Alpha Markus and Celeste
Chapter 91
Chapter 91 – Celeste & Markus
Celeste P.O.V.
Celeste, you have to wake up. – Kara said. I groaned. What happened? -You passed out. We need to do the thing.
The thing? What thing? – I asked, trying to open my eyes. I could hear Markus fighting.
You know, the thing we practiced with Markus. The thing we can do. THE THING –
she screamed.
Kara, calm down. What thing? – I said.
The thing with the fire. It’s a shield. We need to help Markus. Selene thinks we can stop Helios without killing him. – She said. OK I understand – I said, sitting up on the altar I was on. Markus and Helios were wrestling on the ground, the crystal dagger
forgotten a bit away. I took some calming breathes and realized I wasn’t in pain anymore. I touched my stomach.
The pups are fine. I calmed your body and the contractions stopped. –
Kara answered for me.
I started pulling deep within me, feeling and letting the fire burn like we’d practiced with Markus. I felt myself start to burn and I
opened my eyes. I started floating as the fire intensified.
“Enough fighting,” I said and my voice sounded louder than I thought it would. I saw Markus come towards me after Helios tried and failed to push through my shield. He lifted his hand and covered his entire body with fire. I couldn’t help but admire his ass from behind as it glowed with fire until Kara reminded me that this was not the time. Helios jumped away and I was stunned to see Markus jump down
to follow.
Selene has gifted mate with a gift of his own’-
Kara purred as we floated down to them. I wondered briefly if we would be able to
share his as he shared ours when a blinding light made me shield my eyes. Selene appeared between Helios and Markus. She looked at
me and said, “Show him the truth,” and without being told, I knew what to do. I put my hands on his head and I felt the familiar pull
backwards.
We watched as Helios walked forward towards his mother. He knelt in front of her, love in his eyes. I could see his sorrow the longer
he looked at her. It was the same sorrow that I had felt when I relived my parents’ deaths. I could also feel Markus’ confusion at my words,
but enough was enough. Too many lives had been destroyed, including Helios. He’d live with this sorrow, unable to move on for over a
thousand years. In the two weeks I’d watched him, I could see he was not beyond saving. He just needed to see the truth.
He jumped backwards when he saw it. That shadow behind her and the smirk as she poisoned her son against her own daughter. He
walked around her, trying to see what the shadow was. As the moon gave way to the sun, the shadow of Tezcatlipoca, the god of
darkness, became more visible. Helios’ eyes widened and he leaned forward as he listened to the whisperings of the god of darkness to
his mother. He saw the corruption of his words darken her eyes and she repeated the words to his son. She was working a spell, using his
Time sped up and he saw as the shadow grew over the years, his mother’s eyes becoming black as night as she worked her magic on
him, causing him to attack faster and harder at his sister. He looked at his sister, tears glistening in his eyes.
“We fought for 100 years. Did she never attack?” He said as he noticed that she never went for an attack, even when he would leave
himself open. All she did was defend herself as she tried to talk to him.
“She is your sister. She loves you still. She wants you to live,” I said as I saw her turn around and see the damage their fight had done
to their people. She threw the lance at their mother and the god of darkness shrieked before it disappeared, before Helios’ past self
rushed to her. There was nothing left but the lifeless figure of his mother for him to see. There was a blinding light after Selene plunged
the dagger into her heart and I felt the pull forward as the vision ended. We were back in the field and the moment the vision ended, I ran
towards Markus who put me behind his back. We were surrounded by wolves now, all bowing before our Moon goddess.
Helios dropped to his knees in front of his sister, looking at the ground. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know.”
“You have spent a thousand years trying to kill our siblings for trying to protect you from our mother and Tezcatlipoca. It is time to stop,” she looked over at us. “There will be more battles in the future, my children. Have faith in the bond, have faith in your friendships.
before she looked up at the sky. There was another blinding light and when the light dissipated, they were both gone.
Markus looked around, making sure the threat was gone. All of Helios’ warriors were gone. The world began to sway as I felt the last
of my energy leave me. The contractions, the fire, the visions. It was all too much. I grabbed onto his hand as he took me into his arms.
The sparks I had missed for two weeks exploded down my body as he held me before I fainted. Sleep. Everything will be fine. This battle is
over. You did so well -Kara said, before I gave into the darkness.
Markus POV
I felt her exhaustion and her hand on my arm as she fainted. She is fine. Kara put her into a healing sleep. She expended too much
energy. The pups are OK. They need to sleep –
Atlas said, though he couldn’t keep the whimper out of his voice as we saw out mate
unconscious.
“Dr West,” I called out, and I saw him push through the crowd. He checked Celeste over and agreed with what Atlas said. Danny came
forward and handed me a pair of shorts, only then realizing I had been fighting naked since I had shifted when I jumped to the
platform.
Speaking of, How did we jump like that? – I asked Atlas.
It is a gift from the moon goddess. She deemed us worthy – Atlas said proudly.
“So….” Diego interrupted our talk, fidgeting slightly from the adrenaline, “That was anti-climactic. I kind of expected a longer fight. All we did was run.”
Danny snorted as he held Maya in his arms, one hand on her stomach. She had refused to stay behind and he’d been so worried about their pup. He was more than OK with not having her in a fight.
A couple of people gave uncomfortable laughs as they agreed. “Speak for yourself. I fought him twice,” I said, unable to stop looking
at my mate. Half expecting her to just disappear from my arms.
“What happened? I mean, that was barely a battle. No one died. Huitzilopochtli recalled his warriors. You just jumped to the
platform, then back down covered in fire. The moon goddess shows up and you guys just stand still for like 20mins with all of your eyes
gone white, then they just…..left?” He summarized the ridiculous series of events.
“Celeste happened,” I said, “She didn’t want to kill him. She told me he was kind and his soul was in pain. She wanted to stop the bloodshed, not just today, but for our pups and every generation to come. She took him to watch his battle with our goddess that began
this whole madness and he finally saw the truth of what happened. Our goddess was not to blame, but that the god of darkness was
behind everything. The moon goddess told him he should find his redemption and took him from here.”
I looked down at the crystal dagger I had dropped on the floor. “Let’s go home. If my mate and our goddess deemed him worthy of redemption, who are we to go against it. If he dares to try again, we have a way to stop him,” I said, picking up the dagger and giving it to Gillian, who wrapped it around his shirt.
I stood with Celeste in my arms and started heading towards the cars. I put my face in her hair and herscent calmed my soul. I settled
her into our room and curled us both under the blanket. “You are going to hate me so much, but I’m tying you to my side for the rest of
eternity,” I told her as I felt her snuggle closer together. I put my arm around her belly and rubbed circles around it. “I missed you my
pups.” I said as I felt their hearts beat. One of the pups kicked my hand and I smiled. “I love you too.” I kissed Celeste’s cheek and let
myself go to sleep.
“Markus. Markus wake up baby,” I heard Celeste’s urgent voice in my ear. I pulled her closer to me and she groaned. My eyes fluttered
open in alarm.
“What’s wrong? Are you hurt?” I asked.
“You’re putting more pressure on my bladder and I’m about to pee myself,” she groaned and I laughed, just happy to have her back. I
lifted her up and ran to the bathroom. “OMG that’s making it worse,” she screamed as I put her down in the bathroom. “Aren’t you going to let me pee?” she asked.
“Of course, go ahead,” I said, closing the door with me in it.
“No Tuli, you were gone for two weeks. You can pee with us here. We will turn around,” I said and heard her grunt. A minute later, 1