Surreptitious Alliance: Marked by My Alien Slave

Morgan pov.

"Morgan." I slowly open my eyes at the soft voice whispering in my ear, blinking a couple of times I recognize the hallway of shelves and the bed I'm laying on. I don't have to search far to find Casey seated at the foot of the bed, a sad smile on her face as she looks at me and it takes me a few seconds to realize why she would be sad. I can't stop the sob that leaves my lips, but I try anyway, covering my mouth with both my hands, knees curling into my chest. "Oh, darling." Her arms are around me in seconds and I lose it, loud sobs leaving my lips as I cling to her, my chest burning with grief. She lets me cry, lets me fall apart inside myself and she holds me together. Contains the magic between the two of us and my grief threatens to destroy everything around me.

"Why?" I feel the missing piece inside of me where new life was supposed to bloom. There's nothing now. Something that formed so naturally, become a part of me like Rain did, like Casey and Remi did. She was there, in me, and I hadn't noticed how much space she was taking until she was ripped away. I know she's gone. The pain still lingers, and I can't breathe right.

"She couldn't survive without both her parents." Casey explains and it takes me longer than it should to realize what she's saying.

"Rain!" I search for our bond, finding it weaker than I remember it being.

"We have to get out of here." Casey voices the thought before I can.

"I don't know how. I've been trying, for weeks." I tell her and she smiles.

"Morgan, you're not in the prism anymore. Look at where you are." I nod, knowing I'm in my mind and then gasp "Take control and get us out of here." She smiles and I do just that, blinking myself out of my mind and to wherever the bond is pulling me towards Rain. I find him in his wolf form, laying on our bed in the safe house, Isa and Agness standing by the foot of the bed, their backs to me. The three of us all looking at my Imprint who looks like he's barely breathing. Snapping out of my shock I rush to the bed, running my fingers through his fur and allowing my magic to settle under his skin, feeling Casey climb to the surface and for the first time in weeks I feel like myself, but something is wrong. Something is missing and I only have one person to blame.

"Morgan!" I can hear the surprise in both Isa and Agness's voices but they're not the ones I'm focused on now. I can feel the heartbreak coursing through Rain, and it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth because I know he can feel the loss we share. He knows his pup is gone and my heart breaks for the both of us as I feel Remi stir awake and my chest clenches at the overwhelming sadness flowing through our bond. It's coming from all over, myself and Rain, Remi and Casey. None of us have the ability to comfort each other as we share in our grief. In what could have been, what was there and what was stolen away.

"Rain." I call through our bond and feel him wrap himself around me. His presence climbing in under my skin as he comes into full consciousness. The large wolf lifts his head and when our eyes meet, I can't keep my sobs inside, hiding my face in his neck as he howls into the air, shattering my heart once more for the clear grief his howl holds. The howling lasts as long as my sobs do, but only because we exhaust ourselves and so when I'm all cried out, my body slumped against his wolf I barely register as he shifts below me and gather me in his arms.

"I love you." His voice is horse and broken from all the crying we've been doing but the words are all I've been hoping to hear, hoping to share between us.

"I love you." There's nothing attractive about my scratchy voice but it doesn't make my words any less true. Rain kisses my mark, sending waves of assurance through our bond and I force my magic under his skin, binding him to me in ways we didn't know we would one day need. "I'm sorry." I tell him and he shakes his head, his anger for Magnus evident through our bond and his lust to kill overwhelming.

"It's not your fault." He rakes a hand through my hair, cupping the back of my neck for a bit before his fingers start rubbing away at the tension. There are no words that can make what we've lost between us better. No words we can say to each other that will fix any of this right now. Nothing we can do, not even killing Magnus that will get rid of this grief we're facing. It's a part of us that's forever lost. A piece of our souls forever changed.

"I didn't feel her when she was there. She felt like a part of me, a piece of you but she's gone and..." My words dry up. Rain's arms tighten around me, and Remi worms his way into my mind, his presence floating over Casey's as he gives her the comfort she so desperately needs. There wasn't any joy. No happiness to be felt. There were no plans made around her. Only a broken vow to keep her safe.

"And the one responsible for this will pay with his life." The promise is sealed into my soul. I wouldn't be the one who spills blood. He will avenge me and though it might not repair what has been broken, nothing ever will, it will ensure this doesn't happen again.

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