Twisting Her Fate
Chapter 89

The big black SUV pulls up outside of Terrance's apartment complex. Terrance has been busy improving the concoction, making it better and making it longer lasting. He has been having fun doing something constructive that will actually help instead of destructive and morally wrong. He was never the biggest fan of the clients he supplied to before. Never really believing in his potions, but now that he has his own mate he can't help but feel even more disgusted with the use of his own invention. Levi has just set up a chair in the lab and just watching over Terrance, interested in watching him work. Terrance talks over his shoulder without his eyes, leaving the bubbling potion in front of him.

"Do you think I'm a bad person for doing what I do?"

"I don't particularly like the way it is used but I understand why you created it and I also understand why you used your creation to make money. The fact of the matter is that there would be people out there still doing things with or without the potion and it is not the mates fault that their partner is a scumbag, so saving them from a bit of suffering is actually a good thing in a sick sort of way"

"You don't think it creates more cheating and more divide within a relationship?"

"I don't know. It is just like the saying 'lock your car to keep the honest people out'. If they were so honest, they wouldn't want to open your car door whether it was locked or not. People are going to do what they are going to do. You can't stop them. I can't stop them, the mate bond can't stop them. You charge so heavily for the potion. At least it is financially burdensome to do. You are not creating the market by selling it. I don't despise you for making it. I do despise people for buying it and using it the way that they do..." Levi walks to Terrance, embracing him from behind as he continues.

"...Just because you have access to the serum, it doesn't make you go out and cheat on me. Having access doesn't force someone to cheat"

"I would never"

"I know and I am the same"

"If I could have made money out of other things I would have. I would never have made it so available"

"I bet if Connor's father was alive to see the creation that he wanted to save his mate from some pain. He would be so disappointed that other people use it for something against their mate. Instead of a way of easing their pain, it's just a way of feeding their own selfishness, it is created out of love for one mate and now is used to go against the mate bond"

"He did see the start of it. I have no idea how the word got out about it. I still to this day don't understand how it was known, but it didn't take long for it to be known around the packs. Connor's father is the one that helped me keep my identity hidden and to make sure I knew how to protect myself"

Before Levi can answer there is a knock at the door. Levi already knows it's the others, so he stands and move his way through to the basic apartment before opening the door and showing them all through. This is the first time that anyone else has been to this place but they are short on time, so he doesn't give them a whole tour. Just taking them straight to Terrence.

Lani runs up to Terrence, wrapping an arm around his waist and placing a kiss on his cheek. Terrence smiles widely but doesn't take his eyes off the liquid in front of him. "How did you go?"

"I've got it synthesized up to the point that it will last forty-eight hours"

"That is good, as I don't like the chances of being able to take another while I'm in captivity depending how thoroughly they search me or what's going on"

Terrance just nods, that had been his thought process. While he's never been included in something like this before, he has watched enough thrillers, murder mysteries and criminal shows to give him a good idea of what might happen to a kidnap victim, if it was so easy to get away with having a whole bunch of extra things that could help escape danger. It wouldn't go the way it does most the time

"I just hope forty-eight hours is long enough. I spent most the time making sure it wouldn't have a negative effect for anything that he may give you like wolfs bane and even silver. I didn't want them to impact you in anyway"

Levi comes up to the other side of Terrence, putting his hand on his shoulder.

"We don't plan on having her in captivity for so long"

If it got to the point that Leilani was in danger for so long, they would be bulldozing the entire world to get to her. Lani just nods at Terrance appreciatively.

"But that was really good thinking. I was just thinking about my own resilience to the poisons he could give me. I didn't really think about the effect that any additional could have"

"That's why they call me the potions master"

Terrance has a slight grin on his face, but anyone can see the pride rolling out of him. In a world where nearly everyone has rejected him except Connor. His only real friends have been his potions and the fact that he is so incredibly skilled at them fills him with a great sense of accomplishment.

Terrance puts the stopper on the vial and passing it to Leilani.

"I would love to stay in chat but we are fast running out of time"

"I have a car that is unassuming on the outside but is incredibly powerful. Why don't you take that and we will follow behind"

Leilani grabs the keys off Terrance, she cannot risk getting dropped off by the boys just incase X is watching, so this is the best option. Levi whispers to Terrance, who has already packed up his portable lab and a bag of his commonly used potions. "Are you sure you want to come?"

"Of course, I want to be a part of this. I am not a healer but I have things that can help, if Rosalie is still alive"

Levi can only agree, he knows that Terrance could be a valuable asset to the team, but he has no idea what they are going to find and he is not sure how Terrance will take it.

"You know that..."

Terrance clips the last buckle of his bag.

"I know"

He is trying to be optimistic, but he is being realistic as well. Lani had already applied her makeup on the trip over, she slips into a dress, leaving the rest of the things with the boys as she makes her way to Terrance's car.

Guiding the powerful car out of the city and opening it up on the main road out, on her way to Azure.

Terrance sits in the car with the rest of them, he is on the edge of his seat.

"Don't we need to try and catch up?"

Hudson laughs.

"Don't let Leilani hear you say things like that, she hates being underestimated"

"But don't you worry that she won't be able to tell you where she is?"

Hudson opens his laptop, a red dot flashes on a map.

"We don't need her to tell us where she is"

"You have tracking on her?"

"We all have tracking chips implanted in us, we implant a new one every month, as shifting causes it to dislodge and get too close to the surface. It is the good thing about healing quickly, small surgery is no big deal at all. It is rare that we have to use them, but this time I will be keeping a close eye on her. We won't take any chances"

Terrance breathes a sigh of relief.

"I am glad"

"We would never allow Leilani to be taken as bait if we didn't have a foolproof plan"

"I was just assuming that you would rely on her being able to link"

Levi pulls Terrance back and makes him relax back into the seat.

"We can never anticipate what anyone will do. We have been trained in a lot of poisons, our bodies can handle a lot, but this person has managed to take so many without getting caught. We cannot trust that he doesn't have something else, even if her body isn't affected by whatever he may give her, her eyes may be covered and she mayn't be able to communicate her location"

Levi points to the laptop screen that shows Leilani moving at an incredibly fast pace.

"This takes out the variables"

In Terrance's little hatchback, Leilani has her foot planted to the floor. Her sweet white cotton dress with lace detailing looks out of place with her aggressive way of driving yelling the lyrics to songs as she overtakes another sports car, sticking her finger up as they honk the horn at her. "These machines feed on the tears of broken lives and dying dreams"

Leilani pulls back into the lane aggressively laughing to herself as she uses the steering wheel as a drum kit. Her hand still out the window and her white blonde hair whipping wildly around her. The boys rarely let her drive because she only knows one speed and that is flat out.