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.

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

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

minutes, Marco and Delilah make their way back to

he’s seen

she could burst into tears at any moment.She looks around at

things down around us, for

look at the 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

us, everyone moves to a snail's

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

to your sisters, if their guardian dies, in this case it

casts her eyes to the floor as if she can’t figure out how

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 know, a baby, mated to a woman who is hundreds of years old.Katherine says based

dies, well, they can’t live much longer 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

hundreds of years is familiar to

is something

to spend the rest of his life with her,

imagine losing Musu, but knowing that means

his head

telling me, Katherine Santoro know's she's going to die...soon.The Moon Goddess is going to give birth to 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 Codi somehow already knows her and Katherine are destined mates?"A look of understanding crosses Lenora's face,

eyes, suspicious of

"uh, well, sort of?"

and avoids eye contact with

of? What do you mean, sort of, Delilah?"

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

Delilah looks at Lenora as she speaks through her sniffles, "Katherine says her mate has been reincarnated as a female three times before.Those

but this is the part you guys really ain’t

‘em about the

Delilah’s hand while she tries to calm down, but the tears are streaming down her face.She shakes

I

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 of forty-eight

"Marco, there's fifty goddesses,"

puts his hands on his hips as he takes in

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

"Marco, I'm fine,"

a stern look.I sit down slowly, watching

how Cora’s mate died too, right? That means she's gonna

it means Tessa’s clock is also ticking," Milo

of my stomach while they all speak about my

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