All The Pretty Wolves book one / The Truth Within Me Series

Love of a mother

chapter two

Lisa

I can't believe how much she has grown up. Nikki is turned out to be a lovely young woman. But now, back to business, I showed up here to kill anna, and that's what I will do. I waited for her to enter the kitchen; as she rounds the corner, she yells, Nikki, what the f**k did you do now. When she sees me, she Frozen on the spot with her mouth open and wide eyes.

 Once she gets herself under control again, she says. Lisa, I did not realize you were here! That's because I did not want you to. I told you Nikki was to be loved and protected. Did I not warn you what would happen should you ever harm her, I say. Yes, but she tries to say. Stop right there. Her shoulder slump and she looks down at the floor as I say, you did not believe me, so now you will pay for that with your life.

 Her eyes go wide, and her breathing quickens as she stutters out, what do you think can do to me? I am an Alpha wolf, so how are you going to kill me?  What in the hell anna screeches; why can't I shift? The minute I walked in the house, I blocked your wolf so she won't suffer. She never did like what you were doing to Nikki, did she? As her body starts to shake uncontrollably, she puts her hand to her mouth; as her faces pale, I say, oh, my, did I forget to tell you I am the Queen of the Faye's or that I am a high Princess of the underworld? Yes, yes, I did well; that sucks for you, uh? It is too bad, and only if you would have realized you could have used her agents me, but now you're going to die, and there is nothing anyone can do.

That's not true; she says with a smile on her face as if she just realized she knows something I don't know. The moon goddess won't let you murder me. I throw my head back and howl with laughter. How f*****g stupid are you, Anna? I finally manage to ask her? The moon goddess blessed Nikki as a goddess herself that you mistreated. What do you think is going to happen? The moon goddess will save you? I hate to break it to you, but it will not happen. However, she will come for your wolf when it is time for you to die, though. All at once, anna screamed out as I twist her body like a pretzel. I will do everything you ever did to Nikki, and you will feel what it's like to be a human.

Nikki, not even mortal. You know that, Lisa. I feel the veins in my neck throb as I clench my fists and bare my teeth at her and say. Oh, but anna, she is until tonight when she turns for the first time, and you dame well know that, so don't f*****g play dumb with me. I know you made it to where she couldn't talk to anyone, to be able to reveal what you have been doing to her. I am not naïve, so stop with the bullshit already.

Please, I am sorry. I was just so mad that my mate died because of her, and I lost everything, and nothing I could ever do will return him to me. You could have loved her and been there for her. I screamed at her as I slam my fist on the table and say. Selene was going to bring him back to you, but you f****d that up to you f*****g dumbass now you are losing everything, and you will never have a chance to get anything back because you're going to purgatory.

Now let us get on with it, shall we? I say as I walk to the kitchen sink to get the cleaning stuff out to show her, it feels to drink bleach. I walk back to Anna and hold her mouth open as I pour the whole dame thing down her throat and laugh as she chokes on it.

 Anna yells out, please, stop. I am sorry, please help me. Why in the hell would I show you mercy when you never showed my daughter an ounce of it? Uh, do you think you're better than her because your not? She is divine, and you're not s**t you, lying b***h? After hours of torturing her only to heal her and stars over aging, I get bored, so I called Selene, aka The moon goddess, to have her come and help kill this b***h. I don't need her, but it's part of the deal for me to kill anna. I have to save the wolf because she is innocent.

Once Selene gets here, the fun really begins because it is painful to have your wolf ripped from your body, so I have been told. Anyhow, I am watching Selene pull the wolf out of anna; she screamed in agony. I can hear her heart racing has sweat pours off her body as she pleads for her life. AS her wolf is removed out of her body, Anna's bones break, and her sink splits open, revealing her wolf, but I can't let her die so easily, so I keep the b***h alive and heal her so I can really f**k her up. Once the wolf is finally free, she bows her head and says I am Zanna, and I am sorry I could not stop my human from hurting Nikki; please forgive me, my Queens, I have failed you.

I walk up to Zanna, the light cast just right for me to see how gorgeous this Wolfe is. She has silver fur with stunning topaz eyes. I lean down to be eye to eye with her as I say, you have nothing to forgive; you did what you could for Nikki as well as love her, so now you will be reward for your loyalty. Selene is going to reunite you with your mate.

