An Unusual Mate

Kaila walks on the shore sighing softly as she breaths in the beach. Water had always calmed her after a hard day. She pushes her wings out allowing them to catch the breeze coming off the ocean. Life was good and she was finally starting to find her way. She closes her eyes and feels herself starting to float. When her feet touched the water, she opens her eyes smiling as the light of the full moon washed over her. Peace and tranquility found her here which was part of why she moved to a house out here away from her parents. She closes her eyes again as she continues to walk. Suddenly the hair on the back of her neck stands on end and her peaceful world is shattered. Her eyes fly open to find it pitch black and no moonlight to guide her. Before she can process anything, she is forced into the water and dragged down. Although she is a very strong swimmer even with her wings, she can't seem to fight what's holding her. She is trying to hold own as black spots begin to cloud her vision and her lungs begin to burn. She knows if she doesn't come up for air soon it could be the end of her. Using everything on her she pushes back again whatever is holding her as a bright light is emitted from her. The unknown lets her go for a split second and she uses that to her advantage to swim fast and hard towards the surface. She's almost there when she is grabbed again and dragged back down. Her strength is failing her and she is terrified but she keeps fighting until her lungs give out. As the darkness calls to her she hears a voice screaming her name. "Kaila, wake up!!! Don't you dare die on me!!!" Kaila Parks screamed as she woke up before looking around and realizing she was safe. Back in her room, she take several breaths as she tries to drag air into her burning lungs. She sat up and flipped on her bedside lamp. As she started coughing she heard herself start wheezing. She stumbled to the bathroom to find her inhaler. She turned the shower on letting it steam the bathroom as she sank to the floor waiting for the medicine to kick in. After a few minutes she pulled herself up and into the shower. After her shower she dressed and headed to her kitchen for a cup of coffee. Coffee always settled her lungs and brain. As she waited for the Keurig machine to finish she glanced at the stove clock and saw it was only 2am meaning she only had about three hours of sleep. She sighed and took her mug to the porch to watch the waves from her balcony. She smiled as she remembered her decision to move here. When she graduated high school a year ago, her parents offer her one present a house of her choice or a car. She choose the house because living in the heart of NYC, she didn't need a car. Moving out by the beach had been her idea. It also didn't hurt that her house backed again woods. For her it was the best of both worlds. She had grown up around shifters and other supernaturals, so having the woods right against her property had been convenient more than once. She sat in her wicker chair and continues to sip her coffee. There was a breeze and the light from the moon suddenly took her back to her dream. Before she could sink into it too much her doorbell rang. She floated through the house wondering who was at her door at this time in the morning. Looking through her side window she saw her best friend, Tanya Mathers. She yanked the door open and looked at her friend. Tanya had been crying that much was obvious but her hair was wild and she was wearing a loose blue dress. It took Kaila a moment before she realized it was one of the dresses she leaves in the wood for the shifters. It appeared that Tanya had come to her in cat form. "Tanya, what happened?" Tanya shook her head and started crying. She invited Tanya in and made her a mug of their favorite tea while refilling her own mug. As she sat the mug in front of Tanya she c****d her head reading her friends emotions. Kaila was special in the way the she wasn't a shifter but her gifts included being able to read emotions and seeing the future. She could also read people by simply touching them. She avoiding handshakes for that very reason. The things she saw sometimes made her shiver in disgust. She was a true Angel and worked hard to hide her angelic nature when in public but her best friend had seen it all before so when she touched Tanya's hand, Tanya wasn't phased. Suddenly Kaila was thrown into Tanya's thoughts. She saw Tanya's brother and father in a heated argument. It seemed that her brother wanted to take over the pack and her father thought he wasn't ready. Kaila pulled her hand away from Tanya's before she saw much. She had gotten the heart of the issue. "Tanya, why does Uncle Robert not think Mitchell is ready? He's turning 22 this year." Since Tanya and her had become friends in school at young ages, their parents had accepted the girls as daughters they never had. Even as Kaila began coming into her angel powers, Tanya's parents never failed to be there for her. Tanya's dad was the Alpha of Silver Lake pack. He was a powerful cat who was also CEO of Mathers Enterprise. Tanya wiped her tears and said, "My brother hasn't proven that he's ready. He stays trying to start a war with Luke." Lucius Smalls was Alpha of Gray Moon wolf pack and son of Jesse Smalls CEO of Smalls Security and Enterprise. "Ummm is your brother crazy? Gray Moon is