Sophia's Revenge
Sophia’s Revenge – Chapter 90

Sophia’s POV

“How are my precious boys?” I asked, walking into Luna Caroline’s room.

“They are amazing, just like when you left them.”

“Thank you for keeping them for a little bit.”

“Always. It’s important to still have time with your mate, even if it is an hour.”

I am turning red in the face now. She knew what we were up to. I gathered up the boys and was going to get Lucy and maybe we would check in on Ashley and Zane. I walked down to the daycare and found Lucy playing with dolls with some other girls and a little boy.

“Lucy, want to go see Ashley and baby Zane?” I asked her.

“No, mommy. I have a baby here of my own and Hunter is my mate.”

“You don’t want to leave daycare early?”

“No, come back at dinner time.”

I walked out laughing. At least I didn’t feel so guilty. I feel like we haven’t had as much time for her since the boys arrived. I walked up to the beta floor and knocked on Ashley’s door. I could hear Zane fussing and Ashley walking through their room. She opened the door and welcomed me in.

“Hey, want some company?” I asked her.

“Yes, please. I feel like it’s just him and me all day. I need to get out of this room soon but it scares me.”

I just laughed because I knew exactly how she felt.

“How are you doing Ashley?” I asked her.

“I am hanging in there. I don’t know how you do it with two of them. I am struggling with just one.”

“I couldn’t do it without Luna Caroline. She picks Lucy up every day and takes her to daycare for me and then comes back and helps me. Xander has been home every night by 6 and he is also such a big help.”

“Konner does help some but he seems to be exhausted when he comes home and I think he is afraid he is going to break Zane. He barely holds him and it is wearing on me. I just want a shower and three hours of sleep.”

“Have you talked with him?”

“I’ve tried and he just brushes me off or I get mad and then he gets mad and we just ignore each other. I think this is going to be the end of us. He is going to reject us and leave us.” She said as she started to sob.

“OH, Ashley, he isn’t going to reject you guys. He loves you. Look if Xander and I can work through our s**t then so can you guys. It’s still hard with us and it got even harder when Kane died but keep trying. You have proof of how much he loves you right here.” I said pointing to Zane.

I walked over and hugged her and just held her while she cried.

“AAAAAHHHH,” I screamed out suddenly. My mark from Kane was burning again and was bright red again.

“What is wrong Sophia?” She said looking a little scared.

“My mark from Kane,” I said as I moved my hair to the side and as soon as she laid her eyes on it they bugged out.

“How is that possible? He died. It should have disappeared.”

“We don’t know, but I have to go find Xander.”

“Leave the babies, I will get Luna Caroline down here.” She said.

I didn’t reply and just ran out the door. I was trying to mind-link Xander but I couldn’t get through. The burning in my neck wasn’t letting up. I asked anyone that I saw if they had seen the Alpha. Finally, someone said they saw him heading out the front door. I went to the front door and tried to pick up his scent but couldn’t.

“Stella, can you scent him?” I asked her.

“It’s there, headed towards the gate.”

“The front gate?”

“Ya, go towards him. Something is wrong.”

I took off running towards the gate and as I got closer I could hear yelling. Stella was pacing in my head and would bounce up and down and howl.

“MATE, MATE, MATE!” She finally screamed out in my head.

“Stella, I know Xander is there.”

“No, other mate.” She practically yelled at me.

“What are you talking about?”

“He’s there, I can feel him, but something is wrong.” She said sounding a little sad now.

As soon as I got there I saw him. He looked starved and beaten, but it was still him. His scent was the same, his eyes were the same, but his hair was shorter. He also had no mark. I came up to Xander and placed my hand in his. He was shocked to see me but didn’t say anything. Kane was still standing on the other side of the gate.

“Kane, is that you?” I whispered but I knew that he heard me.

“I am not Kane. My name is Eric.” He said.

“Stella, what the hell is going on?”

“I don’t know, I do know that it is Kane, but his wolf doesn’t know who I am and won’t acknowledge the mate bond.”

I kept running my fingers over my mark from him. It was still burning but not as badly.

“Xander, let him in,” I told him.

“I can’t, we don’t know who it is and where he came from.”

“That is Kane. Stella recognizes him and my mark is burning again. Please let him in.” I begged him.

He finally signaled the guard to open the gate and the second it was open enough, I ran to him and threw myself at him. He caught me with ease. Stella was purring in my head. Her other mate had come home. My heart felt whole. He had a son he didn’t know about.

“Hey, listen, you are a beautiful girl, but your Alpha is staring daggers at me and I don’t want to die.” He said as he put me back down.

“I think we need to move this into my office. Please follow me.” Xander said.

We all walked to Xander’s office where Konner was waiting for us.

“What in the actual f**k? Your dead.” Konner said as soon as we got there.

“I don’t know what everyone is talking about, I never died and I am not Kane. Again my name is Eric.” He said sounding unsure of himself.

We had all made it into the office and Xander shut the door. We all just stared at each other. Nobody knew what to say. I knew I was staring at Kane but he says his name is Eric and he doesn’t know who we are.