Once Zanna is sent back to Buddhic to return to Kalen, I grab Anna and drag her out back by her throat. Once we outside, I can feel my heart racing in my chest and the blood pumping in my ears. It feels like electricity is running down my sink from my magic sprinkling through my veins as I grab anna by her hair and mouth and ripped her head off of her body that finally ends this s**t show once and for all so I can get back to my daughter.

Lisa that enough playing with her head, it's disturbing as hell watching you play with that thing, Selene says. Okay, can I put it in the oven for her friends to find when they get here? I ask? Fine, hurry up, we have to go; Nikki is waiting for us. Selene yells at me. I grab the head and walk back in the house and place it on a platter with an apple in her mouth. I then set the oven on bake to cook her at first-class rate.

I see a note pad by the oven, so I write a little note that says. I had to run to the store, but I set the time on the stove. Could you please get the food out when the timer goes off? Thanks. I'll see you soon, Anna.

Really Lisa, how old are you, and you know better than that. I am older than you, and I don't care; leave me alone and let me have my fun; she hurt my baby, and Anna is lucky I killed her at all because I was going to take her to Rick and let him play with the dumb b***h.

30 minutes later.

What took you so long I was starting to worry you were not coming to get me, mom.  She says with her head down. Nikki Look at me, I say as I sit down at the table; when she finally looks up, she blushes and blinks back tears. I am sorry  I run into an old friend I have not seen in years. Selene, this is my daughter Nikki. It's nice to meet you, Nikki says as she smiles up at her. Selene licks her lips and then grins as she grabs her hand and says, it's a pleasure to meet you, child. I see great things in your future, but let's not get into that now, Lias. I have to be going, but I will catch up with you some other time. I understand, and it was nice to see you and have a safe trip home, I say as Selene walks out of the restaurant.

Nikki looks up at me red-faced and says, mom, I am not trying to be rude, but that was weird as hell. I know, but it just the way she is, and when we get somewhere more private, I will tell you all about her, okay, I say. So did you have fun shopping, sweetie? I ask her as I wave at the waitress to come over so I can order my food. Uh, I somewhat only bought what you had on the list, Nikki says around a mouth full of food. Ow, my sweet girl, why? Nikki looks down and says, because I didn't know what my limit was, so I get something to eat, is that okay she looks so vulnerable as she asks. Yes, that's fine, but I wish you would have gotten something besides food, but once I eat, we can get out of this town find somewhere to Seattle down than we can go to the mall, okay.

That sounds fun, but how am I going to leave? I don't have a car, and I don't think I will fit on your bike with everything, so what can I do, mom, to help with that? She asks. Okay then, we'll have to get you one then, won't we, Nikki? Now eat your food so we can go next door and get you a ride, and do you know how to drive?

Nikki covers her face with both hands. No, but I thought you could teach me, the little brat says. Okay, then a new plan, we will get a truck, and I drive us home. After that, I can teach you, and we can go to the mall. What do you think, Nikki? She smiles up at me like she won the dame lottery and says,—sound good. I am ready whenever you are, mom.

I never know how much I missed Nikki until now. I don't know how I ever was without her I don't know. She so full of life and has not stopped talking well mind linking; she still has not got her voice back yet, but hopefully tonight, she will after her change. I don't think she even knows that we still mind linking thought but were have some fun I don't really want to tell her yet.

Nikki, are you hungry or want to stop for anything? We have been on the road for a while now, and I am kind of hungry myself as well, and we do need some stuff. Sure, do you think we can find some were to rest for the night? I am tired, and what to lie down if that's okay, please? Sweetheart, do you know you're a wolf? No, I am not. I did not get the wolf gene well, at less that's what anna told me when I asked why I couldn't heal like her and dad did.

Yes, you are a wolf, but you just have not shifted yet, but you will tonight. That's why your so tired right now; let's stop and get some stuff, then I find some were to camp tonight, and I can explain how it all works and help you throw your shift, okay.

After we stopped and got what we need, I find an excellent place to camp for the night. It's in the middle of nowhere, and so far for humans that it will be easy to keep Nikki from hurting anyone. I can also help her come into her Wolfe without worrying about everything else.

Nikki lets out a little cry and says, ow, it hurts so bad why does it feel like my body being torn apart? I really need to lay down, mom. Nikki screams out in pain as she drops to her knees and starts shaking uncontrollably. She is covered in sweat, even in the cold chill in the air. I rush to Nikki side, sweetheart; it's going to be alright your shifting. I will help you, but I need you to trust me entirely because you don't have an alpha to help you with the shift. Your wolf has to trust me. If you don't, it will be harder for you, and she will attack me and won't let me help you, Nikki.

