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Resurrection Part Thirty-Seven
The doorbell rang and I got up. Strange, I hadn’t felt another presence. I wondered briefly if I had imagined it. The doorbell rang again, much longer this time. I went downstairs and opened the front door. Thunder cracked loudly as I did so.She was soaked through from the rain and covered in mud. She was shivering and crying. I touched her arm and felt as if I had been struck by lightning. I pulled her inside. She was ice-cold and her lips were blue and a sudden protectiveness came over me.“Are you okay?” She looked like something from a horror movie. Her lip was bruised and had fresh blood on it. I could feel her pain, it was intense. I smelled old blood and when I looked down, I saw that her pants were soaked with it.“What the hell happened to you?” I whispered, more to myself than to her. She slumped against me and whispered. “Karani.” She passed out and I scooped her up into my arms. I carried her to the couch and put her down gently. She weighed almost nothing. I wiped her ha
Resurrection Part Thirty-Eight
Karani drained the tub with Adara still in it. Seeing all the bruises, old and new, made Karani cry again. She covered her with a towel and stripped the dirty sheets off the bed. I stood with Adara in my arms as Karani remade the bed. I placed her on the bed gently and Karani covered her with the blankets.I turned my back as Karani dressed her wounds, bandaged them and carefully pulled a T-shirt over her head so she wouldn’t wake up naked. I felt so many conflicting emotions at once that it was hard to make sense of.“We should let her sleep. I’ll check in on her every now and then. I’m sure she will sleep until morning,” Karani said softly.Karani inserted a drip into her arm, the label read sustenance. It would keep her going, another IV bag was labeled broad spectrum antibiotics and Karani looked so at ease as she worked on Adara. I never knew my mother had these mad skills. I was quite impressed and I told her so.My phone rang and I saw it was James. I wasn’t surprised at all. I
Resurrection Part Thirty-Nine
Adara woke up as the sun crept into the room through the large windows on either side of the bed. For a moment she’d forgotten where she was. She sat upright in the bed and saw an IV bag connected to her arm. She wasn’t in much pain and she felt relatively good. The bed was large and perfect, not too soft and not too hard. Something shifted on the floor and she peeked over the edge of the bed. She almost gasped out loud at what she saw.Sleeping on the floor, with no pillow or blanket, was Kiran. The memories of yesterday came spilling back. The last thing she could remember was falling into Kiran’s arms. She was dressed in a clean night gown and she didn’t feel grubby or dirty. She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and tried to stand up.Kiran opened his eyes and she sat down again. He jumped up instantly and looked a little embarrassed. “Do you need help?”“How did I get here?” She couldn’t remember anything and she was embarrassed with him in the room with her. She could rem
Resurrection Part Forty
Kiran watched Adara sleep for a few minutes before taking the tray and quietly closing the door behind him. He went downstairs and placed the tray on the counter.“You have to eat something, Kiran. It’s been four days,” Malachi said as he put his paper down. “She’s not going anywhere in her condition. You can take ten minutes to eat.”Kiran sat down next to his father and filled the plate in front of him. He started eating, not having much of an appetite, but Malachi was right. He needed to eat if he didn’t want to turn himself sick.“She’s sleeping again,” he said as Karani sat down across from him.“That’s good. She needs to rest.” Karani looked at Malachi for a few seconds and he smiled. “Really?” Malachi asked and Kiran looked up at them.“Yes,” Karani said and smiled.“You guys are so weird,” he said.Kiran finished his food and left his plate on the table. Karani called him back and he sighed loudly and put his plate on the counter with Adara’s. He went back upstairs and sat on
Resurrection Part Forty-One
Adara suddenly felt very shy, but she also knew that they deserved an explanation for her turning up on their doorstep. They had taken her in and cared for her and even more so had made her feel safe. She decided that for the first time in her life, she would have to trust someone. Why not them? They had only been good to her.“I don’t really know where to start,” she said, feeling very vulnerable.“Start anywhere you like. Not everything is going to come out in one sitting, but just know that nothing you say here will make us think any less of you. As I’ve said, you are safe here. Why don’t you start with what happened to you that led you here, to us,” Malachi said.Adara took a deep breath and started where James had watched her walk home from the corner. She told them everything, how Ramos had hit her, how Juniper thought that she was having an affair with him, how Juniper hadn’t believed her when she told her that he had repeatedly raped her.Adara had been looking down the entire
Resurrection Part Forty-Two
I carried Adara back upstairs to her room and got her settled in her bed. She fell asleep almost instantly, and I stood there and watched her for a few minutes. These feelings were different. I wasn’t lusting after her as I had with Sarah in our relationship. I just wanted to be around her, and protect her. I needed to be around her.“James will call it being wolf-locked, but I call it the beginning of imprinting,” Karani said as I closed the door to Adara’s bedroom.I frowned as I looked at my mother. “That’s ridiculous.”“Kiran, you’ve started imprinting on her. The bond doesn’t always snap in place for everyone the same way. She’s very good at blocking things out and she’s blocking out the imprinting as well,” Karani said gently.I could feel Karani’s words slicing my soul. “So, she doesn’t feel it back?”“She does, but she’s fighting those feelings. It’s difficult to explain, Kiran. She didn’t have what you had, the years of wolf life and education. You grew up knowing what you ar
