Fated To The Alpha (Ezra, Katya)

“Eziah?” I ask hauling him upright and trying to hold him steady.

“We are so close,” Eziah says. I look to Kyan in panic who stared between us before looking down at the stone

clutched in Eziah’s hands. Eziah shakes me off and stands.

“Tm fine, lets try again, it just overwhelmed me” he says holding his hand out with the stone.

Kyan watches him and glances at me and shrugs and we try again. The same thing happened, I was killing my

brother, and he was giving his life force to me the moment Kyan touched us. Eziah kept wanting to try and I looked

at Kyan pleadingly before glancing back at the coffin that held his father. How much power was needed to break

the stone, and how much would it take for it to kill my brother? Eziah holds his hand out but I take a step back.

I shake my head, “it’s killing you,” I stutter.

“T’m fine we just need to wake him up,” Eziah gasps.

“Not by sacrificing your life, no,” I tell him as Eziah steps toward me. “We can do this Marabella, this is what we are

made for. Light and darkness, it is what it needs to break it, we are so close, Dominic is right there,” Eziah says, yet

I take a step back before looking at Kyan. Pleading for him to tell Eziah no, he glances between us and looks at his

father, his shoulders dropping.

“Ella is right,” Kyan says and I felt the soul crushing pressure in my chest as disappointment rushed through me.

“No, what happens if you don't break the spell, Kyan! Does she know what Kaif’s back up plan is?” Eziah snaps at

him.

“What back up plan?” I asked, glancing between them nervously. “It’s nothing,” Kyan says, he grips his hair and his

eyes turn glassy.

“She has a right to know, she can choose,” Eziah snaps.

“I will not let her make that choice, she's you’re fucking twin,” Kyan snarls and Jonah grips his shoulder. Kyan’s

shoulder sag. He lets out a breath. “I knew it was impossible. It’s over Ella,” Kyan murmurs. He bites his lip and

nods. "It's over,"

“What backup plan?” I demand.

“You can’t harness his father’s power while carrying your child. Kyan can't for long either along with Kaif's. Kaif will

die, Kyan will lose his power, and his Lycan, trapping the Octavians in the shadows for eternity, isn’t that right Kyan,

that is Kaif’s backup plan, so don’t tell me Marabella doesn’t get a say in that,” Eziah snaps.

“What?” I gasp and my legs tremble at his words. I look at Jonah who hangs his head and Kyan glares at Eziah.

“Ts this true?” I murmur. Kyan swallows and looks away from me. “We don’t have a choice,” Kyan murmurs.

“Wait, so if we can’t wake up your father, Kaif dies?”

“Yes, but if you wake him, you will kill your brother so which is it? You want her to choose?” He growls, turning and

glaring at Eziah.

I glance between them before shaking my head. “No, No. I...”

“T can do this Mara,” Eziah says. But I shake my head. Yet I was torn, this was so fucked up. My mate or my

brother? How do you choose?

“One last time, just try one more time,” Eziah murmurs stepping toward me but I take a step back unable to

choose.

“It’s okay, Ella. I know you can't, therefore I will choose for you,” Kyan says, shutting the lid on the coffin. “It will be

okay,” he says but I shake my head feeling his heartbreak, despite him and Eziah not getting along he wouldn’t

make me choose between him and my brother.

“It makes no sense?” Jonah mutters.

“You’re right, it makes none at all. I should have known better,” Kyan says, stalking off back toward the trail.

“It’s over, it’s done,” Kyan says, stalking off down the trail. “Kyan!” I call after him but he disappears between the

trees and Eziah growls before going to grab me only when his hands reach out to grip my arms, my mother

appears out of thin air and he grabs hers instead.

“Mum?” I stammer. She stares off to where Kyan walked off and disappeared.

“I can do this mum!” Eziah says.

“I know, and you would for her, but what kind of mother would I be if I let my child die for the other,” she says

before glancing over her shoulder at me. Tears brimmed in my eyes as she smiled sadly. I swallowed looking toward

the trail and Jonah chased after Kyan also disappearing.

“It started with the moon and it ends with the moon,” My mothers says and I turn my tear filled eyes back to her

while she wanders over to the grimoire resting open on the coffin where Jonah placed it.

“What are you doing?” Eziah asks her.

“Cleaning out the closet,” she says looking over at me. Eziah and I look at each other.

“We all have skeletons in the closet,” she says while turning and opening the coffin again.

“We get to choose which ones to live with and I chose wrong. I can’t live with that choice.” she says.

“Mum?” Eziah says but she holds up a hand.

“I could have saved him, but I didn’t. Dominic gave his life for my daughter, he sacrificed himself for Marabella,

then stayed with you. He made you strong and I owe him this much,” she says looking down in the coffin at

Dominic.

“I don’t understand?” I tell her looking at Eziah.

“I took Kyan’s father from him once, I won’t do it again,” she says, lifting her chin and looking at us. Eziah and I try

to figure out what riddle she speaks about this time. She looks down at the grimoire reading over the pages.

"I will be the sacrifice needed, that I can live with," she says, looking down at the coffin. She grips Dominic's hand.

"A life for a life, and for that I will take the sentence of eternity," she tells him.