My Little Flower

The Friend

(Branch)

I watch as my daughter walks back and forth behind the couch in my office, not once has she lifted her face from the floor. John sits in the love seat facing her, he hasn't said a word and hasn't taken his eyes off of her. While George and his mate Sarah sit on the couch. George has been mean mugging, as Wild calls it, at John this whole time. As for Sarah she's been rubbing George's back trying to keep him calm. For me I'm sitting at my desk watching the four of them. We've been like this for almost an hour now.

"Are you going to start talking or do I have to beat it out of you?" Gracie growls out, finally looking over at John. He smiles at her threat knowing full well she will do it. John takes a breath and laughs before looking over at me. "Let the boys know that they need to take weapons with them." I lift up my brow but nod my head. "Do it George." After a moment George says, "It's done. Now talk." "Well where should I begin?" John asks. "Let's start with how you are alive." I answer. "An old friend of mine was the one to save me. How? I really don't know but I woke up about three months after I was brought back from the brink of death." "Three months?" Gracie says but I ignore her question and asked my own. "Why didn't you come back after you woke up?" John was staring at Gracie but still he answered. "My shadow powers had been awaken. I couldn't come back until I had them fully under control." That wasn't something I thought I was going to hear.

"What? How?" Gracie says with worry in her eyes. "I was so close to death that the restraints disappeared. At least that's what I was told."

"Who is this old friend you speak of?" I give John a pointed look. He looks over at me and smiles. "Well you know her too Branch after all she's the reason you lived from an attack at fifteen." Again I'm shocked by what John has told me. Now both of my children are giving us confused looks. "Are you talking about the same person who put those restraints on you?" I had to ask I needed to know if she was really alive. "The one and the same." John smirks. "She's alive?" I ask. John just nods his head. "Dad who are you two talking about?" George says from the couch.

"What I'm about to say doesn't leave the five of us is that understood?" The three who are confused nod their heads. "I need words." "Yes" "Of course dad." "Yes sir." I look to Sarah with a soft smile, "You don't need to call me sir, Sarah, I would prefer if you could call me dad. You are my son's mate there for you are my daughter. Understand?" Sarah nods her head, "Yes sir, I mean yes dad." My smile gets bigger just hearing her call me dad. I can't wait to tell my mate that Sarah called me dad. "Good. Now to who we are talking about is a woman called Kiara. When I tell you I have never seen anyone as powerful as her not even my own brother, or even Wild at that. I hope you understand what I mean. She has shown up at random through time and no one really knows where she came from. I do know she has two male companies that are just as mysterious as she. We know that the two gentlemen are part dragon and wolf not much else." "What did you say dragon wolf shifters? As in they can shift into both a wolf and dragon or that one of them has a wolf and the other has a dragon." George asked looking surprised. "Yes they both can shift into a wolf or a dragon. As I was saying before I was interrupted. There has always been speculation on what Kiara was but no one could really figure it out. It's like she's every supernatural with none of the draw backs at least as far as I know. Though no one has ever seen her shift into any creature, she was seen summoning spirits and shadows. We do know that she is at least part druid, but that comes as no surprise. As it was the druids to first except different species to mate with their own. I use to think that she was a myth until I saw her with my own eyes. Some believe she is a goddess other's believe she is part angel."

"But aren't angels really rare? I mean there is what like a hundred or so with angel gene's. Angels hardly ever breed with other species." Gracie speaks. I nod my head, "You're right it's very uncommon and angels regulate their own, they don't like when one steps out of line. But it happens from time to time and those angels get their wings clipped. If a child is of mix blood, born with prominent angelic powers they clip the child's wings." "But that's barbaric it's not the child's falt." Sarah stands up looking angry. George stands up and raps his arms around her. "Shhh calm down my love. We know it's not right, the King of the fae, my uncle, the elders as well as the leaders of the capital are not happy about it and are trying to put a stop to it." Sarah turns into his arms and raps her own around him.

"But why do it to helpless children?" She will make an amazing Luna is all I could think of, kind and loving but protective. I clear my throat to get their attention.

"We honestly don't know why they do it. None of us here condones what they do. My mate and I were worried about them because we thought that Wild was part angel. Then we found out that she was Mavis Moon's granddaughter. That being said we may know who Wild's mother is but to this day we know nothing about who her father is. We believe he might be at least part angel." "Why do think that?" John says looking at me. "Well John as you know my brother is quarter angel and druid. The way everything comes so natural for her reminds me of my brother and how everything comes so much easier for him."

"I can see what you mean, she could always tell how to better control and use one's own powers. It's as if she can read people's soul and unlock their true potential. There is one problem with this assumption if she does have angelic powers she would also have wings."

"Are you so sure? Remember we know very little about angels and even less about their offspring. All we know is that most children that are born of an angel and another species often don't have angelic powers. My brother's mother is a prime example." "Yes but your brother does have angelic powers and his wings where cut off as a teen. Though he is the oldest one that we know of to loose his wings, he still lost them."

"Anyway we've gone off topic, back to what I was saying earlier. Kiara is a mystery, we don't even know what she looks like. The twins actually remind me of her companions." "So that's why you named them after those two." John interrupts with a pointed look. "Wait what? You're telling me you named my two boys after two dragon wolf shifters." Gracie had a bewildered look on her face. "Yes Tornado and Earthquake are the companies of Kiara. They always kept their faces covered but their antics are very similar to the boys. I think it was fitting as you my dear daughter and your three children have a dragons temper." I couldn't help but laugh at the end. "And why didn't you tell me?" Gracie directed her question to John. "Uhhh, how do you expect me to talk about mythical creatures that not only saved your dad and uncle but are the reason I haven't been able to use my druid powers in over a few thousand years my dear. Be honest, you would think I'm making it up just cause your dad and I don't get along." John huffed out. I start laughing cause I know she would of thought exactly that. "Fine I'll admit I would. I take it there's more." I discided I need to tell them everything that I know.

"There is, I know that Kiara has been to this pack when your great-grandfather was still alpha. Actually this was where she first appeared, again no one knows from where. She, Tornado and Earthquake appeared during an attack from the mad ones. The three of them saved this pack. This pack was on the brink of being destroyed. Your grandfather almost died that day. There was just over a hundred members left total. That includes the elderly and the young. Kiara has a way of keeping certain information away from the masses, but we do know two someones who knows her better than everyone else." "And who might they be?" George looked at John "What else are you not saying?" "There is a lot I'm not saying and for good reason. If certain information is revealed before it's time millions of lives will be lost. It sucks I wish I could tell my mate, my family everything that I see, that I know but I can't!" "Oh don't use me as an excuse." Gracie snaps. "Gracie, George, you know that John being a seer means he has to step carefully with what he says and does."

"You have hardly asked him anything!" "Gracie! I understand that you are upset but if Kiara is involved it means much more than your mate being gone for sixteen years. It means that the mad ones are coming back in full force. John all I want to know is what does this have to do with Wild." I look back at John and I see worry. "I don't...I don't know, all I know is that she is important and she is going to need her brothers to get through it." "Very well we're going to need Josh and Chase to come back." "Why are we needing Josh and Chase?" George says. "Cause they know Kiara the best." John sighed.