A black t-shirt...

Rainn POV

After arriving back at our pack house mom and dad came out to meet Fala as they embraced her with hugs, with my brows knitted tightly together I quickly tried to shake off their closeness with her, I still couldn’t shake this strange feeling deep within the pit of my stomach.

Kai gently shook me from my reverie as he touched my arm and gently pulled me towards him, looking up at his face I could pick up something was wrong but he quickly hid before pulling my lips against his as he snaked his hands around my waist.

It was the first time that he had ever shown this type of public affection towards me in front of my parents, I guess with it being four days to go he didn’t really care anymore, or maybe it was also more that he wanted to make it abundantly clear to Fala that we were together, I don’t know- but I felt myself kissing him back vigorously even though my parents were only a few feet away.

Suddenly my dad shouted from somewhere near the pack house door as he looked up from their little moment with Fala,

“Okay you two, break it up. Four more days remember,” And in that moment we gently pulled away from one another a panting mess as we looked up and into each other’s eyes. Kai gently cupped my cheek as a smile picked up at the corners of his mouth,

“So you’re wearing my boots,” He said with a grin now spread across his face,

“Took you long enough to notice,” I smirked playfully,

“Oh I noticed Rainn, I notice everything that you do,” He whispered. “And I also know what that means,” I immediately felt a rush of heat pool to the pit of my stomach at his words.

“I’ll see you a little later, okay,” He winked as I nodded now letting out a breath I had forgotten that I had been holding in. After watching him get into his jeep and leave towards his own family home I couldn’t help but feel that strange feeling creep its way back into my stomach, what the hell was wrong with me?

Fala was going to be staying with us, ‘great,’ I thought as I made my way up towards my bedroom,

“Oh hunny,” My mom called as I began climbing the stairs, “dinner is ready, come and join us,” scrunching my nose I quickly shook my head,

“Um- I’m not really all that hungry mom, ah- I’ve got some homework to finish up on,” I lied as I quickly shot Fala one last glance as she stood beside my mom with this innocent hopeful look on her face, before finally heading upstairs.

I didn’t want to dislike her, and the problem was she was really sweet and that’s what made this weird feeling inside my stomach feel even worse.

As I made my way into my bedroom I sat down at the edge of my bed as I began removing my boots from my feet one at a time, I needed a hot shower I thought to myself as I finally let out a deep breath.

Turning my head to the corner of my room I furrowed my brows as I stared at Beau’s shirt that was still lying there all bundled up, I hadn’t moved it since two days ago when he had…

Clenching my jaw I reluctantly took a few steady paces towards the black piece of cloth like it was a snake ready to strike at me at any moment, something was wrong and I couldn’t place it. It started two days ago and for some reason the feeling was only growing, aching and making me feel sick to the pit of my stomach.

As I came to stand right in front of it I bent down and took in a slow breath before reaching my hand out to touch it, gulping once I felt it, that familiar feeling of little tiny sparks zinging up my arm as my heart began racing.

Taking shallow breaths I felt my bottom lip quiver as I picked it up and closed my eyes as I brought it up to my face before inhaling the scent deeply.

I gasped as I almost choked on the feeling that had now begun to infiltrate me from deep inside, everything was on fire and sparks were igniting something that was making it difficult to breathe.

Jumping to my feet I ran to my cupboard, opened it and tossed the shirt in there before quickly shutting it.

I stood there with my eyes widened as my whole entire body began feeling shaky, even my breath was shaking now as a single tear betrayed me when it spilt over the rim of my eye and down my cheek. What the hell was that, I quickly thought as I wrapped my arms around myself for support.

I had to pull myself towards myself, this was insane. I couldn’t think straight right now, all I felt was this dull ache at the bottom of my stomach at the loss of contact to something I couldn’t place.

So as quickly as I could I made my way out my bedroom door towards the bathroom before even quicker still climbing underneath the almost scorching hot water as I allowed it to wash over me, I wanted this feeling to be washed away from my skin.

Something deep inside of me felt as if I had just betrayed my best friend and I didn’t understand why, ‘four more days, four more days, four more days…” I kept repeating to myself as I sank down under the heavy water flow and wrapped my arms around myself, tears began to flow heavily from me as I tried to compose it, what was wrong with me, was this the type of thing humans called pre-wedding jitters?

Kai POV

I got out of my jeep and steadily made my way toward the front door of my family home as I ran my fingers through my hair, I was trying to shake this fucking feeling that was tingling up my arm, the sensation I felt after shaking Fala’s hand.

Beau came walking out just as I was about to go inside. Giving me a sideways look as he quickly inspected my appearance,

“Hey, what’s up with you?” He asked still eyeing me out wearily,

“Nothing man, just fucking tired. It was a long drive,” I lied as my eyes ventured down toward my shoes. I felt guilty for something and I couldn’t remember doing anything wrong, this feeling was so fucking messed up right now, maybe sleeping it off would make it go away.

“Okay, hey- so how did it go?” He asked me just as I was about to go inside,

“How did what go?” I asked as I curiously looked up at him,

“You know, picking up the girl from tribe Fianna, its Fala isn’t it?” nodding my brows furrowed as I looked away.

“Yeah, she’s alright I guess.” I didn’t really want to talk about her, especially not to my brother. He would be able to see right through me right now, he would pick up that something was wrong. So nodding gingerly I turned and walked inside as I closed the door, I needed sleep that was for fucking sure.