the largest wolf pack of this side of the states. Last I heard they were over 900 strong!" I looked at Tanya in disbelief. She laughed at the look on my face as she nodded. "I know girl but my brother's determined to prove himself. I don't believe that is anyway to go about it but I can't talk to him anymore. I swears I'm coming after the Alpha spot. I can't take it because I don't know who my partner is yet. If it's an Omega maybe but if it's a ranked member of any pack Imma have to move." Kaila refilled their mugs and asked, " If your partner is a lower cat or shifter, would you even be considered for Alpha?" Tanya sighed and nodded, "If the goddess has chosen someone of Omega blood to be my partner and my dad decided I would become Alpha. My dad trained both of us to be able to take over. My brother always voiced his disapproval of it but no matter who I'm partnered to I have ranked blood. I'm going to be ranked and I was trained for that reason. If it's an Alpha I'm prepared to be Luna, if it's an Omega, I'm prepared to be alpha. Of course it could be a beta, gamma or delta.. it doesn't matter my blood is ranked so I'm going to be given a choice if my mate belongs to another pack. It doesn't help that my brother is a man-w***e who doesn't believe in the partner bond." " HE WHAT?!?!?" Kaila looked at her in confusion. "What do you mean he doesn't believe in the partner bond? Has he not seen Uncle Robert and Aunt Sam? Uncle Robert would give her the world and destroy anyone who tries to stop him." Tanya laughed sadly and said, "Mitchell believes a partner would make him weak like my dad. He feels partners, women in particular, should be seen and not heard. Just there for a man's need and shitty things like that. Of course he won't voice this to Dad but I hear him talking to his friends. Many are against him and will never accept him as Alpha with that attitude." Kaila just sat there in disbelief and shock. Her head was starting to hurt as well. She rubbed her temples shaking her head at her friend. "Mitchell needs help. Partner and mate bonds are strong and real. Wolves are protective of their mates and bears and cats are appreciative and loyal to their partners. Everyone know that they are gifts from Helena. Even I was taught that and I'm not a shifter but one look at my parents and I feel it. My dad left his pack because they wouldn't accept my mom. That's how much the mate bond means to him. Her human status meant nothing to him. It was the goddess's choice to give her to him and he still cherishes her." "My brother sees it different. He says Uncle Chris should have rejected Aunt Anna." Tanya says quietly. Kaila looked at her stunned as her head began pounding. She grabbed her head as her vision began to go black and her wings fluttered against her back. Tanya got up and knelt in front of her letting her know she was safe. No longer able to fight it she gave herself to the vision. Tanya's pov Watching my best friend rubbing her temples I knew what was happening. It wasn't the first time she'd had a vision around me but she always fights them. She hates seeing people get hurt or killed. Her vision are usually of future dangers. As we continued our talk I saw the signs of it taking her and when she blinked rapidly fighting it I knelt in front of her. As she gave into it, I thought long and hard about my brother. Mitchell and I had been close until I turned ten. Being three years apart I had always looked up to my big brother until my dad started training me. Being a cat, we were social to a point but my brother distance was more. And as I got older and began to understand my brother more, the less I wanted to be around him. I sighed again and pushed my black hair back off my forehead. Carefully not to touch Kaila I dragged the chair I been sitting in over in front of her. I watched her face and saw her eyes rolling into her head and knew she'd be out of it for a minute. I took our mugs and washed them out. Then I went to her bathroom and found the spare brush she kept there for me. As I brushed my head back into a ponytail, I admired myself in the mirror. My dark skin made my green eyes shine brightly and my 5' 9" frame had fat in all the right places but I was very fit thanks to our packs training regiment. After wetting a wash cloth and grabbing Kaila's brush and an extra scrunchie for her, I ran back to the kitchen. As I sat back in front of her, I saw her starting to sweat and she was mumbling. I gentle began brushing her dark Auburn hair out of her face and into the scrunchie. As I began wiping her forehead with the wash cloth, she moaned softly and began shivering. She was hotter than normal and that was saying something for her. Her body temperature was usually around 130° so for her to be feeling warmer than that wasn't good. She started mumbling again and her eyes began moving quickly. I jumped startled as I felt another presence in the kitchen. I looked over and saw her brother, James Logan. "Sorry Tanya, I'll take it from here." He walked over and picked Kaila up and carried her to the oversized couch in her living room. As he laid her down and settled in with her on his lap, I smacked my lips. It wasn't the first time I'd admired his body or how gentle he always was with her. He was a caramel brown and shared Kaila's 5' 11 frame and bright blue but the similarities ended there. Where