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2024-10-29 19:42:56‘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
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Shift Chapter 98
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
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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
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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’
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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
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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
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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.
Shift Chapter 104
*** 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
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My eyes went wide and I turned to him. “What? How? Is she okay? Is she eating?”Carl laughed. “According to her, she is doing good and she is eating.”Scoffing, I crossed my arms over my chest. “Did you ask her specifically what she was eating? ‘Cause she could be lying.”“Not specifically but she was planning on making food while I was on the phone with her. So that means she was at least used to it.”I let out the breath that I was holding, my shoulders sagging. “She’s good though. She’s okay and safe.”Patting me on the head and ruffling my hair, Carl gave me a sad smile. “Yeah, Em. She is.”“Did she say…did she ask…?” I didn’t know how to come off sounding like a spoiled asshole to see if she even asked about me.“Emmett, of course she asked about Justin.”My fist slammed into his st
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My lips crashed onto Sky’s and it was an entirely different feeling with the electricity of the mate bond. Niru was growling and howling incoherently in my head but at the same time, it all made sense. I wanted her, needed her. Needed everything that she would give me. The thing that surprised me the most was that I wanted to share her as well. Pulling away, I looked at Justin who was just about foaming at the mouth.“She tastes like orange citrus as well. Would you like to taste her lips?”Justin’s irises blew out and a shiver ran through his spine. He reached for her but it was a lot more gentle than I expected. He brushed her cheek and sucked a hair behind her ear before pressing his lips to hers. She molded up against his body and I stepped up behind her, brushing the hair out of her face.“Can you taste it? Taste the orange with the salt from the sea?”Justin hummed as he pulled back slowly taking her lip between his teeth for a moment before letting it go. I smirked, feeling how
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Justin chuckled. “You mean Fast Orange? Yeah, I smell it. Of course that’s what she would smell like. She uses that shit almost every day.”I smiled and I realized he was beaming too. This time we did follow our noses. She had been here but she wasn’t here anymore. We followed it back up the stairs as she wove through the art tents and through the throng of people that had amassed. I pushed through first, following just my instinct, Niru almost fully taking over.Justin was right behind me, never once straying or getting stuck behind someone else. I followed the orange scent and it started getting stronger. Like I had just stuck my nose in the bucket of the stuff she kept in the shop bathroom. The beach was relatively quiet since it was getting cooler as the sun was going down.Near the edge of the waves, just where it was lapping up onto the sand, Sky stood alone. Her large-brimmed woven sunhat was pushed back on her head and sunglasses were set around the top of it. She was wearing a
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There was a read receipt but she wasn’t replying. Not that I blamed her. Sky probably saw right through my charade. Justin looked over my shoulder at my phone. “Yeah, because that’s not over the top.” I growled at him but continued to stare at the screen. Finally, I held my breath when the three little dots appeared. Justin was the opposite, breathing heavy as he started at my phone as well. S: Well, it’s nice to be remembered today. Both Justin and I winced. Oh yeah, she was mad. ‘Who can blame her? I sure can’t.’ Niru added his two cents. Shaking my head, I typed up another message. Mate #1: I’m sorry, baby. Really. Come on, let’s celebrate together, yeah? We can go to your favorite place in the city, have a nice dinner or whatever you want. Justin snorted. “Way to lay it on thick.” “What else do you want me to do? We fucked up. She knows it. We know it. I’m not about to lose the chance to be with her on her birthday because of it. Are you?” That shut him up as we both
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I sat on the stairs of the porch, looking out over the back yard of the pack house. Everything was so quiet here. It was nice to take a break from the chaos that was now my home. At least for a few minutes. The wind blew and I tucked a stray hair behind my ear. Looking down at my phone, I stared at the messages that were there. E: Hey Sky, I feeling a little better today. Sam made some kind of soup. It was completely inedible. She had to order pizza. It reminded me of when you tried to cook that pasta dish and you somehow managed to burn the pasta. E: I went shopping online today. Got some more clothes. Bernard came by and cut my hair for me. That was nice. It was getting in my eyes. They won’t talk about you though. It’s like you don’t exist anymore and I hate it. E: Today was a bad day. I don’t know why. I just woke up and I threw up until there was nothing left in me. Sam tried to help but I felt disgusting. I’m reminded of what I did. What I had done. It’s like it comes back
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We headed down the road in Ethan’s truck. I was squished between Ethan and Justin in the center seat of the bench. Still, it felt nice as I rested my head on Justin’s shoulder and my fingers laced with Ethan’s. I’d need them to handle this trip.“I gave one of the new homes to Sam. Her and Emmett have been staying together.”“So she didn’t reject him?”Ethan squeezed my hand. “She didn’t. She hasn’t marked him but when she heard what you did, I think she thought it only right for her to give him a chance as well.”My heart lightened just a little, knowing that something good may actually come from all this pain. Ethan turned down the road that was brand new and I could see the new homes that were being built. There were three blocks of them that were already finished and he pulled into the driveway of one that was a block down. I scooted out of the middle and Justin helped me down from the truck.“Whatever you do, pretend like I’m not here.”Both Ethan and Justin gave me confused look
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I woke up screaming and my eyes flung open. Everything was hazy and I didn’t know where I was. All I could remember was the all consuming feeling of the darkness. How sticky my hands were from Emmett’s blood. The last sound that came from Marrok as I killed him. My heart sped up as I started to hyperventilate, as my stomach started to roll.“Hey! Sky! It’s okay. You’re okay. You’re safe.”A hand brushed my cheek but I flinched away from in.“Shit. Hold on. I’m pulling over.”I felt bile start to come up but I just coughed, forcing myself to not throw up. I hadn’t realized we were moving until the motion stopped completely. It helped a bit for my stomach but I still felt like I couldn’t breathe. Hands slipped under my arms and pulled me up from my laying down position. My head fell heavily against Ethan’s shoulder and arms held me tight.“You’re okay. I’ve got you. I’m right here.”That broke the damn. I started to cry as I grabbed onto the front of his shirt, balling it up between my
