Neaera-While Stryker cooked, I moved from the table to sit on the corner of the counter, so I could watch him. As he moved around the kitchen, he seemed to be in a whole new world. From the looks of things, it appeared as if he enjoyed cooking.He seemed to be completely in his element. While he chopped up some bell peppers and onions, I noticed he had better skills with a cutting knife, than Zach did. He chopped everything up into perfect strips.He already had some slivers of steak frying in the pan, so while he was cutting the vegetables, he would occasionally stir up the steak. As he moved between his tasks, I wondered how he was able to keep track of everything. After failing with my attempt to cook for him, I noticed where I had messed up.For one I didn’t manage my time, nor did I adjust the temperature of each burner accordingly. Watching him, I realized there was an art to cooking. Either that or he just made it look like it.“When did you start cooking?” I asked while leani
Neaera-Unlatching myself from Stryker, I grabbed some paper towels off the roll that was sitting near me on the counter. Cleaning up the blood that was dripping from his wound, I tried to come up with something that would settle Chloe. Stryker took the now bloodied paper towel from me and threw it in the trash.“You are a monster!” Chloe yelled and marched toward me as if she were intent on killing me.Her arm extended out to me, with her claws extended from her fingertips. Sidestepping, I grabbed her wrist and twisted it, while stepping around her to pin her arm against her back. Placing my free hand on her shoulder, I held her in place.“Calm down before you do something stupid.” I ordered her, not really caring that I was just making this worse for me.Instead of trying to convince her that I wasn’t a monster, I was holding her against her will. Luckily, I had Stryker on my side, so he could help me explain what was going on. The last person I ever expected to explain myself to wa
Neaera-Turning to Stryker, I saw he was watching Chloe walk away and he had a twitch in his eye. “Are you okay?”“It is better this way. I am sure we can figure out what to do without a pack doctor.” Stryker sighed, and his demeanor slowly started relaxing.“Actually, you won’t be without a pack doctor.” Dirk said, stepping next to Stryker and me.Smiling at Dirk, I had to fight back the irony of having a Hybrid as a pack doctor. Maybe it might prove to everyone once and for all that hybrids aren’t a threat. It was also a good thing to have the hybrids find a way to connect to the pack, especially after becoming a member of the pack. First, we needed to talk to Zach about it.“We can discuss everything inside. I think there are a few things that we need to discuss.” Stryker turned to head inside, without waiting for anyone to respond.Once inside, we gathered in the living room, with Stryker sitting in the recliner that his dad always sat in. I was about to sit on the couch, but he g
Neaera-For the longest time, Zach sat on the sofa, not answering, or giving away anything on his face. His eyes would occasionally look around the room, but other than that his expression was unreadable. As the seconds ticked by, I wondered if I had overstepped.When Zach finally opened his mouth to speak, I sucked in a sharp breath. “Actually, I have thought about this as well. It was something I had planned to approach you on later after we settled things here.”My nerves were on high alert as I waited for Zach to continue. His shoulders slumped and his face relaxed, once again displaying his emotions over his features. From the way his body relaxed, I thought he was okay with everything, but his facial expression appeared more stressed like he was exhausted.“I fully intend to continue helping hybrids find their place in this world, by being welcomed amongst the communities. There isn’t much I can do about vampires, but that will be something that will need to work out on its own.
Neaera-We all talked for a bit, then Zach, Mathew, and the hybrids left. I was going to be joining them soon, but I was wanting to talk to Stryker about something else. Once they were gone, I removed myself from Stryker’s lap.Now that we were alone, I didn’t want there to be any temptation. We have already covered a lot of things, but there was still something we had yet to talk about. I had him follow me into the kitchen, so we can heat up our food and eat.With everything going on, we had forgotten about the food. Since I knew how to heat up food, I took care of heating things up, while Stryker sat at the table. He had made stir fry and rice, which was one of my favorites when I was a kid.The more I spent around him, the more I learned that he had gone out of his way to take care of me most of my life. Now that I was back, I could only hope that I could manage to return that level of care to him. I might not be able to do everything he used to do, but I was going to work harder t
Neaera-I found Mathew at the main entrance, talking with the guards. It was too loud to hear what they were saying, so I moved closer. I opened my mouth to ask what was going on but snapped it shut when Stryker arrived demanding answers.“What is going on?” Stryker yelled over the blaring sound of the siren.“Every alert was set off at the same time. We haven’t seen any sign of vampires, but we can’t shut it down.” The guard answered, also yelling over the loud noise.“Do we know if this is an attack or a malfunction?” Stryker asked.“We don’t know yet. No one has spotted anything, but most of the pack is in an uproar. The few members that are still functional, I sent to run a perimeter check. It could be a malfunction, but the system says it is working properly.” The guard responded.Looking around, I located the speaker that the alarm was coming from. It was on a tall telephone pole a few yards away. Not having time to waste, I climbed up the pole with ease. The benefit of being wh
Neaera-“Did you see anyone?” I asked when I reached them.“We ran into a warrior on patrol, but he was passed out. After we smelled the wolfsbane, we carried him to a shed outside of the territory line. Other than that, we didn’t find anyone else. We saw some tracks where it looked like wolves were being dragged, but there were too many tracks to figure out which direction to go.” Leo answered.“I am sure that the noise was a distraction. I don’t know what is going on, but I don’t like this one bit.” Anthony added.I was thinking the exact same thing. If only I was able to control my ability to feel what others felt, I could locate everyone. It was strange how everyone that had been running around earlier, had all disappeared.Looking down the street we were on, I didn’t see anyone. My ears were still ringing from the sirens going off and now I couldn’t smell anything over this overbearing scent. The biggest question I had going through my head right now, was how was it possible to m
Stryker-The wait was killing me. Thirty long minutes have passed since I saw my mate. Dirk had shown up with Chase, one of the newest warriors that were just recruited this year. Not long after that, I felt the pack link of one of my members break.It pissed me off that I couldn’t find out what was going on. I had attempted to after feeling one of my members die, but Zach and Dirk had held me back. Only with Zach explaining for the tenth time why I couldn’t leave, did I calm down.“Where are the others?” I directed my question to both Dirk and Zach since they were the only ones that could connect with the hybrids.“Anthony just informed me that Neaera overheard who her father and mother were.” Dirk responded.“Who are they?” Mathew asked, his curiosity showing in his voice.“Dimitri is her father and,” He paused as he looked over at Zach. “He said that Rieka is her mother.”Not really understanding the significance of what he said, my attention fell on Zach. His eyes were wide, and h