Resurrection Part Forty-Three
James’ gaze followed mine where I was looking up at the window again and asked me about Adara. He wanted to know everything.“You should’ve seen her. She was soaked from the rain, muddy, beaten, and full of blood. Karani said she was in the forest for five days.” I told him the rest of the horrific details of Adara’s appearance.“So, she’s still here?” James asked and I nodded.“She’s a wolf too,” I said.“But she doesn’t smell like a wolf,” he countered. I explained to him the whole part of her growing up not knowing about wolves and that her parents weren’t her real parents and that her memories were locked away and that she was blocking them. I also told James about her miscarriage and everything she went through right up to the moment she fainted in my arms.“He raped her, James.” I could taste my own anger and hate as I spoke and it left a bitter taste in my mouth.“Oh, shit…you imprinted, didn’t you?” he asked.“Why do you think that?”“Just the way you said those word, ‘he rap
Resurrection Part Forty-Four
Ramos walked back into the house through the front door and slammed it so hard that Juniper jumped.“What happened?” she asked.“Have you made any attempt at finding Adara?” Ramos asked her.“Why?” Juniper narrowed her eyes at him and snapped. “Do you want her back here for some more midnight fun?” The moment the words were out of her mouth, she regretted it as he grabbed her around her throat with one hand.“What did you just say?” he sneered at her.“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it that way,” she pleaded and he let her go. She rubbed her neck where he had squeezed her so hard that she thought she would pass out. “I went to the police station and reported her as a runaway, just like you said I should.”The smile on Ramos’ face meant that he knew something she didn’t, and she hated it when he kept things from her. “What do you know?”“I know exactly where she is,” Ramos said.Juniper looked up at him. “Where is she?” She had been wondering where Adara had gone that night. She hadn’t taken
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Resurrection Epilogue
I heard the car pull up to our house. A few seconds of silence and then a car door opened and closed. I wasn’t particularly worried, more curious at what I smelled; it was Robert outside and he was afraid and nervous. I had become very attuned to the emotions of other people around me, even people I didn’t know.The doorbell rang and I opened the door for him. He was pale and very worried. I asked him inside and wondered what this could be about. I didn’t have the energy for this. I had been on my way upstairs to sleep. The ceremony had been very taxing on all of us and the pack didn’t linger afterwards.“Evening, Officer Jones,” I said to him and showed him to a seat at the kitchen counter. He was not wearing his uniform so I could only assume he was here in his personal capacity.“Kiran, I’m so sorry for the loss of your mother,” Robert said and I thanked him. I thanked him because it was the polite thing to do and Karani would want that.“Thank you, Officer Jones,” I said.“Call me
Resurrection Part One Hundred
The house was eerily quiet and dark. I sat down at the counter and knew that on any other day, Karani would be in front of the stove. She would have something baking in the oven, bacon frying in a pan, the coffee maker would be filling the kitchen with its aroma. She would be smiling, and I would kiss her on her cheek.I broke down again. I cried and just let it out. It came out as a mixture of a scream and a growl. I couldn’t contain all of this. My soul felt empty although it was bursting with emotion. I was exhausted physically and emotionally. I just had to get through this day. I wanted to die.I shuddered as I remembered the last time I walked into this church. It was the day we buried the Goldman’s and before that, Sarah. Today was my turn to sit in the front pew. I wanted to turn around and run out, but Malachi put his hand on my shoulder, and I had to keep going.We sat down and I looked at the coffin in front of me. I could smell her there. I didn’t want to be here but if I
Resurrection Part Ninety-Nine
I was unconscious for three days following the emotional pain I took from Malachi. It had been accidental. I hadn’t meant to take all his pain. While I was subdued, Karani came to me in both her wolf and human form. I held her and cried for her. She held me and cried with me. She soothed me, and we talked for hours as Death sat nearby and watched me with keen interest.The pain from Malachi’s soul was so intense that my body needed that time to recover. I still carried that pain inside me, and I could barely function on my own. Everything hurt, from my soul to my skin and the thought of opening my eyes felt like too much of an effort.Buried deep in Malachi’s soul was a secret. It was a secret that hurt so much that I couldn’t grasp the reality that surrounded it. My mind was playing tricks on me, I was sure of it. Then again, I did see him with Karani. She had smiled as her image drifted away from me.“Kiran, you have to try to eat something,” Adara said to me.“Just leave me alone,”
Resurrection Part Ninety-Eight
