His Mate's Sister

Chapter 11-Christmas Pt. 2

After I took Emily home and checked in on Amy I went home, on my way home I couldn't get Emily's words out of my head. Should I stand down from the search or should I do my duty and hunt Lukas down? I'll talk it over with my dad, maybe he'll have some advice for me. I pulled into the garage and parked my car, I entered through the kitchen and went to find my father.I walked into the living room to find him with mom, Stephanie and Steven watching some Christmas movie.

"Ahem" I cleared my throat.

"Oh, hey son" my father greeted as everyone turned to look my way.

"Dad can I speak with you please?" I asked him.

"Sure" he said then kissed my mother and got up. We went up to his office to talk in private, I followed him in. He went and sat at his desk and I took a seat in front of it. "What's this about?" he asked me.

"I told Emily about our family and the pack" I told him.

"How did she take it?" he raised an eyebrow.

"She thought I was joking at first but then I changed my eye color and she kinda freaked out" I told him.

"Is she okay now?" he asked concerned.

"After a bunch of yelling and hyperventilating she came around" I chuckled a bit.

"Good" he sat back and relaxed.

"I did tell her about being here on Thanksgiving and why" I sheepishly told him.

"You did what?" he hissed.

"I had to dad, I didn't want to lie to her anymore" I defended myself.

"How much of the situation did you tell her?" he questioned me.

"Only that the guy is a werewolf and that we're hunting him down" I explained. "I didn't go into detail" I told him.

"Okay good" he sighed.

"Dad I need your advice about something" he furrowed his brow at me. "Emily asked me not to go back out after him" I sighed.

"What did you tell her?" he had a curious look on his face.

"I told her it was part of my duty to go out and track him down" I explained. "She's scared, she's afraid I won't come back" I told him. He sat back in his chair and folded his hands together mid air and rested jis elbows on the arms of his chair.

"What do you think you should do?" he eyed me.

"I want to be out there hunting him down" I said confidently, he leaned forward and furrowed his brow and examined me.

"There's  a but in your face and heart, I can see and hear it" he looked at me.

"But I also want to stay here and protect her and her family" I told him lowering my head.

"I know how you're feeling son" he sighed, "I've felt that struggle every time I had to leave your mother to go out in the field" he had sadness as he spoke. "You are needed out there with the rest of the warriors and your brothers" he told me.

"I know"I nodded my head.

"She'll be mad for a while but once you come home unharmed and victorious she'll be extremely happy" he told me.

"I hope you're right" I sighed.

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I couldn't sleep after Frank brought me home, I couldn't get what he revealed to me out of my head. I went to the kitchen and decided to bake cookies for the bake sale, I poured myself a glass of wine and started making the dough. I'm not sure how long I was in the kitchen baking, I lost count of the glasses I had after my fourth glass. I looked around at the counters and table, I think there's about  200 cookies. I put my glass in the sink and make my way back up to my room, I took a long hot shower to try and sober up a bit. I put on a pair of blue pajama shorts and tank top then climb into bed, I lay there for a few minutes trying to shut off my brain. I finally relax enough for sleep to wash over me.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK "Emily?" it felt like someone was taking a hammer to my head as Lori knocked at my door.

"Ugh" I threw a pillow over my face and screamed into it, I heard my door open and footsteps heading to my bed.

"Here" Lori grabbed the pillow off my face and handed me a cup of coffee, "thought you could use this after all the wine you obviously drank last night" she sat down on the edge of my bed, I sat up straight and took the coffee from her. 

"How many bottles did I go through?" I looked at her through my lashes then took a sip of the hot coffee.

"Well from what I found maybe two an a half" she climbed over me and sat next to me in bed. "Do you want to talk about it?" she put her arm around my shoulder.

"I can't" I shook my head. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you" I chuckled a little.

"Try me" she furrowed her brow.

"All I can tell you is that Frank revealed a really big secret to me last night" I told her.

"Oh": she said looking away from me. I furrowed my brows at her.

"Oh? I tell you that I was told a big secret by a guy we've known our entire lives and all you can say is oh" I looked at her curiously.

"What?" she threw her hands up in surrender.

"What do you know?" I questioned her.

"I don't know what you're talking about" she said defensively, I could tell by her facial expression that she was hiding something.

"You're hiding something, what is it?" I demanded, she tried looking away from me. Then it hit me, "OMG, you know don't you" I confronted her. She looked at me sheepishly then got off the bed.

"I can't do this right now" she headed to my door.

"How long?" I yelled at her. "How long have you known that we live in a town full of werewolves?' I demanded as I try to stand up but my headache pulled me back down and I hissed in pain.

"Take it easy, hangovers are not fun especially when you're upset" she ran back over to me , she went into the bathroom and came back out with a bottle of aspirin. "Here take these, they'll help" she gave me 2 tablets.

"Thanks" I took the pills and downed them with some coffee. "Please tell me how you know" I looked at her with pleading eyes. She sighed then started to pace.

"You know Johnny right?" she asked me.

"Yeah" I replied.

"Well..........he kinda........came out to me at prom" she told me cautiously.

"Johnny Heeler?" I sounded shocked. "Officer Johnny Heeler" I verified.

"Yes" she chuckled a bit.

"Why" I couldn't understand, I thought they weren't supposed to reveal themselves.

"I'm his mate" she revealed with a smile.

"Really" I couldn't help but smile. "I'm so happy for you" I hugged her.

"Okay okay" she pulled away form me, "that's enough touching" she laughed. "Come on" she stood up, "we have cookies to decorate for tomorrow" she dragged me off the bed and pushed me towards my bathroom. "Go clean yourself up and meet me downstairs" she ordered.

I went into my bathroom and cleaned up then put some fresh clothes on, I went down to the kitchen to help Lori. We decorated all the cookies I baked last night then cleaned up the kitchen, we packed up all the cookies then made our way into the living room to relax.

"No more wine for me fro a long time" I chuckled.

"Why were you drinking alone in the first place?" she asked me.

"I had a lot on my mind last night" I told her and it wasn't a lie.

"Do you want to talk about it?" she asked me.

"No, it's okay now. I think I got it all out" I laughed.

"200 cookies and 2 an a half bottles of wine proves you got it out" she laughs, i cover my face, lower my head and blush. We hung out in the living room all day watching Netflix and laughing about some stupid gossip we heard around town, we ordered pizza and drank lots and lots of water. Amy came down some time during our binge watching fest and joined us, she was also the first to go to bed. Lori and I stayed up a bit longer into the night, I told her what Frank told me about the guy that attacked Amy. She was shocked and angry by the news, "He didn't give you a name?' she asked me.

"No, all he said was that they were on it" I told her.

"So the baby is half werewolf, how do we handle that?" she looked at me.

"I don'y know" I said disappointedly, "I know that's not the answer you wanted but I guess we'll just have to learn as we go" I told her.

"Should we tell Amy?" she gives me a concerned look.

"I don't know" I shrug my shoulders, "I think we should talk to Mr. Marcello first" I told her and she agreed. We both eventually went to bed but our conversation was stuck replaying in my mind the whole night.