“Thank you, your grandmother” Koda quickly got up and looked at me. He was rarely angry, but the look on his face right now, matched Jaxson’s “Apologize and let’s go”
“NO!” I stepped away from my mates “I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE, I AM SICK OF BEING LIED TO, SHE KILLED MY MOTHER AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY!”
“MADELYN ENOUGH!” Jax yelled at me again “WE ARE GOING HOME, WE WILL TALK IN PRIVATE!”
“WHY ARE YOU DEFENDING HER, SHE’S”
I started to feel hot all over, and then there was a strange painful explosion of fire in my heart, and I started breathing hard, it was as if I couldn’t catch my breath, and I cringed in on myself, bracing myself by holding my knees.
“MADELYN?!” Jax came over and touched my should, but quickly pulled back in pain “F*ck!”
“What happened?” Koda asked, as he rushed over and looked at Jaxson’s burnt hand “How? What’s happening?”
“She needs to cool down, get her into the shower now!” The Queen shouted as my hands caught fire on their own “I think she’s going to molt!”
“Baby, come with me, we need to help you!”
“NO, DON’T TOUCH ME!” I screamed and had to focus on extinguishing the fire “I HATE YOU ALL, THAT B*TCH KILLED ME MOTHER, AND YOU TWO ARE LIARS, I CAN’T TRUST ANY OF YOU!”
I screamed in pain, and I felt like my head was going to explode, so Ava quickly took over, she shifted, and I felt instant relief.
“Ava” Jax held out his hands cautiously, but she growled in warning, before racing out of the room.
“AVA!” Koda shouted.
I didn’t understand what was happening, I was filled with such rage, and I couldn’t think straight, but Ava running was helping my focus. She jumped over the stone wall, and continued on towards the forest. I didn’t know where she was going, but I was just trying to calm down.
How could the twins submit to that cow? She killed my mother, and they knew it, and they wanted me to apologize to her!
“Maddie, Ava!” Koda linked me, but the sound of his voice in my head caused a lot of pain and Ava whined and stumbled.
She ran straight to the lake and dove in, and I felt the cool relief of the water. My skin, which felt like it was fire, was cooling down once more, but I felt like I was going to throw up. Ava climbed out onto the bank and curled up in agony, everything hurt, and I felt like I did after I’d shifted for the first time.
I could hear my mates coming close to me, but when Ava tried to open her eyes, everything was blurred and the light hurt her eyes, and she could no longer hold her form, and started to shift back.
“Madelyn” I heard Jaxson’s terrified voice “Sweetheart, please, can I come closer?”
“It hurts” I responded, as my body shook.
“What do we do?” Jax asked “She’s boiling”
I heard someone clear his throat, and I looked up to see the twins looking behind them.
“I know what to do” I heard Noland’s voice
“WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU DOING HERE?!” Jaxson shouted.
“I felt her pain” Noland commented “She’s nearly molting, and it set off alarms in my head. What did you do to upset her so much?”
“THIS IS ALL YOUR DAMN FAULT!” Koda screamed “IF YOU’D JUST STAYED OUT OF HER LIFE LIKE YOU WERE ORDERED TOO, SHE’D BE FINE NOW!”
“Maddie” Noland called out, but Jax shifted again and Knox began to growl as he laid down in front of me.
“Our girl is naked” Koda pointed out “If you so much as take another step towards her, we’ll rip you apart”
“Maddie, does it feel like your heart is on fire?” Noland asked, ignoring the twins.
“Yes” I said breathlessly.
“I want you to close your eyes” He ordered “Focus on the fire, you can control it. I need you to try to pull it down into your hands, it’s going to hurt, but you have to endure”
“I thought you wanted her molt to happen?” Koda asked.
“She’s not ready!” He shouted “And something’s blocking the full force of the fire, and if she doesn’t expel it, she’ll die, do you want to help her or not!?”
“Yes” Koda shouted.
“Than shut up and let me do my job!”
I felt another explosion of fire in my chest, and I screamed in pain again and Cody came over and sat by me “Do what he says”
I took a steadying breath, and focused on the fire, but the second I managed to move it down my chest, I screamed in pain again and started crying.
“DO NOT STOP!” Noland shouted at me “YOU ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO MOLT, FOCUS!”
I tried again, and I screamed in agony, but finally I managed to bring the fire down, and my hands burst into flames, but for the first time, the fire burnt me and I started screaming in pain again.
“RELEASE IT!” Noland shouted.
I was breathing hard when the fire was gone, but then we started hearing noise from the woods.
“That’s my cue to leave” Noland looked at me and gave me a reassuring smile “Bathe in an ice bath, it’ll make you feel better, and if anyone asks, I was never here”
“What ever!” Koda snapped.
He then shifted, and took off in the other direction that the noise was coming from, and then we saw Evet’s Lycan. She shifted, and pulled on a night gown her Lycan had been holding in it’s mouth.
“What are you doing here?” Koda asked, before turning back to me.
“I.. I was sleeping at grandmother’s last night and heard the arguments” She told us, as she came closer “Is Maddie okay?”
“She nearly molted”
“Nearly?” Evet looked troubled. Was I imagining the strange glow around her body right now? “Was someone else here? Who’s scent is that?”
“Just a guard” Koda shrugged “We need to get her home”
I closed my eyes again, as my body shook. I was thinking a lot clearer now, and I was regretting my actions. Had I really attacked those guards and screamed at Kaiya?
“Here” Evet said gently “Cover her in my gown, I’ll shift and run back”
“Thanks”
That was all I remembered before I passed out.
JAXSON’S POV
“Maddie?” Koda cautiously reached out and touched her “Her skin’s hot, but it’s not burning me like it burnt you, baby?”
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