“Let’s all sit down and try to figure out what is going on,” Xander said.

We just sat down and just stared at each other for a long time. Nobody saying anything. I don’t think anyone knows what to say. We’re all confused.

“Eric, tell me where did you come from?” Xander asked.

“Well, I was found a few months ago by the Sky Night pack. I have been there since. I was beaten and starved and left in the cells. They had an electrical error and the cell doors were unlocked and I was able to escape. I have been on the run for a while now and I am so hungry I just came to the first pack I found, which happened to be yours.”

“I’ve never heard of that pack. Where are they located at?” Konner asked.

“I honestly don’t know. I’ve been running for days and before that, I was just wandering through the forest.”

“Where were you before this pack found you?” Xander asked.

“The forest. I don’t know. I have no memories. I was trying to survive in the forest when they found me.”

“Sophia, will you go get us some food please?” Xander asked.

I just nodded at him and walked out the door and headed toward the kitchen. My mark had stopped burning so badly. It still had a warm feeling to it but it was something that I could tolerate.

“Stella, what do you make of this?”

“I can for sure tell you that it is Kane. He is telling the truth about not knowing who he is, but I think there may be more to where he came from. I tried to reach River but he seemed just as confused as Kane. He won’t tell me his name or anything.”

I gathered up a platter of sandwiches that we kept on hand for people to grab whenever they needed and filled a sack with different drinks and headed back to the office. When I got to the door I could hear them yelling at each other. I banged my foot on the door waiting for someone to come open it. I could hear someone stomp over to the door and yank it open. It was Konner and he was looking pissed. I set the food down on the table and pulled the drinks out of the bag setting them on the table. Kane grabbed a sandwich and inhaled it, followed by another.

“Sorry, it’s been days since I had real food.” Kane or Eric said.

“Please, help yourself, we have plenty,” I told him as nicely as I could.

I walked over and went to sit by Xander but he grabbed me and pulled me into his lap. This got Kane’s attention and he gave me a weird look. He looked like he was upset by this or maybe a little jealous.

“I mean no disrespect when I ask this but if you say I am your mate, then why are you sitting in someone else’s lap?” He asked.

I didn’t know how to answer. I wasn’t sure if Xander wanted him to know the full truth yet. We don’t know what he has been through and, honestly, we didn’t know if we could trust him. I just turned and looked at him, waiting for him to answer.

“Eric, that is something that we can discuss at a later time,” Xander said.

He just shrugged his shoulders at us and ate another sandwich.

“Why don’t we get you set up in a room? Until we can figure this out, you will have a guard at your door at all times. If you need anything please let them know and we will get it for you.” Xander explained to him.

Jarrod appeared at the door and escorted Kane to a room. As soon as he left, I couldn’t hold it in any longer and started sobbing. Xander wrapped his arms around me and just held me. Konner had his head in his hands and was looking at the floor.

“Beautiful, I don’t know what is going on, but I promise we will figure it out.”

“I don’t understand, he was dead. I felt the bond break. We buried him.”

“That’s a great idea beautiful,” Xander said excitedly.

“What?” Konner asked.

“We need to dig up his body and put a stop to all of this. We buried him. He should still be there.”

“You can’t dig his body back up.” Yelled Konner.

“Konner, I know this is weird and hard but we have to figure it out.”

“It’s not him. He died. I saw his dead body.”

“I know me too, but Sophia can feel the mate bond and it looks and sounds just like Kane. We have to look into it. Can you not scent him as your brother?”

“Yes I can, but, I won’t be a part of it.” He yelled as he stormed off.

“Do you think it could be him?” I asked.

“Yes, but we are going to have to figure out how to trigger his memories.”

“What if Stella and I projected our time together to him.”

“That could work.”

“What about his son?”

“I think we need to hold off on that until we figure out exactly what is going on.”

“Konner, I need to talk to you about something else before you leave,” I told him.

“What can I do for you, Luna?” He asked.

“Well I stopped by and saw Ashley today and she isn’t doing good. She broke down crying today. She is overwhelmed and needs your help right now with Zane. I know it’s scary but she thinks that you are going to reject her and Zane.” I told him.

“I will talk to her. I am just so afraid that I will break him and the few times I have tried to help she just takes over and tells me I am doing it wrong so I stopped trying.” He said looking defeated.

“Why don’t you ask her to teach you how she would like it done and once she shows you tell her you will handle bedtime and send her to take a long hot shower by herself, and if you get in over your head mind link me. Let her have some time to herself and I promise that will go a long way.” I told him.

“Thank you, Luna. I will try that tonight.” He said and walked out the door.

As soon as he shut the door all of my emotions hit me and I started crying again. I can’t believe that this is happening. I could potentially be getting my other mate back. This is something that I have prayed to the moon goddess about every day since he died. Xander wrapped his arms around me even tighter and just held me. He eventually stood up holding me and packed me up to our room. Once there he took me straight to the bed where we just lay there holding each other not saying a word.