Second Chances (The Extinct Race Series) (26 page)

“Donny do you think yo
u can concentrate on the fire of the gun when they are shot and make them explode?” Carmine asks him

“Man, I am freaking out over here and you want me to do what?”
Donny says

“Donny
focus!” Cara yells out.

“There are only ten left now.
They are there, there, there, and there.” Zoe says

“Alright.”
Donny says.

There was chaos all around as Tia and John dodged bullets and rained their sticks down on the men.
Camilla was doing the same and her whip was making quick work of the men that were near her. Sebastian was to her left and he was also making a dent in the men with his scythe sickle blades. Donny was able to concentrate enough on the guns and make them explode and as soon as the shots stopped Carmine took the wall of flame down. Zoe had her knives flying about into the men she saw left standing in the shadows. When the wall came down Kaiden jumped to the man nearest him and sunk his machete into the man’s head.

Vivi was crying in the circle.
Christian was coming around and was out of pain holding her. “There is one left and he is calling more. His intent is to get help taking us out.” Christian said. Vivi stood then. The fighting had stopped and the dead men lay about all over. She followed the feel of the pull and found her brother hiding in a nearby store. She grabbed him and shot pain through her hands to his body.

“WHY!”
She screamed at him

“Vivi you traitor, we will find you and kill you.”
He wheezed through gritted teeth.

“You know he is wrong.
Call of the dogs off and I will let you go.” She said

“You will all die and Father will be King.
He will find you all Vivi and he will kill you all. All of you women are traitorous bitches.” He hissed at her.

“Come and find me then you coward.” She whispered to him as she sent more pain through his body.
He looked up at her face then and realization hit him.

“You turned?”
He whispered

“Yep and you’re going to die by this BITCH!”
She yelled the word at him as she made his heart explode and he crumpled to the ground. She picked up the cell that he was using then. “If you come looking you will die. If I see your coward faces I will kill you myself.” She hissed into the phone and then threw it against the wall smashing it into pieces.

Colby, John, and Sebastian were
tossing the bodies of the dead men into a pile inside the apartment. Kaiden and Christian were getting the ones near them. Cara was in Carmines arms crying and Donny stood back looking at them in disbelief.

“Carmine?
We need you to get rid of them.” Kaiden said

“I will.”
Ava said. “First is there anything you need inside the apartment. Now would be a good time to get it.”

“No, it can all be replaced.
Donny anything you need inside, son?” Cara asks

“Just clothes, but I can get more I guess.”
Donny said

Ava
stood up and walked towards the pile of men. Fire shot from her hands and the heat of it caused the others to back away. Donny and his mother and uncle were the only ones who stayed. Ava made the fire so hot there was nothing left of the half-bloods and just an empty shell of the apartment and store was left. Carmine got up then and gathered the guns he could find and tossed them into the fire.

“We need to go.”
Zoe said hearing the sirens in the distance

Chapter
27

Truths

Donny was brooding as they made their way to the plane.
He sat in total silence staring at his crying mother. He looked around at everyone that was in the plane and noticed their eyes. They all had the same flecks like his mother and him, but they were different colors. Only his uncle and another woman had the same color flecks as him. This was very confusing to him. Also the feeling he felt surrounding him was supposed to be bad, but the feeling of them didn’t feel wrong, which confused him even more.

“Mom what the hell
, you need to start explaining all of this.” Donny snapped at her

His mother looked at him and tried to pull herself together.
She wiped her eyes and sat up a little straighter in the seat. “Donny you can take off the glasses. You don’t have a condition. This is my brother Carmine, I took you away after I lost your father and I have been trying to keep you safe since. I told you things to keep you safe, some of those things are not true.”

“You lied to me?
You have been lying to me my whole fucking life?” He yelled

“I just wanted to keep you alive.”
She cried

“Donny what do you know about us?”
Carmine asked

“Well let me tell you what I was told growing up.
I was told that the feeling I feel from you all was bad, that you would try to kill me. I was told that I had to wear these glasses always inside or out, or I would go blind. I was told we moved a lot because she got bored. And I was told I was the only one who could play with fire, well my dad could too, but it was a hereditary thing.” He yelled

“Well the fire is a hereditary thing.
It is something that only we can do, well our race.” His mother said

“Our race?
What the fuck are we aliens or something?” Donny said

“Dragons.”
Cara said in a whisper.

“EXCUSE ME?
I am not a fucking Dragon. I don’t have any fucking wings Ma!” Donny yelled

“You haven’t met your mate yet to get them.”
Carmine said. “By the way Cara this is Ava, my new mate.”

