Ultimatum, Anaya Phoenix [classic books for 11 year olds .txt] 📗

forehead, then Jacob’s then Micah’s. I’m gonna miss my boys,
“I feel better” I say as I try to stand. My legs aren’t cramped and down there is sore but I can move around, very slowly. He picks up Jacob and we head out, slowly. The pack is in clusters, moving around slowly keeping their eyes on our den. They stop and look at us, they take me in, then the babies then micah. Cathy walks up to us, smiling down brilliantly at Jacob who smiles back, without any teeth.
“Well isn’t he a handsome fellow” she says as she pinches his cheek. He giggles and grabs her hand and tries to put it in his mouth. She tugs her hand but he tugs harder,
“Oh and he’s a little strong” she says playfully and he giggles. It’s loud and it rumbles through his chest and flows over my arm. I smile down at him,
“Wanna hold him?” I ask her and her face lights up,
“Sure” she carefully takes him and cuddles him in her arm. He smiles and smiles, while his brother rants in some incomprehensible language. He reaches for me and I take him from Micah, purposely not looking into those sorrowful eyes that I know follow my every movement.
“Whats the matter, huh baby boy?” I ask crooning. He blinks at me and tugs at my hair,
“Hey,” I say slapping his hand away softly “stop that”, he giggles but doesn’t try it again. I smile, he’s going to be obedient, and trustworthy. Whereas his brother will probably be sneaky and cunning, just like his mother. I sigh and look up, into those sad eyes.
“Please stop thi” I whisper so only he can hear me
“You stop, you don’t have to do this. I’m sure they would want their mother to live just as you want them to” his eyes are starting to tear again but I see him mentally oush them back.
“Please don’t do this” eh whispers in a voice I can nearly hear. I look down to the blue eyes tha resemble his so much. I have to do this, no matter how much I hate it, I have to.
“Ok,” I nod slowly “I’ll stay, we’ll figure something out” I say softly to him. His eyes twinkle and he picks me up in his arms.
“The baby, the baby, the baby” I say quickly amd he loosens his hold on me.
“SHE’S STAYING!!!” he yells with a smile, the pack cheers. I smile at them. I give Alex back to Micah. I tell him I need a nap and he nods, smiling like crazy. I go back to our compartment and get ready. I cry while I do it, I write them a letter saying how it was needed to be done, that I love them more than anything and if all goes well my mother should be home before sun rise. I draw a picture , stick figures really, of me Micah Alex and Jacob. I draw a heart, a sun and some flowers, that’s the best I can do. I’ve never gone to school so I don’t know if this is right. On the back I write my wishes for them, for them to go to school , for them to know about me and never forget me. I end it with love mommy and xo’s. this is the best I can do. I hide the letter and decide to actually take a nap. I’m going to need all of my strength for the flight, and mentally. My dreams aren’t peaceful, but when I wake I’m surrounded by him. He makes the bad thoughts go away, even if only for a minute, that’s all I can ask for right now. I let myself breath in his scent, this is the last time I will be able to. I look down and see he has made a makeshift crib for them, 4 pieces of wood and an air mattress, that’s as good as it gets for now. I unwrap his arm from me slowly and stand. I look down at him, his black hair curtains over his eyes. His tan skin is relaxed under his white t-shirt. I kiss his cheek and wipe my tears from his face.
“Goobye babe” I whisper softly, my voice cracking. I walk to the air mattress and look down at them. Alex’s black hair is fuzzy and I have to hold my hands together to keep from smoothing it. Jacobs blond hair is finer and stays down , with only a few strands sticking out here and there.
“Goodbye my sweet baby boys, I hope you live the life I wanted for you” Alex’s eyes open and trap me. Their green reflects mine he blinks, slowly, then drifts off to sleep again. Jacob’s eyes open then, their blue exactly like his fathers almost makes me want to cry out. But I don’t instead I say,
“You were the first out, you’re the oldest. After your grandfather and your father the pack is yours,” my voice cracks and tears flow freely fomr my eyes. He doesn’t do anything, just stares at me “look after your brother, he’ll need you. Your father will need you too, please tell him it was for the best ok?” I nod, my vision blurry but I can hsee him nod. He frowns and I smile weakly,
“Never forget me Jacob,” are my final words and I turn. I walk past Micah, not able to take it anymore. I run outside the den and fly away before the sound of crying babies, howls and a mighty roar changes my mind.
