The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn

The Unwanted Bride Of Atticus Fawn Chapter 76

~ATTICUS~

“Is this the correct place?” I ask Damon. It looks too calm.

I was hoping that Autumn finally listened to me. After almost losing her, I didn’t want to put her in danger again. This time, I wanted to keep her safe. For once, I wanted to be able to protect my mate.

“It has to be.” He answers me. “We didn’t make any mistakes.”

“I still think we should have left Clarissa with Autumn.” He adds. “We don’t know who or what we are up against. They were powerful enough to kill all of our guards.”

“They may not be my biological parents, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love them.” Clarissa hissed. “No one was stopping me from being here tonight. I can take care of myself. I don’t need anyone to worry about me.”

“This is not the time for ridiculous arguments,” Dante growls. “We’re all here, and we’re the ones that they asked for. Let’s get our parents back and get out of here.”

“At least we know it can’t be worse than our earlier battle.” I try to be positive.

“To be fair, we aren’t exactly sure of this.” Griffin reminds us. “We aren’t sure if the overlords or the council is behind this.”

“They wouldn’t have had enough time to prepare all this.” Damon points out. “I agree with Atticus; someone else chose the perfect time to attack our home while we were not in it.”

I can only hope that this was an easy battle to win. We were all exhausted from the earlier fight. f**k. I should be sleeping next to my mate right now. I shouldn’t have to be away from her. We should be telling our parents about our victory; instead, we were doing the opposite of this.

“Do you think mom and dad are okay?” Griffin asks. His voice did not hide the pain we all felt at that question. We were hoping that they were alive and not harmed in any way. When I found the person responsible, I would rip their bodies into pieces.

“I’m sure they are,” I respond, even though I couldn’t be sure about this. I wanted to give him hope; I wanted to give us all hope.

“I can see a house.” Damon points to the far right.

I could see it too.

“I’m guessing that’s where we need to go, then,” I say.

We creep up to it, trying our best not to make noise.

We didn’t want them to know that we had arrived. However, I knew the chances of that happening were very low, considering they would be expecting us.

We didn’t say another word as we walked to the front door. We considered breaking through the window but didn’t want to do anything that could bring harm to our parents. Before we can barge in, we hear footsteps.

My siblings all look at me. We knew nothing good was coming to greet us but at least the suspense of not knowing who had kidnapped our parents would all be over soon.

As soon as the door opens, there’s a loud ringing in my ear. I groan and drop to the ground in pain. I’m not the only one; my siblings are experiencing the same pain.

“f**k!” Damon hissed.

“Witches!” I shouted, but the warning was too late.

We were already surrounded, and they were dragging us into the house, one after the next.

What the hell do witches want with us? Did we piss some off recently? I doubt this had anything to do with Autumn, or they would have also asked for her unless this was a setup to get her alone with her parents.

My heart sank at that thought. I had to hope this had nothing to do with her, or I’ll lose my damn mind. I didn’t leave her behind to put her life in danger. I left her to keep her safe.

The pain stops suddenly, but we’re all on the ground, bound by chains by the time that happens. They’d messed with our heads long enough so they could trap us.

Did they think these things could hold us?

“Where are my parents?” I demand while thrashing against the chains.

The light in the room is suddenly switched on, and it takes my eyes a second to adjust to the change in lighting.

The first thing I notice is a middle-aged woman, possibly close to my parents’ age looking at me.

“Who the f**k are you?” Damon growls.

“Let my children go!” My mother shouts.

Her voice was behind me. That meant that she was alive. My heart skipped a beat at the joy I felt at that fact.

and look at her. Both my mother and father were tied to chairs with blood on their heads. A low growl tore from me, followed by growls from each of my siblings when they saw what I already did. They’d hurt

of your parents.” She says. “We went to the same academy, just like all of you. The only difference is that your parents betrayed me. That’s why we’re

she blabbering about? Why would my parents be friends with someone as crazy as

possibly done to hurt you?”

