Lost Ones (The Extinct Race Series Book 3)

by Michelle Farrell

Chapter 26

  Welcome Home

  Kevin had just landed the jet on the landing strip when he noticed the other jet coming in hot and fast. Kevin had not woken anyone up yet and he looked out the window to see Gosha and Alexi along with Ada and Leon and some others running in fast towards them.

  “Oh shit!” he said and opened the cockpit door fast. “Wake up everyone something is wrong. Be careful though hunting party coming in hot.” He said quickly then ran down the aisle to open the door. Kaiden and Zoe both jumped up and followed him. The rest of the team did the same with a scared looking Morgan and Quinn following last.

  The hunting Jet landed hard and came to a sudden stop. Seamus threw open the door carrying an unconscious Christian. He placed him on the ground and then ran back inside. Kevin ran over to him and then they both came out carrying an unconscious Colby.

  “Colby needs aid now he was shot in the face. I also got another. Alexi with me, Gosha work on Colby. Vivi is barely holding up keeping Makayla alive.” Seamus yelled out

  “Oh no!” Morgan yelped

  Kaiden and Zoe ran over and Zoe immediately shifted ripping the clothes from her body. Oliver and Quinn both yelled out a little and sat on their butts in shock. Then Zach flew over in his Dragon form with a roar and had both boys scooting back into the wheels of the jet. Finley and Morgan giggled at them.

  As the Blood Dragons worked their healing Zoe and Zach both released a cloud of pearly smoke. Colby and Makayla instantly came too and ran to each other.

  Zoe and Zach shifted back and like always out of nowhere robes were handed to them. Halina had been running after Zach with two robes, knowing that they were going to be needed.

  “Thank you sis” Zoe smiled and then looked around. The whole house had come out and the entire half-bloods too. Then she saw a frantic Penny. “Where are Charles and Etana?”

  “Right, Piper and Aidan, could you go to the forest where we found you and meet Charles and Etana there? We caught someone who you might want to meet.” Seamus said

  “What person?” Piper asked

  “Take Abby with you, she might remember his color. In fact Christian and I will come too to help. Thank you Zoe and Zach you completely restored my energy.” Vivi said

  “Is that what we did? Huh. We come in pretty handy then huh?” Zoe laughed. “Oh everyone the two scared boys are Quinn and Oliver. Oliver is Finley’s mate. Also meet Morgan, she and Quinn are mates. Guys meet everyone!”

  Jaco rushed forward and stared at Morgan while Paulo came with him and stared at Oliver.

  “Are you Marie’s son?” Paulo asked

  “I don’t remember to be honest with you. I was twelve when they left and I don’t think I would remember her unless I saw her again.” Oliver confessed

  “I think I have some. I will find them for you, but you look just like your father Juan and your mother Marie. They were my best friend’s and I thought I lost them a long time ago in Peru. I am glad to see you and meet you. Tell me are you stubborn and hardheaded like your mother?” Paulo asked

  “Yes he is!” Finley snapped

  “Ahh you lit the girls fire then huh? You mother and father were the loudest fighters in the Sect. You two are going to bring back a lot of memories.” Paulo laughed and clapped Oliver on the shoulder.

  Jaco continued to stare at Morgan. Quinn looked between the two of them in confusion and then it started to make him mad that the man was just staring at his girl and she looked like she was going to cry.

  “What?” Morgan whimpered out

  “Oh, I am sorry, it’s just I know your face. You look just like her it’s shocking. Feels like I am looking at a ghost because I could have sworn they died right next to me.”

  “Blossom and Paul?” Morgan asked

  “Yes!” Jaco yelled out with excitement. “They lived, where are they?”

  “Dead” tears welled up in her eyes again. “Eight months ago.”

  “Damn honey I am so sorry and an asshole. Please forgive me. They were my best friends like Paulo and Oliver’s parent were to him. You have Paul’s hair, but your mother’s sweet heart shaped face and big eyes. I am sorry I am so insensitive, I am just blunt. Please forgive me?” Jaco begged

  “Your name is Jaco?”

