I was roughly pulled awake and yanked to my feet. A strong arm clamped around my waist, the other held a large knife to my chest. Terror clogged my throat, keeping my scream at bay.
"Shhhhh. Don't get upset. It's not good for the baby. " The whisper chilled the blood in my veins. My eyes darted to the door. Nothing. The house was eerily quiet. Had he killed everyone else? I closed my eyes, refusing to believe it. He pulled me back against the wall, limiting any targets to his body. I was his shield. My heart raced dangerously and I breathed, trying to calm down. I had to think about my son now. He was the most important thing and having a nervous breakdown wasn't going to help.
The silence was broken by screeching howls. Many of them. I knew I was in big trouble when he began to laugh. Those were probably his vampires surrounding the parameter of the house.
"Jax is going to suffer as I have. He will watch as you die before his very eyes," he hissed and I knew at that moment he was totally insane.
I heard the running and seconds later the door to the bedroom burst off its hinges, Jax stood on the other side, eyes blazing in anger.
"I'm going to fucking kill you. Slowly. "
He lunged but Cade held him back. The others filed into the room. Simian and another Elemental.
"Milo. Do your thing. " Cade ordered.
"I can't. He's touching her body. She will also feel it. "
"Dagen, I'm the one you want. Leave Sienna out of this!" Jax hissed.
Dagen laughed. "Oh but it wouldn't be any fun, especially now that she carries your mutt inside of her. That, my brother, just makes it all the better. "
My eyes pleaded for Jax to stop. His fury was going to get him killed. I had to do something before that happened. It was because of me their hands were tied. I cringed at the sounds coming from outside. It was obvious Jax's people were out there defending the house against invasion.
"Milo, there has to be a way!" Cade insisted.
Milo lowered his eyebrows in thought. "She has to do it. Only she knows what she can resist. I may kill them both. "
Milo looked at me as he spoke and I began to understand what I needed to do.
"She won't risk the brat's life, will you Sienna? Do you want to do that to your own son?"
The pain in Jax's eyes was my undoing. I loved this child we had created together but I needed to make a choice. If I didn't, I would lose them both. Closing my eyes, I concentrated, feeling the heat generating from deep within me. It seeped out of my pores heating me like a firestorm. Turning my effort back in, I pushed the heat back, allowing ice cold to penetrate my womb and protect my baby. Only then did I let the inferno roar out of me. The blast caught Dagen in the chest, pushing him back. Jax charged, shifting in midair. The huge black wolf took Dagen down, tearing his throat out in one deadly bite.
I was falling. The floor came up, greeting me before darkness did. The last thing I saw were flames engulfing the room.
Bright lights blinded me when I tried to open my eyes. The room was unfamiliar to me, very white and sterile. Was I in some kind of hospital?
"Hey beautiful. "
That voice was exactly what I needed to hear. Jax sat in a chair next to the bed, his features drawn.
"Hey yourself. Where am I?" I tried to sit up and he stopped me.
"Take it easy. You're at Dr. Crane's clinic. "
I felt hot. Kind of like you did after lying out in the sun for hours without sunscreen. My eyes shot to his.
"The baby?"
"Is fine. He's stubborn like his mother. " He grinned.
Relief flooded me. I touched my stomach softly.
"The house, however, is gone. Burnt to ashes. "
My breath froze in my chest and the room cooled considerably.
"You're getting pretty good at this. " He smirked
"It's not funny. I destroyed your home!"
He got in the bed and wrapped his arms around me.
"We couldn't live there anyway. It was already compromised. Cade's been telling me to move into our facility under the club for a while now. I have a large apartment there. Losing the house isn't what hurts the most. This is. "
He brought a hand to my hair, pulling it over my shoulder. I gasped at the shorter length.
"The flames singed your hair. Onyx came by while you slept and cut it.
A single tear ran down my cheek. Then the dam burst and I was in his arms. I don't know if it was the emotional rollercoaster of my pregnancy or his loss. Maybe it was a delayed reaction to the terror I had felt just hours before. But I really knew. Deep down I knew that my biggest fear was losing him. I loved him more than my own life. It was fast and crazy, this emotion I had but it was real. He must sensed my emotions because he pulled back, gazing into my eyes, reassuring himself of my feelings. Then he held me tighter.
Three days had changed my life completely. One night had rearranged my life. . . forever.