My eyes snap open at the sound of the alarm. I immediately turn off the alarm, hoping Nefeli didn't wake up. I turn to check if she woke up or not but she was gone. I get up and check the bathroom, she's not there. I walk down the steps to the kitchen and find her staring at Linda, as if she's the world's most interesting puzzle. I see Linda facing the stove.
I stop at the door to see what's going on. Linda laughs bitterly before speaking.
" I wouldn't be so content where you are, he's mine." Linda says, her voice drenched with venom. I see Nefeli take a threatening step forward. She stops and then looks at her.
" Who told you that, who convinced you?" she asks calmly. Linda hesitates before she answers.
" M-My wolf knows who her mate is, Nefeli. " she says laughing nervously.
" Was it Selena? " Nefeli asks bluntly. Linda stiffens and turns to look at her.
"Selena is a witch, she sees the future and stuff." she said looking back to whatever she's doing.
"Did she show you?" Nefeli asks after a long pause.
"Yes, yes she did. Why do you ask" Linda said confidently. Nefeli turns and runs out of the kitchen. I try to move out the way fast but she bumps into me.
"Morning princess! what a pleasure seeing you here." I say leaning on the wall, she just looks at me blankly, then drags me by my arm. She leads into our bedroom.
" Did you hear that?" she asks quickly as she shuts the door, locking it. She looks at me expectantly. Sighing I confess.
" Yes, but I barely understood-" "It's okay, I need you to listen. I'm an oracle, of sorts, and I know for a fact you can't show a other people your vision, even if your a witch. You also can't pin point stuff like love interests and names."she says, pacing. I take a minute to process it all. That means...
" Yeah, Selena used her voodoo stuff to make her delusional and convince her she is mated to you." she said.
"Does that mean she possibly also convinced Jace they are mates?" I ask pacing now. It would make sense, he did say good would didn't like her but he was convinced it was just his wolf being patient with her...
" It seems so. It would explain why they haven't mated yet. Because even if they were waiting, they would have gone through heat and they would have eventually done it. But there has to be a motive. Also if Selena is not his mate, then who is?" she asks looking at me.
" There is this girl that used to be our friend, Linda's sister. Cassiopeia" he says looking around the room. I look around as well.
" Wait can I talk to Xavier?" she asks, looking as if something clicked into place in her head.
" Why?" I growl at her, why does she need a male? She scoffs and runs out the room.
~~~ Nefeli~~~
I run around looking for their room. After opening about five wrong doors and walking in on couples, I give up.
'Amara? what is your room number?' I ask her through our link.
'Thirty five, why do you ask?' she responds out of breath.
'Okay I'm coming there. Is Xavier in?' I tell her sprinting to her room. I burst in and see Amara rushing around to get ready.
"Hey, what you up to?" I ask her and she freezes and then let's out a nervous laugh.
"Dressing for school, why aren't you ready?" she asks pulling up her socks. I walk into the room closing the door and heading towards another door.
"Well maybe because it's Saturday. What were you two doing anyway?" I ask as I open the closet door and watch as Xavier falls out. He smiles at me mischievously.
" What you guys did at the cabin" he retorts and I feel my checks turn red. I decide to change the subject.
" I came to ask you something. Are you comfortable taking to me in a towel?" I ask looking at Xavier.
" Sure Nelle, what you wanna ask?" he asks whilst sitting at the edge of the bed. I ignore the nickname and see Amara climb to the middle of the bed.
"Take a seat" Amara pats a spot by her. Scrunching my nose, I stare at the spot.
"Not after what you guys were doing." I say folding my arms. Xavier barks a laugh, whilst Amara turns red. I look around the room, looking for something. I see the same guitar in a corner on the wall, by his desk. I walk towards it looking for the sketch book. I don't find it so I turn back to Xavier.
"Xavier, where is you sketch book?" I ask looking around. Xavier's eyes bulge out of their sockets. He coughs and starts to look for something imaginary.
"How did you know?" he asks looking at me shocked. I shrug
"I just found out, but do you?" I ask looking at him hopefully.
"Maybe, who's asking?" he asks looking serious. I playfully glare at him.
"Mr. Boss lady, will you give?" I say trying to sound like a guy. He gets up and walks to a drawer in his desk.
" Word in the street says this merchandise is the last of it's kind, so how much for it?" he asks retrieving it and holding it up, but still in my reach.
" Gee, I don't know... Maybe... free!" I say free whilst grabbing it and bolting out the room.
"Hey, no fair!" he shouts from the room whilst I hear Amara giggle.
I walk back into our bedroom laughing, looking for Nate. He wasn't there. I follow him to his office. On my way there I bump into Selena. She smiles at me, but now I can notice the strain behind it.
" Sorry, Selena. Where is Jace?" I ask and I see an emotion flash in her eyes, but it disappears as soon as it appears. She smiles at me, smile faker than plastic.
"Just handling Beta stuff. Why do you ask?" she says sounding sweet.
" Oh I just thought you would help him around because your his beta female, aren't you?" I ask lightly. I see her eyes darken as she stares at the sketch book I hid behind me. She smirks at me.
" So you know? Well you won't stop me. I control this pack. It's mine." she says glaring at me.
" Goddess/Warrior vs Witch/Werewolf. I would love to see how this ends... for you." I say laughing lightly. She takes a step forward, hardly keeping her tough girl act up. I step up too. I lean into her, by her ear.
" Selena, I know who Jace's real mate is, you're done for." I whisper into her ear. She shivers at the coldness in my voice.
" Impossible! she's dead, I killed her myself." she says loudly, I smirk at her then turn walking towards Nate's office.
"I am a goddess, I have the power necessary to end your little game." I say walking towards the corner. As I turn I look back to see her glaring daggers at me.
"Checkmate." I say chuckling softly. I proceed down the hall, calming from my major bluff. I mean not really, but I can't bring people back to life, or I would've brought my Mom and Angel back.
I reach Nate's office and I open it. I see Nate working with a scowl etched into his features. He looks at me briefly before looking back down.
I walk up to him and place my hand on the paper he is reading. He looks at me again.
"I'm sorry, I was getting this." I say lifting the book high. Nate nods before getting up and walking towards the large window, behind his desk
I sit on the table as he links Xavier and Amara to come here.
After a minute they get there, Xavier with a pout and Amara smiling happily. They all sit as I explain my encounter with Selena and Linda, and how I first saw the sketch book in my mind, and it had a drawing of a memory.
After I explain, the boys are growling whilst we just talk about how to out smart her.
"Let's open the book then!" Amara says whilst glaring at the boys making them shut up.
" Yes please!" I exclaimed. I turn to Nate who had the book.
" Second page, please" I say excited.
He smiles at me and opens the book. He turns the pages before his smile drops. He frantically looks through the pages. I get concerned and walk over to him and look at the pages, my eyes widening in horror.
"No!" It can't be, right? 'No..!'