fell in love.” She says bitterly. “Your father pretended to be kind to me; he pretended to have feelings for me. He made me look like a fool in front of everyone for loving him. I loved him with all of my heart, and in return, he destroyed my life. I thought we had something special; he would protect me from the other students who bullied me because I was a witch, and he made me feel like we had a chance to be together. And then, one day, he dumped me like I was a piece of garbage he couldn’t wait to get rid of. But your lovely father didn’t stop there; he wanted to hurt me even more than that. He married your mother right after. He treated me like a stranger, like someone he despised. He took everything from me when he broke my heart. Now it’s

do something like that. Unless he realized how psycho she was and decided to get out of

even if he did do it, it still doesn’t

everything wrong!” My father shouts behind me. “Everything I did

hissed. “Protect me? Are these more of your lies to protect your children

were real.” My father tells her, surprising all of us. I couldn’t believe he would admit that when our mother was right next to him. Maybe she already knew all of this, and that’s why she didn’t seem to mind. “I didn’t lie to you in the past about my feelings. I did truly care for you. Letting you go was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do, but it had to be done. I received threats from my in-laws; they told me that if the marriage didn’t happen, they would have killed you. They had the power to do something like that. I wanted to protect you, and the only way for me to do it was to let you go. You may not believe me now, but I don’t regret my decision. If I knew you were this kind of person, I would have never had any feelings for you. I made the right decision

words, but she surprises us when she begins to laugh uncontrollably, like a psychopath. She really was insane, wasn’t she? I’m sure my father regretted ever liking someone like this.

“I’ve come too far to let this go. None of you know the many things I’ve

the hell did she

you do?” I

with your family for a while now, Atticus.” She

about

what that woman looked like?” She asks. “I know you’ve regained your memory

words sunk in. Now that she’s brought it up, I remember what that

believe this. Why did it

her. The hair,

the accident that caused me to lose

slam the chains onto the ground in anger, “why the f**k did you do that? You’re the reason I lost my memory. You’re why I couldn’t remember who Autumn was

all those horrible

I demand. It seemed as though she was responsible for many things

ask this question. She got pleasure in telling us all the horrible things

Damn it.

to us. There’s no way that we would have ever suspected her of being responsible for everything we’ve been

Atticus. This one is actually one of my favorites. While it may not have done exactly what I

didn’t need to hear all of

the full truth about her. I sent the video of Azai’s men k********g her as proof. You see, Azai’s men were not the only ones prepared to kidnap her that day, I had my people ready to take her, but they beat them to it. The tattoos on them were proof of who Autumn was. The council believed me the instant

My jaw clenches.

hated someone as much as

who’d done it. All this time, we never even knew that she was responsible for all the mess in our lives. All this time, we knew someone had to be accountable but never once would we have thought it was her. Judging by my father’s expression, he also wouldn’t have considered that she was

in her eyes. “There is someone I

destroy us? What else did we not know about? I thought that thing with the council would have been the worst thing she’s done but clearly,

come out now and introduce yourselves to our

she was referring to them. She wasn’t looking

were all waiting to find out who else was helping her. It’s understandable that she couldn’t have done all of this on her own. She needed to have help from someone. And it had to be

betray us

door in front of us opens, and my eyes are drawn to the person’s feet before I look up at their

it was true, it wasn’t something I could ever accept.

I can barely

asks. “What are you doing here? Don’t

the one that’s misunderstanding this entire situation. I wasn’t sure what the hell

the creepiest laughs I’ve ever heard on

the time to realize the change in Anya recently?” She asks. “She’s been

her definition of different. But recently, she surely hasn’t been the woman I was once

talking about?” Dante growls. “What

“nothing that

Damon growls. “What have you

all three of you, all Fawns, I knew I had to use her. She was perfect in all of this. I commanded

I growl. “There’s no way she’s been

She smiles. “Hasn’t she been a great help to me

her!” Damon shouts. “Break

enough, the spell would have been broken a long time ago. But I guess none of your love for this poor girl could have been

Was that the only thing that had shocked her from everything

on her, I will

could Anya have been under her control all this time? She didn’t look surprised until the woman mentioned killing her to hurt the rest

see each of their children die before them today. We should start with Clarissa since she’s adopted and may mean

you dare f*****g touch my

grabs Clarissa by her hair and pulls

the chains, but it wasn’t the typical kind; these were under her spells. Not just

the loud sound it makes. I couldn’t watch

it again. “Take me instead! f*****g take me instead of her!

our daughter go!” My mother begged. “Please don’t hurt her. Please leave her alone. She hasn’t done anything to you. We are the ones you’re upset with. Why must you