What do you know about this, mom? Nikki gases out, and then her bones start to break. She looks up pale as f**k with tears running down her face; her eyes change to a brit blue as she screams out. I slowly stand up and back away from her with my head down but my eyes with her as she finishes the shift.

Once her paws hit the ground, she lets out a growl that shakes me to the bone. Nikki is taller than me and has deep purple fur. She lowers her head, then lays down and lets out a little yelp as she crawls to me. I lean down and hold my hand out to her, and Nikki rubs her head against my head. After that, she jumps up and knocks me sideways with a yelp; she takes off running into the woods, only slowing down enough for me to catch up to her, then she off again.

Nikki finally slows down by a stunning lake as she lays down and looks at the water. I sit down beside her running my fingers through the grass, and say, do you want to hear about my and your dad's secret place?

Nikki nods her head, and I take that as I say it's deep in the woods like this and has the most beautiful waterfall. The water is so clear you can see all the way down to the lake's bottom, and has flowers that glow purple and blue there amazing to see at night.

The air smells sweet, and all ways feels perfect no matter what time of day or year it is. I used to spend hours just sitting there thinking. One day I prayed to the gods to let me have a child, and the great divine herself came to me later that night and showed me a vision of me holding a beautiful child. Two months later, I learned I was pregnant with you. We end up talking for hours last night all about her being a wolf and how I didn't want to give her up, but I had to in order to keep her safe.

We are also looking for a house later today, and I am even going to get her a car for now and give her driven lessons, but all Nikki wants is for me to tell her everything there is to know about her and myself. But there are still things I can't tell Nikki, for one who her dad is or about our other family; it not safe yet is all I will say on the matter. So I am just going with it. I also told her that she needs to learn to fight because I will not always be around to help her.

An hour later, we at the realtors when Nikki sees an estate for sale she falls in love with. I know it a sign of the divine because it's perfect for what we need. It's a three-store old Victorian-style house that was built in the late 1800s. I love how it has a tower on one side and a house shoe arch on the front porch entrances and wrap-around porches on the first to floors of the house and a full circle driveway, not to mention it's very secluded and surrounded by woods as well as being closed in.

As she is looking at the brochure, the realtor says, oh, I am not sure you can afford something like that young lady; how about I find something more in your range of prices? Nikki looks up at the lady and says I am sorry, I was just looking. I didn't know I could not read it.

Nikki, do you like that house because I absolutely love it and think we may get it; what do you think? Are you serious? Can we really please, mom? Just as I am about to answer her, this f*****g stupid ass has to open her mouth aging and says, ma'am, I not sure you understand how much this estate is. Just so we can move on and find something you can afford, let me tell you how much the owner is asking for it. The asking price is at 3,800,000 right now; the b***h says as she looks at Nikki and smiles like the f*****g cat ate the canary. I think to myself, I am about to kill this f*****g woman dame it, but instead, I smile and say, is that all well dame you should have told me that, to begin with, and we could have already signed the papers. Do you take a chasers check or cash?

Mom, I think you broke her because she is not talking anymore. Should I look for someone else to help us? Hu ya, Nikki, go look for a manager, okay. Sure, I'll be right back, Nikki says as she walks off. I look back at the woman in front of me and say, if you ever talk to my daughter like that or me again, it will be the last thing you ever do. FYI I am a gazillionaire. I come for a long line of royalty. Still, I use an alias because I want to have some were quite that I can raise my daughter without worrying about every little thing now, if you will excuse me, I am going to find Nikki and get our house. Thank you, by this time, she three sheets white, and as the most stunned look on her face I have ever seen.

Nikki comes around the corner about that time and says this is Lulu, the manager. She said we can go look at the house if you still want to. I also have the paperwork.

That's not necessary, I say, as I take the papers to full them out. Ma'am, are you sure you don't want to look at the estate before you sign everything? Ask Lulu? I'm sure just get me the keys so we can get out of here, and can you follow me to the bank, or will you take a cashier check? Uh sure, let me go get the keys, and a check is acceptable. I'll be right back, Lulu says with a little bit of shock in her voice.

Mom, are you okay? You look upset. Did I do something wrong? No, Nikki, I just want to get the f**k out of here and go shopping for our new home. When Lulu comes back with the keys, I throw my arm around Nikki's shoulder and say, are you ready to start our new life. Nikki smiles and says, hell ya, I am.