  “Yes”

  “They talked about you a lot. They thought you were dead too. They mourned for you for a long time, your mate too.” Morgan told him

  “Yeah we did everything together since kids. It is good to have a piece of them in you though. Welcome to the family I know they would be happy to meet your soul mate and very proud of you. I am really surprised you are not named Petal though. She always talked about having a little Petal.” Jaco laughed

  “She does have one, my middle name is Petal. Dad wanted a real first name though. But she called me Petal all the time.” Morgan smiled

  “You have her radiant smile too.”

  “Thank you. Jaco, this is my mate Quinn. He just found out what we all are. He saved me from that awful place.”

  “Nice to meet you Quinn, if she is anything like her parent’s she will draw everyone to her. Keep her safe and don’t be strangers ok?” Jaco shook Quinn’s hand and gave Morgan a small hug.

  “How about we all go to the house and get comfortable. I have a little Lily I need to see.” Zoe said

  “Oh a flower name. May I meet her?” Morgan smiled and walked to Zoe’s side pulling Quinn with her. Some men stayed to unload the jets and everyone else walked to the main house or their houses.

  Aidan and Piper were confused as they walked to the forest. Aidan carried Abby in his arm while he held Piper’s hand in his free one. Vivi and Christian led the way holding hands too. Once they crossed the border Abby looked up, she felt the stranger.

  “I remembers you. You are the ugly blue.” Abby said

  Aidan and Piper were confused for a moment as they looked at the man Charles and Etana had between them. He was soaking wet and tied up. But as they looked harder they realized who he was. Piper struck first and slapped him hard across the face.

  “Vivi please take Abby to Ben. She does not need to see this.” Aidan demanded

  “Abby would you like to fly to Ben? I will shift an Christian can put you on my back.” Vivi asked the small girl as she took her from her father.

  “Oh Yes!” the girl beamed then she looked at her mom. “Mommy his color changed. I am learning them now and I understands them a bit. Yellow means he is sorry. He is yellow now.” Piper kissed Abby and urged them to leave. Before they crossed the border Abby yelled out again. “Don’t change your colors Mommy and Daddy!”

  Abby was a smart girl and was learning her ability quickly. Piper knew what she meant and so did Aidan. If they did something bad it would change them and their daughter would know.

  “What do you want?” Piper snapped

  “To tell you I am sorry. I didn’t want to kill you guys so I did the only thing I could think of. I just had to make you look dead, but I couldn’t shock the baby too.”

  “What is your name?” Aidan asked

  “I would rather not tell you. I just wanted to tell you I was sorry before I die. I don’t want to live.”

  “I will not decide your fate for you. As you heard our daughter has a gift. We all have colors surrounding us and she sees those. If I chose your fate my color will change and she will know.” Aidan responded

  A turned half-blood came running into the forest then. She was a Blood Dragon now, one of the last ones that survived the blast. “Don’t kill him! I feel him he is my second chance.” The girl yelled out.

  “Bronwyn are you sure?” Charles asked

  “More than anything, if you kill him I die too.” She cried

  “Get Kaiden, Zoe, Zach and Christian back here please, looks like we have a formal decision to make on your fates.” Charles said

  “What is she talking about?” the half-blood asked as the girl disappeared from view.

  “Some light has come into our rac
e and now half-bloods have soul mates too. That was yours.” Charles snapped, completely unhappy about the situation. Ten minutes later the four stood before him.

  “What is going on?” Kaiden asked

  “This here is one of the half-bloods we came across. He confessed to what happened to Piper and Aidan, so we brought him here for them to decide his fate. But Bronwyn here showed up and says he is her soul mate. If we kill him we kill her. I don’t want that situation so you are King and Queen, your decision.” Charles grumbled out.

