Harmony’s POV
Seeing Troy again is the greatest joy I’ve ever felt. Knowing this time we can finally be together as mates makes me howl every time. I cannot wait for that moment, but first he has to catch me. I take off darting into the woods towards the mountain, he starts right on my tail licking and snapping at me trying to pull me to him but each time I push a little harder teasing him with every chance I get. We have never gotten to run together before with him being away for so long so it feels good to be so free with him. Climbing the mountain I can smell his scent fading, just far enough to be faint but still close enough for me to smell. I hide in one of the mountain caves that Rory and I had come to many of times in my form.
“He’s going to find you here.”
“No he won’t, I have an idea.”
I went deep into the cave and found a small flowing river. I climbed in and laid down so that he couldn’t see me if he started walking in. This water would cover my scent, well it should. We sat for what felt like hours when I heard a rock fall from behind me. “Sh*t”. I said in disbelief.
“You know my love, you’re terrible at hiding.” I looked up to see him standing over me. I rolled over onto my back giving him full access to me as he sniffed.
“Fine you caught me, can we make the most of it?”
“Of course my darling.”
I know I’m in for the ride of a lifetime, after baring witness to Jett and Rory’s first time together I can only begin to imagine how it will be in Troy’s primal state. He was nuzzling his snout against my neck and started licking all over me, this was all that I needed.
*FEW HOURS LATER*
Aurora’s POV
Jett and I had pushed ourselves to the back of Harmony and Troy’s mind after he found her. Give them the courtesy of privacy that they never give us. After three maybe four hours we felt them mark one another and waited until they started settling down to come back to the surface.
“We should probably get back soon, I’ll race ya?” I teased at Jett via mindlink. He didn’t even respond instead, Troy shot up and took off running. Harmony was quick to respond, but not fast enough his scent was already so minimal by the time we made it down the mountain. I decided to take the opportunity to bask in everything that just happened, and what better place to do it than my childhood home. As Harmony laid outside in the yard staring I was flipping through all of the memories with Mag, Dom and the guys I had here when suddenly Harmony jumped up with her nose in the air.
“Rory, someone’s here.” I tried to calm her with my energy first. It wasn’t working.
“Maybe it’s Jett, calm down.”
“No Rory this smells different, it has this stench. Rory, we need to get back to the pack house...NOW!”
I could now hear multiple foot steps in the woods surrounding my family home. Harmony got up and started moving with a quickness into the woods across from the house she was running when suddenly I was shifted back.
I face planted the ground not prepared for the shift. I didn’t have time to waste I started running towards the tree I knew had clothes in it. As I dressed Harmony yelled at me,
“Why the hell did you shift? I can’t protect you like this!”
“I didn’t, someone else shifted me I don’t know who or how but it had to be someone else.”
“Rory they’re getting closer I can feel them! MOVE FASTER!”
At this point, completely clothed, I took off running when I caught a whiff of the stench Harmony spoke of. I read about this, it’s the smell a Phoenix gives off but why would they be chasing me. If it’s a phoenix they can’t get in the water, I immediately start running for the stream.
“We’re gonna get you!” Wait I know that voice and this scenery. I look back and it’s Charlie chasing me with fangs showing through his lips. He doesn’t just have magic, he’s a vampire! At this realization I am pushing myself as hard as I can, this is my nightmare. It’s happening. “Goddess please bring Faith. I need her!” I pray as I start to feel my legs giving way. I’m almost to the stream that will lead me out of the pack territory. My foot is almost at the water when he tackles me, “you’re mine now.” He says in his husky voice, just as in my dream. His hot breath on my neck is sending chills down my spine. I wouldn’t let myself just be taken like in the dream, I’m going to fight with every ounce of my being. He starts trying to pull me to my feet and jerks me around when I jump up and punch him in his face. He breaks his grip on me to hold his nose which I’m about ninety percent sure I just broke, giving me the perfect opportunity to try and run as I take off almost hitting the water again I feel something prevent it, then I realize my whole body isn’t moving. This force turns me around and it’s one of Charlie’s goons levitating me in the air, but that would mean they have magic too. What are these creatures? He drops me directly into Charlie’s arms,
“Dumb little bi*ch, you are going to get whats coming to you for KILLING THOMAS!”
I’m fighting him back and screaming, “KILLING THOMAS? HE KILLED MY MOTHER!”
“How did you know I thought that? Whatever! Come on!”
Wait, he didn’t say it? He thought it? I read his thoughts! He’s dragging me along and I try to read his mind again but for some reason I can’t. This fear is consuming me, I’m losing circulation in my arm, screaming for help I feel so defeated in this moment. When suddenly I feel her hand on me. “Invisique” she says gripping my shoulder. Just like the dream, there she is. “Faith.”
“Hello Aurora, I take it you received my messages so there’s no need for an introduction.” I shake my head watching the men freak out that they can’t find me. “It’s weird seeing this come to life.”
“Well my dear that is the advantage of seeing the future. Normally, we’re not supposed to share this gift with others but I couldn’t let this man kill you the way that Thomas killed your mother.”
I grinned at her. “So what now?”
“Well now that you’re back home,” I look around and sure enough I’m back in my room. Cut and bruised but alive none the less, “we will start training you tomorrow, but you need to know Aurora, Charles will come back for you. He won’t stop. He knows what Thomas did to your mother and he doesn’t care. You got a new family, a mate, a happiness that he could only dream of. His best friend died and he was never able to move on from that. He got no happiness after Thomas died and he blames you for that. So you will need to work your butt off to take him on!”
“Yes, Faith. I will. I promise.”
“Your mate is about to come up the stairs panicking I won’t be here so you can explain everything privately. Exposaire.”
I nodded just as she disappeared realizing the last thing she said made me visible again. Seconds later Jett burst through the door, “RORY! My Goddess what happened, are you okay? I went back for you, but you were gone,” he scans over my body and notices the cuts and bruises. Rage consumes him “who did this to you? I swear we will end them!”
“Jett, calm down. I’m fine but I need to tell you what happened. My dream, it came true.”
“WHAT!?”
“After our run, Harmony and I went back to Magan and Dom’s to reminisce. She heard something coming so we took off. They used their powers to shift me back and then everything played out exactly as it did in the dream, well except I broke Charlie’s nose. As they drug me away Faith came and saved me. She warned me he will come back so I need to start training with her tomorrow.”
“My Goddess Ror, first of all I’m never leaving you alone ever again. I’m so sorry I wasn’t there.” He wraps me in his warm embrace before he continues, “secondly, I want to meet this Faith.”
“Tomorrow, I need to finish healing and I need to just be with you. I was so scared I would never see you again.” I reached my arms around his neck and jumped onto his body twisting my legs around his waist. I started to kiss his neck and heard his moan as he placed his head on my shoulder, his mouth hovering over my mark. Just that feeling alone was making me so wet. Regardless of what just happened, we are newly mated and to wolves that means one thing.
“Jett,” I whispered into his ear causing him to lift his head a little, “I need you.”
That was all that he needed to push my back against the wall and bite down on my mark, “Jett!!” I screamed his name and knew that I am in for a night of screaming his name over and over.