Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

Marco's POV

I know we're about to give her the antidote, but seeing Kas laying there really got to me. I can feel a lump in my throat as I listen for her heartbeat. I already know she doesn't have one. I start giving her chest compressions. A million memories of her hit me all at once. I feel a bit emotional as I continue to try to revive her.

I watch as Beta Milo, Gamma Reggie, James, and Tyree lead the Alpha out of the room. As soon as we know they are in the hallway, Beta Lenora pushes me to the side, giving Delilah room. Delilah pulls out a small bottle full of pink shimmery liquid. She squeezes Kas's cheeks a little, making her blue lips pucker, then carefully pours the liquid in her mouth.

"Go ahead, Marco," she motions to me, " continue with the compressions. It will help move the antidote through her body."

I move back over and start CPR again. It feels like it's taking forever.

"Vamonos, Kas. You don't get to go out like this. Not in this lifetime anyway. And definitely not on my fuckin' watch," I murmur before I lean over and give her another two breaths. I listen for breathing. Nothing. When is she supposed to wake up? How long is this supposed to take?

I keep going while Clash whines and paces in my head.

I lean over to give her more breaths when she suddenly sucks in a huge breath of air on her own. Thank the Goddess.

She sits up so fast she almost hits me in the forehead. Her skin starts glowing bright purple. I mean, I seen her glow before, but this is different. It's like she's a nuclear bomb about to go off. I look down and see my hands glowing too. I quickly sit back, leaning back against the wall to catch my breath. I let Beta Lenora and Delilah take over. I look at my hands, a comforting warmth fades with the purple aura.

"Kas! Kas! It's alright. We're here. You're going to be okay!" Beta Lenora soothes her.

Kas looks around trying to understand what's going on.

"Did I-," she doesn't finish the sentence. She rubs her neck and the look in her eye changes. She already knows, "Where's Bronx?"

"Down in the dungeon. Kas we need to talk to you -," Beta Lenora starts to explain.

"Not now Lenora. I need to get to him. Immediately," she looks really mad. I never seen Kas look mad. Disappointed, yeah, but never mad.

"Kas, let's get you to the hospital wing first," Beta Lenora begs.

"No. I need to see Bronx. Actually, I need to see Saint," she says with a deep growl.

"TI take you and Beta Lenora down, Luna," I say. I shake my head at Delilah, knowing there are probably other prisoners who may not be in the best condition down there, "Delilah, I don't think it's a good idea for you to go." Just then Beta Milo, Gamma Reggie, Tyree, and James come back into the room.

"Oh, Little Sister. Thank the Goddess," Beta Milo falls to his knees and pulls Kas in to hug her. She hugs him back as tightly as she can. She's so little, her arms don't go all the way around him. "Milo, I have to see him," I hear Kas's muffled voice inside Beta Milo's hug. While they talk, Gamma Reggie steps over and helps me stand up, "Good job, Marco. I don't know how to thank you for your help with this."

"Gamma, it's my job to keep the Luna safe. I take that seriously. There is no thanks needed," I shake my head slowly. I look over and see Beta Milo wiping tears away from Kas's eyes, "Let's get her downstairs if that's what she wants."

"Yeah. Come on, Milo. Marco is going to escort Kas to the dungeon. James, can you stay here with Delilah? Please see if you can get a hold of maintenance about the door, if you don't mind," Beta Lenora orders.

"Yes, Beta," he nods as he helps Delilah to her feet.

We go down to the dungeon and walk along along hallway of cells. Beta Milo and Gamma Reggie lead the way with Kas and I behind them. She still has a little purple glow around her. I think that means she's still mad? I don't know, usually it means she's happy or scared, but she don't seem like she's either of those right now. I look down at her, but she's wearing a poker face. Yeah. My chips are on mad. Beta Lenora and Tyree walk behind us.

We get to the Alpha's cell to find him sitting on the floor with his head in his hands. We can barely hear him mutting to himself, but all he is saying is 'no no no' over and over again. I have never seen something more pitiful in my life. This poor guy. He thinks he killed his mate.

