KOOKIE:
We’re home. I don’t remember the drive—just that Blue held my hand the entire way, and I gripped it like it was the only thing keeping me from falling apart. After the medics took Levi away, I knew it was best to go home because my daughter was also involved in the accident and she needed comfort.
I make dinner because I need to get my baby comfortable. Blue sits at the table quietly, her eyes vacant as I set a plate in front of her. I try to smile to calm her, but my mind is really all over the place. My daughter being scarred for life, Levi’s bravery, his condition, kissing Levi in front of national television, and how both he and Blue would react knowing they are father and daughter.
“It’s your favorite,” I say gently. “Tiny meatballs, just like you like them,” I add, pushing the tray gently in front of her.
She nods and picks up her fork, eating slo
KOOKIE:We’re home. I don’t remember the drive—just that Blue held my hand the entire way, and I gripped it like it was the only thing keeping me from falling apart. After the medics took Levi away, I knew it was best to go home because my daughter was also involved in the accident and she needed comfort.I make dinner because I need to get my baby comfortable. Blue sits at the table quietly, her eyes vacant as I set a plate in front of her. I try to smile to calm her, but my mind is really all over the place. My daughter being scarred for life, Levi’s bravery, his condition, kissing Levi in front of national television, and how both he and Blue would react knowing they are father and daughter.“It’s your favorite,” I say gently. “Tiny meatballs, just like you like them,” I add, pushing the tray gently in front of her.She nods and picks up her fork, eating slo
KOOKIE:I end the call with Elias with shaky hands, and I dash out of the house, tossing my phone into the passenger seat. My body is already moving before my brain can catch up. I jump into the car, barely buckling my seatbelt before slamming on the gas. The tires screech, and the world blurs past in streaks of concrete and sunlight. I don’t even care that I’m running a red light. I don’t care that someone honks at me when I nearly miss a turn. All I can think of is my daughter.I would die if anything happens to her, and I cannot lose her now.“I have lost a lot, Goddess. Please do not do this to me,” I plead with the Goddess as hot tears work their way down my cheeks.I’m going over a hundred, heart hammering against my ribs like it’s trying to claw its way out. I nearly collide with a truck merging into my lane, but I swerve, my tires catching air before slamming back onto the highway.I don’t slow down because I do not know how to, and Blue’s school is at least twenty minutes at
LEVI:Thick and black smoke bleeds into the day, coiling into the sky and swallowing the sun whole. I slam the brakes before the entrance of Blue’s school, my heart stopping when I see it is her school building engulfed in flames. Pack police are everywhere, and the entire street is in chaos. Sirens blare as officers in ash-dusted uniforms yell orders at each other, and one holds a megaphone, shouting something I can’t even hear over the thud in my ears.Kookie is going to freak out if she knows this happened, and I blame myself for being minutes late. I’m out of the car before it fully stops, and I dash towards the situation, hoping she is out of danger, but still, there could be kids in there and if something happens, I am the alpha of the pack. My wolf is already clawing beneath my skin as I shove through the crowd.“What the hell is going on?!”“Alpha Levi, you need to step back,” the sergeant in charge says to me, and my brows furrow in anger as I glare at him, burning in fury.“
KOOKIE:The ringing of my phone startles me, and I take it out to see that it is Elias calling. It’s been almost two weeks since we broke up, and he hasn’t called or checked in on me to see if I’m surviving or not. That is very convenient for him to call me at this point when I’m trying to move on from him.My heart shakes in my chest as I watch the phone call end. I squeeze it in my hands, wondering if I should block him or not for taking my heart out and ripping it into literal shreds. If not that I’m a hopeless romantic, Elias is enough to make me give up on men. It was so brutal of him to hurt me that way.I try to steady my breathing, and the moment the phone rings again, I pick it up.“What do you want, Elias?” I ask before he speaks.“I want to apologize, Kookie,” he begins, but I don’t let my guard down around him. My jaw is tight, and
LEVI:A week had passed since I almost had sex with Kookie drunk, and every single day I have not stopped thinking about it. I am glad I avoided it, but that is not my concern. I watched her the entire day tear up in the kitchen, and she was crying because of me.It is bad enough I have carried all this burden for years, and it makes a part of me wish she had gotten over me. Another part of me wishes she hasn’t, because I want her back. But watching her cry because of me and not being able to do anything about it is a different kind of hurt.“Kookie will be here in like twenty minutes and I want you to leave,” my mother says to me, drawing me back to the present.Her condition has improved to the common eye. Her pale face is now brighter, and she has been smiling more, but she has no hair now after a couple rounds of chemotherapy. That is really not my concern because all I want is for her to be
KOOKIE:Horror drains from my parents’ faces at my confession, and for a split second, there is nothing but utter silence between us.“Who else knows?” Mother breaks the silence, and I stare at her with my tear-stained eyes.She grabs my hand. “This is all new to us, and it is a crime according to—”“Luna Jasmine is aware,” I cut her off before she begins to read the entire constitution of the Diamond Moon Pack. “And Elias too.” My voice goes really low, and my father claps his hands.“At least I do not have to worry about my grandchild being from a lowly pack.”“Nigel!” my mother cautions, and he throws his hands in the air with no atom of remorse in his eyes, obviously.Silence runs through again, then my mum keeps rubbing my hands before she lets out a sigh.“Blue doesn’t k