Pain

Watching my daughter in pain and not being able to stop it is almost more than I can bear. She is my pride and joy, my little girl and the carbon copy of my wife. She holds my heart like no other, don't get me wrong I love my son, but having a daughter was always my greatest wish, and when she was born my world turned upside down in the best way. I knew she had the gift from a young age, but I was not aware of the physical, and emotional pain and suffering she would endure. Jen is strong willed and she needs to be, this “gift” needs her to be. 

As Marcus and I help Jen to her feet, she's shaky but able to stand. I still don't want her to walk, so I carry my daughter to the war room where my Beta and head Gammas have gathered. I know Bex is going to want to be close and normally I wouldn't allow her in the war room, but she is close to Jen, and she may need her, so I allow it, this time. I sit Jen in my chair at the head of the table and everyone gathers around. I look on as Rose puts a blanket on our daughter and gently touches her face. This has been emotionally taxing on my Rose, She is so very close to our girl. 

Jen pulls the blanket closer to her face and starts to tell us the rest of the vision. I have heard of the cold ones before,  or Vampires, and though I've never met one personally, I know that they are regarded as evil incarnate, but then again so are we.

I listen as she continues with the warning given, “Beware the coming of the cold one. They will be like a friend but look to them as a foe. They bring the end of the night children of Crystal Forrest. Heed my warning, and follow my word. You are my children's only hope.” So the question remains: WHEN….. When will they be coming?

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I can't even explain how it felt watching her. The pain etched on her face, the rapid breathing, the whole body convulsions. I just wanted to hold her and take the pain, take everything away that was hurting her. She is the only girl I have ever loved, a secret that I will carry to my grave because I don't know if I am worthy of her. I know that she is an Oracle, and that she should be a Luna, as she has Alpha Blood, and I am a Beta’s son with a human mother. Tears prickle my eyes as I see her come to, thankful doesn't even begin to explain how I feel. She looks at me and I see the smallest smile on her face and it makes my heart skip a beat, she is everything to me. 

Marc and Alpha help her up then Alpha carries her to the war room. We all get situated as she tells us the remainder of the vision, and a fear grips me, just like the one in the room when I watched her struggle.  The only thing I can think of is getting her safe and keeping her that way. The cold ones, I thought they were fairy tales, but then again shouldn't I be as well? I mean I'm a man wolf with super strength and speed, and the ability to hear and see what humans could only wish for. 

After she has told us the vision, my mom, Bex and Luna help her to her room, she needs more rest. I watch as she leaves the room, my heart reaching for her. How I wish I could just touch her and be the one she goes to. I turn my attention back to Alpha but glance at Marcus, he knows of my feelings for his sister and as many times as he has told me to tell her, I still won't. I can't. She deserves the world, and I want her to have it all. Even if that means it's not with me. Alpha tells us we have to come up with a plan, no one really knows anything about the cold ones other than fairy tales. But isn't there some truth to fairy tales, I mean, they have to start somewhere. 

As we break for the night to come back in the morning with our plans, I approach Alpha in hopes to speak with him about Jen. I want to be part of the detail that stays with her should another vision come, I want to make sure she is protected. “Alpha? May I speak with you?” “Of course Teddy" "Thank you sir, I was wondering sir, if I could be part of Jen’s detail, I want to make sure she is protected.” He gives me a knowing glance, “Do you not trust the other's son?” He asks, “It’s not that sir, it’s just I NEED to know she is okay, I NEED to be there for her.” I don't know why I am telling him all this, I'm just laying my feelings out for all to hear and know. I need this, there is no other way to explain it. He looks at me with an understanding I haven't seen before as a smile creeps across his face. “I think it's a good idea you help, and I would be more at peace knowing someone who loves her would be watching her” My head snaps up at the word love. Am I that obvious? “Thank you Alpha” is all I can muster out. I turn on my heel to meet with the others that are going to be in her detail.

There are six of us all together, two people on eight hour shifts. We make out the schedule for the next few days, Marc and I will be with her from breakfast till just before dinner. But I’ll keep tabs through the rest of the hours. As we get ready to start today's shift, I head to the kitchen for dinner. She is sitting between Bex and Marcus, she still looks pale from before, making me just want to hold her close so that I can give her my strength. I sit down next to Marcus and continue to discuss the schedule for Jen’s detail. Bex has decided she will be sleeping in the room with Jen so that she isn't alone at night and the guards can be just outside the door. I do feel a little better knowing my sister will be there. She loves Jen almost as much as I do, and would protect her at all costs. We sat and talked for an hour before the girls headed to bed with the two guards for the night shift following behind.