Raine and I’s surprise mixed together. Kat’s anger was enough to make us take a half step away from her. The air shifted and it suddenly became hard to breathe. Raine was starting to panic and I shook my head.
‘Just put your hand on her shoulder. You’re the one who wanted to do this. So fucking forgive them.’
‘I didn’t say I was going to forgive…’
She didn’t say anything else as she placed a hand on the Luna’s shoulder. The air wavered but went back to normal as Kat’s hand covered ours. Taking a deep breath, she looked up at Raine and gave a small smile.
“Sorry.”
Raine shook her head. “No need. It’s…nice…that someone cares enough about us.”
“You weren’t this mad when the Alpha King attacked her!” The smaller witch, Sophie, grumbled, plopping back down in the chair.
“I’ve s
‘I’m sorry. I’m sorry…just…I’ll do what you want. I’ll let them do whatever, just let me take the pain. Let me handle it.’My forehead touched the barrier and I slid down to my knees. I didn’t know what was going on. All I knew is that I needed to get to her. No matter what. Suddenly, the barrier wavered again, another scream rippling through and I threw my fist as hard as I could into it. It shattered, the pieces blowing apart and I raced forward, out from the confinement of the darkness.Sliding forward, I took hold of Raine. Her wolf form was limp as I placed her head in my lap. Stoking her fur, I kissed the top of her head between her ears.‘I’m here. It’s okay. I’m here now.’‘Sky…’ Her voice was scratchy and she sounded exhausted.I smiled and nodded, running my fingers through her fur as my nails scratched her s
There was a crack and the whole room seemed to tip. The air was sucked in and then exploded outward making it hard to even take a breath. After a moment, the pain dissipated. I felt like a could breathe again. I couldn’t help the flood of tears that broke. Sobbing, I covered my face with my hands as cried into them. My whole body was shaking but there was a noticeable weight off my ankle. I felt something wet touch my face and I looked at the black nose of Ethan’s wolf looking at me. Reaching over, I scratched between Niru’s ears. He let out a rumble deep in his chest. I looked over at Kat who had fallen to the floor with Alpha Alan. He’d gone down on a knee to hold her but even he looked shaken. Fiona and Sophie were slumped against the chairs they had been sitting in. They were breathing heavily with their eyes closed. Sitting up on shaky hands, I looked down at my ankle. There was a huge scorch mark wrapping around my leg where the white anklet used to be. The object in question w
My lips were smashed together like a fish and I pulled down her arms so I could actually talk. “I’m fine, Sam. They were able to help.”“I heard they shot you with some magic. You’re okay? Not going to turn into a frog? Or randomly start speaking German?”I raised my eyebrow. “Is that a thing?”“I mean…I would assume so…”Rolling my eyes, I slapped her arm. “Stop making up shit. It’s fine. I’m okay. I just look like the enemy to them. It happens.”Her eyes narrowed and then she picked up my hands, turning them over. “No damage? Your magic touch to those drumsticks not effected?”“None at all. Maybe even a little better. We shall see.”She nodded and then turned back to the other wolf. “Oh shit! Right! You haven’t met Kev.”He held out his hand and I shook it softly.“H-hi. I&rs
I opened the door to my room at around 4 p.m. We got back home at around six in the morning and I think I finally fell asleep around seven. Waking up after sleeping that long, I felt a lot better. Now, I kept tapping my foot on the floor, not feeling the anklet shift. It was a weird sensation after so many years of having it on. Looking down the hall, I snuck a peak into the guest bedroom and saw Kat sprawled out on the bed. She was snoring softly under one of the lighter blankets I had in the closet.Leaving her to sleep, I walked into the kitchen and opened up the fridge. I stared into it, and then shut it. Opening up a couple of the cabinet’s, I stared into them as well. Eventually, I sighed and shut them. Nothing sounded good right now. Re-opening the fridge, I took out a beer and opened it.‘You should be careful. Kat could wake up at any moment.’ Raine sounded like she wanted me to get caught.‘It’s fine. I’
Kat came into the kitchen yawning as I was moving around the kitchen, still talking to Carl. We basically went through the bullet points of what had been going on with me. I was selecting things to leave out. Explaining about how there was about a 90 percent chance that I had two mates and one of them was an Alpha of the pack that was only a couple hours away was not one of them.I did tell him about meeting Kat and how we were commuting back and forth, hanging out when we could. Also, that she was actually really nice and I didn’t regret reaching out. She sat down and thanked me quietly as I placed a coffee in front of her.“You’re telling me, you actually managed to get that thing off?”“Yeah. I wish I could help Em with his but it’s not for the faint of heart. It was a bad time and that’s me saying it. I don’t think I would want Em to go through that. Hopefully, Caleb will take over soon.”Carl humm
My arm was slung over Kat’s shoulders as she helped me down the stairs. I was limping, my right leg unable to take any weight. She was lucky I wasn’t the size of Ethan. This never would have worked. We reached the bottom floor and I snickered.“I’m not sure I would be laughing right now.” Kat eyed me worriedly.I shook my head. “I was just thinking that Ethan might have to go through another shift. He’s really getting the short end of the stick in this whole mate bond thing.”She snorted and shook her head. “Let’s not go there right now. We need to get you out.”Opening the front door of the shop, we had a couple different options. We could cross the main road and go into the National Forest. The issue with that was there were camping spots littered all over the place and if I ended up losing myself, I would absolutely scare the shit out of some campers.Behind the shop was more tree
Raine and I laid down together, our paws dipping into the pool. We decided not to go back, at least not yet. It felt good to be in wolf form. It was like we could finally breathe. We’d been holding our breath under water for so many years and now we broke through, able to take a true full breath. Kat’s look of terror also stopped us from heading back to the shop.For a long time, we were just quiet; our mind empty as we took in the forest around us. None of the creatures in the area bothered us. Once or twice a deer would make its way to drink from the pool but none of them seemed put off by our presence. That was until Raine growled at the fawn who came sniffling a little too close. They took off together after that.Normally, the forest was a quiet sanctuary for me. From the leaves blowing in the trees, to the crickets in the grass, to the sound of the river, it was anything but quiet. Instead, it was able to fill the silence the both of us were avoiding.
*** Emmett’s POV ***All this was so damn boring. Around me, the group I hung out with were chatting about a hodgepodge of gossip. Ranging from who got a failing grade on the last test to who found their fated mate that week. All of it was just background noise.We were sitting in the cafeteria during lunch and from the table we had, there was a good view of the entire room. I let my eyes roam over the whole senior class gathered until I stopped at Sky’s friends. The table they used look so empty now. Her presence was so big, even if she was being quiet, that left a void with her gone.“Emmett, why don’t you skip your next class? I heard they suspended Miss Emmy.” Diana was shameless and no matter how much padding she stuffed in her bra, it would never make her breasts look appealing to me. “We could fool around in the locker room.”“Sorry. I have to actually go to class. If I don’t, I&rs