she was thick he was slim and muscular. His hair was bluish white and short. I heard giggling and shook myself of my thoughts. "Sorry again about teleporting in like that. I could feel her slipping, she really needs to stop fighting her gift. It just makes it worst and I know she's not sleeping." James and I had always had a easy relationship partly because of Kaila but also because he treated my like the little sister he never had and I always appreciated him for that. More so now that me and my own brother no longer got along even though they were the same age. Because of our close relationship he had no issues discuss magic or Kaila's gifts with me. As I sat on the chair on the other side of Kaila, she gagged and began seizing. He moved her so that her head was off the couch and handed me the now hot cloth. I got up and rewetted it with cold water. "Bring some ice." He called from the living room. As I got the ice I heard her gag again and grabbed the trash can she kept clean and under her sink for these situations. I came back and placed the trash can beside her head as I handed him the cloth. I went and got another cloth and started wrapping ice in it. As I sat back on the chair I placed my rag on her back while he continued to wipe her forehead. Almost immediately the ice was nearly melted and his cloth was hot again. He groaned and slid from under her. "James?" He looked at me and said, "She's too hot, was she this hot before the vision?" I thought back but I realized I wasn't paying attention when she grabbed my hand earlier. "I don't know..." "It's ok. We need to cool her off and fast though. Her being this deep in a vision makes that a dangerous process." "Why?" "Her being to hot can get her brain..same as a human. She gets to hot her brain could shut down. If I try to cool her to fast while she's in a vision she could be shocked out of it and that could hurt her brain cells, but if I wait to long she could fry her brain cells." I looked at him and had an idea. "Bring her to the bathroom!" I ran and started filling her tub with cold water and when he came in he tilted his head in confusion. I laughed and said, "put her in the cold water and we add ice to it. Cool her down but hopefully without shocking her too bad." His eyes widened in understanding. "s**t, why didn't I think of that?" Suddenly, Kaila gagged again this time throwing up while in his arms still. He growls as he places her in the tub. I frowned at him in sympathy as her holds her head over the tub and wipes her mouth gently. As she begins seizing again, I quickly add ice to the water. Watching it melt the moment it touched her skin made me growls in return. Her eyes begin rolling again and I feel a shift in James's demeanor. I looked at him as her shifts his hold on her and grabs her face gently. Without looking at me he tells me to go get more ice. I don't move confused as to the change in his attitude. "Tanya, go get more ice. NOW!!!!" Rather than ask any questions, I run from the bathroom and into her kitchen. I go to her deep freezer where I know she keeps bags of ice in and grab three. I get back to the bathroom and see them in the same position but I can hear him mumbling to her and her shaking harder. I come over and find that not only has the ice completely melted, the water is burning hot. I empty the tub and am getting ready to add more water when James says to fill it with just ice. I rip the bags and begin pouring the ice over her. She gags again and he grabs the trash can in the bathroom just as she begins puking again. I look at her and see most of the ice is already melting. "We need more ice." James says sadly. "She's trying to cool down but it's not enough yet. I almost had her out the vision as well. She's going to be out of it when she comes through." I get up to get more ice when he says, "Stay with her, talk gently to her. I'll get the ice since I can carry more. No offense." He smiles at me and even with the situation, I melt in his smile. Once he's out the bathroom I hold her head and talk to her. "Girl I need you to come back to me, we have too much to talk about. Besides you owe me big time after this." She gagged again this time dry heaving as he came in with seven bags. "Why does my sister have a freezer full of ice bags?" I shrug as I began to help him pour the bags in the tub. She gags again and this time her eyes begin fluttering. He sighs softly and we both relax slightly as we touch her face and feel her starting to cool down. After about another twenty minutes, James's eyes are closed and I'm watching her so I see the moment she comes out of the vision. Kaila's pov After watching death and destruction all I wanted was to be apart of my world again. I had no idea how long I'd been in my vision but the first thing I felt was coolness. I sighed into it and let it cool my body. My head and throat was throbbing so I knew not only had I been out for a while I had actually thrown up and not just in my vision. As I continued to get my bearings I felt an angelic presence as well as Tanya's. My eyes flew open as I remembered Tanya and I instantly regretted opening my eyes. Not only could I not see straight my head pounded at the light. "Ugh, what happened?" I reached for Tanya's hand as I put up my mental wall. I did not need any more visions right now. "Girl, am I glad to hear your voice. You