Like Magnets

Ch 13 Hurricane

Chapter 13

•XOILA•

“My dears I see how all of you are treated and forgive me for saying this Stacy”

“Nah he’s a buttface anyways...proceed”  

“Well that ignorant Philistine of a brother you have wouldn’t know how to treat sweet little Zari properly if his life depended on it”

I laughed and Stacy ran out of the room closing the door Oris laughed and about 30 seconds later Stacy came in with Zari nearly tripping by how fast Stacy was dragging her in. After closing the door a very confused Zari asked

“What's the matter Xo I was just about to go to sleep?”

“Zari, Stacy, and I are leaving the pack and moving to California with my cousin Oris” I pushed the speaker button and Oris spoke

“Hey, bright eyes did ya miss me?”

Zaris eyes began to water and she replied “Oh Oris I thought you died!” and she started bawling

“It’s okay little one... I’m okay... I’m alive and well... not even hurricane Katrina could wipe me off this planet”

She giggled wiping her eyes and said “Ah you haven’t changed a bit…” she pauses for a moment and spoke, “Why do you want me to come? Won’t I just be a burden to you all?”

He laughed “No Zari my sweet child you’d never be a burden to me least of all Xoila and Stacy I see how you treat them and…” He stopped because he knew this was a sore subject and spoke once more “I see how he treats you Zari Hon you need to let this man go he’s not the one for you” at that moment Zari froze and she stared at the phone blankly for a few seconds. Tears began to flow from her eyes and then she blinked once then twice and began to try and wipe the tears away before she shakily responded.

“I know” Stacy and I both moved in to hug her and Oris simply waited for the moment to pass, after her crying stopped she began to explain that she had finally decided that she would reject him once we left Louisiana. Oris said he for one was very pleased to hear so and then began to explain the plan. We would all pack as lightly as possible and would have to wear all black clothes so that we wouldn’t be easily spotted. Stacy and I would have to coach Zari in basic combat training whenever we got the chance since somehow Oris knew of our special training.

“I want you all to be prepared because guys gotta be able to join me in my line of work since you guys are sooooo worried about my expenses,” He said that so sarcastically. Stacy and Zari perked up and Stacy replied “We just don't want to burden you Oris” and then Zari chimed in “We just wanna earn our keep is all” I knew better than to argue with Oris that punk always seemed to have a response for everything. 

“We DOn’T WAnnA burDEN yOU..we wANna EARn oUR keEp” he grumbled and he let out a great big sigh and said “Look you umpalumpas... it's not like I don’t have the money to pay for our expenses, but any money that you guys earn you guys could spend it on yourselves and I’ll pay for everything else.” I laughed because then Stacy said “Hey... Hey, I'm average height” Zari was about to stubbornly protest but was immediately shut down when Ory sadly asked, “Could you guys just let me do this one thing I missed too much and I was too weak to stay and protect you all.”

They complied because they remembered what happened and that he was all alone in Mendocino so they wanted to make sure he was okay while he waited for us to come within the next few months. He then said “I'll be sure to meet you all at the pick-up point at 1 am sharp on the 28th, I’ll be in Louisiana the day of your birthday with a few of my men in case we run into any trouble” we all agreed and said our goodbyes. 

I'm happy to say that whatever line of work he’s in thanks to being werewolves we do have quite the good amount of brute strength and intelligence. It seems the man he works for is familiar with our kind and has no prejudice against werewolves, he seems to be a young entrepreneur of sorts who has gotten his position through a lot of hard work.

We didn’t question it much and just started to train when we got the chance Zari seemed to have prior knowledge and after pestering, her she told us that her dad would Secretly train with her because he wanted her to be able to defend herself. Turns out she is a great sharpshooter and Strategist so if Cadmar would just come around the pack would be in wonderful hands. She also agreed after talking to Bree her wolf, to spar with us in wolf form in case we had to fight off any pack members that just so happen to spot us during our escape. We are all pretty evenly matched so I'm glad to say that we would probably be able to pull this off,

As for the constant abuse... well Jake would help when he could every now and then by distracting Cadmar and preventing him from hurting me.

Cadmar seemed to grow more agitated as the date of our birthday grew closer (I mean not counting today it's literally a day away) he seemed to know that Jake would try to prevent him from hurting me so he would try and hurt me any chance he got no longer caring if the pack saw him, making sure Jake wasn't present. Zari would just cry and help me treat my wounds, it was always her who saw it all... it’s like he would do it because he knew she would be there. Much like before…

*A few days ago*

She was helping me rake the yard seeing that summer was practically over and it would soon be autumn. As I pushed the wagon where we would securely tie the bags full of leaves Cadmar came out radiating a furious aura we felt him approach and immediately stopped what we were doing and stood next to each other with our heads lowered.

