Not Mine but His Mate (Completed)

Chapter 40: The Aftermath 🐾

~Third Person~

Evander looked around at everyone crowding around Hazel. She remained on the stone table, unconscious and completely clueless to the tension that surrounded her. Leander stared across the table at Dominic holding Hazel's hand. Dominic stared back at Leander, still fuming from their fight earlier. Dominic couldn't stand Leander being in the same room as his mate right now. He wanted to kick Leander out but Hazel was his first priority.

Clover stared in between Dominic and Leander, trying to piece together how they all got this point, and how could they fix it. Meanwhile Evander looked over to Eila as she entered the room - everyone else looked over to Eila as well.

"What happened to her? Why did she pass out?" Dominic asked Eila.

Eila raised an eyebrow, stood next to Evander and looked at everyone, "In the duration of Hazel's time over in Thunder Springs, my si-" she paused. Getting the word out to describe whom she thought was once dead troubled Eila. She hadn't really had the time to deal with everything pertaining to herself. She felt a hand being placed on top of hers. She knew the familiar hand to be Evander's. Evander knew her like the palm of his hand and she knew him alike.

She looked up to Evander, he gave her a warm reassuring smile. She reciprocated his smile and turned back to everyone, "My...sister, Evelyn made a potion for Hazel to drink. It gave Hazel false strength for seven days and slowed the transformation just slightly. With everything going on, I lost track of what day it was and here we are....day seven."

"Day seven?" Clover said.

"What does that mean?" Leander asked.

"It means that when the potion wears off, the transition into a Zeebrian speeds up for her. So, to try and combat it, I've placed her in a comma that will stall the process for just enough time for me to figure out how to stop her from becoming a Zeebrian."

"How confident are you that you can stop this, E?" Dominic asked.

Eila sighed, "Well Nic, that's something I think we should discuss in private with you, Leo and Evan."

Clover looked at everyone in the room, eventually landed on Eila. Eila nodded at Hera during Clover nodded before she exited the room leaving the three royals and Eila. Eila said a quick spell and cast it around the room so no one from the outside could hear their conversation.

In their native tongue, they spoke to one another. Eila began, "I wanted to speak with you both in particular, Nic and Leo." She looked down at Hazel on the table with Dominic still holding her hand. She smiled at the love Dominic still had for Hazel, in which caused the apprehension of what she must say.

Evander took note of the petite woman's energy beside him and decided to move closer to Dominic, preparing for whatever happened as a result.

"Nic, I cannot reverse the progress this transformation has made. However, I can either stop or slow down the progress. However you being her mate, the choice is up to you as to which one occurs," Eila said to Dominic.

"I'm listening," Dominic said meanwhile Leander shifted uneasily at Eila leaving the choice up to Dominic.

"I can stop this transformation...but it'll require a blood sacrifice_"

"Oh sure, that's no problem," Dominic quickly said.

"_No Nic, the blood sacrifice must come from the Alpha."

The whole room fell silent. Dominic's eyes stretched meanwhile, Leander looked to Eila then his mouth changed into a smirk.

"Wha-What? I'm not understanding, E," Dominic replied. Everyone saw Dominic's anger begin to rise.