Triple Alpha's Threat

(GN) Ch. 139 - Trapped

Kiera POV

I laid in my bed for a while, thinking and plotting to escape this place. My only chance would be when Jackson came to retrieve me for dinner.

'Do you think we can get out here?' I asked Athena. I needed her strength right now, and not just physically.

'We have to, even if it means killing him ourselves.' She sneered inside me.

My hand rested over my belly. I couldn't stop rubbing my skin. I wanted to meet my son, hold him in my arms, and protect him from every evil in this world.

'I won't kill Jackson, and neither will you. We won't harm our pup.' I sighed.

'It is odd that I don't feel his soul. Kiera, I fear he may not be human.'

'He will be perfect, Athena. We will raise him to be the savior and never let Dietus touch his soul.'

'He already has.' She sighed.

'What aren't you telling me?'

'Our body isn't strong enough to carry a child. This pup is being fed by the darkness. It is fueling his cells and forcing him to heal every time our womb fails him. I can feel the constant mending inside us.'

'It doesn't matter. He will survive, and he will be born our son. Dietus might help him heal, but he won't own him.' I demanded, sitting up in my bed with my fist clenched.

'You know the only way we can ensure our son's safety is to kill our mates. Dietus can't live if we want any chance for Sebastian to be good. I don't know if I can give up my mates. I haven't even had a chance to run with them.' Athena whined deep in my soul that I felt her sadness tremble through my blood.

'We can find another way, Athena. I won't give up hope. Not for our son or our mates.' I reassured her.

'I'm not either. It just seems that everything we do keeps pointing at only one solution. What if we can't find a way? Sebastian needs to be cleansed before he is born, or it will be too late.'

'He will be fine. We all will.' My hand came to my stomach again as tears flooded my eyes. I had seven months to find a way. That's it, just seven months or I would have to choose between my mates and my son. Athena and I knew our son would always come first, and that scared the hell out of us.

"You look sad, sweetheart." Jackson stood at my cell door, watching me for goddess knows how long. "I wish you would just accept me as you once had. It would make all this so much easier." He said, opening the door and walking towards me.

Athena lounged in my soul, wanting to rip his throat out, but I forced her back. We couldn't be the one to end him, and I had no idea where we were. If we ran now, we might be captured all over again.

"Your wolf?" Jackson squinted his eyes at me.

"She wants you dead, Jackson." I glared at him, and Athena retreated deep inside me. I grabbed my stomach, faking pain as I coughed out.

"She is a fool." Jackson chuckled. "I always hated Athena, but her strength would be passed onto my sons." He grabbed my arms, so I stood before him. I wore a long purple gown, soft and flowing down to my feet. I wanted to growl at the thought he changed me and touched my body while I lay unconscious, but I couldn't show my hand yet.

"Athena will never give you a child."

"She has once before. I spoke to my doctor, and he said what you told me was true." His hand cupped my cheek, and I turned from him. He forced me to look at him, eyes darkening as his body trembled in pain.

"I'm sorry, Kiera. If I knew the silver would harm our child, I would have found other ways to chain you down." He spoke softly and sincerely, and I scuffed at his narcissism.

"Chain me down?"

"You're strong, sweetheart. Too strong for your own good. You demand to be dominant, though. I can see the need inside you, the way your eyes shine when you are challenged. Trust me, baby, you need me to put you in your place."

"You're disgusting!" I spat out.

"That attitude, mmm, it gets me so excited to force you to submit." He grinned at me, and I swallowed hard. I won't let him take my body.

"Jackson, please end this. I don't want you or to be your Luna. I'm miserable and in pain." My eyes watered, and I held my arm to him, showing him the agony the silver bracelet gave me.

"Shh, sweetheart." His thumb brushed my cheek. "All the pain can end once you accept me again. Mark me, Kiera, renew our bond, and we can be happy, just like we were before." He begged.

"We weren't happy. You lied to me, took another woman behind my back, and got her pregnant. That is unforgivable." I clenched my jaw as I spoke. I didn't want Jackson, but that didn't erase the pain his betrayal had caused me.

"I should have rejected Amy." He shook his head to me. "Katherine swore she would make me even stronger, which was partially true, but it was nothing compared to the strength you gave me, sweetheart. Your mark is like a fucking drug, a touch of heaven. It rebuilt me into a new man, a powerful Alpha."

I looked down sadly. It wasn't even a surprise Katherine played a role in his plan to betray me. "Wasn't I enough? I loved you with every part of my soul, Jackson."

"You are enough. You're everything to me, and I can't lose you. Don't you see how desperately I need you?" He tilted his head to the side, the black veins staring angrily at me.

"Me or my power is enough," I said quietly. I knew the truth; I loved a man who never loved me back.

"Your power." He chuckled. "Your gorgeous and goddess, being inside you feels fucking amazing, but what makes you so damn desirable is your strength. No one can deny you, Kiera." He leaned to me, kissing my lips softly, and I let him.

My soul felt crushed by his words. Was my only worth in this life my strength? Even the triplets tried to keep me away. They wanted to reject me, but the pull to my power was too great.

"I'm hungry, Alpha," I whispered, moving my head back so his raw, dry lips broke from mine.

"Then let's get you fed. I have a long night planned for us. You'll need all the strength you can get." He kissed my neck right over the blackened mark that remained on my skin. Would I ever be able to escape my past? Jackson will never reject me, and I can't kill him.