Home is where your heart is!
~Ellie’s Point of View~ My eyes flickered open and I sat up with a shudder, and immediately regretted it. I reached instinctively for the pain in my head expecting a gash to be there, but I felt something soft. Maybe a bandage? I looked down at my arm and saw a large bandage. I was in a small but quaint bedroom, and it was night time. There was a small lamp in the corner that illuminated the room. I threw the blanket off me and much to my shock I was only dressed in a large shirt, with literally nothing else on. Who took my clothes off?! There were scrapes and cuts all over my legs that looked freshly cleaned. They looked like they were already healing, and I gaped at that. Was my wolf helping me? There was a bit of pain from my left leg and it had some ugly bruising. I knew I likely didn’t have the strength to stand, but I tried to lift myself enough to see out the window, to gauge where I was at least. I couldn’t make out anything but darkness. I didn’t feel like I was back
~Hunter’s Point of View~ Skyler and I sat in the hallway outside Ellie’s room, listening to her story and getting increasingly restless, desperate to be by her side, to comfort her. Godfrey insisted we wait outside while they gathered information, convinced we would be a distraction. He made Angel put a quick spell on us to temporarily block our scents, much to my chagrin. Ellie … my mate was Ellie. Everyone in my family mostly had some type of nature related name, so I always assumed our mate would. But … that just seemed so insignificant now. Ellie ... her name was Ellie, and she was ours. We had no idea if she knew I was her mate, we did share a brief moment before she passed out, and I just felt she had to know. She hadn’t yet had her first shift, and it was quite possible she didn’t know. Blocking your scent was pretty common for Shadows, especially when we would be in battle. The last thing you wanted was for an enemy to know your scent and remember it if they lived. I list
~River’s Point of View~ My feet immediately moved to follow the sweetest smell imaginable and Godfrey suddenly appeared in front of me, blocking the door. “Move!” I growled at him and my brothers instantly grabbed one of my arms and pulled me to a chair. “What the fuck, where is she?!” I did everything to try and get up. They were NOT going to keep me from her! “You can see her, but there are some things you need to know first,” Godfrey said. Hunter began to ramble on with what happened. I absolutely hated listening to Hunter tell a story, he was pokey and always added details that didn’t matter. He was keeping me from my mate and I was about to throw his ass out the window. I had waited my whole life for this moment. “So, she can’t stay at headquarters, this is no place for a pup, I’m not running a daycare and of course I would never trust all the unmated mutts running about,” Godfrey said, with a snort. Skyler growled at that insult, and Godfrey smiled, his devilish grin.
~Ellie’s Point of View~ I was having the most amazing dream, it was about my maple syrup heart throb. I couldn’t understand where he went, why didn’t he come back to check up on me? It seemed like we really shared a moment when he found me, but maybe I was just woozy. I dreamed that he was with me, caressing my hair, stroking my arm. I knew I had been given his shirt, I just knew it was his, it had to be! Why would he do that and then just never show himself to me again? I definitely felt like there was something everyone was keeping from me, but they were all so nice and I didn’t want to seem ungrateful. I was up quite late thinking about everything and worrying about what would come next. What were they going to do with me? It seemed like they didn’t even know. I put that aside. I felt so relaxed, so at ease. My bed felt exceptionally warm and snuggly. I sighed and stretched, and heard a thud! I jumped at the sound and flicked my eyes open. There was a man sitting in the chair b
~Hunter’s Point of View~ Hearing Ellie say she wanted to be alone with me made my wolf howl with delight. Our little mate wanted to see us, just us. It broke my heart to tell her she couldn’t stay here, but I knew I didn’t have a choice. If I didn’t arrange for her to go with my parents, Godfrey would likely send her to the other side of the world and not let her come back until she shifted. There was NO way I would allow that. At least I would know where she was, I could visit, I could guard the house and make sure she was safe. It would have to do for now, but I still worried about us having a rut, or how we could handle the full moon. If a wolf finds their mate and doesn’t mark them by the full moon, their wolf will go mad, and do anything to find them. It’s just nature, you can’t go against it. I cringed at the thought of having to sit in the dungeon to keep my wolf away from her, but it may be the only option. The full moon was in two days as well, which was why Godfrey wa
~Ellie’s Point of View~ I had now been with the Black family for about ten days and the hot triplets had not been to visit, much to my disappointment.I felt like thinking about them was sometimes all I had to look forward to. I mean, sure I had basically a new family now, but we all knew it was only temporary. I knew they were just being nice and I was trying hard to remember all the different things I was learning about proper manners. Still, even with all my new found knowledge, all I really cared about was seeing the triplets. There were pictures of them all over the house, of the whole family and it gave me such a sense of security and peace. I had so many daydreams about the guys. I felt like they were kind of with me, but yet so far away. But that was all changing tonight, they were coming for dinner and I was cooking! I was making them what I now know is called “lasagna” … yeah still sounds weird. Daisy took me to the grocery store and I was completely overwhelmed with all o
~Ellie’s Point of View~ We were all seated and I was between Skyler and Hunter, feeling very small since they both easily were a foot and a half taller. But … I loved it, I loved that they made me feel so small and like they could just completely fit all of me in their big arms. Also, sitting down next to them we were at eye level and I didn’t feel like I was struggling so hard to look at them. River sat directly in front of me and I had the perfect view of him. I had to imagine that they had this effect on all girls. My heart fell thinking about other girls gawking at them. “Ellie I have great news, I wanted to wait until I could tell you in person,” Hunter said. “What news,” I said, a little too hasty. “We confirmed that Valerie and Thomas were okay in the fight, it took a little while to know for sure, the pack kind of closed ranks and kept to themselves for a bit, wanting to properly mourn,” Hunter said. I didn’t respond, I just became so overwhelmed with emotion. Every night
~Hunter’s Point of View~ I took the stairs two at a time and bolted to Ellie’s room. She was staying in River’s old room since it had its own bathroom. Skyler and I had to share one growing up and we always hated it. I knocked, “Ellie it’s Hunter, can I come in?” The door opened instantly, and my poor little mate stood there with puffy eyes. “I’m … I’m sorry,” she said, looking ashamed. I moved past the door and couldn’t help myself, I wrapped her in my arms. She rested her head on my chest and my wolf purred. I felt so awful that she was upset, but I also felt so content. Before I even registered what I was doing I sniffed her hair, I could never get enough of it … of her. These past ten days away from her was torture. Mom absolutely insisted we give her time to adjust and learn about being a woman, well a she-wolf essentially. This sweet, sweet mate of mine, How could I possibly let her go? She made my stomach flutter, she made my heart race and she didn’t even have to try.