King Michael: The Dark Fae (The Hybrid Series) Book 6

Chapter 20: Cocoon

Michael

I don't know how long I have been here, I barely remember what happened to me, all I know is, that I need to get up and help find my family. I remember being chained up and yelling for help, I saw that Cayden was chained up as well and he got loose, he came over to me and his eyes were different, they were like solid gold and everything went black again. I was in darkness as my magic was healing me, apparently being bonded for so long and releasing my magic the way it did, severely damaged my internal organs and soul. My soul was shredded and my heart was weakened, but I was told my other half healed my heart so it wouldn't stop beating. I almost died, hey, sometimes I feel like I am dead, but my magic speaks to me and says, "Everything will be fine and Cayden will be okay, he saved us." I keep getting pains in my soul now and then, but can't figure out why this is happening, I thought I was healing.

I wanted to see my wife, my love, my kids, and even my pain-in-the-ass brother, I started to feel stronger and I knew I would be able to wake up soon. I just needed my mate at my side, I started getting this intense pain again and my memories flooded back. She was missing, I needed to wake up as my magic circled me, it was time to find my mate and whoever took her would die by my hand. I needed so much rest, I was tired and I still didn't wake up, I tried but my magic said, "Not yet, we need energy." It explained that I was in a magical Cocoon so I could heal from the depths of my soul, I was badly damaged and if I woke up now, I would die. As time went on, I ended up killing some unsuspecting men and felt bad but my magic was pulling every energy source to save me, and battle to the fullest, I tried to drain Ty on many occasions but he had up a magical barrier and I didn't want to hurt my family but I was unstable.

However, my magic was soaring through me and I knew I would wake up soon, it talked to me, and kept me company, telling me it wanted a name, so we guessed names and settled for Bashien. I couldn't wait to see my family again when Ty and Drax entered our barrier and Ty asked for my blood. Bashien wanted to play games with them although they were trying to help find our mate, I said, "Not now," as we wanted their help, but he said, "If I drew from them, we would awake sooner," I replied, "He is our superior, are you crazy? Are you trying to get us killed?" He said, "Oh, he won't know, just a little boost," I said angrily at his stupid games, "If I die, I will kill you in the afterlife," before he started to draw Drax's energy smirking inside my head saying, "Relax, he is immortal, we couldn't kill him even if we tried." I felt the boost it was amazing, "Damn, these fuckers are strong," I thought until I said, "Enough Bashien before he realizes what is happening."

Drax left the room but looked dizzy, Bashien said, "See, we needed the boost." I laughed at how I would die when my best friend found out what we did, I was surprised Ty didn't warn him about putting up a barrier because when Aidan visited us, he knew and said, "Not today, old friend," before he put his barrier up. Days passed or it could be weeks, I wasn't sure anymore and I felt a lot better, that boost from my best friend was amazing and sped up the process of my healing. Cayden visited me on many occasions filling me in on how far they had gotten in finding my mate and they had a plan, a good one I hoped. I couldn't drain him because he was the other half of me and the other half of Bashien, he told me what he named him and it was Bjorn. I loved the name, it comes off as powerful and Bashien said, "We are powerful, moron, we just need practice and who was the brilliant person to bind us anyway, we could have been unstoppable by now."

I laughed saying, "We will find out soon," he was excited, and I fell back into a deep sleep after our talk. "Wakey, Wakey, Mikey," Bastien said, I replied, "Don't call me that, you sack of air," before I started laughing and opened my eyes. I was in a private room on the east wing of the Palace, it was noon, and I could sense it. I was on a comfortable bed but I still felt like I had been run over by a truck, my throat was dry and I felt awful, my stomach growled too and Bashien said, "We are hungry," "No s**t, Sherlock," I replied. Bashien grumbled but we had gotten closer and knew each other well, "I need Bjorn now, so we can stabilize each other," he said, so I mind-linked Cayden, who was shocked and he was in the room in less than two minutes. Our eyes locked as his glowed gold and I'm sure mine was glowing dark gray, almost black. I felt our powers in the room and they were strong, I looked at my brother and he stared back at me and I could feel and see the identical smiles on our faces.

Ty followed Cayden with my mother and sister along with the doctor as Ty ordered them, "Stay away, they needed to complete the merging of powers to stabilize each other." Cayden's veins turned to gold and mine turned black, our wings came out with his being gold and had black edges, while mine was black with gold edges. I started remembering what my Mother always said, "He is your yin to your yang," as our powers released over our heads. We both screamed as the pain was unbearable, the way our magic was releasing, moving throughout our bodies and veins, and merging like the yin-yang symbol before letting go and returning to us. We both felt stronger, our magic was strong and we could control it better, we were stabilized and nothing could break us apart again. We both looked at our hands and turned to the mirror next to us, our eye colors were different and we both had buff muscular physiques instead of the leaner build and we were still tall, "Damn," I thought, my hair had silver-grey streaks and Cayden's hair had golden streaks.