Adrian Peters switched the television on and settled himself on the couch. The rest of his house was in darkness. It had been a week since his last killing and the news station was showing only highlights of the murders in Seward. He turned the sound up and listened to the news anchor describe his handiwork.“This is now the third home invasion in Seward that has ended in the brutal murders of the families residing at these locations,” the woman said and the television showed the outside of the houses with the bright yellow ‘do not cross—police’ tape cordoning off the area.“The first victims were Marrick and Susan Goldman and their four children, Jackson, Rupert, Sumari and Kyle. Two of the children died from poisoning while the rest were shot at close range. Nothing appeared to be missing from their home. The second set of victims were Peter McPherson, his wife Tanya and their daughter Michelle. Michelle was strangled to death but Peter and Tanya were shot at close range just like t
Resurrection Part Ninety-Seven
At the house, Adara concentrated on Edna. It was as if she could communicate with the illness itself, identify it and she instinctively knew.“She has pancreatic cancer,” Adara said softly.“How did you know?” Robert asked her in wonder.“I don’t know, it’s like I can see it. Can I try something Robert?” Adara asked him and he nodded.Adara placed her hands on Edna’s abdomen and started concentrating. She was whispering to herself, but her words made no sense to me. I was enamored with what she was doing. I could see a shift in Edna’s aura.“It’s working, Adara. I can see her pain shift. Keep going,” I encouraged her. I could sense Adara’s power rising, her aura started to glow, a deep bright white with a yellow tinge. It started turning light red.Thirty minutes later Adara slumped from her kneeling position and supported her body with her one arm. Her aura glowed a bright red, but she had done it. She had taken all of the cancer from Edna’s body, her aura throbbed and returned to it
Resurrection Part Ninety-Seven
“Adara,” Juniper said after we had all gone upstairs and left Ramos alone in the cell in the basement. Adara looked at her with no emotion.“I…I’m sorry, I didn’t know,” Juniper said in a small voice.“I told you!” Adara shouted at her so fiercely that I went to stand next to her in case she went for Juniper. Juniper took a step back at the ferocity in Adara’s voice.“I think it best if you just left Juniper,” Shoran said to her while leading her out the door and closing it in her face.Adara sat down on one of the chairs. “I’m sorry. I just…I don’t want anything to do with her,” Adara said, her soul exhausted at the ordeal we all just went through.“Adara, you never have to apologize for feeling the way you do about her,” Malachi said and then he surprised us all by hugging her.Adara broke down and cried in Malachi’s arms. I took that time to phone Karani and told her what had happened. She was crying and then told us to get back home immediately.“Malachi, Karani said to get home i
Resurrection Part Ninety-Five
Bryan came back after an hour and took Shoran and James away. I had no idea what was happening downstairs, but I could guess that we were in for a long wait. Bryan came back and told Garrick, Stephanie and Karani to go outside. I jumped out of my seat and a strange man tried to push me down.“Where are you taking them?” I demanded, almost shouting.“They are free to return home. They have been declared innocent,” Bryan replied and took them outside. I heard a car start and drive off. I sat back down again and continued to wait.James and Shoran sat down as Malachi stood up and leaned against the wall. He smiled at them both trying to encourage them.“James Thomas and Shoran Thomas, you have been accused of kidnapping and murder,” John Whitcombe said to them.“James, did you take Dave against his will?” John asked him.“Yes, well he was unconscious at the time so I couldn’t ask him if he wanted to come or not,” James said and Malachi had to contain himself to not laugh out loud.“Don’t
Resurrection Part Ninety-Four
Neither John nor Richard found anything suspicious in Marrick’s records. He had no enemies, and was well liked at work. They led a normal life and there was no reason to think it wasn’t a home invasion gone wrong. Malachi had sighed at this and said that it still confused him that Marrick could be caught off guard.I woke up as I heard the sliding door open downstairs. As I opened my bedroom door, Malachi stood behind it and put his finger to his lips. We remained quiet and crept down the hall towards the stairs.The smell was wolf and foreign. We went down the stairs as quietly as we could. I turned the corner and was struck by a fist full in my face. I went down as another man jumped Malachi and they were grappling in the dark. I was up on my feet again and grabbed the man by his arm. I pulled with all my strength and threw him over my shoulder. He landed with a thud on his back.He was quick, I had caught him off guard. He faced me with his fists raised when the light in the kitche
Resurrection Part Ninety-Three
Malachi sat in silence for a while. He got up and went to his study. He came back with a list and gave it to James.“Phone John and ask him to go through Marrick’s financial records. I will speak to Richard to get us Marrick’s phone records and so on. We have to find out who did this and why!” Malachi said. On the list he had written down John’s phone number and the instructions for James.“Karani, speak to any mutual friends you and Susan had. Find out if there were any marital problems or concerns that could have led to this,” Malachi asked and Karani got up with her phone to arrange lunch dates with the friends.“Kiran, you need to go find Jackson’s friends. They will know who you are, Jackson liked to boast about you. Find out if they know anything. Kids talk more openly than their parents. They are more honest with their friends,” Malachi said and I nodded.“Adara, you can join Karani and take note of how she handles the humans,” Malachi said. He must have known that she would ev
