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That Which We Consume Chapter Twenty Five
After a few days had passed since meeting my brother, I arranged a day for us to spend some time together. Iericho, Celeste, Lio, and myself went out to the Harmony Bar downtown. Local bands perform every night and the food isn’t too bad either. I’m not much of a drinker but I do love live music. Celeste and Iericho seemed to get along pretty well. It turns out they’re both quite the heavy drinkers. We took seats at the bar and while Celeste and Iericho took shots, Lio sat next to me with a pitcher of beer. I watched Celeste and Iericho slam their shot glasses down at the same time; both of them had a nice collection of empty ones in front of them. Typically bartenders will take the empty glasses the moment they notice them, but those two asked them to refill them all instead. “You two are going to end up flat on your faces if you keep going the way you are.” I said smiling. “Who me? Not a chance, but I can’t say the same for your friend though.” Iericho said with a grin.
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The next day, I received a call from Iericho. He wanted to meet up with Lio and I to make amends. I wasn’t too sure about the whole thing, but when he spoke to Lio on the phone without yelling, things seemed promising. We went to Lio’s place not long after the phone call and it was at that point I became suspicious. Lio’s pack gathered in the depths of the forest. Lio sat upon the large throne carved from old oak trees that I’d seen during the brutal punishment of a few of the new wolves. Naremi took me towards the throne but she wasn’t talking to me as much as she normally would. “Naremi I’m tired of all of this secrecy. What’s really going on right now?” I watched a smile form on her red glossed lips. “When aren’t you tired of our secrecy?” She said laughing. “You really don’t know about anything that’s happening, do you?” I gave her a blank expression. “If I knew I wouldn’t be so worried.” I said. Naremi raised an eyebrow at me. “I doubt that honey, but if
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I stood looking into the now dark forest; I could hear my heartbeat in my ears. Nervous was an understatement. I was terrified. Behind me to my left stood Petros and Iericho’s first and second in command. On my right stood Lio, Baltasar, and Githinji. Both of their packs were told to wait in the clearing until the victor returned with me. Oh joy, how lucky was I tonight? As clumsy as I was, this challenge would be over in a matter of minutes. Baltasar came and stood next to me, he cleared his throat before he spoke. “Keep moving even if you get tired, hiding will only make it easier for them to catch you.” He said looking down at me. I closed my eyes and took several deep breaths. “Ba’al, what if…” I said, opening my eyes again. He shook his head. “Don’t think about it. Concentrate on running and you’ll be fine. Now, run.” He said. And that’s when I took off running into the dark forest. I took off through the trees as fast as I could, hearing twigs snapping
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July introduced itself with sunny mornings, rainy evenings, and thunderstorms most nights. Iericho and I hadn’t seen much of each other since the tournament, but he did call and check up on me every now and then. Since my fate had been slammed into my face time and time again, I finally decided to accept it. If any more evidence of being Lio’s Teman Sejiwa appeared, I was going to deliberately blind myself. The pack’s business wasn’t the only big part of my life now. Officer Rollards sat on the opposite end of my couch now, discussing the violent break-in that took place two months ago. This was now harassment in my eyes. Seeing as how there was no need for further investigation. I was convinced this officer had suspicions about something and was doing this without his superior’s approval. Judging by his mood I could tell that he’d found something out. It was late morning and I was still in my pajamas; cotton shorts with frog prints and a plain, white tank top. I’d fixed Officer R
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It was still in the A.M., about ten o’ clock in the morning. I got settled at Lio’s and put my things in the basement where I usually did. I came back upstairs and went to the kitchen. Kira, Baltasar, Naremi, Gleasus, and his mate Torin were all having breakfast at the table. Lio was helping clean the dishes. Everyone looked up from their plates at me and gave nods and smiles. “Good morning Astraia, are you hungry? There’s plenty of food left.” Naremi said. I shook my head no and smiled warmly. “Thank you, but I already ate breakfast.” I said. Naremi nodded but suddenly had a surprised look on her face. “Naremi what’s the matter?” I asked. “I just remembered that there was something I needed to do with you.” She said getting up from her chair. “Um, with me?” I said, confused. I didn’t know what she was talking about because she’d never made any plans with me that I could think of. “The sooner you start teaching her the better.” Lio said, looking over his shoul
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I wasn’t sure how long my stay at Lio’s house had been, but I was sure it had been more than just a few days. Officer Rollards may not have the proof he needs to keep Lio locked up for good along with the wereleopard, but I was still feeling uneasy about him showing up at my house. There’s no telling what he could walk in on next time. My stomach was growling so loud I was fully confident that the entire house could hear it. I’d just taken a shower and put on a solid blue nightgown. All I wanted now was a snack. I went upstairs to the kitchen and searched through the fridge for something that would quiet the monster in my stomach. There was a lot to choose from but not much I wouldn’t have to cook, and I wanted something quick. While I made my decision, I heard someone walk into the kitchen and sit at the large wooden table. I leaned back from behind the fridge door to see who it was, and Lisette sat there looking at me with her usual smug smile. I tried not to hate her but she
