Semua Bab Hunting Her Hunters: Bab 131 - Bab 140

TimothyTasha linked her fingers through mine as we walked into the funeral home. It was hard to pretend like I was okay. My mates all walked in huddled around me, almost shielding me from the curious stares all around us. Falcon walked in front of us, growling lightly at the sleuth members. They sat me in the front row before all taking places around me.Tasha knew that I wasn’t ready to go up to the open casket and was content to wait with me until I was. I could see my mother’s beautifully made-up face over the edge from my seat and it made my heart ache. My grandparents had told me every night at bedtime tuck-ins how much she had loved me. With every story, my grandmother told me, it made it clearer just how poor of a mother figure my grandmother was.Jamie put his hand on my thigh and I took a deep breath. I needed them and they all knew it. Raul kissed my cheek before getting up to escort his mother up to the casket. I watched as emotions flashed across her face and I began to w

Valerie (Three years later)I knelt at Scarlett’s feet to help her put her shoes on. I kept my head low as I tried to rapidly blink back my tears. She was too young to understand why we were all crying and I wanted to keep her from asking too many questions about death so soon in her life. When I was sure that I had controlled my tears enough to avoid questions that I knew I didn't have answers to, I lifted my head to scan her plain black dress. She touched my face.“Mommy, you’re crying.”I looked away from her. I had been worried about questions when I should have been worried about her statements. She very rarely asked questions. She made statements and expected me to explain to her the reason for her statements. I sighed and shifted positions so she could climb into my lap. I stroked her hair back.“Grandma went somewhere and today we are going to say goodbye to her. There are going to be a lot of people who are sad and crying. When we get to the funeral home, you are going to sit

Osprey (6 years later)I sprinted back to my house like my parents had told me to after school was let out. I ran into the living room, quickly hugged my mother and deposited my bookbag beside the coffee table. I spun back to the door and rushed towards it when my father stepped in my way.“Where are you going in such a hurry? You just got home.”I stopped, lowering my head. I had learned at any age that any type of attitude would be dominated out of me so it was just easier to submit and pray that I could talk my way into getting what I wanted.“I wanted to walk Scarlett home,” I said softly.“Do you have homework?”“Dad, it’s the first day,” I whined, resisting the urge to stomp my foot.“Do you have homework?” he repeated.I groaned. “I do. I’m going to do it. I just wanted to walk her home first.”My father studied me for a moment before sighing. “If you miss even one homework assignment, I will not allow you to walk her home anymore. Am I understood?”I nodded enthusiastically. “

Epilogue (One year later)ScarlettI smiled when Osprey flung the door open. I held up the plate of peanut butter cookies I had made with him in mind.“I made cookies for dessert,” I murmured, looking down at the ground.He took the plate from me and his hands slid over mine. My eyes shot up to his and he smiled at me. My heart started pounding and my tummy fluttered.“Thank you. Mom made lasagna.”He turned around and I followed him into the house while Aunt Tasha stepped out onto the porch to speak to my parents. We went into the dining room and I glanced around.“Where are your siblings?” I asked.“Out hunting with our fathers.”I played with the tablecloth. “Why didn’t you go?”“I wanted to be here when you got here.”My face heated and I couldn’t help but smile. “You could have gone hunting.”He unwrapped the plate and handed me a cookie. “I did hunt earlier.”I nervously tucked my hair behind my ear. “So, you’re not hungry?”“I am. Would you like a plate? I’ll make you one.”I t

ToyaI smiled at Hannah as Mom and Grandma got us ready. Tonight our daddies were going to go with us to the daddy-daughter dance and we were so excited. Elena and Priscilla had already gone to their dance with their daddies. It was our turn now. I twirled in front of the mirror and giggled when my pretty blue dress flared out around me. I quickly sat down, laughing harder when it created a poofy ball around me.“I love my dress, Mommy!”She dipped her finger into the gel and added some more to the skin between my braids to force stray hairs to behave. She smiled at me.“You are such a little princess, baby. You both are.”I stood next to Hannah, frowning as I looked at our reflections. Her skin was so much paler than mine and our classmates had teased me a lot, saying that we couldn’t be siblings. My eyes filled with tears as I turned back to my mother.“Mom, why do we have to look so different?”She squatted next to me. “What do you mean, sweetie?”“Osprey, Gerald, Scila, Lena, Anni