The Assassin's Isolated Pawn

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Rainbow

I left Cj and Bishops house shortly after Bishop left to go on patrol. My mind still lingering on the sexy stranger that entered the shop earlier within the day. Why would he be so heavy on my mind I have no clue, but I would not complain. Thinking of him is so much better than the constant worry and stress that I’ve been dealing with since my mother’s death. Some days are good, I can go on like nothing’s happened and some days are so bad I can barely breathe let alone go through with my day. Those days the girls come to me and just hold me while I cry out for my mother. I think, no I know for certain I would have crumbled if not for the foundation that Cj and the gang have given me. I slowly make my way up to my bedroom in the coven house, passing my mother’s room. I still have not went in there not since the day she died. I kept putting it off. So many more things to think about and do. The search for glory is at a standstill. Like we have a good idea where she is but not its exact location. For that I would need to break down a ward so strong I’m not sure it could be done. Then once it is done how the f***k do we get in and get out unscathed. It’s literally in the middle of a damn ocean. I sigh as I take off my clothes crawling into my bed naked. I lay there in silence willing my mind to shut off and shut down if only for a couple of hours so I could get some sleep. I pray to Hecate that nightmares don’t plague me tonight. I don’t need to see Li’s face or the one he called Jian. I don’t need to see the light leave my mother as I held her in my arms. I slowly start to feel myself drifting off to sleep, and the only thing my mind conjures are a pair of dark grey eyes that quickly change to the golden yellow of a shifter. I wake up feeling oddly refreshed, something that hasn’t happened in months. The hooting of an owl can be heard outside from my open window. It’s still early, the sun just cresting over the horizon. I look at my clock and the time reads 630am. I guess it’s now or never time to get ready for my day. I pull on some workout clothes and sneakers as I head down to the training field. It seems me and Juliet are the only 2 high ranking females not pregnant, so we decided to train and run together in the morning before we go on about our day. I am stretching on the field when I see Juliet’s bubbly self, jogging up to me.

“Hey babes, how are you doing?” She asked me. “I am good, how’s the momma’s doing?” I asked her in return. “They were fine when I left the cottage this morning Tom and I spent the night there since Bishop covered patrol all night.” “Really what happened.” I asked. “Nothing major just a warrior’s wife had gone into labor and Bishop sent him to be at the hospital with her.” Juliet said. “Oh, Ok” I said. “Seems like babes, pups, and cubs are springing up all over the place nowadays” Juliet said. “Well, that May Day was something to behold.” I said with a chuckle. “True it was the last time we were all together and truly happy.” I looked at her, like really looked at her. She has lost as much if not more than everyone else. Yeah, my mother is gone. But so is hers. Along with her father and twin. And while Juliet has stayed strong by Cj and the packs side. I can see how she struggles with her choices sometimes. “Hey Julie, I know how you’re feeling but everything will work out how they are supposed to.” I told her. “I just hope you are right.” She replied. After we stretched, we went on a jog around the bear territory of the pack. What was once a very lively and communal part of the pack. The entertainment section if you will, Was very subdued. Where there used to be bears just lounging and enjoying themselves in their animal forms now if you see one or two walking to and from the forest you’ll be surprised. “How long has it been like this?” I asked Juliet. “Since my mother left, it got worse once my dad left with Romeo though.” She replied. “Wow,” I said as we jogged by a closed-up bowling alley. Bears were early risers naturally so in the past no one would blink an eye if this section of the pack was already bustling with lively energy. “Any word on when your dad will come back?” I asked. “No, he’s told me that Romeo woke up about a week ago, but his bear is not present. He’s enjoying not having any responsibility and says he might have found a way to completely sever the tie he has to my mom.” “Didn’t that happen when they rejected each other,” I asked. “Apparently not he still felt connected to her, but he says that it lessens the more time that passes.” She said. “Good I guess” I shrug not trying to upset her. “It’s ok we can talk about it, no need to tip toe around it with me.” She said. I look at her and signal for us to sit under a tree to catch our breath.