After we both hugged it out and released the magical barrier, my mother and sister ran into the room hugging me, both crying, saying, "I love you," I missed them so much. Mom looked at us holding both our hands and said, "We need to talk about what happened." I looked at her and said, "Can I clean up and eat first because I have been in here for months," then I stopped and said, "Where is my wife?" Then, I felt this excruciating pain in my chest that brought me down to my knees, my neck was burning and Ty said, "f**k, she is being marked again." I lay there for a few seconds until Ty took the pain away and explained what happened, I was furious, and Bashien started to grow within me ready for blood. He was ready for revenge, but I forced him down before he killed my mother and sister because he would start to draw their life forces, Ty was immortal it wouldn't do him anything. I yelled, "I want my wife found and I want her found now and everyone who has ever violated my wife will be killed, but by us," my eyes glowed and Ty said, "Request granted," with a smile.

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I was led to my room, the men were happy to see me and Bolt was talking my ear off but I didn't mind, I missed him and Pearson who was still asleep, he had a long night at the fight club. Bolt looked at me in awe at how big I got overnight and said, "Damn, we won't be holding back at training," and I smiled saying, "Looking forward to it," before he left me alone to clean up. I saw a meal on my table and I ate first, my mind drifted to my wife and kids and I tried mind-linking her but it was blocked somehow. She was definitely far away or she would have answered, only the Supremes can link from far away, and anyone, at any time that they chose. I had just finished taking my bath as I watched myself in the mirror, I looked at the new tattoo that magically formed on my torso because of Bashien, a protection barrier, not many people will be able to hurt me unless you are one of the Supremes.

Speaking of the Supremes, my best friend Drax is probably pissed at us, but he will understand that he gave me the boost I needed to wake up earlier than expected. I felt bad I used him like that so I was going to apologize and I linked him smiling at myself, "Hey, Draxon, it's me, Michael, I'm sorry, I didn't know that you would pass out." He replied, "You are so dead Mikey, f**k, you know how bad I felt? Jeez," before he laughed and said, "I'm still going to knock you into next week." Then there was this silence between us, he was worried for me as I was for him before he asked, "How are you holding up, Mike?" I sighed and said, "I miss her, Drax, what has she been through these past months? I can't imagine," Drax said, "We will get her back and you will be the one to end them as per your granted request."

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Months Later

I was filled in on everything up to the point where I found out that she was imprisoned by the Alpha who kidnapped her, I had my men find any information on who the Alpha was and what he wanted from my mate. Emerie had no enemies so I couldn't fandom who would want her and concluded, that they were doing this because of my past secrets, I caused this. I was at our secret meeting location going over maps of the area and where we could enter from with minimal damage, we needed to confirm where exactly Emerie was and that is where my meditation came in and said, "She was inside the Alpha's house," I informed them. We made plans to enter from four locations as our witches prepared to let down the barrier without notifying anyone. My team was assigned to Emerie to get her out and others would be distractions if needed.

Drax ordered everyone to be on alert, but he wanted the Alpha brought in alive, I couldn't care less if he was alive but I was ready and I knew that we needed to pull this off as we didn't know what state my wife was in at the moment. I had temporarily removed her mark months ago when I woke up to avoid her being in pain, I would gladly return it to her once we got her back, I knew that musty mutt would have his mark on her and I wanted him dead. One of Elijah's vampires found one of the pack warriors patrolling the borders and knocked him out, bringing him to Drax, we were glad, so he bit into him to get some information before erasing his memory and told them to take him back. He looked at me with sad eyes and I said, "Spill it, Draxon." He ordered everyone out of the room, he knew I could easily kill everyone there with the bad news I was about to receive, only Toffe was there, as he saw what Drax saw.

I was preparing for the worst when he said, "Don't shoot the messenger," trying to cheer me up before he said, "Open your mind," and I did. The next thing I knew, Bashien came forward angrier than anything and said, "We will get my mate back tonight." Emerie was the pack's Luna and was expecting a child with that Alpha, I was shocked that she was pregnant because she couldn't be and Drax informed me, "Technically you removed her mark to stop the pain, and clearly, magic was used somehow," he was just as pissed as I was. Toffe fell to the ground and I was sorry, Drax snickered saying, "Poor kid, I should have warned him," I cussed Bashien for draining him. One of Emile's men brought an invitation he found and showed me that Emerie was being married to the Alpha in two days, confirming what we saw in the warrior's memories, I had to hold Bashien in, he was not taking my mate away from me and we headed out to retrieve her.