“What do you mean new?
We only get one.” Cara said

“Things have changed a little since we are now extinct.
But it happened and Donny’s mate is out there somewhere.” Carmine said

“What the fuck are you all talking about?”
Donny said

“Donny your full name is Donovan Thomas Moore.
When I lost your father, my soul mate, I took you into hiding because the men that tried to kill us today have been killing all of us off. The feeling I told you about is called the Pull. It lets you know that we are all alike and of the same race. There is one person that is made just for you. Your souls are entwined and she will be your soul mate. The one and only person you will ever be able to love. And the pull from her will be stronger that anything you have ever felt before. I told you the pull was bad because the men that try to kill us are half-bloods. They have the pull too, but not as strong. I thought that if I could make you aware of the pull and make you believe it was bad, you would be safe. I have felt it a lot and always moved us. There was only one time I felt a full-blood and I knew it was a matter of time before they were going to come and kill them. So we left.” Cara explained

“England.”
Donny said

“Yes that is where I felt the full-blood
it’s why we left right after your show.” Cara says

“Does the pull of your
soul mate feel like instant attraction? Like you would do anything to feel them in your arms and do anything to protect them? No matter the cost to you?” Donny asked hanging his head.

“Yes” Everyone in the SUV answered.

“Well mom, you managed to keep me safe. You also managed to make me so afraid of the pull that we left my soul mate and now she could be dead.” Donny said as he took off his glasses and looked to his mother with tears in his eyes.

“Oh Donny, I didn’t know.
Why didn’t you tell me you felt that?” Cara said

“Because
, I didn’t want you to freak out and worry like you always do. This girl, she was covered in bruises, but she was the most gorgeous thing I have ever seen in my life. I have tried for the life of me to connect with a female and there is nothing ever there. And now you all are telling me I left her. She came to the show all week. I would try and build the nerve to talk to her, but the built in fear always made me walk away from her as she came near. I basically denied her to her face.” Donny yelled

“You said she is in England?”
Kaiden asks

“That was where the show was that she came to.”
Donny said

“Then we are going to England to find her
, now.” Kaiden says

“I really hope she is still there.”
Donny whispers. “So can any of you please explain everything to me since dear old mom lied to me my whole life?”

“I will give you the short story and introduce everyone.
When we get back to the house I will do it all over again.” Zoe says. “I am Zoe and this is Kaiden my soul mate. He found me over a month or so ago and we have been doing everything possible to find everyone who is still alive. You see about twenty four years ago a man named Aldrich killed his soul mate and then his King. He then killed anyone he could find in his Sect, some of them got away and into hiding. “

“
He went around to all the Sects he knew of and him and his half-blood children have been killing them off ever since. He captured my father right before I was born. He held him prisoner for twenty two years hoping that he could force him to bite his children. You see Kaiden and I are Pearls. With a bite we can change a half-blood into a full Dragon. Meaning they will be able to shift. My father refused and so was held alive.”

“
Every Pearl that they have tried to capture since then has died. There are seven races, I am Pearl, you are Fire, then there is Blood, Earth, Water, Fury and Onyx. You can tell what race we are by our eyes. I think that is why Cara wanted you to wear the glasses. If we can’t see your eyes we aren’t really sure what you are until you show us your ability or your Dragon.”

“This is
Camilla and Sebastian and their daughter Tia and her mate John. They are Fury’s. In the other SUV is Vivi and Christian, they are Blood. Also, Colby and Makayla, they are Fury’s as well. You can tell us all by our eyes like I said. The flecks are the color of our Dragon. You will be red with a little orange mixed in like your fire. I am Pearl color, like my flecks. We rescued my father a week after Kaiden found me. He is at the house with his new mate.” Zoe says

“Well that is pretty cool, so I will be able to turn into a Dragon?”
Donny asks

“Yes, but you need your mate for that.”
Kaiden says

“
What do you mean I need her for that?” Donny asks

“You need to hit it, then after you will turn into a Dragon.”
John says

“I need to hit her?”
Donny asked confused

“Dude you are like all tatted up and I know chicks go for that, you can’t possibly be a virgin.”
John laughs

“Oh you mean I got to fuck her?”
Donny asks

“Watch your mouth Donny.
You may be twenty one now, but you don’t have to drop the f-bomb all the time. You won’t want to fuck her either. You will want to make love to her.” His mother scolded him

