, sit down," he looks

"Marco, I'm fine,"

stern look.I sit down slowly, watching him carefully,

know how Cora’s mate died too, right? That means she's gonna die soon," he

it means Tessa’s clock is also ticking,"

pit of my stomach while they all speak about my mother and sisters.I think

wasn’t about killing the Guardians? What if it was about killing their mates? Could an old version of me want my sisters dead that badly? If there is no one to lead the other factions, what happens? Who controls the Manae?