Chapter 206
“Your mother gave you a potion in a needle to stun your abilities?” Gabe was fighting back a growl as he walked in.
Darian stood still in the back, equally as angry as his brother but when his eyes landed on me they softened and he smiled as he pushed off from the wall
and walked over.
Kiera nodded her head and her pearl-white teeth glimmered when Gabe tossed her playfully in the air and sat her down on his knee when he took her place
on the couch.
“Hi, sweetheart,” Darian squatted in front of her.
“Do you know why she did that?” He said through a smile while he petted the head of her bunny.
Kiera liked it when you showed her stuffed animal love. She was a caring soul, that much was known, but she was also powerful, immensely considering how much of it she already exhibited, and I couldn’t wait to see her reach her full potential.
“Mommy said; boys are strong, and girls are kind- she said that I would scare them. Are you scared, daddy?”
The sound of his teeth grinding together stung in my ears but he forced his features to remain soft- it was something he’d worked on and he was getting quite skilled at it.
“I’m terrified,” he winked. “No, baby girl, I’m not scared of you, but your powers are a gift- your strength and, one day, your Lycan, it’s all an amazing gift,”
he said.
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“You’ll grow to understand them and love them. And for the record, the best girls are strong and kind,” I said.
Kiera turned her head and looked at my belly.
“I’m going to play with them when they come out of you,”
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I pinched my lips to quiet the laughter, the blood drained from Gabe’s face and Darian squeezed his eyes shut and winced up at me with flushed cheeks.
“Yes, love, yes you will! You will be the best big sister ever,” I grabbed her hand and turned to Mathilda. “And you’ll be the greatest aunt in the world. As for me, I’ll work better on the big sister business,”
Mathilda slumped down on the armrest and my fingers pressed together from her light squeeze.
“You don’t need any work, we’re in this together now,”
That’s true, we were, just the two of us. My eyes fell into a dark shadow of memories and grief.
“About that,” Darian rose and his arms hung by his sides.
“Arrangerats have been made for your parent’s funeral, everything has been taken care of,” he paused for a beat. “If you want, I thought we could have it here, in the cemetery. That way, you’ll always have them close,”
His voice cracked and there was a sinking dimness in his eyes.
Mathilda and I shared a look- we had to say goodbye, that was inevitable, but with everything that had happened I had managed to keep a cool head. Now I had to face reality, they were gone, and they weren’t coming back. My mother wouldn’t rock the baby to sleep singing my favorite lullaby, my father wouldn’t chase the triplets around the palace or play hide and seek like he did with us when we were little.
We had many disagreements, my parents and 1, our values were worlds apart but I was half of both of them, and two large pieces of me were gone and I wouldn’t get them back.
We nodded our heads and I walked out with Darian while the others sat back.
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Chapter 206
The next day, you could hardly tell that there had been a war outside at all. Everything and everyone had been cleared away, the blood was cleaned and the
trampled grass was wet after the rain pour we’d had during the night. Frowns, sadness, and cries were what remained, the pain of everything that had
happened was the only reminder we had- that and the nightmares.
The Alpha’s Hunt