  “Zach?” Kaiden asked

  “He is shocked and hopes beyond hope that it is true, but won’t accept her unless they forgive him.” Zach said

  “Christian?” Kaiden asked

  “Same, he wants their forgiveness and if he gets that he intends to do everything right by her.” Christian said

  “Piper?” Kaiden asked

  “I have my daughter and my mate still. How many of us have you killed?” Piper looks to the half-blood

  “None, I just made you and others look dead for my brother’s sake. They would have killed you and the baby.”

  “Then I can forgive you. Do right by her and live for love not hate. Nothing good comes from hate. I forgive you and thank you for not killing us.” Piper confesses

  “Aidan?” Kaiden asks

  “What is your name?” Aidan asks again

  “Levi”

  “Levi I also forgive you, for my daughter I forgive you.” Aidan says and Levi falls to his knees crying.

  “He is yellow and a very bright orange nows.” Abby said coming out from behind a tree with Ben and the puppies.

  “ABBY!” Piper yelped

  “He needs a hug Mommy. Can I?” Abby asked but continued forward until she was standing right in front of Levi. “I forgives you for taking me and not hurting me. I not happy you took me from dems, but I have dem nows and I ams happy with Benny.” She told him and then wrapped her arms around a very sobbing Levi.

  “Zoe?” Kaiden asks

  “If they can forgive him so can we. But you will have the same rules the other girls have. You will go through Charles’s half-blood training and you will wait an additional two years before we change you. Those years do not take effect until Aldrich is stopped. You will be required to live in the barracks. But we can make a private room for you and Bronwyn if you do well.” Zoe told him

  “That is not necessary, if she is my soul mate she will understand that I need to prove to you I can be trusted and to prove to myself too.” Levi said. “I accept it all if you accept me.”

  “Swear your fealty and you are accepted.” Zoe said. “Untie the boy first.”

  Levi swore his fealty right as Kaiden’s phone started to ring.

  Chapter 27

  Good and Bad News

  “Hello?” Kaiden said into the phone

  “Kaiden, it is Mr. Steinman and I need your help?”

  “Tell me everything!” Kaiden knew something horrible had happened. It was not like Mr. Steinman to ask for his help.

  “I was working late at the office and I smelled smoke. I went to investigate and there were men throwing bottles into my office with fire. I got away and then saw there were five of them. They were waiting for me. I am safe now and have my kids with me. I am almost in Wyoming and just couldn’t wait anymore. Kaiden I am scared for my kids and need to get them to safety.”

  “I will send the jet and some guys to get you. I would come but I am no longer allowed to leave on missions like this one. We have found everyone though. That is good news I guess. We just arrived back here about an hour ago.” Kaiden felt horrible for confessing he couldn’t go out anymore.

  “That is fine. I will be in Cheyenne at the airport waiting. I am in an unmarked black SUV, but I will buy a white rose and put it in the window so they know it is me.”

  “Sounds good call me if anything happens or you change location. Also you should be safe unless they have a layover there. Aldrich has called his sons home according to Vivi.” Kaiden said and Levi sucked in a breath behind him. Kaiden turned to look and saw the stricken look on the man’s face.

  “Will do, see you soon Kaiden. Give Justine and Zoe a hug for me as always.”

  “Always, see you soon too I will have rooms ready for you.” Kaiden hung up the phone and then looked to Levi for answers.

  “If he called them all home he knows what you were doing and felt them die. He will hit hard now and in a way you won’t expect.” Levi confessed

  Zoe looked worried and ran to the house. When she got inside she grabbed Lily from Morgan and hugged her tight. She tried to hide her worry by showing the house, but she was failing. There would be a meeting in the morning.

  Zoe let Finley show Oliver around while she took Morgan and Quinn. Zoe showed them all downstairs and then took them to all the suites explaining how it all worked in the house. She saved their suite for last.

  “I know you two will have the hardest time adjusting to things, but this is yours and yours alone. There are books here that you may choose anything you want. There are clothes in all the closets of the suite, but since you are so tall and you are so small I will call the designer we use tomorrow and have her get you special things. There is food in here.” She showed them the kitchen and how to use the appliances and then showed them the rest of the suite and how to use everything.

