Novel Palace
Chapter 90
Chapter 90
Chapter 90 – Markus
Markus PO.V.
I had thought 2 days without Celeste was excruciating. Every day I felt like another part of my soul left
my body. Outside of looking for her and organizing people for her rescue, I was barely going through
the motions. It’s been almost two weeks since she’s been gone
and it’s been about 5 days since we’ve managed to find anymore hits on Evergreen’s software from her
or Huitzilopochtli. Tomorrow was
the full moon.
After we woke up, we’d seen Celeste looking at cameras over and over, my heart had soared. She was
fine. She did not look hurt. We
followed the software hits from the airport in Phoenix to a place right outside Mexico City.
We set up camp just outside Diego’s packgrounds. Lupe, Tomas’ mother, had allowed us to set up
camp in her bar. Diego’s location in
the mountains provided a lot of protection, however did not provide stable internet. We needed all
resources we could get in order to
find Celeste, plus we couldn’t drain all of their resources. We had brought all of our warriors with us.
Rhett and Kelly had agreed to take
care of the Pack protection. Maya and Camila had also come along. Danny had begged her to stay but
Maya refused. Pregnant or not, she would not abandon Celeste and she threatened to remove all of
your family jewels from your body if you try to leave me here” when
Danny tried to make her stay.
Atlas had tried to connect with Kara again, but had to give up as we couldn’t afford to lose another 2
days of energy trying to reach
her. We knew she was alive, we would know if she wasn’t, and we had zero indications that Kara had
lied about not being hurt.
I looked up at the moon after I let Atlas run loose again. It was the only way we kept the last of our
sanity intact and the pain in our
chest from overtaking us.
Alpha we found movement.’Evergreen’s mind link came through.
‘On my way,’ Atlas took off running back towards the bar.
I shifted the moment I got to the door, taking a pair of shorts Danny was holding out to me. “What’s
happening?” I asked, rushing
over to where the computers were set up.
“The drones we have circling the pyramids picked up activity this evening. It is a bunch of men setting
up atop of the moon pyramid.
Diego has confirmed they are men that work for Huitzilopochtli,” Evergreen said, looking tense. I looked
at the monitors. The men were
setting up a long table with a white cloth on top. I growled, knowing what it was supposed to be.
“Have we found a way to get up there quickly?” I asked.
“No Alpha, we will need to catch them before they take her up.” Gillian said.
“How are we supposed to stop him from jumping up there with her?” I said, it had been the part we
were stuck on. No matter how
many numbers we have, if we can’t get Celeste away from him, he can just jump away like he did at
the pack house.
“Once we’re near. You need to mind link Celeste. It’s our only hope. She needs to get away from his
hold and then we attack,” he
said.
“If we get Celeste away, we need to get her as far away as we can from here. Once he doesn’t have
her, he will leave. He can’t do what
he wants without her. Once we have her, we retreat. We don’t know how to kill a god yet. We run, and
live to see another day and we
prepare to hunt him down once we have more information on how to kill him,” I said.
There were nods from everyone in the room. “How are we going to surprise him?”
“Can you pull up the surveillance feed of the drones when we mapped out the place?” I asked
Evergreen. With a few clicks of his
keyboard, we started going over the feed we’d watched many times over.
“There,” I said and he froze the feed. “Those little cubbies on the side of the mini pyramids. They
should provide enough coverage
for a few of us to hide there while we wait for them to show up. They are all around the front, we can hit
them from all sides.”
“Those are barely partitions. They have no roof and no door. They might see us there easily,” Gillian
said.
“it’s the best we’ve got. Two or three to each one. If someone is seen, they are close enough to be
attacked,” I said.
obvious you’re a werewolt,” Danny said, handing out the cans of spray that cover your smell. I almost
wanted to laugh. All of our men
were not only werewolves but warriors. They were all near or over 6ft, huge and if we’re being honest,
most were white as f**k, myself
included. We had very little chance of not being seen if they were watching, but it was worth a shot.
“Everyone get a good night’s rest. Tomorrow we get out Luna back,” I said and everyone howled.
I walked out of the bar and looked up at the sky. Please help me get Celeste and the pups back safely.
Take my life if you need it, but don’t let them be hurt. I sent up the plea to the moon goddess, hoping
she would hear me.
