Arranged To The Alpha
Chapter 42

Blake:

“You want me to call for the other Element Manipulators?” Natalia asked, frowning in confusion. I nodded, showing her a scroll that I’ve been reading through about this.

Flashback:

“Alpha, are you sure that we can put Luna Natalia under this much pressure? I know that she is strong enough to handle it, but how is she going to be able to withstand a witch’s hex when she needs to be trained to control her own powers?” Damon asked, reading through the scrolls as we tried to find a way to break the hex off Ryan.

The two things that we found were to either kill the witch, and finding who she or he is would be almost impossible as we didn’t even know where the witches were hiding. They were outcasts who knew that they weren’t wanted around, but it seemed like my twin brother Drake had his own plans when it came to bringing them back, or at least, working with them for his own benefit.

For now…

“I know that Natalia can’t do this” I said, reading through another scroll that had a picture of a dragon calling for another “but I think Crystal can call another manipulator to help…”

End of Flashback.

“It seems like Element Manipulators are the only ones who can actually stand against witch hexes. I know that you are but I don’t know the amount of power or experience they need to have. According to this, throughout history, it was element manipulators who always kept witches and warlocks under control” I said, looking at my wife who nodded “and the main reason why these witches and warlocks don’t really live among us is that they know that element manipulators are around to end them if they’re ever found; however, it either seems like they don’t know of your presence, which is not likely, especially if it was Drake who has them around, or they’re aware of your presence and just like my brother wants to end me, they’re starting their own war against you”

“Understandable, and it seems here like I am the public enemy for any witch or warlock around; however, we have a problem, and that would be the fact that I wouldn’t know how I could call them if I wanted to. In case you forgot, I barely met one of them, and that was not the best experience around” Natalia said, looking at me. I looked at Crystal and nodded at her. She knew that it was up to her to get things done, at least, in terms of calling, Natalia would still have her own task to do to make the call possible for Crystal.

“That would be up to me” Crystal said, shrinking to stand on Natalia’s shoulder. Natalia frowned in confusion, and looking at me, she waited for an explanation to what her dragon just told her. It killed me to have to admit that she would be needing to exhaust herself for this, but this was the only way that we could do it. Plus, I knew that my beauty would need to start challenging herself to know what she was capable of, staying on a safe side would not teach her anything in the end.

“I beg your pardon?” Natalia asked, looking at Crystal. I stayed quiet, my chest aching as I did the one thing I knew I promised myself not to do to her, and looking at me, Natalia smiled, assuring me that she was okay with this, making it clear to me that she read my mind.

“I would be calling for them, using what we call ‘the call of the dragons’ but I would need your help in order to do that” she said, looking at Natalia. She got off her shoulder, flying in front of her as she blew a blue ray in the sky “I would need you to lower the city’s temperature for me to make the call, and when it is made, a portal or a door would be opened, bringing the dragon and the manipulator that responds to the call over. But it has to be done at night for things to work out”

“Why would you need me to lower the city’s temperature?” Natalia asked, crossing her arms over her chest “and plus, regardless of why you would need me to, I have barely lowered the temperature down for one district, a full city was not something that I dared try before”

“There is a first time for everything and it is necessary for it to happen. I know that it might be difficult for you, but it is the only way for me to do so” she said, looking at Natalia “you can’t perform what is needed to be done to help Ryan; therefore, we need to get a more experienced manipulator, and judging by the fact that you have no one to mentor you, and you have your reasons to choose to reject being trained by your grandfather…”

“My grandfather would do anything for the sake of power, and unless you want him putting me in a situation where I would have to choose you or my mate, I would rather you not bring him up again” Natalia said, glaring at Crystal who froze, taken back by her reaction. I looked down at my feet, knowing that it was something that my mate has kept quiet about and I was surprised that despite the two being linked that Crystal didn’t know of that detail about Natalia.

“I will be starting the call after the sun has set completely and I would need the temperature to be as low as it can get” Crystal said, dropping her head down before she flew. I looked at my wife who pinched the bridge of her nose, her mind racing with a thousand thoughts as she shook her head at the dragon, knowing that she had reminded her of a past that she probably wanted to erase.

I wrapped my arms around my mate, hugging her tightly before kissing the crown of her head, letting my lips linger there for a few seconds before pulling away to look her in the eye “she doesn’t mean to bring up something like that, baby girl. You know that she has good intentions toward what she is saying, but…”

“I know, Blake, it just saddens me that she doesn’t put consequences to her actions or words. I know that she isn’t supposed to, it seems like I am the one who should be in control of what she can or can’t do, but I don’t want to treat her as if she was some slave. I am trying to give her the freedom that she deserves as a dragon” she said, laying her head on my chest as she tried to calm herself down “I really don’t know what to do at this point, Blake. Honestly, I am just completely lost and I can’t help but feel stupid for not knowing what to do”

“You are not stupid nor do you have to feel like you are. If anything, you have survived what none of those manipulators have and on your own. Your father chose to give up on things not caring of the consequences that may follow his actions. You care, and I know that you wouldn’t be making the same mistakes; plus, your case is different when it comes to who you are with” I teased, trying to lighten the mood. I knew that the possibility of what she said was true, and despite knowing that she would choose me over herself, I couldn’t help but feel like it was unfair for her to lose a part of herself for me. The worst part about this was if she killed me, she would be losing a part of herself anyway. The woman is my mate, and linked to me, a part of her would be dying, and if anything happened to Crystal, she would be affected as well.

“I really don’t know at this point; but you know when you just feel so lost that you wish that you went back in time before finding out about all of this?” Natalia asked, and nodding, I chuckled and kissed the crown of her head “I just wish that we could go back to our normal lives where we could go to work, come back, and not worry about anything that would lead us to such situations”

“Well, my beautiful princess, that would make our lives simple and boring; therefore, think of the bright side, the two of us almost always have something to keep us active” I said, tickling my beauty who laughed. I chuckled and leaned in to k**s her lips, wanting nothing more than to go back to the peace we had in our house.

I didn’t want to admit it out loud despite knowing that she could easily read my mind if she wanted to, but I missed our long, peaceful nights. Those were nights that the two of us took for granted sometimes, not thinking that we could easily lose them some day. But after everything that happened, I couldn’t help wishing for one night of those to come back.

“Let’s just hope that things go well for us this time. At least breaking this hex could help us have our beta back and would help you find out what the hell happened to him to begin with” Natalia said, her voice softening, knowing how sensitive the topic was to me. I smiled at her and nodded. It was something that I wished for with everything that I had, and her assurance was something that I couldn’t help but feel grateful for.

Ryan has been my best friend and beta for as long as I could remember; therefore, losing him was not something that I wanted to think of. I wrapped my arms around my beauty, hugging her tightly.

“I really do hope it works, baby girl. Otherwise, even I don’t know what I would do”