Kilian was looking at us like there was more to say. I softened my eyes and took a few steps towards him, closing the distance. Lex followed protectively behind me.
“Our children are special. I’m not sure why. I do not know how this is going to work. I hoped it would be more difficult for you to leave our relationship in the dust.”
“You will always be the light I follow and will give my life for. After seeing you with him, I don’t know how I feel yet.”
“I know I should be jealous, but it is difficult when I saw the power amplified off the two of you a moment ago.” He blushed.
I was blushing like a schoolgirl who was just caught by her parent in the middle of her first kiss.
“I understand why she warned me, no one could resist something like that. But you are amazing Astrid and though we may not be what we once were, I do not want to live my life without you in it.”
“You never said anything.” I said just above a whisper.
He shrugged bashfully.
“Kilian, this is Alexander.” I phrased it more as a question.
Lex slowly approached Kilian with his arm out. They took each other’s forearms and there was a flash of light that blinded me momentarily.
I blinked a few times clearing my vision. They are gone. Where the hell… did they go?! I called out for both and neither replied.
Well… Lex always sticks to his word; I am sure he will keep Kilian safe. After that thought I let my mind go blank while I picked everything up and headed back to the house. I needed a shower and some breakfast.
I must have been in the shower for over an hour. The hot water soothing my sore body from this morning’s activities was exactly what I needed. I stepped out and called for Kilian, not sure if he made his way back yet. I knew I would sense if something was wrong.
I put my sports bra and my panties on. I ran into the laundry room to grab my shorts while throwing my hair back, I heard a knock on the door and slid them on quickly before hopping over. I opened the door partially to see who it was.
There was a 6’2 man at the door with a forced smile on his face. He had dark features, naturally and personally inflicted. His black hair matched the circles around his eyes. He has some light silver steaks coming through in a few places and his beard matched his head.
There was a scar on the side of his neck that made me wonder how he survived it. It had to have nicked his carotid artery, he should be dead. He reached his hand out.
“Hello. My name is Joseph Nicholas. Are you by any chance Astrid Winter?” His voice was rough and deep.
“I am, I don’t mean to be rude, but I prefer not to touch you.” I was vague avoiding his hand.
“I am a relative of yours on your mother’s side, third cousin I believe. I just arrived in the America a few days ago and you are my first stop.”
“I wanted to drive across the states and meet my extended family. Would you mind if I stayed here with you for a few days before I continue my journey?”
“I would love to get to know you and your family.” His words were a failed attempt at sincerity.
“I am sorry, I don’t recall the name.” I chose my words carefully.
“My mother and I have been estranged for a while now. At this time, we are not prepared for company, I can recommend a few hotels that are in town if you want to spend some in the area.”
“My husband and I will be happy to take you to dinner.” I was friendly.
I waited for his response but made sure to be prepared for any kind of attack. Something about this guy had my nerves on fire.
“I understand. I have a room at a local place already.”
His face formed an evil grin, “I am always prepared.”
“Why don’t you leave me your contact info and I will reach out with the time and place once I discuss it with Kilian.” Getting inpatient.
He nodded and handed me a card then turned to walk away.
“I will be waiting by the phone.” He called over his shoulder.
As the chill ran down my spine, I closed the door, locking the deadbolt. I pushed my back up against it my fingers going to my temples to massage the tension building up. I had no idea who this relative but no doubt that he is crazy like the rest of my mother’s family.
I walked into the kitchen, set the tea kettle onto the stove top, then reached up into the top cabinet. I had chocolates in there with a few other snacks that were hidden. The werewolf thing should have been obvious with the amount of food we ate.
I plopped an unwrapped candy into my mouth and turned around. Kilian and Alexander were standing there, it caused me to jump. I may have even peed my pants a little.
“Holy shit, do you really need to sneak up on a girl like that?” I grabbed my chest.
“My heart is going to fail, if it’s possible. Some weird guy shows up and you two just pop back in like you never left…”
“Where did you go?”
“WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?” I didn’t realize that my anger was growing inside me.
They both stood there, eyes wide.
“I am sorry, I am really not that upset about it, I was just worried about you both.” I tried to recover my dignity.
“What do you mean a weird guy stopped by?” Lex spoke, worry evident in his voice.
I handed him the crystal he had left behind earlier and as soon as he took it his emotions faded away from me. I could feel them now if I focused on him even without the crystal in his possession.
“You left that behind earlier.”
“How are you?” My focus was on Kilian.
“Love, I am better than expected. Please, answer the question.” He sounded loving.
“I don’t know really. I came back to the house to shower after you guys went abracadabra,” I paused raising my eyebrows at them.
“Then there was a knock on the door, but I could feel his intentions, he wants something.”
“He said he was a relative on my mother’s side, we know that bitch is crazy. Saying he is here visiting; his English was way too good for someone who has never been here before.”
“He asked to stay here for a few days! That was denied. We,” I pointed between Kilian and myself,
“are going to meet him for dinner. But I do not want the children anywhere near him until I know more.”
“Something does not feel right about this. How do we leave them here alone while it could be a set up?”
“I know that the protection spell on the house is good and I could cloak it while we are gone but if they have been watching it would be nearly useless…” I was just rambling at this point, no more useful information leaving my mouth.
“What was his name?” You could hear the anger in Alexander’s voice.
“Joseph Nicholas.” I replied.
