Chapter 23
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Carmen
I watched my husband sleep peacefully beside me. I could hear the cardinals outside the window. Everything was so peaceful. Even my little ones inside of me seemed to be sleeping peacefully. Why could I not shake the feeling that something really bad was going to happen? Almost every dream that I had was of death and violence.
My dreams were no longer about my biological parents, they were about Pauline and Fenris. Each time I closed my eyes I could see someone being shot dead by human weapons. I could never make out the face of the one that was injured. After making a final attempt to sleep. I got up quietly and went to get a snack from the kitchen. Even having my favorites, rare steak with carrot tips in front of me, I continued to feel something was wrong. I was so troubled that I could not eat which was unheard of since I became pregnant. At that moment, I remembered what Alpha Paul had said long ago, "Trust your instincts, if you feel something is wrong, normally it is something very wrong." His training haunted me now, but it let me know that I could not continue to stand there and wait and see if something was going to happen. I walked softly back to our bedroom where my husband was still in a deep sleep. I quickly grabbed a change of clothes.
I know that Malcom would be furious if he knew that I did not get a car to take me, but I could get there much quicker if I shifted into my wolf. When I stepped outside, the feeling was stronger. Something was not right. I was about to shift, when I froze. Someone was here, I could feel it. I was being watched. I waited a few minutes scanning the trees and saw nothing. When no one approached me and I felt no danger. I shifted, although I felt myself being watched, I knew that there was no wolf that could possibly keep up with me. Within a couple of minutes, I was standing outside Pauline and Fenris' manor. I quickly shifted and put on my change of clothes. I was brushing my hair back into a ponytail, when I felt myself being watched again. I scanned the area. Again, I did not see or sense anything that appeared to be dangerous.
I knocked on the door and was greeted by a smiling Paul. "Greetings Alpha." He raised a brow and laughed, " Wow, you are being formal today. Greetings Sis. Come in, we are all about to sit down for breakfast." He said,. I walked in to see a very excited Pauline, "What a beautiful surprise." She said as she hugged me and stepped back and looked at me. "Look at you!" She said putting her hand on my baby bump. "You look like a goddess." She said.
Any other time, I would be extremely excited to see all of them. Right now I was feeling nervous. Although there was no doubt that they loved me. The fact of the matter was that I was not their blood child. Would they take their birth children's words over mine? When I spotted Cheryl walk in and the apprehension in her step when she saw me, I knew that I was not crazy. Fenris walked in right behind his daughter. I had not noticed Janae until I felt tiny hands on my baby bump. My tummy had become her favorite thing to play with lately, especially when the twins were moving. Although I sit, I could not take my eyes off Cheryl. It was so obvious that she was hiding something. "Eat, Eat" Pauline said to me. "Thanks Pauline, but I am not hungry," I said
At that moment, every eye turned on me. "There is something that I want to talk about and it is an uncomfortable topic. I hope that you remember who I am and know that I do not lie and I would not bring this up unless I thought it was serious." I said with confidence. "I was taught to trust my instincts and my instincts tell me that we are in danger. " Fenris sit up in his chair, " what makes you think so,?" I took a sip of coffee. "As you know, I have visions and last night, I continued to have visions of harm coming to one of us. I can never make out who got hurt, but I can always make out who caused the damage." I said glancing at Cheryl who had turned pale as a ghost. Everyone in the dining room was looking at me to continue. "I first noticed that something was not right when I met Stephen and Cheryl. Since I have always been around humans, I can detect their smell easily. Both of them smelled strongly of humans. When I heard mention that they lived in the human world, then I was not suspicious at all. Especially after a few hours I could barely smell the human smell on either of them," I said. Looking at Cheryl that appeared that she would pass out at any moment. " I did not become suspicious until each day I detected the human smell on Stephen everyday and the scent was strong. When he told us about seeing the wolves that could be my family, I noticed that he left out the fact that one wolf was a Great Warrior Wolf and a hybrid. That is something that no werewolf will forget. A warrior wolf is rare, but this wolf is absolutely one of a kind. When Cheryl mentioned that fact, he seemed to get angry." I said hoping that I had explained myself well. Fenris leaned back and I could tell that he was thinking, "Carmen, I know that you will do anything to protect us. We are your family. We love you no less than any child that we have. We want you to understand that. I tell you what, we will all have breakfast and we will sit down and talk. This sounds like simple sibling rivalry to me. Pauline and I have seen it many times. Not to mention, being pregnant can make it worse." Fenris said to me with a smile. I could not believe what I was hearing "Sibling rivalry.? This is NOT sibling rivalry. Stephen is dangerous. Surely, you have to see that." I felt tears stream down my face." Pauline reached up to touch me, "NO! You told me I could trust you. We are in danger and you call me a hormonal liar. I will protect this family if I have to do it alone!" I said as I stormed out of the door shifting back into my wolf. I ran as fast as I could with tears blinding my steps. As I slowed shifting back in my human form, I felt hands grab me and put hands over my mouth.
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