“Sorry Ma, this is just all a lot to take in.”
Donny says

“Well I hope that you can forgive your mom for lying to you all these years.
I thought for my whole life that I was thrown out like the trash. You see four days after I was born my mom left me on a doorstep and that night she was killed. I lived in foster homes most my life and well I liked to run away a lot. Most of us, the last of the kids born, have all had shitty lives. I think it is becoming rare to find any of the survivors and for them to have had a good life. You are a lucky one Donny. Your mom may have lied to you, but she did it to save your life. Most of us have lost our parents in this war or whatever it is, basically a slaughter. But our home is a safe haven to all Dragon. It is protected by magic and a lot have come to us. Your uncle Carmine, found us through rumor. Ava his mate found us because we made a hoax website. Our house is loud and full of children, but we are all a family and that is what matters most.” Zoe said

“I love my mother very much and she is all that I have had in this world.
I am just a little mad she couldn’t tell me the truth and made me afraid of what I really am. The fear that I have lived with from being a baby to now is kind of hard to let go. Being able to look at you all without sunglasses is still a little freaky to me, and turning my back on the one woman that would love me no matter what. That is not me, I may be a cocky asshole and everything, but I would never walk away from that if I had known what it meant. And you are right. I guess I would rather be mad at my mom for lying then having to deal with her dead or something.” Donny said

“I’
m sorry Donny, I truly am. I promise you I won’t lie to you anymore. I will spend the rest of my days trying to make up for that. Donny you are my world and all I wanted was to keep you safe. My own fears leaked out onto you and for that, I truly am sorry.” Cara said. She looked over at Zoe and smiled and then confusion took over her features. “Children?” She asks “You just said you guys are the last, so how have you all had children if there is no other pearl to have another for its mate?”

“Well we have
n’t had kids yet, and no one has become pregnant. The children I speak of are Aldrich’s children. He started killing his children after we saved my father and well his oldest daughters that were left got all the kids and babies they could take and got on a boat. We found them on our shore and we took them in. They are innocent in this and we couldn’t turn them away. Kaiden and I have sort of adopted his youngest baby, her name is Lily and she is almost five months now.” Zoe said

“Oh those poor babies
, you are good people that you can forgive and take them in.” Cara says

“They are not their father.”
Tia says

“Vivi is also his daughter
, his only full-blood child. He killed her mother right after she gave birth to a girl and not a boy. Then he killed the only woman she knew as her mother to get back at her. She came to us and she hates her father and what he is doing. All she has ever wanted was a loving family.” Kaiden says

“How do you know you can trust her?”
Cara asks

“Because after I found Zoe we stayed at her parents’ home
, there three half-bloods broke in and tried to take her. We killed two and took one hostage. He is the one who told us her father was alive and about Vivi. When she finally found us in Wyoming, she told us all about her father and his second in command. The man we had hostage was his second and she told us he was sending us into a trap. She has an ability to tell a lie from a truth. So we took her word and she has been helping us since. I see no reason not to trust her. Plus she just killed her own brother with her bare hands back there. She is part of this family.” Kaiden says

“I see.”
Cara says

They arrived at the plane a short time later and climbed
aboard. They introduced Kevin to Donny and Cara. They had to wait for Makayla and Camilla to get back after they dropped the SUV’s back off at the rental place. The ladies were also grabbing some breakfast before they left. When the ladies got back everyone sat and ate. Donny was still brooding a bit, but seemed to be excited about all the information he learned. Zoe was still amazed a bit that Donny took all this in so quick. Justine and she also did, but they sort of always knew they were different too.

Once they were done eating Kaiden told Kevin to find a
safe place to land outside of London to the east. Donny had told them that the fair was located in that area. Kevin told them that they would have to make a pit stop locally to refuel before they were able to make it all the way to England and then back home. Kaiden made a call home and made sure that at least furniture and clothing were in the suite that was meant for Donny and his mate. Once the plane took off into the air Kaiden decided to share some information with them, now that they were all present and no one could overhear them.

“Cara you have been out of the loop of things for quite some time so I thought I would share with you the things we have learned over the last twenty some years.
Aldrich is his name. He was in a Sect in Germany and from what we can gather he was forced to make half-bloods by his King. So he had quite a few children before he killed his Sect. He has since been traveling all over and killing all the Dragons. Some have survived and we are trying to get them to Ireland. You see, Ireland, is the home of the original Dragon. Well at least the first of our people. There was a Dragon and her name was Marsali. She was alone and the last of her kind and she had magic within her. She was lonely and so she found a group of people to change. She created our race with magic.” Kaiden tells them about their lineage and what has happened since then. He also tells them about the journal and the fail safes.