The Unexpected
1711 Words
*Solveig*
"It is ok, Ebony. I am really quite safe," I repeat to one of my Guardian Angels. I chuckle when I see the look of the pack teens, they drool over both of them and I feel the jealousy. It is fun to hear their thoughts too.
"I was ordered to protect you, and I can do it from far, like my brother, but they are fun to watch..." He says and smirks. I can't help but laugh.
"Of course, you enjoy watching, don't you..." I say and hear him laugh. He is taller than me by two heads, and handsome in his dark beauty. "I am just saying... that if you have better things to do, like guarding other humans or anything..."
"Our sole purpose is to guard you, princess. We vowed to do this a long time ago, to your mother," Says Ivory, who surprises me with his appearance.
I look at him as he walks to his brother and sits next to him. "My mother? She made you promise to take care of me?" I ask genuinely curious.
Ebony shakes his head and frowns to his brother. "A bit more complicated than that. We have free will, like you do, like all humans and other creatures do. But it is in our nature to guard and protect someone, something. After the big fight, we were part of the movement that shut down all the locations that gathered any kind of threat to this world... once we were done, we had nothing more to do and came back to watch your people... we were curious... your tribe..."
"Pack..." Ivory corrects him and he looks at him with a nod.
"Your pack is quite unique from others, and we were drawn to observe..." He pauses.
"And your mother would not let us. She ordered us to leave and not bother any of the members," Continued Ivory. At this I chuckle, my mom can be very stubborn. "We were surprised she could see us. We thought we were quite discrete, but apparently, you can also sense us, so we were bound to promise to take care and look after you in exchange for permission to stay and observe..."
I laugh and shake my head. "All just to calm your curiosity about our people?" I say still amazed of their innocent intentions and nature.
They both nod and Ebony smiles. "That, and because we grew fond of you sweetheart," He says and winks at me.
I smile and walk to them, giving them both a hug. They give in and hug me back, and I can hear many of the pack girls already pouting. I chuckle and then sneak in between them, they quickly give me room and I sit in the middle of my private Angels. I feel safe with them, always have, even when they would travel around the world for any reason, I always knew they were watching over me. I love them.
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*Meadow*
I smile as the young man walks into the room and wraps his arms around Caliope; Seth seems to be a wonderful son, and the thing she treasures the most. Amra also smiles at the sight of his son, and they all held tightly together in a family embrace as the last holographs turn off.
I only met him once, when we had a meeting years ago in the city. I always heard Caly talk about him so proudly, but she would never bring him with them, as she was always afraid of the bad influence the human world could put in him. I wondered many times where would they keep him, and if he was happy. But I see him now, full of strength and energy, and I know that wherever he was, it did him good.
I turn to Caleb and he smiles at me, holding me close as he finishes giving orders to our pack members; Grayson will be in charge to watch over everything while Gunther goes through every camera carefully and studies any threat all around our homes. Tomorrow we will rotate and Shawn will do the same with Alex. Our idea is simple; we want to watch over those we can while this threat is on us.
'Ready to go home?' Caleb sends to me and I nod. 'Where is that mind of yours? Are you ok?' He asks reading me too well.
'I am just scared and confused, and I don't even know what to be scared of...' I sigh and squeeze his hand. 'Let's say goodbye and just go...'
He nods to me and we walk to Aeneas who is discussing something with Zareen. They both nod to us as we get to them. "Leaving?" Aeneas asks.
"I am taking Meadow to our residence in the outsides of the city. You are welcome to join us if you wish," Caleb says as I smile to Zareen.
"Interesting option, maybe soon. For now, I rather show Zareen some places and visit my brother..." He says casually but there is something in his eyes that make me doubt him.
I perk my eyes and look at him. "Really? Is that all you plan to do?"
He grins as he looks at me and then chuckles. "You were always capable to see through me..." He smirks and Zareen rolls her eyes then shakes her head. "I am thinking of paying a visit to our holographic friends..."
Caleb sighs and shakes his head with a smile. "You really should consider what you jeopardize if they catch you... If they do, all this is going to escalate quickly..."
Aeneas grins. "When was I ever caught?"
I now roll my eyes. 'He is just being Aeneas, love. I know Zareen is his ground center and voice of reason. She won't let him mess things up...' I send to Caleb and he agrees.
"Do as you please, just be careful..." He says and then we turn around to head to Caly and Amra.
And as we arrive at them, I notice Seth looking at me straight. I smile to him, but his eyes reveal there is something in his mind. "Caly, we are going home now. We should get together soon again, let me know if you need us, ok?" I say to her and she nods, some tension now on her. "Is everything ok?" I ask concerned.
Amra is the one who answers. "We just need to discuss some things with our son and Raziel. We will contact you soon."
Caleb nods and takes my hand. "I hope you do, we have gone a long way to reach the point of trust, I would hate that to be tarnished," He says to Amra as he pulls me gently to follow him.
We walk silently to our car, and as we start to go, I can't help to feel we have made our Allie upset. 'No, not yet at least,' Caleb responds to my worries.
I sigh. 'Why did you have to say that? It made it sound like we don't trust them...'
He shakes his head. 'We trust them, but something about the tension around them made me worry. These are unusual circumstances, and that was an unusual behavior.'
I nod, turning my head to look at the window. I miss my children and my land. I want to go back yet I know we need to worry about how safe it is to go anywhere at all.
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*Xavier*
I finally walk back home with Carl, he has been silent most of the way, we are both puzzled with the current situation and we both want to find the ones who have disrupted our already unsteady pact with the other races. I, personally, want to make my parents proud.
I hear a car coming off in the distance and I wonder who could it be. I check with our brothers in the border and they tell me it is Dana and Zana approaching. Aunt Agape's daughters have been away for three years, studying on the other continent. I guess that they were called back home because of the situation. I don't blame aunt for bringing them here, it is not going to be easy to know who to trust outside of our walls.
'So the girls are back, aunt Agape will be happy,' Carl comments.
I nod. 'Yeah, even though we are getting all here, I still wish I could be out there and do more... maybe I should go to mom and dad...'
Carl stops on his tracks and I stop two steps after. I turn to look at him and see him perking a brow. 'Are you nuts? They trust you so much they left the pack under your command... and you are going to just leave it all?'
He is right, I am in charge of the pack and I can't let them down as they try to solve whatever is happening. I need to make sure our Haven is safe for our pack. I nod at him and we resume our walk.
I feel some weird sensation though, as I am about to reach home, I feel like my chest is heavy. I start to feel a bit dizzy and so I stop. I know Carl is talking to me but my breath becomes difficult as well. What is happening to me?! I look around and feel like everything is blurry. "What the hell is going on?" I hear my friend asking in a worried tone.
I wish I knew. I can't feel my legs, and I am starting to believe that we are under attack, and Carl is already trying to find any threat. f**k, am I losing it?
Then I smell it, and my head spins and locks towards the car that just stopped. I see a pair of frightened eyes looking at me behind the car's door. I feel my wolf growl and I am not sure what to think anymore. 'Mate...' is what I feel my wolf claim.
Carl sighs and rubs my shoulder. 'Well... your mom is sure going to come back once she hears about this...'
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