Chapter 128: Chapter 130

My Tortured Mate Chapter 9

Odanya

She led the women out of the room, smiling at them. She took them down to the foyer.

“I would like all of you to go and get changed. We are going on a hunt.” She grinned around at everyone gathered. “We are going to see which of us is the best. Now, hurry.”

Everyone hurried away while Odanya made her way to Sterling’s office. She always kept extra outfits in there. There had never been a time that he wasn’t ready to be inside of her. She ran her fingers over the elegant silk pants in the bottom drawer of the large desk.

She pulled out the pants and a picture drifted to the floor. She leaned down to pick it up and her mouth fell open when she saw the two little girls pictured in it. Her finger stroked over Sasha and Kalani’s thin faces. They looked so similar to Lukas but so similar.

Where Lukas had a chubby face and everybody could tell that he had never missed a meal, her mate’s other children hadn’t been so lucky. She felt guilty that she had run the bitch off. She should have fought to keep all of the kids instead of just Lukas. She sighed and put the picture of the girls in the corner of his computer before grabbing a pen to scrawl a note to him.

‘I know you love them. Don’t hide them.‘

She quickly changed into the pants and a matching tank top before going back to the foyer. Most of the women were back, including her target. Martha stood close to her with her arm linked with hers. Lonna was turned slightly away from her queen with her body tense and anger in her eyes. Odanya moved to the front and grinned at them.

“There is a very rare bug that our king has given me.” She reached up to take the comb out of her hair. She gently took the large green and blue beetle off the comb. “This is called a dragon beetle.” She held it up and blew on it. It fluttered its wings and disappeared which drew gasps from the other women. “Find it and you will be rewarded handsomely.”

Matha stepped forward. “And how will we be rewarded?”

Odanya smirked. “You are aware my mate is the king of kings. Your reward is up for grabs. Winner’s choice.”

“What are the rules?,” Martha continued to pester her with questions.

“You don’t kill the others. This is just a fun game between gals. Understood?”

“Understood,” they all answered.

Odanya turned around and lifted her hand to her mouth. “Fly and hide and listen for my whistle.”

She opened the door and walked out, followed by the other women. When she reached the maze garden on the east side of the castle, she covered her hand with the other one and swung her hands, throwing the beetle into the air. It fluttered its wings once and disappeared from view. She held her hand up and slowly raised her fingers up one by one. When all five were up she stepped to the side.

“AND GO!”

Two dozen women sprinted into the maze, going in different directions. Odanya watched Martha drag Lonna behind her and she smirked.

‘Not today,‘ Lexi growled in her head. ‘Just let me kno

when.‘

Odanya began to follow Lonna and Martha, keeping her distance a little to watch them. Her dragon was already ready to come to her aid and she loved her for it. Lonna pulled away from Martha and she spun on her growling with her teeth bared. Lonna opened her mouth to say something and Martha backhanded her, sending her into the hedges that made up the maze.

“You think we are not on to you? You and that fucking mate of yours? What do you think is going to happen? That we’re just going to let you two ruin everything for us? Over my dead body,” she seethed.

Lonna grabbed her face and looked up at her. “You are not fit to be queen. They will find out and when they do, they will punish you.”

Odanya reached into the hedges, having had enough of this lower queen’s mistreatment of her subject. The plant wrapped around her arm and Odanya let her mind open to the plant as she lovingly stroked the small branches. She told the plant how much she loved it and how much she appreciated it. She felt the plant perk up as she continued to praise it.

My Torturea mate Chapter 9

After a moment, the plant was completely under her control. She asked it to separate the other two women who were still arguing a few feet away from her. The plant almost hummed under her touch, eager to do her bidding. It let its vines stretch out, slithering over the ground, unnoticed by the two

women.