had us worried." I felt her grab my head and I leaned into the hand that landed on my cheek. "Hey brother." Knowing my brother was here I leaned into him more and begin to drift off to sleep. "I know you're tired sis, but we need to talk...now." I adjusted myself again and sat up although now I was starting to feel cold. My hand moved and I used my sense of touch and smell to get my surroundings. The first scent to hit was my own puke and I gagged hard groaning as my head throbbed. "Oh God someone please get that out of here." I heard myself mumble. I heard shuffling as someone left to do that. I took another breath but the scent was still there and I gagged again. Then I heard James said, "sorry sis, I forgot. Stay with her Tanya while I get rid of this shirt." Tanya took my hand again and said, "you were out almost three hours this time. You're in your tub covered in ice which had finally stopped melting so fast." I smiled thankfully for my best friend. She knew I hated how disoriented I was when I came out and simple details always help me center myself quicker. I try to move again and almost scream from the pain in my head. "Whoa sis easy, what are you trying to do?" I find talking hurt my head more so I mind link him quickly before the pain makes my groan and tears began falling. "I'm getting cold so I think I can get out the ice and these clothes. I can't move by myself my head is trying to spilt in two and I can't see yet." "Okay okay sis easy. Tanya we need to help her out of these clothes and this ice. She needs a shower but that's gonna have to wait. She has a massive headache so we gonna go slow. I need her to talk to me soon through she was too hot longer than I want to admit." I try to sit up again and push my wings out the ice since I've lost feeling in them but even that moment is too much and I crying in pain. "Ok sis stop moving. I know what you trying do but give me a second okay?" I whisper okay and stop moving. Suddenly his scent is covering me and I'm sinking into him as he lifts me out the tub. As his scent feels me I find myself drifting back to sleep. Tanya's Pov As James lifts her out the tub, we move into her room and I begin finding something simple and dry to put her in. I find one of her favorite nightgowns and walk over to where he's sitting on the futon in her room and has started stripping her of her clothes. I hand him the nightgown but he shake his head and holding her gently he takes off his shirt and pulls her skin to skin with him. I swallow hard looking at his chest and abs. "While you're staring you wanna help me warm her up. I had her in the ice too long. Her wings are freezing." I nod, "what you need me to do?" "Imma put her on the bed, take off your dress and lay next to her holding her against you and I am going to lay behind her and warm her wings as best as I can. Until she wakes up again, she can't tell me anything so hopefully whatever she saw isn't going to happen right now." I swallow hard remembering I'm not wearing anything under the dress. "Ummmn..... I kinda ran here in cat form...." I trail off looking at him. He laughs and say, "okay I will lay her down and I'm gonna go get some warm water and you pull the covers over you two and I promise I won't peek. Beside I see you as another lil sis of mine." He moved and places her on the bed and pull the cover over her. As he moves away she groans and reaches out in her sleep. He sighs and rubs her cheeks, "I'm coming right back, just sleep for now." She groans again and settles again with a soft snore. He rushes out the room shaking his head and I quickly shred the dress and curl up beside her under the cover. Her body is cool but not freezing until I touch her wings. They are almost ice cold and she moans as I touch them. "They are too cold for her to move them so that is painful. When she wakes and is herself she is going to have to try to get them in the air. I should have wrapped them but I wasn't thinking." He says as he enters the room with a bucket of water. I can see the steam coming from the bucket as he settled into the bed. He takes two rags and soaks them in the water and places them on one of her wings. She screams in her sleep and jerks towards me. Her eyes flutter open for a moment before she sighs softly and relaxes. I look at him and he shakes his head as he begins working his hands through her feathers on the other wings. He continues this process until she no longer responses to the rag touching the wing. "The other wings should be a bit easier on her with the water. I warmed it a little with my hands. I have to turn her over and we have to switch sides. She should be warm enough for us to get dressed though." I nod as I pick up the dress and slip it on before sliding from under the cover. I take his place on the bed and am surprised by how calming his scent is and even my cat, Kelly, responds. What's up girl? I ask her He smell as yummy as he looks I giggle at her and sigh, He's not our partner through right? I can't tell... It's weird I should know. I don't think he is but damn he'd make a good one I laugh and blink sighing softly. "Are you two done now?" I jump before looking are seeing James on my side of the bed. "Sorry" I say completely embarrassed. I settle back as he places the cloths on Kaila's wing. She jerks slightly but continues snoring and I find myself drifting too.