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.

her. Both my mother and father were tied to chairs with blood on their heads. A low growl tore from

says. “We went to the same academy, just like all of you. The only difference is that your parents

someone as crazy as she was? How could she

parents have possibly done to hurt you?” I

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

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

did do it, it still doesn’t

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

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

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 by listening to them. I have a wonderful wife who I love more than anything else in this world, and I have the most beautiful children anyone can ever wish for. You have convinced me

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. He must hate himself for putting

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

the hell did she mean by

do?” I

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

you speaking about now?” I demand

came in front of your jeep that day? Can’t you recall what that woman looked like?” She asks. “I know you’ve regained

her words sunk in. Now that she’s

it take me this long to

was definitely her. The hair, the eyes,

that caused me

did you do that? You’re the

your parents why I did all those horrible things. This is my revenge. All of it.

responsible for many things that I didn’t know about until now. What else could she have been

waiting for me to ask this question. She

Damn it.

that we would have ever suspected her of being responsible for everything we’ve been

Atticus. This one is actually one of my favorites.

I didn’t need to hear all

person that told the council about your lovely wife. I let them know 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

My jaw clenches.

someone as much as I

mess in our lives. All this time, we knew someone had to be accountable but never once would we have thought

that is not even all.” She says with a mischievous glint in her eyes. “There is someone I sent

possibly sent to destroy us? What else did we not know about? I thought that thing with the council

you come out now and introduce yourselves to our guests?” She asks to someone inside

there were other witches present, but I don’t think she was referring to them. She wasn’t looking at anyone in the room

else was helping her. It’s understandable that she couldn’t have done all of this on her own. She needed

betray us

opens, and my eyes are drawn to the person’s feet before I look up at their

it wasn’t something I could ever accept. I can barely form words, but when I finally get the strength, only one name can

disbelief. I can barely

are you doing here? Don’t you

tell us. Or maybe I’m the one

the creepiest laughs I’ve ever heard on a

time to realize the change in

I’m not sure what’s her definition of different. But recently, she surely hasn’t been the woman I was once in

Dante growls. “What

smiles, “nothing that

us.” Damon growls. “What

this entire time.” She finally confessed. “She was doing everything that I wanted her to do. The moment I learned that she was connected to all three of you, all Fawns, I knew I had

“There’s no way she’s

been a great help to me all this

out of her!” Damon

strong 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 true. Maybe I should try killing her right now. Would that hurt any of you present

looks at the woman in surprise. Was that the only thing that had shocked

on her, I will kill you!” Dante and Damon

this entire thing. How could Anya have been under her control all this time? She didn’t look surprised until the woman mentioned killing her

This is about your parents. I want them to see each of their children die before them today. We should start with Clarissa since she’s adopted and may

you dare f*****g touch my

words when the witch grabs Clarissa by her hair and pulls her forward onto

these were under her spells. Not just her spells, the spells

the loud sound it makes. I couldn’t watch this. I

roared when she did it again. “Take me instead! f*****g take me instead

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 hurt