Chapter 15
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“Where do you guys want to go this early?”
If there’s anyone who has really enjoyed everything that’s been happening to me, it’s Levi. I don’t know why he still hates me so much.
Before I can reply, Joey beats me to it.
“What’s it to you, Scarface? Go stick your snout somewhere else.”
I cough to cover my laugh. I didn’t know Joey had also given him the same nickname I did. This is why we get along so well. Scarface himself turns to me with his signature glare.
“What’s so funny, pup?”
“That’s your Luna you’re addressing, so talk to her with respect.” Joey growls deeply, her wolf pushing forward to defend me. I feel a spark of giddiness inside.
But Levi isn’t scared of Joey. He gets right in her face and growls even louder. It’s not funny anymore this time it looks like they’re actually going to fight, and fear grips me.
If I were a tough Luna, I would have been able to separate them. But I can’t. I’m weak. My body suddenly feels hot, burning from the inside, but there’s no pain only fire.
The next thing I know, I’m on the ground, gasping for air. My breaths come out like smoke. Joey finally notices and runs to me.
“Luna, what’s happening?” She grips my shoulder then hisses.
“f**k! She just burned me! What in the name of Selene”
I hear footsteps rushing closer. Then I smell him. My mate.
“What happened?”
He lifts my head gently and cradles me against his chest.
“It’s okay, Addy. I’ve got you. She’s burning up.” He presses a kiss to my head and pulls me tighter.
Joey stares at him in shock. “How are you touching her? She burned me when I tried.”
“She’s my mate. She won’t hurt me.”
I can’t open my eyes it’s too hot but I feel movement as he lifts me in his arms. He pauses and turns back.
“None of you will ever speak of what happened here. If you do, I’ll take it as betrayal.”
“Yes, Alpha,” they chorus.
He carries me upstairs to our room and lays me on the bed. His hand presses against my forehead. He murmurs something I can’t understand, words muffled and strange, but the heat inside me begins to cool. A soft blue glow spreads from his palm, wrapping me in relief. I try to turn toward him, but dizziness pulls me under, and I slip into unconsciousness.
I wake with a groan, stretching weakly. Pain lashes through every muscle it’s even worse than when Joey trains me. I feel like I was hit by a truck, rammed into a pole, and thrown off a cliff, bouncing off rocks before crashing into water.
“How do you feel, babe?”
Devon’s voice. He’s here. For the first time since she arrived. The witch. The one who took him away from me.
No matter what, I’ve missed him. I bury my face in his chest, and he laughs softly.
“I’ve missed you too, babe. I’m sorry I’ve been so busy since Tricia came. I didn’t think about how you’d feel. I promise it won’t happen again.”
I stiffen. Tricia? They’re already on a nickname basis? If I let him brush this off, he’ll never understand how much it hurt me. I have to confront him.
“Do you know how I’ve been feeling these past few days? How the pack has treated me since her arrival? Like I’m trash, like she’s their actual Luna. You didn’t correct them you gave them courage to disrespect me by spending more time with her!”
My voice cracks, but I force myself to hold his gaze. He looks stricken, like I just shot him.
“f**k, Addy. I’m sorry. I wasn’t thinking. I’ll speak to the pack. Patricia can’t help us find the Seer after all she’ll leave tomorrow. I swear, I didn’t mean to hurt you.”
He pulls me close, kissing the top of my head.
“It’s okay. I was just…angry. Jealous.”
But fear creeps back into me. “Do you have any idea what happened out there? I’ve been burning up all week, but never like that. I didn’t even feel pain just fire and then Joey… she got burned just by touching me. I don’t understand what’s happening. Am I dying?”
My voice trembles, even though deep down it hadn’t felt like dying. But the pain when I woke up it was unbearable.
Devon’s expression twists, like what he’s about to say will wound me.
“Baby… when Patricia first arrived, she mentioned something about a prophecy. I don’t know how true it is, but… I have a guess. My mother used to talk about it a lot when I was a kid.”
He’s never spoken about his family before. My heart races. I don’t know what’s happening to me, but I pray it isn’t something terrible.
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