“He said his name is Joseph Nicholas.” I repeated to Lex and Kilian.Lex continued to search his brain for the name but seemed to come up empty. I hadn’t remembered anything like that from our previous lives. Kilian was the first to speak startling both Lex and me.“I know the name. I got an email a few weeks ago with that name. He said a similar story, that he was related to your mother in some way and he was coming to America.” He shook his head; regret was written all over his face.“I thought it was you,” he looked at Lex.“trying to find her.”“I ignored the email; I wasn’t going to make it easier for you to find her.” Slight attitude in his tone.“A few hundred years ago, there was a power-hungry pack. They were told of the prophecy by a witch that one day there would be a change in power. A hybrid wolf, both witch and werewolf shifter, would become Alpha. It
The doorbell rang as the contact info appeared on my phone screen. I grinned slightly at glad that something came up to distract me. Opening the door, I was greeted by Sylvi holding 2 cups of coffee.“Hey, I was just about to call you, I haven’t been able to get ahold of you for days. Are you okay?” I asked right away.“Of course, I was just tied up and not in a good way.” She winked at me.“Well consider me disappointed for you, what brings you by?”“That is what brings me by.”Sylvi waved her hand in a circle around my face as she spoke. She knew something was going on.“Great, I’ll take that coffee.” I said taking the cup from the tray.We both went in and settled into the couch. I was taking as long as possible to begin. She noticed I was trying to avoid the conversation.“Astrid, I feel like we are tight on time so we should get on with it. Start
As I headed into the kitchen, I walked into Helga, Ingrid, and Freya all tossing bags around while they argued about who was getting what. I shook my head watching them and laughed, food in this house was one of the things worth fighting over.“When did you guys order take out?” I asked.“Um, Mama, this was that hottie.” Helga pointed into the living room speaking low.“Oh, I’ll explain that later.” I said walking towards Lex.“I don’t know if Kilian is going to be okay with you being here with them. I was thinking you would just keep an eye on them from outside.” I explained in a whisper.“I have no problem with it, in fact I suggested it.” Kilian said from behind me.He was wearing a black button-down shirt and light jeans. His cologne filled the room as he walked in.“Girls, there are a lot of things changing. I want you to know that your mother and I lov
“Kilian, I feel this is something that needs to come from you.” Lex said.Sylvi handed me the joint she had just lit. She had a look in her eye like she was trying to get me to relax. I took it then handed it to Kilian as he nodded at Lex.“Okay, there was a heavy conversation that took place at first.”“I told her the same thing I told you. I am not going anywhere.”“She told us some vague information about preparing for a huge influx of wolves. She told me how special you are, Astrid.”“Love, there is a reason you have affinities for all the elements.”“A war is coming, and we will be ready. All of us, together.” He stated firmly.“I don’t feel the need to get into the specifics of my personal conversation with her, it was bad enough Lex was there.” He blushed a little.I was shocked. I closed my mouth once I realized I was staring, eyes
I woke up the next morning in a haze, my head pounding. I looked around the dark room slightly confused. I tried to replay the events from the day before. I felt like I had been sleeping for days.The realization hit me that I was not in my room in the house but the new room that my husband had built for me to share with my new-old man. I began to sit up and was weighed down by a heavy arm.I turned over to stare as he slept, he was so peaceful without the weight of the world on his shoulders.I gently snuck out of the bed and headed for the shower. Today felt different, like a new beginning. After I turned on the shower, I walked over to the linen closet and grabbed a towel, before stepping into the shower.I was lost in my thoughts putting things together. Everyone had a great time last night, we all acted as if we had been family forever.The shower curtain opened quickly, and I jumped spinning around. When I saw it was Lex, I smiled stepping as
After the two hours of training everyone had went in different directions. Kilian disappeared into the basement followed by tons of banging. All three girls were complaining about their sore muscles. I went into the kitchen to prepare lunch and decided to find Helga and check in with her.“Hey there buttercup!” I said with a grin walking into her room.“I wanted to check in while the spy-demons are busy. How are you doing with everything?” I was trying to be upbeat but serious at the same time.“Mama, I really don’t know. I mean it’s a lot.” She stopped looking in her closet and took a seat beside me on the bed. “For some reason these boys coming here, well, it’s making me nervous. Like, come on. What if the guy is a douche-canoe? I am stuck with him following me around school and everywhere outside the house for weeks?!” I could hear the stress in her voice as she was speaking to me.&ldqu
I didn’t see either of the men before dinner. I went into the office after leaving the basement to gather my thoughts and get some work done. The girls helped with the weekend chores waiting for dinner. I had opened a bottle of Jameson and poured drinks for Sylvi and myself as I explained the day’s events. She wasn’t as shocked as I expected her to be.“What did you expect? Lex has been watching you for a year living, screwing, LOVING, another man. It makes sense he wants you to continue to have that joy… Kilian has known for years that you would never be his forever, this gives him a chance to keep a piece of you, why wouldn’t he say yes?”“Well when you put it like that, I sound like an idiot for not thinking of it to begin with.” I scoffed at her. I still did not like the idea of keeping both in that way.“Anyways, how are things at home? Luke still being a movie-class hubby?” I giggled at the
After dinner we gathered in the living room and made sure that everyone knew the basics for school the next day. The girls needed to make sure that their stories all aligned with the guards and parents. We decided that the three of us, Alexander, Kilian, and me, would go to the schools to speak with the administration personally as well as introduce our third parent to the group. At this point we were just going to limit the information as much as possible, but the men agreed to let me do the talking and have complete control. Helga is in Highschool, but Freya and Ingrid are still in the middle school, they are both in 8th grade. After my time homeschooling Freya, she was too far advanced, everyone thought they were twins anyways.The girls each took their own guards on tours of the house. They went in different directions to get comfortable with each of them before tomorrow. I could hear Freya giggling like crazy when her prank spider contraption sprung out at Hal. Tristian