At first, I'm not sure he realizes Kas is standing outside the cell. Suddenly his head shoots up from his hands, his nose sniffs the air.

His face looks really confused to see Kas standing on the other side of the bars.

"Kas? How? I-" he stands up with his mouth wide open and steps toward the bars, "Baby, I saw...I felt our bond break..."

"Shift," she growls, ignoring his questions.

"What? Kas t-talk to me?" he begs. He's standing as close to the bars as he can.

Beta Milo pushes Kas back a step.

"I SAID SHIFT, BRONX MASON!" she commands with a snarl. It's bigger than her Luna voice. It's bigger than Lex's voice. Is there such a thing as a goddess voice? Cause if there is, that's what she just used. The purple glow around her got brighter for a split second as she sald 'shift'.

Alpha Bronx doesn't protest, I don't think he could have if he wanted to. He strips down and shifts into Saint's form. I think she just pulled rank on him. I didn't think that was possible.

The giant white wolf paces back and forth in the cell. Saint doesn't look sad or surprised like the Alpha was, he's looking like he's ready to fight someone. "Get ready to open the door, Milo," she commands, looking at Beta Milo. Her face is scrunched up with anger.

"You crazy, Little Sister? He literally just tried to kill you. In what world do you think I'm letting you in there with him?" he argues.

"I'm not going in there with him. Lex is. We've had enough of this shit. Time to put our mate in his place," she snaps and starts taking off her clothes. Tyree and I avert our eyes so we ain't looking at Kas naked. Once we hear the popping and cracking of her bones stop, we turn back to see Lex standing in the hall. Other than Saint, she is the largest wolf I ever seen. She's beautiful too, inky black fur with violet eyes. She lowers her head and growls deeply. The walls shake at the sound. Beta Milo hits the button on the wall and the door to the cell swings open.

Lex doesn't even wait for it to fully open. She launches her body into the cell and slams into Saint. Beta Milo hits the button to close the door on the two fighting wolves. The only thing worse than them going at it in the cell, would be if Saint were to escape inside the packhouse in his current mental state. They tumble into the backside of the cell. Saint yelps as his skin sizzles against the silver bars. He starts snapping and snarling at Lex who gets the upper hand and pins him down.

She snaps and snarls right back at him, refusing to back down.

"Milo! They're going to kill each other!" Beta Lenora steps forward, "Get Kas out of there!"

"Lenora, no. Don't you see, this is what Lady Camille and Delilah wanted us to do. Saint thought he killed Kas. He said he felt the bond break. He isn't going to try to kill her again. He is just defending himself. Delilah took away Kas's fear so she could face him. Look. This is just a lovers' quarrel. Lex and Saint just need to get it out of their system," he points. We all look into the fight going on in the cell. Saint's white fur is getting stained with blood but Lex seems to be fine. I know for a fact she is well aware how to cause critical damage because James and I taught her. She ain't aiming for any of those spots. She's just beating on her man for being an asshole until he apologizes. Happens with my Mama and Pops all the time. Not in wolf form, but basically the same thing. Sometimes when your girl is mad, you just gotta take a lickin'. <<<

All we can do is watch the two wolves just fight it out. We can't risk opening the door and Saint escaping. It's close to an hour before Saint's stubborn ass finally submits out of sheer exhaustion. He is covered in blood and panting heavily.

"You gotta be kidding me," Beta Milo said, rubbing his chin. He looks at us, " You guys see this? Saint submitted. Never in my life would I have imagined him giving up."

"The Luna overpowered him?" Tyree says with a smirk, "Damn."

Tyree and I had both fought with Alpha Bronx on his second tour in the military. Gamma Reggie and James fought with him in both tours. We all know he would rather die than submit. Saint lays down on the ground, letting Lex lay on top of him. She still has his ear in her mouth, growling until she realizes he is done fighting against her. Somehow both wolves know it's time to shift. Alpha Bronx sits up, looking like he has just been through a meat grinder and wraps his arms tightly around his mate. Lenora pulls a big blanket off the shelf behind us.

"Open the door, Milo," she whispers. He obliges and she goes in to cover our Alpha and Luna up.