Chapter Fifty TwoA grin spread wide on Daykan’s face.He couldn’t keep the joy out of his voice. “What can I say? I woke up on the best side of the bed.”Maybe it was more appropriate to say that he had woken up with the best person.“I can see that. I’m glad to see you happy Day.” Zekell winked with understanding. “Can I come in or I’ll be intruding? I wouldn’t mind leaving though. I shouldn’t have shown up unannounced.”“Are you crazy?” Daykan asked with mock anger. “My place is yours. Almost everything I have is yours too. I could never turn you away.”Daykan moved aside so Zekell could step into the apartment. He shut the door behind him and put his arm across Zekell’s shoulders.“I’m just so surprised so see you out and about. You rarely leave the estate. I can’t remember the last time you were in my apartment in town. I think it’s been months.” Daykan said thoughtfully.“Well, Sen has been hounding me to step into town and meet your terrific Naomi. She won’t stop talking about
Chapter Fifty ThreeDaykan put his finger to his lips in a ‘shhhh’ motion and walked to the kitchen.Zekell followed behind.Daykan sighed, folded his arms and leaned against the kitchen island.Zekell sat on a kitchen stool and rested his arms on the island.“Aren’t you going to say something?” Zekell gently pressed with a raised brow.“Things are just starting out and it’s going so well. I don’t want to ruin that.”“Day, you have to tell her eventually. I’m sure she’ll understand.”“She might think of me as some kind of monster. I don’t want her to be scared of me. But I guess I’ll understand if things get to that.” Daykan said with an air of finality.“She loves you. The Moon Spirit wouldn’t set you up with someone who couldn’t accept all parts of you.” Zekell said encouragingly.“You have a point.” Daykan conceded although he wasn’t a hundred percent sure.Now that he had embraced his flame, he was more confident but it wasn’t that easy to erase years of discrimination.Naomi migh
Chapter Fifty Four Naomi had heard a lot about the Dowell Family’s Farm but she had never been there. The Dowell Family owned the biggest farm in Carson. And it was still a relatively small farm when compared to others in the big cities. They had been in regular communication with the former vet but there had been no reason for Naomi to go down there, until now. After Naomi had moved into town, she had received a welcome gift basket from the Dowell Family. It had been accompanied with a little note; ‘Welcome to the city. We look forward to working with you.’ They were technically her biggest customers. Where else was she supposed to get a wide range of large animals to treat? So she had to give them premium attention. It was a farm run by a couple and their four sons. The call from the Dowell patriarch had been straight to the point. “Good evening Miss Peters, this is Chad Dowell. I’m sorry to call on such short notice but we have an emergency and would appreciate if
Chapter Fifty FiveSharon slowed down as she made her way into the forest. She knew that she was probably not making the wisest decision.She was almost instantly soaked and her clothes were already sticking to her body in an uncomfortable way.She couldn’t wait to get home and soak in a nice hot bath. Her dad had promised that he would be home early so they could hangout and celebrate her birthday together.She didn’t want to go out or do anything really fancy.This was her first birthday without her Mom and she was still trying to figure out her emotions. She was supposed to be relaxing instead of chasing after a runaway cat.She brought out her phone, turned on the flashlight and tried to partially shield the phone from the rain with her jacket.“Cotton! Where are you? Please come back! I promise to stuff you with the yummiest treats you can think of. All I need you to do is just be a good kitty and come to friendly ol’ Sharon.” She called out sweetly.But Cotton obviously felt sh
Chapter Fifty SixNaomi felt like a daredevil in all those hardcore action movies.She practically slid out of her car before parking. She had never parked her car in such a haphazard position.She took joy in being able to effectively parallel park. But now, there was no time for that kind of vanity. She was worried about Sharon and still hadn’t been able to shake off that feeling of dread. During the drive to the clinic, she had been trying to convince herself that all the fuss was for over nothing. She liked to baby Sharon and was worried that she wouldn’t be able to handle things in her absence.But that was probably all in her head. She had to give Sharon some more credit. Today, the girl had turned eighteen and was practically an adult.Plus, she had been coming to the clinic for more than a month.She could definitely handle things as simple as making sure the animals were fine for the night and locking the doors.Naomi had tried to reassure herself with every reasonable ex
Chapter Fifty SevenDaykan was on edge.He already had a feeling of the scene that awaited him as he ran towards the clearing.In spite of the weather conditions, the air was slightly heavy with the scent of blood; which meant that the carnage had been brutal.He could tell that none of it was Naomi’s and that was why he hadn’t changed yet and gone into full blown attack mode.More than ever, he was glad that he had listened to his gut’s warnings. He wasn’t sure if it counted as a gut warning. He had heard a female voice in his head as clear as day. It had been a sharp command.“Go to your mate, she needs your help!”He had sped off before he had even been aware of moving; like a mystical force had propelled him in Naomi’s direction. He hadn’t even questioned the voice. But thinking about it now, it had kinda sounded like the Moon Spirit’s voice. He had only heard her voice once but he was fairly certain that he was right. He had rushed to the clinic and soon enough, he had track
Chapter Fifty EightJack Davis wasn’t a small man.He was 6 feet 4 and well over a hundred kg. The last time someone had effortlessly lifted him off his feet like this was when he had been a child.In spite of the situation with losing his daughter, he was momentarily stunned. Who was this again?The guy owned the gym and lived in that secluded estate.Gym….That must be why he’s so strong.“Did you hear what I said? Drop him or I might have to use force!” Nate said in a shaky voice.He was a new officer and had never had to deal with anything more than a few parking violations.He knew that he wasn’t supposed to be threatening an unarmed man with drawing his gun. But the guy was so big and scary. It looked like he could crush Jack’s head.Daykan didn’t even spare a glance in Nate’s direction. He held Jack’s gaze.“I’ll drop him as soon as he promises to behave himself.” Daykan said tersely.“Daykan, please just drop him.” Naomi whispered weakly. “We shouldn’t be doing this. Not wit
Chapter Fifty NineNaomi had stared at the picture for over an hour but it still didn’t make any sense.She had squinted and turned the phone from side to side. She had zoomed in and then consulted her magnifying glass. She had even jumped into bed and turned her head upside down.She wasn’t quite sure what she was looking at but she knew that something wasn’t right.It didn’t help that the picture was really blurry and Sharon’s forefinger had covered half of the camera. The teen had been really good with taking pictures. It was sad that this possibly important picture was probably the worst one she had ever taken.Naomi didn’t want to focus on how disoriented Sharon must have been to have messed up the shot this bad.What she did focus on was the huge figure that Sharon had managed to capture in her frame. It seemed to be some sort of animal but the picture was too blurry to tell. The puzzling thing was that from the shape and size, it didn’t seem to be any animal Naomi was famili