I need another run – Atlas pleaded.
All yours – I responded. The pain of not being with Celeste was always a little less when I wasn’t in
control. We shifted and Atlas took
off running. We took down a black bear as we ran fast and far. Always trying to reach Celeste, only to
find the link empty. Tomorrow.
Tomorrow we would hear her voice again. We came back around midnight and dropped into the bed
above the bar. Exhausted was the
only way we could guarantee sleep. I miss you Tuli I said before I let sleep take me, hoping the wind
carried my love to her.
How are we going to get her out of his hands? – Tasked Atlas as we waited for dusk in our hiding spot.
I don’t know. We’re going to have to work on the fly. Maybe we just distract him long enough for
Celeste to run. –
He answered.
That’s not very comforting. – I said.
That’s all we’ve got, man. All we need is to get her away from him. What happens to us doesn’t matter.
–
He growled.
If something happens to us, Tuli could go into early labour. We are only 3 weeks from her due date
– I reminded him.
Then we don’t get killed. – Atlas said with determination and I rolled my eyes. If only it were that easy.
‘Alpha, there’s movement at the far end of the grounds. Two cars are approaching.’
Mateo said via mindlink.
I could see Diego was also mind linking. It’s almost time. Our priority is getting the Luna out safely.
Don’t move until I say so,’
sent
out to my warriors.
I then realized something. I pulled at the mind link that’s been empty for two weeks. ‘Tuli?’ I said
tentatively. There was no answer
for a moment and I wondered if she could hear me.
I have missed your voice,’ she said quietly and full of emotion..
Thave missed you every moment since you left me’
said, feeling a tear roll down my cheeks. I got down to business. We need to get
you away from him. Do you have any ideas?” I asked.
I will ask to go to the bathroom? He’s never said no to that request,’
she said.
‘Tuli?’ I said, I didn’t know how to ask.
‘He hasn’t hurt me, Markus. Me and the pups are fine. I’m actually really confused. He feeds me and
let’s me move about the house. /
don’t think his heart is in it anymore, he’s just going through the motions. His soul is in pain. We’re
here. I have to go love. I’ll tell you
when I’m alone,’s he said before she cut the mind link.
On my signal. Our Luna will get away from him and then we rush him,
I said, and then told Diego of the plan so he could advise his Content © provided by NôvelDrama.Org.
people.
I see movement Markus, they are in front of the women’s bathroom. Celeste has gone inside,
Danny said.
‘Wait for her to tell me. We don’t know if she’s safe yet,’
answered.
Markus, I only have 2 minutes. I’m locked in the bathroom. If you’re going to do something, do
something now,’
She said
urgently.
NOW, I linked everyone and told Diego.
We all shifted and ran towards the visitors area. We encountered his warriors and an angry sun god
waiting outside the bathroom.
His warriors rushed at us as he started pushing at the door. I heard the snarls of our warriors clash
against his. Atlas dodged everyone as
he jumped over the fighting. I was slightly surprised at the distance we covered but had no chance to
ponder on it as we landed right in front of the sun god as he crashed into the door, only to stumble back
out of the bathroom as he got hit by fireballs. I smirked. That’s my
Atlas didn’t hesitate, he ran forward and attacked. We managed to clasp ourselves onto his arm,
sinking our teeth onto the muscles He roared and swung out his arm, trying to get rid of us, but Atlas
hung on, swinging forward and using his hind legs and digging it into
his burnt stomach, making him stumble back from the door. We saw Maya rush into the bathroom,
coming back out with Celeste as she
tried to run but was unable to move very fast due to her giant stomach. She stopped and doubled over,
Maya, Gabriel and Zack
surrounded her.
“Markus!” she cried out in pain through the mind link. It was enough to distract Atlas and we were flung
away and slammed against the corner of the bathroom with a crack as I felt my spine break in two. I
shifted back into human as Huitzilopochtli approached me, his staff glowing
“Helios NO,” Celeste fell in front of me while clutching her stomach. She looked up at him and cried,
“Please no more blood needs to be spilled. Just take me.” I tried to grab at her desperately, but she
moved out of my reach. My spine was slowly healing, but I couldn’t
move forward yet.