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Lio and I called a truce temporarily so that we could sleep peacefully that night. Once he spooned me, it wasn’t long before I fell asleep. I started dreaming very vividly. I was sitting on a white-wicker chair in a room I’d never seen before. I was by a large bay window, the sun shining on me brightly. My hair was ridiculously long. It touched the floor where the bottom of my very elegant, silk, white dress pooled around my bare feet. I seemed to be looking at myself in a third person view this time. I was looking down at my stomach and rubbing it gently. I looked pregnant, at least seven months along. Suddenly Lio entered the room, smiling with adoration. He was wearing a white, long sleeved shirt with gray dress pants and was barefoot as well. He walked over to me and knelt down in front of me to rub my bulging stomach. The dream was steadily going in a good direction. Then, three small children that looked between the ages of three and five came running into the room but t
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It had been at least two weeks since I’d been to Lio’s house or even called him. My house stayed peaceful without any supernatural shenanigans to speak of. Lio and I hadn’t spoken at all since our dispute. He left voicemails, I listened to them but I didn’t return his calls. When I didn’t call back I would get a call from Ba’al or Naremi either scolding me or asking if I was alright. I’d gone to work as usual and hung out with Celeste when I could. She constantly asked, ‘What’s up with you and Lio?’ but I evaded the question in every way possible. The plan was to give myself some space from the ‘issue’, but I could only run away for so long. I was running away from my problems and I didn’t care. That was before Lio popped up over my house in the middle of the night. I woke up out of my sleep, stirred by the sounds of a car in front of the house. I got out of bed and went to peek out of the blinds. I looked up at the night sky and the moon was full, bright, and beautiful. I step
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There was a highway coming up along with the fields and farms on either side. We’d been running faster than I realized. The wereleopards were still behind us and catching up fast. Some of the other wolves were ahead of us and only a few were at our sides. Every now and then we had met up with the Shifter Task Forces but they weren’t half as much trouble as the wereleopards were going to be. I raised my head enough to look over Naremi’s head and saw a large number of wereleopards heading towards us. It didn’t look like Naremi or Lio planned on stopping so I put my head back down and braced myself. I heard and felt Naremi growl beneath me as we got closer to the wereleopards. Naremi suddenly stopped, making me jerk forward a little. I raised my head again to see what had happened and found that we were surrounded. The leopards stalked towards us snarling. Lio stood in front of Naremi and I baring his fangs at them but they were unmoved. My heart was beating faster than I thought po
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Two weeks later, we were still staying at the cabin and everything had collapsed into chaos. It was a war between man and beast with no end in sight. I’d found some comfort in having Celeste around. She and I were able to have conversations without her taking emotional shots at me now, so I was pretty sure that she was trying to forgive me. I unfortunately couldn’t say the same for my parents. I’d told them the truth last week over the phone and they haven’t answered my calls since. I wasn’t too surprised honestly, that’s exactly how normal people should have reacted. On a lighter note, Byana and her people left a few days ago. We’d rescued everyone from one of the containment facilities, but not without heavy losses. Some of the wolves questioned whether or not we should have left them there or not, which had a lot of them fighting amongst each other. The mood in the house was morbid; I could still feel a lot of tension and anger between everyone. We were tired, mourning our los
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After a full report from Githinji, everyone did their best to unwind. There wasn’t much anyone could do at the moment, especially me. Celeste and I were lying on a blanket in the backyard close to the tree line. It was night time now and the stars weren’t out tonight. I had never seen the night sky so clear and blue before. We were on our backs looking over at each other, talking. I had gotten Celeste up to speed on everything, but I could tell that she wouldn’t be cozy around the wolves anytime soon. Baltasar was sporting a pretty red handprint on the right side of his face, compliments of Celeste. “How do you deal with all of this Astraia? All by yourself?” She asked. I sighed before I answered. “To be honest I don’t know if I’m dealing at all. There are a lot of things that I have to accept about their world. Even now, I feel like going back to my parent’s house and forgetting about everything I know. Unfortunately, I can’t.” Celeste turned onto her side, facing me.
