His Blue Moon Princess
Chapter 91

Five hours have passed.

The surgeon is talking with Sylviana and Tonia, though I don't get most of their medical gibberish. Damian is finally out of the operating room, but not out of danger. My brother looks pale in his bed. An oxygen mask on his face and tubes are keeping him alive for now. Every bandage is reddish. Moon Goddess...

"Liam?"

I turn to them, and they both look a bit sorry. Exhausted, too. Tonia's arm is in a cast. and some of her braids came undone. She fought a lot and still has obvious cuts. She's been watching over both my brother and hers non-stop. "Tonia, you should..."

"Don't start telling me what I should do or not, kid. I'm fine. And I'm more worried about Nora and the Boss," she sighs.

I nod, I know I can't have the last word with her, anyway. I turn to Sylviana instead, as the surgeon leaves the room quietly. She puts her hands on my brother's chest, gently, and closes her eyes.

I can never really grasp what magic really is about. and she won't explain it to me either. I just let her do her thing, and wait. According to her, it would be very complicated to explain to non-witches, anyway. Basically, I get that she can communicate with plants and animals, in a nonverbal way. She can manipulate most of it, too, under certain conditions and at a variable price.

All I see is her love for nature, though. Sometimes, I feel like she is really eerie, anything but human. She likes plants more than she likes people, except for me, of course. Even her appearance is uncommon like she came out of some fairytale painting. Small and thin build, pale delicate skin, crimson hair, mysterious green eyes...

"The surgeon said the next twenty-four hours will be critical. He made it through the operation, but... Liam, his connection to Nora is essential."

"How so?"

"Remember when you told me about how much your brother suffered when Nora was in pain herself? Something is happening to her, right now, and Damian knows it." "Can't you do anything about it?"

I turn around. My brother Nate just walked in, looking annoyed. Why is that i***t even standing? He took two bullets, for Moon Goddess' sake! Sylviana frowns, too. "You seem fine..." She whispers.

"I am, so now tell me if can do anything about their bond!" He replies with an annoyed tone.

What's Nate's deal? He looks like he has something after Sylviana? Is it related to Elena? Where is she, anyway?

But my girl is no pushover, either. She glares at him. "Nathaniel Alexander Louis Black, you should learn to respect people before you expect anything from them."

Oh brother, you really don't want to anger a witch.... Sylviana can have a really bad temper, herself, too. My brother sighs, but my girlfriend's eyes are turning dark green, and he seriously shouldn't push it. She eventually stops glaring at him, and turns back to Damian, her eyes returning to their original emerald color.

"No, I can't do anything about this bond. Moon Goddess would never allow such a thing to be possible, not even for witches. Whatever is going on now, we need to save one if we want the other to survive. If something happens to Nora..."

She doesn't finish her sentence, but damn... I know she's right, yet that's terrifying.

Damian's the strongest wolf I know. Our Alpha line is scary itself, but my brother is a damn power monster. Even Nate and I may never be able to reach his level. Yet, I know Sylviana is right.

He would die, if it wasn't for Nora. Even without knowing her, just her image as a child, my brother has been damn trapped by her memory all of his life. Even when he found her, he would go nuts if anything happened to her. We barely kept him from killing Alec and the Jade Moon Clan; Nora has no idea how enraged he was. I don't know what it's like to have a fated mate, but seriously, it made my brother go nuts.

"I get it. Let's go see what her crazy a*****e brother has to say..." I sigh.

I hold my brother one last time before we go. Hold on, Damian, we're getting Nora back.

I exit the room with Sylviana, leaving Tonia to watch over my brother. Neal should be there anytime soon, too, and Joshua is guarding the room. too. It's good to see that, despite my Brother's state, all Clans are keeping it together. William and I are basically overseeing it all, but Lissandra, Tiffany, and Clark are helping us without questions.

There is too much of a mess to deal with right now, anyway.

In the corridor, Alec is waiting, sitting on a bench. Sean insisted on guarding him, though I doubt this guy will cause any trouble. Whatever happened to him, he is barely a wolf, and clearly too weak to be a problem. He silently nods to Sylviana. I know she helped him get clean, but still... I can't suddenly trust a guy who used to a***e his own sister.