•3rd POV•

He stood in front of Zari and raised her head so that she would look at him she began to shake when their eyes met, she saw as his gaze only showed cruelty and disgust. Cadmar just smirked his left arm whipped out and stuck Xoila with so much force that he took her down. He lightly kissed Zaris's cheek and with a wicked grin turned to Xoila and began to kick her. Zari fell to her knees and somehow mind-link Stacy and Jake, she kept her head down when Xoila link her ‘Don’t do anything’ Xoila then covered her chest and face ‘He might hurt you too’ Zari was confused but did as she was told.

Stacy and Jake came running to them Jake pulled Cadmar away “Alpha she isn’t worth losing respect for” Cadmar grunted in disgust and pushed Jake off of him. He walked towards Stacy and gripped her arm with a lot of force and said “Clean this s**t up and get out of my sight” Stacy was about to start throwing punches but stopped when she heard Xoila groan and Zari run to Xoilas side. She pulled her arm out of his grasp and then in the most Sarcastic tone she could muster “YeS aLpHA” glaring and Striding away towards Xoila.

Jake linked Brice and they both walked Cadmar in who was seconds from blowing his top. Stacy sighed and said “I don’t understand what he has against you both” she shook her head and knelt down to help Zari pull Xoila into a sitting position. With a shaky sigh, she signaled Zari and they pulled Xoila up. 4 of the Omegas came running out of the house then

Zari looked at Stacy for confirmation on what they were seeing and Stacy looked at them as well and said “What brings you all here?” the oldest one named Mary answered and said “Beta Jake asked us to come to clean this up and to tell you all to head to the rooms for the rest of the day” 

For a moment it seemed that they hadn’t seen Xoila in her battered state. Gasps became audible and then Zen a tall bulky guy with Dark brown hair, caramel-colored skin, and yellow eyes spoke “Alpha Cadmar was always a tad bit violent but never went this far… let me help you carry her” he reached for Xoila and she flinched. He pulled his hands back and looked at her with great sadness Zen was of the few Omegas that didn’t really get hurt because he seemed really intimidating but would probably never hurt a fly... Heck, he looked like a big ol’ gentle giant.

he was Oris’s old bestfriend 

Zari looked at her and saw her lip was busted from when he first struck her, Xoila looked like she was in a lot of pain so Zari asked her “Xo would it be okay if Zen helped take you down to the pack Hospital?” Xoila and Stacy looked at Zari then. 

Stacy pondered for a minute and seemed to think it was a good Idea but Xoila spoke: “I don’t want to…” she took a deep breath and said, “We don’t want any trouble” she said grimacing from the pain. She looked up at Zen her eyes full of unshed tears and said “If you would be as so kind to help me to my room” Zen gave her a small apologetic smile and then scooped her up with ease. She lightly whimpered as he tried to carefully carry her down the stairs back to the room, once she was in her room Zari and Stacy stayed with Xoila.

*Back to the now*

•XOILA•

It's been 6 months already and there's officially 23 hrs 56 min and 48 seconds and a day till we leave. Thinking about how badly I was hurt and had to stay in bed for 3 days just to allow myself to fully heal was stressful I shook my head and sighed and continued my stitching. 

That was today's task to stitch up all the curtains that would be put up during the colder seasons, they were very old family heirlooms of the Alpha family. They were very important to Luna Sally she had said we would finally put them up this year, I'm glad at least Cadmars doing something his mother would have wanted.

Another thing that I'm grateful for is that he seems to be giving Jake free reign on the decor of the packhouse and based on Jake's taste I would like to say it doesn’t look all that bad. I let out a big sigh and moved on to the next curtain, I looked at Stacy who was sitting beside me at the work table in the cellar we were currently in. She looked super focused trying really hard to not stab her finger, I had the strongest urge to shove her shoulder. 

I mean I'm sure she would probably have this look of utter betrayal on her face, even though I never really do anything to her. Stacy, on the other hand, tends to be sorta aggressive. Doesn’t matter what it is that's just how she is... kinda like her Dad in that sense especially when she has to call someone's name repeatedly till they look at her or if she finds something funny and wants you to look she taps your shoulder and if taps don’t work she’ll smack you.

'No harm no foul right?' and it's not like she won’t do it back right? Might as well... with a big smirk forming on my face I reached out and pushed Stacy's shoulder. She swayed a bit and let out a silent ouch because she poked her finger she looked a bit confused and then turned to look at me like she was a bit taken aback. A moment passed and then she asked: “Why you push me loser?” I stared at her for a moment and then started to laugh, She then proceeded to tackle me to the floor we tumbled around for a bit, and then she says “2 more days Xo”. 