Beau POV

I was quickly heading over to alpha Edgar’s place to drop something off before heading out to collect supplies for Saturday’s full moon run, Kai's mood seamed off I thought as my brows furrowed, hey I guess that's what happens before you turn eighteen. I can't remember it ever being like that for me but hey every wolf is different I guess. 

So the full moon run was meant to be a special occasion and now that we had this she-wolf Fala joining our run, it meant that alpha Edgar wanted to make it even more special, all because she was meant to hopefully find her mate here on the night of the full moon run.

Hey maybe she would turn out to be my mate, I smirked at the internal thought that ran through my mind right then and there, at least then I could leave my tribe and join hers and finally get away from Rainn.

The thought of her suddenly caused me to feel a lump in my throat as my brows furrowed, I didn’t want to be anywhere near Rainn, I hated how she made me feel and hated it even more that she was going to become my little brother’s mate. It would be better if I left and never came back, being anywhere near her was becoming harder each day.

Rainn POV

I woke up some time in the middle of the night feeling clammy and strange, putting it down to the fact that I would be turning eighteen in three days’ time I quickly sat up and ran my fingers through my hair before looking over toward my nightstand where I had placed my phone earlier.

Quickly browsing through it I saw I had three missed calls from Kai, smiling I quickly dialed him back, he was probably fast asleep at this point but I knew he wouldn’t mind.

It rang about three times before he answered in a croaky voice which confirmed that he had indeed been sleeping,

“Hey baby, what’s up, what time is it?”

“Um- I saw I had like three missed calls from you, and I think it’s like four in the morning or something,” I said as I started fidgeting with a strand of my hair.

“Oh hey, three more days baby, until we can finally be together.” Nodding I smiled,

“Yeah, I can’t wait. I think all this anticipation is starting to wear down on my wolf,” I said clenching my fist.

“Yeah, I think me too. I haven’t been feeling like myself,” smirking I just nodded,

“I wish we didn’t have to wait, you know- I kind of don’t see the point of dragging this out,” I said feeling so unsure of my own words right now,

“I know, it’s so fucking stupid. Hey, you want to go for an early morning run, it might make you feel a bit better,” He said with a hopeful hint in his voice.

“Yeah, maybe you’re right,” I heard a mischievous smirk on the other side,

“Okay, I’ll see you in about fifteen minutes,” He answered before ending the call.

Without giving it another thought I snuck out the house at and true to his word Kai was there in fifteen minutes, he parked his jeep a little while away as to not wake my parents, I just honestly needed to get away from everything in my house.

The t-shirt and Fala both under the same roof as me was going to drive me insane, and honestly it did feel so much better to just drive away from it all and leave it behind with Kai by my side.

He decided to drive us into a secluded part of the woods which ran beside a small stream, it was kind of our secret spot to come to ever since we were kids. So as we drove over our usual spot, Kai stopped the car as he switched off the ignition. The sun wasn’t even up yet so we decided to just sit there in the jeep for a bit.

After about ten seconds Kai turned to face me before gently taking my hand in his, he intertwined our fingers and all I wanted right now was to leap into his arms and burry my face against his chest. He was my best friend, above all else he had always been my best friend.

“Baby, I don’t like seeing you like this. Please talk to me,” He whispered inventively near my ear. Except I had a lump in my throat and I couldn’t swallow it down, I couldn’t explain it and I was doing all that I could at pinning it on feeling nervous for Saturday, the day of our eighteen birthdays, the day of the full moon run, the day we would mark one another and become alpha and luna of not only our Lacuna pack, but also to reign over the children of Gaia as a tribe and as a united front, but ultimately assist all the other twelve tribes as well.

It was a shit load of pressure and I thought I was ready, I was so sure that I was ready for this. With Kai by my side how could I not be…

But now- now everything felt heavy around me, it felt like someone had taken my emotions, my dreams and my fears and thrown them all into a tumble drier or washing machine and thought it hilarious to have them jumble about in there to the brink of insanity.

I couldn’t find the place where one started and the other one ended, everything was mixed up and confused and was only getting worse day by day since Beau… Swallowing hard I forced myself to push that feeling I felt right to the back of my mind, I didn’t like Beau, I didn’t want anything to do with him, he was such a dooshbag, always thinking that he knew what was best for me, always bossing me around, always stopping me from having any fun.

He was always there, trying to get in between me wanting to live my life.

I took a moment trying to compose my feelings but the more I did, the closer they came from bursting at the seams,

“I just don’t want to wait until our birthdays, I don’t know why… maybe it’s just nerves, or maybe-” Tilting my chin up to meet his a frown washed over him as concern reached his eyes,

“Or maybe what?” shaking my head I pulled my face away before looking down, 

“I just don’t want to lose you Kai, you’re my best friend and I don’t want some stupid moon goddess deciding the fate of our future together,”

“Hey,” He said gently pulling my face towards him as he came closer to me too, “that’s never going to happen, I already told you, you’re mine, I’ve already claimed you and nothing, absolutely nothing is ever going to change that,” leaning in more he smashed his lips against mine so passionately that my whole body relaxed under the intensity of his kiss, not only did he say it in words, but he also showed it in his kiss.

It was filled with his promise, filled with his love for me and for that moment every doubt, every thought of the things that would ultimately tear us apart vanished from existence.