That Which We Consume Chapter Fifty Six
As I had this inner battle with myself, my consciousness started to shift from where I was now to some unknown location. Whatever I was seeing was sort of blurry so I couldn’t make out the surroundings very clearly. I could see people walking through a wooded area and some were being carried by the others. It looked like some of them were severely injured too. The way I saw them was as if I were walking behind them, so I couldn’t see any faces. The faint sounds of their voices were whispers all jumbled together and nothing made much sense. I was able to look around so I tried to find anything that could give me a hint as to where I was. On the ground there was nothing too distinctive except some orange flowers that seemed to only grow at the bases of the trees. My vision started to clear up a bit more and I could see more clearly, I could even hear the voices better. I looked up at the people walking ahead of me and they began to slow down. There was a red headed woman support
That Which We Consume Chapter Fifty Five
I awakened the next morning feeling fully rested for once. Lio was lying on his stomach next to me sleeping soundly. His jet black curls were half way covering his face, the rest were fanned out on the pillow. I propped myself up on one elbow, my chin resting in the palm of my hand. With my other hand I started softly gliding my fingertips along his spine. The memories of last night started playing back in my head. The ritual was complete; I was his mate for life now. A lazy smile was fixed upon my lips as my fingers slid back up towards his shoulder blades and into his thick mass of black curls. There were many times I would lay in bed admiring him like this; if I were the first to wake up. This time was different, my thoughts and feelings were different. The current situation we were in didn’t fill me with as much anxiety as it did before. For once my uncertainty, worry, and doubts were not present to ruin my happiness. While I continued to watch Lio sleep peacefully, he began
That Which We Consume Chapter Fifty Four
Some might look at me and think, ‘that poor woman’. I thought that I was the luckiest woman alive to have found a man who loves me as much as Lio does. As we entered the cabin, Lio kept one hand on my waist while he held my other hand in his. I was a little unstable on my feet still but at least I could stand now. Githinji opened the door for us before stepping aside and letting us pass. He came in behind us and closed the door. We walked down a dimly lit hallway that led into the kitchen. There were a couple of people eating at a booth style table but I didn’t recognize them. “Where is everyone?” Lio asked no one in particular. A woman with long, dark blue curly locks, deep dimples, blue eyes, and caramel skin answered him. “Some are in the den, others in the basement. Lady Byana requests your presence upon arrival…” She spoke with her head lowered, not meeting his eyes. I took the behavior as fear at first, but I realized that it was something more; respect. Lio simply
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I was lying in bed in the spare room of Adel’s house. There were two windows open halfway to let the gentle summer breeze inside. Adel had given me a cool bath to keep my body temperature from rising too high, which helped me relax a bit more. There was a thirty-four inch LG TV on a wall mount ahead of me. The soap opera channel was on but I wasn’t really paying attention to it. I looked over to the right side of the room to see Adel and Githinji sitting on chairs that appear to have been brought up from the dining room table. They were conversing quietly amongst themselves but I noticed them glancing over at me every now and then. I had not even an ounce of energy left in me, I felt so drained and tired. My eyes started to slowly close as I lay there. Before I could let myself slip into a dream state, Adel came to me and shook me. I opened my eyes startled. “Adel? Why would you do that!? You scared me…” I asked, sounding agitated and frightened at the same time. “I’m sorry
That Which We Consume Chapter Fifty Two
This room was different from what the throne room had looked like. Cotton, peach colored drapes covered the bland stone walls and lanterns burned brightly throughout the room. There was only a king sized, onyx platform bed. It was covered with peach, white, gold, and tan throw pillows of all shapes and sizes. A door was open to the right which looked like a huge master bathroom. This kind of custom living must’ve cost a fortune. Teris tossed me onto the bed like a person would a coat before sitting on the edge of the bed. I managed to sit up using one of my hands to keep me steady. I wasn’t sure how I was slowly regaining my strength but I was happy nonetheless. “Oh this is one of the best days of my existence, Astraia. Do you know why?” He asked, looking straight at me. I just shrugged my shoulders. “Today I will finally have my revenge and tear my enemy down to nothing. I will have the wolves as my slaves and their territory will be mine. Your pathetic brother is mer
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I was lying on Petros’s lap in the back seat; against my will of course. Petros had been ready to fight anyone who offered to ride in the back with me unless it was my brother. One of the women at Iericho’s place had lent me a dress and a pair of underwear. I respectfully declined the underwear offer. There was no way I was going to wear another woman’s underwear, even in an emergency. Iericho was driving while one other man from his sloth sat in the passenger side. We were on our way to Teris’s mountain chateau. Most of Iericho’s people were there and the rest were following us in their own cars. I knew the wolves would come to my rescue, but I was still worried about what kind of state Lio was in. If I felt this weak and drained, he must feel the same if not worse. For once I wanted Lio and I to live a peaceful life together. Going into this relationship I knew the risks very well. Regardless, Lio had made me happier than I had ever been in my life. “Why are we going to T