Time seemed to work in our favor as Jake seemed to give us the less difficult task that would keep us busy all day. I feel like we should thank him before we leave I know Zari would want to… Poor Zari really thinking about it I don’t think she knows that we can use Faes gift I mean her gift wasn’t very well known to be very honest. But I know how she's feeling she's just very depressed...

I just hope these 2 days go by quickly 

we have everything packed now we just gotta wait For Oris. I got up and then pulled Stacy up and we both went back to our original spots to continue sewing and then all of a sudden I felt this huge pain on my side.

•ZARI•

“What's the wrong Xo?” she said jokingly I looked over and saw Stacy next to Xoila she seemed like she was in pain as well. I put my things down and checked Stacy she seemed to be fine she turned to look at me and as if seeing the question on my face she said  “I'm okay something's not right with Xo” I moved away from the table and made sure the cellar door was closed. 

“Stacy I need you to lay her on the table” Stacy didn’t think twice she knocks everything down and then told Xo “Hey I'm gonna lift you on to the table okay” Xoila nodded and put her arm over Stacy’s shoulder and hopped up and Stacy lifted at the same time. Once on the table, I motioned for her to lay down onto the table “I'm gonna check you okay Xo” I hesitated for a bit but she just gave me a silent nod.

 “I didn’t tell you guys but I’ve been working on studying medicine” Stacy turned to look at me “That's great because we only have basic training on that subject” Then xo mumbled “So there's no issue... Why hide it?” 

I let out a sigh and then said “My family comes from a line of werewolves that always seem to have a healer as a mate... I seemed to inherit my mother's ability I just haven’t perfected it. I can’t quite heal yet more like evaluating what's the matter with the patient” They seemed to have a silent conversation and then I felt like someone entered my mind and two voices rang 

‘ “ DO IT” ’

 I realized that it was them and looked up away from my hands. Though in pain they both smiled up at me

‘ “ Pretty cool huh?” ’ 

‘Yup this makes talking to each other much easier’  

Then I spoke aloud and said “I'm gonna start” 

Stacy moved and I walked up to Xoila I placed my hand on her abdomen and it then glowed a lavender light, my hand fazed in, and in a matter of seconds my eyes glazed over. This was called a "Search" it was like reading through a list kind of like... Xo’s current health record I heard Stacy say “Holy shoot did her hand just go in you!” 

I felt Xoila say “Dude her eyes are glowing lavender... Holy s**t her hands in my stomach!” 

“Man that's crazy” I kept going because nothing seemed out of the ordinary and then I saw something in the list that seemed out of the ordinary it was highlighted red and with a little more concentration I saw what it said 

‘wolfsbane’  

Wolfsbane is something like a poison that is dangerous in large doses, a small amount gives you pain in the abdomen a slightly larger amount renders you immovable because of the large amount of pain it inflicts it also cuts off communication with your wolf making the wolfsbane a little harder to flush out. Too much would just downright kill us, then a thought occurred to me on who would do this. I pulled my hand out and let a sigh out “Looks like we're fasting for the next two days guys” 

 Xo and Stacy nodded and then Stacy said “That sucks but now Zari could say she’s been inside of you” she began to laugh and then Xo Said after glaring at Stacy who was still laughing “So what's up doc?” I let out a breath that I was holding and said “There's wolfbane in your system we gotta take you back to your room… it's gonna keep hurting you if you keep moving around” 

they both nodded and then Stacy proceeded to help Xo up and flung her arm over her shoulder and put the other around her waist for support “Come on Zari It's time to go to the room just leave it. We have to come back here tomorrow anyways” I walked over and did the same thing and then Xo winced in pain and said “Let’s get this show on the road” 

Once we got to their room and xo in bed Stacy assured me that she would link me to let me know if anything would happen “Night then” I walked out and Stacy watched as I went to my room down the hall and once I got to into my room and closed the door, I heard her door softly close.

After today and these past events, I finally decided that I would no longer try to love the man that was made to love me if he would never know love in his life. I just don’t see the point in hurting the one created just for you. I got ready for bed and then looked at the sticky note on my desk that I had written on my last day of med school 

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book, or simply close it.” Shannon L. Alder. I felt a tear run down my face and I shut off the light the quote echoed in my mind and then I heard Bree my wolf who hadn’t spoken to me in a long time

'You know it's for the best right’ 

‘Doesn’t it make you sad’ 

‘it does but we have to let go’ 

'aren’t you gonna miss his wolf’ 

‘no, he doesn’t seem to want me’ 

'That makes two of us than’ 

'Night Bree’ 

'Stay strong Zari’ 

I felt her retreat into the back of my mind after crying for a while longer I went to sleep.