Juliet

As I sat down next to Rainbow, I just let it all out. We’ve been having these little vent sessions for a while. It feels like only Rainbow understands how much I have lost in such a short amount of time. Everything in my life was coming up roses before I came home from college. Mom and dad were good actually better than good. Romeo, though he could be a prick was still my twin. Theres a connection there that no one understood. I knew about his unhealthy obsession with Cj and tried constantly to talk him out of it. I had hoped he’d find his mate and grow the f***k up. But s.hit we are only 20, how was I to know that finding my own mate and happiness would lead to the downfall of my family. As much as I want to unload all of this on Cj and Nola I can’t they have everything on their plate as it is. From running the Pack, finding Glory preparing for birth and Nola’s own baby daddy drama. Nope I will keep it light and fluffy with them for now Rainbow gets grumpy unhappy Juliet.

“So, what is it now?” Rainbow asked me. “Well, the bears that are left once again asked when my dad was coming back pushed me and Tom to find land and remove the sleuth from the pack.” “That’s still going on?” I said “Yeah, just not as much. It’s mostly the single bears, the ones with families or newly mated only wants stability. They all don’t understand why my mom left. Some even believed the lies Romeo told and see Bishop of an upstart and the reason why my family fell.” She explained. “And you? how do you feel?” I asked her. “I am torn honestly. I love Tom with all my heart and thank the goddess every day that Bishop was able to bring him into my life. But I can’t help but think about what the tradeoff was. Was my happiness worth my parents mating, my brothers bear, and more than half of our sleuth leaving. Is this the price I pay to be happy with my mate and friends.” “Well, I would hope you see us as more than just friends we are family.” “I know that Rainbow but none of you are a twin you don’t know how me and mystic feel about Romeo and Max being gone it feels like a piece of my soul is gone. There are times I wake up at night due to mystic crying in my mind for her brother.” “Damn I didn’t know.” I said “Only Thomas does, as it is him that comforts us back to sleep.” “I have a question for you?” Rainbow asked. “Shoot?” “If you had a chance to leave desert moon and let’s say join your dad and Romeo at Blackwood would you?” She asked. “I thought about it for a while. Hell, to be honest I have been thinking about it for a good while now. No, I wouldn’t I answered no matter how I might feel right now Desert moon is my home I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I wouldn’t want to raise any cubs that I might have anywhere else.” I answered her. “Ok just checking” she said with a look of relief on her face. “What about you?’ I asked “Would you leave desert moon? I mean you lost your mother here on pack lands.” “No, I wouldn’t leave. You all are my family, my only remaining family.” She replied. “What about your aunt, your mother’s sister?” “I haven’t heard from or seen her since the night of the wedding. I fear like my mother that she is dead.” “s**t Rainbow I am so sorry.” I told her. “No need. I always knew once my mother was gone, I would be alone.” She said. “What about your father?” I asked her “What about him?” “Have you ever tried to find him has your mother ever said anything about him.” “Nope and I never asked. She was enough of a parent for me. Both mother and father figure.” “Why don’t you try to find him now.” I told her. “I am 23 years old almost 24 years old if he wanted in my life, he would have already found a way.” “But what if your mother was keeping him from you.” “Then all the more reason to leave him where he’s at no need to bring up the past.” I just sighed understanding Rainbow’s view but really wanting to argue against it. Changing the subject, I asked her about the apothecary and whether or not she would be leading the Mabon festival that is coming up in a couple of weeks due to her being the high priestess now. “I haven’t even really thought about it.” she said. “I been just so focused on trying to find my footing within the Coven as their new leader and trying to find Glory.” “I thought we found her she is in the “cave”. “Yeah, according to my mother’s notes that is where she suspected glory to be but breaking the wards to a cave system supernatural jail in the middle of the pacific ocean is the f.ucking problem.” “Wow” was all I could say. “Yeah” she said “See my f.ucking dilemma.” “I have faith in you I said you’ll find a way.” “I guess but how long will it f.ucking take to find a way.” Rainbow huffed before standing up and giving me a hand once she was standing. Thank you, Rainbow. “Anytime Julie, we non-preggos got to stick together or else the mommas will have us going mad and moody with them.” I laughed but it was true, between Nola and Cj I didn’t know whose mood swings were worse. We continued our run and ended up right outside the pack house. “You want to come up you can use my shower.” I asked her “Nah girl I’ll go home and use my own.” With that she disappeared into thin air leaving me alone in front of the stairs. I sighed before plastering a smile on my face and entering the packhouse. It’s showtime.