"So? You said you can replace him?"

"I can probably point you in the right direction..."

"How so?"

Alex pushes some of his hair away. He looks neglected and sick. I guess the psychiatric ward didn't do him too well. His face is as emaciated as Nora's when we found her, and his eyes look a bit haggard. Damn, drugs really destroyed the guy.

"That guy, Marcus... He always talked about a... a secret place he had arranged. In the eastern woods."

"On the Jade Moon territory, you mean?" I ask.

"No, beyond our border. He had a lot to hide from Vince, so.... so he would hide it in that cabin."

"Where is it?"

Can't he talk a bit faster? I get the guy is a former junkie, half-stoned all of the time, but damn, we're on the clock here!

He scratches his arm, trying to think. "I never went, but he said it was... a small cabin. There were electricity and water, and he could get there in half an hour."

This really is not much. The Eastern forest is large, way too large for us to cover all that area, we have to be more precise! "What was he hiding?"

Sylviana sudden question surprises me, but I suddenly get what's her idea. I turn to Alec and tell him to answer her.

He hesitates and sighs. "Mostly... drugs. Cocaine, marijuana."

I turn to Sylviana, and she nods. I ask Sean to keep watching him, and we quickly go through the Hospital. I mind-link Nate to tell him that we have a lead on where Nora must be, but before I can take another step, Tonia suddenly runs in front of us in the corridor. "Liam! It's Damian!"

Oh, s**t, no, no, no... From her panicked state, I know something's wrong. We run back to his room, where a couple of nurses and three doctors are already on my brother. They are yelling complicated stuff, passing around syringes and running around him. All I can see and understand is the beeping going weak and erratic. No, no, no...

I panic. Not Damian, please, not my brother! You have to hold on! I started screaming without realizing, but Sylviana pushes me out of the room with a nurse. While I'm fighting her off, I can't hear her. My brother is f*****g dying! Suddenly, she slaps me.

"Liam! We have to replace Nora! You can't do anything here! You have to help him and replace Nora, right now!"

Nora... Right, Nora! f**k, Damian, you have to hold on...!

I run out of the Hospital, using my full speed like never before. I shape-shift in a heartbeat, heading east on all fours. Sylviana is able to keep up with my speed, though I have no idea how she does it when she's running on two legs. It's like she has become the wind itself. I mind-link Nate. Nate, you have to send people to help us! Tell the Jade Moon to move their asses and look for Nora in the Eastern Forest! Now!

Without waiting for a response, Sylviana and I keep running. Suddenly, I realize a huge wolf is following us, a black and white one. What a super odd color! Those blue eyes... Is it William? It has to be, it's the same sapphire eyes as Nora.

We reach the Eastern forest a few minutes later, followed by a whole bunch of Jade Moon wolves, and a few from Nate's pack as well. He really sent reinforcements. s**t, I wish I could mind-link Tonia to know how is Damian... But I can still fell my brother's wolf if I focus long and hard enough.

Now, we gotta replace Nora. As soon as we are deep enough in the forest, Sylviana gets on her knees, barefooted, and puts a hand on a tree, another one in the soil. She closes her eyes and frowns. Whatever she's doing, I can feel it. Like a sudden flow within the forest, something running like a beast all around us. She's searching, questioning all the forest. I bet she's even targeting m*******a cultures. At some point, she suddenly smiles.

"I got him! North-east!"

We start running again, a lot of the wolves following us. Alec mentioned half an hour, I hope this will be enough... I silently pray Moon Goddess to keep my brother alive until we get back with Nora.

At some point, I can smell it myself. We're close. What's this? It reeks... We finally spot the cabin! I run even faster. If that sucker touched a hair of Nora's head, I'm putting him to shreds...

A few seconds before we reach it, however, a violent blast suddenly hits us. A ray of white light, something burning hot and icy cold at the same time. I fall on my knees. What the hell is this strength! I can barely breathe! Even Sylviana looks shaken up, she has to hold on to the closest tree not to fall too.

"Moon Goddess..." She whispers, with a look of utter shock.

What is it? Whose aura is this? I've never felt that before!

The door of the cabin suddenly opens, and a woman is standing there. She has completely white hair, and a dress drenched in blood.

Blood that smells like Nora's.