Surprise: “How far am I..what?” Nora asked, repeating what Polly had just said but her hand instinctively going to her stomach.“How far are you along…with child?” Polly asked, her voice low just above a whisper.“With child.” Nora repeated again, she could feel the acid crawling up her throat as her chest felt like it was going to collapse on her. “You are pregnant right? The smells? The vomiting.” Polly asked, reaching over and pointing to Nora’s stomach.“I..I..I don't know.” Nora whispered as fear spread through her."How long ago was your heat?" Polly asked her, still talking quietly.Nora sunk down onto the bed. if she was pregnant she had now put her unborn child in danger. It was fine when it was just her life. she could feel the color drain from her face. she wasn't far along maybe six weeks she thought to herself doing the math." Don't worry, I won't say anything….but you're going to have to think of something. you won't be able to hide it forever." Polly said quietly.Za
Pregnant:“Sleep for now Miss. I will bring you some more tea in the morning to get ahead of your nausea. Take this.” Polly said, pulling something out of her hair.Polly was holding a beautiful silver and blue hair pin in her hand. She looked confused at polly but the blue in the hair pin kept her attention. It was the color of Jace’s eyes and her emotions were getting the best of her. She realized how much she missed him. Polly smiled at her, placing it in her hand.“It's going to have multiple uses.” Polly said nodding to it.“What do you mean?” Nora said looking over the hair pin and then she noticed a small break in the metal. Nora pulled on the bottom of the hair pin and it exposed a thing ashapr blade. Nora smiled surprised at Polly.“I can tell you're strong but every girl needs added protection. Speaking of protection; wedge something in the door tonight to ensure no one can get in.” Polly said walking towards the door.“Thank you again.” Nora said, grateful.“Don't worry ab
Blessed:Nora waited in the silence, she could feel stress from Asher. What was wrong? She felt nervous sitting in her dark room, staring at the door. She didn't want to go to sleep but she was so tired. She was waiting for something to come through the door. Her body was on slight alert because it knew they were in enemy territory even though she was pretending. She wasn't to the point of tingling but she felt like she was in some weird stand by mode. She felt her eyes getting heavy as she began to sway on the bed.She kept trying to make sure she stayed awake. She wanted to see if she could sneak down into the lab and get more detail. She felt her body topple over as she hit the bed, collapsing in exhaustion. “Nora.” Her voice was enchanting as she sang Nora’s name, calling to her.Nora grunted slightly, she was so tired. She needed sleep. She turned slightly on to her side.“Come now Nora, that's no way to act.” The voice chuckled even the laughter was like music.“Hmm?” Nora a
Tea: A knock at the door woke her up. As soon as she opened her eyes a wave of nausea hit her. Her hand went to her stomach as she slowly sat up. She put her feet on the ground. The cold hard wood helps fight back the nausea. She stood up realizing she had forgotten that she blocked the door with the chair. The knock came again. “One minute.” Nora said loudly to the door as she began to move the chair away from the door. She choked back a gag as she stood up right. She took a deep breath in before unlocking the door. She needed cold air. She opened the door and then looked for a window. She didn't even care at this point who was at the door. She crossed the room to the window. She grabbed ahold of the soft white curtains tossing them aside. She was getting so warm so quickly. The floor length curtains swung back at her and she became frustrated. Yanking them hard to the side. The curtain rod fell down off the top of the window. She braced for it to hit her. A jolt flowed through h
Our Girl:Nora took a bite of the biscuit, the flaky butter bread melted in her mouth and her stomach instantly purred in happiness. Polly let out a chuckle as she heard it too. Nora smiled devouring the rest of the biscuit. She wiped her mouth taking a sip of her tea. She felt a hundred times better. She nodded her thanks to Polly as she cleared her throat before going to speak. “We have nine hours until the ceremony starts.” Nora said to Polly.“I need to get in the lab just before the ceremony. That way it will be mostly empty and Lance will be preoccupied.” Nora continued pausing to take another sip of her tea.“I have connections down there. There are people who are being forced to do this. They don't want to be a part of it and they don't want to be creating those things. They will be able to guide us through the labs. “Well we need to find some way to sneak away then. I will say there is something wrong with…it would need to be something with the ceremony. Lance would make an
Smoke and Mirrors:Jace took off into the forest. Once inside he shifted into Cole. He shook the tension off as he shifted. The moon light hitting Cole’s dark almost blue coat. It shimmered. He lowered his head and glanced back at his pack. A howl went up and Cole took off. The look was telling them to keep up. He was not waiting. One by one they all shifted and followed the dark shimmer of Cole taking off in a flash. Nothing was keeping him from Nora any longer. He bolted dodging the trees as he passed them. A fallen tree limb in front of him. He felt the air as he jumped over it landing on the other side. Zeke, Chadwick, and Asher followed behind. Their pack followed one by one after Cross river. At a point they would branch out and surround City lights but as of right now they ran in unisom. The hunters took what roads and paths they could to get there. Jace looked up at the full moon and it seemed to sparkle back at him. The moonlight seemed to call to him and he felt somethin
Groundwork:Polly rushed out of the closet but Nora caught her wrist, her eyes still on the dress. The images of what would come if she didn't get this right tugged at her heart and tightened her chest.“Polly, we need to get all the Lobo’s in one room. I need to do this in one shot.” Nora said, taking her eyes off the dress and looking at Polly.Polly’s eyes were filled with concern. Polly’s eyes studied Nora’s face, worry coming across hers.“Nora, how are you doing this? Like I've heard what you can do and felt the power you have but …will you be safe?” Polly asked in her voice, wanting the reassurance that Nora would tell her yes.“Yes.” Nora answered, giving Polly the answer she wanted. The truth was she didnt know. Polly stared at her hard for a long minute and then nodded to her before heading out of the closet. The door to Nora’s room shutting behind Polly as she left echoed in the emptiness of the room.Nora searched the closet for something simple to wear. She grabbed a pai
Phase one:“Alpha.” A voice said painced to him, he was trying to process who it was.“Alpha!’ The voice said, sounding more demanding and something shook him.“Jace.” Matt’s voice pierced through the darkness, as Jace felt his body being shook.Jace groaned rolling to his side, trying to process what just happened. Sunlight hit his face making his face scrunch up as it hurt his eyes. He let out a groan bringing his hand up to shield his face as he opened his eyes.“Oh thank god. I was so not ready to be beta.” Matt smirked offering his hand to Jace to help him up. “What? Beta? What the hell happened?” Jace said, pulling on Matt’s hand to help himself stand.His legs were weak,He squeezed Matt’s hand hard as he stood. His legs almost collapsed from under him. He took a deep breath and his whole body hurt. He looked around, shaking his head and squinting. “You collapsed. Fell right down and shifted from Cole. I’ve never seen something like that happen…except when someone dies. And ya