“Take my hand and I will call back my warriors. I told you, no one else needs to die. Only you, child of
Chantico,” I caught what looked
like regret as he looked at the fight in front of him.
“Tuli don’t.”I groaned, trying to move. She looked at me, pain in her face, tears rolling down her face.
“I love you,” she said as she stood up but immediately doubled over again in pain. She looked up at
Huitzilopochtli, “Please, Helios,
let my pups be born.”
“Your line must end. Chantico must not be reborn.” He said.
“But they are innocent,” she cried, and I saw Helios eyes soften for a moment before they hardened.
“Her descendants must pay the sins of the parent,” he held out his hand to her.
She looked back at me. I tried to move, I could feel my spine almost back together. “I’m sorry, I am not
worth so many lives,” she
then took his hand and he pulled her to him. I growled in rage.
“Warriors. Retreat!” He said before he looked down at me, and once again, jumped away with the love
of my life in his arms. I saw
him land on top of the moon pyramid. I saw the wolves running towards me.
“GET HER. SAVE HER,” I yelled at them and they all turned and began running towards the pyramid.
Celeste is unconscious. I’m trying to stop the contractions. The pups are not ready. You need to get
here. The moon is almost out.
Kara’s panicked voice came through the mind link. Atlas roared and forced the shift. We began running
towards the pyramid as we started
feeling a strange strength flow through us.
Jump.’ We heard the word flitter through my mind but I didn’t know where it came from. ‘JUMP’ the soft
voice screamed at us again.
I felt our muscles tense and Atlas pushed off the ground. We shifted half way into the jump and landed
at the top of the pyramid with a
huff. I jumped over the altar where Celeste was laying on the table and crashed into his still tender
flesh as he unsheathed a crystal
dagger I recognized from the sketch Celeste had drawn for Evergreen. We stumbled to the ground and
I saw the dagger fly out of his hand
and towards the edge of the platform.
We grappled on the ground, throwing punch after punch for what felt like hours until we heard Celeste’s
voice shout, “Enough
fighting!” Her voice had an ethereal twinge to it that made us both stop.
I looked up to see Celeste floating about a couple of feet in the air. She was covered in fire, her hair
floating around her. Her eyes on
fire. Her hands dripping fire down from them. Helios roared and charged her, trying to get to her but
was thrown backwards as he tried to
crash through her shield, the smell of burning flesh in the air. I ran towards the edge of the platform,
and picked up the crystal dagger. I
ran in front of Celeste defensively as Helios struggled upwards. I put my hands upward and through her
shield, her fire danced on my arm
before it started to slide over my arm and over my body until I was covered completely in her fire.
Helios roared. He jumped off but I was
right behind him. Landing in front of him, dagger at the ready.
“This ends now,” I said as I threw a fireball at him. I could see all the wolves had stopped running half
way up the pyramid as they saw Celeste floating down towards us. Helios’ staff appeared in his hand
again and it instantly began glowing. Before either of us could do
anything, a blinding light appeared between us moments after Celeste reached the ground.
“That is enough, brother,” a beautiful woman appeared between us. She was wearing a pure white
gown with hair pooling at her
feet. Her brown skin was glowing. An aura of immense power radiating from her.
“It will never be enough until you watch them all die” Helios said, rage in his eyes as he looked at our
moon goddess.
I was so distracted by her sudden appearance that I didn’t understand what she meant when she said,
“Show him the truth,” until i
saw Celeste put her hands on either side of his head and I felt myself pulled backward with her into a
vision.
I saw us on top of the platform again. It took me a minute to realize Celeste had been here before. This
was the scene she had described to me when she visited Selene the first time. I saw as Selene and
Helios fought while a woman was on the floor behind
him.
“What is this? Why am I here?” Helios roared as he tried to swing at me, but we were not physically
here so he hit nothing. He turned
back and looked at the fighting.
“Watch Helios. You need to see the truth, just like I had to relive my parent’s death. The truth will
release you from the path you’ve
taken. You will never live, you will never have peace. You must alter your path,” Celeste said, and I
looked at her. What was this? Had she
not said we needed to kill him?
‘He is just a victim in this too. Selene has shown me. There is another way. ‘Her beautiful voice filled
my head.