once bitten, twice vengeful

chapter 3: cord cutter

Mia was enjoying her time trying on her clothes and so on. Her wisteria colored walls were filled with posters, pictures of friends and parties.

Fairy lights around her room and around her bed, her vanity was a bit of a mess but she could find what she wanted. Her ottoman was filled with blankets. Or was it her shoes this time? Well, either way, her room was a bit picked up. Her stuffed animals were up in their nets in the corner of her room.

So, all in all. Her room was picked up with the exception of her new clothes, bags, and shoes. “ this was a great haul. “Mia smiled as she held the tank top up to herself, seeing how it looked on her, admiring it on herself. “ this will look great with the new mini skirt I got. “ Mia felt like she was on cloud 9 after getting all the things she’d been wanting to get. “ I love flash sales! “

She Jumped a bit when she heard her door fly open. Her younger brother Lucus stared at her. “Mom said, dinner is ready. When you’re done drooling over your new stuff to add to your horde of clothes and crap. “ he rolled his eyes and ducked when his sister threw a stuffed pillow at him. “ get out! I’ll get down in a minute you little troll. “ her brother faked closing the door. “ see you at dinner mrs smell back “ he laughed as she had grabbed another pillow to throw at him. “ I said out! “ he closed the door with a slam. she threw it at him and it hit the door. “ ha! “

Selene smiled as dinner was on the table. She watched as her Cyrus got them some glasses for their drinks. She smiled at she put them down. “ wine glasses for soda? “ she giggled. “ nope. I thought we could have that sweet wine that you love so much “ she gave him a kiss. “ thank you cy, this is really sweet of you. I haven’t had this in a long while. “ he popped open the cork and kissed her head. “ I thought It would be nice. Also I heard you when you got off the phone and cursing up a storm and yelling in frustration. “ selene rolled her eyes and groaned. “ you remember muffy cormwell ? “ cyrus looked vaguely confused. “ kimmy’s mom Right? “

selene tipped her hand side to side. Giving a so so motion. “ her name is ashly and she acts like her mom it would seem. “ cyrus listened to her and nodded. “ so what happened? “ cyrus leaned against the table. “ I was talking to muffy about her daughter. And then we got to why she’s been missing her shift at work. I mean she’s my co manager and she’s missing work. “ cyrus noticed the anger in her voice. “ I’ve been going to work every day and she’s just been missing and making me stay late while she does whatever and thinks no one is going to say anything.” She poured the wine and took a sip. “ Well she can think again. She has only a couple more chances before they just fire her. “

cyrus pulled her in for a hug that she reciprocated. “ thanks for listening to me bebe “ she looked up at his adoring eyes as he went to pull her chair out for her. “ any time sweetie “ the sounds of foot steps rushing down could be heard. Selene let out a breathy laugh. “ I see the kids are ready for dinner. “ he smiled at his wife and filled his own glass with the sweet wine that they both like so much. They looked at each other and felt so heard and seen by the other.

Mia, lucus, and their younger sister Aurora came running down for dinner. Everyone took their place at the table. “ thanks mom. “ mia smiled. “ sweet my favorite “ selene’s only son said. “ can I get a leg? “ her youngest asked. Aurora asked that every time they had chicken. “ yes “ she said with a smile.

Everyone filled their plates and started up with the chat of how their day was going. “ so ashly came up to me trying to start a fight. The middle of the hallway can you believe it? ” Mia brought her piece of chicken up to her mouth. Her teeth turned to sharp k9 teeth as she ripped the flesh and meat from it’s bones. “ she was saying that I was copying her by wearing the same mini skirt as her. I mean she wore one last week and I wasn’t wearing the same as her. They didn’t even looked the same. So I asked her if she was blind because they were different or just dumb. She didn’t like that so she tried to hit me, so I smacked her with my history book pretty good and knocked her out for a bit.”

Her mother looked at her with shock and her mouth gaping open. “ mia! “ her brother let out a laugh. “ Nice, She posted that she got jumped on her insta. It was funny as hell. You can tell she edited a bit. “ lucus opened his phone and showed his mom the photo. It showed a girl in jeans and a belly top with fake looking bruises, cuts made with ketchup and a filter over the top making her look like she was sick or in a meat freezer. “ oh wow that is white… “ selene looked at it more and was mostly confused. “ the comments are mostly….negative on this. “

lucus smirked as he took his phone back and started scrolling. “ oh yea. A lot of people don’t really like her very much especially after she got caught spreading lies and rumors not just the ones she started at school. “ Aurora smiled as she ripped her chicken leg apart, Making a mess. “ I made a new friend today. “ she smiled before she remembered something. “ oh and my teacher was arrested for something to do with a cult. “ cyrus spit out his drink and looked at her. “ what?! “ aurora smiled and chewed on the bone, breaking it and getting at the bone marrow. “ yea, he was part of that one cult they found. “ selene and cyrus both looked at each other and could read the others thoughts. ‘ why are our children such Gremlins and just seem to attract trouble ‘

lucus smirked and brought up dustin again and told their dad about the soulmate ceremony at school. “ ew! Don’t bring him up again. “ mia’s face twisted. “ you know, there is a way to cut the cord of fate so you don’t have to be with this boy you don’t like. “ mia seemed to perked up at that. Looked at her father. “ there is? Tell me more! “ selene smiled and saw the look of awe on her son’s face. “ there is, how? “ cyrus smiled and continued with the story. “ well, some luna’s, omega’s or alpha’s just didn’t want to be with a certain person as their soulmates. So they went to a cord cutter to free them from that person. Sometimes they weren’t even that person’s real soulmate. “

selene watched as her husband smiled as he re told the story that brought them together in the first place. “ well, sometimes the moon goddess just has someone there as a place holder if they can’t find your real one yet. You’ll know by the color of the cord when you get to the cord cutter. They will see your cord of fate and show you it. if your cord is red then you two are true soulmates. But it can change based on the other person. So it can be pink, or Orange. Whatever color there is. “ cyrus looked at his wife and thought about the alternative. If he wasn’t brave enough to cut his own cord of fate and find his true other half.

Mia smiled and bit the bones in two. Her eyes showing pure happiness at his words. “ where are they! I need to go to them quick! I’m so happy I don’t have to be with him ever! Are they close by?!“ cyrus shook his head “ there’s not one here anymore, they were cast away a while ago. But I can see if anyone knows something.” Her father looked her in the eyes. “ but know this mia. You can reattach the cord if you want but some people may not find there soulmate if they do. Just be prepared if you don’t “ mia smiled at her dad more. “ I don’t have to be his soulmate AND I don’t have to deal with people if I don’t want too! Yay!” mia smiled at her dad and ran over to give him a hug. “ woo Hoo! Thank you dad! “

after dinner mia couldn’t stop smiling, even when she did the dishes and walked the dog. “ night mom! Night dad! “ she ran up the stares like lightning. Selene leaned her head on cyrus’s shoulder as she sipped her wine. “ so you gonna make those calls cy? “ he gave his wife a kiss as she got up and went to their room. He started to make some calls. He found that a cord cutter was about three to five states away. He let out a sigh and wrote it down for mia. His selene walked to him wearing her favorite pair of comfort sleep clothes, a large old shirt and some shorts. To him she looked perfect. She was even wearing her reading glasses. “ come on let’s go to bed. We have work in the morning. “ she gentle grabbed his hand as she lead him to their room. She gave him a kiss on the lips before they went to bed. Cyrus thanked the fates that he had his selene and his family.