Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future novel Chapter 76

Milo’s POV

We had been orchestrating our plan of attack since Lady Camille came and spent most of the day speaking with Lenora and I. Delilah went in and looked at Kas’s vision of Bronx killing her. She was able to study, evaluate, and determine details that Kas would never have been able to see. Delilah worked with her mother to help explain what they believed would cause the event, when it would happen and some ideas of how we could prevent it.

Lady Camille had one of the coven’s sisters conference call into the meeting...well, sort of...she used magic instead of the actual phone, but she was there. She was a fortune teller, which I was sceptical of but I listened respectfully anyways.

She explained what would happen if we didn’t step in and stop Bronx. Short story: Kas would die. Bronx would be charged with murdering the Luna Regent of the Blood River pack and high treason. He would be executed for his crimes by the High Council and we wouldn't be able to stop it.

Then she told us Saint was going to be really unstable when he came back from his near death experience in France. Bronx, for the most part, would keep him under control but that was just on the surface. If Bronx had any crazy ideas, it was Saint manipulating him and we were to just go along with it. Well let me tell you, that ended up with Kas and Lex having a mental breakdown and Ryan Connors almost killing her. Oh, and Bronx almost dying...again. 2

Finally, she explained if we stopped Bronx from killing Kas, it was close to a ninety percent chance we would succeed. Seems like a no brainer, right? Well there was a catch. There’s always a catch. If Saint doesn’t believe he had killed Kas, he would keep trying until he succeeded. He needed to see the damage he had done to his mate to snap him out of whatever his psychosis was. |

Unbeknownst to us, Delilah is a potions master. Because she signed the charter to be able to live on pack territory, there were certain things she agreed not to do. Mixing potions is one of those practices that can be extremely dangerous, so she just studied theory and worked with Kas on perfecting her baking skills instead.

“Gray magic,” Lenora said flatly at the revelation, looking directly at Delilah, “ Did you know if that potion you gave Kas the other night would hurt her or not?”

Delilah turned her eyes to the table.

“Did you know?” Lenora repeated again with a growl, slamming her hand on the table.

“Take it easy, Sugar,” 1 placed my hand on hers. I wasn’t sure exactly what she was talking about, but I didn’t need things to escalate.

“I-I knew it has never hurt anyone before. I had to take the chance to take her fear away,” Delilah turned red as she spoke with a shaky voice. Her eyes started to well up with tears.

“Beta Lenora, please, you don’t understand. You didn’t walk around in that vision. You didn't see what happened. If I hadn't given her that potion, she would be terrified of Alpha Bronx until the day he killed her. Imagine walking around in fear of your mate. I had to give her a chance at love. A chance to defend herself,” Delilah justified her actions.

Lenora was not necessarily happy with that answer but she let it go for the purposes of the conversation.

Delilah went on to explain she could not prevent whatever it was that was going to send Saint off the deep end, without going into dark magic territory, which she was not willing to do, but she could use a potion to help weaken him enough for us to be able to subdue him. Kind of a natural sedative. It would be just enough to give us a chance to capture him, let him see what he did to Kas, then take him to the dungeon until Saint stopped being a psycho. She also said she could make a solution of weak wolfsbane to sedate him but she wouldn't administer it. She refused to cause anyone pain if she could avoid it. Someone else would have to do it. Lenora looked at me, then looked back to Delilah.

“I will give my brother the wolfsbane if it comes to that. Have it ready. So what do we do about Kas? We can’t let him kill her,” Lenora stated, sounding extremely worried.

“We just have to let him think he has. I-I can give her a potion that will mimic death, but it’s also dangerous. It will make it seem as if she had a heart attack. The antidote is derived from Calabar bean and has to be administered within three minutes of her heart stopping or the poison takes over. You won't be able to revive her,” Delilah said. Her voice sounded small now as she avoided our gaze. Lady Camille placed her hand over Delilah’s, comforting her daughter.

“I think you skipped over what the potion is made out of, Delilah. What the Hell kind of potion are we talking about?” I asked.

“Deadly Nightshade,” her voice was almost indiscernible, “The antidote will kick start her heart to make it beat again.”