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Part Sixty-Five
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2024-12-16 12:59:50
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“Why are they laughing?” Julien asked as he looked at Karis, he shrugged and went inside. Bryan started laughing with us. We laughed until we had tears in our eyes and couldn’t laugh anymore while everybody else looked at us with shocked looks on their faces. My chest hurt from laughing so much and finally our laughter died down.“Yup, special kind of special,” Jessica said as she went to stand next to Malachi and smiled up at him.“Clearly I’ve missed a lot,” I said as I looked at them. Karis came outside and put my bag on the table next to me. “How long was I out?”“Five hours,” Karis answered me and I frowned.“You heal slower now because of the witch stuff,” Jessica said to me in explanation. It made sense that some of my wolf powers would dwindle in favor of the magic flowing inside me.“I went to the hotel and got all your stuff and checked you out. You must leave as soon as you can. Vincent got away and we’re all marked now,” Karis said, looking worried. “John’s inside, I thin
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I slept on the backseat of Malachi’s car as he drove back from Anchorage to Seward. The exhaustion wouldn’t leave me, and I put it down to the uncomfortableness of the plane. Other than that, my world was semi-perfect. I had Malachi back and he had Jessica back, I was certain that I also had Adara back.Malachi slammed on the brakes as we neared the marina and the car slid on the snow and turned sideways as we stopped and I opened my eyes. The cars were backed up on the highway leading past the lagoon.I could see flashing blue lights up ahead and Malika peered out of the window. I climbed out of the car and Malachi got out with me. Our breaths were white puffs in the darkness and I noted that nobody else had climbed out of their cars.“Probably an accident up ahead,” I said to Malachi and started walking towards the blue lights. Malachi had gone back to tell Jessica and Malika to stay in the car and he caught up to me just as I started running.The truck was laying on its side, Port
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I had no answers for Malachi. I felt dizzy, nauseous and for a split-second fear had a tight grip on me.“When you use death magic it drains your life force, like I said earlier, stupid, stupid, stupid. You’re not even completely healed from the shooting and you go and jump into the marina!” Jessica said annoyed.“I don’t feel so good,” I said to Malachi.“You’ll be fine in another few days, granted you don’t try to be a hero until then,” Jessica said to me as I felt faint. She drove up the driveway and parked Malachi’s car in the garage. Malachi had to help me get out of the car as the bullet wounds started to hurt again and my head was pounding.We walked into the kitchen, Malachi supporting my weight and holding me up since I could barely stand on my left leg where I’d been shot. Adara came down the stairs, still fully clothed even though it was past midnight. She’d been waiting up for us.“I thought you said you were fine!” She said when she saw me, blood had started to run down m
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I felt better after that shower and I shaved in front of the mirror. I dressed quietly in the dark of our room and closed the door behind me softly, not wanting to wake Adara yet. I stopped in the hallway and opened the nursery’s door.I walked inside their room and looked down at where Kai and Saga slept next to each other, holding hands. I smiled as I stroked each of their heads and walked downstairs after closing their door softly too. It was a feeling unlike anything else, watching my children sleep.I went to the kitchen to make coffee and I saw the divorce papers, still on the counter where I had left them. I took them with my coffee and went to the study, closing the door behind me. I sat down and moved the laptop into its correct position.Someone had used it and I moved the mouse and it opened on the print page. Malachi’s ticket to Mauritius stared back at me. I exited the browser and opened my council email. I typed in my password and I had five new emails from them.Four of
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Jessica came downstairs in her pajamas, her robe flapping as she walked into the kitchen and slumped down on a chair at the counter.“Morning,” Malachi and I said at the same time and she looked at us frowning.“Urgh, I can’t adult until I’ve had coffee,” she said and Malachi laughed as he made coffee for her.“You’re looking chipper today,” she said to me as she drank from her cup. Malachi was standing behind her and she was wearing an engagement ring.“Yup, feeling like myself again,” I said as I stood up and walked to the sliding doors. I stood in front of them and looked out at the garden. I knew exactly what I had to do, but doing it, that was another ballgame.“What’s going on with you?” Malachi asked me as he stood next to me.“I want to call a family meeting,” I said to him and walked outside. My phone rang, it was James.“Hi,” I said to him as I answered the phone.“I’m going with Shoran into surgery now, your phone’s been off this whole time!” James said, his voice uneven an
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I drove home slowly and parked in the garage again. I sat in the car thinking to myself when Adara opened my door and climbed on my lap, hugging me tightly. I hugged her back and my heart sank.I closed my eyes and I wanted to stay like that forever. I blocked out her emotions because they hurt too much. Her guilt was overwhelming but so was her love. I didn’t want to feel it because I was going to break her heart.“Aren’t you coming inside?” she asked with a smile as she hopped off and walked to the door. I unfastened the safety belt and climbed out. I leaned against the car and took a deep breath as I walked inside.Malachi and Jessica were sitting at the kitchen table and I pulled a chair out for Adara. “Sit,” I said and walked back to the kitchen.I placed the bottle on the table and got four glasses. I poured drinks for all of us and sat down at the head of the table as Adara frowned slightly. I always sat next to her. Malachi was also looking at me oddly and only Jessica was unf
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Her hurt and pain took a hold of me and it hurt. I blocked her emotions and followed her upstairs but I went into the nursery instead of following her into our bedroom. I hated myself for hurting her.Both babies were awake and I picked Kai up and hugged him to my chest as I closed my eyes. I changed him and then it was Saga’s turn. I changed her and she grabbed my face with both hands as we looked at each other. I placed her on the carpet in her sitting chair and got Kai. I sat on the carpet with them and we played and laughed.I looked up and Adara leaned against the door looking at us. “They missed you,” she said to me and I looked back at them.“I missed them as well.” I couldn’t look at her. Her face spoke of her pain and I hated that I was the one that had caused it. I had vowed never to hurt her. Was it still wrong if you did it for love? I didn’t have any answers.“I missed you too,” she said softly and walked downstairs.I put Kai back in their crib while I bathed and dressed
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Malachi watched Kiran’s retreating form. He had no idea what to say. They were all shocked as they remained sitting at the kitchen table. The previous night when Jessica had found the ring on his nightstand, she looked at him and slid it on her own finger.They’d discussed him finally moving in with her and he’d already packed all of his clothes. He’d planned on telling Kiran just before James had called and they’d all gone to the hospital to celebrate the birth.Now, everything just seemed confusing and not at all what he’d expected. This was a different Kiran than the one he’d embraced in Mauritius. Kiran’s eyes were cold, his mind empty and Malachi knew he’d been blocked out.“Okay, I’m just going to say it. What the hell just happened?” Jessica asked after ten minutes of silence.“He’s hurt and angry and I’m sure whatever he was going through these past two days has something to do with it,” Malachi said. He felt frustrated because Kiran was blocking him out.“I don’t want a divor
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