It’s hard finding them but I do, I wish I had brought warmer clothing though. The council of flickenhammer is located in Greenland, which is not green at all. It’s freezing! I’m just glad my tears have already dried on my face. I walk to the castle like structure. It looks like mirrors, but I’m sure it’s ice, the ice holds a bluish color that matches the strikes in my hair. I walk to the door and prepare to knock but it opens on it’s own accord. I look around the door, but no one is there. Freaky. I walk deeper and deeper, getting all the more curious as to how exactly this stands. Surely it could fall at any moment.
“Ah,” a warm voice says “we’ve been expecting you”, I look to her and smile. She’s pretty.
“I’m sure you have,”
“Oh, where are my manners, let’s get you to the rest of the lot” she takes my hand and guides me through the cavernous halls.
“You are Elizabeth, right?, sprite of Helen?” I nod and she looks doubtfully at me but continues to walk down the winding halls. We stop at two blue frozen doors that open for us. In there I see 4 sprites sitting in blue frozen thrones that raise to the celing in intricate patterns. How they could sit on that is beyond me. There are 3 men and 1 female. They all look pretty normal to me, I can do this. I look to the left of the last male on the left and see mom kneeling there her face lit with joy and fear.
“Council, I have the sprite of Helen here for you” the nice lady courts me to the middle of the room, right under the stares of the council.
“Ah, hello Elizabeth” one council member says with an Italian accent.
“Where are the children?” the female asks with a french accent, I glare at her.
“They’re not here, I’ve come to bargain with you”,
“A bargain?” one of the other males ask with a german accent “what kind of bargain child”. I look to all of them now, but my gaxe lands on my mother, I look at her while I speak.
“You’ve wanted me since I was a child, but out of my mothers love she protected me, I want to do the same for my chikdren” I lift my chin up higher “I will give you myself, if you free my mother and leave my family alone, my children have no sprite in them, they will not carry the gene along” the looks on the council is wistful. The femal smiles and says something in French,
“Indeed, jenna” the German says.
“Consider it a deal” the French one says, he snaps his fingers and my mother raises. Her face has been streaken with tears and she runs to me,
“Baby you didn’t have to do this,” she says grabbing me in a hug “please don’t do this”.
“Mom it’s too late, it’s already done. Tell Micah I’m sorry, and love them 5times over for me ok?” I ask refusing to cry in front of them. She nods sadly, hugs me tightly one last time and runs out. I look to the council,
“I’m here”
“Indeed you are” a sprite says with an English accent. He walks toward me with death in his eyes as his fingers flex and he starts to chant something.
“Wait!!” I say quickly. They look at me, there’s one last question I wanted to ask,
“What happened to my grandmother and grandfather?” I ask looking at them. They don’t answer at first, but then again I didn’t expect them to, but the female answers,
“We disposed of them after we found out what they did to you” her face in sincere and her eyes sad “no one should do that to anyone, whether it be human, shifter or otherwise”. I smile through tears, I’m glad,
“Thank you” I look back to the sprite that will end my life “go ahead”. He chants and I see the blue mist form. Before it hits me I breath in “I love you Micah, Jacob and Alex. Please be safe” then the spell hits me.


They know about her, I’ve told them everything I can about her. To them she is the moon in their night. They dream about her, I dream about her. We found her note after her mother came back, 2 days after she sacrificed herself. The twins are now 18, they have found their mate and soon Jacob will take over the pack. I know she loved them and that’s why she did it. I did everything she asked, I told them all the stories she would have told the children. They have gone to school and they have never forgotten her. I wonder sometimes if she knew the would grow up as they did. If she knew Alex would be the wild child, the one with her eyes that almost bring tears to mine each time I see them. If she knew that Jacob would always be the calm spot in the storm. Sometimes I wish that we were never born, that she and her never met, sometimes I think that would fix everything. I’ve been sick, I’ve raised the kids as she wanted, I’ve buried her parents when their time came and I’ve lived the life she would have wanted for me. I wait everyday for the sweet release of death, just so I can rub her face again, kiss her sweet lips again and hold her in my arms. Maybe that will come soon. Maybe.