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.

a full-on tantrum, back to

to the table, Bronx pulls out a chair and makes Lenora sit down while Milo stands and tries to

minutes, Marco and Delilah make their

looks like he’s seen

into tears at any moment.She looks around at the pack members milling

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

much energy it is going to take to slow time.I am still exhausted

hand and curl my fingers halfway into a fist and

moves to

have maybe ten minutes.Delilah, what’s wrong? Marco, what

this case it would have been Cordell Santoro, they are reincarnated.Which

explain calmly.She casts her eyes to the floor

she can be reincarnated, too.That way you don’t have, you know, a baby, mated to a woman who is hundreds

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 has been alive over

hundreds of

mortality is something she

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

means I

his head in

going to be that goddess's mate? That's how they recognize each other, because as a toddler Codi somehow already knows her and Katherine are destined

eyes, suspicious of the

"uh, well, sort of?"

fingers and

of? What do you mean, sort of, Delilah?" Milo asks with a

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

as she speaks through her sniffles, "Katherine says her mate has been reincarnated as a female three times before.Those three lifetimes have been

is the part

tell ‘em about the babies or should

down her face.She shakes her head no as she tries to hold back

I

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

"Marco, there's fifty goddesses,"

puts his hands on his hips as he takes in the

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

"Marco, I'm fine,"

gives me a stern look.I sit down slowly, watching him carefully, "Alright,

mate died too, right?

means Tessa’s clock

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

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