  Morgan looked around in awe, but Quinn seemed a little lost. Zoe had saved their bedroom for last because she had Aubry and Cassie working on it since they got off the jet. When Zoe opened the door both Quinn and Morgan’s jaws dropped. The girls had out done themselves.

  The bed was made of tree trucks and the leaves were fresh. Vines twisted up the sides of the four posts and flowers bloomed on the vines. There was a mattress but above it was a sheet of fresh grass. Aubry and Cassie came out of the closet then, smiling at their faces.

  “We know you are Earth and that you have lived in caves and so modern things would be harder for you. So we brought Earth to you. The bed can stay, but the grass will need to be taken out in a couple days.” Cassie explained

  “I love it!” Morgan gushed

  “Thank you. You have no idea how terrified I really am.” Quinn confessed

  “Oh honey there is no need we are all the same here. You can truly be yourself here. Let me know if you would like help decorating and picking stuff out, ok? I love to do it and I know you probably don’t know where to start.” Aubry said

  “I will defiantly take you up on that.” Morgan said.

  The girls left Morgan and Quinn to their own devices then and made their way to their own rooms. When Zoe walked into her suite her father and brother were waiting for her along with Kaiden, Halina an Iraina. She nodded to them and they all went into the office. They chose the office because they could close the door and no one could hear what they talked about if anyone came into the suite. After all they had an open door policy and anyone could come up at any time. They all sat around the table and Zoe placed a sleeping Lily in the bassinet that was next to the table, Kaiden must have brought it in earlier.

  “Are we here to discuss what we learned tonight?” Zoe asked

  “Yes we are but first we are going to discuss our trips and the fact that Mr. Steinman was attacked. I sent Seamus out already with Charles and a couple men. They are on an in and out mission, they are to grab Mr. Steinman his children and their things and head right back here. Like with the builders, he is a trusted, so he should be about to get through the barrier, I am unsure about the children though. Good thing is they should be arriving right before breakfast so we will just be out a little earlier and meet them beyond the border to meet the kids.” Kaiden informed them

  “I know you were successful on your trip, but please tell us the details?” Marcus asked

  Kaiden and Zoe both took turns telling them about their trip. They both explained that it was pretty easy to get them to come, but Morgan was very fragile and Quinn didn’t know anything modern or how
to use it. Halina and Zach understood that the most. They also lived in caved their whole lives, but working on farms and homes they were able to see those things and understood them.

  “We will spend extra time with them if you would like.” Halina offered

  “I think we all will she took to the kids though didn’t she? I think maybe, they might be a big factor in bringing her around.” Zoe mused

  “I will agree with that. Charles told me about their time out hunting. Vivi had an idea on the way to the first stop and well I am thinking now it proved valuable. They led the half-bloods into a deserted place using Vivi as the bait. She would run and make them follow her right into a trap. Carmine and Ava would trap them in a ring of fire and also use the fire or whip to disarm them. Then they would let them out one by one and fight. The first ones were the group Levi was in. The first two chose Christian and Vivi to fight, Levi chose Ava, but it didn’t get that far.”

  “Christian fought?” Zach asked amazed

  “Yes, Charles told me he did well and explained after that once he fought against the hate and rage he was able to focus on their intent to move. But no one chose him after. They all got in some licks and before the last they had managed to find twenty. The last one they chose to just take out and turned on them a bit. Now that everyone is healed and home we are good and not leaving anymore.”

  “Why? There are still survivors out there?” Marcus asked

  “Vivi said Aldrich called them home. I thought that was a good thing until I mentioned it in front of Levi. Levi then told me that is was a really bad thing and that Aldrich would be coming after us harder. So wherever those survivors are they are safer away right now.” Kaiden admitted

  “We need to come up with a plan then. Kaiden you have a spell book right? The original is in here?” Iraina asked

  “Yes” Zoe responded before Kaiden could

  “Could you grab it please? We need to all look through it and see if there is one that protects against objects” Iraina said

  “There isn’t I have looked over it many times.” Kaiden answered