It wrapped around Martha tightly and she uttered a small scream as she tried to burn it with her fire. Odanya grinned to herself, knowing that the enchantment on the hedge would protect it from the fire. Martha hit the ground and was dragged around as the plant began to slowly wrap around Lonna. She stood there calmly letting the plant move over her. Odanya stayed in the shadows as she watched the plant try to decide if Lonna was a good soul or not. The vines wrapped her entire body before letting her go. Odanya relaxed as she stepped forward into the moonlight.

“Lonna, my dear, how are you faring in my maze?,” she asked as she lovingly ran her hand over the hedges.

“I’m good. I should find-”

“Martha? You won’t. My little baby won’t let her go until I tell it to.” She looked at Lonna. “So, Lonna, tell me about Lily.”

She narrowed her eyes. “What about Lily?”

“How is she?”

“She’s… she’s okay,” she said slowly, staring at Odanya. “Why do you ask?”

“Where is she?”

She glanced around nervously. “At mine and Preston’s house.”

Odanya eyed her. “I want her. You will bring her to me.”

“No!”

Odanya raised her eyebrow. “You would disobey a direct order from your queen?”

“For Lily, yes. What do you want her for?”

“To protect her.”

“From who?”

Odanya moved closer to her and took her hands in her own. “Everybody that would hurt her.”

“Okay. I will meet you. After the meeting, come to the clan and I will meet you in the woods to give her to you. If they find out, they will make sure you can’t take her. They will kill her and this time for real.”

Odanya nodded. “I promise. Okay, I will meet you in the forest in two days‘ time. I trust she is safe?”

Lonna nodded. “My mother has her while we are here.”

“Okay. Let’s finish this hunt. Listen to me, find the bug. Two short whistles and a long one. Then trill and it will come straight to you. Make your request good.” She hugged Lonna tight and stepped back into the shadows. “Give me a few minutes to head back out away from you and then call. Good luck.”

Odanya touched the plant and told it to release Martha before sprinting away from Lonna. She stopped outside of the maze to pace back and forth. A few minutes later, she heard the whistles and the trill. She smirked to herself. She couldn’t wait to see what Lonna would ask for. A few minutes went by and Odanya’s worry grew.

Lonna should be here to claim her win already. Where in the hell was she? Martha came out, beaming. She held her hand out and slowly unfurled her fingers. Sitting in her hand was the beetle. Odanya snatched it from her.

“Well done,” she said, doing her best to keep her frustrations out of her voice.

“And what is it that you want?”

Martha smirked with a gleam in her eyes. “May I have a few minutes to think about it?”

“Sure.”

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turned to glare at her.

“Where’s your gamma’s mate?”

Martha shrugged. “Maybe she got lost.”

“What do you want?”

Martha met her eyes. “I want everything to stay exactly as it is in Lotus.”

“Meaning.”

“Meaning my mate stays king and our adopted daughter remains with us.”

Odanya narrowed her eyes. “You have another adopted daughter?”

no ukitu inom of the maze, except for Lonna. Odanya

“Well, yes. We took her in after our last one passed away. She is the same age and everything. We even named her the same thing. We truly loved the girl and we just wanted her back. Since we can’t have her, we chose another.”

Odanya smiled coldly. “Fine. Granted. Go to bed ladies.”

She watched them hurry back to the castle. She paid special attention to the way Martha skipped happily. She had always disliked Martha and now she hated her more. As soon as they were out of sight, Odanya let Lexi take over.

‘Find her, Lexi. Something happened. Hurry.‘

Lexi led her rapidly to Lonna who was lying on the ground, unconscious and bleeding from a gash on her throat. She sank down beside her as she reached for Javier’s link.

‘Come to me. I need you. RIGHT NOW!, she screamed.

Seconds later a portal opened beside her. He immediately dropped to the ground and put his hand over her neck. He began to chant and the blood that had pooled around Lonna was sucked back up into her body. He lifted his hand off of her and Odanya took a deep breath, relieved that the wound was gone. Lonna gasped and sat straight up. She looked Odanya in her eyes.

“You have to save

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Odanya rocked back

her heels. “I will. I promise.”

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