Nico“What did you do to her?”“She’s fine Nico. I just knocked her out. We don’t want her hurting herself anymore than she has. I linked with Dr. Lee and he is on the way to the house. That cut is going to need stitches.” Dad turns his attention to border patrol. “Not a word of this to anyone you hear me. This girl is your future luna. I expect you to protect and watch over her as you do Kateri.” The guards bow their heads to my father, acknowledging the command and leave us. I pick up Ahsoka and carry her back to the car. When we arrived at the house mom rushes to the car and opens the door. I have a feeling she is not going to be happy with us.“Oh my goddess. What happened to her head?”“She jumped out of the car while it was moving and hit a tree,” I explain.“Dr. Lee is in the game room waiting for you. You said she was attacked by another student Dimitri. Why did she jump out of the car?”“Well, it’s kind of a long story but it’s my fault,” I tell her. “Well make the long sto
AhsokaI can’t believe werewolves are real. Mr. Petrov said vampires and witches are real too. I am questioning everything I have ever known to be a myth now. I wonder if that means pegasus are real too? I’ll have to ask. Nico and his siblings promised to show me around the territory today and introduce me to some more wolves. As I much as I dislike allowing my scars to show I have felt comfortable enough around this family to wear shorts and a tank top I borrowed from Nadia. Mr. Petrov made me promise to never hurt myself again. I told him I’d try and I would talk to Helen if I felt like I needed to. It feels weird to be able to sleep in but I have yet to allow myself to. Hard habit to break. I am up before everyone in the house and head to the kitchen. I want to show my appreciation to this family so I figure I should make breakfast. I start taking out all the ingredients needed for waffles, bacon and eggs. I see one of those Alexa things and walk over to try and figure out how to
Ahsoka I follow Nadia out the front door and see there are four Jeeps with their tops down. How many cars does this family have? I notice a few huge guys get in the first two Jeeps while Nico’s parents and little brother get in the third jeep. Nadia ushers me to sit in the back with Nico. I can’t help but smile. “Why are those guys following us,” I sign to Nico pointing to the other two jeeps full of people.“Those are guards. Your guards, Max and Shaun, are there along with one for each of my siblings. We’ve been having rogues attack lately so we are just being cautious. Nothing has ever happened on pack territory in a long time but we always take precautions.” I stare out the front window as Natasha drives down the windy road towards the lake. It is really beautiful here. I notice an arm going up above my head and I instinctively flinch and cower towards the door.“I’m sorry Ahsoka. I didn’t mean to scare you. It’s just me. I…I’ll keep my hands to myself.” I look at Nico and he
NicoI am over the moon with how comfortable Ahsoka seems to be around me now. She still flinches but doesn’t pull away. I hope I can make her feel safe to not flinch anymore. I know that will be a long time before that happens. I have many walls to get through and it took all summer for her to be comfortable around us. As I walk back towards the rock I can hear arguing. I groan as I recognize that voice as Vicki’s. I reach the top just in time to see Vicki shove Ahsoka hard enough that she falls off the ledge into the water. Max and Shaun try to grab her but they miss.“What the hell Vicki! I told you to stay away.” I look over the ledge waiting for Ahsoka to pop up.“Whatever she’ll be fine. It’s just a little water.” We continue to wait but she still doesn’t pop up. Fuck. “Max, take Vicki to my father,” I order as I jump in after Ahsoka with Shaun following me. I swim toward the bottom as I find her sinking further down. She is unconscious as I drag her to the surface. She’s not b
Nico “What is everyone lining up for,” signs Ahsoka.“Every time we have a pack barbecue we race around the lake to determine who is the fastest. My dad determines the winner and the guards make sure no one cheats.”“Can I race too?”“Uh, wolves are very fast. A human cannot keep up.”“I wanna do it anyway. It sounds fun.”“Okay, I’ll have Max and Shaun stay with you on quads. If you get tired just hop on with them and they’ll take you back.”“Okay.” I can feel her excitement at wanting to join in on the fun even if she won’t win. She deserves to have some fun.“Alright everyone who wishes to participate line up. One lap around the path. No shifting and no straying from the path. If you are caught cheating you’ll be immediately disqualified,” yells my father so everyone can hear him. I can’t help but laugh at Ahsoka as she is hopping up and down in excitement. “He’s going to shoot the gun in the air. That is the signal to begin. Good luck, I always win.” She smiles at me and gets r
AhsokaMy mind is going in a million different directions as I try to absorb what I am being told. My father is not my father and I am half angel. This only happens in stories, this can’t be real. If the man who I have thought is my father is not, then who is my father? Does this mean he lied about my mother as well? Celine said she could peer into my mind and search my memories. As long as Nico stays with me I want her to see what she can find.“I want you to do it,” I sign to her. “Are you sure,” asks Nico.“Yes, but will you stay with me.”“Of course.”“He will be able to see what I see as well, if you are comfortable with that Ahsoka. You are going to see everything. Every memory you have ever had. This is going to make you relive your trauma.” Celine ensures that I understand what I am asking her to do. The thought of having to go back and watch all the beatings terrifies me. I also don’t want Nico to see the worst parts. I feel ashamed of just letting father have his way wit
AhsokaThis week dragged by so slow. Celine said she would be back Saturday with the herbs she needed along with another powerful warlock to help her with the spell needed to peer into my mind. It seems weird to allow someone poking around in my brain but at least I will finally know what I am and hopefully I will find out what happened to my real parents. Nico said they found out my birth name is Haley. He asked if I wanted to change it back but it would feel weird at this point to change my name. As much as I dislike everyone asking about Star Wars, it’s my name.Today is finally Saturday and if it weren’t for snuggling up against Nico, I wouldn’t have slept at all last night. I inhale his scent before trying to sneak out of bed without waking him up, but he pulls be back causing me to squeal with a smile on my face as he hovers over me.“Where do you think you are going?”“I was going to get dressed. I didn’t want to wake you.”“Well too late. I am awake now.” I giggle at him.“Sor
AhsokaWe quickly finish our breakfast. I am excited to see what this surprise is. He takes my hand and leads me outside to his jeep. It’s a beautiful sunny day out so the top is down. Besides my guards no one else is following us. It’s just him and me today. He drives down the mountain to a horse stables not very far from the lake. There are so many horses and people riding. Nico parks the jeep and comes around to my side, opening the door for me. He leads me down to a stall that has the most beautiful horse.“This is Rose. She is a paint mare and she is yours.”“What? You got me a horse?”“Yes, what do you think?”“She’s beautiful.” Nico opens the stall for me and I walk up to Rose. She bends her head down to me allowing me to pat her between her eyes.“Would you like to go for a ride?”“